Just seeing Katniss upset at school made me feel guilty in some way. I know I didn't get a chance to tell Katniss about me seeing Leon cheat on her in the locker room but I think it would have been in some ways a nicer way to find out than to actually see the cheating happen right in front of you I know I felt devastated when I saw Trixie with that jerk. But I will never forget that kiss we had. I had wanted to kiss her for so long and it was something I had never felt before. It was meant to be and I felt like we were connected. I hope she enjoyed it as much as I did but I think she did from where her hands were leading her. Maybe it was silly of me to stop her, I wanted to keep going so badly but I know she would have appreciated that we wait if we are going to take our relationship further and hopefully become my girlfriend. In the meantime I feel like I have an obligation to keep her safe now that we have become closer and I need to have a chat to Leon.

Walking into school I'm not feeling nervous more along the lines of curiosity about what Leon will have to say for himself when I confront him about his betrayal. I spot him hanging with his soccer friends and some girl who I suspect was the one he was cheating on Katniss with so I walk up to them.

"Hey Leon, can I talk to you in private for a second?" I say as we walk away from his group of friends.

"Uh, yeah whatever. What's this about?"

"Katniss."

"What about her?" He says looking confused.

"She told me what you did to her yesterday and she hasn't told me to talk to you or anything I just think its best for her if you just leave her alone instead of hurting her."

"What gives you the right to tell me who I am and aren't aloud to talk to?"

"Someone who actually cares for Katniss, look just leave her alone. What you did just shows how low you really are."

"You have no idea what we were going through."

"Yes I do, you just wanted her for sex."

"Maybe I really did want sex with her but she's the one who cheated on me first with you!"

"Me? I don't even talk to her!"

"Don't give me that bullshit! I know you two were having it on she even moaned your name when we were just about to have sex!" He says as he goes in for the punch but I quickly duck and punch him to the ground.

As soon as I have thrown Leon to the ground students of the school have surrounded us and teachers have also come running. Straight away I'm shipped off to the principles office and slapped with a three-day suspension, my parents won't be so happy to hear about this but I don't really care. I stood up for Katniss and want her to know I'll always be there for her. After time in the principles office and calling my parents my father finally arrives to take me home, thankfully my mother wasn't able too but I guess I will still have to confront her tonight.

"So getting into a fight at school, didn't think you would have been the kind of person to do something like that Peeta." My father says to me as we walk out of the school and into the car.

"What is that suppose to mean?"

"I meant it in a nice way, you have always been a lover not a fighter."

"Well this time I was both, I was sticking up for love."

"You didn't tell me you have a girlfriend, but why where you sticking up for her and resorting to punching?"

"Well she's not my girlfriend yet and the guy that I punched as her ex who cheated on her and I didn't want him to get away with just nothing he deserved payback."

"Well maybe he did but can you promise me no more fighting?" He says with a smirk.

"Sure dad." I say as I smile back at him

"Now I'm going to let you off chores for the day because I know when your mother gets home she will have you cleaning everything and possibly ground you, just make this between you and me ok?" He says as we pull up to our house.

"Thanks dad." I say pulling him into a hug.

That night when my mother gets home, she has me clean everything insight as well as being grounded for a month, great. Halfway though cleaning the phone rings and it could be Katniss so I race for it and pick it up so fast it nearly falls out of my hands.

"Hello?"

"Hi is that Peeta?"

"Yeah, Katniss?"

"Hey, uh we really need to talk about today."

"Oh sure thing, but the thing is I wont be at school, I got suspended and I'm grounded. How about I meet you outside your house at midnight, we'll take a walk?"

"Ok sure, see you then."

"Bye." I say hanging up the phone. I hope she isn't made she had a kind of serious tone in her voice; I wonder what's on her mind.

As I finish up all my chores my mother makes sure of what I need to do tomorrow since I will be home all day and then sends me to my room where I eagerly await the stroke of midnight. As the time starts to tic by the more I feel like midnight is going to take forever to arrive, but soon enough it does and I make my way outside my bedroom window from the second floor and walk around the roof to the nearest tree so I cam climb to the ground. I make my way to Katniss's house but she isn't outside yet so I wait at the opposite house so her family doesn't see some guy waiting outside their house if they happen to be awake. I see I figure walk around to front of Katniss's house and walk over as I notice it is her.

"Hey what were you doing over there?" she says as I pull her into a hug.

"Well I didn't want your family to see some person waiting outside their house just in case they happened to look out their window somewhere so I thought I would be better if I just waited for you over there."

"Good idea." She says grabbing a hold of my hand as we start to walk down the street. "Ok since you're here now I'll get straight to the point which I'm sure you know why I asked to see you tonight."

"I had a suspicion… uh Leon?"

"Yeah what happened?"

"Well uh I felt like I wanted to protect you and I went to talk to him about leaving you alone."

"Peeta, I know you have good intentions but I can stick up for and protect myself."

"I know you can but-"

"Peeta you don't have to worry about me, I'm a big girl and there will never be anything more between me and Leon. There is no way we will become friends so lets just move on."

"Ok if you insist, I just don't like to see you hurt."

"I'm happy you care for me Peeta." She says giving me a kiss on the cheek. "You know that night you stayed at my house when you were drunk?"

"Yeah what about it?"

"Well you told me that you have always had a crush on me and you still do, is this true or was it just the alcohol talking?"

"It is most defiantly true, I have liked you for so long Katniss and even when we weren't friends those feelings never left me, do you feel the same way?"

"I do, but I don't want to jump into anything right now. I think I just need a little time to move on from what happened with Leon but I know I really like you Peeta." She says placing her other hand on top of our holding hands. As the time flows by and it felt like we had just stared our night together it is already 2am and we decide that it is time we head home but I make our walk last a little longer by walking her home.

"I'm glad we met up tonight." She says with a smile on her face.

"Me too and I think we are going to have to do this more often now that I'm grounded for a month, which reminds me could we take a raincheck on that date?"

"Of coarse." She says giving me a soft kiss on the lips before walking around the back of her house as I wave goodbye.