Fighting For You: Forever

Chapter 2

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"Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want."

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Katniss POV

I wake up when the warm mass next to me starts moving, trying to wriggle out of my embrace. This only makes me wrap my arms around Peeta chest tighter of course.

'Kat, I have to get up.' He speaks softly into my ear, still trying to move away.

'No. Stay here.' I mumble into this chest making him chuckle.

'You know I'd love to stay here all day but someone's gotta open the bakery. I'll be home earlier today, around three. I'm taking you on a picnic to the lake.'

This makes me happier, I love visiting the lake and visiting it with Peeta is even better but I still don't want him to get up. If he gets up, the warmth I experience when I'm near him will be gone and I'll have to wait almost eight hours for him to get back.

'Really? The lake?' I say, raising my head to look happily into his eyes.

'Yeah, I'll be back as soon as I can okay?' He presses his lips to my forehead causing me to shut my eyes for a moment in complete and utter bliss just because it feels that good and right having his lips on my skin. He uses my second of distraction to leap up from my embrace and leg it into the bathroom.

I can't help but laugh at his eagerness. I know for a fact that his logic is the sooner he leaves, the sooner he can come back to me which is really sweet but doesn't make him leaving any harder.

I lean back on my pillow and drift into sleep again before waking up about three hours later to Johanna hitting me over the head with a pillow.

'Get your lazy ass out of bed! It's ten o'clock! Annie's cooking us breakfast, remember?' I groan, suddenly remember the plans I made. Johanna continues hitting me with the pillow until I get up and get dressed.

Annie is already downstairs in the kitchen and baking chocolate waffles, its her speciality and ironically the only dish Peeta can't cook. She grins and waves good morning to me as I walk in but all I can manage us a tight lipped smile back, I've never been a morning person.

'So, any plans for today Katniss?' Johanna asks as she pours us all orange juice. I shrug in response, 'Not much but Peetas taking me to the lake later with a picnic.'

My reply causes both of their eyes to widen and they exchange a look with each other, eyes sparkling.

'What? Why are you guys looking at each other like that?' I ask, glaring at Annie and then Johanna.

'We didn't look at each other.' Johanna states simply, obviously lying through her teeth.

'Yes you did, just then-'

'Anyway,' Annie interrupts me, 'How is it going with Peeta?'

The sudden question surprises me, why would they ask me this? They see us both practically every day.

'Its going fine...' I say, slowly and suspiciously, 'Why do you ask?'

'Oh I was just wondering if you're going to take the next step in your relationship.

I roll my eyes, now seeing where this conversation was going: marriage.

'Oh, that. Nah, I don't believe in marriage.' Johanna spits out her half eaten waffle and Annie drops the spoon full of sugar she was holding making it clatter to the floor with a bang.

'What?!' They both yell, in synchronisation.

'I just don't. I never have and I don't think I ever will.' I say as I shovel chocolate waffle into my mouth, watching the other two who are still just staring at me, shocked.

'But Peeta believes in marriage.'

I chew my lip at Annie's point, because its true. Peeta has always wanted to get married and have kids and all that. I just don't see the point in marriage and to bring a child into the world means bringing it into suffering even though after the rebellion things have improved a lot.

But one hurdle at a time.

The marriage thing is tricky because I know Peeta wants it with all his heart and I love him so much that I can't bear letting him down. But I know for a fact that he'd only want me to say yes if I really meant it and I don't know if I can.

'I know but-'

'Imagine he gets down on one knee and pours his heart out to you. Are you going to look into those blue eyes and turn him down? It would break his heart.'

Johanna's right, it would break his heart. I don't even think he's absolutely and entirely convinced that I love him as much as I do. I guess because I hurt him so much after those first Games. If I could erase all that and act differently than I did I would but unfortunately that's impossible

I just love him with every fibre of my being and I need him to understand that.

Suddenly images flash through my head of me saying yes and Peeta placing a ring on my finger and then spinning me around. Next I see us picking out invites and addressing them to a few select people and then me and Annie going through my wardrobe to look for a suitable dress. I see me walking down the aisle grinning at Peeta who stands in the end with tears in his eyes. Oh, getting married would make him so happy and actually, I think it would make me happy too, just having it on paper that I've pledged myself to him for the rest of my life.

Maybe I want this more that I thought.

And if he asked me there's no doubt I would say yes and I think I'd mean it too.