Portia looks at me eagerly and rushes to my side while Cinna and Portia give each other exchanging discomforting looks. Cinna walks over to Portia and puts his hands on her shoulders.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" He asks blankly but I know that it's aimed towards me. I put on a reassuring smile and then answer yes without any hesitation.
"Okay then! You heard them." Peeta says out of nowhere, "We have a double wedding on our hands!" He finishes off as he hugs me and then kisses me in front of the window, making sure that the cameras can get all of this. I pull away and flash everyone a smile. We say our goodbyes to everyone in the bakery and make our way back to my house in victor's village.
"Katniss! Peeta!" Effie squeals as she hurries towards us, "We need you for some decisions." We obediently follow her into the kitchen where my mother and Prim are with a bunch of papers around them. I turn to look up at Peeta who looks overwhelmed. He sits down and I follow. Effie brings us papers with the names of people who should be on the invite list and places we could have it. I guess I'm not the only one who feels angry that other people are planning our wedding because before I know it Peeta gets up without saying anything and storms out.
"What's the matter with him?" Prim asks.
"He's just a little aggravated that other people are planning our wedding." I tell her hoping that my mother and Effie can pick up on the hint but apparently not because the next thing I know Effie is rambling on about the dress, venues, and cake.
"Effie!" I scream, "Can't you see that you've upset Peeta?" Everyone stares at me in disbelief as I start to stand up.
"You didn't need to be so rude about it." Effie finally says as she stands up and puts the papers down. I walk over to her and pull her into a hug realizing that I was too harsh.
"I really appreciate all this work your doing for us, but it is our wedding after all so why don't you just let us plan it and then you can take over and make sure everyone does what they're suppose to be doing." I finally speak up. Before she can give me an answer I say okay and kiss them all before I head out the door. Now to find Peeta I think to myself. Where would he go? And then it suddenly hits me. The pond. After a while of walking I see him sitting by the edge of the water. I walk over and sit down next to him resting my hand on his arm for comfort. Finally he turns towards me tears forming in his eyes.
"Effie." That's all he says to me. He leans into me and I run my fingers through his hair.
"Don't worry about her. I talked to her about it and we're officially in charge of everything now." I tell him as his eyes just stare up at me. I lean down and kiss him hoping he would feel comfort in this.
"Thank you Kat." He says to me as he drifts off into a different world. I sit there with his head on my lap. I can hear the birds chirping and the water falling down into the pond. I manage to somehow lay down with disturbing him and I fall asleep too. I wake up to find Peeta in the pond going for a morning swim.
"You look gorgeous." He yells over to me. I can't help but to smile and I see that triggers a reaction for him. A goofy but amazing smile crosses his face too. After a few minutes of sitting in the sun I decide to join him in the pond. I step in when something hits me.
"Peeta we've been gone all night." I say hoping that he would catch on to what I'm trying to say.
"So?" He leads my sentence on while he swims over to the edge resting his arms.
"My mother, Prim, Effie, Cinna, Portia, the design teams… Haymitch!" I exclaim. I see him trying to think of what all this could mean and then I think I finally got through to him.
"We've got to go now." He says to me as he jumps out of the water, grabs his shirt, and takes off. I stand there still kind of tired not realizing how quick he took off but then I see him coming back.
"I forgot something very important." He says as he holds out his hand. I grab it within a second and with that we're off. We rush through the woods and back to the fence.
"One more kiss before we have to face all hell as it breaks loose?" He asks me with a laugh at the end. I nod in agreement and I meet him halfway. We both pull away and decide it's time to go back. I crawl under the fence with him not far behind. We both finally make it back to the houses but it seems like a whole new planet. There are reporters and their camera crews all over. Mother and Prim running around talking to reporter after reporter. Effie screaming at people because they're not in the right place. Cinna and Portia posing for the cameras. Haymitch all cleaned up and talking to the design teams.
"Look, there they are!" I hear one reporter scream.
"Get a picture! Get a picture!" Another one yells. I grab Peeta's hand before all the cameras and their flashes blind me. I get stopped in my path towards the house and Peeta takes the lead not letting go. I finally can make out the shapes of the design teams and Cinna and Portia in my living room. I run over and close the curtains.
"Thank god we made it in alive!" Peeta jokes and laughs, "It's hectic out there!"
"Well you better get used to it." Effie says as she strolls into the room, "That's how it's going to be until the wedding day." I shudder at the thought of those leeches being around for a few more months.
"Time for choosing the venues and cakes!" Effie mentions as she breaks my train of thought. Peeta looks at me worriedly.
"Effie…" I say giving her a warning look and she immediately picks up on the hint and backs off. Peeta smiles down at me.
"We're going into the other room to pick everything and talk it over." I say as we leave the room and walk upstairs to my room. I can tell by Peeta's look that talking about the wedding and invitations are the last thing on his mind.