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Chapter 7

Katniss POV

When I wake up the next morning I expect to find the other side of the bed cold but it's not. Peets is still here. He didn't leave me. This adds a sense of relief to my mood. He looks so peaceful. His sandy blonde hair is falling on his face in such a way that you can still see his eyelids and I envision the sea behind them. That deep blue fading away into a lighter one as you keep going. Just one of the many things I love about him. He starts moving a little bit and I naturally close my eyes and pretend I'm still asleep. Then I feel his arms pull me closer to him and he wispers.

"I already told you that you were a bad liar. Didn't I?" I keep silent. "Katniss, I know your awake." He continues to pull me closer and I open my eyes. Then I sit up a little and kiss him, in the way that our other kisses have started out innocent and gradually deepened, this one is nothing like it. I know what I want this time, and I can feel the hunger stirring deep inside of me as we break off. This time however he closes the gap between us. When we break off from that kiss he gets up off the bed.

"Come on, its time to get up." He says as he is pulling me off the bed. I really don't want to be awake yet, but I can't risk falling into the darkness again so I don't protest. "Haymitch is coming for breakfast." Seriously, wow I can't even have a day alone with Peeta to recover. Instead I get to be around a drunk all morning, lovely. I give Peeta a long hug and then whisper in his ear.

"Thankyou." I then shoot a smile at him

"For what?"

"Just being you." With all thats been going on, I only stopped to think about how this might be affecting Peeta once. "I love you." I can just feel it, with those three simple words I have just sealed my fate forever.

"I love you too." He is smiling like there is no tomorrow and he pulls me back into his arms and gives me a quick peck on the cheek before going to take his shower. While he is in there I try to decide on what to wear. I think I will wear this yellow sun dress and for a change I might just wear my hair down.

When i walk down the steps the scent of fresh cheese buns is in the air. I breath the smell in and walk into the kitchen where I sneak up on Peeta. He turns around and kisses me.
"It smells amazing Peeta." I tell him with a smile on my face that he gladly returns.
"I thought you would like it. Haymitch should be here soon." Just then Haymitch walks through the door and I go to greet him
"Hey sweetheart. You ok?" I wonder why he looks so suprised to see me, then after a second I know Peeta told him.
"Ya, I think I'm doing a lot better. Thanks for asking." We continue to talk about all this and unexpectally, I think Haymitch is actually helping me. Peeta finishes breakfast and calls us to the table. After breakfast Haymitch announces that he is leaving, while Peeta and I clean up. We do the dishes, well I do the dishes while Peeta tries to distract me by kissing my neck. When I'm done with the dishes I decide that I want to take him to the meadow.

"Peeta?" He looks at me like something is wrong, so I put a smile on my face and I see his perfect smile looking at me."I was wondering whether you would like to see the meadow today?" I didn't think it was possible, but his smile grows. "I'm going to take that as a yes then." We take a few minutes to get a couple things such as a blanket, Peeta's sketch pad, and a pillow.
"Are you ready?" He still has his amazing smile plastered on his face. I just smile and nod. With that we walk hand in hand towards the woods. I can't help but think to myself 'I am so lucky.' over and over until we reach the meadow.

When we get there I spread the blanket out and we both sit. We talk about numerous things, from the shape of the clouds to Annie and her son Mark. Never letting our thoughts drift to the past or the ones lost in the war or games. After what I'm assuming is hours, Peeta starts sketching and I lay down and take a nap.

Before I know it, I'm being shaked awake by Peeta.
"Hey, it's time to go. It's nearly sunset." I spring up and fold the blanket before once again we walk hand in hand. The same words echoing as before in my mind. Most of the walk is silent, just savoring our time together. I wish it could just be like this forever, that I could freeze it and live in it forever. Great, I'm sounding like him now. Everytime he looks over at me, my heart flutters and I know that I love him. That fact couldn't change for the world. Why else would I have pulled out those berries, tried to save him in the Quell, and nearly fell into darkness when I was rescued and he wasn't. I didn't realize what I had until it could've been taken away, and I'm determined to make sure it never gets taken away now. If he says that I am his entire world, he has no idea what he means to me, because he's my everything. I wouldn't be alive without him, I would have ate the nightlock pill and been done with this world if he wasn't in it.

We make it home and before I know it, it's time for bed. As usual I put my head on his chest and he wraps his arms around me. Before I float peacefully to sleep, I hear

"I love you, forever and ever." coming out of Peeta's mouth

"I love you to, far longer than forever though." I respond.

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