Katniss POV

Peeta storms off the room angrily and slams the door shut.

"Please, Haymitch, help me get through this tour." I say.

"This tour? Girl wake up *snaps fingers* you never get of this train. Every you'll be mentors next year and they'll want to check on your love story every chance they get." Haymitch say. I break down.

Haymitch pulls me into a hug.

"It'll be okay." He whispers as I cry on his shoulder.

"No it's not. I should've told him. Now he won't want to be even my friend. I screwed up, now." I say.

"Katniss that boy loves you so mu-"

"He loves Delly. He told me he has moved on and that he just wants to be my friend. But after today I'm not even sure he'll want to even talk to me."

"You should be happy he found someone else. You could be with that Gale dude."

"I don't want to be with Gale. I'm not even sure how I feel about Peeta. But it makes me so mad that he fell right into that Merchant Slut's arms and took no time for me to forget about me. What's wrong with me Haymitch?"

"You're jealous."

"Why would I be? He's just my friend."

"Someone has a tiny little crush." Haymitch says in a teasing voice.

"Ha-ha. Very funny. But I've got no time for that."

"We should head back now." He says.

"Yeah. I need to apologize to Peeta." I say.

We walk downstairs and look for Peeta but he's nowhere to be found. I see him later on at the dinner with the mayor of 11, but I can't talk to him right now. Not really anyway.

Once dinner is over, Peeta rushes to the train barely sparing me a glance. Once on the train, he locks himself in his room and I never get the chance to talk to him.

Days and days go by. Peeta only speaks to me if necessary, only to act madly in love with me in front of the cameras.

It is around midnight while we are on our way to District 6 that I finally find sleep.

* * *

I'm back in the games. Peeta and I are running from the wolf mutts.

I turn around only to find one of them about to jump onto me, but in the last second, Peeta pushes me out of the way, but the mutt gets him instead.

Suddenly all of the mutts disappear. It's only me and a dying Peeta in the woods.

"Peeta!" I exclaim and run to help him. It's too late.

"I love you, Katniss." Are his last words.

"No! Peeta please wake up! Wake up!"

* * *

I wake with a start. Screaming my lungs out. Sweat running down my forehead.

Peeta comes in running through the door as if ready to attack whoever is making me scream.

"I'm sorry. It was just a nightmare." I say feeling guilty I woke him up.

"It's okay. I get them too." He say and there's a pause where I let sink in that he has nightmares too. "Good night." He says and starts to walk out.

"Peeta?" I say making turn around when he's almost out the door. "Will you stay with me?"

"Yeah." He says and gets into bed with me. I snuggle up to his chest and he hugs me tight to him. "Always."

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Snow coming to see me."

"It's okay. It doesn't matter anymore."

We soon fall to a peaceful sleep in each other's arms.

* * *

The next morning I wake up from a peaceful slumber in Peeta's arms.

"No more nightmares after I came?" He asks me when he sees I'm awake.

"No. I had a dream, though. I was in the forest, following Rue. Well, it was actually a Mockingjay, but it had Rue's voice when it sang. I never got where she was taking me, but I felt happy." I say recalling my dream.

"You slept like you were happy."

One day before we get to District 2, Haymitch calls me and Peeta to talk.

"If Snow wants you to convince him of your love, he's not buying it. You seem like you're reading from a drivers manual when you give those speeches." Haymitch says going straight to the point.

"You should try reading the stuff Effie gives us." Peeta says frowning.

"Well, tell that to Snow when you see him in two days time." Haymitch says.

"So what do we do?" Peeta says.

"We could get married." I deadpan.

"Very funny." Haymitch says.

"I'm serious. If we'll be in this train forever it's bound to happen at one point." I say.

"I don't know how Delly would feel about this." Peeta says.

"She has to understand. It's for her own good." I say, though I would love to see her face when Peeta tells her the news.

"True. Sure. Let's do it." Peeta says.

"Okay. I'll make a couple if calls so that Cesar can film your proposal." Haymitch says and leaves the room.

The next day, Peeta proposes in front of Panem and I of course accept. The ring he gave me is beautiful. It's a gold band with a pearl surrounded by little diamonds and emeralds.

After Peeta proposes, President Snow makes an appearance. He hugs and congratulates us. When he releases our hug I raise my eyebrows asking what my words can't. Did we do it? Did we convince him? I am relieved when I see his nod of approval. It worked. I let out I breath I didn't know I was holding.

The way back to twelve is pretty much spent with Peeta. Getting closer as friends. Because that's all he wants. But is that all I want?

The trip is filled with laughter and smiles and fun. For once, I feel safe. Well, as safe as you can be in a world like this.

But once we step off the train, my bubble bursts. There are surprisingly no cameras at the station. Or people other than my family. And Delly. So my perfect world I lived in for the past two days crumbles down when Peeta and Delly run to each other. And Delly jumps into his arms. And he spins her around. And they kiss passionately.

In that moment I realize that every second that passes, the more I loose my boy with the bread to that Merchant Slut.