Oh my goodness the response to the last two chapters has been phenomenal. I am so pleased to be getting so many followers and thank you all for following I have tied to message you all but I don't think I got to everyone I am sorry about that. I am going to reward you all with this next chapter and then I will update every Wednesday from then on.
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I wake some time later curled up against Peeta's still naked body and I smile at how easily I could wake up like this every day, the moment would be perfect it I didn't have to pee so much. I pull myself out of bed and stretch my aching limbs and pull on my dressing gown and pad down to the bathroom. I come rushing out a few minutes later and look at the bed and cringe when I spot a few drops of blood. I moan and I turn around to fetch some fresh sheets.
"Hey where are you going?" Peeta says groggilly from the bed stopping me at the door. I look round and I see him looking at the sheets.
"I need to change them." I mutter totally mortified. He looks up at me and holds out his hand.
"Come back to bed." He says and I don't move. "Come on Katniss don't be embarrassed, apparently it happens it is fine." He says and I walk stiffly over to the bed and sit back down. "Hey look don't worry about it you girls have it way rougher than us guys first time. Please just lie back down. It is only midnight I want to get a bit more sleep before I have to go home." He says and I lie back down and he smiles.
"Happy birthday." I say and he smiles.
"Oh wow I forgot, I am eighteen." He smiles, "Hey I just realised I am your toy boy." He says smiling and I laugh.
"I never thought of that." I say smiling widely. I lean up and straddle him pulling off my dressing gown. He looks up at me and I feel him twitch against my bum. "I like that I have a toy boy." I say wiggling my hips his eyes close and I smile as I feel him getting harder. I lean down and he looks at me as I lean towards his ear. "Ready for round two?" I say and nip his ear. He nods and I reach over and take a wrapper out of the box and tear it open with my teeth he groans.
"That is so sexy." He says as I slide back and take him in my hand and make him groan again. I slowly move my hand up and down and feel him getting harder and I take the condom out of its wrapper. I copy what he did earlier and as I roll it down his length he breathes deeply. I kiss it once the condom is in place and he chuckles I straddle him again and hold him in my hand and position him at my entrance again and we look at each other. I slide down him slowly getting used to the feel of him again and form this position I feel him totally he feels so much bigger and I groan.
"Oh my god." I say when he is all the way in. He puts his hands on my hips and holds me in place his eyes closed and a smile playing on his lips. I lift myself off him a little and push back down and he clenches his teeth and his eyes shut tighter I lift again but further this time and I groan this time my insides clenching around him and his eyes open. I keep going at the same slow pace and I feel myself building slowly and I love the feeling. Peeta is still holding my hips guiding me with every move his hips coming up to meet mine. As I quicken he does too and his eyes meet mine.
"Are you nearly there?" He asks breathing heavily I nod and he swallows hard. "Come with me. Tell me when." He gasps and he clenches his teeth, I nod and move quicker and harder and a few moments later I feel it and I gasp loudly.
"Now, oh my god Peeta!" I say loudly and he groans and I feel him let go as I climax and we both sag and I collapse against him and he wraps his arms around me and kisses my head. "Why have we not done this before now?" I say against his chest and he laughs.
"I don't know." He says and I sit up and climb off him. I lie back down now completely exhausted. He wraps his arms around me and pulls me to his side and I rest my head on his chest and he runs his hands through my hair and I look up at him his strong jaw blocks my view of his face so I sit up and he is smiling I smile with him and I glance over at my clock to check the time. "Are you trying to get rid of me?" He says pulling me closer.
"No I don't want you to leave but shouldn't you be getting home, it is late."
"Let me worry about that just go back to sleep." He says pulling the blanket over us again and kissing my forehead. I nod and cuddle into him exhaustion taking me over. "Good night Katniss." He says with a content sigh.
"Good night Peeta, I love you." I say sleepily as sleep pulls me under.
