I intend no copyright infringement at all. The story is my own idea. Characters are owned by the awesome Suzanne Collins and all other incorporated parties.

Thanks Again.

"So did you get some or what?" Cato asks Peeta.

"Let it go, Cato." Thresh tells him. "He's gonna fuck you up."

"Where it hurts, on the court!" Peeta exclaims. "We all know how much you love to lose."

Cato, Thresh, Finnick, and Peeta were all headed down to the park to play some basketball. When they got to the court, two of them were still open.

"Alright, 2v2. Finn, you're with me." Peeta says.

"Just like that, man? But I wanted to be on Thresh's team." Finn says stomping on the blacktop like a little kid. Peeta laughs and pulls Finn over to their side of the court. Just as their lacing up, Gale shows up with a bunch of his friends.

"And what do you bitches think you're doing?" Gale yells while walking towards them. "This is our court."

"You wanna say that again?" Thresh walks over to Gale. Thresh stands over Gale by six inches. Peeta goes over to where the two collide and pushes Thresh back. He whispers a low "Let it go," while trying to avoid anything.

"That's fine. There are two courts. We'll just play over there."

"That's our court, too," Gale says while his buddies laugh.

"Hey come on! We just wanna play." Finn says walking up to the group. Gale pushes Finn back into Peeta and Thresh causing Cato to come running and start shoving Gale's group back.

"Enough!" Peeta says trying to push his guys back. "We'll just go play at the school."

"What?! Peeta, we can't let them run us off the court!" Cato tells Peeta. Peeta knew he had escaped Gale once that week already. He was trying to keep his luck going.

"Cato, he's just looking for a fight. I don't want any problems here."

"Peeta, he's going to think you're a punk."

"I'm really okay with that." He looks to the rest of them. "We're going!" Peeta and the rest of them go to leave when Gale takes a last shot.

"You know Katniss isn't gay." Gale yells at them while they leave.

"And what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Peeta yells back.

"She doesn't like pussies." Gale and his buddies all start laughing again. Peeta barrels towards Gale. Finnick runs with him and, once again, plays the middleman, keeping them apart from each other.

"What the hell do you want from me Gale?" Peeta yells.

"Just a game." Peeta stares at Gale, "Come on. Your guys versus mine. Winner takes the court."

"You want a game, Gale. Let's go!" Peeta turns to his friends, "Let's make this quick."

"I got blondie." Peeta hears Gale tells his group while grinning like a mad man.

"First to ten. Call your own fouls." Gale bounces the ball to Peeta. "Loser's ball."

Peeta takes the ball at mid court. He dribbles to the three point line and notices that Gale has no intention of actually covering him. Peeta knows he's disrespecting him by not covering him, so he takes his shot. The ball goes in.

"All net, baby!" Cato says going up to Peeta a quickly congratulating him. Peeta gets his own rebound. He bounces the ball back to Gale.

"Loser's ball, was it?"

Gale quickly dribbles toward the rim. He tries taking the same shot Peeta just took, but Peeta's defense is too good. The ball hits off the rim. Thresh rebounds out to Finn who is out on the three. Finn hits his fade away for three and they're up 6-0.

Gale takes the ball out again. He passes the ball to a few of his teammates before the ball ends up back with Gale. Peeta is on Gale making sure he has no room to breathe. That's when Gale takes a cheap shot. Gale elbows Peeta right in the nose causing Peeta to reel back enough to give him a clear shot. 6-3.

"Hey! What the hell was that?!" Finn exclaims.

"What?" Gale goes over to his teammates who congratulate him in exchange. "Call a foul, Peter."

"That was clean." Peeta says trying to regain his balance. Finn looks at him like what the hell. "It was clean, Finn."

Cato takes the ball this time as Peeta is trying to adjust to the pain in his nose. Gale follows Peeta around as he tries to get open. Just as he calls for the ball, Gale elbows Peeta in the gut just as the ball flies past him. Peeta is hunched over in pain while the rest of them start shoving each other. Finn is over with Peeta again making sure he's alright.

"You were right, man. We should have let it go." Finn tells Peeta.

"No," Peeta tells him in pain, "This is my fight and my fault. We just have to finish this."

"I'm going to take my two." Peeta says as he walks over to the foul line.

"Like a bitch." Gale says as he gives him the ball. Two shots go in. 8-3. Gale's team checks the ball. A quick lay up is made and it's 8-5. Peeta checks the ball after that shot. The ball is passed around a bit before there's an opening.

