Here's a new chapter again. Please enjoy and review.
I do not own the hunger games.
Katniss was surprised that in Finland, the sex talk was being held in the 7th grade which meant that the kids were about 13-14-year-olds. Well, at least they would be as mortified as she was. But now she was going to talk to adults who already had their first times and her face turned red again. Peeta too had small pink patches on his cheeks and he grinned nervously. "Okay, so I think it's best we use our own experiences as a base for this thing." Peeta started and Katniss groaned in frustration. "What would you have wanted to know for your first time?" he asked ignoring Katniss' grimace. Katniss shrugged and tried to look everywhere else but Peeta. "Well I think it's important to tell them that there is always a chance of pregnancy, even in your first time. And that it can be very awkward but it gets better with time." Peeta started to write a list of things that should be covered. Katniss looked at the book they were given that the schools used but it was in Finnish so that didn't really help them at all. But Katniss looked at the pictures and said:"Contraception." Peeta smiled at her and nodded. They also decided to write down the fact that condom is the only contraception that prevents STDs and that it should be with someone you cared about. Also that penetration is not the only form of sex and that part shouldn't be pushed if it didn't feel right. After about an hour of Katniss blushing and Peeta chuckling, Peeta said the one thing Katniss had feared. "You really should be able to talk about this without blushing. If you were to hold this class for a bunch of teens, they are going to make you as uncomfotable as they possibly can, if you let them see that you are not okay about this. Besides, sex shouldn't be something embarrasing you know. And it's not like you haven't had any." Peeta grinned at the last part, but Katniss could feel her face taking flame and she averted her gaze. Only some mumbling came from her mouth that might have been something like "mhm, yeah sure maybe." Katniss could hear the gears in Peeta's head going when they sat there in silence and Katniss tried to think of a way to get away from this.
"Oh my God!" Peeta yelled suddenly and Katniss jumped in the air, which was pretty cool, since she had been sitting on the floor. "You never had sex?!" the disbelief was noticeable as he stared at Katniss' face and she felt like she could cry. Only Madge, her best frend back home and Gale knew she was still a virgin. And now Peeta. Oh God. Peeta must have seen the tears in her eyes because soon he was sitting next to her and putting his arm around her. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad, I'm sorry. It's ok, don't worry. I won't tell anybody if you don't want me to. I shouldn't have said that, I'm sorry." Peeta's ongoing apologies only made her feel worse and the first tear started to roll down her cheek. Peeta wiped it away and really held her. After a while Katniss finally relaxed a little, eventhough she was still embarrased and mortified and in Peetas lap! How did she get there, she couldn't remember. She was clutching Peeta's shirt and kept her face in the crook of his neck. Peeta was slowly stroking her back and saying nice things in a sweet voice. She quickly wiped the rest of the tears from her face and tried to get away from his lap. Peeta still held her and wouldn't let her go. This was very different from what she had been anticipating from him. She was sure he would have made fun of her and then ran to Finnick to tell him that there was still one girl from their school that they had not deflowered and neither had anybody else. But Peeta just sat there, holding her and telling her sorry time after time. "I just thought that you and Gale.." he never finished his sentence. Katniss didn't look at him and really didn't want to talk about this with Peeta, not that she wanted to talk about it with anybody. "I really should start making dinner, Jo, my room mate, will be home soon." Katniss said and stood up, finally unwrapping herself from Peeta. Peeta reluctantly let her go and nodded. "Sure, sorry." he smiled at her and started to pack his notebook and pencil. "Well, I'll see you around." he said and waved her goodbye. She just nodded and started to make a nice steak for Johanna and smashed potatoes.
That evening, when she went to bed she cried a little more. She didn't even know why she was crying, sure she was a 23-year-old virgin, but it wasn't really that bad, was it? Before she fell asleep, she had decided that it was because it had been Peeta. The guy who had slept with dozens of girls and probably didn't remember half of them. He thought that sex was a way to pass time and nothing else. She on the other hand just hadn't been ready when Gale had asked her more than ten times and then he had found a girl who would do it right then and there, which just proved to Katniss that she had been right not to give him anything more than her kisses.
The next week went so fast and soon enough it was English yet again. They had two hours of it at times and only once a week. At least in this period. The timetable would change in november. When she came to the classroom, she blushed already seeing Peeta. She walked to her seat and right when the teacher walked into the classroom, she realised that Peeta sat down next to her. They hadn't spoken after that catastrophic night at her place doing the project, and she hadplanned to keep it that way, but apparently Peeta had other ideas. "I really think we should continue our project tonight." he said. She sighed but nodded and was quiet for the end of the class, eventhough Peeta tried to talk to her several times. They walked to her apartment together, or at least Peeta tried to but Katniss walked as fast as she could so Peeta would have to take a couple of sprints to keep up with her. When they walked into Katniss' empty apartment (Johanna would spend a lot of time with her malefriend who lived alone) Peeta was loosing his patience. "Look, I'm sorry I made you uncomfortable but you really need to talk to me if we are going to get this project done. And what I think we need, is some liquid encouragement." while he was speaking, he took a bottle of vodka out of his bag and handed it to Katniss. Katniss took it to the kitchen and mixed it into some orange juice and gave it to Peeta. She never really liked drinking so she just took juice herself, but made sure Peeta thought she had some alcohol too. So they begun working again this time a little more at ease. Katniss would say some things Madge had told about her first time (she had NOT asked her to) and they were pretty confident that this would be enough. Peeta suggested they would read it outloud and practise their presentation. It was supposed to be as realistic as it could be and so the other students in that class would ask them questions and they would have to be able to answer. So they started. Katniss would talk about the stuff they had written down and Peeta would ask her questions like what if the girl didn't know what to do, ori f a no really ment no. Katniss would blush again and stutter some incoherrent words and then hide behind her notes. And then they would change it, so Peeta would be the teacher and Katniss the student. She really tried to think of something to ask, but all she could come up were personal and she didn't think students would be interested in their teachers sexlife. But before she could stop herself, she had asked: "What does sex mean to you?" Peeta looked surprised and the thoughtful. "It means a way to be closer to a person you like. It is a really big part of a relationship and should only be done when both people really want it." Peeta was a little bit tipsy, so he continued. "For example, I have been head over heals for this one girl for a while now and I haven't been able to be with anybody else, because it would not be fair since I only think about you.. I mean her!" He looked like a deer caught in headlights and Katniss couldn't help herself but started a very unlike Katniss giggle. Peeta looked sheepish and mumbled something like "class dismissed. "
He came to sit next to Katniss, who was still laughing a little and whenever she thought of the face he made she would start all over again. "You know, usually when I tell someone I like them, this is not the reaction I get." Katniss fell silent but grinned. "Sorry. You just looked so funny." He grinned and then looked serious again. "Sooo, would you be interested in going on a date with me?" he asked, looking surprisingly uncertain. Katniss too stopped laughing and then thought it over. She was attracted to Peeta, had been for a long time. But she didn't want to be just one of the many girls he had sweet talked into bed with him. "And I'm willing to wait for you as long as it takes, but I am going to get you on a date sooner or later, so you might aswell save yourself some trouble and just go with me next Friday." he smiled and a dimple caught Katniss' eye. She was going to say no before that last part, but now she wasn't sure. Would he think she was easy if she said yes? She couldn't decide so she just said:"I'll think about it." And Peeta looked so happy, you would think she had said yes.