Love & Hunger

Chapter 10

For most of my life marriage has been off the table, until I accepted that I liked Peeta Mellark 8 1/2 months ago. The idea of marriage scared me because I knew that I'd most likely would've married Gale. The idea of marrying Gale sounds horrible, hes messy, he smells disgusting, and I get that those are some petty reasons but the way he treats my sister now that I don't want to be with him is despicable, but there's something thing about Peeta that makes me want that. I have no idea what it is but I want to be married to him and have a children.

As I wake up I'm still thinking about what i was thingking about last night, today Peeta asked me to go on a date at the meadow. Peetas never been good at hiding his facial expressions for me I can read him like a book I think he's going to ask me to marry him. I looked over to see Prim in our mother's bed, usually we sleep in the same bed but shes been sleeping in our mom's bed for the past few weeks. I walked into the small bathroom in our house to start a bath I can't make the water too hot because I want prim to have some hot water today.

When I got out of the bath Prim had woken up. " Prim, did I wake you up?" I asked. " No I woke up about five minutes ago," she said. " Okay, Peetas is going to pick me up at 10:00 this morning." " Awww Peeta," she said in a sing songy voice. " Prim, you don't need to be like that," I said. " It seems like you want me to marry him more than I do." " Katniss he takes good care of us that's why I want you two to get married," she said. " Just because he takes good care of us doesn't mean it's the only reason to get married," I said. " You're right about that but hes good for you," she said. " Thank you Prom but I have to get ready," I said.

I put my hair in its usual braid but, I was able to wear one of Mom's old dresses, it's a yellow gingham print but the skirt is a bit longer than I'd like but it's still a beautiful dress. I looked up to the clock and it read 9:45 where I heard the familiar sound of Peeta Mellark knocking at my door.

I opened the door, and the first thing that Peeta did was wrap his arms around me. " I missed you Kat," he said. " I missed you too Peeta." I looked over at Prim, " Bye Prim, I'll see you in a few hours, when mom wakes up tell her I say hello," I said

I grabbed onto Peetas hand and we walked out the door. " I brought some cheese buns," he said. " Music to my ears." " You do have to eat more than just cheese buns," he said. " But cheese buns are my favorite." " Katniss, I love you so much and I want to have a very long life with you but you can't just eat cheese buns it's heinously bad for you," he said. " Okay I'll eat more than cheese buns I promise." " Thank you," he said.

When were about half way to the meadow I can't help but wonder if I'm wrong about Peeta proposing soon he doesn't seem very nervous. Even though he doesn't seem nervous I can clearly tell that there's something on his mind I just can figure out what it is. " Peeta is there something on your mind?" I asked. " I'm just happy to be with you that's all," he said. " Are you sure there isn't something else," I teased him. " Because I have something nice planned and your not going to break me down into telling," he said. " Really is there nothing I can do?" I questioned. " Nope!" He exclaimed.

I like this part of our relationship, in a way it's like we've been together forever, but we haven't. There are times where I wish I talked to him more while we were children, I remember seeing him growing up he was hard to ignore with his blonde curly hair, his incredibly blue eyes, his loud personality, or the fact that like all Mellark men he was taller than most of the other boys in class. I always knew that one day I'd see him with a girl similar to him but I never saw myself with him. Growing up it was hard for my not to knowtice all the looks he was throwing my way and as it continued I realized when we started in highschool that I liked him. I waited for a year for him to talk to me eventually that year passed and I decided to take our relationship into our my own hands.

We walked slightly deeper into the meadow than we usually do and there was a picnic set up but there were two chairs compared to just our usual blanket. " Peeta what did you do?' I questioned. Before he spoke he took a deep breath, " Because you never let me plan anything nice for you so I planned by myself," he said. " I let you do nice things for me all the time, I do let you bring Prim & I bread every week," I said. " Katniss you know what I mean," he said. Even though there were chairs I still decided to sit on the blanket. " Katniss, Darling why don't you sit in one of the chairs?" He asked. " Because I like sitting on the blanket," I said. " Well I'll sit with you, but a chair is still an option," he said. " Thank you Peeta."

Instead of just sitting on the blanket Peeta leaned back onto one of the chairs putting his arms behind his head so I cuddled up next to him. " I wish I could freeze this moment and stay in it forever," he said. " I want that too." I'm so happy that he said that because if I could it's about 11:00 am right now but Peeta and I planned to stay for basically all of today and as much j as I want to take care of Prim she's going to be at a friend's house for most of the day, but that simple sentence made me have the realization that I deserve a break.

" Katniss I know that you don't like taking a break but you should do it more," he said. " The same can go for you," I said. " What I mean is that you should take a break from taking care of your mom and sister, it's not your job to take care of your mom especially," he said. " I guess you're right but how can I do that when my mom just continues to slip into a deeper depression," I said. " Unfortunately I don't have that answer, but you didn't chose to have Prim your parents did," he said. " That's true," I said. " You do such an amazing job raising prim and taking care of your mom that you forget how to take care of your self," he said. " Thank you Peeta," I said wrapping my arms around him tightly.

Hours pass, and yet I feel like no time has passed at all. We've moved to the chairs, I'll admit it sitting in a chair isn't too bad but deep down I'm a floor person. The sun is starting to set. " I love it when the sunsetools like this," he said. " I do too!" I exclaimed. Almost suddenly Peeta stood up from his chair and started to speak. " I had this big speech planned but I think this is our style," he said getting down on one knee and pulling something out of his pocket. " Katniss Everdeen, will you marry me?" He asked. " Yes Peeta I will marry you!" I exclaimed I wrapped my arms around his neck. " Do you want the ring?" He asked. I looked down at the ring a small yellow gold band with a small green emerald on the middle with two pearls on the side. Peeta slipped the ring onto my finger. " Oh Peeta it's beautiful thank you," I said. " Well uh I think I should get you home," he said. " Yeah that sounds right," I said.

The walk back to my place is quiet, I think that we're both still in shock that we got engaged. As we got to the door Peeta gave me a kiss on the side of my head. " Hey mom I'm back," I said. Seeing her walk in a way was rewarding. " Oh Katniss, Peeta do come in," she said. " You look nice Peeta, how are you?" She asked. " I'm doing very well thank you," Peeta responded. " Mom, Peeta and I are engaged," I said. Her eyes looked almost as if they were going to pop out of there sockets. " Why that's amazing we should get Prim early to tell her," she said. " Mom we should let Prim be with her friends, I'll tell her later," I said.

Author's note: Hey! I hope you all are doing well! I wanted to get this chapter out before the 4th of July so I'm sorry that didn't happen , my plans for the next chapter is to do a reaping of the 73rd hunger games and then a time skip to the 74th. Bye!