Hello my crazy chipmunk friends! Here's chapter 9! I can't believe that after this there is only one more left! I can't wait for school to be over. Once it is I'm going to be writing like crazy! I don't have much to say expect that you guys are the best readers ever and that there will be a lot of point of view changes between Peeta and Katniss. You all know I don't own the Hunger Games Trilogy so I might as well start the story. Laters!

Bonnie and Clyde

Chapter 9

Katniss's POV

"I love it!" Annie screams as I walk out the bathroom in my gown for the party. It's a dark purple with glitter on the bottom that flows out and designs of gold swirls all over the top section. It's sleeveless so I make sure to wear a matching wrap over my shoulders that snaps close with a gold incrusted button that I had engraved with a 'K' in script. I have on purple heels with silver glitter all over it. My hair flows down to the middle of my back after the trim I got from the lovely stylists Octavia, Flavius, Venia. But they were a little too chatty though. But the person I adored most was the designer of this dress. I still can't believe its custom made. I have on some mascara and glittery purple eye shadow. To top it all off I have on some beautiful blood red lipstick that sticks out with the dark purples instead of making me look like an idiot. Annie is in a simple forest green dress that flows down to her ankles and then exposes her matching strappy heels that are encrusted with little silver diamonds. Her hair is up in a messy ballerina bun that makes her look sophisticated instead of like she just got up and went there. Her makeup is simple, just a little green eye shadow, blush, and some deep red lipstick.

"Aw thank you Annie. You look gorgeous as well." She smiles at my comment and the Johanna walks out.

She's wearing a red dress that has a slit up to her knee. She has on matching heels and her hair is swung over her shoulder. She has on a diamond necklace and her lipstick is blood red.

I just hope Gale doesn't get a boner when he sees her.

"Damn Johanna, what are you trying to do? Make Gale piss his pants?" Annie exclaims.

"Maybe," Johanna says before grabbing her small purse and walking downstairs. The boys already left so now we get to make our grand entrance. We left the kids at Annie's neighbor's house so we don't have to worry about them tonight. We stand at the top of the stairs as we're introduced. I'm in the middle, Johanna's on my right and Annie's on my left. I take a cleansing breath and smile just as the doors open.

Peeta's POV (I feel like's it been forever since I've used his POV. Don't you?)

The doors open and there is Katniss looking as radiant as ever. I swear she is the prettiest girl in the room. She walks down the steps with the elegance of a queen. She doesn't look down once, no, her eyes are locked on mine. Her feet step down surely and when she's close to the bottom of the stairs I walk up to meet her and Finnick and Gale follow me. I hold out my hand which she takes gratefully as she reaches the last few steps. She stands in front of me and her beautiful grey eyes shine.

"Hi Peeta," she says with a soft smile.

"Hi, Katniss. You look beautiful," I say looking at her dress once more. Cinna really did a good job. His partner, Portia tailored my suit and gave me the purple handkerchief to put in my front pocket. I haven't been prepped like this in a long time and it reminded me of the banquets I went to before we met. Who would've guessed that the person trying to steal your money would be the love of your life huh?

"Thank you. You look handsome as well," she says.

We stare at each other for a long while, lost in the bubble that is our love before it's popped by someone I never thought I would see again.

"Hi Peeta," I squeaky voice says I turn and see my long time best friend.

"Delly! Hey, how ya doing?" I ask her, giving her a soft embrace. She smiles and tells me she's doing fine. I can't believe I get to see my friend again!

Katniss's POV

Peeta hugs the girl he called Delly once more before turning to me.

"Katniss, this is my childhood friend Delly. Delly, this is my girlfriend Katniss," he says. I swear I almost forgot that these are his people. He grew up here.

And I didn't.

"Hi, pleasure to meet you," I say putting on my best smile and shaking her hand. We make idle chat for a while before she tells Peeta that she has to go and that his parents are here.

"What? Where are they?" he asks, interested in her.

"By the finger sandwiches. They've been looking for you," she says smiling. He thanks her and she nods, walking off to talk to some other people. Peeta leads me in the direction of the table and there stand 3 men and a very short woman in a simple baby blue dress. Her blonde hair is flowing freely and she seems engrossed in conversation. Peeta walks up and taps the tallest man on the shoulder. He turns around and I swear that his eyes pop out his head.

