Hi everyone, I was pleasantly surprised with all the feedback for my little one shot so I thought I would try my hat at writing a longer fic.

The Family Man is an older movie that starred Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni but I'm putting my own Peeta and Katniss spin on it. It's definitely an AU but most of the dialogue is taken directly from the movie.

I don't own The Family Man or The Hunger Games Trilogy.

Prologue...

JFK is crowded as usual, people buzzing past us in a hurry but I'm pretty much oblivious to everything around me. I only have eyes for her…Katniss Everdeen.

"So, I got you a few necessities…" Katniss says as she hands me a new copy of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. "Your copy was a mess."

I accept the book; it's one my favorites but I'm still having such a hard time taking my eyes off the beautiful girl standing in front of me. She's placed something else in my hands, it's my iPod…something that I've been missing for about a week or so. I thought I was going to have to buy a new one in London.

"I borrowed it," Katniss is sporting a sly grin; she knew that I had been looking for it. "I made you a special playlist, you'll know it when you see it. And every one of those songs will remind you of me in a slightly different way…"

"I sure hope Baby Got Back is on there," I joke as she playfully punches me in the arm.

"You're a pervert."

"Yeah, but I'm your pervert." I joke before Katniss leans over and kisses me with such passion that I'm bordering on speechless, something that never happens to me.

"That was not officially the goodbye kiss. It was just an interim kiss…" Katniss says, trying her hardest not to cry.

I nod, I feel like such an idiot...standing in the middle of the airport, about to say goodbye to the only girl I've ever loved. Granted I know that I'm only 22 years old but we've been dating since the end of High School. I'm going to miss her so damn much. I can feel that my eyes are starting to well up, too. I can't help myself, I have to hold her again…kiss her again. I know we look like quite the spectacle in the middle of the airport, kissing and clutching onto one another, every few minutes. And then I hear it…the voice that I've been dreading.

"This will be the final boarding call for Virgin Atlantic flight 614 to London, Heathrow, "The announcer's voice is loud and clear, it's time for me to go.

"You have your ticket?" Katniss asks me as she holds my hand, turning me towards my gate.

I pull out my ticket from my backpack and Katniss nods, a sad smile gracing her face. I take her in my arms once again and give her a gentle kiss before we separate. "I'm not even going to say it, Katniss. Maybe it'll be like I never left…" Katniss nods and gives me a little wave as I head closer to my gate.

"Wait!"

I immediately turn around and see her barreling towards me, "Katniss," I breathe out.

"I have a bad feeling about this," Katniss motions to my gate door.

"About the plane? What do you think it's going to crash? Don't say that…" I'm suddenly nervous about getting on my flight.

"No, that's not it," Katniss says shaking her head. "I know we've talked about this a thousand times and we both agree that going to London is the right thing to do. But in my heart…this feels wrong." She glances at the few remaining passengers who are about to board before her grey eyes find mine once again. "Don't go, Peeta…"

"You mean don't go at all? What about my internship?" I'm stunned; Katniss is the one who told me to go to London in the first place, that this was an amazing opportunity for me.

"Believe me I know what an incredible opportunity this is for you but…"

I cut her off, "For us, Katniss…for us."

"Right, for us. But…I'm afraid that if you get on that plane…" Katniss can't seem to finish her sentence.

"What?" I ask her. "What, Katniss? Talk to me!"

Katniss seems torn, unsure of what to say. "Go. I'm sorry, you should just go…"

My brain is going a mile a minute; I'm not sure what to do. I've loved Katniss since I was a child…do I really want to leave her? "No, you're right. What are we doing?"

"We're being responsible. Go. Get on the plane!"

"Katniss…" I begin…I think I'm starting to feel light-headed.

Katniss smiles "Get the hell out of my sight. You bother me."

I can't help but laugh, there's my feisty girl, who I know inside and out. "Katniss..."

"It's not forever, we'll be fine," She smiles again although I'm not entirely convinced that she's okay.

"Okay, I'm going." I take her into my arms one last time and hug her tight, very tight. I see the strange looks we are getting but I don't care. I don't want to let to go and apparently neither does Katniss, she's grasping at my shirt.

"I can't seem to let you go…"

"Do you hear me complaining about that?" We're silent for a while until I feel the nerve to speak again. "Look, we're at the airport and no one ever thinks clearly at the airport so we should just trust the decision we already made. You've been accepted to one of the best law schools in the country, I've got this internship at Barclay's Bank. We have a great plan, sweetheart…"

Katniss nods, "You want to do something great, Peeta? Let's finish the plan…start our lives right now, today…I don't know what life's going to look like but I do know it has both of us in it. And I choose us."

"I…" I'm at a loss for words…for the second time in less than five minutes.

"The plan doesn't make us great, Peeta. What we have together, that's what makes us great."

I don't know what to say…I don't know what to do. Normally, Katniss is the rational one and thinks with her head not her heart…that's my job. But, Barclay's has always been my dream. I don't want to get stuck running my family's market and bakery, sure I'm good at baking but I never wanted it to be a full time job. I don't want to be stuck in our little hometown forever, like my brothers and their families. That's why Katniss and I both went to Columbia in New York…we both wanted more for our lives than our town of Panem, New Jersey had to offer. I know what I have to do. I kiss her deeply on the lips, leaving both of us breathless after a few moments. "I love you, Katniss."

"I love you too, Peeta," she smiles and I see hope written all over her face.

I take her face into my hands, and speak again, knowing that I'm going to crush her. "And a year in London's not going to change that. A hundred years couldn't change how I feel about you." I give her one final kiss, trying to ignore the tears and pained look on her face…knowing that I've done this to her. I walk to the gate; my head hanging low and a somber look on my face.

I hope you enjoyed the Prologue and I'd love to know what you think. I know the characters are a little OOC but I'm trying to keep as much as their personalities I can. Thanks for reading!