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It's been two months since Gale and I were in the woods together. Hunting is getting harder and harder, and is blatantly evident in our lack of food everyday when we return from the woods. What was once an easy, comfortable silence has now turned into something I dread every morning. The only reason I keep hunting with Gale is because I know that even at our worst we can bring home twice the food for our families in one day than I could by myself. And lets face it, Prim comes first.

Believe me when I say I wish more than anything I could just run to Gale and tell him that it meant something to me, that day meant Everything to me. But I couldn't because things were so complicated with us right now. I know I should talk to him, and set the record straight, that I shouldn't be so stubborn. But Gale and I are both nothing if not stubborn.

My only problem is I don't know how I'm supposed to tell him. I mean lets be quite honest this is something I never wanted for my life.

Prim was the first one to figure it out, seeing as she deals with stuff like this everyday. She was the one who broke the news to be and was there to comfort me and explain everything she knew about it. I can't even say the word pregnant out loud, maybe if I don't say it then it wont be true? But it is true and I know sooner or later I'll have to tell Gale.

I've been walking the whole time these thoughts are racing through my head. When I look up I can't believe where I'm at. In my hazy coherence my feet have taken me straight to the Hawthorne's front door. Traitors. But I guess it wouldn't be so bad to get this over with now rather than later. I mean I know Gale will be a great dad, I see how he is with Rory, Vick, and Posy. And he wants kids, he's told me before when we were hunting.

Alright Katniss just grow a pair and knock on the front door. They're probably not home anyway. No such luck, right after what had to be considered the lightest knock ever on their front door Hazelle answered and promptly ushered me in. The odds were definitely not in my favor when Gale walked into the room roughly 3 seconds after I did. He looked so confused at my being here, we barely talked in the woods yet here I am paying him a social visit in the middle of the day.

Hazelle was the first to say anything. "So good to see you Katniss. What brings you over here today?" I could tell the real meaning behind her words were "Katniss I know you haven't been here in a while and I know something's up between you and Gale and I love you both and don't want to see you fight so if that's what you're here to do please take him to the woods".

"Oh I was just walking by and thought I would steal Gale away for a quick walk to the woods and back- if he's not busy?" With the last part of my statement I turned my attention from Hazelle back to Gale. Understanding flooded his face, he knew the real meaning behind my words. I needed to talk to him. Alone.

"Come on Catnip" Gale said before heading out the front door. I led the way past the fence and to the spot where we always met in the woods. I was desperately trying to think of how to tell him, but all the wrong words kept flooding through my mind. What didn't help was the horrific reactions my mind came up with.

When we get to the woods I feel a bout of nausea come over me and have to run to the nearest tree. I barely make it before all the contents in my stomach are emptied out. I hear Gale coming up behind me asking me what's going on, but when he sees me he quickly turns his back to give me some privacy.

When I get done, I walk back to Gale and I lead him over to a rock, giving him a gentle nudge to convey to him I want him to sit down. He complies and looks at me curiously before putting his palm to my forehead. "Katniss, maybe we should take you back to your mother, your sick and whatever it is you needed to talk to me about I'm sure it can wait until you start feeling better." He got up and started to walk back to the seam when I told him that it couldn't wait and that I promised him I was fine, that there was nothing my mother could do to make me feel better right now. Curiosity won out eventually as Gale sat back down on the rock and looked up at me, waiting for me to say something.

My heart began to beat faster. My palms started sweating. It felt like someone had let a thousand butterflies out into my stomach. I tried desperately searching for the words to tell him, but I couldn't find any. My breathing was erratic and my tongue wouldn't work right. So I did the only thing I could think of at the time, hoping and praying he would understand. I gently picked up his hands in mine, he raised his eyebrows at me and from the look in his eyes he truly didn't expect what I did next.

I placed them gingerly on my stomach. And put my hands on top of them. I looked up at him just in time to see the answer to the question he was about to ask me finally hit him.

I was pregnant. With his child.

"Catnip, I…. Are you sure?" I nodded. His face showed a range of emotions from fear to happiness. And then finally settled in wonder as he lightly rubbed my stomach before looking up at me. If I wasn't sure that everything was going to be ok before the dazzling smile he gave me told me everything I needed to know. Somehow we were going to get through this, together.

He placed his hands on my hips and stood up, drawing me closer to him. When he was fully up he pulled me into an earth shattering kiss, and I found myself kissing him back. He pulled his hands down from my hips to my butt, and I wove my fingers through his hair. When we stopped kissing it was only due to lack of air. He pulled back and put his hands on my stomach before getting down on his knees and pulling up my shirt just a little bit. He placed a soft kiss on the spot where I'm guessing our baby is. When he stood up and looked me in the eyes, I could see the happiness beaming inside him, and in that moment I hadn't realized how scared I was to tell Gale that I was pregnant.

My thoughts were broken when my stomach growled. Loudly. Gale looked down at me with a serious look now. "When was the last time you ate?"

"Hmm" I thought back "Yesterday I had a little for supper, but I couldn't hardly stand the smell so I didn't eat much."

Gale pulled me into his chest and placed a kiss on my forehead. "You know, your eating for two now Katniss, it's not just you to think about anymore when you go skipping meals. Come on lets go to my house and we'll have dinner with my family. I think we have some very important news to tell them anyway"

I hadn't thought about what might be even harder than telling Gale- Telling our mothers.

I very reluctantly let Gale lead me back through the woods, those butterflies threatening to break out of my stomach anytime now. But there's no backing out now. So to off Gales house we go.