Always

6. Blast from the past.

Katniss POV. 

I was in complete shock. Annie and Finnick made this? I hold the black book name Everlark in my hands. Caressing over the front cover and tracing the word Everlark with my fingers. 

I feel tears start to swell up in my eyes. I look up at Finnick who is smiling. 

"h..o..w?" I say stuttering. 

Finnick comes next to me and grabs my hands. 

"I figured this would help with keeping your mind safe when Peeta is away. I thought this could help with not being able to see him, but with photos. You can remind yourself that this what is going to keep you going."

I smile and look at Finnick. A tear falls down my face and I put the book down and hug Finnick. 

"Thank you."

"You're welcome kat."

Finnick lets go and opens up the book with me and looks through it with me. 

The first photo of us is when we got called at the reaping. Peeta was staring at me scared. I was looking at him with pity. I knew from that day I needed to save him. I failed though. 

The next photo was when we were sitting in the cargo staring out the big window on the train. Peeta was sitting next to me, and he was laughing looking away from me though. I was looking at him smiling. I felt my heart flutter. 

oh, to hear his laugh right now. 

I flip the pages and see the one of us at the meadow. We were sitting next to each other in the flowers. I was cuddled up in his chest and he was leaning his head on my head. I was smiling watching the sunset. He was looking down at me smiling. 

I traced my hand over the photo. All I could think about is Peeta now. Happy thoughts. Hés going to come home and everything is going to be okay. 

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Hours passed and Finnick ended up leaving because Annie called him home. After Finnick left, I went and started to clean up the house. I did the dishes, cleaned the living room and all the rooms upstairs, did laundry and set up Peeta's room in case he ends up staying with me. 

I hear a knock at my front door.

"COMING!" I yell so that they could hear me. 

I open the door and see my best friend Marinette. 

Marinette was my best friend before the hunger games, I mean she still is, but i haven't seen her since the games. 

I see her standing there smiling. 

"Mari!"

"it's been what a year and a half Katniss?" she says annoyed.

"I'm so so so sorry, a lot has happened." I say while looking down. 

Mari laughs. "Well, we have all night, so explain to me."

I smile and pull her inside. I give her a big hug and she returns the favor. I've missed Mari so much. She took all the pain away most of the time. She was always there for me. 

We walked back into the house, and she went to the living room. She was looking around while I went to the kitchen to grab two wine glasses and a bottle of white wine. 

"Why is it so clean in here?" she asks shocked. 

I giggle and sit next to her on the couch. 

"Well... Peeta finally comes home tomorrow, and I wanted it to be super clean and perfect for him." I say with a smile.