Authors Note
I just want to thank you all for the reviews. They really boost my confidence.
If anyone has any names for the twins let me know. I have a girl name just not a boy name.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the hunger games
It's taken Haymitch at least 2 weeks to convince me that it's safe. So I approach him one morning to tell him that I will do it. Truthfully when I spoke to Peeta on the phone he convinced me to do it. He's in District 11 right now. I miss him so much.
"Ok I'll do it but if something goes wrong I'm out of there" I say glaring at him. He nods and leads me to the elevator. When we get down there I see Annie. She smiles at me as we approach.
"I'm not letting you do this by yourself, I'll be there for the whole thing" She says hugging me. The doctors give me an ear piece and tell me not to get to close. The door opens and I go in.
His eyes are instantly locked onto me. He's sizing me up. His eyes grow wide when he sees my bump.
"You're huge" He says. Obviously I'm 8 months pregnant. Calm down Katniss. This isn't him talking.
"I've still got a way to go" He nods "How are you?" I ask trying to keep calm. He smiles.
"I hate this Catnip." He starts "I can't tell what's real or not, I can't even remember what Posy's last birthday was like" I remember so I tell him.
"It was great, you bought her a book on wild plants" I start. He nods for me to continue "Then Peeta came and brought her a cake" I stop as his eyes go dark.
"Gale..." I start but he's pulling on the restraints trying to tear at the sheets.
"Mutt! He's a Mutt Katniss!" He shouts "Kill Him!" I'm crying when Haymitch pulls me from the room.
"What did I do wrong?" I say shaking as Gale's screams stop. Haymitch explains that Peeta's the main trigger for his flashbacks. But I'm barely listening. The twins are kicking a lot. Doctor Lee said this would happen as I'm near my due date. She called them Braxton Hicks. Somehow these don't feel like practise contractions. I feel dizzy, really dizzy.
"Katniss...Haymitch what's going on?" I hear Annie ask. Haymitch says something but I don't hear him. My world then goes black.
I wake up in a white room. I look around and there's someone with their back turned to me. I look down at the sheets and they're covered in blood. The figure turns around. Gale. But he's locked up. He's holding something in his arms. A Baby. My Baby...
"You don't deserve this Katniss!" He shouts as I see him bring a knife out of his pocket.
"Gale Stop!" I scream. It's too late he's already plunged the knife into my baby.
"Miss Everdeen, You didn't really think that you deserved this life did you?" Snow.
"What have you done?" I say. He smiles and steps aside to reveal...Peeta.
"Peeta. Peeta Help me!" I say trying to get up. His eyes are black.
"Why would I help a mutt?" He says throwing himself at me. His hands grip my neck...
"Katniss Wake up!" It's Annie.
"Where am I?" I say. Observing my surroundings it's just a normal hospital room. Haymitch is in the corner asleep.
"Katniss you've started to go into labour" Annie says. It's too early. What have I done? This is my fault. I start sobbing but I'm cut off by a contraction. These are worse than the practise ones. I scream out squeezing Annie's hand tightly. She soothes me.
"Where's Peeta?" I ask trying to stay calm. Her face falls slightly. Haymitch comes over as my screams have woken him up.
"They're on the hovercraft, they should be back in a few hours" He explains. His communicuff beeps and he excuses himself.
An hour goes by, Annie tries to get me to eat something but I can't I'm too nervous. She sits with me and talks to me about baby stuff and when my contractions come she keeps me calm.
"Annie, Peeta and I never got to ask but we want you and Finnick to be Godparents as well as Johanna and Haymitch." I say smiling. She smiles and pulls me in for a quick hug.
"We would love to Katniss" She says "As long as we can babysit a lot, I need the practise" I laugh at the last part and nod gratefully. I feel another contraction coming and I grip down on Annie's hand. This one is really bad. I scream as the contraction reaches a peak. When the contraction is over I fall back into the bed panting. Suddenly the door bursts open and there stands my husband.
"Finally, I was about to commit to killing you for doing this to me!" I holler at him. He laughs and sits on the other side of me.
"How are you feeling?" He asks taking my hand. I glare at him and roll my eyes.
