A/N: Hey Guys! Thanks for those who alerted this story and to my first reviewers and others who might get confused, Peeta married but please read so you can see how this is all ganna work out I hope this chapter clears up some.

~I forgot last time; I SADLY don't own the Hunger Games or Peeta T.T

We walk towards the Justice Building, the people who are attending the ceremony from the Seam. Prim invited a few close friends from town but they'll be waiting there. I walk with the other two bridesmaids, Madge and Posy. Madge married as soon as she was out of high school, her husband Thy walks behind us talking to their three year old son, Mark.

I don't know if it's the whole wedding thing but I'm suddenly very conscious of every person who is married. I shake the thought away. I did promise Prim that if I found the right boy I'd marry him but to be perfectly honest it was probably too late for me already.

We enter town and people in different shops peek out to look at the bride. She looks so beautiful walking hand in hand with Rory who leans in to whisper something in her ear, she giggles and blushes. I smile, I know she's going to be so happy.

At the Justice Building stand a couple of people, the butcher who I've befriended over the years thanks to my constant trading, the baker who although has grown white hair still stands straight. He's with his wife who also stands straight but not like he does, she appears to be wrapped around so tight she has to stand straight. I never really liked her and now that she's older her bad mood has gone from bad to worse.

Their eldest sons were taken in as apprentices by their in-laws so their youngest son, Peeta works at the bakery. He's also the only one of their sons who showed up.

He's standing in the corner looking down, his shoulders slightly hunched. I need only to look at Peeta to regret the promise I'd made to Prim earlier.

Other than me, Peeta is the second most talked of person in District 12, but he unlike me has real problems.

Peeta was one of the last ones from my class to marry, only a year ago in fact. He'd always been so friendly and cheerful at school but as soon as it was over he became reserved. Some days when I went to trade with him at the bakery he seemed to want to say something but he never did. He never really talked to anyone or went out like the rest. It was because since his brothers left the bakery he had to help his parent a lot, take charge of the finances too.

Then last year the weirdest thing happened, suddenly Peeta proposed to Delly Cartwright. I had to say though they did make a fitting pair, but there was something wrong there that itched in the back of my mind. It struck me as out of character for him, even though I didn't know him well but Prim did. For some time my mom even thought he was seeking a relationship with Prim but that was never the case.

Soon after their marriage Delly became pregnant and upon giving birth became very sick. Peeta looked very sad the day the baby was born, not only because his wife was in mortal danger but there was also something else in his eyes as he paced back and forth in our living room while Delly shouted in agony in the guest room. My mom said it was very close for Delly.

It was a baby girl she was beautiful but she looked nothing like Peeta or Delly for that matter. She had the Seam look. Everyone spoke terribly of Delly but thankfully she wasn't there to hear it, from the day their daughter was born Delly had been too I'll to go much further than the back porch of the bakery.

Peeta was like mama bird, you would never see him without the little pink bundle of covers in his arms or his carrycot. I don't know why he did it, most men didn't like taking care of children let alone one that was most likely not your own.

I walked to him slowly and waved. He looked up and smiled slightly at me.

"Hey Peeta, hadn't had some of those cheese buns in a while" I joked. He chuckled slightly.

"I'm sure we have some at the bakery, they'd be perfect for the toasting" he says.

"Oh yes, I'd think Prim would enjoy it" I say smiling.

"Yeah, I think so too. I'm so glad I came, she looks so pretty and happy" he says staring at Prim and Rory with something like awe.

"I'm glad you came too, she was wondering if you would. She's so excited for the cake too" I say, laughing at the memory of Prim jumping up and down in our kitchen table as she explained to Peeta how she wanted the cake to look.

He laughs with me and the baby begins to cry in the carrycot.

"Come here Mary, don't cry darling" he coos.

I stare at him wondering over and over why he does it, but no reasonable explanation comes to mind.

"Well I better go see what Prim needs" I say feeling awkward and out of place.

He nods, his eyes fixated on Mary.

I walk to Prim who is standing alone.

"Hey, little duck. Where's Rory?" I ask.

She smiles and points behind me. I turn around to see Rory speaking with no other than Gale Hawthorn.

Great.

He's the last person I want to see today.

His grey eyes turn to me and I look elsewhere, but not before he realizes I was staring. His jaw is tight when I turn to look at him, no longer looking in my direction.

"Maybe you should go talk to him" Prim says, breaking my revere.

I gulp; the sole idea of speaking to my once best friend scares me more than being butchered alive.

When Rory asked Prim to marry her both he and Gale came to our home. Rory got one knee and got a yes and a squeal of delight. When Gale attempted the same gesture towards me I stopped him before he could kneel completely and shook my head before storming out.

He hasn't spoken to me since, we haven't hunted together.

I hope we can become friends again someday but at the moment the wound is fresh.

A bell rings above us signaling the beginning of the ceremony and we all walk in.

~ So there we go, I hope this chapter cleared up. I made it longer than the last one, next chapter will be the wedding ceremony and the beginning of the plot. These few chapters are to explain the setting

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