Author's Note: Hellooo, I don't really have anything to say so here's chapter 52, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own The Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins is the owner of this amazing trilogy. This story is mine, although most characters are not.

Chapter 52

Katniss' POV

I hear Annie and Madge talking in the kitchen. I open my eyes and see the boys are still asleep. Peeta looks wasted. I smile and decide to get up. I gently remove his hand from around my waist and then stand up. When I walk into the kitchen the girls turn around and smile.

"Morning Katniss." Madge says happily. I say good morning to them and grab a cup of tea. Then I sit on one of the chairs next to them.

"Is Peeta still asleep?" Annie asks. I smile and nod.

"He must be really tired. Usually he's awake by now." I say.

"I wish I could say the same about Finnick." Annie murmurs.

"Say what about me?"

We all turn around and watch as Finnick walks over to us, holding a hand to his head.

"Finnick.. you're up early." Madge says in disbelief. He shrugs slightly.

"Yeah. Wait, did I wake up earlier than Peeta?" He says. I nod and he laughs. "He was so drunk last night."

"Yeah, so were you and Gale. It was really amusing." Annie says. Madge and I nod. Finnick grins and sits down next to Annie. Before he can say anything again, someone walks in. I look up and see Gale sitting down.

"Morning Gale." I say. He yawns and then nods once.

"Morning everyone." He murmurs, rubbing his eyes.

"Feel alright?" Madge asks, handing him a cup of water. He snorts.

"Amazing." He says sarcastically. I stand up and decide to see if Peeta's awake yet. I walk into the living room and see he's still fast asleep. I crouch down and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Peeta. Wake up, Peeta." I whisper. He rolls over and grabs my hand, clutching it to his chest. I chuckle and lean over him, turning him around again gently. "Come on Peeta, it's time to get up."

He shifts a bit. "I don't.. no." He murmurs. I put my hand on his shoulder again and shake softly.

"Peeeeeta. It's time to get up." I say softly. He groans and rolls over quickly, pulling me with him. I land on his chest and gasp. He wraps his free arm around me and exhales loudly. I laugh and roll my eyes. I gently put both hands on his cheeks and shakes his head left and right. "Peeta. Come on. Wake up." I say quite hard. He shifts under me, and his eyes open the tiniest bit for a second. Then he closes them again.

"I know you're awake. Get up." I say. He smirks slightly and rolls over a little bit, shaking his head.

"Peeta, if you get up we can have a heavy make-out session later." I whisper into his ear. He exhales again and then opens his eyes slowly. He grins lazily and gives me a kiss on the cheek. I roll my eyes. "Really? That's all I had to say to get you up?" I say, standing up. He chuckles and stretches.

"Pretty much." He says with a husky voice. He clears his throat and then groans. "I feel so baaad." He murmurs, putting both hands on his face.

"Aaw," I say, helping him up. Then I wrap my arms around him and give him a kiss on the cheek. "You'll be alright. You were really funny last night." I say, smiling. He raises an eyebrow.

"Was I? My brain's a bit fuzzy at the moment." He says as we walk into the kitchen.

"About freakin' time, Mellark." Gale says, grinning. Peeta chuckles and then looks at the table. Annie had made everyone omelets. Peeta puts a hand on his mouth and then runs into the bathroom. Finnick and Gale start laughing loudly and I roll my eyes. A few minutes later Peeta comes back in with a pale face. He sits down next to me and grabs a glass of water.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know my cooking was that bad." Annie says. Peeta chuckles and shakes his head.

"You're cooking's great, Annie. I just.. don't really feel like eating." He grimaces. He finishes his glass of water quickly and then grabs another glass. Whereas Peeta isn't hungry at all and is drinking a load, Gale is doing the opposite. He's only had a sip of his water, but he's already had an omelet, some toast, and two sandwiches.

"So can someone remind me of what happened last night?" Gale then says. Madge, Annie and I grin and tell them what happened from the moment they came home. Peeta's cheeks go a dark red when we tell him about how he was giggling like a girl and telling everyone he loved them.

