Hey. I hope you guys like this chapter since it litterlly took me all day to write it. For some reason, the words weren't coming out! But they finally did and here they are. I haven't done a disclaimer in a while so...
Disclaimer: I do not own The Hunger Games or any of the characters. They all belong to Suzanne Collins and she has much better grammer than I do!
Peeta POV:
"Katniss Everdeen, will you marry me?" I ask. The look on her face is priceless. I can tell that she did not see it coming! Her eyes get watery and she smiles.
"Yes, of course I will Peeta!" She exclaims while nodding her head in agreement with her answer. She's crying as she smiles but I know that they are tears of joy. I know I have a huge grin on my face as well. I stand up and pull her into my arms. She said yes! We kiss and only break apart for air.
We are both smiling like idiots but I don't care. After everything that we've been through, it's good to know that she'll be mine!
"I love you Peeta." She says. I didn't think it was possible, but I smile even more!
"I love you too Katniss." We break apart and I slid the ring onto her finger. It's the pearl I gave her in the 75th Quarter Quell. She looks so surprised! When she was in the hospital, I asked Prim about where she keeps all her memorable stuff and she showed me. I found the pearl and I had it made into a ring.
"Peeta! It's the pearl! How did you get it?" She asks in confusion.
"Prim showed me." I reply, keeping my answer short. She shakes he head in disbelieve as she smile. I take her hand and guide her to a bench by a bush of roses. We sit down and she leans on my shoulder. I wrap my arm around her.
"I was thinking, and when was the last time that we were really alone?" I ask. She giggles.
"Never!" She replies.
"So do you want to talk about wedding details?"
"Sure!" She answers excitingly.
"Okay. Let's start with when and where." I say. She thinks about this and takes her head off my shoulder and looks at me.
"We should do it soon. Before the rebellion at the Capitol." I think about it and she's right. Personally, I would marry Katniss tomorrow and I know I couldn't bear to wait till after the rebellion.
"I agree. How about Friday?" I ask. Friday is only 5 days away. A little less than a week but I'm sure she won't mind."
"I would love that." She answers.
"And where do you want to have it?" She takes no time to think about it.
"Right here, in the garden. It's so beautiful!" She states.
"I love it! Right here on Friday morning!" I say.
We talk about cake designs, dresses, who to invite. We decide to make Gale the best man and Johanna the maid of honor. Prim will be our flower girl and Haymitch will walk me down the aisle.
"We should get back now and announce our engagement. Also ask Gale, Johanna, Prim, and Haymitch." I tell her. I told Haymitch of our plan so he already knows.
"Okay." She says sleepily. I know she's not fully recovered and she has not regained much energy. I help her up and she takes one quick look at the water fountain. We step onto the elevator and we go to the cafeteria for dinner.
When we arrive, Gale, Finnick, Annie, Johanna, and Haymitch are eating at a table. There are two open seats left. Peeta and I get our food and we walk to the table where everyone is sitting at.
"Hey!" I say we sit down. They all look up and greet us with a smile.
"Hi! Glad to see you got better Katniss! How do you feel?" Annie asks.
"Much better thanks." Katniss replies with a smile.
"So how did it go?" Haymitch asks directly to me. Before I can answer, Gale speaks up first.
"How did what go?" He asks giving me a stern look." I look at Katniss and smile. She looks back at me and gives me a little nudge telling me to share the news with everyone."
"Katniss and I are engaged!" I state. Haymitch nods and Gale looks shocked.
"For real this time?" Johanna asks sarcastically.
"Yes for real!" Katniss answers.
"That's great! Congratulations!" Finnick says!
"Yes, Congrats!" Annie replies. I look at Gale and he's still in shocked.
"Gale, are you okay?" Katniss asks. I get a little concerned. I know Gale loved Katniss too, but I get second thoughts on making him the best man. Maybe we should pick Finnick instead? I rethink it. No, that would hurt Gale even more.
"Yes! I'm very happy for you two!" He replies with a smile. But as soon as Katniss looks at Johanna, his smile fades.
"Johanna, will you be the maid of honor?" She asks with excitement in her voice. I guess she got a second win, or the food just helped energize her.
"Sure, I would love that." Johanna answers. Then Katniss turns back to Gale.
"And Gale, will you be our best man?" Gale clears his throat and puts on a smile.
"Yes! I would be very happy being your best man." He answers. Ignoring the fact that Gale might still love her, I tell everyone who else will be involved.
"Prim will be our flower girl, and Haymitch, will you walk Katniss down the aisle?
"Sure sweetheart." He says to Katniss.
"Thank you." She answers. I turn to Finnick and Annie.
"Of course you two are invited as well." I say. Annie smiles and before Finnick answers, she does.
"Count on us being there!" She exclaims. We talk more about details and ideas. Katniss prep team will be there too. I notice how Gale is really silent. When we finish out dinner, Katniss and I walk back to her room where we find Prim. We tell her about out engagement and if she will be the flower girl. She gets very excited and agrees to be the flower girl. After Prim falls asleep, we walk back to my room and we get changed for bed. Katniss is out like a light, cuddled in my arms. I fall asleep soon after she does, with one thought on my mind. Katniss Everdeen and I are engaged!
I know, there is a lot of dialog in this chapter but the next chapter won't have so much... hopfully. Not a lot of action but I have a plan! (Evil grin!)
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