Sorry for not updating for so long, but I have been very busy, and working on a long chapter. I hope you enjoy chapter 9.
P.S. Big plot twist!
I smile, and Prim excuses herself to go to bed. She gets out of her wheelchair and unsteadily walks to her room. I follow her, but first stop into the kitchen. I see my old house through the window, and can hear a dog bark out in the distance. This should be everything I want, but I can feel a gaping hole in the pit of my stomach, and a feeling of emptiness. I walk up the stairs, and am greeted by Peeta. He smiles and kisses the top of my head.
I grin back and wrap my arms around his waist.
Peeta POV
"What do you think?" I ask her as we make our way back to the bedroom. She shrugs her shoulders. "I still feel a void, but I also feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I just kinda want to sort out my thoughts right now, but I wanna talk in the morning."
She seems kinda tense, but I feel like that is probably normal after all the things that has been happening lately."
She rolls over, and soon falls asleep, and I can hear Prim sleeping in her room. I can hear a quiet chirps of crickets, yet a noise of ringing fills my ears. I spend the night awake, and start to drift off around three. I fall asleep for a few minutes, but then am awakened by a nightmare.
I get up at around five, and an hour or so later, Katniss and Prim waltz downstairs.
Prim bites her lip, and meekly asks, "I was wondering, if, I could, um, move into Katniss' old house?" She stares at the ground for a moment, when Katniss bends down to have their eyes meet.
"Of course Little Duck." She walks over to a painting, and slides out a key from the back.
Prim leaves, and Katniss walks up to me.
"Can we talk?" She asks quietly. I nod my head, as she guides me outside.
"We are going on a walk!" Katniss calls out to Prim.
She nods, and waves with a grin, as we walk down to the square, hand in hand.
Once we reach where the bakery once stood, Katniss lets out a sigh.
We sit down in the old ruins, and she smiles.
"Peeta," she whispers.
"Yeah?"
She holds her breath for a moment, and then whispers, "I think, I want a baby..."
I stare at her for a moment, and she looks at the ground.
"What happened to never wanting to have a baby?"
She shrugs her shoulders. "I feel safer with you, I think I would be able to handle it."
I was thinking about it in the hospital. I just think it would be nice. A sweet little addition to our family."
She looks at the ground, her cheeks becoming red.
"I think it's a good idea," I say after a moment.
"But we should talk to Arelius first."
She nods her head, and we walk back home, as my heart flutters. This seems weird, especially how Katniss has always resented the thought of a baby.
We dial Arelius' number, and hear him pick up on the first ring.
"Peeta and Katniss? Good to hear from you. What's up, is something wrong, or why are you calling."
Katniss remains silent for a moment, her cheeks turning a deep crimson with embarrassment.
"We want a baby."
A moment of silence follows before he clears his throat.
"Uh... Okay, um... First how are the um... Flashback... Yeah the flashbacks."
"Good."
"Uh... I see no reason why not. Okay, um... Bye!" He says hanging up the phone with a click.
Katniss looks embarrassed and kinda flushed. I give her a reassuring smile, and she grins back. I kiss her gently, and hold her in my arms.
Katniss POV (time skip 2 months later)
I have a little baby bump showing, and Peeta and I walk to the doctor. Peeta kisses me gently and says, "Everything is going to be okay." We walk into the hospital, as a perky nurse greets us.
"An appointment for Mellark," Peeta says, squeezing my hand.
She guides us down a long hall, and opens up a room, with a cot in the corner and a big screen opposite from the cot. The nurse tells me to lay down on the cot, and lift up my shirt, enough to show my stomach. She spreads a gel on my stomach. She waves a wand over my stomach. A minute later, the ultrasound shows up on the tv. The nurse gives me a grin, as I can hear heartbeats echo throughout the room.
"Katniss... You're having twins!" She says with a grin. I start freaking out, and curling up in a ball. I start sobbing uncontrollably, and have a panic attack.
A few minutes later I start screaming and crying even harder.
"This isn't possible," I say screaming.
Peeta sits next to me, wrapping his arm around my shoulder.
"Katniss," he says softly. He pauses, and looks at the nurse, and she scurries out telling us if we need anything to press the button.
I scoot over enough for Peeta to sit next to me.
He cups my head in his hands, and stares into my gray eyes, as tears make a way down my cheeks.
"It will be okay Katniss. Okay?"
"I feel scared. Twins, Peeta. That's two. What if I fail as a mother. What if they hate me?" I stutter out. I bury my face in his shirt, and sob. Peeta rubs my back, and kisses my head.
"Shhhhhh…" he says hushing me. "It will be okay. We will have two little kids Katniss. Boys with blond hair and gray eyes. Girls with dark brown hair, and blue eyes. They will be so wonderful. I know it seems scary. I know it's hard to comprehend, and to think about, but I know you will be a great mom. Think about their first steps. Their first smile. Katniss, I know they will love you."
He starts to get up, and pulls me up with him.
He gives me a smile, and we walk out of the building together.
Neither Haymitch nor Prim know I'm pregnant, so I decide to hold off the news about the twins.
When we get out of the hospital, Peeta takes me over to the shops.
"We should go baby shopping."
I look down, and Peeta wraps his arm around my shoulder.
"We don't have to do shopping today," he says sweetly.
"Let's just wait a few months. Maybe we should find out the gender. And I bet the second Effie finds out about the twins she will be running off to buy us stuff in the Capitol."
Peeta chuckles, and wraps his arm around me.
Once we get home, Peeta says that I should go talk to Prim about the twins. I agree, and he walks to the phone.
