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"Hey," Peeta's voice came through the phone.
"Hey Peeta its…" but I was cut off.
"Just kidding so either I can't come to the phone or I really don't want to talk to you. So leave a message and I might call you back," the message ended with a beep and I didn't know what to say.
"Umm hey umm this is Katniss I just wanted to talk about tonight. Can you call me I need to talk to you. Um okay bye," I said hanging up.
"We have nothing in this house to eat," Prim skipped into the room.
"But I went shopping yesterday."
"No you usually go shopping on Friday night but yesterday you were to busy staring at Peeta's cupcake," was it only yesterday that I was so upset.
"I swear I went shopping yesterday," I said going into the kitchen.
"Don't you believe me?" Prim followed.
"No I'm just saying I was sure I bought stuff yesterday," but after I opened ever cupboard, the fridge and the freezer. I finally had to admit that Prim was right apart from one potato that had begun to sprout roots and a box of cereal there was no food on the house.
"What did you have for dinner last night?" I was a little annoyed that mum knew there was no food in the house and did nothing about it.
"Mum ordered Pizza," Prim said.
"Come on then we are gonna have to get the bus," I sighed going to get our coat. At this very moment I wished that I had never listened to Gale when he talked me out of getting a car of my own.
"Do I have to come?" Prim trailed after me.
"Yes you have to come," I laughed throwing her jacket at her.
" To be fair this is your boyfriend we are trying to impress," she said following me out of the house and waiting for me to lock the door.
"I don't know if he is my boyfriend or not," I started down the street to the bus stop. It would take us 20 minutes to get to the supermarket where I work.
"But you slept with him last night," Prim said taking my hand in hers.
"I slept in the same bed as him Prim I didn't sleep with him," I pointed out.
"Shouldn't that make him your boyfriend?" Prim asked as we arrived at the bus stop just as the bus pulled up.
"I don't know this is the first time I have been in this situation," I said paying the driver and finding us a seat.
" You're a really bad role model," Prim noted.
"How is that?" I laughed.
"Well how am I ever going to know if I am dating a guy if I have never seen what it looked like," she laughed.
"You're never going to date!" I stated.
"It is going to happed," she laughed. "I am adorable I have to fight them off with a stick now and I'm only 12."
"Tell me who they are and I will beat them with a stick," I threatened no one was going to touch my little sister.
"Oh there are to many for me to remember all of their names," she laughed.
"You better be joking missy or I'm going to lock you in your room and never let you out," I joked.
"Maybe, maybe not," she laughed.
"That's it when we get home you are going in your room and you're never coming out," I threatened.
"Did mum tell you about the job offer she got?" Prim said casually.
"No," to be honest mum and I hadn't really talked for a long time. She always had a better relationship with Prim and I always had a better relationship with out father.
"A doctor from the hospital has been chosen to go to seven and learn some new technique and he is allowed to bring a nurse and he wants mum," Prim said.
"So we will have to move to nine," I was finding it hard to breath like someone just stood on my chest. I really didn't want to move not after everything that has happened.
"She said that the training would only take a month so we can stay here and then when she gets back she will have to take on more shifts at the hospital. So she said you wouldn't have to work as much any more." I didn't know what to think.
"Well that sounds good," I guess.
"Try to sound a little more enthusiastic when mum talk to you about this," Prim said.
"I know its just she has only just gone back to working more than once a week," I didn't think she could do it. She tried working full time a couple of years ago and completely shut down again.
"You need to be more supportive, Katniss." Prim said sighing.
"I am supportive Prim but I know how this is going to end," I said.
"This time could be different Katniss and have you ever thought that the reason she never does anything is because you are always so negative," Prim snapped.
"Okay okay when she talks to me about this I will be more supportive," I said getting ready to get off at the next stop.
"That's all she needs," Prim said jumping off the bus.
"I promise I will be more supportive," I said pulling her into a hug.
"Thank you," she said.
"Okay so what are we going to cook to impress my boy person, friend oh I have no idea what to call him," I said as Prim laughed.
"Lets just get a whole lot of stuff and decide when we get home," Prim said grabbing a trolley.
"We could do chicken everyone likes chicken," Prim noted as we walked through the meat isle. I grabbed chicken and put it in the cart but highly doubted that I would be cooking it tonight; last time I cooked chicken it was raw in the middle.
"Come to think of it no last time you cooked chicken it was raw, maybe something simple like pasta," she said grabbing mince and putting it in the trolley. "Even if you serve that raw it won't kill Peeta," she said laughing.
"I think we should split up it will be quicker," I said throwing her a evil look.
"Nah I'm good right here and I may run into Gale and what would I say then."