"I love you too," he says kissing my head, "Always." He whispers as I fall into a blissful sleep. I sleep soundly and have a dreamless sleep as all I had been dreaming about for a long time now was lying next to me warm and real. I wake to the early morning sun shining in my window and my eyes flutter open I feel warm, content and happy and I owe it all to the man lying next to me with his arm wrapped around me. I gasp and sit up suddenly and Peeta starts awake.
"What, what is it?" He asks groggily and I look at the clock and it is twenty five past five.
"It's morning, your still here!" I say and he suddenly wakes up.
"Shit!" He says throwing the blanket off himself and jumping out of bed. I watch him as he rushes around the room naked and smile as he starts pulling on his clothes he pauses as he holds his t-shirt in one hand and looks at me. "Are you oggling me?" He asks pulling on his t-shirt making his muscles stretch and my mouth water. He is just so delicious.
"Yes, yes I am." I say smiling at him.
"Cool." He says smiling as he looks around my room for something he might have missed.
"Your presents, they are in the living room." I say and he rushes out my bedroom and is back in a few seconds with his gift boxes. He leans down and gives me a quick kiss and heads towards the window. "What are you doing?" I laugh.
"I have always wanted to do this." He says swinging his leg out of the window, he pulls himself through and jumps out and I get up and wrap the blanket around me at see him out. He sticks his head back through the window and smiles up at me, "Thank you for my paints, and please remind me to write Gale and Madge a thank you letter." He says still smiling.
"Put my name on them as well." I say and he laughs.
"I will do." He says and he takes my hand, "Katniss last night was the best night of my life, I want you to know that."
"It was pretty amazing for me too." I say with a blush and he shakes his head.
"I don't mean the sex although that was amazing," He says his smile wide, "I meant when you said you loved me. That was the most amazing birthday present you could have given me."
"Well I meant it, I do love you." I say smiling.
"And I love you too. I hate this, that I have to go I just want to be with you all day just lay in bed with you."
"I know." I say and he smiles. "I will see you later though about half ten?"
"Yeah half ten at the fence."
"Ok I had better go I don't want to get caught." He says smiling. I give him a kiss and watch as he runs towards his car. I close the window as he drives off and I wiggle back to my bed and slump down with a huge grin on my face. I wake up a little while later when I hear the front door open and close, I hear mum go into the kitchen and turn on the kettle. I climb out of bed and stretch before I throw on some pyjamas and pull my sheets off the bed and stuff them in my wash basket. I head out into the little washroom and stuff my sheets in the washing machine and collect new ones from the linen closet and throw them onto my bed before walking into the kitchen.
"Morning Katniss did I wake you?" Mum asks from the kitchen table.
"Not really, I was kind of awake anyway." I yawn and I sit down. Mum grabs me a mug and pours me a coffee, I stare down at it she knows I don't like coffee very much. "You look like you need it." She says and I smile. I take a little sip and shudder, I reach for the sugar and plop three sugar cubes in the cup and stir it and test it again. "That's better." I say and mum laughs.
"Did Peeta enjoy himself last night?" Mum asks making me splutter into my coffee and it dribbles down my chin. I blush but mum just shakes her head at me and hands me a towel.
"Thanks," I murmur and I clear my throat, "yes he did, he loved his gifts." I say and mum smiles.
"I am glad; he is a lovely young man. He really cares for you, I can see that and I can see that he makes you happy. If anyone deserves to be happy it is you." She says looking at me over her coffee cup and I smile.
"Thanks mum he really is great." I say and she nods.
"I really am pleased; maybe he will be your true love like your dad is for me." She says and I stare at her, mum had not openly mentioned dad since he died and before I knew it my eyes filled with tears.
"I hope so mum. I want what you and dad had."
