I. AM. A. MERMAID. Just kidding! But I do really look like one of Ariel's sisters. Meh... enough about me, now about the Hunger Games. I have a poll going so go do that! RAWR!
Katniss and Gale had decided to tell their families four weeks after their engagement. They wanted to keep it secret from the district for as long as they could, but it didn't work. Six weeks after they became engaged, the whole district knew. They had simply walked into the Hob, but were greeted with loud cheers. At first they didn't know what was going on, but when they reached Greasy Sae they knew why. On that particular day, two of the three seats at her stall were taken up, so Katniss had to resort to sitting on Gale's lap. Greasy Sae simply looked at them and said, "I knew it. Rumors been flying around left and right. Why'd you propose boy? You knock 'er up?" Katniss had freaked out; she spit the soup in her mouth out. Gale had froze. He wanted kids but not like that.
"Uhhh... Sae, I'm not pregnant, at least I don't think I am," She explained. Darius, who happened to be sitting next to them, laughed.
"You don't think you are? Wow! Don't come crying to us when you don't know what to do with a kid in a couple months!" He laughed.
"I'm not pregnant! Don't make get Prim on you! She can take down a bear!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah, sure. And I have blue hair! Good one Katniss!" he laughed again.
"What did you say about my future sister-in-law?" Gale asked through gritted teeth.
"It's okay Hawthorne! Just joking around!"
"We're not laughing."
"Gee sorry. I'll just go now. See ya later Sae," He said, paying Sae, and sulking away. Katniss stayed on Gale's lap even though there was another empty seat.
"You sure you're not pregnant?" He whispers into her ear.
"Yes Gale, I'm sure I'd know by now."
"I don't know... we did it only a few weeks ago...no protection and it's too early to tell..." He whispers.
"Gale drop it! I'll have my mother look out for any signs," She hisses.
"Let's go home, I want to talk to Posy about our relationship. I think she thinks that you'll move in with us when we marry..."
"It's okay Gale, come on." They finish their soup, pay Sae, and walk hand in hand together home.
They gather Posy and try to prepare for the inevitable waterworks. Gale picks Posy up and walks her to the kitchen. They sit her down in front of them and Gale starts, "Posy, you know how we said that Katniss and me are in love?"
"Is Kat pregnant?" She asked, swinging her legs back and forth. Unfortunately, Hazel just so happens to come inside from gathering some laundry.
"Yes Gale, is Kat pregnant?" She asks smirking, leaning against the counter with her arms folded across her chest.
"Why is everyone asking that today?" Katniss wonders aloud.
"Everyone?" Hazel quirks an eye brow.
"Yes, Greasy Sae says that the current rumor at the Hob is that I only proposed because Katniss was pregnant," Gale explains.
"Is that true?"
"I proposed to her because I love her!"
"Oh, I knew that already. I want to know if I'm expecting a grandbaby yet."
"Well... I don't exactly know Hazel. I don't exactly want to know," Katniss replied. "If you want grandbabies, you might expect Prim and Rory to give you them sooner than us," She said before thinking. She covered her mouth and went wide eyed. "Did I really just say that?" Gale burst out laughing and Posy sat there confused.
"It's okay Kat. Don't worry, I'm not exactly expecting for you to give me grandkids right away. Just having you as a part of the family is good enough. Besides, Rory and Prim will probably get married at 16 if they wanted to. Those are the ones I expect more grandbabies from."
"Wait, is Kat having a baby?" Posy questioned who was working on sorting her confusion out.
"Uhhh... no Hun... but Katniss and I have something to tell you." Gale says, turning his attention back to the little girl. "So... you know how much I really absolutely cherish, adore, and love Katniss?"
"Yeah?"
"You know how we're getting married, right?" Katniss asked.
"Yes?"
"Well when we marry, Katniss and I have to move out."
"With who?"
"It'll just be me and Katniss then. We won't live with you anymore." Gale continues. He watches the confusion, understanding and then a smile float across her face. Now it's Gale's turn to be confused. He thought she was going to throw a fit.
"If it is just you two, does that mean you'll have a baby?" She asked, still smiling. Katniss sighed; Posy was not giving up on the baby thing.
"One day we'll have a little baby," Katniss responded.
"We will?" Gale asked.
