He stares at me smiling a bit. My prep team said they were going for "va-va-voom" tonight. I guess they got the desired effect. Peeta reaches into his pocket and hands me a thin rectangular box. I open it and my heart flies. The pearl he had given me on the beach set on a gold chain.

"I thought you would like to wear it." He said

"Peeta…" I gasp

"Turn around let's try it on."

I turn my back to him and he slips the chain around my neck and clasps it gently. The chain is long enough that the pearl sits where the bodice of my dress begins. It's beautiful, simple, and elegant. He wraps his arms around me, and I feel him breathing me in.

"I love you" He says

I turn around wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him deeply.

"We had better go before we start something" He says eyes hungry, hand gripping me tightly around my waist sliding toward me ass.

"Frisky!" I say and take him by the hand. We walk hand in hand out the door. I then see Johanna, looking sexy as always. I let go of Peetas hand and wrap my arms around her. She smells like pine and cigarettes.

"All right, all right!" she says "Let's go!"

Haymitch offers his hand to Effie who accepts and we walk to the car.

"Haymitch is hoping to get some tonight" Peeta whispers in my ear, which makes me shutter even though he's saying something comical. I want to feel him all over me. I giggle a little bit.

Peeta opens the car door for me and I climb in we're off to the banquet hall at the President's mansion. The Capitol is almost rebuilt and unrecognizable. The gaudy infrastructure now appears glamourous. The banquet hall is ornate marble floors and columns. A painted rotunda of angels and cherubs. I look at Peeta.

"They painted you when I put flowers in your hair."

Gale stands with some girl who looks like she's been hired and Annie, her hair braided and her gown seafoam green strapless with an empire waist. She runs her hands over braid eyes vacant searching. For Finnick maybe?

"Fuck yeah! Food!" Johanna says, running toward a table covered in food.

"This is Diamond" says Gale she shakes my hand. She looks cattily in my eyes.

Effie attempts to push us toward our table.

"Toast time! Toast time!"

Enobaria rubs against me. Wearing leopard print pants paired with a black bodice.

"Katniss" she nods to me.

I know she hates being her just like I do.

"There's plenty of booze to make it easier" I say to her

We sit and a screen is lowered showing a film highlighting the bravery of each living victor. When the film has ended President Paylor stands at the podium

"These brave men and women have seen the true terror of the Snow regime! We honor them tonight! Here we stand free thanks to these victors! We are proud of all of you we thank you. For the rest of your life may you know happiness!" She calls us then all by name individually "Raise your glass! Victors we are forever indebted to you!"

Everyone drinks and cheers. Enobaria leans over to me.

"They changed their tune"

She was right not too long ago I was begging for their lives. Enobaria although from two was treated as a traitor by the Capitol during the war. What she suffered we can't know. Peeta grabs my hand and takes me to the dance floor, he holds me close and sways whispering in my ear.

"I want you so bad. Let's take a break."

I welcome the escape. The sentence "we are indebted to you.." rings in my ears it makes me want to puke. We head up the stairs and check each door looking for an unlocked one. Finally we find a lounge.

Peeta pushes me down onto a sofa. Ravishes my neck with kisses. My insides are on fire. I push myself into him. He unzipped the back of my dress and I slip it off.

"Fuck" he says.

He grabs my wrists and forces the over my head. Eyes on fire.

"You can't touch or kiss me understand?"
Excited I nod my head.

He reaches down and begins to massage my clit. The blood flows and I swell. A small moan squeaks out. He unzips his pants and pushes them down he puts my legs over his shoulders and enters me, deeper than anything I've ever felt. He pushes deeper and deeper grunting with each thrust. His eyes are wild now. My lips touch his arm and he stops.

"Don't fucking touch me!" He growls

I shake my head affirmatively and he begins thrusting again. I can't take it my insides contract.

"Fuck" I whisper "I'm gonna come"

"Let it out. Scream" He says

And I do. I scream his name and release the pleasure with everything in me. Which encourages him to fuck me harder. When he comes he does so with all his might. He crumples on top of me, kiss my breast gently.

"We should go back to the party" I say

We head back down and the party is in full swing. Effie is dancing with Haymitch who turns and dips her. Both of them are smiling and laughing. Gale and Diamond are doing some sort of dance from One. Johanna is in a corner making out with some woman with tattoos. Then the band strikes up a tune from twelve and Peeta grabs my hand we gather in a circle with Gale and Haymitch and we grab Annie who is smiling remembering dancing at her wedding reception. Annie and I dance about switching partners linking arms with Haymitch, Peeta and Gale. The crowd has gathered around us and are clapping to the rhythm. Johanna has raced from the corner and joined the festive dancing, and we giggle while we dance together. Finally I swing over to Gale. I don't feel hatred right now. I feel like we're back in Twelve his eyes are dancing and Peeta is swinging Annie around. Even Enobaria the stoic warrior is clapping along. The music winds down and we all catch our breath.

"Who says we take the party back to the apartment!?" Johanna cries

"I second that!" Gale says breathless and he slaps Peeta on the back.

Haymitch pulls Effie in and plants a kiss on her cheek I think she blushes from underneath the make-up. Johanna links her arm in mine and we skip into a waiting car.