OMG thank you guys for the reviews and follows. A few people suggested I make it a "Finniss" which I had never really thought of, but thank you it's a great suggestion and I'll most likely do that but ya never know ;) ALSO sorry it took so long to update. hope y'all enjoy!
Chapter 4-
A wave of painful memories sweep over me as I think of her betrayal. Her eyes immediately widen as she sees me and I'm guessing my expression mirrors her's. "Uh Katniss, what are you doing here, I mean how do you know Annie?" I stammer. "We went to college together, hey how do you already know her name?" Annie asks. Before Katniss can tell the truth I blurt out, "We were friends back in high school!" She gives me a confused look but I completely ignore it. "Oh." Annie says disappointed she didn't get to introduce us. Later we have a picnic and the whole time, I'm thinking about how unlucky I am to be here right now, "of all people." I think and feel sorry for myself. Suddenly Johanna lightly kisses me bringing me back from me zoned out state. My eyes widen in surprise and I almost fall backwards out of shock. "What are you thinkin' about." She asks me. "Um nothing." I say not convincingly. She simply shrugs it off and soon as we're finished eating everybody heads off to go on a walk except for Katniss and I who are put on cleanup duty. Together.
"Peeta why did you lie about us dating?" She asks me as soon as our friends are out of sight. "Look Katniss, I didn't want to make a scene by ranting on about how you cheated on me." I say irritated. I immediately regret saying this, it was way to harsh. She looks away guiltily. "Oh." She says. "Johanna seems nice." She says trying to change the subject. "She is." I simply say happily. "Um I was thinking that we could have coffee later on." She says. I'm no idiot so I understand what she's trying to do. "Katniss" I start. "Look I just wanna buy you coffee it's the least I can do." She says, not letting me continue my previous argument. "Ok I'll get coffee with you." I say. "Ok, should I pick you up later on tonight?" She asks "How's 7?" I ask quickly wanting to talk to Jo. She nods her head, I give her my address, and she turns to leave.
I walk to my car with Jo, dreading the topic I have to bring up. "Hey Jo" I say nervously as we approach my car. "Yeah Pete, what's up?" She asks. "You know how I said Katniss and I went to high school together?" I ask. She nods. "Well I sorta lied." I admit. She doesn't look surprised. "I thought you were kinda acting a little standoffish. So how do you really know Katniss?" She asks. "Uh, um we sorta used to date." I say quietly. To my surprise she laughs. "Seriously? I mean she's a great girl and everything but she doesn't really seem like she's your type." She says. "And what's my type?" I ask mocking her. "Uh awesomeness like me." She answers dramatically, motioning towards herself. We laugh at this. "So how did y'all break up?" She asks. "Um, well one night I went to pick her up for a date at this fancy cafe and when I get there she was wearing sweat pants so I asked and she told me we needed to break up. Ater that I asked what I did wrong and she said it wasn't me then she got this guilty look on her face." I pause as the painful memory hits me with full force. "And I could tell she'd been seeing someone else, just by the look on her face. I left and haven't spoken since." I finish quietly.
Johanna is quiet for a minute. "Are you still in love with her?" She asks nervously. "Of course not! She stabbed me in the back and I hate what she put me through, could you ever love a man after you found out he'd been cheating on you?" I ask trying to convince her. "No I guess not, I'm sorry Peeta, it's just..." I cut her off mid sentence. "No apology necessary." I say gently to her. "How bout we go and get a cupcake?" I ask, knowing how much my cupcakes brighten her day. "I'm done with that." She says excitedly. I lead her to my car.
As I'm driving I quickly glance at my watch, simply out of curiosity. Crap, it's 5:45. I have to leave with Katniss pretty soon. Now I really don't want to tell Johanna I'm going on a date with my ex. "Hey Jo, I hate to do this but I sorta promised Katniss I'd have coffee with her tonight." I say. "Ok what time?" She asks casually. "Um 7:00, you seen to be taking this amazingly well, not that you're a spaz or anything but I don't know how I'd feel if you were going on a date with one of your ex's." I say surprised. "Well I'm perfectly fine with it unless it turns into more than 2 exes having coffee together. Peeta I completely trust you not to cheat on me especially since you know how it feels." She says completely serious. "You're are officially the best girlfriend ever." I say. "I know." She says; I lean in and lightly kiss her on the lips.
7:00 comes faster than either of us anticipated; before we know it, it's 6:50. "Do you have to leave, I know I said it was fine, but all I wanna do is watch a movie with my boyfriend." She says in anguish. "I know, me too, but I think Katniss really does feel guilty about what she did and this is a small form of compensation for her." I answer. "Compensation? Why does she out of all people need compensation! She is the one who totally betrayed you like a little..." I cut her off imagining what she's about to say. "Jo, what I meant is it's her way of getting closure, maybe she's trying to see if I'm truly alright. She said, just let me buy you coffee it's the least I could do." I explain. "Fine but I don't know what kind of freak wants to get coffee at night." She says still aggravated. "I solemnly promise I, Peeta Mellark will be home before 8:30, okay?" I ask trying to comfort her. "Ok." She agrees. As if on cue the door bell rings and we both roll our eyes. I kiss her as I walk to the door and repeat my promise.
I open the door and Katniss is standing there with perfect makeup, a tight strapless mini dress, and 6 inch heels that I'm surprised don't break her ankle as she was walking to the door. "You look nice." I say, trying to hide my uncomfortableness. The only reason I say I'm uncomfortable is because, first her dress could easily pass off as a shirt, second she clearly stated her intentions for this date earlier that day and her dress says she doesn't just want to clear her conscious or whatever, and third I have a girlfriend. "Thank you." She says, in a seductive purr. "Shall we go?" She asks in the same tone. "Sure." I say.
We drive for a few minutes until we arrive at a somewhat familiar area. "Hey I've been here before!" I exclaim trying to recall the place. "I know my house is just down the street, you must have driven by it a hundred times while we were dating." She says. "Oh that's right." I respond. We pull into the parking lot of a coffee house and we get out. As we walk through the door Katniss gets some odd stares, due to her attire. She leads me to the bar where you can see employees preparing drinks. "What are you going to get?" She asks. "Probably just a black coffee." I say as I study the menu of unfamiliar drinks. She nods.
"Do you go here often?" I ask, trying to make conversation. "No, but I thought it would be nice." She says in a slow breathy voice. Katniss is a nice person and everything but the dress, heels, and the voices is a little much. A woman with an apron approaches "What can I get you guys?" She says politely. "I'll get a black coffee." I say. "I'll get a soy latte." She says shortly after. Soon she brings our drinks out. "So do you maybe want to come back to my place?" She says in a quiet voice
Sorry guys, I know it's sort of a random place to stop but I was in a rush to post the chapter, I'll try to post chap. 5 ASAP! Hope you liked chapter 4. As always if you have any questions or comments feel free to write reviews (they're greatly appreciated!)