"What we have Katniss," she says smiling, "don't look at me like that." She laughs as I feel the worry cross my face. "I know your father is gone I am not crazy but Katniss I will never stop loving your father." I blink and a tear rolls down and I quickly wipe it away. I just stare at her terrified that my saying something will cause her to become depressed again. "I don't know what he would have to say about you dating the baker's son." She goes on and I don't want to stop her but I am scared for her to go on knowing that something might trigger her depression but she chuckles. "Did I ever tell you that I dated Alex?"
"Alex? Peeta's dad, really?" I say my eyes widen and she smiles, "No way!"
"Really, he was very handsome, just like Peeta." She smiles at me. "We dated for a year or so but one night we went out to a bar and just for a little night out and it was an open mic night and well..." she smiles widely, "your father got up and sang and that was it, I fell head over heels in love with him. I hurt poor Alex but he was a gentleman and he didn't hate me, which made it much worse. When I started dating your father they had a bit of a scuffle, well your father started it. He was a bit hot headed." I laugh and she frowns.
"That sounds like Gale." I say and mum raises his eyebrows, "He hit Peeta, he was jealous." I add and mum rolls her eyes.
"I will bet Peeta didn't hit back." She says and I shake my head. "Just like his father, Alex never hit your father back either. So I think your father might have had something to say about you and Peeta, I can imagine it now "Those baker's trying to steal my girls away."" I laugh. "But Katniss Alex was lovely and if Peeta is anything like him you could live a hundred lifetimes to find someone who will treat you as well as Peeta does. You need to hold on to that."
"I will." I say and she yawns.
"I always thought it was going to be you and Gale." I shake my head and look down at the table. "Just shows how wrong I was. I am going to go to bed and try and get some sleep before your darling sister comes home and bombards me with questions." She says standing up.
"How was work?" I ask quickly as she stretches.
"It was good we were very busy but we had no deaths so that is a good shift." I nod and as she passes me she pats his head. "Have a nice day with Peeta." She says and heads out to her room.
"Thanks." I say and finish my coffee feeling the caffeine kick in now. I jump in a quick shower and get changed into my hunting gear and make myself a quick breakfast of toast and honey, which Peeta bought for me. He thought I needed a more varied choice of breakfast, dry toast apparently looked depressing, I have to admit it did taste bette with honey. I look over at the clock and it is ten so I snatch up my bag and leave. As I reach town I pass the bakery and Alex waves at me, "Is Peeta there?" I ask through the glass and he shakes his head and points down the street towards the meadow I nod and wave goodbye. I shiver slightly at the thought of mum and Alex dating knowing what they might have gotten up to and how different my life would have been if they got married I might not even exist or even worse Peeta. I thank whatever god there may be that they did break up as I wouldn't have Peeta. I quicken my pace towards and through the meadow and I notice Peeta is not there, I wait for a moment and look out for him. After a while I get bored of waiting and I write a little note and stick it in the fence so he will see it.
Come and find me x.
I leave another on a tree tucked into some loose bark.
You're nearly there x.
I stick one on a bush impaling it on a thorn.
So close x
I stick the last one on another tree and I climb it, my wrist protesting but I ignore it and sit on a low but heavily leaved branch and wait. I hear Peeta coming before I see him he crunches through the bushes like a baby elephant and I shake my head and try and hold in my giggles. He is wearing an amused smile and he scans the little clearing and he spots the not on the tree in am in, I can't quite believe he has not seen me yet. He pulls off the note and reads it aloud.
"Look up?" He says and he looks up and I leap at him. "Argh!" He yells as I fly at him his eyes wide with shock. His arms come out and he catches me making a little grunt as I slam into him he falls backwards pulling me down with him.
"The element of surprise." I say laying on top of him as he smiles up at me.
"You are mad." He says chuckling. I stand up and pull him up and he groans a little and I smile.
"Sorry did I hurt you? It was higher than I thought." I say wiping leaves off his arm.
"I am fine just not used to having someone jump at me from a tree." He says and I smile.
"You did ask why I climbed trees, now you know." I say and he nods.
"Now I know, the element of surprise right?"
