Because I got quite a few people asking me to continue the story.. I will, it wont go on much longer though, it will finish as soon as hey leave the camp but my updates are probably going to be more spread out, once or twice a week probably, just because I have school and all that stuff, so here is a pretty long chapter so enjoy and please leave a review! :)

CH51- Unexpected

Peeta POV

"Okay, we only have 5 days left! We are all doing something together today!" I shout over the chattering and laughing of the group. Katniss and I decided to keep our new relationship status quiet for a while so we haven't told anyone. I was so tempted to spill last night when Finnick told me that he had asked Annie to be his girlfriend, I wanted to share the good news that I had as well but I held my tongue. I made a promise with Katniss and I plan on keeping it.

"Peeta! Man! You won't believe what just happened!" Finnick had said as soon as he barged into the tent at 11pm last night. I was sitting on my bed, scrolling through my phone and looked up to him stunned by his sudden announcement.

"Annie is my fucking girlfriend! She said yes!" he had shouted really loudly, which earned him a 'shut up!' from the tent beside us. I sat there stunned from his news. Sure, I saw it coming, but it doesn't make it any less shocking that he had actually done it.

"good… for you… man" I stuttered, trying to keep my mouth shut from blurting out that I had also asked Katniss to be my girlfriend.

I shake my head and search our small group of friends for Finnick. He is standing with Annie, his arm wrapped around her waist and his chin resting on her head. I wish I could do that with Katniss. Publicly show that she is mine. My eyes slip over to where she stands, behind one of the couches, her eyes on me. I smile at her as she blushes from my catching her staring at me.

"so what are we doing, Peety!" Johanna shouts from her spot, sprawled out over the couch, her legs resting on Gales lap. I shrug my shoulders while scanning the group.

"What do you guys want to do?" I ask them

"We should go to the shops!" Annie blurts out and we all look at her confused "there is a bus that takes you to the local shops, they aren't big but apparently there is an amazing bakery" Annie chirps, bouncing on her heels happily.

"Umm… okay… you guys want to do that?" I ask the rest of the group and a mixture of shrugs and nods are evicted from them "alright, do you know when the next bus is Annie?" I ask her, checking the time on my phone.

"It should be here at 11am and then it comes back at 3pm" she says with a smile and I nod.

"Okay, meet here at 10:30am to be ready to get on the bus" I tell the group, they all nod and we head off in different directions to get ready.

Time Lapse

I lean on Finnick's back as I wait for the bus driver to open the doors and let us get in. Apparently he can't leave until exactly 11am. I groan loudly and turn around. Katniss stands behind me, looking just as bored. I smile and she returns it.

"Great start to the day" she jokes and I nod in agreement. I swear if we have to wait here any longer, I'm just going to leave and do something else. As if the bus driver read my mind, the door slides open, allowing us access to the bus. Besides our small group, there are 5 other girls and 2 guys going to the shops. We all scamper onto the bus, pushing and shoving for no reason. Once we are on we sit down, Johanna and Katniss together, Annie and Finnick and then me and Gale. I must admit, it's a little awkward being next to Gale and I know he can sense it as well. The bus rumbles to life and jolts forward before slowing to a consistent speed. We pull out of the bus stop and onto the road.

The drive into town is only 10 minutes but man, are those 10 minutes extremely tense and awkward. I made a few attempts at making small talk with Gale but he brushed me off every time and in the end I gave up and we sat in silence. The rest of the group chatted between each other as I looked out the window and Gale fiddled around with his phone.

We all pile out of the bus and I turn around to look at the rest of the group.

"Where do we go from here?" I ask them, scanning the area. There is a largish-sized, white building with a cheesy sign that reads 'The Only Shopping Centre Here'. Through the 2 glass doors, I can make out a few people gliding around each other. The building is surrounded by other, smaller shops. Second-hand book stores, op shops, small cafés but a small, homey building that says 'Jam Donut Bakery' catches my eye. There are quite a few people bustling around it, eating food and drinking coffee.

