I am soooooo sorry I have updated in like 3 weeks. I was on holiday and I couldn't get wifi anywhere and I only got back late yesterday. So here it is, it is a bit short I know but I kind of ran out of things to write. Thanks for all the people who have taken time to read it :D

Chapter 6

My heart is beating fast, my mind is in panic mode. Gale he is here. Why didn't Johanna tell us? He would have to arrive when me and Peeta are enjoying a passionate moment between us. I sit on the bed to gather my thoughts and clear my mind. Just remember Peeta is here and he'll be holding my hand. Willow is waking up. I pick her up and rock her on my lap. I hear the, talking in the living room.

"Sorry we didn't warn you, we just wanted to come before the baby arrived." I hear Johanna say. She's a few weeks too late. Johanna hasn't visited us since the baby was born until today and we haven't spoken on the phone so she wouldn't have known, I guess we were both too busy. Willow is here and she's just weeks old. "Well your too late, she's here." I hear Peeta laugh. "She's here? Really? What's her name, can we meet her." Johanna says. "Sure I'll just go get her." Before I know it Peeta is stood in the door way.

He sits down next to me. "I know the timing isn't ideal but we knew this day would come." He says and puts his arm around me. I can hear Johanna talking to Gale "I told you it would be ok." I hear his voice again "Yeah, I wonder where she is." "I don't know maybe she's in the garden or getting ready or in the shower." Says Johanna.

Peeta takes Willow from me and stands up "Come on it'll be fine." He says, I stand up and give him a hug and I say "Ok, I'll just get dressed." He leaves and I throw on some clothes. I go to the kitchen and poor myself some water. I'm feeling dehydrated. I can hear them talking again.

"Willow is such a pretty name Peeta, she's just so little and perfect" I hear Johanna saying. "Listen Peeta I just want to say thank you." Gale says. I wonder why. Why would Gale need to thank Peeta? "What for?" I hear Peeta ask. "For taking care of Katniss, for showing her how to love again for just being there for her." Gale says. I don't know why but I'm shocked. I would never have thought that Gale would be thanking Peeta for well loving me.

"It was my pleasure Gale, you don't need to thank me." Peeta says. "I'm happy for both of you, I'm glad she's found someone she can be happy with. Your baby is beautiful." Says Gale. "Thank you" Peeta answers. I'm just stood in the kitchen listening to them talking when I hear Gale say "I know you're in there Catnip." Damn his hunting skills.

I put my glass down and walk out in the living room. I sit down next to Peeta and take his hand. "Hey" says Gale with a smile. "Hey" I answer back. "So how've you been?" He asks "I'm good, happy finally." He smiles. "What about you?" I ask. "I've been good 2 is ok I guess but it's not home. I'm sorry I left by the way, I just needed to get my head straight." I understand everything after the rebellion was so messed up. I just nod to him.

He holds her and the sight is so strange. I never imagined Gale holding such a tiny and delicate thing. I don't know why it shocks me I mean he was the one who was an expert with the snares as delicate as they were. Johanna smiles at Gale holding Willow. Maybe she thinks that one day her and Gale could have a baby of their own. I remember the conversation we had when he told me that he might have kids if he didn't live in district 12. Well now he doesn't so nothing is stopping them. Maybe our kids could be friends.

Gale has changed a lot since I last saw him. He is much more nostalgic now and doesn't seem to have anger inside of him like he used to. For the first time in years he actually seems happy. We are both happy and living our lives as we are supposed to. He and Johanna may be an odd pairing but I think that they are made for each other. They balance each other out. It feels like such a dream, everything is going well, the only thing reminding me that it's real is Peeta's hand holding onto mine and I'm glad that it is real.

We talk all day and I'm beginning to think that maybe we could become friends again. He and Peeta are getting along well, I never thought that they could be friends. Willow has woke up and Johanna has been playing with her all day. Johanna Mason is good with babies, because of her tough exterior and aggressive attitude you wouldn't know that she would be great with babies.

I start to feel tired and Johanna notices so she gets up and gives Peeta Willow and says "Gale I think it's time to go." He gets up and so do I "It was great seeing you Gale" I say he hugs me and says "It was good seeing you too" He shakes Peeta's hand and leaves. Peeta gets up and puts Willow in her bed. I had never imagined Gale's visit to go so well, but it did and I think that's thanks to Peeta his presence next to me, his fingers laced into mine, it just made me feel at ease.

He comes back into the rooms and open his arms which I immediately walk into. He folds his arms around my back and mine are around his neck, I wouldn't have gotten through the day without him. "Thank you" I say to him. He pulls away "What for?" he asks. "For helping me through today." I say. "You didn't need any help you were great." "If you weren't there by my side, holding my hand I wouldn't have been able to cope." He pulls me close and kisses me.

"How come Johanna just got up and decided to leave so suddenly?" He asked after we kissed. "I think she sensed that I was getting tired." I laugh. "You're tired? I'll make the bed for you." Before he leaves to make the bed I grab his hand and ask "You're not sleeping yet?" He laughs and corrects "I'll make the bed for us."

I switch the lights off and join him in the bedroom. Before getting into bed I walk over to Willows cot just to check if she's ok. Motherly instincts. There she is, my small miracle, sleeping in her pink blanket, happy. I undress and put some shorts and a tank top on. It's very warm considering its night time. Peeta lies on the bed on top of the blanket with shorts on. He doesn't wear a shirt.

I join him. My head lays on his chest and my arms are around him just like his are around me. His heartbeat is steady like always. This is the sound I fall asleep to every night, it's familiar. Since we've had the baby he won't sleep with the windows open. Maybe he fears that if we do somebody might come in and take her.

His heartbeat slows and I know that he is sleeping. I wonder what he dreams about at night. Having another baby? Nightmares about the games? Losing us? Me? Whatever they are he doesn't really talk about them like I talk about mine. I only tell him about mine because I either wake up sweating or scared and he knows I have had a nightmare or I wake up in a happy mood and cheerful, then he knows that my dreams have been happy ones.

I don't know why but tonight sleep escapes me. Maybe it's because of the stressful day I've had or maybe it's just one of them nights where I just can't sleep. I try to unwrap myself from his arms without waking him. When I finally do I check on Willow again. Still sleeping. I walk into the kitchen and poor myself some water. Everything is quiet.

I don't know how long I stand there, zoned out for, but it must have been a while because next thing I know I feel Peeta's hand on my shoulder. "Hey what's up?" he asks. "Can't sleep." He nods and pours himself some water. "Weren't you sleeping?" I ask. "Yeah I was but I just woke up and you weren't there." He says before gulping down his water. "I'll be back in there in a minute I just need to get cooler." He kisses my cheek and nods then goes back to bed.

I soon finish my glass of water and decide to go back to bed. When I enter the room he is lying down with Willow next to him. I join them and lace my fingers with his. This time I fall asleep nearly instantly.