Well I'm really trying to get a scheduled worked out but with school, swim practice, swim meets, and dance practice I have so little time I'm about to scream Love you guys! I can't wait to hear what you think of this chapter. It's a bit of a filler but it does have some necessary information for later on...
Katniss POV
Peeta talks in whispers in the other room. The Capitol must have called because they are the only ones who call. Especially at three in the morning, every week in these past three months they have called one day to irritate us. I answered the first time they called and yelled at them until I woke up both Demi and Peeta. They always manage to call at around three in the morning and wake us up. They've called three times this week and each time Peeta has answered. I don't know what they want but he always start to argue with them about something or another.
"Katniss." He whispers to me sadly.
"What?" I whisper at him as he lays back down.
"Well I guess you know who that was on the phone?"
"Yeah." I say turning back over to the wall opposite him.
"Well the Capitol wants us to come and do some interview. I actually need to get some tests done so They suggested that I come and bring you two. It really wasn't much of a suggestion though... I'm scheduled to go tomorrow... I'm sorry." He says pacing the room quietly, even with the prosthetic leg on he's learned to be much quieter than before.
"I don't want to take Demi. She's too young... I can't subject her to that." I say sitting up in bed.
"We don't have much of a choice. They're going to make all three of us come one way or another. So it'll be better to do this now than when they'll be even more vicious." He tells me as I try to coax him back into the warmth of the bed. "I have to get ready for work." He tells me turning towards the bathroom.
"Peeta it's 3:30 in the morning you don't leave until 6. Just get in bed. I'm going to need the energy and we both know that you will too." I tell him grabbing his wrist. He sighs and reluctantly crawls on to the bed. I nuzzle into him and trap him under the covers. His warmth spreads under the five or so blankets that I insist on having on the bed and though it's already warming up I cling to him like it is twenty below zero. I'm still shivering though, the winter chill seeps through the window and cuts to my bone. "Why is it so cold?" I asks finally.
"Katniss it's not cold. You're just tiny and don't have hardly any body fat, so you have no way to ward it off." He laughs breathily. In return I smack him lightly and curl into a ball at his side, he wraps his arms around me and I fall asleep shortly after.
It's late when I wake up, I know it is because the sun is high in the sky, no longer peaking in through the window. Peeta is no longer laying beside me and I glance around to see where he is but find that I'm alone in the room.
"Peeta?" I call out, unsure if I'm going to wake anyone up.
No one answers so I call out a few more times before I throw the covers off of me, put on a heavy sweatshirt that lies right beside my bed, and even thicker socks. The flannel pants I sleep in every night are nice and warm against my skin while my body heat spreads out to warm the sweatshirt and the socks.
I shuffle to the bathroom and wash my face before I slink down the stairs. The sound of someone cooking and stirring around in the kitchen and move to the doorway quickly.
Peeta is standing by the stove dishing up some food from a skillet. He turns when he hears me and I see as a smile spreads across his face.
"Hello sleeping beauty. Did you have a nice rest?" He asks moving to the table.
"Yeah, what time is it?" I question, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.
"It's 1 o'clock. You okay? You've been sleeping a lot later lately." He asks, his face becoming a mask of concern.
"It's just the winter, I haven't been getting much sunlight. I'm fine, why aren't you at work?" I ask changing the subject from me.
"I had one of the workers fill in for me. I'm sort of glad I didn't go in. I'm fixing lunch you want any?" He asks.
"Yeah. Where's Demi?" I ask.
"Helping Haymitch with the geese, well she's messing around with them and the snow and he's watching." He laughs.
"That sounds like fun." I sigh, looking out the window towards where the snow lies shining brightly over top of the grass. "We need to pack for tomorrow don't we?" I ask sitting down at the table. He puts a plate of food in front of me and I start to eat a bit.
"Yeah... Actually I think it's today..." He tells me and I almost choke on the food I was eating. "I have most of the stuff packed and we have tickets for the train at 9."
"You're sure we have to go." I ask when I regain speech.
"Sorry." He tells me sitting down at the table next to me and begins to eat as well. Demer comes back in some time later and hops over to me, wraping me in a cold, snow covered hug.
"Did you have fun?" I ask helping her out of the coat. She nods rapidly and I hand the jacket to Peeta who quickly puts it away. I pull her up on my lap, strip her of the snow boots she wears and throw them toward the door. "Did you eat yet?" I ask her.
"Yeah I had lots of sugar!" She shouts.
"Great." I huff under my breath. Peeta walks back into the room and picks Demer up off my lap.
"So Demi had a good time at Grandpa's?" He ask in a baby voice.
"Peeta, she's too old to be spoken to like a baby. And yes she had fun, and Haymitch pumped her full of sugar." I tell him.
"Fantastic."