I wake with a start, sweaty and crying. Again.
It's a week later, on Friday. I haven't seen Peeta because he's been working nonstop. Tomorrow is June first. We've only been rejoined for almost a month.
I walk aimlessly around the apartment, bored to tears. I'm off of my period and my back still hurts like crazy. I've been looking for a job and I don't think I'm going to get lucky.
I wake the same way on Saturday morning.
I'm going to be alone all weekend. Johanna is spending the weekend at Blight's and Annie is going to be at Finnick's. I haven't seen Peeta in a week and a day, and he's only managed to call me once, and I haven't gotten any text messages because he's been so busy. The front door opens when I'm heading into my bedroom and I'm expecting it to be Johanna or Annie.
Someone lifts me up and lays me down on the ground. I recognize the scent of Axe and Cinnamon the second his lips collide with mine. He kisses me nonstop for nearly ten minutes, breaking apart for a few seconds to get some air into our lungs. When he pulls away, his eyes are dark with desire. "Hi," he says, kissing me again. He stands up and holds his hand out to me. I grasp it and he pulls me to my feet and pushes my against the wall, kissing me for the third time. "I've missed you so fucking much." He mumbles.
"Mmm…I've missed you too," I mumble between frantic kisses. "Let's get your clothes off." I murmur.

….a….

We put our clothes back on after round seven and now he's massaging my shoulders again.
"I need to tell you something." He whispers. We're the only two here. By putting clothes back on, I mean my bra and underwear and his boxers. I'm lying on the floor with my head on the arms and my bra is unclipped. He's sitting next to me, massaging my shoulders, and occasionally planting kissing on any part of my skin his lips connect with first.
"Do I want to know what this something is?" I mumble, sighing in content as he leaves yet another kiss on my mid back, leaving a flame there that burns but feels amazing.
"I hope so." He whispers.
"Alright, let's hear it then." I say.
"I got you a job, if you're interested." He whispers.
"Okay…" I say.
"I can always call the manager of the restaurant that I've been opening since January and tell him that you're not interested in being the co-owner." He whispers, quickly hooking my bra back together as I roll onto my back and sit up, pushing him down and sitting down on his bare stomach, leaning down so my lips are an inch from his.
"What did you just say?" I whisper.
"I want…" he takes a deep breath. "Marry me?" he whispers, sitting up so I'm in his lap and his hands are on my bare back. I stare at him. "I know we haven't been dating for long, but I've been in love with you for as long as I could remember. I love you, Katniss, more than anything or anyone in the universe. We haven't been dating for a month yet, but I don't think that matters. I love you and I never want you out of my sight. Katniss Everdeen, will you marry me?"
My heart pounds in my chest as I search his eyes for any sign of hesitation or regret. I don't find a single trace of it.
I think really hard for a long time.
We haven't been dating for a month yet, but Peeta's right. I love him more than anything and I never want to be away from him. I want to marry him.
"Yes…" I whisper.
"Yes?" he repeats.
"Yes," I repeat again. He grabs his jeans off the floor and digs a black velvet box out of the right leg pocket. He opens it up and pulls out a diamond ring that is twisted like two silver wavy bands molded together, making the ring infinity signs, and the entire thing is lined in diamonds all the way around.
His lips tackle mine again, and soon enough, we put our clothes back on for nothing.
…..s…..

I wake to multiple kisses being pressed all over my face. I lazily open my eyes and place both my hands on both his cheeks. He rubs the sleep from my eyes for me, and places light feather kisses on my shut eyelids. "I have two surprises for you." he whispers. "Well…three. Come take a shower with me so we can get dressed."
"Yeah, that's the reason you want to shower with me." I mumble.

…..s….

