Finding the Missing Piece: An Everlark Story

Chapter Forty-Seven

Peeta POV-

'Whatever is meant to be, will be.'

'You can't control it.'

Those words just keep repeating over and over in my head.

I'm seeing Katniss in a few hours and I know I'm overreacting but this has been bugging me since yesterday.

My biggest fear has always been losing her but it wasn't a constant issue until yesterday.

I want to protect her but I can't protect her from getting hurt, not even from me.

Questions of fear keep floating around in my mind.

What if we never get married?

What if we break up or she decides I'm not good enough anymore?

What if I decide she's not good enough anymore?

Katniss POV-

"Wake up!" Glimmer grins in my face.

"Woah, Glimmer get away from me!" I scowl, pushing her away.

"We gotta get you ready!" She says, wiggling her eyebrows up and down.

"For what?" I ask her harshly.

"For your date with Peeta!"

I roll my eyes, "It's not a date and how the hell did you all know about it?" I ask them.

"I am almost positive we all heard you speaking to Peeta about it sometime last night." Says Madge.

"It's really not a date." I say truthfully, shrugging my shoulders.

They all roll their eyes in denial.

"Before we start this, I'm hungry." Clove says and gets a few looks and nods from us all.

"I want cereal. No, oatmeal, no. I mean ugh, I just want food!" Glimmer whines.

"Glimmer, this is your house. Only you know what you have in there." Madge says patiently, pointing to the kitchen.

"Hop to it!" Screams Johanna obnoxiously.

"Okay, come on then!" Glimmer says and we all follow her into the kitchen.

Glimmer finds some food but I don't eat since I'm eating with Peeta in a bit.

Afterwards, they help me get ready, still insisting that this is a date and before I know it I'm driving to the diner to meet Peeta.

"Hey." I say kind of awkwardly and sit down in the booth in front of Peeta.

He smiles a little but I can tell there is something on his mind.

I give him a knowing look, "What's wrong?" I ask him.

He shrugs, "I don't know."

I hold back a laugh, I feel the same way lately.

"Something is wrong. What is it?" I ask him, taking his hands in my own.

"We've had this conversation a lot but since yesterday it's been on my mind a lot."

"What?"

"How badly I'm afraid to lose you and if I did, it's out of my control. I couldn't do anything about it." He explains.

"Peeta, you're not gonna lose me. Ever. I'm not going anywhere." I say truthfully.

Well, not if I can help it.

He sighs, "You never know what's going to happen. I'm sorry, I'm being stupid but I'm just afraid you'll change your mind about me."

"There's nobody in the world that could ever make me change my mind about you." I tell him honestly.