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Disclaimer: I do not own The Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins is the owner of this amazing trilogy. This story is mine, although the characters are not.

Chapter 9

Katniss' POV

I was just about to turn my alarm clock off and go back to sleep, when I remembered I was going to District 10 with Peeta today. I got out of bed, had a shower, and got ready. I then had breakfast with Prim. For the first time in ages, we were both very excited again.

It was 9:45, so I brought Prim to Rue's house. We rang the doorbell and a young woman opened the door. "Hi Prim. You must be Katniss. I'm Rue's mother, Rue told me all about you two yesterday. Would you like to come in for a drink?" She smiled. "Yes, I'm Katniss. Rue's a lovely little girl. I'd love to stay but I have to get going." I said.

I looked at Prim. "Prim, have a great time. Be careful. Don't do anything you know I wouldn't. I love you, and I'll see you in a few days." I gave her a hug and she smiled. "Have fun with Peeta, Katniss." She smiled and winked. I blushed and Prim went inside. I walked back to my house to pick up my bag.

I then walked over to Peeta's house. I knocked on the door and Peeta opened it. "Hi Katniss." He said and kissed my cheek. I blushed and walked in. Mr. Mellark was inside eating a sandwich. "Hi Katniss, we'll be leaving in a few minutes. Leo and Rye just have to finish their packing. I don't understand why they always leave it this late." He rolled his eyes.

I chuckled and followed Peeta to the sofa. I the realized someone wasn't coming with us. "Peeta, is your mother coming with us?" I asked. "No, she decided to stay home. She doesn't like District 10. Well, she doesn't really like any District.." He said and smiled.

A few moments later Rye came running down the stairs. "Dad, I'm packed! I was quicker than Leo!" He said and smiled. Then Leo came running down. "But it's not fair, I couldn't find my black pants!" He said. They were like two little boys.

"Hey, they're my black pants you were searching for, not yours! You always take them!" Peeta said. He stood up and stood next to his brothers. They all started arguing. They were all older than 16. But it was like they were 6.

Mr. Mellark looked at me and we both started laughing really hard. The boys stopped arguing and looked at us. They all looked down ashamed, as if they had just remembered we were there. "Hi Katniss. Are you coming with us?" Leo asked. I nodded. "Okay. Give me a second, I'll just grab my bag and we can go." He headed upstairs and came back moments later. "Ready!"

We all went outside and walked to the train station. Peeta was walking next to Leo, still talking about his black pants, and Rye was walking in front, leading the way. I was walking behind them all, next to Mr. Mellark.. "So Katniss, have you ever been in District 10 before?" He asked. I shook my head. "I've only ever been in District 12." I said. He nodded.

"Your mother does know you're coming with us, doesn't she?" He asked, looking at me seriously.

Oops, I had forgotten to leave a note for my mother. O well, she probably wouldn't notice we were gone anyway. I hadn't seen her in about two weeks now. She could be in another District for all I know.

"Um, yeah, she knows." I said. I wasn't a good liar, but luckily Mr. Mellark just nodded and looked away. I then realized my mother probably hasn't even met the Mellarks yet.

"Ow!" I looked at Peeta and Leo and saw Peeta rubbing his arm. Leo was laughing. Peeta punched his arm and Leo yelled. They then kept punching each other really hard. "Are they always like this?" I asked. Mr. Mellark chuckled. "Yeah, they're all like 4-year-old's." I laughed and Mr. Mellark walked quicker to catch up with them. He then slapped both of their arms and I laughed again.

We were then at the train station. The train was already there. We walked in and sat on the seats. I sat next to Peeta, across from Leo and Rye. Mr. Mellark sat down somewhere behind us. Peeta grabbed my hand and whispered something in my ear. I could feel his breath tickling my ear. "Listen, Leo and Rye are total jerks, so they'll probably annoy us the whole time. But don't worry, you get used to it after a while."

He leaned back and smiled. I laughed and Leo and Rye looked at us, both raising their eyebrows. They looked very alike. You'd nearly think they were twins.

"What are you two whispering about?" Leo asked. "I just told Katniss you two are jerks." Peeta said and smiled. I laughed at Rye's face as he looked at Peeta. Leo looked at Rye and they both nodded.

What were they planning? This couldn't be good. I saw Peeta looking at me, probably with the same thought.

They both looked at me and crossed their arms. "So Katniss.." Said Rye. "Yeah?" "Why do you like Peeta?" I started blushing. How was I supposed to answer this? Peeta looked angry and Leo started talking. "Katniss, don't you think Peeta has the biggest muscles? And beautiful eyes?" I realized what they were doing.

They were trying to mack me as uncomfortable as they could. Leo and Rye saw the realization in my eyes and grinned at each other. "Is our little Peety a good kisser?" Leo asked. I blushed a deep red and Leo and Rye started laughing. "Leo, Rye, stop it, this isn't funny." Peeta said. But I think I could see some pleasure in his eyes. He was probably happy I didn't scream no and jump out of the train or something.

"Oh, okay Peeta, we'll stop embarrassing Katniss." Rye said. Hallelujah. They then both looked at Peeta. Oh, now they were going to embarrass Peeta. Peeta just glared at them as they both folded their arms again.

