Family on Fire (book 2 in "toast")

Chapter 18

PEETA'S POV

I can feel the anger rising in me, I raise my arm to attack Katniss

She winces, waiting for me to do something. But it's like all the rage I felt just disappeared

I pull my hand back and grab hers

"It's okay" I whisper, and she retreats into my arms

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This morning Katniss is so happy, happier than normal

"What are you smirking at?" i ask finally

"Nothing in particular, i'm just contempt with life for the first time in forever. Its like your hijackings stressed me out and made me defensive, way more than i even realized"

I spend the day at home, its Friday and i'm going to be home tomorrow anyway, i might as well spend today with my family also

We spend the day outside, Oakley is finally old enough to play around

After a little while, River starts to run home, he can't stand to be around us too long without Bare here, it makes him restless

We dont ever worry that he'll run away though. He's a Bernese Mountain dog, they are a very loyal breed. We don't even leash him when we go on walks, he just hates being away from us

"daddy, baby play with me?" Oakley asks excitedly

"Sorry buddy, not yet" he frowns

"But I want to play with baby" he throws himself into the grass and starts to cry, i start to laugh at his drama and look over to see that Katniss doesn't seem to share my enthusiasm

"stop encouraging it Peeta, i've been dealing with his temper tantrums since you left"

"Oakley stop crying, it isn't going to change anything" she says, he looks at her then returns to crying

I get up and walk over to him

"If you stop crying, i'll get you a cookie when we get home" i whisper, he quickly wipes his tears and gets up

Just when i think i've solved the issue, i see Katniss glare at me out of the corner of my eye

"Don't bribe him Peeta! No wonder he thinks he can do whatever he wants!"

"Katniss, baby, calm down a little okay? It's going to be alright, Oakley will turn out great but sometimes as parents we need to choose our battles, and this one isn't worth fighting" she wipes away her tears

"Okay"

After another hour of exploring the meadow and woods surrounding us, Katniss stops walking and turns to me

"We need to get home to meet Bare at the bus" she says worriedly

It's a good thing we left when we did. By the time we got home it was pouring

Then Bare bursts through the front door, crying. His face is red, but not nearly as red as his arms. They are cut and bruised and his hands and knees are muddy

Everything he's wearing is drenched like he was submerged in something

"Bare! What happened? Are you okay? Wheres River?" Katniss asks in a panicked tone

Bare just continues to sob, holding his side, he looks out the door and points, no words able to escape him

I feel angry, not the artificial capitol anger. This is my anger, i can feel it creeping up the back of my neck and coaxing my hands into fists

Bare is beat up, River is gone and i'm going to do something about it

Idk about y'all but i like an angry peeta, well not hijacked but truly angry 

im excited for the next chap, but even more for like 2 chaps after that i think

idk when it is, but something big is coming!!! 

im sorry i havent been as active in posting! i've been working on 4 different books! FOF of course, an untitled tom holland fanfic, SNAP (its a multifandom book i made with my friend, out acc; sophandev) and Salisbury!

salisbury follows an old english family living in an old english town in 1914! im going to be posting it on wattpad but not for a long time cause i need to finish my hunger games fanfic series first!

thanks for all the support, love y'all! - spideyev