"The only one you didn't tell you loved was Annie." I say. Annie pouts and Peeta chuckles, wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

"You know I love you, don't you Annie?" He grins. She chuckles and nods, pushing him away playfully. We eat in silence again until Madge speaks up.

"Finnick, last night you called Katniss and said Gale had won something. What did you mean?" She asks. Finnick frowns and puts down his fork. After a few seconds he remembers and laughs.

"Gale and Peeta were arm-wrestling about who could have the last shot. Gale won." He says. Gale grins and holds up his right arm, poking at his own muscles. Peeta rolls his eyes and I laugh. After a while we finish our breakfasts, and Peeta finishes four glasses of water, and we wash up.

"I'm gonna have a shower, so don't come into the bathroom." He says to us. We nod and he walks away. Before he leaves the room he turns around again and grins cheekily at me. "Well, you can come in if you want, Katniss." My cheeks start burning fiercely and everyone laughs. Peeta turns around again and goes upstairs. Everyone starts getting dressed. I decide to wear my new skinny jeans again and a gray, long-sleeved top. Then I sit in the living room and wait until everyone's ready to do something.

After a few minutes Peeta walks in. He's wearing a tight, black shirt, and he's drying his hair with one of Prim's pink towels. I smile and walk over to him.

"Feel a bit better?" I ask. He looks up at me and nods.

"Much better. So how about that heavy make-out session you were talking about?" He grins cheekily. I chuckle and grab his towel off of him. I slap him with it and someone behind us laughs.

"Whipping your boyfriend, Katniss? Niiice." Finnick says, walking past us and then sprawling out on the sofa. I roll my eyes.

"Oh yeah, Finnick. I always whip Peeta. Every. Night." I say sarcastically. Finnick doesn't say anything. He's just staring at Peeta with an amused expression on his face. I look up at Peeta and see he's looking down with red cheeks and a small grin on his face. "Oh, don't even think about it, Mellark." I say, handing him his towel back. Finnick laughs and I walk out of the room, into the kitchen. A few seconds later Peeta walks in as well. He closes the kitchen door and then wraps his arms loosely around my waist.

"What did you do last night?" He asks, straightening my hair with one of his hands. I shrug.

"Most of the time we just... talked, really." I say. He grins.

"About Gale, Finnick and me?"

"Maybe."

"I bet you were telling them about how great my kissing skills are."

"You wish."

He chuckles and pulls me against him. Then he gives me a soft kiss. "Next time we go drinking you have to come with us." He says.

"There's going to be a next time?"

"There sure is."

"And you want me to go with you?"

"And Annie and Madge, of course."

"Then who's going to look after you when you get too drunk to even put your own pajamas on?" I smirk. He rolls his eyes.

"As long as we get home, we can just pass out on the mattresses. Or sofa. Or floor. It doesn't even matter. You should just come." He smiles. I chuckle and run my hands through his damp hair.

"We'll see." I say softly before kissing him again. He picks me up and sits me on the table. Then he pulls me as close as possible. His arms are wrapped around me, his hands nearly touching his own chest because we're so close. One of my hands tangles in his curls as the other runs down his chest.

"Do you two ever do anything else than make out?" Madge says when she walks in on us a few minutes later. Peeta pulls back slowly and glares at Madge. Gale walks in behind her and snorts.

"Yeah. They check out each other's asses." He says. Peeta's cheeks go a dark pink and Gale laughs. "Don't even try denying it, I always see you two doing it. Especially you." He points at Peeta before walking out again, pulling Madge with him. Peeta rolls his eyes slightly and wraps his left arm around my waist.

"You know you said.. something last night." I say after a few minutes, looking down.

"Oh?"

"Yeah."

"What did I say?" He asks. I swallow and bite my bottom lip.

"Before you went to sleep... you-"

"Wait, am I going to regret saying whatever I said? Because then I'd rather not hear it." He grins. I chuckle and shrug.

"You, uh, you called me Katniss Mellark." I whisper. His right hand, which had been drawing little circles on my side, freezes. I look up and see him looking at me with wide eyes.

"Did I?"

"Yeah."

There's a silence for a few moments.

"I'm really sorry, I was drunk, and I-" I chuckle and put a finger on his mouth.

