Peeta POV
As I lay there with Katniss I start to think about what I was told by my mother. Why woudn't she tell me about this? I am her best friend right? Maybe she was scared that if she told anyone that they would come after her again...Maybe she was embaressed, she hates looking weak and not being able to defend herself makes her seem weak in her eyes...What about her cutting herself? We've been swimming together several times how could I not notice the scars. Well now her only wearing long sleeves makes sense...I wipe my eyes with my sleeve and cry some more.
I love her so much and yet I allowed these terrible things to happen to her. I'm a failure of a best-friend...I hear Katniss shift next to me and I stop thinking like this. She hates when I put myself down. I look at Katniss's sleeping form and I can't help but think if this is how it would feel to sleep next to her if we get married. I hope there is at least a chance for us. I need her more than a fish needs water, more than a baker needs an oven, or a artist needs paints. She is my everything.
I hear her shift some more and I see her open her eyes slowly. She looks around and freaks out. I touch her shoulder and she starts to panic,"Katniss calm down it's me." I whisper to her. She looks at me and visibly relaxes,"Why am I here Peeta?" I look at her sadly. "Katniss..." My mother than comes through the door and see's Katniss awake. "Oh Katniss! Your finally awake!" Katniss smiles at my mother and nods,"Yes but why am I here?" My mother looks at her sadly and takes her to the other room. I sigh and look at my hands. I love her so much...
Katniss POV
"Why am I here...And why was I sleeping with Peeta?!Wait let me rephrase that...Why was I sleeping NEXT to Peeta." Mrs. Mellark laughs and tells me everything. About how Peeta found me in the snow bruised and bloody, how her and Peeta know about me cutting myself, and even how they know that I was raped several times including that I was raped today too. "Oh my god..." I whisper. I must seem so weak..."Katniss you are not weak!" Peeta yells as he enters the room. Did I really say that out loud..."Yes." They both say. "Katniss you are not weak,you are the strongest person I know and the fact that you were able to handle all of this crap just proves it." Peeta says. Oh how I love him...Katniss stop! I look up just to make sure I didn't speak out loud again and they just sit there waiting for my reaction..."Thank you Peeta..." I say as I hug him tight. He whispers back,"We can pull through this..." I really hope he's right.