"I want to go clothes shopping!" Annie squeals and I look back to her, pulled away from my transfixion on the bakery.

"You won't be dragging me in any fucking clothes stores" I tell her, shaking my head.

"I'm out" Gale says, raising his hands in surrender. Katniss laughs and nods to Annie.

"Yeah, I'll come, Ann" she says with a small smile. She glances over to me quickly and I pout at her with puppy dog eyes, I see the hint of a laugh escape her lips as she turns back to Annie.

"I'll come as long as we actually go to some good stores, I 'aint shopping in 'girly-girls R us'" Johanna says, placing one hand on her hip as she gives Annie a look.

"Finnick, you coming?" Annie asks sweetly. I have to cover my mouth with my hand to refrain from laughing at the current situation. I can tell that Finnick doesn't want to go clothes shopping, but he doesn't want to say no to Annie. You can see the conflict in his eyes as they flick between the girls and the guys. He gives me a pleading look, wanting me to get him out of shopping somehow but I just stand there and shake my head at him.

"Pretty boy, you don't have to go just cause little Annie asked you to! Go do whatever dick-y things you guys wanna do" Johanna says with a roll of her eyes as she waits impatiently for him to make a decision.

"Yeah, you don't have to come, Finnick" Annie tells him. Finnick looks at her with concerned eyes.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes! Go have fun with the guys" she says with a large grin "I'll see you later" she says before pondering off into the store with the other girls.

After about 5 minutes of arguing over what we are going to do, we finally decide to head into the grocery store and stock up on red bull, chips and chocolate bars before going to small seating area and stuffing our faces with all the food we have.

"I'm having the last red bull!" Finnick shouts as he quickly snatches it off the table and cracks the tab. I roll my eyes and look back to the entrance of the shops, wondering when Katniss will finally come back out.

"Who are you so desperate to see?" Finnick asks and I quickly shift my gaze back to him. He looks at me with a knowing look while Gale just ignores the conversation completely and continues to stuff his face with junk food.

"Shut up" I mutter to Finnick, before grabbing a handful of chips and shoving them into my mouth "I'm not desperate to see anyone" I say through my mouthful of chips. Obviously I was looking for Katniss, waiting for her to come back but I know it won't be hours until she gets out of that shop, especially with Annie and Johanna in tow.

"Don't worry, bro… I wish Annie was here as well" he tells me, disappointment in his voice. We both stare blankly at the glass doors until I get an idea.

"Why don't we just go in and get them?" I ask him excitedly.

"Us… go in a shopping centre" Finnick exclaims, looking at me with disgust

"Man, you have been in a shopping centre to buy you hair shit so many times!" I say back to him with an exasperated roll of my eyes.

"Yeah… but that's different! We are going to have to look in girl clothes stores for them" he says, looking daringly at the doors. I sigh loudly and clamper from my seat. I make my way to where Finnick sits and pull him out of his seat and pull him towards the shopping centre.

"We will be back soon!" I yell to Gale, who has only just acknowledged us leaving; he gives a slight nod and goes back to fiddling around with his phone.

We walk through the automatic glass doors. The inside of the shopping centre are simple; tiled floor and white paint on any wall that isn't a shop. I scan through the different stores looking for one that might have the girls inside. In this corridor alone, there are 4 girls' fashion ware stores. I sigh loudly and pull Finnick into the first one.

Time Lapse

"Why are there so many fucking clothes shops! I just want to find Annie!" Finnick whines, as he walks on the opposite side of a clothing rack to me. We are in cotton on right now and have been through almost all the shops here, this is the second last one.

"Not in here" I say, turning on my heels and heading back for the exit of the shop. Finnick follows close behind me.

"Okay, if they aren't in the next one, we give up and go back outside?" Finnick asks me and I nod. We ponder into a black and white themed store that has a sign that reads ice on the front. I scamper through racks of clothing and shoes, looking for the girls.