"How do you think?" I snap feeling another contraction. His face falls. "Sorry, I'm just so tiered" He smiles at me and kisses my forehead. Annie politely excuses herself telling us she will be in the waiting room.
2 more hours go by and a whole lot of abuse has been shouted at Peeta. I immediately feel bad and apologise. Doctor Lee said I was at 8 centimetres and that she would come back in an hour to check if any progress has been made.
"Peeta, what if I'm a bad mother?" I ask tears forming in my eyes. He looks shocked that I even said it. "I'm sorry Peeta, this is all my fault!" I'm sobbing when I finish. Peeta just takes my hand and puts his spare hand on my cheek.
"Katniss, you are going to be the best mother ever" I look up at him. "I know that because you basically raised Prim and you looked after Rue till she died" I press my lips to his sweetly.
"You really think that?" I ask. He nods and kisses me again. "I love you Peeta Mellark" I mean that with every beat of my heart.
"I love you Katniss Mellark" He says. The door opens about 5 minutes later and Doctor Lee, my mother and Prim enter. They greet us and get equipment ready.
"Ok, Katniss you are fully dilated now so on your next contraction I want you to push" Doctor Lee says. I have to do this. I can do this. "Peeta sit behind Katniss with your legs folded and Katniss lean back on Peeta's chest and you may want to take Peeta's hands" He holds his hands out to me and I grasp them gratefully and smile at him.
"I'm here Katniss, every step of the way always" Peeta says. I nod I'm too overcome by emotions to answer. I can feel the next contraction coming so I grip Peeta's hands.
"Ok, Katniss are you ready to meet your children?" I nod smiling nervously. I push as hard as I can when the contraction comes. I grip Peeta's hands hard and my screams fill out the whole hospital.
"One more push until you meet your Baby Boy" My mom says smiling at me. My baby boy is coming first that means no matter what he's going to protect his sister. "Ready? 3...2...1 Push" I scream out as I push one more time. Peeta's hands must be numb from the pressure I'm putting on them. He may have a few broken bones at the end of this. The screams of my baby boy fill up the whole room. I breathe out a sign of relief and a few tears spill over my cheeks.
"That's our baby boy Peeta" I say as Prim starts to clean him up. "Is he ok?" My mom nods obviously overcome with emotion. She looks over to Prim who is now putting a small towel around my baby.
"Ok Katniss, Time to deliver your Baby Girl" Doctor Lee says. I have to do that all over again but it's worth it; especially when the reward is this. I feel the next contraction start and I push as hard as I can. "Last push at the next contraction Katniss" one more till I am rewarded with our children.
"You can do this Katniss" Peeta says nestling his head on my shoulder. I grip his hands tighter than ever and I push when the next contraction comes I push as hard as I can, using all the strength I have left. A few minutes later I hear my Baby Girls screams fill the room. Peeta is smiling at me and he kisses my forehead. Doctor Lee asks him to cut the cord and he does smiling down at our baby girl. While my mom cleans up my baby girl, Prim hands me my baby boy. As I look down at him I see he has Peeta's hair. He opens his eyes and they're a seam grey; he's the perfect combination between me and Peeta. Tears seep over my cheeks.
"He's beautiful Kat" Peeta says "I can't believe he's our child" I turn and kiss him. Prim comes over with my Baby Girl and puts her in the crook of my other arm, she has my hair and Peeta's eyes. Peeta and I spend a few minutes just gazing at our children.
"What are we going to call them Katniss?" Peeta asks. I smile remembering the names I had talked about with Annie.
"Aiden Haymitch Mellark and Willow Rue Mellark" I say looking down at my children with the biggest smile on my face. Peeta smiles wider, if that was even possible.
"I love those names Kat" He says smiling. I hand him Willow and he walks around the room with her. He makes it look so effortless. I smile watching them bond. I look down to Aiden in my arms and I know that this is where I was always meant to be.
So the Twins have been born. I hope you liked their names. I picked them because Aiden means fire and Willow means unbreakable. I just think they fit considering their parents.
So what's going to happen next? It's a mystery but I have a few Ideas and I hope that you are going to love them.
