It has been exactly one week since the wedding and I wake up with Peeta holding me. I lay on top of him and kiss him to wake him up. He opens his eyes and smiles, I smile back before kissing him again and pushing his messy hair out of his eyes for him.
"Good morning, Beautiful. Did you sleep okay?" he asks rubbing my back.
"Yep, did you?"
"Yep."
"My mom is coming back today," I say rolling my eyes.
"That's okay. We can stay like this until she gets home if you want. I know you have wanted to stay in bed all day."
"Yeah, I like that idea a lot."
For about a whole other hour we sit like that, me laying on top of him. We talk and kiss and just be ourselves. I end up pulling the covers over my head and watching him. He keeps laughing and I feel his chuckles come from his stomach. I barely even here the soft knock on my door.
"Come in!" I say popping out from underneath the covers. My mom walks in and my eyes grow wide. I just hope she doesn't know all week we were like this.
"Katniss, may I speak to you for a moment outside?" She asks in her motherly voice. I nod and follow her out of my room.
"Yes?"
"I thought I warned you. The Mellark's are nothing but trouble. I don't want you dating him and neither does your father, ask him to leave."
"No, I'm happy with him. Harvey isn't my father anyway! You never asked me if I liked Harvey. Now do you find that fair?" I say standing up for myself.
"Harvey is your father now, Katniss. You will treat him as such. He is giving a lot to this family. Frankly, your boyfriend shouldn't even be in your room with your door closed, much less in the same bed together! I thought I raised you better than that."
"You never raised me! It was always dad."
"Katniss, this conversation is over ask Mr. Mellark to leave." She walks away and i go back into the room. He already has his clothes on.
"Hey, I know when I've overstayed. I'll see you soon, maybe. I love you." He says it all so quietly and fast I barely have time to process it all before he has kissed me and is gone. I slide down the wall and I stare straight ahead. The first thing that clicks is that he loves me, then I remember the words before that. Maybe. That word will haunt me. My mom makes me change my number the next day.
I just sit in my room alone most of the time.
"Katniss? It's okay. I'm sure he won't move on," Prim says trying to encourage me but it just makes me even more lost. His sent still lingers on my pillow and on my blankets. I feel like I did when my dad died, except this time I can't go back to his videos. I'm forced to get lost in my thoughts. I plan on going to college in LA this fall, I need to see him.
One day, I'm not sure how long it has been since Peeta left, I walked down to his dad's bakery he mentioned a time before. I walked up to the counter and asked to use the phone and if he knew Peeta's number. He put it in for me and I called him.
"Yes dad?" He answers sounding sad.
"Peeta," I say choking on his name.
"Katniss? What are you doing? Why aren't you answering any of my messages?"
"It's a long story. Anyway, I'll be out there this fall for school. I can't wait to see you again."
"Forty more days," he whispers and I smile.
I soon hang up and Mr. Mellark says, "So, you are the famous Katniss that Peeta is hooked up on."
"Yeah, do you mind if I come back here in a few days and call him again?"
"Not at all, did you two hit a rough patch?"
"No, my mom is a jerk."
"Ah, your mother and her new husband."
I just nod than thank him. I leave and head to the meadow to think. As soon as I get home I begin to pack up my room. I make sure to include THE dress from our first date. Annie and I have texted and she told me she was coming over to hang out with me since we were going to the same college. She is going to be closer to Finnick.
"Katniss, tell me about you and Peeta," Annie says smiling as she hands me another box.
"Well, I miss him? I don't know what do you want me to tell you about him?"
"Why you two haven't even seen each other for two months."
"I told you it is my mom, she doesn't like him or his family. They really aren't that cunning. He's nice and smart all my mom sees is him being a jerk and breaking my heart. Now talk about Finnick, I don't want to talk about Peeta right now."
"He's as crazily stupid as ever. That is about it," she says laughing, "When are you going out there?"
"This weekend. I just can't wait. Since this weekend is when we can move our stuff in."
"Wait, you aren't staying with the boys?"
"I wasn't invited to."
Annie takes out her phone and dials a number before handing me the phone. She then begins to open the box of things about Peeta but I stop her.
"Hey, Annie," Peeta answers.
"You have really got to stop doing that."
"Kat, you know how stupid I am. Whats up?"
"I'm not sure Annie just happened to hand me her phone after dialing you."
"Does it have to do with this weekend?"
"I assume so."
"Here, give the phone back to Annie for a second." I do but I put it on speaker so I can listen too. "Annie, did you tell her?"
"Tell her what?" Annie asks.
"About her moving in? Or did you forget again?"
Annie gives me a smile and I take the phone back, "What was that all about?" I ask him.
"Do you want to move in?" He asks shyly and I smile.
"Sure."
"Great!" I laugh and hang up on him and his excitement.