"Yep," I say and I give him a quick kiss, "So you did you have a nice morning?"
"Yeah it was good, my dad is a saint he saw me sneaking in and covered with my mum saying I deserved a lie in as it was my birthday. I totally owe him." He says smiling.
"That was good of him." I say cringing a little about the fact that Alex knew Peeta had stayed at mine all night. "He won't say anything will he?"
"No he is good like that, he won't say anything. You may be pleased to know that I got "the talk" this morning." He says cringing a little I laugh loudly and he covers my mouth. "You will scare the animals away." He says and I smile at him.
"Sorry boss." I say and he grins I take his hand and lead him towards the lake. "Are you sure you don't mind fishing today?" I ask as I pull the rods out of the tree.
"I don't mind at all I enjoy it, it is a little chilly but I am here with you so I am good." He says smiling and taking a knife from my belt and kissing my cheek. He heads over to the same rotting log he found the grub in last time and starts hacking away at it. I sit down and watch in as he tears the trunk open.
"So what did you get from your parents?" I ask he turns to me.
"I got new tires for my car," he says, "I wanted to get something practical."
"Good plan, it is going to be a tough winter and you will probably need them for the roads."
"That's what I thought. I also got the Mellark birthday breakfast and a card from each of my brothers with some money in it, they never were very good a present picking." He smiles.
"Well I suppose you can get whatever you want with the money can't you." I say as he continues cutting into the trunk. A few minutes later he has found a couple of grubs and he gingerly holds them as he sticks the hook through them and tosses the lines out. I get up and pick up my bow and stretch. "I am going to check the snare lines and see what is about; will you be ok for a little while?"
"I will be fine, just be careful." He says and I give him a quick kiss.
"I always am." I say and I head out into the woods. I walk along the snare lines and they all come up empty, hopefully tomorrow we will have caught something. I give up and head back to the lake looking around for anything to shoot at but it is deadly quiet. I push through the bushes and Peeta is on his feet and he is reeling in a line.
"Hey." I say and he turns to me smiling.
"The fish are biting today." He says pulling the rod. I look down at his feet and there is a fish already lying there and he is close to bringing in the fish on the line.
"You are a pretty skilled fisherman, are you sure you are not form district four?" I say and he laughs.
"What like Finn?" he laughs, "The fisherman slash model." I laugh and pat his bum.
"You could be a model." I say and he laughs, "Thanks." He chuckles as he pulls hard on the line and the fish leaves the water. He unravels his fingers while I grab the fish and kill it quickly. Peeta rubs some life back into his hands and I quickly gut the fish and throw it in the bag and he picks up the other one and hands me it and I gut it as well. He looks at me and his lips curl, the whole gutting of animals still grosses him out.
"Would you believe I had to throw some of them back?"
"Why?" I ask pausing with my knife still in the poor fish.
"They were only little, I reckon these big ones are fully grown so I put the babies back for another time."
"That makes sense." I say, "How do you know all this?"
"I read about it in a fishing book." He says with a little smile.
"You did research?" I ask with a little smile he nods and I smile, "That is so cute." I say stuffing the fish in the bag and walking over to him.
"Don't come near me with your fish guts hands." He says chuckling and backing away. I run at him and he sprints off laughing. I chase him around like we were kids in a playground and I nearly catch him and he yells out diving around me and I have to stop at the face he pulled. I stop and double over laughing hard my side aching.
"I have a stitch!" I moan through my giggles, I walk towards the lake and scrub my hands vigorously and look over at Peeta who is smiling as he pulls out our lunch. "What's all this?"
"Lunch, I went to Sae's and got us some grub. She got a bit excited when I told her we were going fishing." He says smiling still.
"She was the one who gave me the idea." I say as I sit down on the mat.
"Oh so I am out here so you can use my mad skills?" He says with a little grin.
"Yep." I say and he laughs. "I would prefer if you were using other skills though." I say smiling and he stops laughing and stares at me.
