Song of the chapter; "Out Of The Woods" By Taylor Swift.

Peeta's POV;

She covers her mouth with her hand, and holds onto me tightly. Tears run down her face as she smiles and laughs looking at everyone looking back at us. "What is all this?" She manages to croak out.

"Your welcome home party." Cressida says.

"We had a fit when we heard what Gale did to you. We didn't think he had it in him." I watch Annie say quietly.

"We didn't either." I take her answer and wrap my arm around her waist.

"We?" Cressida smirks curiously.

"We." I nod surely.

"What about your fiancée?" She asks me propping her head up on her hands. "What happened to her?" She persists.

I look at Katniss. "Why don't we go to the living room, Peeta can make some coffee and tea. And then I'll tell you everything that's happened in the past three months."

***

"So tell me again why you were in the hospital a second time..." Cressida asks from her spot next to me.

"I got depressed, when Gale left. Not because he left, but after it. Because Peeta stayed with Peeta, and Gale was gone. I had no one else, and I become depressed. I didn't eat, sleep, drink, or bathe. I just couldn't deal with it anymore." Peeta comes in with an apron around his waist.

"Coffee and tea if done if anyone would like some." I nod, and stand rushing to get into the kitchen before anyone else. I wrap my arms around his back and sigh he clasps my hands in his. "What's wrong?" He whispers.

"Nothing." I breath. He follows it with a lighthearted chuckle.

"Look here." I whisper. He turns and I kiss him full on the mouth, he's shocked at first but doesn't hesitate to kiss back. I pull away, and he laughs.

"Nothing's wrong huh?" He chuckles, I nod rest my head against his chest. I hear steps behind us, and I pull away and reach into the cupboards. I pull our various cups, I hand Peeta one first, and then line the rest up along the counter.

"Tea?" I ask him. He nods and I place the small pouch of tea in the cup.

"No sugar." He reminds me. I nod smiling.

"Peeta I know everything about you." I remind him. "I know you for take sugar in your tea." We both smile.

He takes the mug and hands me my own, hot chocolate. I smile and take a drink of the hot liquid, it's as if I can feel it travel the entire way through my body. I give him a peck on the cheek as a small thanks before we make our at back into the living room. I sit on the love-seat, and fold my legs under my body and lean into him. "So after the hospital the second time, what happened?" Cressida is the first to jump start the conversation back up.

"I was sleeping I guess." I start.  "I woke up and I was tied to a chair in the dark. A man called in Gale, and he lead me into a small room. He locked the door whenever he left, and there were no windows. When he left he'd be gone for the day, the only time I asked him what he was doing he told me it was business. Then I had asked Gale for cheese buns from Peeta and Peeta being the mushy guy he is. He our stuff in the cheese buns." Everyone's eye shift to Peeta.

"What did you put in them?" Beetee asks.

"The locket from the quell, the pearl from the quell, and a note. I figured it would burn up in the bun, but the note was apparently readable. Because she has it." Everyone laughs.

"And then, he took me a different room, and this one has a window. So I did the first thing I could think of: I smashed my mirror with a clock I think, and then I cut myself, right ... Here." I hold out my wrist showing them the scar.

"You tried to kill yourself?" Peeta asks softly holding onto my hand.

"No, I used my blood to write HELP on the window, and the curtains covered it. The next day he brought in Melody, had her tied do to the bed like some mental patient. He told me she was our 'new toy' and then a few days later, he dressed me up. In a frilly dress, and he had her tied to a chair on top of a bunch of garbage bags. I knew what he wanted me to do, I was to kill her. And I was going to, because of what she did to me. But then I came to my senses and only shot her in the leg, I shot Gale in the shoulder and let him catch me so she could escape. Then, he told me Peeta had found us and we ran outside. I told him we could eat nightlock together, but it wouldn't have killed me."

"So wait..." Johanna starts. "What about your games, I thought.."

I clear my throat. "Anyways, he ate them and he died. Simple as that, then i was taken to the hospital and now I'm basically a two year old." Everyone laughs. "Can't do anything for myself."

"And even if you could I wouldn't let you." I smile as Peeta presses a short kiss to my temple.

"I'm your problem now Mr. Mellark." I smirk and everyone in the room laughs softly. I stare into his eyes for a long time, finally someone speaks up.

"I've got to go, the babysitter only has Finn for a few more hours. The train could be late." Annie says quietly, her voice still fragile from the death of her soulmate.

"Yeah, me too." Cressida says. The hair on her shaved head is beginning to grow back.

"I'll walk you out." I stand and detach myself from Peeta. He stays in the living room to talk with the others.

"So you and Peeta?" Annie giggles like a school girl. "What's going on between you two?" She asks.

"I'm not sure at this point, but we love each other. That's for sure." She hugs me and squeals as she does so.

"I've got to be going go now."

