My Dark Past [Completed]

Chapter Sixteen: Telling Peeta

I can tell Madge has been really on edge and I know exactly why, because today was the day she said that she'll tell Peeta about her relationship with Gale and to be honest I'm just as nervous as she is. Madge and I spend the day with each other talking about how to tell Peeta about her and Gale, luckily Gale is supportive and agreed with telling Peeta but all I'm worried about is that he'll break up with me when he founds out how long that I've known Madge and Gale have been a thing. As we walk through Madge's front door we can hear talking and laughing from the living room, when we walk into the room Gale sits next to Peeta playing video games, I guess this is it....

"Hey babe" Peeta smiles and I smile back, I look to Gale who gives Madge and I a reassuring nod, I nudge Madge who takes a deep breath

"Peet. We need to talk" Madge sighs

"Okay...." he trails off pausing the game

"Now first things first don't get too angry okay?" She nervously

"Madge, what's going on?" He sighs

"Okay, I'm just going to come out and say it.... at that Halloween party.... I slept with someone" she starts

"Why am I getting told this?" He says

"Because.... that someone was Gale, we drank too much and it happened. We tried ignoring it but then Katniss suggested that we have a secret relationship to see how things go and.... it's going good" Madge rushes out and just in moments Peeta's face is raged

"What?! Are you fucking kidding me!" He bursts out, he turns to Gale who is keeping his distance

"You broke the bro code! How fucking dare you! I help you through the toughest times in your life and how do you repay me?! You fuck my little sister?!" He yells in Katniss's face

"Peeta, calm down" I say

"Calm down?! How can I when even my own girlfriend kept this from me!" He yells at me

"It's not like it was easy! I wanted to tell you so bad but I wanted to be a good friend to Madge!" I exclaim back at him

"You know what you don't get Katniss?! How to work a relationship! Like something like trust! But of course that's the last thing I get! You know I don't even know why we're together if you're not honest!" Peeta then storms up the stairs and we hear a door slam, I feel my eyes start to water

"Katniss I—"

"No! Because of you making me keep this from Peeta has practically broken up with me!" I yell and before she can say anything I run out of the house and to my own, as I open the door I ignore my parents questions and just rush up to my room, making sure to lock the door, this can't be over between Peeta and I.... it can't be.

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I've never felt this pain before.... it feels like my heart is being torn to bits slowly and it's probably the worst pain I've ever felt in my life. I never thought that I'd ever be like this.... laying in bed, watching tragic romance movies, ice cream and not leaving the house, three days without seeing or talking to Peeta, three days of pain that feel like it's gone on for years.... I feel terrible about keeping something that big from Peeta. I hear a knock at my door and when I don't answer my dad walks in, I look at him and he looks at me with a frown

"I was thinking maybe you and me could go to the movies or something?" Dad asks but I shake my head

"I can't dad.... I really don't have the energy to do anything right now" I sigh

"Listen... I know it's hard honey but you've got to be stronger than this" My dad admits sitting on the edge of my bed

"Not right now dad.... I just want to be alone, please"

"Okay. If you need to talk, I'm always here" he replies kissing my forehead, when he leaves I let out a deep sigh and all I'm left with is my own thoughts on how Peeta and I are over.... what am I saying? He yelled at me for nothing! He's an asshole but why do I want him to be around still? Shouldn't I hate him instead of wanting him with me? I continue watching my movies to take the time away and like always The Notebook is what makes me ball my eyes out as I watch Noah and Allie die in the bed together.... I want to have that but I can't because I'm too much of a fuck up to even have something as real as that.

Throughout the week my family try to get me to go outside but it never happens, the only thing that has progressed is that Madge and I are all cool now but Peeta hasn't said a word to either of us and I really wish he would though but yet another part of me doesn't want him too. I sit on my bed watching Netflix when I hear a knock at the front door, the one time my parents aren't all home.... and so I get up with a groan then start heading down the stairs, I open the front door and my eyes widen

"Peeta?" I gasp

"Can I come in?" He asks, I open the door more wider to let him in then I shut the door, I take him upstairs to my room in case my family comes home when we're in the middle of talking, I sit on my bed as he stands

"Listen, I've done a lot of thinking and I found that I've been a major asshole.... I know that you didn't do anything to hurt me it's just... I love you so much and I wanted to not yell at but I just got angry because something like that was kept from me, I would've taken it easier if I was told sooner" he explains and I frown

"I'm sorry Peeta.... I thought that what I was doing was right but obviously that broke us up and I feel like shit for doing that to you" I admit with testy eyes and he pulls me into a hug

"Katniss, we're not broken up. It was a fight that we had but we just need to resolve it.... we need to learn that nothing gets fixed without getting talked over" he sighs, he pulls us away and wipes my cheeks with his thumbs then gives me a bright smile that I return

"Are we okay now?" I ask

"Of course we are, now I haven't seen you in like a week and I want to make up for that" he smirks and before I could question what he said he pulls me into a kiss, I'm surprised at first but I kiss back and I run my hands through his hair, oh my god I've missed this.... he pushes me against the wall and holds onto my waist, I feel his hands roam over my body and I sigh into the kiss at the affection, the sound of the front door opening and closing and we jump apart before my dad enters my bedroom

"Oh Peeta, what are you doing here?" Dad asks

"Well, I came to apologise to Katniss. I wasn't the best behaved boyfriend" Peeta replies, I take his hand and smile up at Peeta who smiles back at me

"It's good to have you back. It's good to see that you both are able to talk it out" Dad smiles then leaves

"You know what we have to do now don't you?" I say and he gives a deep sigh with a nod, now it's time for him, Gale and Madge to talk.

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I smile as I watch Peeta, Gale and Madge talk in the living room, it's going good so far I mean all that's left is him and Gale to make up. After Peeta makes up with Madge she comes over to me with a happy smile and hugs me, she sits next to me

"Thank you... you're the most best person that I've ever known. You helped show Peeta that I'm happy with Gale...." she says

"Well we were all acting childish and it had to stop" I sigh, Peeta and Gale hug each other before Peeta walks over, he gives Madge a nod and she excitedly runs to Gale and embraces him

"So how'd it go?" I smile

"Well I told him that I'll allow him to date Madge, they're happy together, I don't want to be in the way of that" he replies

"I'm proud of you. This is the Peeta that I love" I admit and kiss him

"God I'm so lucky" he says making me giggle, finally, it's all back to how it was before.