"So, Peeta, why do you like Katniss?" Leo asked. Peeta looked at me. I could see a faint blush starting to creep up. "Is she a good kisser?" Rye asked. Peeta said nothing and tried to ignore them. "Surely, you should know by now. You've kissed her enough times." Leo said, grinning. But Peeta still wasn't blushing.

"Who would of thought that our little brother, Peeta Mellark, who used to carry his fluffy blanket everywhere until he was 6, would kiss girls?" Rye said. Peeta finally started blushing. Leo looked at Rye and they grinned. They had realized they would have to tell me embarrassing Peeta-moments and secrets to make him blush.

"Yeah.. Oh Rye.." "Yeah?'' Rye said. "Do you remember that cute little teddy bear he had till he was 13? What was that called again?" Leo said. Rye grinned. "I think its name was 'Mr. Fluffypants.'" Leo and Rye both started laughing really hard and Peeta was blushing a deeper red. He was nearly as red as I was.

"Leo, did you know that Peeta still sucks his thumb?" Peeta was a dark red, just as red as me. "No I don't! I, just, you know, I don't-" He got interrupted by the sound of Leo and Rye laughing, they were doubled over and there were tears streaming down their faces. They were having a great time.

They gave each other a high five and laughed for about 5 minutes straight. Peeta and I were both getting a normal color again. After about 10 minutes, Rye got up to get a sandwich and Leo went with them. When they were out of sight I leaned in to whisper something.

"Your brothers are crazy." I whispered. Peeta nodded. "The doctors said medication won't help.." He said grinning. I laughed and then remembered something. 'Was Mr. Fluffypants a doctor?" I asked. He glared at me and I laughed really hard. That was one good thing about what just happened, I could now tease Peeta with three new things.

He was still glaring at me and I stuck out my tongue. He pushed my arm and I thought I'd pay him back for it, so I pretended he really hurt me. "Ow Peeta, my arm.." I said, looking hurt. His eyes suddenly turned scared. "Oh my god, Katniss, I'm sorry, did I hurt you? I didn't mean to, I'm so sorry! Is your arm okay? Pull up your sleeve and show me where it hurts."

I pulled up my sleeve and he put his face close to my arm, looking for a bruise or bump. "I don't see anything.." He said. I then hit his cheek with my elbow and laughed. He realized I wasn't actually hurt and looked at me playfully. "It's on, Everdeen.. Are you ticklish?" He asked.

Shit. "No, not at all." I said, but he noticed I was lying. He tickled my waist and I started laughing uncontrollably. I tried to stop him but he wouldn't budge. I then realized what I had to do to stop him.

I leaned towards him and kissed him. His hands froze and relaxed again on my waist. I kissed him for about a minute and then pulled back. "I win." I said and grinned. He looked at me in shock. I laughed and he pouted. I grinned again and kissed him.

"Ew, get a roooom!" I jumped and looked. Leo and Rye sat down across from us. Peeta and I were both blushing again. "You two really can't help yourselves, can you?" Rye said. I looked down and saw Peeta do the same. Then Peeta's father came over to us.

"The train stops in a minute. Grab your bags." He said. Leo and Rye got up first and then raced to the door. I laughed and shook my head. Mr. Mellark then looked at me and Peeta and grinned. I had forgotten he was only sitting a few seats behind us, so he had heard and seen everything.

I looked at Peeta and he just grabbed my hand and walked me to the door, holding both our bags. The train soon stopped and the door opened. We walked out and I looked at District 10. It was lovely. It was a bit like District 12, only more farms and woods. And it was sunnier. "Hello District 10." Said Leo.

We walked for 5 minutes and then went into the woods. "Um, why are we going in here?" I asked. Peeta grinned at me. "We have a little house in here. Well, actually it's more like a posh cottage." He said. Having a house or cottage in the woods had always been my dream. We walked for another few minutes and then we were there. The cottage was lovely, it was quite big, and it had a well next to it.

Mr. Mellark opened the door and we walked in. Leo and Rye just dropped their bags and went back outside. "See you later!" They yelled. Mr. Mellark went to the well, probably to fill some buckets of water for us. We were in the kitchen.

"Okay, so, there's a kitchen, toilet, small living room and..." He stopped and looked at me with big eyes. "What?" I asked. "There are.. 3 bedrooms." He said. I counted in my head. That would be one for Mr. Mellark, one for Rye and Leo and one for me and... Peeta.

I felt myself blushing. "Um, I'll show you the bedrooms." Peeta said and I followed him. One bedroom had one double bed in it. The next had two small beds in it. And the last had one small bed in it. Rye and Leo would take the bedroom with two small beds. And Mr. Mellark would take the one with one small bed.

Which would mean Peeta and I would have the bedroom with the big bed. We walked in and we both put our bags on the floor. "Um, Katniss, you can have the bed, I'll sleep in the living room on the sofa or something-" Peeta started saying, but I interrupted him. "Peeta, this is your cottage, I can't just take your bed and leave you sleep on the sofa. I'll sleep in the living room." I said.

