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Here's chapter six!
Last time on Lost Love
Peeta's P.O.V.
"The pictures, yearbooks, and your wedding dress is in our closet." I spoke the truth as I guided her towards our bedroom. I let go of her hand and letting her remember the bedroom we once shared if anything is familiar to her. I go into the closet bending down grabbing a couple of yearbooks and a box then standing back up, I walked over to our bed and placing them on the confronter. My blue eyes look up seeing Katniss going over to her nightstand and seeing a small oval picture frame of us on her wedding day. She picked up the frame tracing her finger on the glass frame of us and letting small tears on her face.
"So, we're married?" My wife asked me and meeting my eyes.
I nodded my head and begin opening up a couple of yearbooks.
"How is that possible? If I'm really married to you then how in the hell am I married to Gale? It doesn't make any sense." She said being confused and putting the frame back on the nightstand. Katniss turned her attention to the yearbooks opened as she scan the pages with her eyes.
"Technically by law you're still married to me and your 'husband' pulled a few strings to declare you dead to me." I kept my anger at a low tone and pointed to the pictures of my wife and me when we were young. "You see, in high school everyone called us "The star-cross lovers of District twelve." Most of our student body called us the perfect couple and they wrote for us "The girl on fire and the baker boy will be together forever." Or so I thought." I sighted.
Continuing….
Katniss's P.O.V.
My world has completely turned upside down and I have slowly taking in everything Peeta has said to me, every word of it. I felt betrayed by Gale, my new 'husband.' I feel sick to my stomach now. How could he do this to me? Keep me in the dark of who I was in the beginning and in the relationship I was in. For the past two years I have started to have flashbacks that caused me terrible headaches but I don't forget them because I know they're a sign for me to remember. I feel like I'm in a nightmare that I can't wake up to. I spoke interest, hobbies, and common questions, which I got right all of them. They felt natural to me and now to think about it; being with Peeta makes me feel at peace with Gale, I felt like I could live a normal life but felt controlled in a way. Now the question is, who am I? Today I found out that I'm actually Peeta's wife, not Gale's. Gale led me on then dating Madge Undersee, Peeta had always had a crush on me since grade school; he kept his word and to me that means everything. As of now bits and piece are coming together. I walked up the stairs as Peeta was guiding me.
"The pictures, yearbooks, and your wedding dress is in our closet." He spoke as he guiding me to his bedroom and felt his hand letting go of mine.
I looked around room scanning it, to see if anything brings back any memories. I grabbed my head feeling a headache coming along and bending down half-way.
Flashback
Peeta and I just got finish of having all the movers helping to put our furniture in their places around our new house. We just sorted out what kind of boxes belong where like the kitchen, living room, Peeta's art room, guest room, and our new bedroom. I walk up the stairs with a box in my hands that's labeled "Pictures & Yearbooks." I reached our bedroom walking in seeing Peeta sitting up the bed confronters.
"Hey Kat." My new husband said with a smile as he finished up the confronters and going over to the side to turn on the light switch.
"Hey yourself." I said with a smile and still having the box in my hands. "Can you believe this is actually our home? Our actual, REAL home. I could have been happy with an apartment." Still sinking in living in a nice house with the nice neighborhood.
Peeta laughs and walking over to me as he placed his on the box removing it from my hands to the ground next to us. Then he wrapped his arms around my waist in return I put my arms around his neck. "YOU deserve to live in this house, WE deserve to live in this house since we'll start a family of our own soon." He replied with a smile as he pressed his lips against mine as I return the kiss. Then I felt him picking me up, walking over to our bed, and gently laying me down with our kiss turning into more.
My breathe picked up a little higher because he started to move his hands around my body and kissed me at my weak spot. I lightly moan slightly enjoying the moment and my eyes open as he mention of us having a family someday. I gently put my index finger on the bottom of his chin having him face me. "We just got married, let's worry about starting a family. LATER down the road, I promise. But now, let's just our time together and do things that we want to do. Okay?" I made promise to him with a small smile.
Peeta sighted and I know he always wanted children since he's a natural with them. He takes my hand and kisses it. "Okay, you got yourself a deal Mrs. Mellark." My husband agreed to my promise and goes back to kissing my neck.