I curl my hair as he does something in my room. I slowly pull on my light peach colored skintight dress that goes to seven inches above the knee, and then pull on my wedges that are the exact same color. I run my fingers through my curls and decide I look good enough. I roll on my deodorant and walk out of the bathroom. The deodorant is taken from my hand by Peeta. He has two suitcases sitting on my bed and is packing another one, mine. He tosses in the deodorant.
"Are you going to start your period soon? Do you need those stick things?" he asks.
"Tampons?" I ask. He shrugs.
"That thing your shove up my territory when you're on your period." He says.
My vagina is his territory. I laugh.
"I'm fine," I say. "I'm good for three weeks." I say.
"Okay, let's go then. You look breathtaking, by the way." He says, eyeing my up and down. He disappears with the suitcases and then comes back with nothing and takes my hand.
"We don't need anything. Are you okay walking in those things?" he looks down at my shoes.
"I'm good." I say.
"Okay. If your feet start to hurt, tell me. I don't care if we're in front of the door. I'll make a taxi drive you inside." He says. I smile and allow him to take my hand and start to pull me away.
We walk down the sidewalk, hand in hand. He constantly asks me if I'm okay or if I need anything. "Peeta, I'm fine. I promise." I say. He doesn't seem to care that we're in front of a ton of people. He kisses me for almost a minute before pulling away, running his thumb along my jawline.
"I'm just making sure." He whisper. He starts walking again, pulling me with him. I hear someone gasp.
"Ms. Everdeen?" someone asks. I turn around and Peeta stops walking. I see Garret standing there with his friends, Marshal and Brett. Garret was in my second period and Marshal and Brett were in my first.
"Is that really you?" Marshal asks, his eyes bugged out as he elbows Brett in the ribs. He looks up and his eyes widen.
"Yes boys." I say. I hear Peeta laugh under his breath behind me, his hand still locked with mine.
"Well…" I start to feel slightly disgusted at the fact that three thirteen year old boys are staring at my chest. People that could be my dad are staring at me, too.
"Katniss, we're going to be late." Peeta says.
"Okay…bye boys." I wave and Peeta starts to pull me away. A man at is old, like wrinkly and everything stares at me, gawking. I stop walking because I'm uncomfortable. Peeta turns to face me.
"What's wrong?" he asks, putting his hand on the side of my neck, partly on my cheek.
"I want to go home and change." I say.
"Why? You look gorgeous, Katniss." He whispers.
"But these people keep checking me out…" I mumble.
"Because you're amazing. Just ignore them baby, they don't get to see or touch what's underneath. That's for my eyes and my hands only."

PEETA'S POV

I love her so much. I'm ecstatic she said yes. I've made is very clear that she's mine. I start pulling her again, down the street. She gasps and stops walking, looking close to tears.
"What's wrong?" I ask, worried.
"He just touched my butt." She whispers, her eyes flicking behind her. It scared her.
"Who did?" I ask.
"Some forty year old creep!" she exclaims.
"I'm sure it was an accident-"
She pinches my arm. "That's what it was like Peeta. You can't accidently pinch my ass." She whispers.
"Okay…" I wave down a taxi and pull her in, covering her ears as I whisper where we're going. The driver laughs and begins to drive.

…..s…..

