Chapter 3:
Just Like Before
New Chapter! I told you I'd have it up quick!
The words went through me like a knife. Katniss? Pregnant? It just didn't make any sense.
I could see Gale was struggling with what I had just told him, but I couldn't stop. "I had my suspicions but I wasn't sure until I woke up with morning sickness. I didn't want to wake Peeta, so I came out here. I know he should have been the first to know and he would have been, but then you showed up and I just needed to tell somebody." Gale was still staring at me wide eyed. "Please, just say something."
"You're going to be a great mother." he said quietly.
"Really, you think?" I felt a tiny smile cross my lips. Gale nodded and pulled me into a hug I hadn't realized I'd needed so desperately.
"I still haven't even decided whether or not I want kids." I said as we started walking through the woods again, obviously no closer to catching game than I was earlier. "It was Peeta's idea." I could already feel the blush creeping up my cheeks.
"You know, with parents like you and Peeta, this kid's going to be pretty cute." I just looked at Gale. "It's true, little F.J.'s eyes are totally Finnick's but his hair looks just like Annie's."
"Aww. I can't wait to meet him. Does he really look like Finnick?" I asked.
"Yeah, acts like him too. The kid can swim better can I can." That made me laugh, growing up in District Twelve didn't make Gale much of a swimmer, so it wasn't really saying much.
"Can you imagine what this little thing's going to be?" he said gesturing to my still relatively flat belly, "Right now I'm envisioning a little girl carrying a bow. And she has a long, blonde braid that curls at the end. She likes to draw in her spare time and has even less patience for people than you do."
"Haha." I replied drily, "What if it's a boy?"
"Hmmm, he has dark hair, like you and I, but light skin, like your mother's. He has Peeta's eyes and likes to bake with Daddy and go into the woods with Mommy. But he won't ever let you shoot anything in the woods; he's sweet, like his Auntie."
"If she had a tiny piece of this baby I would be so happy." I said looking down at my abdomen. "Let me try. How about a little girl with dark, curly hair that she likes to wear in two braids? She has my father's eyes, but Peeta's complexion. Oh, and she can bake even better than her Daddy, but prefers hunting with Mommy."
"Yeah, I'm sure Peeta would love that." Gale said, rolling his eyes at me.
"You know him, he'd be happy as long as I was. He's way too good for me." I stated matter of factly.
"He is."
"Hey!" I said whacking Gale in the head with my bow.
"Hey yourself!" he said rubbing the back of his head while I just laughed.
"I've missed you." I sighed, "How long are you guys in Twelve for?"
"I don't know. I guess I'll call Beetee later and ask him when he needs me back. He's working on some project he doesn't need me for so he'll probably tell me to stay awhile. I think he's worried I've been working too much." he confided in me.
"Well, are you?" I asked.
"No."
"You know I'm not the only one who's a terrible liar." I prodded.
"Okay, maybe."
"What else do you do besides work?"
"I help Annie with the baby." he told me.
"And..."
"Hey, that baby's a lot of work! You'll find that out soon enough."
"What, no friends? No girl friend? No nothing?" I asked in shock. A girl would have to be blind not to notice Gale.
"No, not really. I guess I have a few friends at work and there is this one girl, but it's nothing." Gale was blushing so it was obviously something.
"I find that hard to believe. What's her name?"
"Lily," he muttered, "But like I said, it's nothing."
"I doubt that."
"Come on, we're not going to get anything like this." he said loading his bow. I nodded following him deeper into the woods and vowing to bug him more about this later.
Okay, that wasn't especially long, but I'll do my best to get something else up soon.
School starts again on Monday *groan* and I have Track all week, first meets on Thursday! Wish me luck I'll probably suck!
Over and out!
