A New Threat: Chapter 7
PEETA POV
Katniss doesn't know this, but I prepared a special and romantic dinner for us tonight. I hope she likes it because it took me a while to make it, hopefully it's a hit. I love pleasing her because I get to see her beautiful smile, which I think means "I love you".
As Katniss comes out of the bathroom, I smile at her, "What" she asks. I don't stop smiling. "What is it? You look like you've done something stupid" she says as she chuckles. "Okay...not exactly what I was going for, um" I begin, "Haha, what were you going for?" she asks, "I don't know, romance maybe" I say. "Aw sweetie, you don't need to be romantic on purpose, you're romantic every day" she says. "Aw, I love you so much" I tell her. "I love you more" she says. "Wanna bet?" I ask her. "Depends, how much?" she asks me. I laugh, I grab her and pull her closer to me as I kiss her, passionately. Katniss pulls away, "What can I smell?" she asks, "Oh, that's dinner" I tell her. She gasps, "You didn't" she asks as she gives me a beautiful smile. "I did" I say. She gives a little squeal and throws yourself on me and I lift her up as she raps her legs around my waist and puts her arms around my neck. She kisses me as passionately as I did, as she pulls away and says "See, you're so romantic just being yourself" She tells me. When she kisses me again, for a long time, which is so nice, we are interrupted by a loud beeping. I pull away and say "Oh no that's dinner, it's burning" I say. "Oh" she says while she's smiling and I run over to the oven while I'm carrying her. She's laughing so loud as we are running through the kitchen. When we get to the oven I plant her on the bench and save our dinner. "We better wait for it to cool down" I tell Katniss, "Okay" she says as she kisses me hard and passionately. While she's kissing me she mumbles "I love you", "hmm I love you too" I mumble back.
A few moments later I remember about Gale. "Hey...honey" I begin, she continues kissing me and then stops for a minute "Hmm...yes" she says, then continues. "I wonder where Gale is..." suddenly she stops, "Wait, you're right" she starts, but I just keep kissing her. "Wait, honey stop" she begins and I stop, "When do you think he'll be back?", "I don't know, any minute maybe" I tell her. "Then let's go" I say, trying to be romantic. "I pick her up and suddenly she starts laughing. I carry her up the stairs, into our bedroom. "Honey, hehe what are you doing?" She asks me. "Being romantic" I tell her as I throw her on the bed. She continues laughing and throws herself on me, then I start laughing and kiss her. She hugs me and kisses my neck, then I hear a voice downstairs. "Hey, I'm home" it must be Gale. "Agh" Katniss sighs. "Why" I say. "Haha, we better go" she says. "Guess so" I say "Every time...there is some sort of...interruption" I explain. "I know, it's okay" Katniss says, "No it's not" I tell her. "We need some privacy" I demand. "You're right, and I love that you're putting your foot down" she tells me. "Really?" I ask, "Hmm really" she says, then kisses me. I don't want to, but I have to pull away. "Honey honey, we have to go downstairs" I explain as I grab her hands. "Okay" she says as she gets up, and we go down to greet Gale.
KATNISS POV
I know this is foolish, but I'm getting sick of Gale living with us. I know he hasn't got anywhere else, but we have to do something about this... situation, but maybe he got a job. Just as I am starting to feel better, I ask Gale if he got a job, he says "No". "Oh" I accidentally let out. "It's okay, I got an interview for a job so, maybe I'll get that." Gale explains. This brings a smile back on my face. "That's great, so what kind of job?" Peeta asks. "It's in construction" he explains. "Good, you'll be good at that" I tell him. "Thanks, I hope so" he says.
There is a long pause before Gale says, "What's that, on the bench?" "Oh, that was um, dinner" I try to explain. "Oh, great I'm starving" Gale says as he walks in the direction of the kitchen. "Oh um" Peeta begins and Gale stops, "Oh, go ahead" Peeta gives in. I smile at him, "Don't worry honey, it's the thought that counts" I tell him. "Oh, I love you so much" Peeta says, and he gives me the biggest hug ever, so big, he almost picks me up. "I love you too" I tell him, and I really mean it.
As we are hugging, Peeta says, "You know what, Gale, it's all yours". "Wait Peeta, what are we having?" I ask him, "We're going out" he explains. I suspect Gale heard because he says, "Okay, have fun". "Thanks Gale" I say.
So, we're at this nice restaurant, having beautiful food, and Peeta says "I"m sure this is better than my burnt homemade food", "I wouldn't care if your food was burnt to blackness, I would still eat it, because it's yours" I tell him. This has put a smile on his face, then he leans in and kisses me. When the kiss is over, Peeta says, "I can't think of a better time to do this". I don't know what he means. Suddenly he gets out of his chair, gets down on one knee, and says "Katniss, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, I have loved you for most of your life and I know you are the person I need to be with for the rest of my life, otherwise, I wouldn't be the person I am now. You bring out the best in me, and I can't even imagine, where I would be without you. So Katniss Everdeen, will you marry me?" Oh my god, he is actually proposing to me. The person I love is asking to marry me. I can't even believe it. Before he did this, I wouldn't have wanted to get married, but now I have heard what he has said, and now I realise he is the one for me, I finally say "Yes...yes, yes, yes!" I see Peeta is relieved and stands up and kisses me. I'm engaged to the one I love, Peeta Mellark!
