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The night is filled with brand new nightmares. Instead of screaming for my father to run, I am screaming for Peeta as a monster- that somewhat resembles his mother- beats him senseless. No matter how hard I try, I cannot move to save him and they do not seem to hear me. I am screaming as my mother delivers my baby only to kill her. Peeta looks at her in horror as she comes for us next. I am screaming when Prim appears in front of me.

"Katniss!" she yells.

I sit up so fast that I almost bash my head against hers. My throat is dry and hoarse from screaming, and my body is damp with sweat. I sit there panting as Prim stares at me. I try to think of something to say to reassure her that I am okay, but nothing comes to mind. She seems to understand though since she wraps her arms around my shoulders for a few seconds before pulling away and telling me that we should get ready for school. As soon as she closes the door behind her, I force myself out of bed and head for my closet.

While I dress myself- in a simple blouse and jeans as usual- I start to think about my nightmares. Of course the concept is ridiculous. Peeta's mother does not look like a monster even if she is abusive. And my mother would never kill my baby or Peeta. And she would certainly never kill me. But it felt so real as it was happening that I feel afraid just thinking about it. I try to shake it off as I go into the bathroom, but I am still shaking a little. Effie snores loudly in the next room as I wash my face and run a brush through my hair. I wonder how she even slept through my screaming, but then it's not the weirdest thing she's done.

As soon as I finish, I retrieve my bag from my room and hurry down the stairs where Prim is already waiting. Luckily, she has already finished her breakfast so I grab an apple and tell her I'll eat at school. I know that if I sit down to eat with her, she'll start asking questions that I don't want to answer. I even leave the radio on for the entire ride to Prim's school. But nothing can drown out the tense atmosphere between us. It's obvious that she knows I'm keeping something from her, and I don't have the strength to tell her yet. Even as I pull up to her school, she only mumbles a goodbye and walks away without even looking back.

When I get to my school a few minutes later, the first thing I do is shove the concealed pregnancy test into one of the closed trash cans. I look around to make sure nobody is looking before I continue on my way. The hallway is already fairly full when I walk in, and many of the students push right past me like I'm not even there. When I get to my locker, I see Peeta across the hallway. But that's not what bothers me. The thing that makes me stomach churn with jealousy is the fact that he is talking to the blonde girl that I noticed earlier: Delly. Peeta looks at her sadly as she tells him something. I cannot tell what it is from here since I can't even see her face. Peeta did say that she was having problems with her family, and I hope that that is all they are talking about. His eyes find me, and I look at my locker quickly. My cheeks burn from the embarrassment of being caught staring as I put in my combination. I put in my bag and look through my books, trying to find something to do. About a minute later, he comes up behind me and I turn to face him.

"Hey," I say as he leans against the locker right next to mine. "What was that about?"

"Oh nothing." He runs his hand through his hair and sighs when he realizes I'm still staring at him. "She was just telling me something."

"What was she telling you?"

"Nothing important." He looks away and I can't help but feel a little hurt that he is obviously lying to me. "It doesn't matter. Did you take the test?"

"Yeah, but it's not really important," I mutter angrily.

He looks at me and sighs before finally telling me the truth.

"Look. It's nothing. She was just saying that she... kinda likes me, but I told her that I love you and nothing is gonna happen." My heart sinks at his words. I look at my locker and he places his hand on my shoulder and leans into me. "I swear nothing happened. I told her that we're just friends, and she understands. She was really nice about it. She understands that I love you, and I promise that's all that happened! Katniss, please don't be upset-"

"How would you feel if one of my friends told me that he liked me?" I snap. "You would be upset and you know it. Don't tell me not to be upset."

"I would trust you enough to know that you wouldn't do anything," he says, making me feel both guilty and angry at the same time.

"What? Now you think I don't trust you?"

I turn on him, and I watch his expression change from defensive to sympathetic as my eyes start to tear up. Dammit. Why do I keep getting so emotional?

