Chapter 10

Johanna's POV

I'm in a place that is all white. A place, somewhat familiar, but also not. That's when I start to move. I look down to see my stomach, flat. Jason?! Where's Jason? Where's my baby?

"You baby is fine." I hear being said.

The voice is familiar, but one I haven't heard in so long.

"Mum?" I call out.

A woman appears before me. Black hair, green eyes, small build, but very strong. My mother.

"Mum!" I call out.

I go running into her embrace and I am immediately brought back to my childhood. Her welcoming arms with the smell of pine needles and vanilla. I start to cry, cry for being in the comforting arms of my mother.

"Wait?"

"Yes, Jo bear?"

God, I haven't been called that in years. So many.

"Am I dead? Is this what this place is?" I ask.

"No. You're dreaming. None of this is real. I am just… paying you a little visit." She explains.

"So, Gale's okay? And Jason? What about him? Because I was pretty pregnant not even three minutes ago." I say to her.

She giggles at this.

"My Jo bear, still has her humour after all that has happened. You've grown up so well. Look at you, married and glowing. You really sorted out your life, I knew you would. After Cody, I didn't think that you would ever have that again. But, I was wrong. You have got yourself a good man, he really loves you." She tells me.

"Gale is a good man. He's such a perfect husband. I mean, I would have loved to be Cody's wife, but Gale is just…"

"More for you." She fill in the blank.

"Exactly. I knew that I wanted to die with him. I knew I was flirting with the right guy."

She chuckles again.

"You gave everyone such a scare before. You know, getting that sickness and then having to give birth under those circumstances. It's not how it should have been. But everything happens for a reason." She says.

"Oh you and your wise words. I really missed them. Almost as much as I missed you!" I say going back into her arms.

"I know you did. But everything happens for a reason. You know, Snow killing me and your father, so you would become so independent and twice as strong as you already were. Cody dying, so you could live on and know when you would have something like that again. Just Snow in general. If he wasn't in the picture, you wouldn't be here right now. Neither would I. We could have been in 7 having a nice family lunch right about now. But, everything happened for a reason. You just need to know that, okay?"

I nod and I cry into her shirt.

"Mum, is this our house?" I ask, pointing to the white place around us.

"Yes, honey." She answers.

"Jo bear, you need to know that your father and I both love you very much. Cody, your father and I are all so proud of what you have become. We are always watching you." She says.

"I hope you aren't always watching. Please tell me that everything that happens in the bedroom is blocked out!"

"It is honey, don't sweat it!" She states.

I let out a sigh of relief and a laugh which she joins in with.

"Now Jo bear, you are going to be late. You have to go back." She says to me.

"But, I want you to come with me. I don't want to go back with this all in my mind. It'll destroy me!" I exclaim.

"Jo bear, you listen to your old mother bright and clear, you copy so far?" She says.

I nod, smile and laugh and she grabs a hold off my face.

"You are going to be strong. You have always been strong and you are going to continue to get stronger. You have your family surrounding you, not us, but people that are your family now. This conversation will always be in your mind and maybe I'll visit you when you are sleeping. We'll see, but… When you get back there, you will be in pain and you will want to die, but you have to be strong. Be strong for us. Get better, have your little man and think about us. Use that and Gale to keep you going. We will always be there for you, we might even prove it one day when you feel your worst, but you will have to be strong for us. Promise me. Promise me, Jo bear!"

"I promise, Mumma bear." I say finishing the same thing we used to do when I was a kid.

"You are going to be an excellent mother and don't you ever think different." She says.

"I won't." I say.

"Now go." She says.

"Through where?" I ask.

"Where do you think? How do we get into this house?" She asks me.

"Through the front door." I say.

"That's right!" She says sarcastically.

"Oh shut up, Mumma bear!" I say with a smile on my face.

She smiles and opens her arms one last time and I go into them willingly, not wanting to let go. I tell her multiple times that I love her so much and I miss her so much and she says the same.

She pulls away and kisses my fore head. I then walk from her embrace wanting to be in it again. I get to the door, I grab onto the handle and I turn to face her.

"Hey Mum?"

She smiles.

"Don't hold back on visiting. I would want to tell you about Jason." I say to her.

"I won't. Promise. And you promise me to give him a kiss for me and your father, Jason this is." She says.

I smile, nod and a tear drops and then I turn to the door, take a deep breath and open it, to be greeted with a bright light.

I gasp loudly and shoot up from the bed. I breathe heavily and I realise where I am, the delivery room Dr Marrietta was talking about. I see her and Emelia and Katniss at the other side of the room, her face red from tears and right at my side, Gale. His face is red from tears and his eyes are wide as he looks at me. He's in a blue doctor's cape just like Emelia and Dr Marrietta, he must have been given it so he can stay.

