I will always stay with you

Chapter 12

Katniss POV

I guess some part of my, in the back of my mind, knew that I love Peeta but I didn't admit it to myself or him until last night. We set him up in the guest bedroom and Prim, Peeta and I have a lot of fun with it. 

"I swear this bed will never get made" I shout, laughing. Putting sheets on the bed kind of became a game of tackle each other when Prim attacked Peeta with a hug. 

"Woah there!" he said pretending to fall over dramatically on the bed, prim on top of him. She giggles and runs over to me actually shoving onto the bed with Peeta. We all three crack up and then prim jumps on top of me. 

"Primrose!" I shriek. "Stoooop"She just laughs and jumps onto Peeta. He grunts and picks her up like a sack of potatoes. He gives me a look and throws her onto the bed. As soon as she lands I toss Peeta the other end of the fitted sheet and together we trap her on the bed. She shrieks and laughs, flailing around. 

We all flop onto the ground cracking up. "This is the most fun I have had in a long time" says Peeta. 

"Same" I say reaching out for his hand. 

"That's just because you guys are so boring" Prim says running away before I can throw a pillow at her. She runs out of the door and calls over he shoulder "I'll leave you too it"

"Thanks prim, you leave me to deal with this guy all alone!" I shout sarcastically, laughing. But then I face Peeta and give him a quick peck on the cheek. He kisses me back harder and I roll over so that I am on top of him. The kisses become more and more violent with every second. We should probably tone it down with these intense make-out sessions. "Thank you prim" I mutter between kisses. 

"I love you so much" he tells me when we break away. 

"I love you too" I say not afraid of what it means anymore. It means getting Peeta. It means he is mine. 

We lie there on the guest bed just holding each other for about 10 minutes then I realize that I have to make dinner. "Crap, we need food" I say and climb out of Peeta's warm embrace. 

When I get to the kitchen I search the cupboards for something that's easy. I find some mac n cheese and pull it out. "Why don't you let me make you guys something?" Peeta asks from behind me. 

"Oh yeah you can cook" I say remembering. "I mean you're welcome to cook if you can find good enough ingredients here." I say giving him a small shrug. 

Peeta ands up making chili mac with hot dogs and the same mushy veggie thing he made me eat a couple of weeks ago. He calls it a stir fry, a veggie stir fry. I think after dinner prim wants to date Peeta as well. 

"That was the most amazing thing I have ever had." she says mouth  watering. "Katniss can't cook to save her life."

"Yes but I can heat up leftovers. And as long as we have Peeta we have leftovers." I say giving him quirky smile.  

"True" he admits. "I am good at making too much food" I walk over and give him a hug. 

"Thank you. She loves having you hear." I whisper, and I know he knows who I am talking about. Prim was so young when our father died but she definitely remembers. "She needs someone like you"I lean my forehead against his, looking into his eyes. 

"Eh hem"says Prim. 

AN-if you haven't see the titanic and don't want spoilers then don't read the next paragraph. It is not that important to the story. They just go to the living room and watch the titanic. 

"Sorry" I say separating myself from Peeta. We make our way into the living room and decide to watch a movie. Prim chooses the longest one possible of course. The Titanic. This movie annoys me because Rose is such a blathering idiot the entire time. Like there are multiple ways she could have saved Jack but she just let him freeze and fall to the bottom of the ocean. 

When the movie is done we all decide to go to bed. Prim falls asleep almost immediately but I toss and turn for a long time. When I finally do fall asleep I have the worst nightmares I have had in a long time. I see my fathers death all over again, as well as my mothers, Prim's and Peeta's. 

Peeta dies over and over in my head and every time, I end up like my mother, empty and depressed. 

"Katniss! Katniss! Wake up!" I hear. "You were screaming, what is it?" Peeta grabs my hand and when I open my tear stained eyes I can see the worry in his. 

"I'm sorry I was dreaming" I say trying to clam myself down. 

"Do you want to tell me about it"

"You died. Over and over again and I could escape the nightmare. I ended up just like my mother." I tell him beginning to cry all over again. 

He gives me a hug and says "I am going to get you some water.

"OK" I lay back down and try to fall back asleep, knowing in the back of my head that it is impossible tonight. When Peeta comes back he sets the water on my nightstand then places a hand on my cheek. I lean my face into his hand and bends down to give me a small kiss on the cheek. 

He stands to leave but my words stop him in the doorway. "Peeta, will you stay with me?"

He pauses for a moment then comes and climbes onto the bed, on top of the covers. He wraps his arms around me and whispers a single word in my ear. "Always"