"Katniss, I know you're really stressed right now," he says quietly. "But I promise you can trust me."

"I know," I mutter, looking at my locker again. "I'm sorry. I don't-"

"Katniss!" I look up and see Madge running toward me. She slows down as she looks from me to Peeta. "Am I interrupting?"

"Not at all," I lie. "Do you have it?"

"Yes!" She grins. "And I also have some information that you should hear!"

I look at Peeta and he looks right back at me. Our hands find each other's in an unspoken agreement despite our argument. I sigh and look back at her hopefully.

"What is it?"

"Well, I went looking around and I did some research." She smiles uncontrollably at me. "It turns out that if a negative test turns positive after a few minutes, it's most likely still negative!"

"Really?" I ask excitedly. "Madge, do you think-"

"Wait a minute," Peeta says as he looks at both of us. "Your test was positive? And you didn't even say anything?"

"Well that was my fault." Madge comes to my aid once again. "I think I might have read it wrong, but there was no point in telling you until we know for sure."

"We're going to do it again today," I add quietly.

"We could even do it during lunch if you want," she says as she returns her attention to me. "It only takes a few minutes, and the bathrooms are always empty!"

"Okay, fine," Peeta says, making both of us look at him again. He looks at me and sighs. "Just promise me that you'll tell me what it comes back with this time. Okay? Right after you find out."

"I will." I nod, and he stares at me for a moment before squeezing my hand and kissing my forehead.

"I'll see you at lunch then."

I only realize that I was holding my breath when he has already taken a few steps away from me. I take a breath and look at him as he walks back to his friends.

"Is he okay?" Madge asks as I look at her again.

"I think so." She nods as I pick up my books. "I hope so."

We walk to class together as the bell rings. And as always, I barely pay attention in any of my classes. I just wait anxiously until it is finally lunch time. When it is, I walk faster than I ever have before to meet Madge. She stands up from the table as soon as she sees me, and we start walking to the bathroom down the hall.

"What took you so long?" she asks jokingly as she struggles to keep up with me.

"Well it turns out you can't push people out of your way in the hallways," I mutter.

She giggles as we enter the bathroom. I freeze as I realize that there are about five girls here, and they each look at me as we walk in. Two are fixing their makeup, one is checking herself out in the mirror, and two are talking to each other and taking pictures of each other with their phones.

"I thought you said this bathroom is always empty," I hiss under my breath.

"I thought it was!"

I turn to look at her and she raises her eyebrows at me.

"What if one of them sees something and starts telling everybody?" I whisper as a girl that I didn't even know was here flushes one of the toilets.

"Katniss, they won't…" She sighs. "Oh screw it."

She grabs my hand and pulls me into the large stall at the end that was meant for handicapped people. By the time I get over the shock of Madge being so assertive, she has already locked the stall and pulled the test out of her bag.

"Dammit!" I whisper as the same girl turns on the loud hand dryer. "Now they're gonna think I'm a fucking lesbian!"

"Katniss, we don't really have time to worry about what people think." She hands me the test and turns around to face the corner. "Okay. Go ahead, I won't look."

"What the fuck?" I squeal and she turns around to shush me. "No!"

"Would you rather pee and then have me come in again?" she snaps. "We would start even more rumors that way! Just do it, Katniss! I'm not looking."

I stare at the back of her head for about a minute before I groan and finally take the test. I keep watching her the entire time, but she never even moves until I tell her that she can turn around.

"Good?" she asks, and I nod at her. "Okay. Here, gimme."

She lays out a piece of toilet paper on top of the paper dispenser and I place the test on top of it so that we can both see it. We both stand there- leaning against the wall of the stall- as we wait for the result. We talk a little, and she tries to calm me down. She even pulls out her phone so that we can listen to music while we wait, but I grab it out of her hand.

"They're gonna think we're trying to drown something out!"

"Oh my god!" She groans and stuffs it back into her bag. "Fine."