"There's no need to be sorry. I just thought you'd like to know." I say. He smiles and wraps his other arm around my waist as well. "You do know that it's usually the girl that dreams about having the boy's last name, and not the other way round, right?" I smirk. He chuckles and pulls me in for a hug. I frown in confusion for a second but then just hug him back.

"I love you." He whispers.

"I know, you told me, and Gale, Finnick and Madge last night." I remind him, smirking again. He smiles and tucks a piece of hair behind my ear. "By the way, you also called me hot last night."

He starts laughing and gives me a quick kiss. "Well I was just saying what's been on my mind since the day I met you." He teases, poking my belly. I giggle and drag him into the living room, where the others are sitting on the sofa, talking.

"I think we should just go to town." Annie says. Finnick and Gale's eyes go wide.

"No way, not again. I don't think I can handle that." Gale says. We all laugh and Annie rolls her eyes.

"Well then how abooout... the woods?" Finnick suggests.

"Naaah, there's nothing to do there." Madge says. The others nod in agreement. Then I look out of the window and groan. They all follow my gaze and sigh.

"Who put the shower on?" Finnick mumbles as he looks at the heavy rain on the window.

"Looks like we'll have to stay in today." Annie pouts.

"You're all so depressingly sad about this. We can have fun inside, too." Peeta says. I laugh as the other roll their eyes.

Prim's POV

"I. Am. Soaked. Why did you convince me to walk you home?" Rue moans as I knock on the front door quickly.

"I didn't convince you, you offered." I say. She shrugs slightly.

"Still your fault, anyway." She says. I laugh and the door opens. Peeta's standing there, laughing at us. I glare at him and then wrap my arms around him.

"Peetaaaa!" I say happily. He groans and tries to push me away.

"You're making me all wet. I just got dried, you little brat." He says playfully. I laugh and squeeze him again before letting go. His shirt now has some gigantic wet patches. I smile and he ruffles my hair. He says hello to Rue as well and we walk into the living room. Everyone was just scattered around the room, doing different things to entertain themselves. Katniss turns around and gasps when she sees us.

"Prim, you're going to get sick!" She says as she hurries over to me.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." I wave it off. She sighs and gives both of us a towel. We thank her and sit on some chairs. Finnick walks over to us and smirks.

"You have a little wet spot." He jokes. I chuckle and roll my eyes. Rue's just staring up at him. I smirk at her and she narrows her eyes at me.

"Like what you see?" I whisper once Finnick has turned around to say something to Peeta. She kicks me under the table and I yelp. Finnick turns around again and raises an eyebrow.

"You okay?"

"No, Rue just hit me because I-"

Another kick. I close my mouth and glare at her. She just smiles sweetly at Finnick.

"It was an accident." She says. Finnick nods slowly.

"Oh. Alright." He then says. He smiles at us once and then turns around and sits on the sofa again.

"What was that about?" Rue and I both hiss at the same time.

"You kicked me!" I whisper accusingly.

"Only because you were just about to tell Finnick I liked what I saw!"

"Oh, so you admit you liked what you saw?" I smirk. Rue opens her mouth again but trails of when she sees Peeta, who is suddenly standing behind us. He's staring at both of us with his arms crossed and one of his eyebrows slightly raised.

"Peeta, what did you just hear?" Rue asks quickly. He shrugs slightly.

"Oh, just that you kicked her." He says. Rue sighs in relief. "And that you think Finnick is..." he struggles for a word, "handsome?" Rue's eyes widen and she gulps. Then she grabs his hand and pulls him out of the room. I follow them and watch with an amused expression.

"I do not think he is handsome!" She hisses once the door closes. Peeta chuckles and leans against the wall.

"You don't?"

"No! I'll admit his eye are pretty, but.. just- no, just shut up, Peeta." She says. Peeta laughs again and shakes his head slightly.

"You're quite aggressive and intimidating for a 13-year-old little girl." He remarks. She rolls her eyes and pokes his chest once.

"Say one word to Finnick and you'll see intimidating." She threatens. His smile turns into a smirk.