"Shit," I said darting behind a huge display of corn chips that I had put together a little over a week ago.
"You didn't even think of Gale did you," Prim said laughing.
"Why didn't you say anything?" I snapped at her.
"I didn't think you would have forgotten that he works here considering you also work here," she whispered moving behind the display with me.
"What if we see him?" I moved out from behind the stack of chips what was I doing hiding. I will tell him that he is an ass and that he cheated on me. That he was a liar once we stated dating everything changed that we weren't amazing that it was shitty and it ruined everything!
"Why aren't we hiding anymore?" Prim said following me.
"Because I'm not going to hide I did nothing wrong and I think we are both strong enough women not to have to hide behind potato chips," I said.
"Right on sister," Prim said following me. "Now out of curiosity while we are on this same wave length shouldn't we not be doing all this for Peeta," she said smugly.
"That is different we are just trying to not make Peeta run screaming in the opposite direction," I stated.
"I see the difference now," she laughed.
"Oh just shut up," I laughed grabbing the essential chocolate that a house full of three women needs.
"So are we making pasta?" Prim said holding up a box.
"Yeah I guess how hard can it be to boil water," I said taking the box off her and throwing it in the trolley.
"and you have to make the sauce as well," she added.
"One thing at a time prim," I said putting my hand on my forehead. "You know you can't overload me."
"Well I think we will need a jar or something of pasta sauce," Prim said.
"Isle 4," I said almost instinctively.
"Your not working now Katniss," she said looking at me shaking her head.
"Yeah yeah," I said brushing her off as I feel my phone vibrating. "You go and get the sauce," I said before I answered the phone.
"Hello," I didn't get a chance to see who it was before I answered it.
"Hey Kat," normally I hated being called that but hearing him say it made it okay.
"Hey Peeta," I instantly smiled.
"I just got your message. Is there something wrong?" he sounded concerned.
"No everything is good it is just mum had to work tonight and that leave me alone with Prim," I said,
"That's okay," he said telling me that he completely understood in just two words.
"So Prim and I were thinking that maybe if you wanted to you could come over to my house and we will cook you dinner and then that way we can still talk without leaving Prim alone."
"Sounds amazing," Peeta said.
"Great," I was smiling so much my face was beginning to hurt.
"What are you making?" the question that I had been dreading.
"We have n…," turning the corner and locking eyes with Gale.
"You have no what?" Peeta said laughing. Gale was carrying an arm full of boxes and looked as shocked to see me, as I was to see him. In an instant all the witty come backs that I had in my head disappeared and I really missed my best friend.
"Katniss are you okay?" Peeta said in my ear causing me to momentarily break eye contact with Gale and he took the opportunity to turn his back to me and walk away.
"Katniss?" Peeta said again.
"Sorry," I completely lost what I was saying.
"You went away," he laughed.
"Yeah I saw Gale," I admitted.
"Are you okay?" he questioned.
"Yeah I'm good he ran away from me," he was my best friend and he just turned and ran away from me.
"You did really yell at him I would run away from you," I could tell that me meant for it to be comforting but it made me feel worse.
"Thanks," I said smiling at Prim as she put a jar of pasta sauce in the trolley.
"I didn't mean that," he said. "I just meant.."
"Peeta its really okay So are you sure that okay?" I changed the subject.
"Yeah it sounds better than what I was planning," he laughed.
"I am sure anything you were planning would have been great," I said.
"It consisted of really cheap food and another corny cupcake," he admitted.
"I loved the first cupcake," I said with a big goofy grin on my face that Prim began to mock.
"Did you eat it?"
"No Prim ended up eating it and I don't think she liked it all that much," I said poking out my tongue knowing Prim couldn't stand it when she knew someone thought she didn't like her.
"I will just have to bring something to change her mind," as I playfully tried to stop Prim from hitting me.
"So is 6:30 still good for you?"
"Yeah it is perfect, what are we having?" he questioned again.
"We were thinking some sort of pasta," I said unsure.
"I will see you at 6:30."
"I'll see you then," I really didn't want to hang up.
"Bye," there was a pause and then he hang up.
"Your smiling like an idiot," Prim laughed.
"Lets just go home we need to cook something fit for human consumption," I said.
"Seriously Prim," I was getting seriously frustrated. Peeta was going to be here in 20 minutes and neither of us had any idea where to start.
"I was the one that came up with the idea," she threw the packet of pasta at me.
"So I thought you knew how to cook it," I was freaking out. Peeta was going to be here in 19 minutes.
"I am pretty sure you just cook the meat and add the jar of sauce, your stressing me out Katniss," she yelled.
I was about to come out with something snappy about this being all her fault when there was a knock at the door.
"You said 6:30," Prim said stamping her foot.