KATNISS'S POV

The taxi starts to turn and I suddenly lose my vision as Peeta covers my eyes with his hand. He pays the driver with one hand and carefully leads me out of the taxi. He stops us.
"Okay...look." He removes his hand.
In front of me, is a restaurant called. Kat and Peet's eatery
Oh my god. My jaw goes slack.
"As I was saying earlier...I found you a job. Be the owner with me. We both have just as much power in the restaurant." He says. "It's for burgers and everything and we already have our own menu with Mellark recipes.
"Peeta, I can't cook." I whisper.
"That's why your going to learn. And..." He grabs my hand and pulls me inside. There's the hostess stand in front and benches against the wall and a glass wall that sits on top of a half wall that goes all the way to the ceiling of the second story. It's light as if a beach theme with no beach. There's paintings of oceans all over the place and the bottom half of the walls go from cream, and then blends into sky blue; almost as if it was sand molding into beach. He shows me around the kitchen and leads me up the swirly stairs. It's thick enough for a family to walk down at the same time as another walks up. It's the same up here. There's a door in the corner that looks like the front door of a house.
"Peeta, this is incredible." I whisper. The whole front wall if the building is really thick glass that can't be broken with a bullet.
"Now for your other two surprises." He pulls me towards the door that looks like a house and pulls me up another flight of stairs, the doors staying locked.
"The floor is soundproof so nobody downstairs can hear us." He whispers before opening yet another door. This time, I'm standing an a house. I walk around.
"Don't touch the walls baby, I just finished painting yesterday." Peeta says. The front is not glass but there is a window seat in the dining room, and a chandelier hanging above the table. There's four bedrooms, all of then fully furnished. "So this is my new apartment." He spins his keys around his index finger. "It's probably going to get pretty lonely all alone here..." He adds. "So...I would prefer a roommate. Possibly female, maybe with brown hair that's naturally wavy. Maybe one that just got engaged today?" He asks.
"Is this your way of asking me to move in with you?" I ask. He smiles.
"Yes." He admits.
"Then yes. Yes, I'll move in with you." I say. He smiles.
"Great baby, perfect, wonderful. This is amazing. I love you so much." He kisses me, and with his lips still connected with mine, he lifts me up and spins me around. He pulls away. "I have two more surprises." He says. I raise my eyebrows. "I'll be right back." He walks down the hallway and I hear the pitter patter of feet and then a little brown puppy comes barreling towards me. It's all just dark brown and I can tell it's a full bread Labrador retriever. I gasp and sit down on the floor. Peeta comes back out and watches me. I play with the puppy and after almost an hour of this, the dog yawns and lays down, drifting off to sleep.
"How did you manage to do everything behind my back?" I ask.
"Well...this was easy. I made myself get fired so I got unemployment, so I was still getting paid. Each time I was at the office, I was actually filling out paperwork and everything. I've been doing this since January. A little birdie told me you love puppies so I got you one...I know you love the beach because you used to go to it in the summers, your ring size was easy. I brought my buddy Brian into your apartment on Friday when I knew you'd be out cold and he measured you. You didn't even stir." He says. "And we're spending the night here. Tomorrow I'm going to tell everyone the very last surprise." He says.
"I don't have any clothes." I say.
"Ye you do. I stole more than half your clothes by stopping off at your apartment after I finished this and I took a ton if your clothes. You didn't even stir when I kissed you goodbye." He laughs.
"Peeta, you are the most perfect person in this whole entire world." I mumble.
"I'm a close second. Your the one that's the most perfect." He mumbles. "Oh, and one more thing." He disappears to the kitchen and comes back with a box of Godiva chocolate. "I believe someone wanted chocolate." He says.
"When did I say that?" I ask.
"The other day. On Thursday."
"Oh..." I remember now.
"Let's go sleep. I paid over two thousand dollars to get that dog trained to she should be good. What do you want to name her?" He asks ask he pulls me off the floor and hands the chocolate to me.
I look down at the chocolate cooler puppy and decide.
"Godiva." I say.
"Godiva? Really?" He smiles as he leads me to the bedroom.
"Yes." I say.
"Okay then...These walls are dry, I made sure, so the bed can hit the wall all it wants. I'll be right back." He says. He walks away.

PEETAS POV
I wake up, Katniss nuzzled into my chest. My clothes are on the floor and so are hers. I watch her as she sleeps. She occasionally smiles, or she frowns. She sighs. I look at the time to see we have to get going soon. I begin kissing her. Her cheeks, eyelids, nose, forehead, lips. Anywhere. She smiles.
"I could get used to waking up like this." She says, her eyelids peeling open.
"Get used to it." I say. "We have to get going." I mumble.
"Where?" She asks.
"Your old apartment." I say. I made sure with Finnick that he got Annie, Prim, Alex, Johanna and Blight ready. They're supposed to be there at eight. It's seven thirty. Katniss gets up and walks away. I hear the shower start, and I walk into the bathroom as she's stepping out of the shower and I step into the shower and turn it on.
I wash my hair and body and get out, shaving my face because I know Katniss hates facial hair.
I pul on clean boxers and jeans and a tee shirt. She's in white skinny jeans and a sea foam green shirt that's ruffled in the front with a bow in between her boobs. It's a tank top. She's in white wedges this time.
"Let's go."

