Always

11. patiently waiting.

Katniss POV. 

I feel like I've been staring out this window for hours. I keep feeling my stomach twisting and turning waiting for his face to appear in the courtyard. I see a familiar face walking in the village and its Haymitch. I smile. Knowing that Haymitch is back, means Peeta is right behind him. 

I poke my head up more and watch Haymitch sit on his porch. 

I continue to watch the window. Not even seconds go by and I see a man walking towards Haymitch house. I see him. Its Peeta. He looks so handsome, healthy again. I felt my eyes start building up with tears. I watch him walk up to Haymitch. I watch them from a distance. 

I see them start talking and I see him turn his head in my direction and I see his face bright up and he starts walking towards my house. I felt my stomach start to turn and my head spinning. Am I finally going to be able to talk to Peeta again after two weeks?

I see Haymitch grab him and turn him towards him. I held my breathe still so I could what they were talking about. 

'You need to calm down, your emotions all over the place. You need to breathe. go home and get settled and take your medications and then we can see if we can go over to Katniss, okay?"

His medication? I thought he was done. I thought that's why he came home.

I watch Peeta from my window and see him turn his head back to my house. He frowns and starts walking towards his house with Haymitch by his side. I watch him go inside and shut the door, leaving Haymitch outside. I watch Haymitch walk back to his house and see him pull out his phone. It looks like he presses a few buttons and puts the phone to his ear. 

I hear my phone start vibrating and I look down to see Haymitch calling. Speak of the devil. 

"hellooo" I say with a singing voice.

"Stop listening and watching like a stalker Katniss." Haymitch says with a smile in his tone. 

"Whattttt, I don't know what you mean." I say all high pitched

"Katniss." Haymitch says very sternly. 

"Okay. fine. Yes, I'm watching, but cut me some slack. I haven't seen the boy in two weeks and I'm just patiently waiting for him to come see me, since you told me I have to wait for him."

"Yes, Katniss I said that u need to give him time, till he's ready and watching him like a weirdo, it isn't making it better for you."

I sigh. Haymitch was right. All I'm doing is driving myself mad, making my stomach upset and making my head spin. 

"Please Katniss, go eat dinner and lay down and I promise, you will see him soon."

"Okay mentor."

"Bye sweetheart."

I hang up and sigh. Haymitch is right. I'm only making this worse on myself. If I continue to sit by this window, then I'm just going to end up getting sick and impatient and go up to him myself. 

I stare out the window one last time and look at Peeta's house. I can see his window and everything inside just by looking out my living room window. I smile to myself. This is going to turn out great. I just know it. Everything is going to be okay. 

I get off the couch and walk towards the kitchen. I open up my fridge and see how empty it is. I sigh to myself. I go back to the couch and text Marinette. 

'Hey girl, I have no food. I haven't been to a market at all, ever. Can you come over and bring dinner with you.'

I send the text to Marinette and patiently wait for her reply. I hear my phone beep and see a text from Mari. 

'Yes girl, Adrien is going over to Peeta's anyway. I'll be over in thirty.'

I smile. I lay down on the couch and just stare at the ceiling. 

All I can think about is peeta. How is he feeling? Whats running through his mind? Is he still complete wired? Is he over me? Does he still love me. Does he think about me like I thinkm about him?

I pray everything I'm thinking is a positive outcome. I don't know what I would do if I can't have Peeta back. If I can't have my sweet loving caring Peeta back. Even with him being wired. I know my Peeta is still in there. When he got rescued from the capitol and I saw him for the very first time since the quarter quell, his eyes were dark black, they were his beautiful amber golden eyes. I could still see him fighting though inside. He was gone in the face, but inside he was fighting.

Being without him for a long time and even being with him made me realize how I feel about him and the truth is I love him. I wish I admitted it earlier. I wish I told him before the quarter quell. He deserves to know that he is loved.

I hear my front door open and see Marinette walk in with a bag of food. I smile and watch her walk over to me. She sets the bag down and sits next to me. I sit up and look at her with a small smile.

"Thank you, Marinette."

She looks at me and smiles bright. "don't ever thank me honey, I'm always here."

Marinette pulls out a container of rice with chicken and a bottle of juice. I grab the container from her and began to scarf down my food. I didn't realize how hungry I've been till this very moment. These past two weeks I've barley eaten. All I could think about was Peeta. Now that I know he's home safe and he's okay I can eat and breathe and think with a clearer mind. 

The next hour Marinette and I talked and laughed. I can't even describe how much I've missed my best friend. It feels like I have my sister sitting next to me right now and I smile. Prim would be so proud. I miss her like crazy, but I know she's in a better place now. Shes watching from above smiling. 

Marinette ends up leaving and I end up going back to my position on the couch by the window. I watch Peeta's house, begging for him to just show up already. 

I see Peeta's front door open, and I see him step outside and him look up in the sky and breathe. I see him look at my house and see him start walking towards my house. 

My heart starts to beat faster than anything. I feel like it's going to jump out of my chest. My hands start sweating, my head starts to spin. My stomach has a million butterflies. I see Peeta stand in front of my front door from my window. I can see him mouthing something to himself and I just smile. 

The moment I've been waiting for. The past two weeks, all I wanted was to be in front of him and hear him and see him and this is the moment. I hear a knock on my door. I jump up and walk to the front door. I fix my hair and clothes and start to unlock the door. My heart is beating so hard that you could probably hear it right now. 

I feel the tears forming and rolling down my cheeks. I open the door and there he was. smiling at me with the most handsome smile I've ever seen from him. 

I can see the tears going down his face. I smile and all I could get out was "Peeta." I say smiling.

He looks at me and smiles. 

"Katniss." He says while crying. 

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AWWW cliff hanger!

until next time. 

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