"Are you threatening me?" His eyes are bright with amusement. Rue nods and he shakes his head slightly. "Alright, miss bossy. I won't say a word to Finnick." He winks before walking back into the living room.

Katniss' POV

Peeta walks back in, looking very amused. Prim and Rue follow him and I can't help but notice Prim has exactly the same look as Peeta. He sits down next to me.

"What was that about?" I ask. He looks at Rue and she narrows her eyebrows slightly. He grins and shakes his head.

"Nothing. Just a good ol' chat with Rue and Prim." He says. Prim laughs and Rue smiles. I look around and see Finnick is looking through some magazines, Annie is reading a book, Gale is trying to pet Buttercup, and Madge is braiding her hair.

"According to this magazine I do put friends before boys. And blue eyeshadow would go best with my eyes." Finnick grins. We all laugh.

"What magazine are you reading?" Madge asks.

"Panem's Style." He says.

"Why are you reading a girl-magazine?" Gale raises one eyebrow. Finnick shrugs slightly.

"I'm modeling for a magazine read mostly by girls. So I have to know what they like." He says. I suppose that kinda made sense. We all nod slightly and he grins. "Plus, I'm finding out amazing things about myself. For instance, if my 'BFF's' are sad, I always comfort them in a way no one else could. And I'm funny and confident about my body."

Peeta snorts. "That last bit's right." He says. We all laugh and agree. Finnick just grins.

"According to the magazine it's a good thing to be confident about your body."

"According to the magazine blue eyeshadow would look great on you." Gale reasons. We all burst out laughing and Finnick chuckles.

"Alright, alright." He puts the magazine down. Then he tilts his head as he looks at me. "Katniss, how come I've never seen your bedroom?" I shrug and he stands up. "Can you show me?" He grins. I stand up as well.

"Sure. Anyone else want to see the magnificent place that is my bedroom?" I say. They chuckle and Peeta, Annie, Gale and Madge stand up. "Peeta, Madge, Gale, you've seen my bedroom before." I say as I start walking up the stairs.

"Yeah, so?" Gale says. I roll my eyes and open the door. We all walk in and Finnick closes the door behind us. We were pretty crowded, as my room was quite small and there was six of us in here.

"Well, this is my room." I say, holding up my hands. Peeta sits on my bed and Finnick and Annie look around.

"You have a lovely room." Annie smiles. I thank her and sit next to Peeta on my bed. Finnick picks up things and looks at them. Then he starts opening some drawers.

"Finnick, what are you doing?" Peeta asks, voicing my thoughts exactly.

"If you really want to trust someone you have to know everything about them. Including what's in their drawers." He says.

"Did you read that in one of those magazines?" Madge asks. He grins and shrugs.

"Maybe."

We all laugh and I watch as Finnick looks in my closet, opens little boxes, looks at my book collection, plays with childhood toys, and opens more drawers. Then he reaches my underwear drawer and raises an eyebrow at me.

"Finnick, could you stop looking in my underwear drawer?" I ask. He closes it again and just stands their, arms crossed, grinning at me. "What?"

He shakes his head slightly and then looks down.

"Oh, better tie my shoe laces." He says, saying the words 'laces' a bit louder than the rest. Laces. Lace. Lacy. My eyes widen and I glare at him. He smirks and I notice Annie and Madge trying to hold back their laughter. Peeta and Gale look entirely lost.

"What's going on?" Gale asks.

"Nothing. Finnick's just being weird." I say. Which was true. I mean, who looks in their friend's drawers?

Gale picks up one of notebooks and flips through the pages. Then a little piece of paper falls out and he picks it up and reads it. A smirk finds it's way onto his face and he raises an eyebrow at me and Peeta.

"Do I even want to know what a 'little blue box' is?" He says. I feel my cheeks burn and sink into the bed a bit. Peeta jumps up and snatches the piece of paper out of his hands. Gale bursts out laughing and Peeta sits down next to me again.

"Why do you keep all of these conversations we have during class?" He whispers, folding it up. I shrug.

"They just end up in my notebook because I always forget to throw them away after class." I whisper back. He rolls his eyes. Gale is just smirking at both of us.

"What's a little blue box?" Annie asks innocently, having heard the conversation. Everyone looks at her and Peeta's cheeks turn as red as mine.

