On the run

Epilogue

8 years later
Katniss' POV.
I look through the car window, butins my lip. I'm so nervous, and excited, and worried at the same time. It's confusing. I'm a complete mess, I've been since Peeta went to jail.
It was really hard to cope without him, knowing he was locked away, waisting his life for me. There was no relief in walking up for a new day, knowing Peeta's arms wouldn't be able to embrace me, that I wouldn't be able to feel his soft lips against my own cold ones.
"It's going to be fine, Katniss." Finnick tells me. He is driving, but he still managed to squeeze my hand lightly. He looks exactly the same he did 8 years ago, when I first met him at that caffe. And even his personality is the same.
"I know." I say quietly. "I'm just nervous."
"I bet Peeta is even more nervous than you." he says.
I chuckle, looking down at my hands, messing with my engagement ring, my promise I made to Peeta.
"Have you already decided if you're going to have a ceremony for your wedding?"
I Shake my head. "No, we just want to get married fast. It's been too long waiting. I can't wait more."
"I still want to celebrate. Maybe we could have a dinner just between us, you know, you, Peeta, me, Annie, Finnick Jr., your mom and Primmy. Something small. We would make roast!" Finnick suggests.
i smile at the idea of all the people I love united in a room, happy, me and Peeta married, Finnick Jr. playing with Prim's hair, while Annie and mom try to convincente me to have children. And it'll be happening soon.
"Okay We're here." Finnick says getting off the car.
"Let's go take Peeta out of that shithole!" Finnick says.
I chuckle. Finally Peeta is coming back home, coming back to me. Today, he'll get released, and he'll be free.
These last years have been rough, for both of us. Peeta had lost that twinkle in his eyes, that positivity and trust he had for everything and everyone. He was always jumpy when I went to visit him, and I could easily see there was not even one night he had slept. While for me, without Peeta everything got harder. Besides the fact that the guilt I felt because Peeta got arrested to protect me was eating me alive,I had to wake up to terrible nightmares without having him to comfort me, knowing I couldn't protect him.
"Okay, Katniss, wait here, I'll go get Peeta." Finnick says, pulling me away from my daydream.
"Okay." I whisper.
I stand there still, leaving against the prison's wall, my heart pundonor a mile an hour.
When I see his blonde hair shining with the sunlight, I almost stop breathing. He looks at the sky his blue eyes squinting with the light, when his gaze falls on me.
A smile appears in his lips as he opens his arms to me, although there's a distancie of about 10 meters between us.
"Peeta!" I call out, euphory taking over me. I start running to his arms that catch me when I trip in a rock there was on te ground. His touch feels exactly the same I remember, warm, safe, just right.
I start laughing and crying at the same time, hysteria taking over me.
"I missed you so much." I manage to say between the chocking noises I'm making.
"Finally..." Peeta whispers.

THE END