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Chapter 10

Peeta POV

The next few days go by and are wonderful. Katniss and I have a 'date' tonight and Evan spent last night over at my house again. She really adores her new room and I notice that she's been bringing a couple of things over each time she visits my house. She's working on decorating her room and making it more personal. It's a good sign. A sign that she's open to possibly living there full time one day soon.

The past couple of days have been an adjustment for me at the bakery. Not necessarily in a negative way, just that I had to re-acclimate myself to the daily grind. I have spent the better part of the last decade being relatively useless and with no trade. I still maintained my early morning rising, but only because I think I was born with that body clock. I am pleased with how comfortable it's been working there again. I know that my being there will ultimately lead to taking over for my father when he passes. I don't like to think about the fact that he's sick, but I'm enjoying our time together. I only wish I had even more time with him, but I suppose some time is better than none at all.

I'm kneading the last of the dough to set out for rising when the door dings and I hear my father greet someone. I glance backwards to catch a glimpse of the visitor and see Katniss striding to me. My face bursts into a huge smile and I lean in to kiss her cheek but she moves and catches my lips.

"Morning, beautiful." I say and she looks over her shoulder. "Is Evan behind me?" She asks. I roll my eyes at her and shake my head. After all these years, she still has no idea the effect that she has. She just doesn't appreciate her beauty at all. She doesn't realize that she's an amazing catch.

"Nope. The compliment was for you." I reply.

"I think you got flour in your eyes. Your vision is cloudy." She smiles at me and plays with her braid. I see a blush creeping up on her cheeks. I stop fussing with the dough and surprise her with a passionate kiss. My hands pull her towards my body and the dough on my hands will most certainly leave a pattern on her jacket but I don't care.

My senses come alive and we lose ourselves in the kiss. I pull back enough to speak. "The only thing I see is you. You're beautiful. Don't ever doubt yourself." I lean in and kiss her again. When we finally part to compose ourselves, I smile and can't resist the butterflies in my stomach. I give her a chaste kiss. "However, you're right about Evan. She's a gorgeous girl as well. Definitely got her Mother's genes there." Katniss smiles and then notices my hands. I look down, remembering that I got her jacket dirty and make my way to the sink to wash up. I nudge her forward with my arm and she just stands there and watches me closely. I steal glances at her and I feel myself getting aroused at the amorous look she's giving me.

I wash my hands and then pull her closer to me and hold hers over the sink, lathering her calloused hands with our plain soap and rubbing our fingers together. Her face, perfect with her olive toned skin, is facing my jawline. I can feel her breath on my face and I feel the heat crawling through my veins. My cock begins to twitch with excitement, no longer able to control its proximity to her.

"That feels really nice." She whispers. My eyes meet her gray ones and I feel my heartbeat speed up until I can't swallow. Katniss bites her lip nervously, trying to ignore the sexual tension, but I cave in first. I crash my lips to hers and tug on her jacket to remove it. She follows my lead and as soon as her arms are free, her hands find my hair and her wet fingers run through it. My hand caresses her cheek and then moves her braid away from the right side of her neck so that I can kiss the tender spot behind her ear. She moans when my lips make contact.

I pull her closer to me and her arms find their way around my waist. Then she does the unexpected and squeezes my ass. I gulp, mid kiss and I feel my self-control slipping through my resolve to have us abstain before marriage. It's not that I truly care. I just wanted to give Katniss an incentive to marry me sooner. I slip my right hand into the backside of her pants and meet warm flesh. I cup her ass and pull her into me as I thrust towards her. I feel my body shake with need for her.

I break the kiss, panting and place my forehead to hers. "Katniss, god, we have to stop."

"Why, Peeta? You know we don't have to stop." She coos into my ear and then she sucks on my earlobe and her hand connects with the outside of my pants. I moan into her neck. I feel my resolve crumbling. I pull away from her, shut the door and lock it and then she grins as I pick her up and place her on the counter. I scramble to unbuckle my pants and Katniss yanks her pants down in between our frantic kissing. As soon as my cock is free of my underpants, I push into her, entrapping myself within her warm walls. We both moan in relief.

