Authors Note:
Hi guys sorry for the wait! Have been really busy lately with school all that and my wifi is supper dodgey! But duh duh duh duhhhhh its all good heres the next chapter! Please review they make my day and read the aurthors not at the bottom! Thanks guys!
Disclaimer-
I do not own The Hunger Games or any of its Characters!
Peeta P.O.V
The doorbell rings loudly and I race to the front door but Rue is already inside when I see her.
"Sorry," she huffs. "The paparazzi, they are out there. I had to get inside." She turns and locks the door.
"It's all good, I understand. Come on, I've got somebody I want you to meet," I say with a smile.
Rue follows me into the living room where Prim and Katniss are waiting. As soon as Prim's eyes find Rues her mouth drops open. Obviously Prim is a huge fan of Rue. "You must be Prim," Rue smiles.
"Yeah," she says with wide eyes.
After a little awkward conversations I suggest that Rue and Prim go swimming, they agree instantly, and run up the stair towards the indoor pool while giggling and laughing. Soon enough Katniss and I are alone again. She leans against the kitchen table with her arms folded across her chest, her eyebrows are raised. "You have a pool?" she asks.
"Two, indoor and outdoor," I say.
"Want to go swimming?" she asks with a smile.
I gulp, "Katniss, I can't swim."
"Don't be ridiculous! If you couldn't swim why would you have not one but two pools?" she laughs.
"Katniss," I say seriously. She turns towards me. "I can't swim."
The smile on her face fades as she looks at me, she probably thinks I'm an idiot. But then she slightly smiles. "I will teach you then."
"Katniss I don't think-" I start.
"Peeta," she says softly. "It's the least I can do. Now go on and get ready, I will meet you there in five minutes."
I watch Katniss as she leaves and closes her door to her room and so I go in mine and quickly get changed into some white board shorts before heading up towards the pool. I hate swimming, I couldn't do it to save my life. And now I'm about to be humiliated in front of the girl I happen to love. I knew I shouldn't have gotten a stupid pool.
I hear the door swing open behind me and I whirl around. Katniss stands looking out, not at me, but at the pool area while I stand staring at her. She is wearing a lime green bikini and her hair is out from a braid, it's long and long curls swing down her back. She is beautiful, maybe at the current moment hot. But mainly beautiful.
"Peeta you are so lucky," she says while turning her wide grey eyes towards me, I force my eyes to meet hers.
"Thanks," I say.
"It's like a resort here, even better than I resort," she says scanning her eyes over the area which overlooks the rest of the district. She walks slowly towards the edge of the pool and looks down, and then she suddenly dives into the pool causing little splash. I wait until she breaks the surface and resurfaces by she doesn't for a while. I rush over to the edge of the pool, desperately looking down through the bubbles to try to see her. For a moment I consider jumping in but that is when I see bubbles over the other side of the pool and then she surfaces.
Katniss leans over the edge of the pool and looks down the steep drop of concrete where the excess water runs down into a drain. From where she is you can see from the main square all the way to the mining fields. It's a beautiful view worth millions.
I watch her as she flicks her hair out of her eyes and smiles at me, "are you coming in?"
"Yeah."
I walk over to the step and slowly step into the water. The cold water makes me shiver violently. "It's not the bad once you get in," Katniss says as she approaches me.
My lower lip begins to quiver. Katniss extends her hand towards me. "Come on, all you need to do it stand for now. It's easy, the water will only come up to your chest."
I grip onto her hand as she slowly eases me into the water, soon enough I'm standing on the bottom looking at a beaming Katniss. "Now all you have to do is take your feet off the bottom and stroke or float. That is all there is to it," she says.
I try it and with a little bit of her help I end up doing it and within the next hour I can stroke and float pretty well. "You did it!" she exclaims.
"Thanks for helping me," I blush.
"Anytime Peeta, it was a privilege to help," she says. I look at the space between us and I have a sudden urge to fill it. I want to be closer to her. I look up into her eyes and see that her smile has faded and is replaced with a soft expression. Water droplets cling to her eyelashes making her eyes shine in the light, trails of water flow down her skin. I raise my hand to her cheek. She doesn't protest or move away. My heart beats a mile a minute, I can feel the beat in my ears. I lean in and so does she. And our lips press together.
Prim P.O.V
Rue throws me a towel as I climb out of the pool. "Peeta is such a great guy," Rue says as she dries off. "Perfect for Katniss."
"I know right," I sigh. "I just wish the she could see that Peeta likes her so much. It's so obvious. Don't you reckon?"
"Yeah, the way he looks at her. I saw the interview where Katniss barged in during the thing on the premier. Funny as, and the look on his face when he saw her. Priceless," Rue says.
"And did you see him look at her on the red carpet? It was so funny his mouth just swung open like a door in a blizzard. For the past two days I've been trying to set the two of them up. You know, push the relationship along," I say.
Rue looks out the window and down to the pool where Katniss and Peeta are swimming. "It seems like their having fun." She pauses. "Wait a second, Prim get over here."
I rush over by her side and watch the two of them. "They're getting extremely close."
"Eye contact deepening," Rue says.
"Hand contact," I say as I see Peeta raise his hand to her cheek. And then, they kiss.
Rue looks sideways at me, I look back at her. "The doors are soundproof, right?" I ask.
"Yeah."
At the exact same moment we begin screaming and jumping up and down as we watch them pull away. "That was not a peck!" Rue exclaims.
"He lingered," I shout.
"AND KATNISS KISSED HIM BACK!" she exclaims. We begin jumping and screaming again and then we watch them as Katniss turns away from him and hops out of the pool. That is when the excitement ceases.
"Wait a second, why isn't she staying. Shouldn't they be holding hands or claiming their love for each other?" Rue asks.
"Yeah," I say slowly. "But Katniss, she doesn't look love struck."
"She looks confused."
Rue and I look at each other but now the happiness has faded into complete confusion. I look back at Peeta who is just staring hopelessly after Katniss as she darts into the house.
"She kissed him back. So she obviously likes him, at least a little," Rue says.
"She's not really experienced when it comes to relationships you see," I say. "She has never really been good at that at all."
"I'm sure she will come around," Rue says. "But until then we need to know what is stopping her from going out with Peeta."
"I think I can talk to her," I say.
"Alright," she says. "But I think it will be best to leave it until later so we let her cool off a little. Maybe she will talk to Peeta herself."
"Maybe," I murmur although I highly doubt it. As Rue ushers me to follow I take one more look at a sad Peeta as he climbs slowly out of the pool before I dart off after Rue.
Authors Note:
Awe how cute was that everlark guys! Sorry for that kinda cliffy in the Katniss POV! i'll try to update soon! What did you guys think about their kiss?! And ofcourse typical Katniss running of cause shes confused! Dam it Katniss why can't you just love Peeta like the rest of us! (P.S I LOVE EVERLARK!) Thought I'd add a Prim POV for a diferent perspective... And lets face it who doesn't like Prim! Please please please let me know what you think, I love getting your reviews it makes my day! Also if you have any ideas about where you would like this story to go please PM me! I will reply to all so that would be great!