"Cut, cut, cut!" Cato yells for Peeta. So he does. Peeta goes up for the game winning alley-oop. As he does, he feels his legs being cut from under him and then all he sees is black.

Peeta wasn't out for long. He was still on the floor when he came to. As he tries to get up, the world is spinning and his head is bleeding. He sits up on the black top and sees Thresh and Cato fighting Gale and his group. Finn is by Peeta's side trying to get him up.

"You're okay. What's your name? What's two plus two? Who's the president of Guam?"

"Peeta. 4, I think. And I don't know!"

"Déjà vu, huh?"

"Yea except, you're not Katniss." Peeta and Finn share a quick laugh. "Help me up." Finn helps him up and goes to leave. "What about those two?" he says referring to Thresh and Cato.

"They can handle themselves." Finn smiles at Peeta as they walk away.

Flashback

"No, I just wanted to tell you," He makes a gun gesture towards the target, "Shoot straight." Katniss shakes her head with a smirk. The hand Peeta has resting on her shoulder drops down to Peeta's side; unfortunately not before accidentally grazing Katniss' ass.

Though it was only slight contact, it was enough for Katniss to miss the target wide. Katniss throws her bow on the ground in frustration. She turns suddenly to Peeta. Peeta's eyes are wide, clearly frightened. She charges at him while he tries to placate the situation.

"Katniss! Please…"He raises his hands up in innocence. "I didn't mean to! I'm so sorry! You can have a do-over!" Eventually, he has no where to go as his back comes flush against the surrounding fence. He doesn't know what Katniss will do but he's scared.

Katniss knew Peeta had no intention of sexually harassing her, but she had liked it. It lit a fire in her and she knew exactly how to douse it. When Katniss reaches him, she menacingly grabs him from the collar of his shirt. She pulls him down to her and crashes his lips onto hers. She releases him suddenly. Peeta is still in shock with his hands still over his head staring at her wide-eyed.

"So you like touching my ass…" Katniss tells him seriously. Peeta's eyes get slightly wider. He shakes his head furiously at her. "No…?" Katniss says with a laugh. "That's too bad." Katniss reaches for his right arm. She pulls it down grabbing his hand leading it to her backside. After a second, she does the same to his other hand. Peeta is still in shock. His hands were on Katniss' ass and he didn't know whether to squeeze or stay perfectly still. He chose for the latter.

Katniss stroked his chest with a smirk. He started it, she thought. She turned his face towards her pulling him down again for several short, sweet kisses. Eventually, Peeta responded with a tight squeeze of her butt cheeks. He groped generously pushing her hips into his. She moaned against his mouth at the sensation. He smirked at her.

"So, I guess you're my girlfriend now?" Peeta asked her in between kisses. Katniss only nods at him in response. "Out of curiosity, what would you have asked of me?" He asks her turning his head so he could kiss her neck.

She smiled, "Oh, something like you having your way with me against that target over there…" Peeta threw up his head in a frustrated groan. Katniss only laughed and blushed into his chest.

"You sure you don't want that do over?" He asks her through his teeth.

"No, but really… I was probably thinking of something on the lines of a prom date." She tells him looking up at him. Peeta leans his head against her forehead.

"I could do that." He tells her with a grin.

"Katniss!" Johanna yells.

"What?" Katniss was completely out of it. The date she had been on with Peeta had been amazing. She couldn't stop thinking about his lips on hers. Or the way the moonlight reflected off his blue eyes and made them that much more desirable. How he was now technically her boyfriend and how she had a date for the prom. She was ecstatic.

"So it was that good, huh?" Katniss smiles subconsciously. "And all boy wonder did was stick his tongue down your mouth and feel you up? Can't wait for when you get it on. Which you will not be a prude and tell me about." Johanna smiles at Katniss' blush.

"I look forward to it!" Katniss challenges back, clinking their drinks with one another's and laughing. Just then, Glimmer bursts in through the doors of the café. It's obvious she's pissed.

"It's all your fault!" Glimmer points at Katniss accusingly.

"What the hell are you talking about, witch?" Johanna says while taking a sip of her drink.

"Peeta! He's in the hospital because of you!"

"What?!" Both Johanna and Katniss yell together. "What happened?"

"Don't act like you don't know! Your boyfriend beat him up at the park earlier today!"

Katniss was confused. Her boyfriend was Peeta. So how did he manage to beat himself up?

"You're not making any sense. The blonde must be getting to you. Who beat Peeta up?" She yelled at Glimmer, now in her face.

"Your college boy toy!" Gale.

