Hello, I am so sorry this wasn't up yesterday, I am having a bit of writers block but I'm excited about the next chapter and I will have it up soon! Again I am sooo sorry :)
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Chapter 10 Katniss' P.O.V.
The rest of the trip in the Capitol was okay, nothing major happened. We went to the spa and out to the club. I kept a smile on my face for Joanna and Effie's sake but I just kept thinking about how I would rather be with Peeta. I ended up counting down the hours until we had to be on the train back to District 12. I stare out the window for most of the journey, I can't sleep I'm too excited to be coming home. Peeta is waiting at the station with Oliver and even Haymitch is there too. As soon as my eyes find Peeta's through the train window I have to try to hold in a squeal of delight. It's only been 3 days since I last saw Peeta but it feels like a lifetime. When the conductor says it's safe to step of the train I grab my bags and run full throttle at Peeta, I launch myself into his arms and he picks me up and twirls me around. I forgotten how safe I feel in his arms, all my worries from the past few days are gone. He hugs me tight and breathes in the scent of my hair,
"I missed you so much!" I shriek,
"Oh my God Katniss, It's been 3 days, can you really not be apart for that long?" Joanna is already moaning and we have only been back in District 12 for 10 minutes. I let go of Peeta, tired of Joanna's nonstop moaning. I pick up my bags that I dropped when I flung myself into Peeta's arms take his hand and walk off towards the Victors Village.
*A Few Days Later*
I never thought I would day this but I have turned into a total brideZilla. I am getting obsessed over silly little things, the wedding is in exactly a month and I'm feeling like I'm running out of time. Effie and Joanna's bridesmaid dresses are arriving today so, I'm going to collect them and then head to Effie's so they can try them on to make sure they fit. It will be nice to get out of the house, as glad as I was to see Peeta he has been acting really weird, he won't let me use Effie's laptop to look up anything for the wedding and he won't let me watch Panem News without him in the room. He claims it's because he doesn't like to miss the news, and he is going to buy my won laptop soon so, I don't need to use Effie's. I love him but he has been acting really strange lately. When I think about it, everyone has been acting strange they are always really tense around me, like they're waiting for me to snap or find out something I shouldn't. Joanna I staying with Peeta and I so I go up to our spare room to rouse her, she doesn't usually get up before 10 am.
"Joanna, get up, you have to help me get your dress from the station." I say gently as I shake her awake.
"Mmmrrrnnn." Joanna moans. I place the plate of bacon and eggs I bought up for her under her nose and she instantly sits up.
"Thanks Katniss, I'll eat this get dressed and come down to the station with you." Joanna mumbles sleepily. I nod my head as I leave the room, I into mine and Peeta's room I grab my bag, keys and wallet and change into ballet pumps before I head downstairs to wait for Joanna.
Joanna comes down 10 minutes later,
"I was just going to check the news before we go out." I say flipping over the channel,
"No, no come on let's get out take a nice slow walk." Joanna says a touch of panic in my voice. She grabs the remote from my hand and switches of the TV and pulls me to my feet.
"Joanna I was going only going to watch it for 5 minutes!" I whine,
"I know, but I'm excited to try on my dress, please can we go now, please!" Joanna pleads like a little kid. I raise my eyebrows; Joanna is never excited to be wearing a dress, let alone a fancy gown. But I give in and walk to the station a bit early. Joanna chatters nonstop all the way to the station, it's about nothing really so I switch off. I just keep thinking about how Joanna seemed hell bent on not letting me watch the news, she is just like Peeta. God, why can't I watch the news, nothing that bad can have happened? Can it?
"So what do you think Katniss?" Oh no she asked me a question!
"Um what?" I mumble,
"Oh don't worry, it doesn't matter." then she goes on to talk about other trivial stuff, and then finally we reach the station. We pick up the boxes with the dresses, shoes and accessories and we head over to Effie's.
