Icing on the Cake

Motivation ~ Kelly Rowland

Peeta

I'm so stupid for not telling Katniss about talking to Finnick. Of course she would find out. I'm just glad I was able to clear things up. That was our first real fight as a couple and I think we handled it pretty well.

She's laying under me on the bed while I show her how truly sorry I am for worrying her. She's breathing hard. As I kiss her gently, I can feel her hands in my hair and she's pulling me closer. Her hips pressed to my waist. When she pulls my shirt off, I realize her shirt has come up a little, so our skin is touching. My heartbeat quickens as her long, perfect legs wrap around me. Her ankles locking around the small of my back holding me in place.

"Was that our first fight?" She says playfully.

I smile against her mouth as she arches up to me and I kiss her more fiercely. As we kiss her hand slides down my stomach muscles, making the skin there feel on fire. I moan a little not meaning to which makes her giggle. So to return the favor I push my hand under her blouse and tickle her very soft skin. That makes her laugh harder. I place tiny kisses down her neck, shoulder, and arm. Her head falls back and she closes her eyes, but she is breathing even faster. I pull her shirt up a little more and kiss her stomach, belly button, just below her belly button and I think I'm about to push our previous boundaries when we hear a knock at the door downstairs.

"To be continued." I say kissing her one more time and letting her get up to get the door.

I roll onto my back trying to contain myself and look for my shirt. I hear Katniss downstairs letting Johanna in and fussing about almost burning the turkey. She's so cute when she's mad. I get my shirt on and realize I wasn't completely truthful with Katniss. I want to give her all the time she needs, but it is getting harder and harder to be, somewhat, intimate with Kat, then stopping. Maybe that is part of my motivation in asking Finnick about the ring and proposal. I also asked him some creative things we could do that's not actually making love. Most of what he suggested are out of me and Katniss' league. I feel bad, I just don't want to scare her or pressure her. On the other hand, I kinda feel like a normal teenage boyfriend trying not to push my girlfriend into sex, but wanting to make love to her so badly. For some reason with everything we've been through, us being almost normal makes me smile.

I'm halfway down the stairs when I accidentally overhear Jo and Katniss talking and I freeze.

"You made us have our first fight, freaking me out. Next time you over hear Finnick talking to Peeta on the phone or anywhere. Keep it to yourself." Katniss says trying to keep her voice low.

I hope she is okay with me keeping to myself that I'm overhearing this conversation.

"Whatever! You should thank me you got make up se... Wait what do you call what you and Peeta do? Teasing? That poor guy. Have you ever heard of blue..."

"Shhh! Yes. I have and Peeta is fine." Katniss defends. "I just hope I don't lose my mind. He may not have been with a lot of girls, but what he does to me, sometimes, makes me want to propose to him so we can just... Agh! Why am I telling you this."

"Maybe I make you face the Katniss inside of you you're afraid to let out. So marry him. Stop putting yourself through all this torture. I'm sure he won't complain."

"But, I like things the way they are. You were right, I feel bold with Peeta at times, but mostly I'm scared of messing this up. And if Annie and Finnick are a guide shortly after marriage comes baby Mellark. I don't think I can wrap my mind around that yet even if I can see us married." Katniss admits.

Whoa! I definitely should not have heard this conversation. I never knew it was hard for her to stop too. She said I make her almost lose her mind. It's nice to know I'm having the same affect on her, she has on me. And she can already see us married! What are we waiting for? Why is she scared?

I must not be reassuring her enough that we are perfect together. I feel bad like I got the playbook of the other team.

I come down the rest of the way and go into the kitchen and pull Johanna's hair and run over to Katniss before she can smack me.

"Hey, punk." Jo fusses at me.

"Love you." I whisper in Katniss' ear. I taste the food, kiss her on the cheek, smack her butt and run outside to Finnick's. I hear them both laugh as I leave.

I knock on the door and Finnick, holding little Finn, answers.

"Hey man, is dinner ready we are almos... Honey are we almost ready?" Big Finn calls.

"Finn Harley Odair! Don't rush me!" Annie yells back at him.

"Nah man, they're still cooking. I came over to talk to you." I tell him.

"Okay, come on in Uncle P." Finnick says handing me little Finn.

"Hey man, watcha doing? You ready to go?" I say to Finn Jr.

Then sitting on the couch, I tell Finnick about what I heard.

"Wow man, you should eavesdrop more often and remind me not to let Jo near me when I'm on the phone. It was probably one of the times she was over helping Annie with the baby." Finnick suggests.

"So you think I should ask Katniss to get married sooner than I planned? Because now I think she might want to." I ask.

"She does seem more open to the idea. I don't know, but you'll have to let her know you don't need to pop out babies right away."

I bounce little Finn. He is so light. "You got a real keeper here, he's great."

"Uh oh."

"What? You forgot you need something?" I say wanting to be helpful.

"You aren't gonna get her to marry you with that." He laughs.

"That what?" I ask.

Putting a hand on my forehead, He says, "That baby-fever you got."