Everlark Fanfiction

Chapter 3

I am taken by surprise when he lets go a bit, and kisses me. I've missed the boy with the bread so much. I check his eyes to see if they are still the terrifying blue that once choked me, or the blue that knows who I am on the inside. He is carrying a bag full of cheese rolls, my favorite. "You remembered." I say softly. He smiles. I lead him into my house and he then begins to look lost. His eyes turn from the humble blue, to the deathly blue.

He drops to the ground, shaking and screaming, I run over to him crying, trying to save him. After hours of coaxing him back to real life he says, "I'm sorry Katniss, it's a terror, it comes and goes throughout the day, and there is nothing I can do. The tracker jacker venom still gets to me, I'm sorry." he says. His eyes begin to well up and I can't help him now. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my life, and I wish I knew what to say, but I'm so lost right now. "It's okay, I can help you." I wanted to say I loved him, but it's too soon, and he still doesn't understand.

I can't believe that the first time I have seen him in months has to be followed by a terror. I find some herbs in the kitchen and make two cups of tea, one with sugar, and one without. I return back to the living room, "Here, because you never take sugar in your tea." He grins and takes small sips of the tea. We make conversation about our lives, and already 6 hours has passed. It is 9:00 p.m., and Peeta now has to return home. I wish he would stay, comfort me all night, but it is still too soon.

I don't seem to care at the moment and say, "Peeta,"

"Yes,"

"will you stay with me?" I ask.

"Sure" he responds. He smiles as if he knows that I have said that before. "You know, I remember you in bits and pieces. After they tried to fix me, from the mutt I was, they tried to keep all of my memories of you. I remember most everything now." I am so stunned by this statement, that even I must process it. "Even how much, I love you?" I ask.

"I do now." he replies.