Catching Fire: You and Me

Chapter 1 (and prologue):

PROLOGUE:

My name is Peeta Mellark. Two months ago i won the 74th Hunger Games, along with Katniss Everdeen.

In the interviews Katniss revealed her biggest secret: she was in love with me. We went through the games, and eventually i fell in love with her. At first i joined the Careers to protect her, although i was confused of my feelings for her. Then i betrayed them,  joined Katniss, and we created an alliance of our own. However, not before they stabbed her in the leg.  She had allied with a small girl and found the scene of her death, along with the careers. They gave me the choice of staying with them or leaving for a dying Katniss. I saved her life. I risked everything to get the medicine for her cut but got injured myself. When it came down to the two of us we thought we had won, but then they revoked the rule change and said one of us had to die. Before i could kill myself and let her live, she pulled out the nightlock. We sat, and threatened suicide so they wouldn't have a Victor. Then we won. But it turns out we won and lost at the same time. The rest of Panem saw Katniss's and my stunt as an act of defiance and rebellion, but we both know it wasn't. it was an act of love. But a spark was lit in that moment.

And now its catching fire.

CHAPTER 1:

"Peeta? do you know where Katniss went?" Mrs. Everdeen asks me.

I happen to know the answer, but i know Katniss wouldn't want to be given away. She's off sulking in the middle of the woods. She's mad because the cameras will be here in a few hours and the prep teams are coming. She's nervous about the victory tour because she doesn't want anyone to find out she's pregnant. So far im the only person who knows, but hopefully when it gets out it will save us and kill the uprisings. We hope it will confirm that the berries were an act of true love, not defiance. After all, Katniss is my girlfriend and has been since we stepped foot out of that wretched death-trap of an arena. Although i barely knew who Katniss was before the games, i know now that i really do love her, and i can't live without her. We understand each other in a special way. We have the same nightmares, experiences, and we know how to comfort each other in the right way.

"No. haven't seen her all day." "I say. Luckily I'm a better liar than Katniss. if my mother asked her where i was, she would probably just give in and tell the truth.

"Peeta! I need to know!" She says, pointing a wooden spoon in my face. I guess she was in the middle of making lunch.

"Look, obviously she wants to be alone. Otherwise she would have told me where she was going." I protest. She sighs and walks out, back to Katniss's house. Technically its Katniss's house and there are supposed to still live in the Seam, but they moved in anyway. She's lucky. My family stayed in our house above the bakery, and won't take any money from me, so i live alone. Well, Katniss sleeps here every night, but her mom and sister don't know that. At night she locks her bedroom door and sneaks out the window, before coming over to my house. It really helps with the nightmares, us protecting each other. But our families would freak if they knew about it. Kind of like how they'll freak when they find out Katniss is pregnant. I can't say we were expecting that, because trust me we weren't. We're only 16. But I guess what happened happened.

She told me she's nervous that her stylists will notice and that her outfits wont fit on the Victory tour, but of course i told her she looks just as beautiful as ever and she ignored it. That's another thing i like about Katniss. She is so modest, she won't even take a compliment from me, and i'm her boyfriend.

Of course the moment I sit down the doorbell rings.

Portia, my stylist, and my prep team of Fairia, Lithe,and Gina burst in and practically attack me with questions.