Always (An Everlark Story)

Chapter 19

Katniss POV

Katniss! Help me! Please help me!

Peeta screams to me as he is taken away from me.

I can't do anything. I'm trapped inside this box.

PEETA!

They killed him.

I'm shaken awake and I can barely make out the figure standing in front of me.

"Katniss are you okay?" The man asks me

I open my eyes a little more to see nobody else but Peeta.

I immediately wrap my arms around his neck and snuggle up close to him. My seat soaking into his shirt, but he doesn't seem to cry.

I start to cry a little, just thinking about what my life would be like if I never met Peeta. So sad and depressed I would've never been happy. I brush off the feeling.

"It's okay your safe now." He says to me softly

"It was so scary, you almost di-" I start

"Shh it's okay you don't have to tell me." He says putting a finger over my mouth.

I slowly start to calm down as he keeps whispers sweet murmurs into my ear.

"What were you doing before I probably scared the heck out of you."

"I was downstairs helping your mom with the dishes and laundry. She said this happens a lot."

I sigh "Yeah, but usually it's about my dad or Prim."

"What was it about this time?"

"You."

"Oh Kat! I'm sorry that you have nightmares about. Maybe I should go?"

"No! They aren't nightmares like that! They are about losing you."

He embraces me in a hug. I know he feels bad that now my nightmares have started to become about him. He doesn't realize that they are about losing him. What I really need for comfort is just for him to lay with me.

"Do you want to go downstairs?" He asks knowing that I won't be able to go back to my little nap.

"Sure."

We head downstairs and Peeta goes back to helping my mom do chores.

"Do you two want to cook dinner?We are making pizza, from scratch." My mom asks Peeta and I

"Of course!" Peeta replies quickly

I grab all of the ingredients that Peeta told me to get while he starts making the dough.

"May I have the flour please?" Peeta asks nicely

And what better way to give it to him than to grab a little but and through it at him. So I do. It lands all over his hair and shirt.

I break into laughter.

"Oh your going to have to pay for that." He says making his way over to the flour and grabbing some.

He throws some and it gets all over my face. I spit some of it out that landed in my mouth.

Peeta laughs hysterically.

This time I grab a big hand full and walk over to him as if to hug him and pour it all down his shirt.

"Katniss!" He yells still laughing

I turn away and start strutting back to wear I was until a big then of flour gets poured on top of me.

I groan "Peeta that will take forever to get out!" I act super mad

"I thought we will still just having fun. I'm sor-" I cut him off by throwing pepperoni  at him

"You little sneaker!" He says laughing once again

I see him reach for some other ingredient I can't see so I duck underneath the countertop.

"Katniss! Come out wherever you are." He says walking around the kitchen trying to find me.

I giggle.

"There you are!" He says cracking an egg on my head.

"Peeta!" I yell starting to laugh

Soon we both bursts into fits of laughter.

"We are a mess Peeta, and so is this kitchen!" I say still laughing

I have to say that was the most fun I've ever had, especially after a nightmare.

Cute little Everlark scene! Maybe some drama next chapter?