Chapter 4
Peeta spent most of the night staring at the ceiling. He knew that this was his home, and he was happy to be there but it was going to take a while for him to feel at ease. His mind was reviewing his conversation that he had had with Haymitch-over and over again. Could it be true that Katniss really was in love with him? Did she need him as much as Haymitch said she did? Was she really just waiting to die? Peeta got out of bed and went to the window. He looked out into the dark square hoping to see…..what he didn't know. He stepped away from the window. Sleep was obviously not going to happen tonight. He decided to go exploring his big house, looking for memories that he left behind so many months ago.
Before long, Peeta saw the sun to begin to creep over the horizon. He wanted to get out of the house and start his day. After taking a long, hot shower, Peeta got dressed and wandered down to his kitchen. He was glad to see that his kitchen had been stocked with enough essentials to last him a few weeks. He made some warm grain porridge and a cup of hot tea. He wondered how early would be too early to go see Katniss. Since it was now only 5:30AM, he figured that he should wait a while. After breakfast, Peeta went outside to breathe in some spring air. As he sat there, he watched the birds hunting for their breakfast among the patches of grass that were intermingled with coal dust and gravel. The early spring plants were beginning to wake up from their winter slumber and Peeta could see that in a few weeks, color would be coming back to District 12. This revelation gave him an idea. Peeta ran back into the house to grab his jacket and off he went to the woods.