That's the thing, it's all you can say to someone who doesn't remember things you remember..

It makes you want to give up and walk away from everything we've had. Times we shared that gives the ones we love the most hope that one day we will return to them.

It's been almost a month since Katniss arrived home.. about two weeks since the encounter in the old room full of paintings and things haven't been moving as quickly as everyone hoped.

Improvements are made. Baby steps. It's better then moving backwards into possibly darker places.

Since the encounter with Peeta the Mellark family had developed a game for Katniss's questions.. it's called Real or not Real.

Katniss thinks she remembers something, if she's not sure that it acutally happened or not she'll ask someone if the memory is real or not.

Thanks to everyone and their patience plus being eager to help it has been working out for now.

Progress proves that giving up is not an option..

Katniss's POV:

I've been here in this house with him for a month. I know Peeta.. as much as I still strain trying not to say he's a mutt trying to keep that 2nd voice in my head trying to convince me he is quiet. And his family are trying to make me as comfortable as possible.

I'm grateful for all of them..everyone who has tried to help me or visited to welcome me home and ask how I was doing, even if they already knew the answer.

I try talking to Peeta once or twice a week, asking him how things are, asking him questions about memories that I needed to know if they were real or not

One of these questions actually made him tear up.

"Peeta,I know you said you loved me and I said I only hoped to love you as much as you remembered me loving you."

"yeah Katniss"

"Do you still love me?... You love me.. Real or not real?"

"Of course I do. Nothing will ever change that ever I promise you."

"Peeta that's not what I asked"

"What do you mean? I answered the question didn't I?"

"No. I asked you-"

There was a long pause before I finished my question

"You still love me.. Real or not real?"

"Katniss-"

"NO PEETA NO BULLSHIT SPEECH I KNOW YOU'RE THE BEST AT THAT BUT I NEED TO KNOW JUST REAL OR NOT REAL?"

I noticed the tears In his eyes and decided to back off a little.

"Sorry I didn't mean to snap at you"

He finally broke another long period of silence.

"Real. Very Real"