After a series of text messages between her and Johanna, who texted Cato, Katniss had finally found out that Peeta was discharged from the hospital. Ten stitches. It went through her head like a chorus to a song. She honestly couldn't believe that Gale would go so low as to fight Peeta. When he had left her at the food court after his confession, she was positive Gale had been all talk. Now, her friendship with Gale had not only jeopardized her and Peeta's relationship, but his life. A man can only take so many hits to the head.

Katniss had finally reached her destination. Peeta's house. It was a gorgeous newly constructed house. The yard was well kept. The house was pristine. As she drove up she noticed only Peeta's car was in the driveway. She parked her car on the side of the house and walked up the stairs to his house. Katniss knocked on the door. Please don't act like a complete girl.

As soon as he opened the door, she was all over him.

"Oh my goodness?! Are you okay? Does it hurt? I'm so sorry!" Way to go.

"Katniss. I'm okay." Peeta says while he wraps his arms around her.

"I'm so sorry."

"You have no reason to apologize, Katniss. None of this is your fault." He tells her and gives her a kiss. He tries deepening it, but she breaks it.

"How can you say that? The only reason Gale did this to you was because you're with me." Peeta releases the breath he was holding and leads her over to his couch. He sits next to her, but she tells him to lay his head on her lap.

"Did you win?" She asks him.

"Honestly, I don't know." He tells her with a laugh. He sighs shortly after. "Today's just been one long déjà vu moment." Katniss is running her hand through his hair. She smiles at his comment.

"The first time we met…" She says.

"Blow to the head and everything!" Peeta says smiling. Katniss' smile drops. Peeta doesn't blame her, but she still feels responsible.

"Kiss me." Peeta asks her taking her out of her thoughts. "Like before." He says referring to their first time.

"Weren't we on the floor?" Katniss' smile is back.

"Alright, then. I'll kiss you." Peeta sits up a bit reaching up for her lips. Their lips meet in a sweet kiss. Peeta pulls her onto the couch so she's laying under him. "Better?" Katniss just nods her head and their lips meet again. Katniss has her hands running through his hair as his lips leave hers and trail kisses down her neck and down towards the v-neck of her shirt. Katniss is reaching up under the back of Peeta's shirt.

"Take off the shirt!" Katniss tells Peeta.

"Yours or mine?" He asks her with a smile. She smiles back.

"Let's start with yours." She tells him. Peeta unbuttons his shirt a little too slowly for her liking. Katniss is clawing at his pecks which is the only part of his chest that is exposed. Peeta finally finishes taking off his shirt.

"Sorry that my boobs aren't that big." Peeta tells Katniss making her laugh. She runs her hands from his pecks down to his abs. She sees that wonderful V that forms on his abs pointing down towards his crotch. She shivers thinking about what he might look like down there.

Peeta is on her lips again. He's not sure on how far she wants to go, so he's fine with being the naked one. For now, at least. He runs his hand up her shirt, testing to see how far he can go before she stops him. Just as he's about to get to her breast she pushes him off. Peeta thinks he's done something wrong.

"It's getting hot in here isn't it?" Katniss says with a smile. She reaches for the base of her shirt. As she's about to pull it off, the front door of Peeta's house swings open.

"Well, what do we have here?" Peeta's brother interrupts. Quickly Peeta stands up and Katniss follows. "Little brother, you trying to get it in on the couch? What's wrong with you?" He asks and starts to laugh. "What if I'd been Mom?!" He continues laughing. Katniss smiles at Peeta's brother with a blush, then walks past him to get to her car. Peeta picks up his shirt and follows her.

"Cock blocker!" Peeta tells his brother out the door. His brother just laughs.

Katniss stops at her car. She watches Peeta walk towards her with his shirt still open. He pushes her against the car and gives her a deep kiss. Katniss runs her hands up his chest, wrapping them around his neck, pulling him towards her. One hand runs up into his hair which ends up feeling where his stitches are. She wants to apologize one more time.

"Don't." Peeta tells her resting his forehead on hers. "So, I know there's a party at your bffs in a couple weeks. You going to that?"

"I kind of have to go seeing as she's my best friend. She'd kill me if I didn't show." She says and kisses him again. "Did you want to come with me?"

"Wait, were you going to invite someone else?" Peeta tells her with a phony frown on his face.

"Maybe."

"Damn. I was going to have the house all to myself too." He points back to his house. He kisses her once more.

"I'm sure we'll find something to make up for it at the party."

And they will! It's going to be one hell of a party! Consider this a preview for the rated M chapter that is next! Thanks a lot!