A Mockingjay's Journey

Chapter 17

~Chapter 17~

~Katniss POV~

I don't want to get married. I love Peeta and want to be with him for the rest of my life but...marriage? We are so young and it's such a big commitment. And with marriage comes kids and all of that stuff! I'm not ready for this!

As I'm deep in thought, I'm interrupted with the waitress bringing our flood. It's delicious and I try to eat super slow so that I make this last longer. I don't want Peeta to propose. I'm just not ready. I don't know what I'll say.

After I manage to stall for about 40 minutes, we finish our dinners and are sitting in the garden looking at the stars and the barely remaining sunset.

"It's so beautiful up here. It reminds me of home," Peeta says softly.

"Yeah, it's pretty gorgeous," I reply.

Peeta just smiles and I lay my head on his should and he stares at me. "I love you so much Katniss," he whispers.

"I love you too," I say giving him a small kiss.

In on fluid motion he stands up and kneels down in front of me. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small box. My mind is going a mile a minute. I'm laughing and crying at the same time. The moment is so perfect and I don't even know what to say. The candles and garden feel like they have evaporated and all that remains in the world is just Peeta and I. Stuck in this very special moment.

" Katniss Everdeen. I love you with all of my heart. You are what my world revolves around and without you I would be nothing. I cannot imagine going a day without you and It would be a dream to spend the rest of my life around you. Since words cannot even begin to express my feelings towards you, I'm just going to cut to the chase and ask you, will you marry me?"

My mind goes fuzzy and I feel my face go red. Even though I was expecting it I was still shocked and immediately I feel tears flooding my eyes. As I look into Peeta's hopefull, ice blue eye I realize how wrong I was to think that I didn't want to marry him. He is my everything. In between sobs I say, "Yes, of course!"

Peeta slides the big but not too giant ring onto my finger. I love it so much. He pulls me into a big hug and I immediately kiss him. Just a minute ago I was dreading this moment and now it's the best thing that has ever happened to me.

We kiss for a long time until finally I tell Peeta that I'm exhausted and he agrees. We head downstairs and find that everyone is already asleep so we decide to wait until tomorrow to announce it. Tomorrow is our interview with Ceaser Flickerman I we plan to tell everyone our good news on the show.

I follow Peeta into his bedroom and change into a pair of his sweat pants and a tshirt and fall asleep instantly in his embrace.

~Peeta POV~

I wake up to light flooding my bedroom and my arms still wrapped around Katniss. Suddenly the events of last night come flooding back to me. I actually did it. I proposed to Katniss. I try not to move but I must've awoken Katniss because her eyes flutter open and she smiles.

"Good-morning my gorgeous fiancé," I whisper.

She smiles and gives me a soft kiss and answers, " Good-morning you dork."

"Wanna go get some breakfast?" I ask.

"Sure...hey um Peeta I was thinking...maybe we should not tell anyone about out engagement until the interview today? So it's a big surprise! How does that sound?" Katniss asks a little timidly.

"Yeah sure, whatever you want." I answer. I hope Effie and Haymitch don't get too mad at us for not telling them right away. I'm sure they will be forgiving but I'm mostly worried about what Katniss' mom will think...

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Sorry I haven't updated in a while! Next week is my last week of school and I have 6 finals to study for so im pretty busy! ): thanks for reading guys! It seriously means sooo much!! ~Jordan~