Flashback Ends
I felt my forehead not being tense anymore and opening my eyes once again. I straighten walking towards to what appears to be my side of the bed, it was clean like I haven't been laying in it for years. From the corner of my right eye I see a small oval picture frame and its Peeta and I from wedding day. I trace a hand over the pictureseeing him smiling with his blonde hair slick back, light blue dress shirt with the sleeves that went up his elbow, black belt with tan dress pants, and a corsage of a couple of yellow dandy lion's with green and orange ribbon tied to his wrist holding my hand. On the right side of the frame, I was also smiling with my hair being in two braids on being on my right shoulder, wearing a white dress that went down to knee height with white lace sleeves that went to my mid-forearm, and having my hand in his including wearing a matching corsage. I felt small tears running down my face.
"So, we're married?" I asked him and turned my head to meet those blue eyes.
Peeta nodded his head and putting yearbooks on the bed then begins to open, flipping through pictures of us.
"How is that possible? If I'm really married to you then how in the hell am I married to Gale? It doesn't make any sense." I said as I started to get confused and putting the frame back on the nightstand. I then turned to his attention to the yearbooks opened as I scan the pages with my eyes.
"Technically by law you're still married to me and your 'husband' pulled a few strings to declare you dead to me." I sensed his anger in his tone and pointed to the pictures of him and I, when were younger. "You see, in high school everyone called us "The star-cross lovers of District twelve." Most of our student body called us the perfect couple and they wrote for us "The girl on fire and the baker boy will be together forever." Or so I thought." He sighted.
I sat on the edge of the bed and our eyes meet.
"If this is too much for you to handle right now, we can do this another day. I just put everything in your lap of what I've said and I don't want you to get sick or cause another headache." Peeta said being concern as he takes a seat on the other side of the bed.
I shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not sure if I can handle knowing anything else. Gale's been nothing but unfaithful and I was his puppet." I flopped down to the bed feeling my head hitting the pillow.
I can feel his body position shifting to face me and I turned my body to face him.
"It's okay, we'll do this another day or time which you prefer." He said being a gentleman. "Even though he kept you away from me for two years, I'm thankful that he helped you through rehab, learning how to walk again, and getting you skin grafts, that I would like to thank him. I just wish I could have been there with you to help you through it." Peeta replied being strong but with his voice breaking as if he wanted to cry. "I should have gone to see your body to see if you were really dead or in a coma, that's the army's fault for not notifying me and paying off a doctor for that person's purpose is illegal. I will take him to court for this." He said being serious but hiding his anger.
"HEY, LOVER BOY! WHERE'S KATNISS?" A male voice yells as he enters the house.
I quickly sprinted out of bed and on to my feet. I drew a small knife from my jean pocket opening it then running out of the room.
"Katniss, KATNISS WAIT! It's not an intruder!" Peeta yelled behind me and dashing to catch up with me.
'His voice sounds familiar, who is he?' I thought to myself as I raced down the stairs and ready to strike who the intruder was.
"KAT, WAIT! Don't attack him!" I can hear his footsteps behind me.
"You were really going to attack your former trainer and monitor Sweetheart?" I remember him and the only one would ever call me sweetheart was Haymitch.
"Haymitch? Oh my god!" I dropped my knife and wrapped my arms around my father figure then started to cry. I felt my former mentor put his arms around me and placed a hand on the back of my head. "Glad that you remember me Katniss and Peeta too." He replied patted my back gentle and pulling away to see my face.
Haymitch's P.O.V.
I somewhat became somewhat sober but functional as I got dressed to go over next door to Peeta's place and given them a couple more minutes if they have made any progress or I should say if Katniss has made any progress of her memories again. I looked up the time on my watch and seeing it's a quarter after twelve. I straighten out my gray coat and black shirt underneath it, dusting off my dark wash jeans and laced my boots. I put my phone, wallet, keys and pocket knife with me; it's for protection. I placed them in my coat pocket and walking towards my front door locking the door behind me and locking it. I walked down the steps of my house to the sidewalk and the matter of seconds I walked up the steps to Peeta's house. I pulled out my keys tossed them into my hand until I have his key. Then I placed the key into the doorknob unlocking it and opening.
"HEY, LOVER BOY! WHERE'S KATNISS?" I yelled as I enter his house and locking the door behind me.
I hear running on the wooden floor and wonder who could it be.
"Katniss, KATNISS WAIT! It's not an intruder!" Peeta yelled from the upstairs and could sense that sweetheart is coming down the stairs. My kept my eyes locked on the stairs being calm then seeing her racing down the stairs with a pocket knife in her hand. 'At least she's prepared, I give her props for that.' I thought to myself.
"KAT, WAIT! Don't attack him!" I glanced up seeing Peeta coming behind her on the stairs.