"Annie, I think-" He begins, but I throw my pillow at his head to shut him up. He laughs and throws my pillow back at me. Luckily Peeta changes the subject quickly.

"How about we go downstairs and play a board game?" He says. We all nod and go back downstairs. Peeta grabs a board game and puts it on the floor. We sit in a circle around it. "Okay, so this game is called The Hunger Games. Is everyone familiar with how it works?" He asks. Finnick and I nod, and Gale, Madge and Annie shake their heads. Peeta explains.

"Okay, so you have to roll the dice, and then move that amount of squares on the board. You either land on a smiley face or a sad face. If you land on a smiley face, you have to pick up one of these cards." He says, holding up a green card. "Then you have to do what it says on the card. For example, this one says: 'You have found a backpack with a knife. You are able to injure one opponent of choice, and they must skip their next turn.'" He says. We all nod and he picks up a red card with a sad face.

"On this it says: 'You got attacked by mutts. You retreat back into the woods. Move back three squares.' The first one to the end wins, and will be named 'The Victor'. Does everyone understand?" He asks. We all nod and he grins. "Alright then. May the odds be ever in your favor!" He says, rolling the dice. We all watch as he moves two squares and lands on a green square. He reads it and smiles.

"'You find water and have enough energy to move forward two squares.' Yay." He says, moving forward two squares again. Finnick grabs the dice. He moves forward three squares and lands on a sad face. He bites on his bottom lip and grabs a card.

"'You get too tired and pass out. Skip your next turn.' Well I don't like this game." He grunts, putting his card down again. We all laugh and Madge rolls the dice. She moves three squares and lands on a sad face as well.

"'Unlike the other tributes, you're not very stealthy. You trip over a branch and the tribute to your right finds you. He/she steals your food and gets an extra turn.' Ugh. You're welcome, Annie." She says. Annie laughs and rolls the dice. She moves three spaces and then rolls the dice again. She moves another two spaces and picks up a green card.

"'You overhear two people planning to kill you in your sleep. You run away quickly and save yourself from dying.' Oh. Okay." She says. Gale rolls the dice and moves three spaces. He lands on a sad face and picks up a red card.

"'The person you were planning to kill and steal their food from has disappeared. Now you have no food and get grumpy. You're ally and you get into a fight and you get injured. Skip your next turn.' Annie! I was trying to kill you, what did you run away for?" He laughs, giving me the dice. I roll the dice and move four spaces. I land on a smiley face and pick up a green card.

"'One of the tributes falls in love with you and shares his/her food with you. With a filled stomach you can walk further. Move forward one square.' Okay guys, who fell in love with me?" I say, looking around. They all laugh and Peeta raises a hand.

"Sorry." He grins. I chuckle and pass him the dice again.

After two hours we're all totally into the game. We were all so close to winning. In five minutes the game would be over, and one of us would be the victor.

It's Finnick's turn. He moves two squares and picks up a green card.

"'You find a trident and injure one of the tributes. The person sitting next to you must skip their next turn.'" He looks up and smirks at Madge. She groans.

"Thanks Finnick." She murmurs. Finnick laughs and hands Madge the dice, who hands them over to Annie. Annie rolls the dice and it lands on a two. We all sigh in relief. If she had rolled a three, she would have won the game. She picks up a red card and frowns.

"'The arena floods and you have to swim for hours. After a while the water disappears again and you pass out from hunger. Skip your next move.' Dammit." She says, handing Gale the dice. He moves three spaces forward and picks up a green card.

"'The star-crossed lovers have decided to take you as an ally. The three of you are allowed to move forward one square.' The star-crossed lovers, that was you two, wasn't it?" Gale asks, pointing at Peeta and I. We both nod. A few turns ago Peeta got a green card, saying he fell in love with a tribute, and that they became the 'star-crossed lovers'. The three of us move forward one space and I roll the dice. I had to move four space if I wanted to win. We all watch in total silence as my dice spins around for a moment. It finally lands on a three and I groan. I move forward three spaces and pick up a red card.

