Author's Note: Hey guys, I had my final last night! Hooray! So I'm back to writing. I have the next two already ready to go but I'll only be uploading one a day. I'm assuming that my lack of reviews of Chapter 5 is people upset with how the storyline went. I don't know but I always felt like there was a large age gap between their two kids and when Katniss got pregnant when she did it didn't make sense to me. I didn't expect the storyline to take this path it just sort of did. As I said before, please don't hate me too much.

"Katniss?" I hear again.

"Yeah, it's me." I say after a second. "Why are you calling?" It had been twenty years after all.

"I have some news. I was wondering if I could stop by sometime next week. I'll only be in District 12 for the day." He tells me.

"Why now, Gale?" I ask him, genuinely curious.

He pauses. "I just really need to see my best friend."

"Okay." I reply quietly. "What day are you coming?" We hash out all the arrangements and I leave enough time so that if Peeta doesn't want Gale to come than I can cancel. I wake Lily from her nap after I hang up and hold her closely to my chest; whispering "I love you" into her hair. It's her birthday soon so I'll have to start planning something for her. I could never forgive myself if I forgot something so vital.

Over dinner that night I tell Peeta about the call I received. His face goes blank for a second and he seems to be stuck on a thought.

"Good." He says simply.

"Good? So you're okay with him coming to visit?" I asked, a little bewildered. He nods slowly.

"I really think it could do us a lot of good. I know it's always been on the back of your mind. After all this time you can get at least a piece of your best friend back." He looks up at me through his blonde eyelashes and smiles innocently. I don't think I've ever loved him more than I did in that moment.

"I love you." I tell him, and he responds in turn.

"Well, I love both of you." Lily suddenly chimes in, and we respond to her in turn too. Peeta and I both laugh at her antics and I suddenly can't remember the last time we did.

Peeta and I make love that night; the first time since we lost the baby. It feels like everything is finally falling into place.

Six days later Gale arrives at our front door. He is surprised to say the least when Lily opens it widely and yells, "Welcome to our home. My name is Lily and you are Gale." before grabbing his hand and dragging him into the room. I can safely say that this 6'3 man in uniform is not used to a child not being scared of him. We had explained to Lily earlier that an old friend was coming to visit and she got extremely excited; she loves to meet new people. She drags him all the way to the family room where I was sitting reading a book to her. Lily makes him sit down on the coach across from me before sitting down beside him.

"We should have tea. It's only proper for when guests are over." She starts explaining to Gale.

"Honey, Gale and I are going to have grown up talk first. Why don't you go play in your room for a few minutes?" I ask her. She sighs.

"Ten minutes?" She asks, demanding my acceptance.

"Ten minutes." I promise. She takes the book from my lap and brings it with her as she climbs upstairs to her room.

"Well I can see that she keeps your busy." Gale chuckles to himself.

"She most certainly does." I reply, chuckling in turn.

"She looks so much like you, or at least how you used to look." He comments, most likely referring to my hair, maybe my age. He looks much older too. I notice a few grey hairs sprouting at his temples, and his eyes have little crows' feet around them.

"Lily's much more like Peeta, even though she'll never admit to that." I smile fondly before getting to the task at hand. I was never one to beat around the bush. "Why are you here, Gale?"

"I'm getting married." I smile, expecting this.

"Well then I'm really happy for you." I tell him sincerely.

"I would like for you to come. I know it's a lot to ask and I know it's been a while, but it would mean so much to me if you were there." He explains.

"Twenty years isn't a while Gale." I tell him. He sighs to himself. "Why didn't you call? You knew where I was? I had no way to contact you."

"I felt guilty, okay? I feel it all the time, like Prim's death will always be on my shoulders. You have no idea what it's like..." He trails off.

"I have a better idea than you think. It wasn't your fault Gale…"

"The hell it is." Before he can speak again I jump in.

"Believe it or not, I do know what it is like; to feel immediately responsible for the death of a loved one." I almost break down but I steady myself. I go on to tell him about our unnamed child, he clings onto my words like a lifeline. He seems speechless.

Lily storms down the stairs. "It has been way longer than ten minutes." She demands. I quickly brighten up and she runs over to Gale and I. She looks him right in the eye.

"We're gonna have a tea party now." She tells him before dragging out her tea set from underneath "her" kitchen cupboard.

A couple of hours later, Peeta comes home to find me making dinner and Lily using Gale's face as a canvas. My makeup is sprawled all around her as she once again applies a different colour of eyeshadow to Gale's eyelids.

"I see she's suckered you into that too." He remarks to Gale.

"She is way too persuasive. She's definitely grown into your tongue." He says cheekily back. Peeta just shakes his head and walks away to wash up for dinner.

Author's Note: Yes, I am aware that a large part of this chapter was fluff. It's sort of me making up for Chapter 5, and I also wanted to explain Lily's stage in life and how she isn't really completely aware yet of what's going on. I like writing about her, she's a really fun character for me.

Oh, and a side note for my author's note; 639 views!? My goodness that's really exciting! I just wish I was getting more reviews. I have received 10 reviews so far. I was hoping to get around three or four per chapter but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. If you have the chance, can you leave me a quick note? Do you like the direction this story is taking? I've also been trying to work on Chapter 10 all day, and I am so stuck on what happens next. :P Anyway, have a good day. Happy reading!