Always

Chapter 16: Situations Gone Wrong

I planned to meet with Finnick at the bar at 7:00. My eyes wander to the clock.

4:53

I sit on the couch, waiting for Johanna to call me. Also I think about what Finnick needs to talk to me about. It can't be that important.

"Katniss." I hear Peeta's voice behind me and see his face is worried. "Are you okay?" He ask, walking towards me.

I breath in. Then out. "I'm fine." His eyebrows knit together and he frowns. "Your lying." He sits next to me. I frown and look up at him.

"You can tell me, Katniss." He sits down and pulls me in his lap. "Okay." I whisper.

I wait a couple minutes, then I tell him everything. About how nervous I am with Johanna's situation. That I'm in shock because she told me she's pregnant. Also that I have to meet Finnick for some unknown reason to talk to me.

"Hey." His hands cup my cheek. I relies I've been crying. "Everything will be okay." He kisses me.

I smile into the kiss. My lips move in sync with his. Never wanting to let go. My hands move into his hair and I pull at his blonde curls. He pulls away, his eyes closed.

"I love you." He whispers, kissing my cheek. His lips moving down my cheek, and onto my neck. His lips barley touch my neck, when the phone rings.

I run to the phone and answer it. "Hello?" I ask, hoping its Johanna.

"Katniss!" I hear stuff smashing in the background. "Johanna! What's going on?" Peeta comes up next to me, his eyes filled with worry.

"Come to my apartment! Hurry!" Then the line goes dead. I run upstairs and slip on my fathers hunting jacket and a pair of jeans.

"Where are you going?" He asks, standing in the bedroom doorway. "Johanna's." I pause. "Something's wrong." I whisper.

"I'm coming with you." He says, talking my hand and leading me out the door.

*

We basically run to Johanna's apartment, which isn't very far from our house.

Wait. Did I just say our house? It's Peeta's house. Not ours. Peeta's. I shake my head and knock on Johanna's door.

"Jo!" I yell, banging on the door.

The door burst open and I see glass everywhere, books on the floor. I look at Johanna, her eyes are red and puffy.

"Why!" We look to see Gale screaming and kicking things. "H-he won't s-stop." I hug her. "Hey shh. You stay out here with Peeta."

I give her to Peeta, but he stops me. "I'm not letting you go in there alone wit him." He says. I know he's worried but I can't risk any of them getting hurt by Gale. Especially Johanna, who is two months pregnant.

"I have to, Peeta." I say, he only grabs my wrist and pulls me toward him. "I can't let you go." He says.

"She knows how to handle this." Johanna says. "Trust her." She whispers.

He sighs and let's go of my wrist. I lean up and kiss his cheek.

I walk in and close the door quietly. "Gale?" Then I see him walk in, his fist clenched. His eyes then meet mine. "Catnip?"

He gave me that nickname when he met me. We were at the bar when I met him, the music was blaring and I was trying to tell him my name. He thought I said Catnip, so ever since then he gave me that as a nickname.

He unclenches his fist and I walk towards him. "What's wrong?" I ask. I know what's wrong but I want him to calm down.

"Johanna's pregnant." He whisper, barley audible. I walk up to him. "Why are you mad?" His face falls.

"I don't know." Then I see a single tear escape from his eye. He's afraid. I can't tel him everything will be okay because I would be afraid too.

"Hey." He looks up at him. "Just talk to her about it." He thinks for a minute then nods. Then his arms wrap around me, mine wrap around his waist.

"Thank you Catnip." I smile. "Your welcome. Now go get her, she's outside." He nods and we walk towards the door.

I open the door and I look at Peeta and smile. Gale stares at Johanna, he opens his arms and she runs into them, tears in her eyes. "I'm so sorry, Johanna." He whispers. "It's okay. I'm sorry." She looks up at him and they kiss.

Peeta opens his arms for me and run into them, I kiss his jaw and he smiles. I look down at the time.

6:48

I have to be at the bar at 7:00! "Johanna, I have to go." She turns around and smiles. "Okay, we will be good here." I smile and nod.

*

"You sure you'll be okay here?" Peeta ask.

We are outside the bar right now. "I'll be fine, Peeta." I kiss him. "If anything goes wrong I'll call you." He smiles.

"Promise?" He whispers. "Promise." He leans in and kisses me. I pull away, my forehead against his. "I love you." I say.

"I love you too." He whispers, giving me one last kiss.

I walk into the bar and see Finnick at a booth in the back. I walk over and sit across from him. "Katniss." I smile. "Finnick." I say,

It's quiet for a while, I don't even know what he wants to talk about. "What did you need to talk about?" I look into his sea-green eyes. His eyes show something I can't figure out.

"Well." He pauses. His hand reaches out and grabs mine. I look down at our hands then back at him. "What, Finnick?" His eyes look into mine.

Then I see it. His eyes show love.

"Katniss, I'm still in love with you."