"Oh really?" He says his deep voice making me squirm I nod, "Here, in the woods?" He asks his eyes darkening.
"Yes." I nod again and I see him swallow hard. I reach into my pocket and pull out a little foil wrapper and his eyes land on it and I smile.
"Now?" He asks his eyes back on mine. I nod again and he smiles a lazy and downright sexy smile. He moves the food out of the way and he crawls towards me and he moves his lips to my ear. "Since the last time you brought me here I have fantasised about having sex with you in the woods." He says his lips brushing against my ear lightly making me shiver; he nips it lightly with his teeth. "Against a tree." He adds and I gasp and he leans back and looks into my eyes. My breath has accelerated and my mouth has dried. I grab his hand and pull him to his feet and kiss him he wraps his arms around my waist and I jump up and wrap my legs around his hips and he groans. I feel him growing hard beneath me and I grind down on him and he moans against my lips. He lowers his hands to my butt and holds me to him while he rushes towards the tree line; I slam into a tree and groan.
"Sorry." He mumbles against my lips and I bite his lip and he groans and I chuckle. I lower one of my hands between us and unbutton my trousers and his. I lower myself back onto the ground and unzip his jeans and put my hand into his underwear and rub his hardness. He groans and he pushes my jeans down and freezes and looks down at me his eyes darkening further. "No underwear?" He says his voice making me squirm.
"I thought you might like that." I say smiling and grip him pushing his and my jeans down as I go, I step out of them and his hands grip my ass tight as I slide the condom down him his breath deep and ragged. I kiss him wrapping my arms around him and he lifts me up and I wrap my legs around him again and he presses me against the tree. I feel him sliding down towards my entrance and I lower myself so he is hovering just below my entrance.
"Katniss, I love you." He says his voice strained.
"I love you too." I say into his neck and he slams into me making me cry out it is slightly muffled as I yell into his shoulder.
"Oh god," He gasps into my hair, "You feel so good." I hold his face and kiss him grinding down on him making him moan into my mouth. My sensitive body quickly becomes flushed and with Peeta thrusting into me hitting a hidden pleasure spot deep within me every time, my body stiffens very quickly. Peeta grunts as I tighten around him, "I can feel you, come for me Katniss." He whispers in my ear and with his words my body is over come with pleasure and I come hard yelling out his name. I pant heavily as he keeps moving inside of me his eyes wide and his breath deep and ragged. His hips thrust up and I start to move again to give him his release when my body starts to convulse again and Peeta stares at me in awe. "Again?" He breathes and I nod and he chuckles but keeps moving. I feel my body tighten and I toss my head back and he groans as we come together loudly. I bring my head down to rest on his forehead and rest it there while we both try and catch our breath.
"Oh my god." I say once my breathing slows he laughs and I feel his legs tremble. I pull myself off of him and he sets me on the ground still breathing heavily. He pulls up his trousers which were around his knees and pulls off the condom knots it and stuffs it in his pocket as I pull my trousers on smiling up at him. "So did that fulfil your fantasy?" I ask and he smiles.
"You more than fulfilled it, did you enjoy it?" He asks with a knowing smile.
"Ohhhh yes." I say wrapping my arms around his neck. I run my finger over a mark and I gasp. "I think I bit you!" I say and he lifts his fingers to a little mark at the base of his neck and smiles.
"I didn't notice. I am glad you enjoyed yourself. You are really spoiling me today." He says his thumb caressing my cheek.
"Well it is your birthday." I say and he smiles. "Shall we eat, apparently I am very hungry." I say touching the bite mark and he laughs. "And we need to get you back for your family dinner." I say pulling him towards our abandoned mat.
"Hold on." He says picking up a knife and he starts to carve out something on the tree and I look over his shoulder I smile when I see what he has done. He has carved our initials in the tree bark.
"How corny," I say smiling as he turns to face me, "I love it."
"Such a bad liar," he says grinning, "Come on let's eat I am starving."