"Goodbye, safe travels." I call as she exits the door. Cressida is pulling on her coat, and I smile.

"I wanted to tell you..." She starts. "That I have a new film coming out in the Capitol. It is a documentary about you, and the war. It's a lot of unseen unused footage from the district and stuff we filmed. The premier is in two weeks, I would just love if if you would attend?" She holds out two tickets. They show a picture of me, standing tall, about to shoot Snow and Coin. Me sitting in my red propo suit, and then a mockingjay symbol.

"We would be honored." I smile and hug her.

She smiles proudly and kisses my cheek before she leaves. Soon enough, everyone gets tired. Everyone leaves, and I snuggle up to my Peeta on the couch. I reveal the two tickets and he takes them studying them closely. "What are these?" He asks.

"Cressida is making a movie about me, and the ear. These are tickets to go see it." He hands me back the tickets.

"Two tickets?" He whispers.

"Yeah, one for me and one for you." I say.

"Katniss, I don't think I can go." He tells me with sad eyes.

"Why not?" I frown, as he pulls me closer.

"My flashbacks are still pretty irregular, seeing that could make me go crazy. I don't want you to see me like tjat, they can get ... Bad." He explains.

"Peeta." I place a hand on his chest. "I'm here to help you, like the way you help me with nightmares. Do you understand?"

He still shakes his head. "Katniss, I just don't want to hurt you." He whispers, tear starting to fall down his face.

"Peeta..." I say. "Peeta look at me." We sit so our foreheads touch, my hand caresses his cheek. "I'm not scared of you."

"Katniss-" He tries to cut me off.

"I'm not scared of you!" I say much louder, it just makes him cry harder. Finally I press my lips to his, his tears mix with my new ones I didn't know I had. "I'm not, scared of you." I say one more time.

"I love you Katniss." He whimpers stroking my strand of braided hair. We sit like this for a few more minuets, then he presses another kiss to my lips. "I should go." He whispers.

"What? No!" I hold onto his hand and pull him back down into the couch.

"Come on." He nods. "I'll get you all settled ustairs, and then I'll go." He pulls me up onto my feet, and then lifts me into his strong arms.

He carries me upstairs, and pulls his plain white t-shirt off his body. "Here." He hands it to me. I smile. "I remembered how you like to sleep in my shirts." I nod and pull mine off and his over my head, then I sigh. "I'll go get your crutches."

I let out a shaky sigh, and then he's gone downstairs. He comes back and places the crutches along the floor of my bed. "There, your all settled." He gives me a sad smile.

"No." I grab his hand. "Your not going anywhere." I say sternly. "I won't let you."

"Katniss I don't trust myself."

I scream, and feel my bottom lip quiver. I pull him down to our faces are an even level.

"I'm not scared of you." I say angrily. "And I won't let you leave my side ever again. I love you, and you love me. Why wouldn't you stay with me?"

"Because I don't want to hurt you, I told you that earlier." He sits down on the edge of the bed next to me.

"Stay with me." I whisper into his palm.

He sighs, and the moves his hand to my cheek. "I hate that you do this." He breaths into my fingers.

A tear falls down my cheek. "Stay with me." I plead.

"Always Katniss, and I mean it this time."

***

I wake with our chests pressed together, our legs tangled together. Buttercup, Prim's ugly mustard colored cat sleeps at the end of the bed. I nuzzle my face deeper into his warm chest. It's the first time in a while I haven't had a nightmare.

I look up at him, his golden locks cover his beautiful baby blue eyes. His lips in a small smile as he sleeps. He looks so peaceful, like he hasn't suffered more loss than anyone in the entire world has. I reach up and press a gently kiss to his lips. He stirs, and tightens his grip on me protectively. "Good morning." I whisper hoarsely.

"Morning beautiful." He says in a deep, morning voice. I kiss his chin a few times, and then he sighs happily. "Would you like me to make some sort of breakfast?" He mumbles into my hair.

"Yeah, that's fine." I smile. He sits up and pulls on another shirt he had here from before the victory tour.

"I've got to go to my house quickly, I have to take my medicine every morning." He tells me, and he kisses the top of my head.

"I'm going to get a shower, I'll meet you for breakfast. How about it?" I find clothes in my dresser and take them into the bathroom.

"That's fine, I'll see you then." I wrap my arms around her neck, and kiss him slow and passionately. The kiss deepens and he leans me against the wall, placing his hands on either side of me. We continue to kiss, and my hand finds it's way under his shirt and onto his strong abs. His one hand starts to roam. And I break away before anything else can happen.

"Not too fast." I whisper. He nods places another kiss on my lips and smiles.

"I'll see you in a bit."

"See you in a bit."

As I shower that morning, I begin to realize I'm finally happy. Tomorrow we'll go get Willow back from Sae, and then we'll be one big happy family.

My life could finally be turning around.

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