Chapter 15 – KPOV:
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"Katniss, I love you. Will you marry me?"
My jaw drops in shock. "Peeta, I love you, too, but…" I start. His face falls. "But?" he asks. "I'm not ready for marriage yet, but," I continue. His face lights up again. "I'm doing it anyway, because I'm marrying you," I say. "So that's a yes?" he asks. I nod excitedly. "It's a yes!" I say, tears starting to well up in my eyes.
He picks me up and spins my around in his arms. He stops suddenly and drops me, causing me to land on the soft earth. He falls on top of me and pins my arms to the ground. He smirks. "That's for scaring me and making me think you were going to say no," he says. He lets me up and rubs the dirt from my wrists. "Sorry, love," he says, kissing my cheek.
"It's okay, Peeta," I say, then I push him back to the ground and this time I fall on top of him, because he pulls me down with him. "Okay, that's just mean!" I say, smiling. "Maybe…" he says, smirking. He leans in to kiss me and our lips melt together.
I feel a fluttering in the pit of my stomach. It's a spark inside of both of us, because he deepens the kiss.
Life as we know it is changed forever.
Because soon, I am going to be Mrs. Katniss Mellark.
And I couldn't be more thrilled!
Peeta takes out a small velvet box. He opens it and shows me the ring. It's a small silver band with the metal twisted around itself at the center, where the pearl he got me during the Quarter Quell sits. I gasp. "Peeta… it's beautiful…" I say. I look at it for a moment. "Where did you get the pearl?" I ask. He blushes. "Took it from your nightstand," he says quietly. I giggle and kiss his cheek. "I love it," I whisper in his ear.
He takes the ring from the box and slips it on to my left ring finger. I smile at him. "Thank you," I say. He puts his arm around my shoulder and presses his lips to my right temple.
By nightfall, Peeta and I make our way back to my, actually, soon-to-be our Victor's house.
"Peeta, I'm kind of tired. I'm going to watch some TV, okay?" I say. He sits down and the couch and pulls me into his lap. Normally, I would've just squirmed out of that and sat next to him, but I'm too tired to fight it. I rest my head on his chest and I turn the TV on.
When I turn it on, I see Caesar Flickerman interviewing the victor from the 71st Hunger Games, Ivory Valeria. She was the District 8 tribute that year. It wasn't that common to have a District 8 tribute win, so she's quite renowned for that. She was also 13, which made her a Hunger Games legend to be the youngest Victor in history.
"Hello, Ivory! How nice it is to see you again!"
Caesar's voice fills the room as Peeta and I watch.
"Hello, Caesar," she responds quietly.
"Now, how old are you now? Twenty-one? Twenty-two?"
"I'm nineteen, Caesar," she responds sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
Caesar laughs. "Our legend is back, and she's as funny as ever!" he says.
I flip the TV off. "I don't want to watch this," I say. Peeta just stares at the screen. "So this is what the so-called legends do now?" he says, "Just wait until he's calling us up."
I laugh at this. It's true. Us being the star-crossed lovers from District 12, blossoming into a happy couple, no doubt Caesar will want to have us on. Still sitting on Peeta's lap, I reach for the remote and turn the TV back on to see Caesar finishing up his interview with Ivory.
"Well, Ivory, it was nice to talk to you again," Caesar says.
"You, too, Caesar," she responds, and she and him shake hands.
After Ivory walks off, Caesar begins to speak again. "Oh, and we have something new, right off the presses!"
Peeta and I look at the screen with little interest. Caesar looks down at his card and says, "Katniss Everdeen pregnant?"
"What?" Peeta and I both yell.
"Some claim to have seen her walking around the district with a noticeable bump on her stomach," Caesar says, gesturing to a screen above him, where fake photos of myself with a fake bump on my stomach are shown. Caesar chuckles.
"Well, then I guess we should wish her congratulations, then?" Caesar asks.
"What. Are. You. Doing," I say between clenched teeth. He picks up a phone that somehow appeared out of nowhere and starts dialing a number. Then my phone starts ringing.
"Oh my God," I say.
"Go get it!" Peeta says.
"Fine…" I mutter.
I pick up the phone and yell into it, "I'm not pregnant, Caesar!" On the TV across the room, my voice goes all over Panem.
He chuckles again. "So it looks like you're watching, then?" he asks. "Yes, Caesar, the one time I decide to turn on the TV there are fake pictures of me above your head," I say, aggravated.
Then I hang up, and Peeta turns off the TV. I walk over to the counter, muttering to myself. I feel arms encircle my waist, and I calm down a little, remembering that my husband is here. I reach down and squeeze his hand, hoping that it would give some of his strength to me.
It didn't. But it was worth a shot, right?
I lock my eyes on a knife lying on the counter a few feet away. Peeta follows my gaze and says, "Well, let's go upstairs."
I reach for the knife, but with Peeta's arms around my waist, he picks me up and carries me upstairs. "Peeta. Peeta! Peeta, put me down!" I yell. He stops at the foot of our bed and responds, "As you wish." He drops me onto the bed. "Not like that!" I yell. He just chuckles and walks over to the other side of the bed and climbs in, pulling me closer to him.
I sigh and curl up next to him, feeling safe and secure, wrapped in his arms.
"Peeta?" I ask.
"Yeah?" he responds.
"When exactly are we getting married?"
He pauses. "Um…" I just laugh. "Good to know," I say, turning to face him. I lightly kiss his nose. He smiles at me.
"What did I ever do to get such a gorgeous girl?" he asks, gazing at me and pushing a few strands of hair out of my face.
I giggle and blush, my usual response when he comments about my looks.
"What did I ever do to get such a handsome boy?" I ask, still blushing. He smiles at me.
But what could I have possibly done to deserve someone as wonderful as Peeta Mellark?
A/N: You know, this world just needs more Peetas! Sadly, only perfect boys exist in books… *sigh* As usual, review, review, review! This is the longest chapter yet so I'm expecting some good reviews here!
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