"I do love it." I say as I sit down and he smiles as he opens up our lunch, "What do we have?" I ask.
"Some salad, some tomato rice dish and some flat breads and I brought a couple of slices of my birthday cake." He says.
"Sounds great, did you make a wish when you blew out your candle?" I asked pouring some rice into bread.
"Yep." He says and smiles at me. "But I can't tell you or it won't come true."
"Ok." I say and he keeps looking at me as I eat. Normally when people look at me I get nervous but when Peeta looks at me I feel happy the look he gives me just radiates love and I cannot get enough of him. When we have finished eating Peeta lies down and I lie down with my head on his stomach. He plays with the loose strands of hair and my eyes flutter closed.
"We should move out here." He says and I smile my imagine us living here off the land and sigh contently. "Build a little house, how does that sound?" He says and I chuckle.
"I have always wanted to move out here, there is a little cabin a few miles away from here but it is totally destroyed so someone used to live here."
"Really?" He says and he sighs, "It would just be so peaceful, we could be really happy out here." He says and I look up at him and he has frozen and is pinching the bridge of his nose.
"What?" I say and he sighs.
"I didn't mean that... I mean I did..." He says not opening his eyes.
"You didn't mean what?" I ask rolling onto my side. He looks down at me.
"I did mean it I just meant it would be nice out here."
"Together?" I say smiling and he nods. "That sounds pretty perfect to me." I say as I lie back down smiling as he gapes at me. I smile at the thought of us moving out here together alone and free of the district rules. "Imagine what our parents would say." I say and he laughs.
"Yeah I could imagine my mother's reaction. "There is no way you are moving who will do all the work?" She would be a nightmare." He says.
"And my mum would have none of it." I say and he chuckles making my head bounce on his stomach.
"What do you think Gale would say?" Peeta says and I look up at him.
"I am sure he would be too distracted with Madge to even notice us going missing." I say and Peeta laughs.
"I don't think so some how. How has it been around him since he has been seeing Madge?" He asks and I let out a little sigh of relief.
"He is happier and more relaxed, I think. He has not even mentioned what happened between us, thank god. It makes me feel less guilty about the whole thing."
"The whole situation could not have been easy at all." Peeta says and I shake my head.
"It was horrible I felt awful for what I did to him I didn't mean to lead him on. I don't even know what I did to make him feel that way in the first place." I say.
"It is just you." He says and I sit up and look at him.
"What do you mean?"
"Well," he says sitting up and resting on his elbows, "I fell for you the first time I met you. Noah definitely has something for you and I'm sure Finn did too before Annie came along. So poor Gale had no chance. He knew you best or should I say knows you best and he probably thought, like I did, like everyone who knew the two of you did, that you two were going to end up together." Peeta says and I frown.
"You really thought that?"
"Of course I did. You two were always together. Seeing you two together so much over the summer kind of spurred me on into talking to you, I saw the way he looked at you. I decided that when school started I was going to make a move and if you shot me down then at least I had tried. However it turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life." He says and I shake my head and smile at the floor.
"I am glad you took the chance," I say and he sits up, "It was never Gale and I."
"I know that, now." He laughs and kisses me. "I love you." He says against my lips and I laugh.
"I love you too." I say and he smiles widely.
"I will never get tired f hearing you say that." He says and I giggle.
Back in the Hob we walk hand in hand around the stalls and he buys me a flower and tucks it behind my ear.
"So beautiful." He says and he gives me a steamy kiss making passersby tut and someone wolf whistles. He releases me and I blush as the people around us stare.
"Everyone is looking at us." I say quietly and he chuckles.
"Let them." He says his voice gravelly and making everyone around us disappear so it is only us two and I pull him down for another hot kiss and I her him groan in the back of his throat. I pull back and he rests his forehead against mine smiling widely at me.
"I wish you didn't have to go home." I say sadly pouting a little and he chuckles.