Instead I finally ask her what is going on between her and Gale, and she blushes. She tells me that they have been talking more, and he only recently asked her out. But she doesn't even give me a chance to be excited for her before she looks down at the test.

"Okay. Let's see."

She leans down to look at it closer and then she looks up at me.

"What is it?" I ask nervously. "What does it say?"

"Negative." I freeze as she smiles at me. "Katniss, it's negative."

"Oh my god…" I whisper as I press my fingers to my temple. "Are you absolutely sure?"

"Absolutely." She nods and grabs my shoulders. "You're not pregnant."

I shudder as I let out a breath of relief, and she giggles at my reaction. I throw my arms around her and she returns the hug happily. A part of me knows that I should feel guilty for being so happy about this, but the rest of me is too relieved to care. When I pull away from her, she smiles at me again.

"We should go get Peeta," she tells me. "Remember he said to tell him right away?"

"Right." I shove the test into the garbage and grab my bag before opening the stall door. She walks past me and starts heading for the door before I stop her. "Dammit, Madge. Wash your hands!"

If all of the girls weren't looking at us before, they are now. I look around realizing what I just said and slowly walk to the sink followed by Madge.

"Real smooth." She giggles.

I roll my eyes as we both wash our hands quickly and rush out of the bathroom. When we get to the cafeteria, Madge tells me that she will meet me at the table and leaves my side. My legs are shaking as they carry me to the table where Peeta is sitting and talking with his friends. He looks up as I walk toward him, and the smile immediately leaves his face. He stands up quickly and hurries to meet me even though I am only a few steps away from him now.

"Hey," he says when he gets to me. "Did you take the test?"

"Yeah." I bite my lip to keep myself from smiling. "It's negative."

"Negative," he repeats like he doesn't understand.

"I'm not pregnant, Peeta," I whisper so that only he will hear.

For a moment he looks like he doesn't know how to react, but then he gives me a small smile and grabs my hands.

"That's great," he says as he wraps his arms around my waist.

"Really?"

He looks down for a second but keeps smiling.

"Katniss, I won't lie to you. Okay?" I nod and he looks down. "I don't know. I guess I was just thinking about what it would be like if you were pregnant. I was so worried that it was actually gonna happen that I started to..." He shakes his head. "But it doesn't matter. I know you're not ready. I just want you to be happy, that's all I care about."

He nods like he is trying to remind myself and then he smiles at me again. I wrap my arms around his neck, trying to appreciate this bittersweet moment instead of focusing on the people around us. He kisses my cheek before pulling away. I reach up to run my hand through his thick curls, and he grins at me.

"I love you."

"I love you more." He pecks my lips and releases me. "I'll talk to you after english. Okay?"

I nod and say goodbye to him before returning to my table with Madge. As soon as I can see her, she is staring at me knowingly. I roll my eyes at her as she asks me what happened and giggles. It is then that I realize that I forgot to take my lunch out of my locker. I mentally curse myself and tell Madge that I'll be right back. I walk briskly down the hallway until I hear voices around the corner. I freeze when I hear my name and lean against the wall as I listen.

"She's a slut!" one of them giggles. "She was talking about a pregnancy test in the bathroom today while she was hooking up with some girl."

"But... a girl can't get another girl pregnant!"

"No shit, Glimmer!" the first girl mutters. "That means she's sleeping around. Then again she is from the Seam, so I guess it's not breaking news."

My blood is boiling when I hear one of them close a locker door and start walking in my direction. I push away from the wall and start walking slowly toward my own locker. The two girls walk by me, and I immediately recognize the brunette girl from the bathroom. She smirks at me with her perfectly glossy lips and the other one- who I assume is Glimmer- is oblivious to me as she pops her gum in her mouth. I listen to them as they get further and further away from me. Finally, when I can't hear them anymore, I kick one of the lockers as hard as I can and curse under my breath as pain spreads through my entire foot.

I just wanted to say a quick sorry to anyone who wanted Katniss to be pregnant, but that wasn't really my plan for this story and I didn't want to change it and mess myself up!

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