OMG I am sooooo sorry I haven't undated this story in forever I hope I didn't loose all my followers! I will be finishing the posting here getting out my last chapter tomorrow. I have the whole story written down I just need to edit it. Please don't hate me too much for not updating!

Chapter 14

I made sure any trace of the berries were gone from my mouth. I was still in shock that we had really won. Finally all that fear and anxiety that I had held onto was gone, leaving me at peace.

That was until I remembered my leg. I felt myself starting to fade and the fear that I would never get to see Cinna again crept into my mind. As strange people in masks and white coats surrounded me I was vaguely aware of Katniss screaming my name until I was completely swallowed by darkness.

I woke to a pure white room that was strange and unfamiliar. At first I was completely confused, until all the memories flooded back into my mind. Was I alive then? Was I now the victor? Or was I just a ghost, forever bound to walk this earth?

The stranger that appeared at my side had a gentle smile on his face.

"Glad to see you're awake. How are you feeling Peeta?" the man asked.

I took a moment to actually become aware of my body and I now understood why I thought I was a ghost, there was no pain. I felt better than I had ever felt.

"Healed" I finally said.

"That's great, can you move everything alright?"

I moved my arms and my fingers and found everything normal. But when I got to my legs something was wrong. I couldn't feel one of them.

"My leg" I said, having a guess why, "is it…"

"I'm sorry Peeta" the doctor said as I threw away the covers to see that my leg was mostly gone and instead replaced with a metal one.

It was somewhat of a shock to me for a couple seconds, but I had to remind myself that I was alive.

"It will take some getting used to, but this leg will function just like a real one" the man explained.

"The others, Katniss…Haymitch…" I had to stop myself from saying Cinna even though that was whom I desperately wanted to see.

"Not until you are fully healed and can walk on that leg" the doctor said firmly.

I threw the covers aside and looked up at him, "then we're wasting time."

Cinna's POV

It felt like ages waiting for Peeta to heal. I wanted nothing more than to pull him into my arms the moment he was taken from that arena. But I had to wait instead, and that's what was killing me. Some part of me refused to believe he was alright until I saw him with my own eyes, I had to know for sure.

Finally one day when the doctors gave the ok they allowed him out of his room. We all waited for him in a room across the hall. I got to my feet when the door opened and sat staring as Peeta emerged. The others instantly surrounded him with smiles of joy on their faces.

I stood quietly in the corner, just taking him in, making sure he was real. A hand flew to my mouth when I saw his leg, I had been told about it but it was still a shock nonetheless. Peeta greeted all of them patiently with a smile, but I could tell he really wanted to be alone with me. Finally when everyone had left the room and it was just us Peeta turned his full attention to me.

He came a little closer before stopping. He gazed at me with the same affection as always. I knew he couldn't run so I ran to him instead. I did my best not to plow him over as we embraced. The happiness I felt now was overwhelming. I feared that I would never get to hug him again, never get to feel the warmth of his body against mine, never get to touch his tangled blonde hair, and never get to see his beautiful blue eyes ablaze with a love that was for me alone.

I knew no dream could feel this real, no dream could fool my heart and what it felt now. I knew this was real.

When Peeta finally pulled back so he could look at me I saw the same joy reflected in his eyes that I felt. He reached up with a gentle hand and wiped away the tears I hadn't even noticed before.

"Why do you cry?" he asked softly.

"They aren't tears of sadness, but of joy" I said, touching our foreheads together to breathe in that bread smell the arena had failed to erase, "joy that we are together again and that you are safe."

Peeta's only reply was the kiss. It was gentle and curious at first, as if he feared that I would disappear. But soon our kisses became hungry and passionate, needing to know that the other was really there. Nothing had been able to separate us just like I had promised. When the kiss was broken we sat staring at each other, somehow still in denial that we were really together.

"I was so scared Cinna, so scared I would never get to see you again" he said and I pulled him into a protective embrace, kissing the top of his head.

"But you survived, you found your way back to me, to us. And that's where you'll stay, because I won't let you go ever again.

Our lips joined together again, once more showing our deep passion for each other. There was no limit to the love we felt for each other. It was a love that could never be broken or replaced. I used to think that such a love was only something found in storybooks for children, but now that I was caught in this moment there was no doubt anymore that it was real.

"Cinna" Peeta said softly and I gazed into his beautiful sparkling eyes.

"Yes my baker" I replied, making him smile a bit, but appeared almost sad.

"What happens now? Now that…"

"Shh" I interrupted, I didn't want either of us to think about this now, "not now, we will talk about it after the interview."

-Bows to my readers- I'm so sorry again that I haven't updated this in so long I hope I can get some of my fans back that really seemed to enjoy my story. I promise I won't abandon to story again!