He frowned at me. "I'm not leaving you sleep on the sofa. I just can't do that." He said. I knew he wouldn't leave me sleep there. "Fine," I said, "Then we both sleep in the big bed." I blushed and Peeta looked at me in shock. He also started blushing and I looked down.

"Would you like something to eat? We could have a picnic." He suggested. I suddenly realized I was starving. Traveling must do that to you. "Sure." I said and followed him to the kitchen. He grabbed a big picnic basket and filled it with bread, jam, cheese, croissants and a drink. He also grabbed a blanket to sit on.

I looked at the clock. It was already 11 'o clock. We had been in the train longer than I thought. We headed out and Peeta told his dad we'd be in the woods.

We walked for a while, Peeta holding the basket in one hand, and my hand in the other. Then we were in a field full of flowers. We stopped in the middle and Peeta lay out the blanket. We sat down and Peeta opened the basket. We both had some bread and jam. Peeta had a big blob of jam next to his mouth.

I leaned towards him and he froze. His ear was an inch from my mouth and I whispered softly. "There's a blob of jam next to your mouth." I leaned back and started laughing. He was blushing and wiped his mouth of the back of his hand. We had the croissants and then sat there, looking at the flowers. I inched closer to Peeta. He was lying back and I put my head on his chest. He stroked my hair softly, untangling my braid.

I don't know how long we were lying there like that. I think it was for about three hours. We talked about everything.

But after a while he sat up. It was a shame, cause I was really comfy on his chest. He stood up and I looked at him in confusion. He walked around for a few seconds and then picked a flower. He came back and sat in front of me. He tucked my hair back behind my ear and then gave me the flower he had picked. It was a beautiful dandelion.

"It's lovely, Peeta. Thank you." I said and smiled at him. He smiled back at me and brushed my cheek with his hand. "Katniss, I love you." He said and blushed. I blushed as well. "I love you too Peeta." I said and kissed him. He was now sitting next to me. He put his hands on my waist and I put my arms around his neck.

We kissed for a while and then I lay on his chest again. This place was so peaceful. It made me forget about all the bad things in the world.

After a while I looked up to see the sun setting. "That's your favorite color, isn't it?" I asked. He nodded. I never really understood why he liked orange that much. But now I did. It was beautiful. We sat up and I leaned my head on his shoulder as he put one of his arms around my shoulder.

We watched the sun go down and then started to walk back to the cottage. We didn't want to get lost in the woods when it was dark. We were back soon and walked in. Peeta's father was inside on the sofa, drinking a cup of what looked like coffee. "Hi kids. Have a good time?" He smiled. We both nodded.

We then walked to the bedroom. I sat down on the bed and he just stood there awkwardly. "Um, do you wanna go to bed?" He asked. I nodded. I was knackered, it had been a long day. I stood up to grab my pajamas and put my hand in my bag.

"Shit, I think I forgot my pajamas." I said. I remembered putting them off this morning and leaving them on my bed. "Oh.. You can lend one of my shirts if you want." He smiled. "Okay, thanks." I said and Peeta went to grab a shirt. He came back with a big blue one. "Peeta.." I said. "Yes?" "Do you have any shirts that aren't very see-through?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

Peeta looked at the shirt he had grabbed and blushed. "I'm sorry.." I heard him mumble as he went to grab another shirt. This time he came back with a red one. This one was smaller, but at least it wasn't see-through. He handed it to me and I smiled at him. "Thanks." I went into the 'bathroom'. It was a small toilet, which wasn't bigger than my closet. And I had a small closet.

I put the red t-shirt on and was happy I had remembered to shave my legs this morning. The t-shirt stopped just under my underwear. And I couldn't go to get my bag to grab shorts or anything anymore without him seeing me, so I decided I'd just go to bed like this.

I opened the toilet door and put my head through the opening. I gasped. Peeta was faced the other way, putting on his pajamas. He was just taking his shirt off, and I could see his muscles. He heard me gasp and turned around, his shirt in his hand. He saw my mouth was open and my eyes were wide and he smiled, blushing. I then realized I was staring.

I opened the door totally and stepped out. I was his turn to gasp. I blushed, trying to not look at him again, as he wasn't putting on a pajama shirt. I turned around and looked at his face. "You look so beautiful." He said, his face still slightly shocked. But he was smiling widely. I blushed. He then sat down on the bed.

"Aren't you putting on a pajama top?" I asked, trying to sound casual. "No, its still very warm at night." He said. I thought I was going to faint. I was going to sleep in one bed with Peeta, while I was just wearing a shirt and he was just wearing pajama shorts.

We brushed our teeth and Peeta then went into bed. He put his arms behind his head and grinned at me. "Are you coming or what?" He said. He found it very amusing that I couldn't stop blushing. I stepped in and lay down.

Peeta yawned and rested his arm behind on my shoulder. "That trick is so old, Mellark. If you wanted to put you arm on my shoulder, all you had to do was ask." I joked. He grinned and put both his arms around my shoulder. I closed my eyes.

Before I knew it I was asleep in Peeta's arms.