I gently push into her and Katniss places her hands behind her on the counter to receive me better. My mouth can still comfortably reach hers and I continue to lavish her with kisses. I begin to pick up my pace thrusting into her and Katniss moans and gasps, saying my name lovingly in between thrusts. Hearing her turns me inside out and I feel my cock harden even more and I begin pushing harder into her to obtain relief. Katniss starts to moan loudly and I silence her with my mouth. I thrust wildly into her now, wanting to make her come and I'm rewarded with her walls tightening around me and we both come together.

My mouth doesn't leave hers, lips still moving in small circles, placing kisses on her mouth, at the corners of her lips, her cheeks. When I feel my cock go limp, I pull out of her and we both gasp in our kiss. I tuck myself back into my pants and then grab a clean hand towel and clean Katniss off, my eyes never diverting from hers. She closes her eyes and licks her lips. I don't think she meant to, but it was kind of erotic considering where my hands currently were. I pull the cloth from her body and my finder teases the little nub at her opening. Her eyes fly open and catch mine.

We don't speak or break eye contact. I slide my finger inside Katniss, her body already wet from before, and her head falls backwards. I move my finger in and out, already feeling my cock harden, and then apply a second finger. Her lips let a few sexy sounds escape and I take my fingers out of her and place them in her mouth to silence her. I use my other hand and find her wetness again, resuming where my other hand left off.

Katniss rolls her tongue over my finger and sucks on it slowly. I feel all my blood heat and pool in my nether region. I'm shocked that I was able to recover from our tryst so soon. Katniss continues to suck on my finger and uses her teeth to lightly scrape against it. I originally had every intention of just making her come again, but all of those thoughts have flown out the window. I remove my finger from her pussy, yank my pants open and pull her down onto me as I slam down into the chair near the counter.

We both gasp at the contact and our lips meet frantically. You would never know that we just did this a very short time ago. I pull her shirt up and lift her bra up over her breasts. My lips find her rosy bud and I suck on it, reveling in the scent of strawberry scented soap on her skin. I leave her right breast and travel to her left, kneading her skin with my fingers as I throb inside of her. We start to move in slow, circled thrusts and I pull her soft hips down to make our connection tighter.

Once we find our groove, it doesn't take long for me to make Katniss come. She's much tighter in this position and I go wild when she clamps down around me. My cock pulses inside her and I thrust as hard as I can to prolong her orgasm. I hit her sensitive spot and she comes again, taking me with her. I push into her another time, ensuring that I am completely spent. I rest my head against her chest and Katniss hugs me tightly to her.

"My father is gonna kill me." I mutter into her breasts. I kiss one and then look up at her face.

"Yes, probably. Better you than me." She hops off of me and then grabs the towel to resume my earlier failed attempt at cleaning herself. She tosses the towel at me as I zip up my pants and I catch it. I toss it in the wash and laugh as I approach her. "So, I'll see you tonight at dinner?"

"Um hm..." Katniss mutters as she kisses me.

"I'll bring something for dessert." I say in between kisses. I kiss her neck and then pinch her ass. Katniss squeals and swats my hand away. She pulls open the door and we hold hands as we walk back to the storefront. We stop dead when we find Mrs. Everdeen speaking with my father.

"Well, here they are now Lily..." Dad says.

Katniss stutters. "Hi Mom, what brings you here? Peeta left bread for us this morning."

"Oh, I was in town and thought I would stop by and say hello while running errands. I see you decided to say hello as well."

Katniss and I nod simultaneously. "Um, yeah, I was done with hunting and on my way home. Evan should be out of school soon. I was just going to wait for her." Mrs. Everdeen smiles.

"Well you might want to fix your pants before you do that. Your tag is in the front." Katniss turns red and I feel my cheeks blush. My father holds his hand over his mouth to stifle a laugh. "I'll see you at home, Katniss. Peeta, I'll be seeing you at dinner tonight?"

"Yes, Mrs. Everdeen." I answer politely, my voice betraying my nerves.

"Very well, then. Have a good day, Don." Mrs. Everdeen closes the door and Katniss runs into the bathroom to fix her pants. I wait on a customer who has perfect timing and then Katniss dashes out of the bathroom, gives me a quick kiss and says, "I'll see you tonight. Don't forget dessert." Then the door dings and she's gone.

The customer completes her order and I sit on the stool to collect myself. My father and I connect eyes again and he laughs. "What?" I ask.

"Go clean up that back room. You're having dinner with them tonight?" I nod in admission and he laughs. As I head back down the hallway, I hear Dad chuckle and say something under his breath.

"God, I would love to be a fly on that wall."