So here is chapter 6... sry there isn't much action in this one but I promise you this chapter is filled with a ton of fluff! I like how this chapter came to be and I promise next chapter will have a little more suspense and action!

Peeta and I are going to get through this… together, I tell myself over and over to help myself fall asleep after I wake up from my nightmare. Peeta whispers soothing words in my ears as his protective arms hold me. I don't cry, I just shake. Shaking for fear that Gale will come back. Peeta knows what this nightmare about. It's not hard to guess, when I woke up screaming 'No, Gale, Stop.' Finally Peeta coaxes me back to sleep.

I wake up by a strong hand pushing me away. I open my eyes to see Peeta, in a hijacked state. He sits up and scrunches his eyes. He doesn't attack me but I still have to keep my promise and go to another room. As I get up, I normally go to the bathroom and wait there. Instead, I go over to my dresser and dig for a box. A box I found at the hob which stores my precious pearl Peeta gave to me in the 75th Hunger Games. I run back to the bed, next to Peeta in his critical state. I ease up to him, making sure not to scare or set him off. I've never tried calming him down before during one of his episodes. I am taking a leap of faith. I start to run small circles on his back.

"Katniss." He warns. I ignore it and I pick up one of his clenched up hands. It takes both of my hands to unfold it. I gently place the pearl in the palm of his hand. He feels around for it and slowly opens his eyes. The moment he sees the pearl I can feel his body relax from its tense state. We sit there in silence as he continues to examine the pearl. Finally he turns to me and kisses me on my forehead. I lean into him as he wraps his arms around me. I pull him in until our lips meet. The instant flow of warmth and protectiveness waves over my body.

"I love you," He says after a moment of silence. I smile as I play with the pearl still in Peeta's hand.

"I love you too," I reply "I think we just figured out a way to help" I say with a hint of hope in my tone. Hoping Peeta will agree. And he does.

"Thank you," He says with a warm-hearted smile.

From then on, I always carry the pearl where ever I go. When Peeta has an episode, I simply place the pearl in his hand and he feels it. After a brief moment, he knows what it is and his body relaxes.

Since last week, when Gale attacked me, Peeta hasn't let me out of his sight, in fear Gale will show up somewhere. I started coming to the bakery with him and he has been teaching me a few things like how to roll out the doe and not make a huge mess with the flour and showing me what a perfect golden-crisp, vanilla cake looks like. It feels good to spend more time with Peeta. Since I don't really have a job, I just hunt for food- which I know Peeta doesn't like me going out in the woods alone- but he knows it makes me relax and it is my 'get away' place from the messed up Capitol and all that crazy stuff. I haven't gone since Gale attacked me though. I know that's the one place, I'll be sure to find Gale.

Peeta and I haven't really talked about Gale and what to do. It's just been a tacit between us. I know eventually we're going to have to discuss it. I can't ignore the fact that Gale is probably planning to hurt me or- god knows what to me.

After Peeta's shift at the bakery is over, we walk hand in hand back to our home where I plop myself on the couch and Peeta sits next to me.

"Peeta, what are we going to do?" I ask him. He looks at me and I crawl into his open arms. The he kisses my check before answering.

"We're going to get through it together," he says and I smile because I already knew that part. "But if Gale says he's going to come back, he's a man of his word, and he will return," Peeta says and I slowly take in a breath hoping that there's more and there is. "But if I know Gale, he'll only return where he has the opportunity which I will not give." He finishes with a smile. I know Peeta's not going to let Gale get an opportunity to get to me but we can't be hiding from him forever. I figure we'll cross that bridge later.

I feel Peeta's body tense up. I look to see if he's having another episode but he's not. He's staring at the window, with the same blue eyes I fell in love with. "Katniss?" before I can answer, he gets up, helping me up too and says "let's go upstairs." I don't reject when I follow closely behind Peeta as he holds my hand with a firm grip but it's more of a protection feeling.

"Peeta? Are you ok?" I ask as we walk into our bedroom. He shuts the door and locks it. I sit on the bed as I watch him close all our windows without question. Something is defiantly wrong.

"Peeta, what's going on?" I beg for an answer as he walks to the bed. He sits next to me, stares straight, thinking what to say and then turns to me.

"Katniss, I am going to protect you in every way possible. You are mine and you don't need to be afraid of Gale because I'm here. I love you Katniss and I won't let anyone, especially Gale, hurt you," He says then he pulls me into a long, passionate kiss making me forget about how strange he was acting just a few minutes ago. These kind of kisses remind me of the feeling on the beach in the 75th hunger games. Desperate needing more. I let Peeta take over as he starts to remove my shirt. The last two things I remember before going into a haze is that One, I am protect by Peeta and I don't have to fear Gale. And Two, I feel more close to Peeta than I ever did before and our love is unstoppable. Especially tonight.

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