I ring the doorbell and I hear her shriek with delight as she realises the time has come for her to try on her dress. She hurries to the door and ushers us inside. I hand Effie her box, Johanna already has hers and they start to change into their dresses. The dresses are hot pink in colour; they have a halter neck top and a puffy poodle skirt with turquoise and lime green netting under the skirt, like my dress. Their shoes are hot pink with little turquoise bows on the heels. They also have hair slides that are encrusted with pink, blue and green gemstones.
They both look absolutely stunning; Effie has become over excited and is jumping and twirling around. Joanna is just checking herself out in the mirror. I just sit there, watching them for a few minutes. The radio is a comforting noise in the background. The song on the radio ends and the presenter starts rambling on. But then something she says gets my attention,
"Ever since the pictures of Katniss Everdeen trying on her wedding dress emerged a few days ago, all you have been going totally Katniss crazy, I just hope they release some more pictures soon!" the presenter says perkily. My heart rate picks up and I feel like I want to scream. Effie and Joanna heard it; they are staring at me anticipation and panic on their faces,
"We are so sorry you found out this way?" Effie says her voice so high with panic I can barely hear it. I can't believe she knew, wait she said we that means Joanna also knew. But what if Haymitch and Oliver also know, or worse what if Peeta knew and didn't tell me. What am I saying of course they know, it's why they have been acting so weird. I am always the last one to know.
"What happened, how did they get my picture?" I ask still in shock.
"Well when I made the appointment with the boutique they asked for a name and I didn't think and I said Katniss Everdeen and the boutique must have contacted the press." Effie says apprehensively.
"We are so sorry Katniss, we only didn't tell you because we didn't want to freak you out before the wedding, but don't worry everything is going to be okay." Joanna says sitting down next to me on the couch. I don't say anything; I just sit there in shock. I just knew something would happen, something anything a sign to show me that getting married wasn't the right thing to do. Anyone else would be a little freaked by this but it wouldn't bother them that much. Me? I just don't know what to do, I just want to call the whole thing off and cry. I have to talk to Peeta, I just have too. I get up and run out of Effie's house. Effie and Joanna call after me begging me to come back but I keep running. I know Peeta won't be at home, he spends lots of time at the bakery now. So I keep running and I don't stop until I reach the Bakery, I've worked myself up into hysterics now.
"You knew!" I scream at him "You knew and you didn't tell me!" I break down into tears and instead of hitting him, which I feel like doing, I let him hold me as I know it is the only way I'm going to be able to calm down. I just scream and cry in his arms and he just holds me until I'm in a fit state to be talked to.
"Katniss, sshhh, come on everything is going to be okay, this doesn't change anything." he says soothingly as he rocks me back and forth.
"But this does change things, now people know we are getting married and they know we might have kids and now they will become obsessed with us again. And we may be roped into doing more TV appearances or Magazine shoots!" I croak through the tears.
"So what if we do, Katniss as long as we have each other it'll be okay." He says and I freeze. I can't believe he just said that, I thought he would be against the whole idea of us becoming "Celebrities" I just want a quiet life, with Peeta and the rest of my family. I don't want reporters popping up everywhere or Magazines doing specials on the birth of my children.
I can't do this, I just can't. I need to get some air. I force my way out of Peeta's arms and I start to run again. He calls after me, just like Joanna and Effie did, but I don't turn round. I just run. But this time I don't know where I am going. I don't run in any particular direction I just run, because I feel like if I don't get some space I might explode. I think about running to the woods, but I can't, I don't get that far. I reach the place where the Seam used to be, I run to the spot where my old house once stood. But now the rebuilding has got underway and there is a brick structure of a school where my house was. I walk through the structure. I find a class room and lean against the wall of it. I stand propped up against the wall for a few minutes it may even be several minutes before I slowly start to slide down the wall and fall into a heap on the floor.
I hope you enjoyed that, It took me longer to write than expected. Thank you for reading and as always please review :)