A/N: Hello! I'm sorry for the delay, but thank you for the amazing response to the last chapter! How can you not love Everlark kisses and Finnick?! Im not happy with the length of this chapter, so I'll definitely try to make the next chapter longer! Also I got my dvd this week so I've been feeling super emotional and full of everlark feels, so expect lots of updates! I hope you enjoy!
"Mr Odair." I nod, I'm sure my cheeks are bright red.
"Please, call me Finnick." He winks at me.
"If you wish." I reply curtly.
"What's wrong, Finn?" Peeta asks.
"I'm starving. Where can I get something to eat around here?"
"Effie and Prim will probably be in the kitchen, they'll sort you something."
"Why don't you escort me Katniss? I would love to talk to the girl who's got Peeta here so infatuated." Finnick laughs.
"Of course." I stand, straightening my dress out.
"Don't be too long." I can practically hear the smile in Peeta's voice, I cannot meet his eyes.
"I can't promise anything." Finnick winks as I lead him out of the room.
"What about the other men on your team?" I ask to break the silence that I am sure he was making deliberately awkward.
"Both dead." He replies. "Thresh helped me move Peeta away then went back to get Cato just as another bomb hit."
"I'm sorry to hear that." I say a silent thanks to Thresh for saving my Peeta. "Peeta mentioned you are engaged."
A huge smile appears on Finnick's face. "Yes, my Annie. I proposed just before I left, the ring was bigger than any of her friends." He says smugly. "I cannot wait to see her again."
"Why haven't you gone straight home to her?" I ask.
Finnick's smile vanishes. "I don't want her to see me like this."
I look him up and down, he doesn't even have any marks on his face. "Why, what's wrong with you?" I ask.
"Well Ms Everdeen, the doctor seemed to think that I had lost my mind."
We walk in silence to the kitchen.
"What are their names again?" Finnick asks.
"The housekeeper is Effie and my little sister is Primrose." I answer.
He winks at me, then throws the door open and walks into the kitchen.
Effie and Prim immediately jump from their seats and rush over. "You must be Peeta's friend!" Effie cries.
"Yes, Finnick Odair at your service ma'am." Finnick grabs her hand and kisses it. "Let me guess, Effie is it?"
She nods and giggles like a schoolgirl.
"Pleasure to meet you Effie, might I say that is a beautiful head piece you are wearing." He turns to Prim. "And you must be Primrose."
"Yes sir, but you can call me Prim." She beams, twirling her hair.
"A beautiful name for a beautiful girl." He grins, causing Effie and Prim to visibly swoon.
I cannot help but roll my eyes. "Finnick was hungry, could you make him something please Effie?"
"If it's not too much trouble, I'd be more than happy to cook myself." He yawns pathetically. "I'm not too tired."
Effie tuts and waves her arms around ridiculously. "I won't hear of it! What type of woman would I be if I let a man of honour cook for himself?!" She grabs his arm and guides him to the table. "Just you sit yourself here, make yourself comfortable. Prim, go pour Mr Odair here a drink of Haymitch's special juice." She orders.
"You would make a fine wife." Finnick beams, causing Effie to start giggling again.
"Oh dear, I forgot about poor Peeta!" Effie gasps. "I should go check on him."
"Why don't you let Katniss go? She seemed to be cheering Peeta up spectacularly." Finnick smirks.
I glare at him. "I will, why don't you tell Effie all about your fiancee whilst I'm gone?"
The smirk falls from his face, and Effie shoulders slump.
I walk slowly back to Peeta's room. I do not know how to feel about the kiss, before I had seen Peeta only as a friend, but now I had no idea what to think.
I knock on his door, then poke my head round. Peeta's face lights up when he sees me. "Can I come in?" I ask.
"Of course!" He says, making room for me to sit beside him.
I walk in and join him on the bed. "Finnick is in the kitchen making Effie and Prim wait on him. Not that they're complaining." I tell him.
He laughs. "He was the exact same in the hospital with the nurses. Drove the other patients crazy."
"I think we need to talk. About what happened earlier."
Peeta's face falls. "Do you regret it?"
I shake my head. "I just don't understand it."
"Well do you like me?" Peeta asks.
I nod.
"Well I like you a lot. I have since we were kids."
"I don't know what to think though." I whisper.
"Forget what you think Katniss, what do you feel?"
I shrug pathetically. "I liked it. The kiss. And when I thought you were dead, that I'd lost you...I didn't know what to do." I bite my lip, I hadn't meant to say as much.
"Sounds like you like me a lot too, Katniss." Peeta replies, leaning forward.
I follow his lead and for the second time that day find myself kissing Peeta Mellark.