... ...

"Brainless, for someone as dull and boring as you, I like your outfit." Johanna says. I told her to make sure she hides the ring, so she puts on a grey strayer and her hand hasn't left it since.
"Okay guys, I know you want to know why your here." I begin. They all nod. "We're going in vacation. First to Kentucky, and then California to deliver the news."
"What news?" Prim asks.
I look at Katniss and she shakes her head, telling me she's not saying a word.
"Well...we're getting married." I begin. Finnick didn't know that, he just knew about the vacation. Everyone starts cheering and whooping and hitting us on the back. Katniss winces when they touch her back and I know she needs another massage. "We have our own restaurant." another round of cheering and whooping. "And we're moving in together." More cheering and whooping.
"You forgot something." Katniss says.
"And what is that?" I ask.
"Godiva?" She asks me.
"Oh, right. And I got Katniss a puppy. It's in the truck. We leave right now. All your stuff is packed already so don't worry about that. Let's get going."

...9...

I'm shocked to say the least, to find my parents are at Katniss's parents house, too.
They never say it, but we grew up with them thinking Katniss and I were going to Marry.
Katniss turns the knob with her left hand in her sweater. We know my family is here because the cars are here. Katniss steps into the house first, and then the rest of us. We have a whole plan on how we're going to tell them.
"Oh my goodness! What are you guys doing here?" Everyone starts hugging everyone.

KATNISS'S POV

"We were literally just talking about you two!" Mama points between Peeta and I.
"Why?" I question.
"Because..." Mama looks back at everyone in the room and they all start shaking their heads, clearly telling her not to say anything.
"What?" Peeta asks, slinging his arm around my shoulder. It's an innocent move that nobody will think anything of.
Peeta looks down at me and I look up at him. I know we would have kissed but we can't. I walk out of his grip and secretly put my phone down on the table. When nobody is looking, telling him and everyone else that knows that the plan is starting. I sit down between Daddy and Haymitch and prop my feet on the coffee table. Johanna pulls out her phone just like she's supposed to. My phone starts vibrating on the table.
"Baby, can I have my phone please?" I ask Peeta. My family's eyes grow confused. Peeta gets me my phone and hands it to me. I smile and take my phone with my right hand. "Thank you," I whisper.
"Your welcome," he smiles at me, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear and then sitting down on the last seat open. Everyone is gawking at us.
My phone stops ringing and I check the missed call. I act like I don't know everyone is staring at me as I check the call and sit my phone on the coffee table, nearest Peeta. I push it a little, too.
"So I lost my job last week." I say.
"What? Why?" Mama sits up.
"Oh, I got in trouble with the school board for something stupid and...they fired me." I shrug.
"What did you get in trouble for?" Mrs. Mellark asks.
"Well...my class found out I was in a relationship and since one of the other teachers got fired for having..." I look at the kids. "A word that starts with S on her desk, they thought I would do the same, so she got fired. They thought I was going to do the same." I shrug.
"Your in a relationship?" Aunt Kari asks.
Now I get to expose my hand. I pull my left hand out of my jacket and scratch my nose. It's an innocent move, but they'll turn it into something else.
"Um...yes." I say. Mama stands up and walks over to me, taking my left hand. She has tears in her eyes.
"Katniss..." She whispers, lifting her eyes to mine. "Who...what..." She whispers. "Katniss, your getting married?" She asks.
"Yes." I say softly.
"To who?" She whispers. I don't answer her. "Katniss? Who gave you this ring?" She whispers. Annie calls me this time, and my phone vibrates right off the table. Peeta must have forgot what he's supposed to do, because he picks it up off the floor. The children are asleep anyways. I'm standing in front of Peeta. He takes my hand and pulls me down onto his lap. Everyone looks alarmed and they all gasp when we start kissing.