Hello Again! I was going to wait for a bit to post his chapter but I couldn't help myself. I may do only four more chapters after this, maybe a little more (I haven't decided) but i'll let you know when the finale is coming. Enjoy!

Chapter 7- Shock

"Winter!" Shay yelled and rushed into the kitchen. When he did, he accidentally stepped on a shard of glass that sliced into his foot. He yelled in pain but still went over to Winter.

Winter was passed out on the ground, with cuts on her arms from dropping the glass plates. Shay tried to wake her up, but she was out cold. Katniss rushed in," What happened!?" she exclaimed. Peeta and Haymitch came up behind her.

Shay started to panic," She was just getting better, she was happier than I've seen her in years," he said while still trying to wake her up.

Peeta quickly grabbed the house phone," I'm calling the hospital," he said. He quickly dialed the number.

Katniss quickly got her cell phone out," I know a few people in the mines, I'll let them know there's an emergency," she said.

Haymitch helped get Shay and Winter out of the kitchen without either one of them getting more cuts. Peeta kept an eye on Winter while giving the medics all the information he had.

Shay set Winter down on the couch and held her hand," You're going to be okay, I know you will be," he whispered and tried to stay rational.

After a few more minutes, an ambulance arrived and rushed her to the hospital. Shay stayed by her the whole way there, repeating the same thing over and over," You're going to be okay, I know you will."

-District 12 Hospital-

Once the Capitol fell, many upgrades were made to the outland districts. The biggest upgrade was the medical systems, as the ones they had were organized in a terrible fashion. Now, all hospitals were equipped with the best staff, equipment, and the upmost of care to all.

Shay hobbled in behind the emergency responders, as they were wheeling Winter in. He tried to hold in how much he was in pain and keep up with them. However, he was stopped by a nurse," Sir you can't go in right now," she said," you have to wait."

"If you think I'll wait out in the dang lobby while there's something wrong then you're crazy!" he snapped at her. The nurse watched in shock as he shoved past her.

Katniss and Peeta made it just in time to see him do so," Shay!" Peeta called to him, but he ignored him.

Doctors and Peacekeepers chased after him,"Sir they're doing an examination, you can't go in," one of the doctors tried to explain.

Shay struggled to get them off of him," Don't you people get it! I said I'm not waiting around while she's hurt! Let go!" he yelled.

"Calm down or we'll have to remove you from the premesis," a Peacekeper warned him.

Peeta rushed in to help before he did something stupid," Hold on here! If you people will just back off I can talk to him," he said calmly.

"I don't care about talking bread man! I'm not waiting out in the dang lobby!" Shay yelled and shoved a doctor off of him.

That was when a familiar doctor rushed," Ok that's enough everyone! We have patients that are complaining of too much noise. I… Peeta Mellark, don't tell me you're involved in this," he said.

The doctors and the Peacekeepers let go of Shay but stayed by cautiously. Peeta looked in shock at the man standing in front of him," Dr. Aurelius, what are you doing here?" he asked in surprise.

Shay was confused," You know this guy?" he asked.

Peeta slowly nodded. Katniss then noticed it was him and stood beside Peeta. Dr. Aurelius sighed," I make a monthly round checking up on all of the hospitals, seeing if there is any more special cases I have to attend to. May I ask what are the 'star crossed lovers' doing here with a coal miner?" he asked. He then chuckled a little," coal miner, still can't believe they opened those mines back up."

"The name's Shay, and we're trying to go through and mine anything we can find while also dig up artifacts from before the bombings," he said defensively.

Dr. Aurelius nodded," I see, you must be that thief I've been hearing about," he said.

"Yeah and I've got no time for this. If you excuse me I have someone to get to," Shay told him rudely and tried to get past him.

Dr. Aurelius blocked him," I'm guessing you're all here for that young lady then, well I'm sorry but they're trying to run a few scans to see if she's okay," he said. He put his hand on his shoulder," it'll only take a couple more minutes I promise. Until then I have a big job for you."

"Seriously."

The doctor nodded and handed him a virtual pad and a pen," I want you to write down anything and everything you know about her and if she's ever had any problems like this before."

Shay shakily looked at the pad," In case anything bad happens to her…"

"…or good, we only want to give her the best care she can get right?"

Katniss noticed that Shay looked like he was about to cry and took him to sit down. Peeta stood there and stared at the doctor. The doctor smiled," You only want to give her the best of what you can give her, isn't that right Mr. Mellark?" he asked him.

Peeta looked back at Katniss and sighed. He remembered when he was asked this question before; when he told him he missed his girl on fire while getting treatment. During those weeks he felt alone, incomplete, only with the cure of being reunited with her again did that all go away," Always," he said.

After taking time to fill out as much information as he could, a nurse came out to talk to Shay. He immediately got up," Is she ok?" he asked in concern.

The nurse smiled," She's going to be okay sir, but first we should mend up that foot of yours," she said.

Shay sighed in relief, but was confused why she was smiling so much,"O-okay?" he said and followed her. The nurse looked back at Katniss for a second and giggled.

Peeta sat down next to Katniss and kissed her," How are you holding up?" he asked her.

Katniss shrugged," For having a crazy week I think I'm holding up just fine. You?"

"Same. I just feel sad that this happened to her right as we were moving on."

"I know, I wonder how it came to be like that."

Peeta tried to think of every possible answer, but there were so many reasons as to why it came about. Katniss cuddled into him," I'm sorry."

Peeta looked confused," What for?"

"For making you wait to have kids."

He hugged her as he saw how guilty she felt," No need to apologize, I know how you feel about it. Whether you're ever ready for it or not, it's not going to change what we have. We're a team…" he got quiet and looked at her in the eyes.

She teared up and kissed him. Yes she didn't know if she'd ever be ready, but she realized it was something she wanted as well; to start a family with her other half," Now there's no way I'm letting you go," she whispered teasingly, remembering how he wouldn't let her leave his side to get the medicine in the games.

Peeta smiled at her mocking his words," I never have, and I never will," he whispered back.

Suddenly, the nurse rushed to them," Sorry to interrupt, but Shay's kinda passed out in the middle of the patient's room," she told them.

Peeta got up and rushed over to the room, with the nurse and Katniss trailing behind him. Sure enough, Shay was on the ground next to Winter's bed.

Peeta got down to his level," Shay, hey can you hear me?" he asked.

Shay opened his eyes and looked at him in a daze," Hey… can you read the screen up there for me?" he asked.

Peeta raised an eyebrow," Okay?" he said. He looked up and read the word that was displayed on screen," Positive. But positive of what exactly?" he wondered.

Shay laughed hysterically and tried to get up," Oh, I just wanted to make sure I read that test result right," he said. He then nearly passed out again, this time Peeta caught him.

"I don't understand, what exactly was the test?" Katniss asked.

Suddenly, it hit her what it was for. She shockingly looked at the peacefully sleeping Winter," No way…" Katniss muttered.

The nurse got excited. Shay looked at Winter in joy and sadness at the same time," I…"

Sorry for the abrupt ending, but I want to leave you guys excited for the next chapter, cause it's going to be huge! Until next time, bye!