A Never Ending Story ~Everlark~

Nightmares |P2|

Katniss' POV

"Truth or dare?" asks Peeta. I think for a moment as I try to make the best decision possible. Truth and look weak or dare and end up doing something horrible? Both are bad, so I'm just going to do whatever I guess. I brace myself before I say;

"Dare." He looks at me with his usual thinking/concentrating face and jolts up when he has an idea.

"I dare you to go up to my brother and ask him out." He says smiling evilly.
"Which one?"
"Rye." he wiggles his eyes brows up and down.

When the words leave his mouth I instantly wish I chose truth. As I mentally face palm myself, I walk out of peeta's room and head towards rye's. I knock softly at the door and within a few seconds he answers.

"Hello Everdeen. Whatcha doing at my door in my brothers clothes?" he asks smirking at me.

"Oh, he let me borrow them but I came to see you." I say, trying to flirt as little as possible.

"Why, so you can beg me to ask peeta out for you, no thanks babe." he goes to close the door and I stop it with my foot.

"I wanted to ask you something.." I pause for dramatic effect and I look at him in a "serious" way. He notices this and stands up straight.

"Oh..you're serious. Okay, ask away." He looks me dead in the eyes.

"Will you go out with me?" I ask smiling. He starts laughing and it leads him to cry laughing.

"Peeta put you up to this didn't he?" he asks.

"DAMMIT RYE!" I hear Peeta scream. Rye just laughs and closes his door, returning to what ever he was doing before. I laugh to myself and head back.

"Okay, now that I've embarrassed myself in front of your brother, truth or dare sweet cheeks?" I ask.

"Truth. Yes I know, weak." I laugh and start to think.

"Is it true you have talked about me since you were five years old?" the room falls silent and his face goes deep red once again.

"Y-Yes. I uh..had a crush on you since we were five. My father pointed you out on the first day of school and said he was inlove with your mother but she ran off with your father to be with him. I asked him why and he said when he sung, even the birds would fall silent and listen. That day, the teacher asked if anyone knew the valley song, and your hand shot straight up. She stood you on a stool and had you sing it for the class. At that moment, I understood why your mother fell for your father. The second you started singing the birds fell silent, and the second you stopped they began chirping again. And I knew, just like your mother, I was a goner.." he explains. I'm like totally bewildered after he says this. I never expected that. A seam girl, and a merchant? It doesn't mix. Even though my mother was from the merchants and my father was from the seam and it worked, it still made no sense.

"Oh..thank you.." I say almost speechless.

"Yeah, truth or dare?" he asks
"Dare."
"Is it true that you remember that day?" he asks.
"Yes..very." I honestly do remember it. Because not only didn't peeta's dad point me out, my mother did the same. I always had a tiny crush on Peeta, there's no denying it, but since I got to know him, I can sense my love for him is growing. Maybe I don't know in what way. Maybe I love him like a brother or a friend. But I do know there's something there that I've never felt towards any other boy. Not even Gale.

"Truth or dare?" I ask.
"Truth."
"Do you still have a crush on me?" I really want to know. My heart is racing with excitement and a little fear as I watch him. He makes my heart flutter so much and I haven't even realized this.
"Uh..Would it be bad if I said yes?" He says, looking at the floor and moving in his seat, clearly uncomfortable.
"No, not at all." I say.
"Truth or dare?" he asks avoiding eye contact.
"Truth." I say in return.
"Is it true that you like me back?" he asks and this time my heart almost pops out of my chest and my stomach is in my throat.
"Y-yeah sorta." I say. What am I turning Into? I'm falling deeply inlove with this boy in such little time. This is too fast. But, it doesn't feel wrong at all. It feels too good to stop and let go.

He sits there just shocked looking up at me. His eyes staring deep into mine, feeling as if he's staring at my soul. He nods his head and breaks the eye contact.

"Katniss.. I'm going to be honest with you right now. My heart is racing and all I want is to hug you and kiss you. I'm sorry if this makes you mad but.." before I can even think of what to say, he jumps up towards me and smashes his lips onto mine. Right when his lips touch mine, I feel a instant spark, like a firework going off. I'm in shock but I eventually start to kiss back. His lips are so soft and make my face go warm. My heart, racing a mile a minute, as I'm pretty sure he can feel and hear it. I can feel and hear his as well. It's going very very fast. We pull back, gasping for air.

"I've wanted to do this for years.. you have no idea." he says, practically panting.

"y-yeah." I say. I embrace him tightly and he returns with open arms again. His hugs and that kiss make my heart melt and he makes me so happy. I'm fine if we stay friends and I'm fine if we go more than friends.

We end up stopping the game to watch some tv. I lay on the long couch and he lays on the small one. I look over to him and see him with his eyes closed. I watch his chest rise and fall, and wonder how such a boy can have so much power over me. I slowly get up from the couch, and walk over to him. I push him over a bit and lay next to him. He wakes up, just enough to pull me into his arms. I rest my head on his chest and snuggle into him since it's pretty cold. He whispers something but I couldn't understand it. That's when i fall into a deep deep sleep...

Again, siting in those white chairs with Ceaser, but something has changed. My dress. It's a green big poofy dress. It has a sequence design on my torso and a silky poofy bottom part. It's absolutely stunning. My hair is up in a braided bun, and I have glitter all over me.

"Give us a twirl ms Everdeen, your dress is too fabulous to ignore! right folks?!" he asks the crowd and they clap.

I stand up carefully and walk to the front of the stage. I look out to the crowd and take all of the light in. I twirl my heart out on that stage. I pretend I'm a princess In a fairy tale, twirling into the night with my prince.

As I twirl, flames fly everywhere around me and the crowd goes wild. I stop twirling and somehow my dress had disappeared. I am now in a new one, it's blackish blue and I raise my arms and feathers, the colors of blue, black and white rise up behind me. The crowd gives me a standing ovation why screaming, blowing me kisses, and throwing me roses.

"My, My, My! It's like a bird- it's um um."
"Like a Mockingjay.." I say.
"Your stylist has certainly outdone himself!"

*POOF*
I'm standing on a panel, with a cornucopia in front of me, and 23 other tributes are before me. I look around, and see Peeta four panels down from me. He's signaling me to run to the woods. I'm confused as he does this, when a male voice comes on.

"Ladies and gentlemen let the 74th annual hunger games begin!"

Numbers appear near the cornucopia and someone starts counting down. I brace myself to run. Peeta steps off his panel too early, and blows to bits and I scream his name, crying and freaking out.

3,2,1 BEGIN!

I awake screaming at the top of my lungs in peeta's arms. I see him up, trying his best to comfort me. He hugs me tight and whispers soothing things in my ear. I tell him what had happened.

"I'm here Katniss, I'm okay. I won't let that happen. Not to myself, not to you, not to anyone. It was just a dream, it's not real." he says.

He's right, but, it felt more than real..

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ooooooooooooooooooo I updated twice in one day. You're welcome to those who wanted it (aka kayla) hehe 💗 I'll try and update tomorrow too!!! love you

-jess