A/N: You guys made my morning when I woke up and saw that I had over 15 story alerts and story favourites together and close to 300 visitors to my story! Now, it's over 300! Thank you all. And I have read another review that was on my story, and I did take it into consideration. If you found that the chapters were a bit confusing, I can explain it to you if you want. Also, I was asked, "What happened to Gale?" well, just hinting, Gale will pop up later in the story. That's it. There will be another flashback in this story, to help you guys get a feel for the comfortableness between Katniss and Peeta before Katniss left. I edited this chapter immensely, so I hope you all enjoy it. Lemme know what you think. :)
Disclaimer: I own nothing of this Hunger Games Fanfic, except some of the Characters that will show up later on in the story, and the plot, which means that some things in the story will be from my imagination.
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As the plane flew, and Peeta dozed off, I couldn't shut my mind off. I kept thinking about our first kiss. Why it was on my mind, I didn't know.
Flashback
We were in Peeta's bedroom searching for information on my parents when he called me over.
"Katniss, come over here. I'm not sure, but I think I found something about your parents. What were their names?" Peeta asked as he scrolled through webpages on his computer while I searched through phone books for clues.
I got up and looked at the screen, my body just behind Peeta's. "Rose and Arthur Everdeen."
Peeta's reflection on the computer showed a frown that didn't belong there. "Oh, sorry. I guess I didn't find anything then. Different people," Peeta said sadly.
"That's okay, Peeta," I said, resting my hand on his shoulder.
He looked up at me and we locked eyes. It was like a staring contest. Then suddenly, something clicked, and he propelled his face forward towards mine, and our lips touched.
He kissed me.
Shocked, I pulled instantly away, and acted all flustered. Then I ran from his room, and pushed the kiss out of my mind for a while, pretending like it never happened. It wasn't supposed to happen.
End Flashback.
When we got to District Thirteen, we headed to a hotel that I had booked.
Since Peeta was accompanying me, he had to get another room. Unfortunately it was placed on the twelfth floor. I was on the first floor. We went our separate ways and I was all alone.
I went down a hall and headed to my room. It was a small suite, but was perfect for my needs. And it even had internet connection, which was exactly what I needed to figure out exactly where my parents were.
I looked for a while, and then finally found information about them. I clicked on the link and I was sent to a website that was recording every visitor. I read through the page and then saw that my parents were part of a protest against President Snow when I was first born. The Capitol labelled my parents as "dangerous", and locked them away. I couldn't believe that they were hidden for releasing a secret within the Capitol.
Then I saw that to this day, the Capitol was looking for people who had any relation to my parents. Gulp! That was me! But I didn't care. I had to find my parents. But I would not tell Peeta, because then I might get in trouble, and so might Peeta.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door and I jumped. It couldn't be Peacekeepers coming to get me, could it?
"Katniss, it's me," Peeta said through the door.
My heard beat then slowed. "Oh, it's you. Come in, door's unlocked," I said, exiting out of the internet.
Peeta opened the door and dropped his luggage on the floor.
"Why's that here?" I asked, pointing to the luggage on the floor like it was vermin.
"Well, you see, I was sitting in my hotel room when the manager of the hotel came by and said that he needed to give my room to a Peacekeeper. So I either had to go to some other hotel because they were out of rooms, or I went to your room. So here I am," Peeta explained. "If that's okay with you."
I nodded and grabbed my own luggage. "I hope you don't mind if I use the bedroom, it's got a door on it. You can have the living room," I said, going into the bedroom. "If you'll excuse me, I need some rest," I then said, and locked the door.
I went to the bed and flopped down on the comfy mattress for some shuteye.
Having Peeta here would give me some protection from the Peacekeepers. I didn't like their method of "peace keeping". I was a little scared about finding my parents. I could have stopped looking for them, but there was something inside of me that told me to go find them. The next thing I knew, I was asleep.
I woke up some time later to Peeta yelling at someone who was very angry in the hotel room living room. I sat up groggily and walked to the closed door to look through the keyhole and see who it was. But just as I was about to look and then open the door, the door came crashing down on top of me, splintering and wooden pieces flying everywhere. I was knocked semi-conscious. I could see the intruder wearing a white uniform which gave me a warning that the Peacekeepers had found me. That was exactly what I was trying to avoid.
I then saw a flash of dirty blond hair come running at the Peacekeeper and tackled him to the ground. Oh Peeta, he was fighting a battle that he didn't belong in. A moment later, the Peacekeeper had pushed Peeta off of him and was heading towards me. Since I was somewhat out of the whole scene, I didn't have a chance to get away from the Peacekeeper and he grabbed a hold of me.
Suddenly I felt arms wrapped around my torso and heard Peeta yelling in an angry voice, telling the Peacekeeper to let me go. Since the Peacekeeper did not listen, Peeta pulled me hard towards him to get me out of the Peacekeeper's kidnapping hands. I blinked my eyes for a moment to get the wood dust from the door out of my watering eyes. When I opened them again, I saw Peeta lying on the hotel room floor with his leg unhooked and looking defeated. And that was the last memory I had of this incident before I was knocked fully unconscious.