"He said 6:30," I started to panic as they knocked again.
"Go and answer it," Prim ordered.
"Come with me," I looked down at what I was wearing and wanted to crawl into a hole and die.
"He is your boy thing I don't see why I have to come," Prim muttered under her breath taking my hand and guiding me to the door.
"Open the door Katniss," Prim whispered.
"He is early isn't that rude?" I whispered back.
"So you want to leave him out there for 15 minutes? Open the door," she said pushing me towards the door and ran away.
I took in a deep breath and slowly exhaled before I opened the door.
"Hey," Peeta said standing there smiling looking amazing.
"Hey," I said.
"Sorry I'm early I came straight from work," he said.
"Its okay, come in," I said moving aside and letting him in.
"Nice jumper," he said smiling at the fact that I was still wearing the jumper that he gave me this morning.
"Its is so comfortable," I said hugging myself.
"You can have it," I instantly became aware that he was standing on the other side of the entrance and all I wanted to do was close the gap between us and kiss me.
"Thanks," then there was silence.
"I made us bread," he said handing me one of the bags he was carrying.
"It smells amazing," I opened the bag and took a big sniff.
"Well you said pasta so I made before I left," he said.
"You made it," he just whipped up a loaf of bread and Prim and I were struggling making Pasta.
"It was nothing," he said.
"Whats that?" I pointed at the green box in his hand but before he could answer Prim came running down the stairs.
"This is for you," he said giving her the box.
"Thanks," Prim said taking the box and opening it revealing a beautiful pink flower.
"Katniss said you didn't like the chocolate one I made her, so I made you a vanilla one," he said.
"No it was like a week old when I ate it to stop Katniss from just staring at it," she snapped.
"I told you to eat it," Peeta said looking at me.
"So the kitchen is through here," I said quickly moving into the kitchen.
"Thanks Peeta," I heard Prim say from the other room.
"I will bring you a fresh chocolate one next time so you can decide which one you like," Peeta said.
"Thanks I would follow her," she said laughing.
"Need some help?" Peeta said as he walked into the room.
"Yes," I admitted. "I am a terrible cook." Peeta crossed the room and put his hands on my hips I was getting ready for him to lean in and kiss me but instead he lifted me up and placed me on the bench. I put my arms around his neck and locked my legs around his waist.
"So are we going to have the talk now," he laughed lightly kissing my lips.
"Do we have to?" I softly kissed him for a little longer than his kiss lasted.
"Katniss will you be my girlfriend?" he said kissing me but a little harder than before.
"It's not fair you asking me this when your kissing me," I said kissing him.
"Well it's the only way I will get you to agree to dating me," he laughed.
"No its not," I said running my hand through his hair.
"So I can stop doing it?" he smiled breaking free of my grip.
"No," I said putting my hands out.
"I need to cook dinner or we will starve," he said smiling.
I watched him as he chopped vegetables, fried onions, browned meat and added sauce. He was amazing within 10 minutes the most amazing smell filled the kitchen.
"Its not really ready yet but try this," Peeta said bringing the spoon full if sauce over to me and blowing on it before he let me try it.
"Wow!" it was the most amazing thing I had ever tasted. I snatched the spoon off him and licking it clean.
"You like it," he said laughing.
"That is the best thing I have ever tasted," I said jumping off the bench and moving across the kitchen to the sauce.
"This is why you're my boyfriend," I said putting another spoonful of the sauce in my mouth. "Its not the kissing its this."
"I'm hurt," Peeta laughed filling a pot with water and putting it on the stove.
"How did you do this?" I had another spoon.
"It was easy," he said taking the spoon off me. "Save some for dinner."
"So have we had our talk?" I said putting my arms around his neck.
"Since you just called me your boyfriend I think we are done here," he said smiling.
"You're my second boyfriend," I stated.
"Lets hope our relationship last longer," I knew it was meant to be a joke but it just rubbed me the wrong way.
"Can we play the game?" Prim said looking at me. The meal was amazing I just wanted to swim in the pasta sauce and the bread that Peeta bought had melted cheese on the top and it was the best bread I had ever had.
"Peeta won't want to play that," I said.
"What game?" Peeta said.
"Its this thing our dad use to play when he met someone new," Prim said smiling.
"I ask you a question and you have to answer it with a question, it is stupid," I said.
"Its not stupid it sounds like fun," Peeta said.
"Can I start?" Prim said getting excited.
"Are you sure?" I looked across the table and said to Peeta.
"Yeah I have nothing to hide," he said laughing.
"Okay Prim ask the first question," I said hoping that she didn't ask him anything to embarrassing.
"Peeta what is your favorite food?" Prim asked.