"'People see you as a threat. They chase you up a tree and you wait there until they leave. Skip two turns.' No way! This isn't fair!" I yell. Everyone laughs and I give the dice to Peeta. He only had to move three squares to win. He rolls the dice and it lands on one. We all sigh in relief again and he lands on a smiley face. We all freeze again. He picks up a green card with a hopeful expression and reads it in silence.

"What does it say?" Finnick urges, fear in his eyes. If I didn't feel the same way I'd laugh. Peeta looks up from the card and grins at us.

"'You camouflage yourself with some dirt. You're able to crawl around without anyone noticing. Move forward two squares.'"

"But that means.." Gale whispers. Peeta nods happily and moves forward two squares. Then he jumps up and starts dancing.

"I won, I won, uhu, I won!" He sings. Gale groans and Finnick just glares at him. Madge frowns and Annie throws her green card onto the ground.

"This really isn't fair." Finnick says. We all nod and Peeta rolls his eyes.

"You just can't accept the fact that you lost. Now where's that cool little plastic crown you get?" He says as he looks in the box. He pulls out a yellow little crown and places it on his head.

"Hold up, I was your ally, does this mean I won as well?" Gale asks. Peeta grabs the rule book.

"It says that if one of the star-crossed lovers wins, they both win. But ally's don't." He says. Then he grins down at me. "Katniss, we won!" He yells, dragging me up and dancing with me. I laugh and Gale groans.

"That's not fair. I hate this game." He says. We all laugh.

"Build a bridge and get over it, Hawthorne." Peeta smirks. Gale rolls his eyes and we all put the board game and the cards back into the box.

"Peeta, give me the crown so I can put the game away." I say. He thinks for a moment and then shakes his head.

"I think I'll keep it on."

"Peeta?"

"Yes?"

"You're being silly."

"You're just jealous that you didn't get a crown." He smirks again. I roll my eyes.

"I am not. Although it isn't fair that we both win and only you get a crown." I say. He thinks again for a moment and takes the crown off his head. He examines it and then just snaps it in half. I gasp and he grins, placing one half on my head and the other half on his own.

"There." He says. I laugh and give him a quick kiss. Finnick shakes his head slightly.

"You two are so immature." He says. Peeta scoffs.

"Have you ever looked at yourself?"

"It's all he does, Peeta. You should know that by now." Gale jokes. We all laugh and Finnick rolls his eyes. Then my mother walks in.

"Hi kids." She says, putting her bag down and taking her coat off.

"Hi, have a good time?" I ask. She smiles and nods.

"She works at different times than me, so I hadn't seen her for a while. It was good to catch up again." She says. She was talking about the friend she visited. I smile and her gaze travels to the crowns on Peeta's and my head.

"We're officially the king and queen of Panem." Peeta jokes, wrapping an arm around my shoulders. I laugh and roll my eyes.

"We were playing this board game and we won." I explain. My mother nods slightly and then tells us she'll make dinner.

"Oh, shall I help?" Finnick offers, walking into the kitchen with her.

"Well, if you want." My mother smiles. They walk in together and Peeta sighs.

"What's wrong?" I ask. He shakes his head and smiles, but it doesn't reach his eyes.

"Nothing."

I narrow my eyes slightly and cross my arms.

"Peeta, tell me what's wrong." I say.

"It's nothing, really Katniss." He says softly.

"Stop lying to me!" I whisper. I was getting annoyed. I turn my head and see Madge, Gale and Annie are looking at us with worried expressions. I smile at them and then grab Peeta's hand. "Peeta, let's have a talk upstairs, shall we?" I say. He nods with a defeated expression on his face. I drag him into my bedroom and then close the door.

"Spill it, Peeta."

"Stop being so worried, it's silly. Just forget it." He says, leaning against a wall. I walk over to him and take his face in my hands.

"Listen to me. You are going to tell me what's wrong, or else." I whisper. He smirks slightly.

"That's the second time I got threatened today." He says, shaking his head slightly.

"What? Who threatened you?!" I say. He laughs.

"Long story, but it's nothing to worry about. It's irrelevant to what you want to know anyway." He says. I sigh and cross my arms as well.