"Should I buy Annie a pair of these?" Finnick asks from behind me. I look over my shoulder at what he is talking about. He is standing there holding a pair of lacy, light pink underwear over his crotch. I shake my head and roll my eyes at him.

"If you want her to dump you, yeah" I tell him as I continue my search to the back of the store. Fuck. They aren't in here either.

"nup" I say to Finnick and his slumps his shoulders.

"Where the hell did they go?" Finnick whines as he turns to leave the store. I begin to follow behind him until I hear the faint giggles and laughter of what sounds like Annie. I pause and turn back in the direction of the noise and there stands Annie in a small, tight, black dress with cut-outs that are covered with mesh over her cleavage. I pat Finnick on the back and he spins to see what I'm looking at. Once he sees Annie a smile lights up his face and he saunters over to her, I follow behind him.

"You should buy it, you look really good" Finnick says as he wraps his arms around her waist from behind and rests his chin on her shoulder. She jumps slightly before realising it is Finnick and settling into his arms.

"I would never wear something like this! I was just joking around" she says, spinning in his arms to look at him "look at this! You can see like all my boobs" she exclaims indicating to the mesh cut-outs around her breasts. I stand off to the side awkwardly as I watch the exchange between the two. Finnick smirks as he looks down to where she is pointing at.

"I like it" he purrs and Annie blushes wildly. I clear my throat obnoxiously loudly and hope they realise that I'm is still standing there.

"Oh, Peeta!" Annie says surprised, she jumps away from Finnick slightly with a look of guilt on her face as if I were her parents instead of a friend "um… Katniss and Johanna are in the change rooms" she says, indicating to the two cubicles with the curtains drawn. "They should be out any second now" she says, running her fingertips up her arm and looking at the floor. I must have embarrassed her. I laugh and she scowls at me but I just shrug it off.

Moments later Katniss walks out of her cubicle with her eyes on the ground as she struggles with a zipper. I don't think she has realised Finnick and my presence.

"Annie, could you help me out, I can't reach the-" she stops mid-sentence when she look up and sees me and Finnick. Her eyes widen and she looks down at her dress. She is wearing a short, tight, black dress with short sleeves, there are neon-pink strips running along the dress in any which way. I don't think it is the kind of dress you would want your mother seeing you wear. Her hair is pulled up into a loose bun of curls but some of them have escaped the lackeys grasp and fallen to frame her tanned face. She has paired the dress with a pair of black high heels with neon pink plat forming. Holy shit, does she look hot. I stare at her in awe as she stands in the dress.

"umm… we were just messing around" she says, pulling at the hem of the dress, trying to get it lower on her legs. Johanna walks out of her cubicle in a tight black skirt that just finishes under her ass and a tight, green crop top with a plunging neck-line.

"We are ready to hit the clubs!" she shouts with a huge grin. I shake my head at her and laugh.

"Johanna, don't you have enough clubbing clothing?" I ask her sarcastically. She shakes her head, her smile not faltering

"You can never have enough clubbing clothing! I'm going to go look for more!" she says, strutting out of the changing rooms and back into the shop.

"let's go find you something else for you to try on!" Finnick suggests to Annie and she nods her head, an excited look on her face. They leave the change rooms and I turn back to Katniss who is still standing just outside her cubicle.

"You look really hot" I tell her. She scrunches up her nose at me before looking back down to examine her attire.

"I feel like a hooker" she says, looking back up to me with a joking smile.

"A very sexy hooker" I say, taking a step closer to her.

"But a hooker still" she says with a wink. I shake my head at her with a laugh "but really, isn't this a little skimpy? Would you really want me to wear this in public?" she says and I move closer to her.

"Maybe you could give me a private show" I purr with a mischievous smirk. I lean down and capture her lips with mine, I feel the smile spread across her lips as I kiss her appraisingly, my tongue sliding against her lips and my hands exploring her curvy figure through the thin material.

"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!"