Peeta

"So, what the heck was that at the bar the other night?" Katniss asks as she sits in a makeup chair. Today, they decided that it was time to make our first music video. It's really low key and the budget wasn't large but I think it should be pretty good.

"It wasn't anything," I say. "I was just ready to go home."

"You kissed me!" She hisses just loud enough for me to hear.

"On the cheek," I say. "I don't see why you are making such a big deal about this."

"Because you just like, bolted after you did it," she says. "What's up with you?"

"I'm serious," I say. "There is nothing wrong with me." She just shakes her head and stands up to follow her stylist and get dressed. Portia laughs as she messes with my hair.

"Well, that's something," she says.

"What?" I ask.

"You two quarrel like children," she says. "I can't believe she hasn't figured it out by now. She's a smart girl."

"Figured out what?" I ask her.

"It's quite obvious you fancy her," she says. "I guess that girl can't take a hint, huh."

"We haven't known each other long enough to think that way anyway," I say. She just chuckles as she shows me my dressing room.

"Long enough to share a bed, but not long enough for you to just ask the girl out," she says.

"The bed is only for the music video and she is pretending to sleep the whole time," I say as I get dressed in the black T-shirt and plaid lounging pants she picked out. "Don't make it dirty." She just laughs.

"She's your best friend, Peeta," she says. "You shouldn't be afraid of talking to your best friend."

"Well," I say. "That's my life." I walk past her and look to see Katniss standing there, dressed in a white silk nightgown, it ends at the middle of her thighs. It leaves her shoulders bare and is a little low cut. I walk over to her and she shakes her head.

"Okay, this is not fair," she says. "Just because I'm playing that sweet little damsel sleeping on your chest doesn't mean I have to lie there in this sorry excuse for a nightgown while you sit there fully clothed."

"And what do you suppose we do about that," I ask her.

"You gotta lose the shirt," she says with a smirk before looking around me. "Don't you think so, Portia?" I groan as I hear Portia walk up behind me.

"Don't I think what?" She asks.

"I'm thinking that maybe Peeta should lose the shirt," she says. "It would be cuter for the video." Portia gets a look on her face and then looks at Katniss.

"Yes," she says. "I think that's a good idea, Katniss. If you can get him out of it, that would be great." She winks at me and walks away. Katniss crosses her arms over her chest and taps her foot on the ground.

"So, am I gonna have to pin you to the ground and take it off or are you gonna do it yourself," she asks. "And don't think I won't do it either. I'm smaller than you but I'm scrappy. I will and I'm gonna if you don't take that shirt off in 3...2..." I quickly slide the stupid shirt over my head so she doesn't do what she threatened. Because if her threats were true, I really don't want to be the guy who got pinned by a 170-pound girl in a nightgown. She smirks at me and takes the shirt away from me. "Yeah, that's much better."

"You really are proud of yourself huh?" I say.

"You pretty much dared me to get up on that bar the other night," she says. "You owe me. Besides, it's not really believable that a guy who looks as good as you do would wear a shirt when he goes to bed, especially if he's holding a pretty girl in his arms." She gives me a smile that makes my heart melt and I can't help but return it.

"Hey Lovebirds! It's time to go," Johanna, the director, says. "We don't have all day." Katniss just rolls her eyes and laughs.

"Can you believe that? She really thinks we're a couple," she says as she starts walking towards the bed.

"Yeah," I say, half heartedly. "It's funny." She sits up on the bed and smirks at me. She beacons me with her finger.

"We gonna do this thing or what?" She asks, tilting her head slightly in that cute little way she does when she's smiling. I just shake my head and walk over to her. I get under the covers and she slides up next to me. She lays half on the bed, half on me. Her long dark hair drapes around her shoulders and tickles my bare chest. She lays her head on my chest and laughs. "You're warm. I might just fall asleep for real."

"Okay," Johanna says. "Now Peeta, just lay your arm around her and hold her." I do so and she nods. "Good. Someone turn down the lights." The lights fade to that that would be provided by moonlight in the fake bedroom they built on the stage. She nods. "Okay, everyone ready?"  We all nod and the sound people take their places. She takes a seat in her chair and smiles. "Then let's do this thing." I nod and the music starts. I smile at Katniss, who looks like she's sleeping. I brush her hair from her face as I start to sing.

"Sometimes late at night
I lie awake and watch her sleeping
She's lost in peaceful dreams
So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark
And the thought crosses my mind
If I never wake up in the morning
Would she ever doubt
The way I feel about her in my heart"
Katniss shifts slightly as she starts singing with me.

"If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face this world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes" Katniss raises herself up to look at me, her hands resting on my chest and her grey eyes glowing in the fake moonlight.

"'Cause I've lost loved ones in my life
Who never knew how much I loved them
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them never were revealed
So I made a promise to myself
To say each day how much he means to me
And avoid that circumstance
Where there's no second chance to tell him how I feel" I smile at her again as we sing together.

"'Cause if tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face this world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes" Katniss lays her head back down and I gently rub her back.

"So tell that someone that you love
Just what you're thinking of
If tomorrow never comes" I lean down and kiss the top of her head as the music hits it's last chord and I feel her pull closer to me. The whole room fades to black and I see the light to the camera go off. The lights come back on suddenly, blinding me. Johanna stands there clapping and the others soon join her.

"That was, that was perfect you guys," she says. "Most times I want to do another take, but this is, it's just perfect. I really don't think we could do better on a second try. You guys really are gonna make me look good." She walks away laughing as though she can already see dollar signs. Katniss sits up and smiles.

"I'm kinda sorry it got done so quickly," she says. "You are really, really comfortable and warm. I could have lay here all day."

"Well, it's not like I'm going anywhere," I say and she just smiles.

"You've just saved my career," she says. "As soon as that video is released, our popularity is gonna sky rocket. My downward spiral is gonna end and I'll be okay. I won't be that drunk party girl on TMZ anymore." I nod.

"Yeah," I say. "You being in this is gonna help both of us. You are gonna make me famous Miss Everdeen." She kisses my cheek and gets up.

"I need to call my sister!" She says and with that her little bare feet patter away. I lay my head back and sigh.

"You freekin' coward," I say to myself. "Just tell her before it kills you."