Chapter 1
Peeta and I grow back together. There are still moments when he clutches the back of his chair and hangs on until the flash backs are over. I wake up screaming from nightmares of mutts and lost children. But his arms are there to comfort me. And eventually his lips. On the night I feel that things again, the hunger that over took me on the beach. I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that.
So after when he whispers, "You love me? Real or Not?"
I tell him "Real."
I look down at the white stick in my hand with two pink lines running across. I pick up the box, one line negative, and two lines positive. Happiness and fear rush through my blood.
Peeta and I had been trying for a pregnancy for 3 months. Now that I was maybe, but most likely pregnant, I was scared. I hear a bang on the door.
"Kat? I am home from the bakery."
"Okay, just a sec." I flush the toilet and run the water quick while I hide the test under my sink. I shut off the water and open the door.
"Hi honey" he says with a smile placing a soft. "How was your day?"
"Good." I say giving him a kiss back.
"So have you made dinner yet?"
"No, I was uh, busy."
"That's actually good because I was planning on taking someone out to dinner."
"Crap." I think. "Now when do I tell him I am pregnant?"
"Well, who is it?"
"You, silly."
"Oh." I say stupidly.
He kisses my lips sweetly.
"Oh, um, Peeta?"
"Yeah?"
"Boy or Girl?"
"Well that was smooth!" I think mentally high fiving myself.
"What?" he says crinkling his eyebrows?
I slip out of his arms and into the bathroom. I grab the test then hand it to him. It takes him a second to process the thing in his hand.
"Wwwait really?" He stutters.
"Yep."
Peeta kisses me again, before dropping down on him knees placing his hands on my abdomen. "Hi baby! I am your daddy. I love you very much! I can't wait to really see you!"
I playfully hit his blond head. "You idiot!" I say with a laugh. "She doesn't have ears!" I say as he stands up and kisses me. I smile looking into his bright blue eyes. I bit my lip and smile wide.
"She?" he says after a minute.
I shrug. "So what was this mention of dinner?"