"Pizza, What about you?" he asked Prim.
"This," Prim said putting a huge forkful of the pasta into his mouth.
"You didn't ask a question," I pointed out.
"Okay," Prim said with a mouthful. "If you could visit any district which one would you go to?" she directed the question at me.
"I guess four go to the beach," it just seemed so different from 12.
"I have always wanted to go to the beach," Prim said excitedly.
"We will take you," Peeta said smiling at her. "For a weekend or something we will go."
"Really Katniss," she said looking at me with her puppy dog eyes that she knew I couldn't resist.
"We will see," I poked my tongue out at her.
"Just letting you know Peeta when she says that it means no," Prim said.
"Thanks for letting me know," Peeta said laughing.
"Okay that's enough back to it," I said moving the conversation away from me. "Where have you been?" I addressed Peeta.
"I have been camping in 11, my dad and my brothers went hiking. I also went with my dad to nine to source some grain and stuff for the bakery. Was pretty boring. Prim what do you think is the best thing about your sister?"
"She is so strong and she loves me more than anyone else does," Prim said.
"Okay we are not playing this game anymore," I laughed it off but what Prim said really touched me.
"Come on Katniss," Prim laughed. "I love you!"
"Peeta where did you learn how to cook?" I said changing the subject.
"Sae she was this women that worked with my father,'" he said smiling. "Who usually does all the cooking around here?"
"Mum," Prim laughed. "But Katniss can microwave like no one else."
"Okay we are going to eat the rest of this meal in silence," I ordered kicking Prim under the table.
"Ouch!" Peeta laughed apparently I didn't hit prim. "You'll have to microwave me something," he laughed.
I didn't say anything I had abandoned my fork and was cleaning the bowl with a piece of bread.
"So Prim do you play any sport?" he questioned.
"No," she laughed. "Do you?"
"I play baseball, basketball and soccer," he listed a whole lot of sports.
"Wow that's a lot," Prim giggled. I could tell that she laughed because the one thing I hated about being friends with Gale was that at least once a season I had to make an appearance at one of his baseball games.
"Keeps me busy, he said locking eyes with me and smiling.
"I would like to come to a game," Prim said politely.
"I'm playing tomorrow if you wanted to come," he said.
"Oh umm," I really hated watching sport it made me angry that I was forced to watch a bunch of sweaty men run after a tiny ball.
"I will have to check if mum is using the car but we would love to," I smiled and his face lit up.
"Great I would really love it if you came," he said reaching across the table and taking my hand.
"Then we will defiantly be there," I said winding my fingers into him.
"Okay I'm going to do my homework," Prim said looking from Peeta then to me shaking her head and laughing.
"Bye," Peeta said.
"I guess I will see you tomorrow," she laughed leaving the room.
"Do you really want to come?" Peeta questioned.
"Of course I do," I think; the thought of it wasn't completely repulsive like it was when I was forced to watch Gale. "What sport am I going to be watching?"
"Oh," he laughed. "Soccer I play it in a team with my brother."
"My two favorite people," I said poking out my tongue.
Peeta just poked out his tongue and started to clear the table.
"Leave that I will do it later," I took the bowls out of his hands and put them back on the table. "Wanna watch some TV?"
"Okay," Peeta said smiling following me into the lounge. Peeta sat down and I sat next to him resting my head on his chest. I could hear his strong heart beating as he ran his hand through my hair.
"Katniss, Katniss," Peeta said shaking me awake.
"I fell asleep," I said noticing the damp patch on his shirt. "I drooled all over you," I said taking the sleeve of the jumper and wiping his shirt.
"Katniss okay! But there is someone at the door," he said cupping my face with his hand and using his thumb to wipe my chin.
"What time is it?" I said trying to find the clock but the room was completely dark except for the light from the TV.
"I don't know I fell asleep as well," but the mystery of who was at the door was answered when my mother walked into the room.
"Hello," she said looking at me then looking at Peeta.
"Mum this is Peeta," I said jumping off the couch and moving away from Peeta.
"Its nice to meet you Mrs Everdeen," Peeta said getting off the couch as well.
"Nice to meet you to Peeta," my mother said putting her bag down and looking at me. "I think it might be time for you to leave."
"Right," Peeta said putting his hands in his pockets and turning to me.
"I'll see you tomorrow," he said putting his hand on my hip then moving in to kiss me but I could see that he decided not to. "I will message you the address."
"Bye Peeta," I said watching him quickly move across the room.
"Goodbye Peeta," my mother said as he walked past her.
"Bye."
Once Peeta was gone all I could do was stand there and stare at the ground. I know Peeta and I weren't doing anything but my mother still though I was dating Gale.
"So would you like to explain that," my mother said.
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