Finding the Missing Piece: An Everlark Story

Chapter Eighty-Eight

Peeta POV- (A few hours later)

"Peeta, how much longer?" Katniss whines loudly in the passenger seat.

I smile and keep my eyes on the road.

I reach my right hand out and she takes it and it makes me smile wider.

"Not too much longer. A couple of hours."

"Ugh."

"We are half way there. You know, a little patience helps." I tell her, laughing.

She squeezes my hand hard, "But we both know that's the exact thing that I'm lacking." Katniss says.

"Well, you do okay with patience but either way, I'm ready to get there too!" I say happily.

"I hate to say it but I actually miss Finnick's crazy, sugar-cube eating ass being around and bugging us all the time. And I really miss Annie." Katniss tells me.

I nod, "So do I." I say, keeping my eyes on what's ahead.

About an hour later, it's dark outside, being that we didn't leave District Twelve until three in the afternoon.

I glance over quickly to see Katniss is fast asleep.

At eleven, I find a hotel and carry her inside with me.

She doesn't wake up and we sleep all night.

We wake up pretty late so we don't leave until about one in the afternoon, way past what I wanted but that's okay.

She talks me into stopping for food a couple of times and to sight see. And of course, we stop for gas twice. And when we aren't exploring together, Katniss is asleep beside me.

And she really needs the extra sleep, she lost so much the last month and a half and she still does some nights.

Eventually, we make it to the beautiful District Four, beach and all.

I pull into a driveway and text Finnick and Annie to make sure it's their house.

They tell me that we are in the right place and come outside to greet us.

Katniss is sleeping so peacefully and it's past twelve in the morning so I decide to let her sleep.

"Hey, Finn. Do you mind grabbing their stuff? I think Peeta might have his hands full." Annie says politely.

"Oh no, it's okay. I can get both." I tell him and he just laughs at me.

"Let me help you." Finnick says, taking our bags out of the car.

"Be careful with that one, please?" I tell him as he slings my orange duffle bag around his shoulder.

"Why, got something important in here?" Finnick says, smirking.

"I do, actually and not what you think, you pervert." I say quietly and carefully unbuckle Katniss, picking up her tiny figure.

She doesn't wake completely but she does sit up enough for her to straddle her legs around my body and push her head into my neck.

Finnick takes our bags up the stairs into a room, I follow along with my sleeping girlfriend.

"So, what do you have in that bag?" Finnick asks me, setting them all down.

I don't reply, I lay Katniss on the bed and strip her shoes off of her feet and tuck her in tight.

When I am finished tending to Katniss, I go over and tell Finnick that I need to speak with him.

He nods and we go the living room so that Annie can hear as well, but Katniss can't know.

I explain to them the situation.

"I can't believe this, Peeta!" Finnick says and Annie slaps his shoulder.

"Shut up! If you wake up Katniss, she will find out!" Annie says in a loud whisper.

"Well, I better get to bed." I say and I go up to the room Katniss is in and get in bed with her.

I smile to find that she is in the same position that she was when I left her hours ago.