What if?
What if it's time? Time to reveal to him the truth to my staying inside all the time? But what if this is all he wants, friendship? But what if it's not? What if his feelings and wants will never change? But what if mine will?.... Or have?
What if? What if? What if?....
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The next few days I spend with Peeta with Effie now always volunteering to babysit it always works out. Today we are at the bakery again. Once we have finished eating he says to me
"Come on back and meet the workers"
I just nod. I stand up and follow him behind the counter. He walks in and says to a girl rolling out dough
"Hey Gracie"
She replies
"Hey Mellark"
When she used his second name I can't help but wonder if she's flirting with him. I also wonder why I care. Peeta laughs before He then introduces me
"Gracie, this is Katniss. Katniss this is Gracie my pastry baker"
She is the same height as Peeta. Her hair is short in a bob that's sits on her shoulders. She seems nice and happy. Reminds me of Delly but then again Delly was 10 times worse than anyone could possibly be. She smiles and shakes my hand.
"Of course! It's great to finally meet you. I just want to thank you for everything you've done, what you've done is so inspiring ."
I fake a smile and say quietly
"Thank you, it's good to meet you too"
Peeta is quiet knowing what she has just spoken of is a touchy subject. I think she realises too because she speaks
"Well I better get back to work. Great to meet you"
I smile again and nod. She walks over to her dough again. Peeta takes my hand and says
"Come on"
He brings me over man flipping what must be pancakes. The man is tall, taller than me. His hair is black only a tiny shade darker than his skin. He's muscles are very prominent on his arms. He looks strong. To be honest he looks like he belongs somewhere lifting weights rather than in a bakery. I can't tell by the way he looks what age he is. Just as he finishes a pancake and puts it on a plate the man says
"Who's this Peeta?"
Peeta looks at me and smiles a little as Jason brushes off his hands with a towel
"Jason this is Katniss. Katniss this is Jason my right hand man who will just go make whatever he wants when he wants to"
I laugh a little. I shake his hand
"So great to meet you Katniss. I'm honoured really. And to meet Peeta's mystery girl finally!"
Then he laughs. Peeta's mystery girl? I look at Peeta who seems to have gone red in the face. He gives Jason a look and Jason says
"Well nice to meet you Katniss! See ya!"
He leads me over to a desk with a computer in the corner of the kitchen. At the desk sits a woman. She looks around 20 years old. She has blonde curly hair and bright blue eyes but nothing compared to Peeta's. She wears thin glasses on her head. He says to her
"Hey Rachel"
She looks up from her computer and throws her glasses off. She says casually
"Yeah?"
"This is Katniss, the girl I was talking about."
She takes a moment before saying with realisation
"Oh yes! Hi Katniss it's an honour to meet you! I'm Rachel. I'm the secretary here"
She shakes my hand whilst Peeta says. Peeta says
"Organises everything. Nothing could work here without her"
She smiles
"Of course it couldn't"
Peeta smiles and takes my hand again leading me over to a long table against the wall where two people are working. As we get closer I realise their both piping on cakes. Their designs are so elegant and neat it's amazing. Peeta taps them on the back. They both whip around. One of them smiles and says
"Hey Peeta"
The other one just smiles. Peeta replies
"Hey. This is Katniss, the one I told you about"
The one who hasn't spoken now finally says something
"Hey Katniss! Peeta has told us so much about you! I'm Mia, piper slash decorator"
I smile and shake her hand
"Hi Mia"
The other girl holds out her hand
"And I'm Lynn. Decorator and piper also. It's a great honour to meet!"
I nod and put on that fake smile again. The smile I have found myself use more than ever in the past few weeks. Lynn and Mia look very different. Lynn is tall and has a pixie cut in hair which is red. Mia is not small but smaller than Lynn and has her hair grown well past her shoulders. Peeta says goodbye to everyone and I politely smile as we walk out the door of the bakery. As we walk I feel Peeta take my hand. I don't pull away. His palm is warm and sweaty but most of all comforting. His touch is calming. We walk for a while in silence until we stop at a bench about 5 minutes away from victors village. He asks
"What did you think? Of the crew"
I smile a little and say
"Their nice. Very nice"
I look up into his blue eyes which I notice are dancing with excitement and eagerness. I laugh nervously and ask him
"What is it?"
He says
"I was wondering.... If you wanted to work there too?"
My heart stops. This is the step. The step I've been dreading. I begin to stutter
"Peeta I don't know.... I've got a lot going on.."
He interrupts softly
"I know... A lot in which I can't know about.... I can tell you are hiding something"
I open my mouth to say something. But what can I say to that? Certainly not the truth.But luckily he continues
"But Katniss.... I want to see you everyday..... And this is a perfect way for that to happen"
I smile a little and sit my head on his shoulder
"I'll think about it"
I say. I can immediately feel him grinning beside me. I look up at him
"How much does it mean to you?"
He kisses me lightly on the lips and pulls away to look into my eyes as we are a centimetre apart. He tucks a stray hair behind my ear and smiles. He says before kissing me again
"The world"
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I DO NOT OWN THE PICTURES
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Lynn- panemdollar
Mia- immafanperson
Rachel - THG_4612
Gracie- Gracie_Mellark
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14-02-16
Happy Valentine's Day! I am a single Pringle but don't care!
Em is out ✌🏻️