Real or Not Real? By: Olivia Isbill
Chapter 6
He wasn't breathing.
"Peeta!" I exclaim. Nothing. I push on his chest; try to get the water out of his lungs. I start to give him CPR. I barely even know what CPR is. We had to learn about in school though. I put my Mouth on his and began to blow air into his lungs. I did this several times. Still, Nothing. I was sobbing. This is what happened just a few days before, I had a nightmare. Peeta thought I had died. I heard his screams. But I couldn't do anything about it.
"Peeta, Can you hear me?" I manage to say between sobs. "Peeta!"
I begin to start giving his lungs air again. CPR. He still isn't breathing.
"Peeta! Please! You can't die! You can't!" I say, crying my eyes out.
He coughs. His chest starts moving again. He rests on his elbows. He sees the tears on my face and wraps his arms around me. I'm still crying.
"Katniss, Katniss it's okay. Everything is okay now." He says, I burry my face in his shoulder.
"Peeta, I thought you died this time, I was so scared." I say barely getting the words out.
"Well everything is okay now." He says rubbing my back. I feel better with Peeta trying to comfort me. He scared me half to death. But if he did die, it would have been my fault.
"I'm Glad." I say hugging him.
"We should probably head home now Katniss." Peeta says.
"Ok, let's grab our stuff and go." I say and we head to the tree where set our clothes down at.
We start to walk home. It's snowing. I'm freezing. Even with my father's warm hunters jacket on I am shivering. Peeta seems to notice. Because he says.
"Katniss, your shivering put on my jacket too." He starts to take off his jacket, but I say.
"No, Peeta it's freezing out here, I already have a jacket. You'll get Hypothermia if you don't keep yours on."
He just nods and we continue to walk back to my house. We get through the opening in the fence, and then Peeta stops.
"Our wedding is in 5 days." He says.
"I know." I say.
"We are actually going to be married. I can have you forever." He says. This is the kind of thing that makes me feel guilty, He's just so sweet. I am terrible with words, but he always knows the best things to say.
"Yes, yes you can." I say with a smile. I put my hands on his shoulders, and I stand on the tips of my toes and kiss him.
Peeta POV
We walked the rest of the way to the Victor's Village holding hands. When we got back to Katniss' house, I made us both some tea, and we sat back down on the couch. We sat in silence for a couple of minutes. Then she asked about the wedding dress. I almost forgot I was going to surprise her, Thank goodness she brought that up.
"Katniss, we can get your dress soon. I promise. Let's just rest right now. We've had a long day." I say.
"Okay." He stomach starts to growl. I laugh. "Hungry?" I ask with a smirk.
"Oh, Yeah." She says smiling.
"I'll go make some dinner." I say and I walk into the Kitchen.
I baked some cheese buns for the both of us. Cheese buns are Katniss' favorites. I make them for her all the time. I put them in the oven and walk back into the living room. She fell asleep on the couch. What? I just made her cheese buns. But that's okay. I scoop her up in my arms, and carry her up the stairs. I lay her down on her bed. She's so beautiful. I sit there for a minute just looking at her. Then I go back downstairs. I take the cheese buns out of the oven. I eat two, and then put the rest in the fridge. She will want some when she wakes up. I walk back into the living room. I grab my sketchbook off the coffee table and start to sketch Katniss.
I sketch her more than I sketch anything else. Now I could probably do it with my eyes closed. I make sure to have every detail. I should know these things. I have loved her since we were five… It isn't long until I hear her screaming. More nightmares, I think. I run up the stairs and open the door. She's lashing out too. It must be a bad nightmare. I run over toward her, but it isn't long until she has hit me in the face. She didn't mean to do it, but It still hurt. I start shaking her.
"Katniss, Katniss wake up!" I say. Her eyes open fast. She looks over at me, and sighs in relief.
"Peeta." She mutters. She sits up. I pull her closer and hold her close. I hate my flashbacks. I have them every few months. But we both have nightmares almost every night.
"It's okay Katniss. Everything is just fine. Just another nightmare." I say running my fingers through her hair. She puts her head on my shoulder. We sit there for a while. Then her stomach growls. She never got the cheese buns I made her. I carry her downstairs, and set her down at the kitchen table. I run over to the fridge, and grab the cheese buns. I heat them up in the microwave and we sit and eat them together.
Katniss POV
My nightmare was that we were at the wedding, OUR wedding. I was in the gown Cinna made me; we were up at the altar, saying our vows. Then we heard gun shots. Peeta was shot, I sat next to him and called his name but there was no answer. He had died. It was the worst nightmare I have had in a very long time.
"I want to go back to bed now."I say to Peeta.
"Okay then, I'll see you tomorrow, my love." He says with a wink. I giggle. I head upstairs and fall asleep fast. No nightmares. No dreams. Perfect sleep. The next 3 days go on with the same routine. Waking up, eating, sleeping, and writing in our book, eating, hunting, and sleeping. Average stuff. It was Monday now. My wedding tomorrow and I have so many things running through my mind. Peeta is making the cake; he won't let me see it though, not until the wedding.
Our wedding.
I fall asleep easy that night. I'm so nervous. Tomorrow I am getting Married.