"P-Peeta?" he asks. His voice is deep and attracts the attention of the rest of them. There is the woman and then the other two boys who look like photo copies of Peeta except one is taller and isn't as broad and another is a little more broad and shorter.

"Hi dad." Peeta says. The man brings him in for a hug and the boys, who I assume are the brothers he talked about, pat his back and hug him. He turns to the woman, who I figure is his mother, and sees she has tears in her eyes. He gives her a big hug and she returns it gratefully. I begin to wonder if this is the mom he talked about abusing him before he was with us and I figure the loss of her youngest son has broke something in her. She cries on his chest and I see tears well him his eyes as well. I walk up to him and put a hand on his shoulder. He turns and then introduces me to the group. They smile and fall in love with me instantly. We talk for a while longer before Caesar stands in front of the microphone, talking about a dance between Finnick/Annie, Gale/Johanna, and Peeta/Me. I smile and put my hand in Peeta's as he guides me to the space that the guests have cleared for us. The music plays softly and then we begin dancing.

I'm momentarily lucky that I learned how to ballroom dance from my father before he left because if I didn't I would look like a total klutz. Peeta glides across the floor elegantly and I do as well, only messing up unnoticeably when he spins me or dips me. After about 5 more minutes of dancing other couples join us. The song ends and Peeta places a light kiss on my lips before whispering my favorite 3 words in my ear. I smile and kiss him again, more heavily this time but not enough to look like a slut in front of his family. We pull away and Peeta is breathing heavily, as if he's in pain. My brows furrow and I ask him what's wrong. He shakes his head, saying that he needs to talk to Finnick and Gale for a second before rushing off. I look at where he ran quizzically before grabbing some red wine from the server and finding Johanna in the crowd. After that I proceed to tell her what happened and her brows furrow.

"I don't know what to say Kat. From what you're saying he's acting a bit shady but Peeta isn't the type of person to hop from one girl to the next. Especially the girl that can rip his balls off and feed it to him," Johanna says emitting a light chuckle from me.

"Yeah, I guess I was just over reacting. It's just that now that everything is over I'm afraid Peeta will leave me and go back to his family. I mean, these people are his equals. I'm just some girl who stole money to save her sister who died in the end," I say looking down. Johanna lifts up my chin and speaks to me in a menacing voice.

"Now you listen to me you bitch. Peeta loves you. He wouldn't do anything to hurt you and if you ever degrade yourself like that I will personally kick you ass got it?" she asks.

I don't have time to respond because Peeta is now on the stage where the band was and is gathering everyone's attention.

"Hello everybody, I would like to thank you all for coming out tonight. The fact that you can accept us as equals other than criminals is reviving. Now, I know that you all must be wondering why I summoned your attention so I will answer that by calling my beautiful girlfriend Katniss Everdeen to the stage."

Everyone looks at me expectantly but it's Johanna who gives me a little nudge who causes me to put down my drink and walk through the path that the guests have cleared for me. Heels click against the steps as I climb them and take Peeta's hand for support. He guides me next to him so that I'm facing him and then turns to me.

"Katniss, I've wanted to do this since I first met you. But with everything going on in our lives I was afraid you would say no. Now that everything is out off the way and we can live normal lives I want to make you mine in every way possible, starting with marriage." When he says this he pulls out a black velvet box that holds a beautiful diamond ring inside.

"Katniss, you are my everything. Without you I would die. You've taught me how to live, how to fend for myself, but most of all, you taught me how to love. And that's the greatest gift you can give me. Now, I would like to repay that service by giving you everything you want and being everything you need. Katniss Elizabeth Everdeen, will you do me the honor of being my wife?"

Tears run down my face and I bend down to hug him. I kiss him hard on the lips and my mind can only formulate one word.

"Yes."

Awwwwwww! That was so fucking adorable! Considering this is technically the last chapter I'm not going to make you wait a few days for the epilogue. Instead I'm going to post it in a few hours so my people can get time to actually read and reflect on the chapter instead of jumping to the next one. Until then I just want to thank you for being a beautiful audience and that you have done wonders for me. I can't be more happy of the service you provided by reading my story. Until next time.

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