Chapter twooooooo. Hope you enjoy! Oh, and Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

Katniss POV:

I collect my feelings and stand up. I feel dizzy from all the thoughts bussing through my head.

How could he say such things about Peeta? About me…and not even apologize?

I shake the thoughts from my head and take out my feelings on every moving thing I see.

When my game bag is full, I head over to the lake where my father taught me to swim. It's frozen right now, but the ice is just as good of a representation of my nostalgia as the ribbons of water usually are. It makes me feel better to remember all the fun times I had here.

My thoughts always wander back to Peeta. I hate feeling like those other girls at school. I try to shake him out of my head, but it doesn't work. I need to give him a gift.

I have an idea.

I quickly slip under the fence and head to the Hob. I trade in some of my game and in return receive, some canned vegetables. On my way home, I pass my Gale's a chill goes down my spine. I know he's watching me. I pretend that he's not in the window and quicken my pace.

"Hey Prim" I say closing the door behind me.

"Where's Peeta?" She asks crossing her arms.

Oh ya Peeta.

"I don't know, home I guess?"

"Well?" She says tapping her foot.

"Prim I'm..Can you help me with something?"

"Sure" She says sincerely.

"I need to get Peeta something and your better at this kind of stuff.."

"He likes to paint right?" she asks.

"He loves it" I respond proudly.

"Well go get him some paint, he did mention a couple weeks he needed some more"

"That is true…but I have no money to buy paint" I admit.

Prim thinks for a moment then heads down the hall to our room. She returns back with her hand in a fist.

"I have a few coins that I've been saving these for a while, but maybe we can buy him one color?"

I grab Prim up in a huge hug. "Thank you"

"No problem." she smiles.

Prim and I hand and hand head down to where all the merchant kids live. We avoid the Mellark's bakery at all costs in fear Peeta will see one of us. We finally make it to a supplies store towards about a mile away from the Mellark's bakery.

"Well I think this is the place." Prim finally says.

We walk in and head towards a section marked "PAINT".

I search high and low for the perfect color and I finally find it.

"It's the sunset." I say.

"Huh?" Prim asks.

"His favorite color is the sunset." I say reminiscing on the night he told me.

It was summer time. We were taking one of our walks like we normally did when the sun started setting.

"Hey why'd you stop?" I ask

"The sunset" He says mesmerized.

"What about it?" I sort of laugh.

"It's beautiful"

"Yes I know" I say squeezing his hand.

"You wanna know something special about the sunset?"

I look up at him expecting him to finish.

"It's the perfect mixture of pink, orange, and yellow. It's a sign of hope for a new tomorrow and the perfect way to end your day, especially with someone you love."

I smile and we share a kiss as the sun sets around us.

I smile at the thought of the memory and am brought back by Prim pulling on my sleeve.

"Katniss let's go before Peeta catches us here."

I nod and we go to the counter to pay.

"Could you wrap this for me?" I ask quietly.

The merchant man eyes me then looks down at Prim. She gives her sweetest smile and he smiles back. People really love Prim.

He puts the gift into a shimmering bag and places some really thin paper inside, which I assume is what Peeta mentioned to me was tissue paper.

I thank the man and head out with Prim. When we walk by the Mellark bakery I feel something is wrong. I hand Prim the gift and tell her to head home.

She nods and I wait till she's a fair distance away before proceeding to the door.

Peeta's POV:

I trudge through the snow and walk up to my front door and head inside. Since it's Saturday, we don't open for a few hours, so I don't expect anyone to be awake.

"Where have you been!" I hear someone yell at me.

Startled, I look up and right near my face is my mother.

"Umm I was just taking a walk mother I swear!" I say shaking.

"Don't you lie to me Peeta Mellark!"

"I'm n…"

"Peeta, your brother's told me everything! Why were you with HER? She's from THE SEAM!"

"So! Why does it even matter?" I yell back.

"Did you just raise your voice at me?" She scowls.

My eyes fill with terror and in the blink of an eye I'm against the wall.

"Mother please don't do this…" My eyes fill with tears.

She gets really close to my face. "Have. You. Been. Feeding. Her."

I slowly nod my head. "But she's not like that!"

With that I get a blow to my arm. I wince in pain.

Then the unthinkable happens. Katniss walks through my front door.

Katniss POV:

The sight that I have stumbled upon makes me gasp. My hands cover my mouth and my eyes widen with fear. Peeta's mother has him pinned against the wall and I have this rotten feeling it's about me.

"Oh look what we have here.." Peeta's mother snarls releasing Peeta from the wall.

"Sweetheart please, you have to go." He pleads.

I shoot him a panicked look. Does he realize what he just said?

Peeta's mother whips back around toward Peeta.

"You're dating HER?" She screams.

Before Peeta can answer, I answer for him. "Yes, yes, we are and may I ask why do you hate me so much?" I yell at her.

With every word she says, she takes a step toward me. "Don't you ever raise your voice at me you dirty seam child who keeps mooching off my son!"

I'm at a loss for words, but Peeta never fails to fill in the blanks.

"Mother don't take it out on her! Take it out on me!" He pleads.

"Peeta, I forbid you of seeing this girl ever again and if I catch or hear about you two being together I will make sure you will never see her again!"

Peeta's POV:

"Can I at least walk her home?" I ask quietly.

She looks from me to Katniss, then back to me.

"Fine, but you're working all of the shifts tomorrow and you better wash your hands before touching anything in this house." She spits.

"Okay" I nod.

I walk out the door and Katniss, follows and she's clearly shaken.

"Come here" I say opening my arms up.

She walks into them and falls apart.

"Shhh please don't cry, I'm so sorry you had to see that." I whisper into her ear and smooth her hair.

She just whimpers and it breaks my heart.

We stay like that until her crying stops. I pull away slightly and wipe the stray tears from her face and kiss her forehead.

"I'm so sorry."

She just shakes her head.

"Lemme take you home." I say slipping an arm around her.

She leans into me and we trudge our way through the snow.

I know it's a bit ooc for Katniss to be crying like that, but wouldn't anyone feel like crying after something like that? Well I'm trying to decide whether or not I want her to give him the present when they get to her house or should Peeta sneak out? I'm not sure.