Everybody Talks (Hunger Game Fanfiction) #Watty's2014

Chapter Twenty Eight: First Night

"FINNICK!" I yell when I see who it was that woke me.
"Oh crap." He starts running away from the couch but I go after him. Everyone here knows I hate being woken up and that they should just let me sleep, yet they all seem to forget it at the same time. Finnick tries turning but it slows him down enough that I can jump on his back.
"Help!" He yells but I put my hand over his mouth.
"Why did you wake me?" I complain loudly into his ear.
"Because we were going to go shopping and no one wanted to stay here with you." He says, his voice muffled by my hand over his mouth. Then someone grabs me from behind and yanks me off of Finnick. With a failed attempt to hang onto him, I'm then caught in someone else's arms. I turn around, ready to attack whoever grabbed me, when I see Peeta and his lips go crashing into mine.
"Ew! Guys, come on! You two are always kissing!" Someone, I think glimmer, complains behind us. She gets people to agree with her. I pull away from Peeta.
"That's because it's fun." I say hugging him, "Did you let him wake me up?"
"I warned him not to. Finnick just doesn't listen." Peeta smiles.
"Well he should have."
"Are we going or not?" Johanna says.
"Yes, we are going." Peeta answers.
"Where are we going exactly? Because I'm starving."
"We are going shopping for some food to cook tonight. I was thinking Lamb stew with wild rice?" Peeta knows how much I loved that dish, but I haven't eaten it since....
"Can we just grill out? My mom used to make lamb stew and..." I trail off.
"Oh, right. Of course. We'll get stuff for a cook out." He smiles taking my hand. We all leave and go to the shopping center. Peeta seems to know his way around this place pretty well. We must look crazy, 11 teens walking into a grocery market, obviously not from around here. They all talk differently down south, so we almost have an accent. We gather our things and go back to the house. Everyone is starving, but while Cato and Peeta cook, everyone else sits in the living room. We talk, laugh, watch TV. Dinner seems to take forever to cook, but after about an hour it's finally done. We go outside to sit on the deck that overlooks the ocean, and we sit at the picnic tables. The spots next to Peeta have been claimed by Finnick and Marvel, so I sit next to Annie and Clove. All the food is already set out on the table. Hamburgers, potato salad, chips, Peeta made cookies, and sweet tea. Everything looks as delicious as it sounds. I knew Peeta could cook but I had no idea Cato could as well. Then again, I've only been hanging around him for the last few months. We eat dinner and we all sit around the table to talk, sipping on sweet tea, nearly spitting it out when Finnick got up to use the restroom and fell, spilling his plate and getting food all over him. Annie rushed to help him while everyone turned red with laughter. He went in, came back later with new clothes and his hair was washed. Annie finally allowed herself to giggle which got her a glare, making her laugh more. Soon, we all decided to go back inside. Well, Peeta and I, Gale and Delly, decided to take a walk down by the beach. I laugh every now and then thinking of Finnick falling.
"What's so funny over there?" Gale asks.
"Just, thinking of Finnick falling." My smile grows.
"That was great. I felt sorry for him though." Peeta says.
"I didn't!" Delly says, "He put a goldfish in my bed when we had that sleepover at my house a few weeks ago."
"Karma's a bitch." I say. This earns a laugh from everyone. Peeta and I walk hand in hand along the beach, Gale and Delly do the same. We all walk together until we come to the boardwalk, where Gale and Delly go a separate way.
"Hey," Peeta says, releasing my hand. "I'll race you to the water."
"What? No way! Last time I raced you, you beat me." I pout. "And you know how much I hate to lose."
"I also know that you won't pass up a competition" He starts running. He is right, I won't pass up a chance to beat him, so I take off after him, yelling at him that it wasn't fair he got a head start, but he just keeps running. I know I need to beat him though, so I push myself harder than I ever have before. I pick up my speed and by the time I get to the water, I would say I'm a foot ahead of Peeta.
"Whoa, when did you get so fast?" He asks, walking towards me.
"Since I wanted to beat you so badly, which I did." I smirk.
"You did not."
"Did too."
"No you didn't." He picks me up and starts walking me out towards the water.
"Peeta! Go back!" I scream.
"Nah." He starts running in the water and I feel like I'm going to fall out of his arms.
"Peeta! I have my phone in my back pocket don't drop me!" I bluff. He moves one of his hands down to my back pocket making me smile and jump a little.
"Liar." He kissing me and then slips, which I feel is on purpose, and we both fall into the water.
"Peeta!" I complain.
"I love you."
"Whatever." I mumble standing up.
"Come with me." He takes my hand.
"No! I don't trust you!"
"Come on or I'll pick you up again." He says with a smirk. I sigh.
"Fine." He leads me back to the beach where we walk a little while before sitting down on the sand. I lean my head against his shoulder.
"So, Katniss, I have a few questions for you. Answer simply." Peeta says after a few minutes.
"Okay. Go ahead."
"How long have we been together?"
"Like, 3 months. Maybe 4 months."
"3 and a half to be honest." He says with a wink. "Do you love me?"
"Heck yes." I say.
"Do you see us living together one day?"
"Yeah, maybe after high school."
"Good. Now, do you ever see us getting married?"
"Yeah, as long as you agree with everything I say." I wink at him.
"Alright." He stands up pulling me with him. "Now I have something very important to tell you."
"And that would be?"
"Katniss, you know I love you. I have loved you since we were little. All those years when we hated each other, I secretly longed for a time when I could hold your hand, or kiss your cheek. And each day that went by, I hated myself for not talking to you. And for not making things right with you, for not explaining myself. But now, I wanna give you something." He reaches in his pocket and pulls out a ring.
"Peeta." I say.
"It's not an engagement ring, I think 3 and a half months isn't long enough to be together before getting engaged, But you are mine, and you always will be. So give me your hand." I give him my left hand and he slides the ring on it. "By me giving you this, I promise to one day propose to you. And one day you'll be my wife." I laugh a nervous laugh, with a few tears going down my face, I nod.
"I promise I'll be here." I smile before kissing him.
"Let's get back. It's getting late." He smiles and we start walking back towards the house. I keep looking down at the ring that is a heart made of diamonds. I don't like jewelry much but this Is the most beautiful thing anyone has ever given me. We go into the house and everyone has gone downstairs to the basement. I like the basement, it has a big TV and a lot of games like air hockey, pool, etc. Looks like the guys play while the girls watch a movie. The Notebook, of course. They hear come in and all look up. It's awkward with everyone looking at us so I wave at them. Then all the girls scream.
"OH MY GOSH!" They all seem to yell at once, rushing over to us. They take my left hand and look at my ring. Oh, that makes sense.
"Katniss did he propose?" Glimmer and Clove sequel.
No, not exactly."
"Then what is this?" Annie says jumping up and down.
"It's a promise ring, which is as good as an engagement ring." I smile.
"Oh my gosh Katniss this is so exciting!" Glimmer says again.
"Yeah, congratulations brainless." Johanna says.
"That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me Johanna." I smirk at here.
"Whatever. Are we going to go to bed? We need to get up early tomorrow."
"Yeah, it's true." Finnick says.
"Hush food face."
"Hey." He gets a sad face. "That's not nice."
"Come on, let's sleep." Instead of going upstairs to all of the rooms, we just comp out in the basement. People on the couches and on floor. Peeta and I sneak off to the other side of the couch so no one can see us.
"Thank you Peeta."
"No problem sweetie." He kisses me and we lay down. He wraps his arms around me and puts his face in the crook of my neck.
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