Prologue
A pitiful scream escaped me as I gripped on to a hand that was offered to me freely. This hand belong to someone I now consider a father, something I never had thought I could ever had since I was a young boy
"Come on Rei, we can't wait any longer" his voice, like warm milk, said soothingly to me. I stubbornly shook my head though, before I began screaming once more as another sharp pain went through my body
"I promised" I growled out through my clenched teeth, I couldn't do this with out him, I can't do this without Peeta.
"Think about the baby Rei. The baby can die...you can die!" Haymitch said harshly back at me, I know he doesn't mean it, I can hear the worry in his voice and it almost made me laugh. To think a little over eight months ago we were at each other's throats. With nothing but hateful thoughts towards one another.
I lift my head back as I tightly closed my eyes as I concentrated on my breathing, trying to think of anything other than this moment right now. I couldn't give birth to the baby, not when the other father wasn't here. So I kept thinking about the other father, Peeta. Oh how I missed the blond, the way he would hold me when I needed to be held, listened when I ranted, and calmed me down with a simple kiss.
I suppose I should tell you how this came about, how I Reimond Mellark fell madly in love with my husband and how I now bare his child.