When I wake up, I do not feel his arms around me. I reach across the bed for him, and feel bitter coldness. I sit up and see his phone is gone.
"Peeta?" I call with no reply.
Oh yeah. He's in New York City. I go downstairs and see he left a note on the counter.
Baby,
I know your probably upset I didn't wake you up to say goodbye, but you looked so adorable that I didn't have the heart to do it. Listen, I know your probably upset right now, and I hate to say it but I couldn't get a flight for tonight, so I'll be home tomorrow. (I'm super sorry baby, I tried but they were booked) I'll see you tomorrow. If I don't show up, I could be stuck in a snow storm. Katniss, I love you so much. I'll see you tomorrow.
Love, Peeta.
I sigh and go upstairs and get dressed. I work today but I'm not dressed for work because I'm going to quit.
I get in the car and drive to work. I walk right to the back and go up to my boss.
"I'm resigning." I say.
He looks really upset. "Why?" He asks.
"I have another job and it's going to get me somewhere in life."
He nods. "I understand." He says. "Your last paycheck will come on Friday. Good luck, Katniss."
"Thank you." I walk out.
I get home and Madge comes over. "I'm not doing the interior designing anymore." She says. i don't want to. I'm going back to school
For something else."
I stare at her. "So that's it's your just fucking done?"
"I'm sorry." she says.
I turn around and go upstairs.
She gets the message and leaves.
This is terrible.
...9...
Where are my favorite underwear?
As a matter of fact, most of my clothes are missing. I go downstairs to the washer to see if Peeta started a load, but he didn't.
Where are my clothes?
Where is my fiancé?
Why can't I follow my dream?
Why did Madge leave?
Why is nothing working out?
The reality of everything comes crashing down on my shoulders.
I've just gotten out of the shower, and I curl up on the living room floor, naked, covered in nothing.
The door is locked and the blinds are shut and nobody except for Peeta has a key.
I pull my knees against my chest and cry myself to sleep on the ice cold wooden living room floor.
...9...
"Oh my god!" I hear someone gasp. "Katniss?" I feel warm hands on my body. "Honey."
It's Peeta, I believe. I feel him tuck my hair behind my ear and lift me up. "Katniss, honey, wake up." Peeta whispers. He grabs the blanket off of the back of the couch and covers me with it.
I lift my head off of his shoulder and force my eyes open.
He looks panicked and concerned. "Honey, what happened?"
I start to shiver. He looks tired enough, so he puts his suitcase by the door and carries me upstairs. "Katniss." He whispers. "Baby." He lays me down in bed and sits bedside me, covering me up. "What happened?"
"Madge quit." I mumble, grabbing his hand. "She quit. I can't do anything without her. She quit Peeta."
"Oh baby." He whispers. "Honey." He runs his fingers through my hair.
"I couldn't find any clothes and I was sad because you weren't home and nothing is working out for me anymore so I just...I cried myself to sleep on the floor."
He looks physically pained. "Why didn't you call me honey?"
"I didn't want to bother you." I whisper.
"Oh baby." He lays down next to me and pulls me in his arms. "I am so sorry. I can help if you want me to."
"No. I don't even want to do it anymore. This whole thing had been Madge and I's dream since we were eleven. It's not right to do it without her. I don't know what I'll do now. I don't even want to do it anymore."
He considers this for a long time. "Well...I have an idea." I raise my eyebrows. "Let's get married." He says. "Let's get married. When your last name is Mellark, we can open a bakery here, together, and you can design it, all of it, even the outside. After that, we can work there, that way we are not home all the time and we are still with each other. I want to spend everyone waking, and sleeping moment of forever with you. So, what do you say?"
I'm quiet for a really long time.
"Okay." I say, and his eyes light up. "But," the light in his eyes disappears. "For the wedding...I want it to be somewhere we've never been before."
He frowns. "Alright, if that's what you want."
"And I want it in April."
"April?" He asks. "Honey, it's December."
"I don't care. I want it in April."
"Alright," He says. "April it is."
I get up and go to my dresser and get the little clothes I have and get dressed, and I braid my hair and put on my boots and go outside.
"Katniss." Peeta says, walking out with me since he's still fully dressed with shoes and everything.
"Yes?" I ask.
"I have to tell you something." He says.
"Okay." I stand in front of him. Both of us are outside.
"The reason I didn't sleep the day before yesterday and the reason that you kind of can't find your clothes is because…well…I panned a vacation for us but you had to go back to work and it was supposed to be a surprise and I packed all of your clothes and I haven't gotten around to putting them back yet."
"You planned a vacation for us?"
He hesitates. "I thought we deserved it."
"Honey I don't…I don't have work now."
His eyes light up. "We can still go?"
"I mean…yeah…"
"Let's go then!" he looks like a child at Christmas, so excited. "Now?" I ask.
"Yes!" he grins. "Come on!" he grabs every last minute thing I need and comes running outside, shutting the door and locking it, and then putting me in the car.