This is before the kids. TwilightFreak143, your review made me so happy (and in no way bored me lol), that I just had to write this one shot asap even though I may have broken my wrist and typing is a little uncomfortable. I never expected such love for my story and I will continue to write different stories, probably mostly hunger games related because it's my favorite book...ever. To a guest reviewer, I personally do not like those high school stories, but I have been thinking about it and may attempt to write one, for your sake. Thank you so much for reading and reviewing and especially for your concern about me and my stepdad. I recently found out that all charges are going to be dropped against him, which (sorry for the language) pisses me off to no end because it's bullshit. But that's why I write, to try and deal with my feelings especially since (because of my stepdad) I have no medical insurance right now and can't go to therapy :/ I love everybody who reads and reviews. Let me know what one-shots you want to read, and I will do my best to write it. Now onto the story
"I want to take you somewhere tomorrow" I tell Peeta as we lie in bed together.
"Where?" he asks, grinning at me
"It's a secret" I tell him, smirking
"That's no fun"
"That's all the fun. I want you to pack a basket tomorrow with a bunch of your goodies; lots of cheese buns" I tell him
"Ok" he says, not questioning me anymore. But I can see in his eyes that he is still trying to figure it out. I smile at his thoughtful eyes. He notices me smile and grabs me, pulling me flush against him. I let out a squeak of surprise and he kisses my neck
"Will you tell me now?" he asks, with his lips still so close to my neck that I can feel them move when he speaks. It tickles, so I try to squirm away from him, but he pulls me tighter against him
"No" I tell him, giggling a little. Only Peeta could make me giggle. His lips keep moving along my neck and it tickles but feels so good at the same time. He suddenly pulls away and pouts at me when he realizes that I'm not going to tell him anything
The next morning, he doesn't ask any questions; just does as I have asked of him. He packs the basket and I grab a large blanket. He gives me a strange look, but doesn't question me. We go outside and start walking, ignoring the looks from Haymitch as he tends to his geese. When we get close, I tell Peeta to close his eyes
"Really? I went along not knowing and now I'm not even allowed to look?" he says. I grin at him
"That's right" I tell him. I kiss him until he closes his eyes and then I pull away from him
"Hey!" he says, opening his eyes again
"Close them" I tell him. He sighs loudly, but does as he is told. I lead him carefully, watching his prosthetic leg, knowing that he trips on it sometimes. When we get the meadow, I smile and whisper in his ear
"Ready?" he doesn't say anything, he just nods. I let him open his eyes and he gasps. The meadow is beautiful today, with all the flowers in bloom and hundreds of butterflies.
"It's amazing" he says, smiling at me. "I could never see this from town" We find a good spot and I lay out the blanket and we sit down
"Why did you want to take me here?" Peeta asks me "After all this time?"
"I'm not sure why I waited so long, but I just decided I wanted to show you. I love you and I want to share something else that I loved with you" I tell him. He smiles the most amazing smile every time I tell him I love him.
"I love you too. And thank you for sharing this with me. I wish I had my sketchbook" he says. I look down and feel my face get a little red. I reach under the corner of the blanket and pull out his sketchbook and small box of pencils. I grabbed them as we walked out this morning and tucked them into the blanket
"I thought you might say that" I tell him, handing then to him. He smiles at me and takes them
"I love you so much" he says
"I love you so much more" I tell him back.
"What's your favorite flower?" he asks me. I look around at all the different flowers
"I don't think I have a favorite" I tell him. Then I spot a perfect looking blossom "But I do love this periwinkle" I tell him, pointing it out
"It's perfect" he tells me. He starts to draw it and I smile at him, loving that look of concentration he gets when he draws. I realize after a while that I am staring at him, but I don't think he minds, and I don't want to stop. When he finishes, he looks up at me and notices me staring. He kisses me gently before showing me the drawing
"It's amazing, it looks just like it" I tell him.
"What other flowers do you like?" he asks me. I look around again
"Well I like lilac, lilies... primrose" he smiles a sad smile at me. I don't want to be sad "Hey, I think I realized my favorite flower; dandelion" I tell him
"Dandelion? Isn't that a weed?" he asks me. I smile at him
"Yes... but it's more than just a weed to me" I tell him
"Why is that?"
"You" I tell him, with a grin
"Me?"
"Yes; do you remember the bread?" I ask him. He smiles at me
"Of course"
"Do you remember the next day at school, I tried to catch your eye, and I looked down and I saw a small patch of dandelions. I remembered my father's plant book and that you can eat dandelions. Me and... Prim went to the meadow when we got home from school and pick a ton of dandelions. Every time I see dandelions, they remind me of you and how much I love you" I tell him. He's smiling at me
"That's amazing" he says, and kisses me "I love you"
We spend the whole day taking about random things. He draws all the flowers I bring him, and I even let him draw me. I make crowns out of the flowers I pick and Peeta wears one without complaint. I'm not sure what time it is when I finally yawn, but the sun was starting to go down and I was sitting wrapped in Peeta's arms while we watched the sky turn his favorite shade of orange.
"I think we need to head home" he says, chuckling a little at me
"I don't want to leave" I tell him. But I am really tired. And then Peeta yawns too and I agree that we need to go home. We gather our things and walk back to the house, hand in hand. I sleep perfectly that night, wrapped in Peeta's arms.
I have realized that this is not in chronological order :/ does that bother anybody? If it does, let me know and I will try to fix it. I will be letting you know where in the story the one-shots are, so it's not like you wouldn't know. But I would change them anyway. I want nothing more than to make my readers happy. Thank you again for reading, and let me know what you want me to write in a review. Reading my reviews make me SO happy.