"You were really going to attack your former trainer and monitor Sweetheart?" I asked her joking around a bit to lighten up the mood around here.
"Haymitch? Oh my god!" Katniss said dropping her knife as she runs up to me with her arms wrapped around me and crying into my shoulder. I gently put my hand on the back of her head. "Glad that you remember me Katniss and Peeta too." I replied patted her back gentle and pulling away to see her.
"I thought I would never see you again Haymitch, I thought… I don't know." The mockingjay said being somewhat shocked to see me again.
"Same goes for you too, we all thought that you were killed." I placed my hands back into my pocket and heading towards the direction of the living room.
I can hear Peeta and Katniss's footsteps behind me. I see the two coming to the living room and having a seat together as I took a seat across from them.
"Who's we all?" She asked being confused then uses her right foot to make her leg bounce, a signal of being nervous.
Peeta shook his head and mouthed 'no' towards me.
I leaned into the sofa cushion and looked at my protégé.
"You haven't told her that she was in the army yet? What the hell are you waiting for?" I asked a direct question becoming a little more serious.
Love boy leaned forward with his elbow on top of his knees. "I just told her about her high school life and the relationship we had then finally telling her that we are by law married." He said being firmed.
"Who's we all? Tell me what's going on, what are you two talking about?" Katniss asked wanting to know.
"We're having another day to talk more, I don't want to send her to the hospital because of stress and pressure." The boy replied placed a hand on his shoulder. "She remembers her past and our marriage by far and that's the biggest progress."
I looked to see Katniss having her head into her hands being hunched over.
"Everdeen, are you okay?" I asked being concern.
"Just getting a headache and it really hurts right now." She answered.
"I think we should take you to a hospital right now, I- I mean we are starting to get worried." I see Peeta standing up with Katniss shaking her head.
"NO! Gale can't know I'm at the hospital, all I need is some Advil's and sleep. That's all I really need right now." She replied with pain in her voice and can see small tear drops falling from her face.
"I'm going to get some Advil's!" I see Peeta stand up at his feet and running towards the kitchen.
"Why don't you get some sleep here? It will ease the headache and not to mention with sleep will help you to store those memories you were told." I replied the truth and doing a little research on Katniss's condition.
She looks up wiped her tears and shaking her head.
"Gale, he wouldn't like it. If he ever finds out that I'm here, I'm afraid to see what he will do next." The mockingjay gave her word on her husband's reaction.
Peeta comes running back with a half glass of water and pills in his heads, handing it to her. He takes a seat next to her again. Katniss takes the first pill and taking a sip of water to wash it down to her throat and again with the second pill drinking the whole water.
"Has he ever threaten you or laid a finger on you?" I asked being serious.
She shakes her head. "No, he hasn't." Katniss answered. "But he's very protective of me and doesn't trust other people around me."
"He has another thing coming when I see him in court." I heard Peeta's comment underneath his breathe.
"I umm…. I should get going." She said getting up from her seat with Love boy holding her hand.
"Haymitch is right, you can sleep in the guest room or the main bedroom; whatever you want to do. I want you to relax and being healthy, go ahead, get some sleep; you could use it." He replied with a small then Katniss nodded her head getting up walking towards upstairs.
I just witness the reaction of the Star crossed lovers and haven't seen the boy happy like this in five years. She keeps him calm and sane. I remember when we first got here, he was bitter and angry, blaming the world for killing his bride. Who knew she was only an hour away. I laughed a little.
"Boy, I haven't seen your eyes lighten up with joy in the longest time. She's putty in your hands, isn't she?" I asked with my arms folded in front of me.
Peeta cheeks went red with his facial expression giving me the answer and smiled a little bit. "Yeah, she is. I would feel better if she was here with me and I can help her a lot better in her state." He sat up straight and then leaned into the sofa fabric.
"Talk about your early Christmas gift, Merry Christmas eve boy." I reached towards a cookie and taking a bite out of it.
"Yeah, it is. Merry Christmas eve Haymitch." He greeted me back in return.
I'm so beyond SORRY for making this chapter a little short then what I expected. But trust me I will be bring Effie Trinket into the fanfic, can you guys guess what role she'll be in? More of Peeta, Gale, and Katniss's P.O.V. including on what made both Peeta and Katniss join the army, later into Lost Love. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! PLEASE BE SAFE FOR DRIVING, HAVING FUN, AND SHOPPING AFTER CHRISTMAS. You guys take care and have a great New Year!
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