"Me too but I had best not go missing or mum might burn the woods down to try and find me." He says and I grin.
"I am sure she would find you." I nod in agreement.
"You have no idea."
"Am I going to get the whole story about her yet?" I ask and he groans.
"Yes I will tell you but I want you now it is not a nice story but first lets go sell these fish shall we?"
"Yes sir." I say and he takes my hand grinning like a fool. We enter Sae's shop and she smiles looking between us hopefully.
"Well?" She asks and I nudge Peeta and he goes to my bag and reaches in with two arms and pulls out his catch. Sae's eyes widen and she smiles at him. "You are a saint young man." She says squashing his face between her hands making his lips stick out like a fish.
"Fanks." He says and she lets him go and he rolls his jaw. She takes the fish from him and rushes round the back and comes back out with a little bag filled with coins and presses it firmly into his hands.
"I am very grateful." She says and he smiles.
"It was our pleasure." He says looking at me quickly his eyes dark and playful and I blush.
"Come on I need to get home." I say lamely as I turn away trying to hide my red face. I take his hand and I pull him out of the shop as he chuckles. I slap his arm when we are out on the street.
"What?" He asks innocently I glare at him and he just keeps laughing. As we reach the bakery he stops and takes a deep breath and he opens the door holding it open for me. "Go grab a seat and I will be right back, I just need to grab my car keys." He says giving me a kiss on the cheek and he heads round the counter, "Oh hey dad." He says and I look round and Alex is coming into the shop wiping flour off his hands.
"Hi Alex." I say and he smiles.
"Hello Katniss how was the fishing trip?"
"It was good, Peeta caught two big ones. We sold them to Sae." I say and my smile vanishes when Peeta's mother comes into the room sucking all the warmth out of the place. Peeta's mother was a sour faced woman who always looked surly and like she could always smell something disgusting. Alex shuffles uncomfortably his eyes on his wife.
"What do you want?" She asks sharply I raise my eye brows.
"Marion!" Alex says angrily.
"Are you here to buy something? If not get out this is not a half way house." She says and I glare at her.
"I am waiting for Peeta." I snap and I see Alex's eyes widen and his lips twitch in a smile. Mrs Mellark tilts her head at me slightly her eyes burning into mine but I hold her gaze.
"Hey I have my...keys." Peeta says entering the room and freezing when he sees me and his mother staring at each other. "Everything ok?" He asks cautiously looking at his dad who is still trying not to smile.
"Yeah everything is great." I say smiling, "Come on babe." I say cringing a little at saying "babe" but I want to wind her up the best I can. It seems to work as her eyes narrow. Peeta frowns at me and edges around his parents and meets me on the other side of the counter. I take his hand and Alex smiles widely while Mrs Mellark turns red.
"I will be back soon." Peeta says still looking at me with a little frown as we make our way to the door and I turn around.
"Bye." I say brightly smiling and waving. Alex laughs and waves while Mrs Mellark balls her fists. Peeta pulls me out the shop and when we are around the corner where his car is parked he stops suddenly and looks down at me.
"Babe?" He questions and I groan.
"Sorry about that." I say.
"What was all that about?" He asks staring down at me.
"Your mother, she just winds me up. I'm sorry." I say looking down at my feet but he pulls my chin up.
"No one ever sticks up to my mother, no one!" He says in an awed voice and he kisses me.
"She's a bitch." I say as he lets me go and he chuckles.
"Come on let's get you home." He says pulling me towards his car. As we arrive at my house he takes my hand. "Thank you for the best birthday ever." He says and I smile.
"You are very welcome," I say, "I am glad you enjoyed it."
"So much!" He says smiling I lean over and kiss him.
"See you tomorrow, have a nice night." I say and he nods.
"I will try my best." He says and I open my door and he rolls the window down, "I love you."
"I love you too, good night Peeta."
"Good night Katniss." He says and I wave as he drives off honking his horn.
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