A Love Lost

Chapter 14

Secrets

Everyone's strange behavior went on for days, weeks actually. It had been three weeks since that first morning I noticed the awkward behavior around me. And today I had enough of it.

I walked with Peeta to lunch, and quickly got my food. I sat down with our usual crowd of friends. Gale, Finnick, Annie, Beetee, Johanna, and me and Peeta. I sulked to my seat, trying to make it obvious I was upset. Then I would be asked what was wrong, and I could confront everyone. I plopped my food down in front of my chair, and took my seat. I stared at my food, until Gale was the one to ask the question.

"What's wrong Katniss?"

I looked up to him, and noticed all eyes at my table, were on me. I gave him a glare, then came out with it.

"What have you guys been hiding from me?" I asked sternly. Everyone's eyes widened. Johanna dropped her fork. Everyone turned to Peeta then. Still, there was a silence.

"Why do you guys keep doing this to me!" I exclaimed, standing up from my seat. Peeta grabbed my arm.

"Katniss, please don't get mad."

"Don't get mad! You guys have been acting weird for weeks, and I want to know what's going on!" I exclaimed. Everyone in the cafeteria looked at us, then looked away. But everyone at my table still had their eyes glued on me.

"Katniss, Please" Peeta pleaded, trying to calm me down. But I was angry.

"No. If no one's going to tell me, then I'm leaving." I said turning to leave, yanking my arm out of Peeta's grasp. I stormed out of the cafeteria, and ran to my room. My mother and Prim were still at the hospital, they ate lunch there too. I ran to my bed, and wrapped myself in blankets, and cried into my Pillow. Why can't they just tell me? Why am I being treated this way?

I eventually drifted off to sleep. I didn't care about what my schedule was for the day, I just slept in my room, until I had a nightmare.

~NIGHTMARE~

I was in the meadow back in 12, with Peeta. I we layed in the grass, and he gave me a flower. I sniffed it, and he put it in my hair. I smiled, and he put his hand on my abdomen, where my baby was. He had a sad look on his face, and jolted upwards, running away from me.

"Peeta, where are you going?"

"AWAY FROM YOU!" He yelled running away. I followed him back to the Village, and he dropped to his knees on his porch.

"Peeta, what's wrong?" I asked. He looked up, tears streaming down his face.

"You killed her…" He trailed off.

"Who?" I asked genuinely confused.

"OUR BABY!" He yelled, standing up and running into his house.

~END OF NIGHTMARE~

"Katniss!" Peeta exclaimed. I bolted up in the bed. He wrapped his arms around me, hot tears streaming down my face. "It's okay Katniss, It was just a dream." I cried into his shoulder. How could I have killed my daughter?

"P-Peeta…It was bad." I choked out between sobs.

"It's okay, you don't have to talk about it." He said. I nodded.

"Why did you come in here?" I asked him.

"I was coming to apologize for earlier at lunch, I still can't tell you though… But I heard you screaming from the hallway and ran in here." He told me. I lifted my head from his tear-stained shirt, and looked up in his eyes.

"Will you tell me Peeta? I'm done with secrets." I say softly.

"Come on." He says pulling me up from my bed and out the door.

"Where are we going?" I ask.

"You'll see." He says, a grin on his face. We walk to the elevator and go down a few floors to a floor I've never been to before. It was almost completely abandoned. He pulled me into a room, with a big mural of a beach on the wall. There was a table, with two seats, and dinner all set up.

"Peeta.." I trail off. He smiles and pulls me in for a kiss. It felt like the one on the beach. The one during the Quell. And I wanted more. Then he showed me a dress that was hanging on the wall, and gave it to me, Cinna had designed it.

"Go put this on for me, will you?" He asked with a wink. I walk out of the room and found a bathroom. I threw the dress on fast, and ran back to the room. I walked in, and Peeta was now in a nice suit. We walked over to the table and he pulled my chair out for me, I sat down and so did he.

"How did you do this?" I ask him.

"Haymitch has his ways with Coin. He promised not to drink for a month." Peeta tells me.

"I'll thank Haymitch after this for sure." I say with a small laugh.

"Katniss…" Peeta says, trailing off, he's nervous again.

"Yes?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. He stands from his seat, and kneels down beside me. Whoa, whoa, whoa, is he doing what I think he's doing? He then reaches into his pocket, wipes his face with a handkerchief, a bit of sweat had beaded onto his forehead. He reaches back into his pocket and pulled out a small ring box. This is it.

"Katniss, I can't imagine my life without you. I've loved you since we were 5 years old, and I won't ever stop. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Katniss. I love you." He said.

"I love you too, Peeta." I said back to him, trying to make him a bit more confident.

"Then Katniss Everdeen, Will you Marry me?"

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