Authors note thank you for the reviews as said here is my new chapter. please continue to review also i did not put in a disclaimer i do not own the hunger games series or characters.

Peeta is there when I wake up. He has his arms wrapped around me like he did during nights on the train. I don't want to wake him but when I turn around I realize he is already up. He sees me and smiles.

"Good morning"

"Yeah it is" I reply. His smile spreads even more if possible. "I need a shower." I say suddenly feeling grimy.

"Do you need any help?" He asks this generically concerned but I still punch his arm.

"No Peeta I don't need any help.

I get up and make my way to the bathroom grabbing some clothes on the way. When I get out of the shower I head down stairs knowing that's where Peeta is. Unfortunately on my way through the hallway I fall, my fragile body, weak from starvation, exhaustion, and dehydration over the past few days, giving way beneath me.

"Peeta!" I call out frustrated that I am so dependent on others.

"Yes Katniss?" He says not picking up on the edge in my voice.

"Well a little help would be nice."

"Coming, I'll be right there." He makes his way upstairs to me.

"What happened?" He questions laughing at my current state.

"A squirrel attacked me" I say my voice riddled with sarcasm. "I fell"

He helps me up and carries me down stairs. Suddenly I smell cheesy bread.

"Did you make cheese bread!" I say now excited.

"No I just stuffed bread with cheese not knowing how much you love that"

'Getting back at me for being sarcastic not nice' I think

We eat and go back upstairs since its nearly 7 at night now. But we talk about what he was doing in the capitol. That's when I notice my pearl is missing.

"Oh,no! Where is my pearl it's gone!" I say starting to panic. 'Where is it? Did someone take it? Where did it go?'

"Katniss. Calm down. I found it in the bedsheets when you went to take your shower. It's right here." he says and reaches into the nightstand pulling out my pearl.

"Isn't this the pearl I gave you during the quell?"

"Mm hmm it has not and will not leave my sight. It is the only thing that kept me sane when I was in thirteen while they had you. I love you peeta." those words. The words I thought I would never say to anyone except for Prim. They seem so natural to say now. This boy the boy with the bread has changed me more than anyone could have predicted. To think almost three years ago I was planning to kill the most wonderful person I would ever meet is terrible.

"Do you mean that Katniss?" He asks. He looks like my answer will change everything.

"Yes I do. I love you Peeta with all my heart. Your all I have and all I need to keep living." I say meaning every word more than anything I have ever said.

" I love you too Katniss, I always have." he says with the biggest smile ive ever seen. (Peeta does have an amazing smile in my mind. Im sure you all think so too. Thats my favorite part of the first book. When she finds him in the mud and all she can see is his smile and eyes.) When he says that I know what to say for the first time in my life.

" And I love you Peeta. And I always will" With that he places a sweet kiss on my lips. I want it to last longer but aparently my well being is more important because he says

" You need to rest now Katniss your still weak." This reminds me of in the cave after the banquet, when my head was cut. The first time I had kissed Peeta and wanted more. We go to sleep and when I wake up peeta is gone, but there is a note taped to my forehead.

Dear Katniss,

I went into town to visit the new bakery and sign some ownership papers. There is a tray next you It has some medicien on it along with something to eat. Please. Eat. Try to eat as much as you can and take the pills too. I will be back soon. Don't do anything stupid.

Peeta

Don't do anything stupid whats that supposed to mean? I wonder as I eat the omlete he has made for me. I do what he says and take the medication. I didn't count on it to make me sleepy. Thats when I do something stupid. I get up and go to take a shower. It is a bad idea I can barely make it to the bathroom but I continue anyways. I take my shower but when I get out I fall again. The world around me starts to blur. I hear the door and Peeta calls my name. I manage to yell "Peeta" weakly before the world goes black.

Peeta's POV:

"Katniss!" I yell when I come through the door. In the distance I thinks some one calls my name. I go upstairs and look aroun Katniss isn't in bed. She cant go far but knowing here she would try. I look all around the house but I find she must be in the bathroom. The water isnt running but the door is looked. 'I need to get rid of the locks before I break down every door in my house' I think as I get inside. I find her passed out on the ground. I carry her back to my bed. I pull the covers over her and try to wake her up.

"Katniss please wake up." it takes a few miniutes but she finnaly comes to.

"Peeta? What happened?" she asks me thinking I know.

"That's what I want to know. I thought I told you not to do anything stupid and yet I come back and find you passed out in the shower."

"in the shower? I dont remember anything after I read your note."

"Well here is some clothes" I say and turn around but keep talking about the bakery and what I was doing. Im not telling her everything I took her pearl and had it made into a ring. I would like to propose to her but I'm not sure what she would say. I don't have more time to think though because she chooses this moment to ask,

"Peeta have you seen my pearl?" now or never

"yes I have." I pull out the ring

' Oh Peeta its beautiful!" she tells me and I kneel.

" Katniss maybe not today or tomorrow but will you do me the honor of being mine."

"Peeta," she says in a way that makes me prepare for a no. "Of course I'll marry you, but not right now we both need to get used to each other again."

"Of course, anything for you, we could get married in twenty years if thats what it takes."

I pull her into my embrace and we kiss.

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