"Please?" I beg.
"No." Dad says for the umpteenth time.
"Why?" I demand.
"Because I said no," We're sitting at the dinner table and I've been begging him since I got home from school. Mom works late tonight at the hospital.
"Please?" I whisper weakly, tears filling my eyes.
"NO KATNISS!" He finally shouts at me.
I lash out suddenly and send everything on the table flying against the wall. "WELL FUCK YOU, THEN!" I scream. Prim scurries away. Dad looks like he's about to start screaming at me. "I HATE YOU!" I storm upstairs and slam my door and lock it. I hear his pounding footsteps charge after me as I grab a duffle bag and fill it with clothes and everything I need, my phone and charger; everything. Then I open my window and use the gutter as a pole and slide down, running to the front of the house and taking off on foot.

PEETAS POV

At three in the morning, my brother Rye walks into my room and shakes me awake. "Bro, get up."
"The fuck Rye, get out dude!"
"No way man, this is serious. It's about Katniss." He says.
I frown and prop myself up with my elbows. "Katniss?" I repeat.
"Yeah, her parents and sister are here and they're pretty shaken up." He says.
What happened to Katniss? I stand up and pull on a pair of sweatpants and walk out of my bedroom to the living room. Mom and Dad are awake, and so is my other brother, Graham. "Peeta boy, how are you?" Katniss's Dad asks.
"I'm alright," I reply.
"Have you seen Katniss or heard from her at all or even talked to her?" Mrs. Everdeen asks.
"The last time I talked to her was when I left school." I reply. "Why? Is she alright?"
"That's the thing Peeta. We don't know if she's alright. You see, we told her she couldn't go with you and she got really upset and she climbed down her window and ran off. She isn't answering her phone. We don't know what happened." Her dad answers. "We tried Cinna, but he said he hasn't seen her either."
I let out a deep breath. "I'll try and call her..." I get my phone from my room and dial Katniss. She doesn't answer. It rings one time and then goes right to voicemail. "Well on the bright side, no phone would ring one time and go right to voicemail, which means she is alive and she is pressing the ignore button every time somebody calls her."
They look slightly relived.
"Why don't you text her and ask her if she's coming tomorrow. Maybe she won't ignore you then." Graham, my older brother suggests.
"I'll try," I text Katniss.
Me: hey, are you going to be coming with me?
I wait for a while and then it says she's typing. "She's typing," I voice.
Katniss: no because my dad is an inconsiderate asshole. Nobody likes me and I just want to die. And I'm cold and tired and I'm scared.
Me: you don't really want to die, do you? Why are you tired and cold and scared? Just go to sleep or make hot chocolate or something.
I'm acting dumb to get her to admit she's not home.
Katniss: I can't...
Me: why?
Katniss: because I'm not home.
Me: what do you mean you're not home? It's three in the morning!
Katniss: I ran away, alright! Now I don't know where I am and I'm cold and I'm tired and I'm scared and I really just don't understand why nobody likes me and I just really want to go somewhere warm but not see my dad.
Me: Katniss...let me come get you.
Katniss: hell no! You'll take me home then!
Me: Katniss, listen, I understand that your upset you can't come, but don't take this out on yourself. Please let somebody come and get you. Please?
Katniss: I...I guess so...
Me: good. Now where are you?
Seconds later, my phone starts ringing. Her parents are reading everything over my shoulder.
"I don't know where I am!" She says. She's trying not to cry, I can hear it. "It's really cold and I keep hearing noises and I'm really scared."
"What does it look like around you?" I ask.
"There's some supermarket called Toms and there's a fruit stand..."
I know exactly where that is. "Okay, stay put, alright? I'm coming to get you."
"Okay." She whimpers. "Just you though. Don't bring my parents." She hangs up.
"She wants me to go and get her and she said she only wants me to go." I announce.
"Alright, If she finds out that we were here she's going to be really mad. Can you just bring her home when you got her?" Her dad asks.
"Of course," I reply. I go to my room and change into jeans and a white long sleeve shirt and my leather jacket and grab my keys and my phone and wallet and head out the door to my car.

KATNISS'S POV

I sit on the bench, freezing cold, waiting for Peeta. I rest my head on my knees and shove my hands in the pockets of my jacket.
It's starting to hurt; the cold, I mean.
It's starting to hurt so bad I'm almost in tears. I really don't want to go home at all. I want to run away forever. But I'm cold and tired. I'm shaking and my teeth are chattering. I actually don't know if I can even move. Somebody sits down next to me but I don't lift my head and I don't move. "Hey," Peeta grabs my hands and I hear him let a hiss out from between his teeth. "Shit Katniss. You're like an icicle." He whispers.
"I-I am s-s-so c-cold." I whimper.
"Alright, come here." He opens his arms and pulls me into him. He stands up and carries me to his car and sets me on the passenger seat and buckles me in. The heat is on and I sit my hands right on top of the vent. He gets in and watches me from the corner of his eye. We drive in silence for a while. "I didn't realize that coming with me meant so much to you." He says.
There is something about Peeta Mellark I can't put my finger around. I just feel all warm and bubbly around him and he makes me feel happy. Going with him meant a lot to me and I'm pissed my father won't let me go. "It does. It does mean a lot." I mumble. My mind starts to wander to a very dark place. His hands wandering my body, his lips on my neck.
How incredible would it feel to have sex with him? He is amazing.
God dammit I think I have even more than a crush on him. I've just met the older him a week ago on Monday and we were best friends as kids, but he always made me feel different in a good way. I guess I didn't understand it back then. But now all I want is to kiss him.
I think I've fallen in love with Peeta Mellark.
"When are you going to tell me about these deep feelings?" I blurt. I'm all warmed up now. He pulls over suddenly, and if I didn't trust him, I would think that he was going to kick me out if his car or rape me.
Then again, it's not rape if you like it.
He gets out and moves to the backseat, gesturing for me to do the same.
"Katniss, I have had very deep feelings for you ever since we were kids that I just couldn't quite understand." He says softly when I'm facing him and he is facing me. He threads his fingers through mine, and god it feels incredible. "But now that I'm older, I do understand. I have never in my life been more attracted to anyone. There is nobody out there that is more beautiful and amazing and outgoing and intelligent than you and...I think I have feeling for you that is just much more than a crush." He pushes me gently down so I'm lying down and then hovers above me. "I have never wanted to touch a girl, every single inch of her more than I have wanted to touch you." He lowers himself so he's much closer to me. "And Katniss Everdeen," he's whispering now. "You make me happy. You're the only person I ever want to see. If we were the only two people left on earth, I would be so incredibly happy." He's searching my eyes for a long time before slipping his hand under my shirt and jacket and letting it rest on my stomach. "And I promise you, that I am incapable of controlling myself around you." Then get gets out and moves to the front seat. I move too, and for the entire ride the feeling of his hand on my stomach does not disappear.