"Fine. Tell me what's wrong then."

He swallows hard and rolls his eyes.

"I just think your mom likes Finnick more than she likes me." He whispers.

"You've got to be kidding me." I say in disbelief. This was why he looked so sad downstairs? He shakes his head slightly and looks down. I take a step and put both hands on his cheeks again. "You're crazy, you know that?" I whisper. He rolls his eyes.

"I'm right though."

"No, you're not. She does like Finnick, but she likes you more. I'm sure of it." I say. He looks up at me through his eyelashes.

"And how would you know?" He says softly.

"I just do. I know my mother. And I know that she probably loves you. You're dating me, and you're the son of her childhood crush. Finnick's just a friendly boy, but you, Peeta... you're you, and she likes you waaay more than Finnick." I smile. A small smile plays on his lips as he looks down again.

"Really?"

"Absolutely."

After a few seconds he looks up at me again. He smiles and puts his hands on my waist.

"You're amazing." He says.

"I know." I grin. He chuckles and leans in slowly. I rest my hands on his arms and push him backwards a little bit, until his back is touching the wall again. I lean into him and stand on my tiptoes.

"We should go back downstairs, they'll all be worried." He mumbles after a few minutes as his nose skims my cheekbone. I sigh and agree. We walk to the door and I open it. Suddenly Annie, Madge and Gale fall inside. I narrow my eyes at them as they stand up again quickly.

"What are you doing?" I ask. They all look at each other and say something entirely different at exactly the same time.

"Looking for my contacts," Gale says.

"I dropped an earring," Madge says.

"I wanted to ask if I could lend some pants," Annie says.

Peeta and I look at each other and then glare at them.

"Gale, you don't have contact lenses, Madge, you're wearing both of your earrings, and Annie, why would you want to lend some pants?" Peeta says. They all look at each other again and then look down.

"Were you listening to our conversation?" I ask.

"Yes, but only because we were worried!" Annie says. I roll my eyes.

"I've never seen you two fight before. So I just kinda wanted to hear this." Gale shrugs slightly.

"Have you ever heard of this little thing called privacy? If two people close a door, they usually want it." Peeta says, looking at each of them. They all nod slightly and look down.

"Sorry." They then say in unison.

"It's fine. Let's go downstairs for dinner." I say. We all walk downstairs and Gale smirks at me.

"What were you two doing the last ten minutes? We didn't hear anything." He says softly as we sit down. I glare at him and he chuckles, shaking his head slightly. Finnick and my mother walk back in, laughing and carrying seven plates. Annie shoots Peeta a worried expression and I realize they heard the whole conversation. Peeta apparently realizes too because his cheeks turn pink and he slides down into his seat a bit. They put down the plates and we all dig in.

During dinner we talk about our day, and mostly listen to Prim. She tells us stories about Marcus, and Liam's little sisters.

"Mom, I want a little brother or sister." She then says. My mother chokes on her food and Gale slaps on her back gently. She swallows hard and then stares at Prim with wide eyes. Prim laughs.

"Don't worry, I know it wont happen." She reassures her. My mother sighs and nods slightly. She picks up her fork again. The rest of dinner goes by in a comfortable silence. Then we all wash up and watch some tv for an hour. After that we just talk about school, and family, and other random things. The time goes by in a flash, and before I know it we're all in our pajamas', just about to go to bed.

I take the crown off and remind Peeta he still has his on as well. He chuckles and takes it off as well. Then we all lie down and turn the lights off.

"Goodnight everyone." Annie says. We all say goodnight to each other, and five minutes later I can already hear people snoring. I lay my head on Peeta's chest, just above his heart. I can hear his heartbeat, and it immediately relaxes me. The last thing I remember before falling asleep, is Peeta softly stroking my hair.

Author's Note: Alright, you have permission to yell at me for updating this late again. It's not my fault though. I have school till 5 every day, then an hour of homework, dinner, another two hours of homework, watch tv for half an hour, then start getting ready for bed. Someone asked what grade I'm in, but the grades in America are different to the grades over here. We don't have high school and that stuff. I'm in fourth grade of secondary school. Anyway, I'll try and update as soon as possible! :) x