"Yes Gale! Now Posy, you understand?"
"Yes! So I will be an auntie one day?"
"Sure Pose, now run along and play," Gale responded. After she left, Gale turned to speak with Katniss. "So, we will have kids?" He asked. Katniss hadn't really been thinking about kids to much, she barely realized she said that they would have one.
"I don't know Gale. We are barely engaged. All I know is that I love you," She told him. He smiled; he might be a dad after all.
"I love you too. And by the way you handled Posy; you will turn out to be an amazing mother if we have children."
"You'd be an amazing father. But don't expect kids yet, I still have another month of school left."
"Speaking of school, have you talked to the mayor's daughter about the marriage certificate yet?"
"Her name is Madge. She is really kind Gale! Get used to me being friends with her, or else you will not be sleeping with me the day of our wedding! And I did not speak to her yet." She responded, having something a bit like a mood swing.
"Sorry Katniss! I think you need to go talk to your mother..."
"Are you mad at me? I'm sorry!" She exclaimed, burying her head into him.
"It's okay Catnip. Let's go speak to your mother." He said scooping her up and walking towards her house. He encountered several people who rolled their eyes at the sight of them. At some point, Katniss had fallen asleep in his arms. When he reached her house, Mrs. Everdeen had just opened the door to get some fresh air.
"What happened Gale?" She simply asked, when he came inside. He gently laid her on the couch.
"She's having something like mood swings."
"Is she pregnant?" Gale sighed. Everyone though that for some reason.
"You know you are the 5th person to ask that today? I don't know. That's why I wanted to talk to you, you know better than anyone else."
Mrs. Everdeen sighed. She personally believed that her daughter was pregnant. Katniss had been eating weird foods, throwing up in the morning, and she was almost certain that her oldest daughter missed her period. "I think she is... I'll try and convince her to take a test. Gale, do you know what she'll try and do?"
"Kill me?"
"Or someone else. Kids have always been a very sensitive subject for her. I brought up about a month ago and she freaked out. She ran off to the woods."
"She just told Posy she might have a baby one day. Many people today have been talking about kids today around her and she got very tense."
"And by the looks of it, I'm going to be a grandmother in about 7 ½ months. Mood swings. Very common in pregnancies. You should be very careful about your wording."
"7 ½? You know what day we..." He trails off, realizing what he was saying and blushing.
"Of course. I was here. I heard you two going at it," She says with a smile, not even blushing.
"You don't mind? I mean, you know, that, I did it with your daughter?" He asks, rubbing the back of his neck. The poor boy was the most embarrassed he had ever been.
"Of course not. I was always expecting to share all my grandbabies with Hazel."
Gale chuckles. So apparently everyone now knows about Rory and Prim's apparent crushes for one another. Gale couldn't wait until he was a father. Hell, he might be one in 7 ½ months. He would love to wake up to a little girl or boy bouncing in him and his wife's bed, who was the perfect mixture of the two of them. He would love to fall asleep with Katniss in his arms, and to wake up with her still there. This was the beginning of his life now, married to the love of his life, whom might be pregnant with his child. "I hope she is pregnant. Probably the only way I'll be a father is by accident."
"Once she does have a baby, she may want another. A mother's love is very strong. When I was her age, I never wanted kids. But when I had her, I changed my mind and had Prim as well. She should be pregnant, too. The tea I gave her the morning before the reaping makes a person more fertile."
Gale, who had been drinking water, spit it out in shock. Did Mrs. Everdeen want grandbabies that bad? He thought to himself. "How did you know we were going to do it?"
"Gale, she'll say your name when she sleeps. Of course I knew. I plan many different things without people knowing."
"You are really smart."
"I know Gale. Now go check on Prim and Rory. They've been in the woods all day."
Prim and Rory have been doing a lot of the hunting together recently. Many people have been getting suspicious. But these families feed most of the Seam, so no one complains as long as there is still a good amount of food coming in.
Ta da! Here we go with the longest chapter yet. Yes, I know, Katniss is pregnant? Well they should have kids, they are perfect together. Don't worry, I have something a bit funny to go with it next chapter, which will be out within tonight and tomorrow morn'. Did you know when I typed this the first time, love was the 777 word? And 777 is my favorite number. AMAZING!