"Jo!" He exclaims.

"Gale!" I say.

With my hand, I beacon him to come closer. He does and I push my lips to his and kiss him a few times, savouring every one. I feel a sharp pain rip through my body and that is what brings my lips away from his. I let out a loud gasp and I grab a hold of my stomach. It goes away just as fast as it came.

"Was that a…"

"Contraction. Yes. Nice of you to come back to us. Now, you ready to do this, because it is going to go fast." Emelia says.

I nod my head in agreement and I smile thinking that my mother was right, I am going to have to be super strong to do this.

The contractions start to come almost one after another and soon enough I am a centimetre from being fully dilated.

"Hey Katniss." I say, deciding to start a subject.

"Yes Jo." She answers.

"You want to be Jason's godparent? Gale and I want you and Finnick. Even though he isn't with us, we still want him to be the godparent. So do you accept?"

"Of course I do, Jo. Thank you. Both of you."

"The next one Sky can be the godmother." I say.

"Wait, the next one?"

"Yeah, I mean Jason is going to want a brother or sister to play with right?" I say with a smile.

"Oh god, I love you so much, Jo." Gale exclaims, kissing me once more before a contraction hits, the worst one yet.

"Hey Catnip, I know Jo wanted you here, but I think that Willow wants her mother." Gale uses the worst excuse.

"Yeah, okay. I'll go back. I'll come back soon though." She says.

"I'll just come and get you guys." Gale says.

"Be strong, Johanna." Katniss says before she is gone.

I'm screaming and screaming as the pain from pushing and pushing gets the better of me. I probably would be dead if my mother didn't tell me to be strong. And I am, for her, for dad, Cody and Gale. My lungs hurt, my throat does from the constant screaming and the pain of giving birth, horrible. Gale is constantly telling me that I am doing so well and telling me everything is okay and will be okay and I believe him.

"Okay Johanna, next one will be the last one okay. I can see his head." Emelia says.

Gale holds my leg back as Dr Marrietta keeps checking my vitals, making sure everything is okay. I grab a better grip on Gale's hand which I have probably broken from the amount of pressure that I have put on it.

"One more push, Jo. Then you can rest. That's it. One more and we are going to have little Jason." Gale says to me.

"I know. Thanks, for this. Everything. Thank you. It's not a goodbye, I promise, I am going to be here for years to come." I promise.

He smiles, kisses me and then my last contraction goes through my body and I scream and scream until I hear a scream from another someone. A little someone.

"Say hello to Jason, Johanna and Gale." Emelia announces.

I look down and I see Emelia holding onto a little person. A tiny person, Gale's and my tiny person. I let out a gasp and so does Gale. He leans down, kisses me again and we look down to see him. A tiny little pale body and a head of black hair. From this distance, I can't make out that much more, but only the basics. Ten fingers, ten toes, two legs, two arms, two eyes, two ears, a nose, a mouth, one head and a tiny body. I want to hold him so bad, but after they get Gale to cut the cord, they whisk him to the room next door to test and see how everything is going for him.

Gale is sitting next to me, holding onto my shoulders and arms, kissing my fore head every few seconds when the door opens and Emelia comes in holding onto a blue bundle of blankets.

"How is he?" Gale asks.

"You got him out just in time. Any longer and something could be seriously wrong. His lungs are perfectly developed it's just a few organ that need to fully develop. So, we don't need to put him in an incubator straight away, so you can hold your son." She says coming to my side.

She pull him away from her body and I hold out my arms. She carefully puts him into my arms and then walks away, mumbling a congratulations.

I somehow manage to smile, gasp, laugh and cry all at that same time. I move the blue blanket from our little Jason's head and then we see him. He's softly whimpering and crying with his arms moving around. His little dark patch of hair that is almost black up close is from Gale. He has Gale's cheeks and facial structure, but my lips and nose as well as the pale skin. I look up to Gale and he is crying, which just makes me cry even more. Gale's arm snakes around my body and his hand shakily touching the skin on Jason's fore head.

"Hello Jason. Hey. Aren't you just a little cutie? You definitely get that from your father." I say to our son.

Jason lets out a little cry, almost like he is agreeing.

"He's here, Gale. Our little boy is finally here." I say to him.

"Yeah, he is." Gale sniffles.

"He's so tiny." I say.

"Yes, well that's what happens when a baby is three months premature." Gale tells me, kissing my temple.

"He's so beautiful, Gale. So beautiful." I whisper.

"I know. He's just… Oh look."

I look down to him and his eyelids are fluttering, yet to reveal those eyes that'll either be brown like mine or grey like Gale's. One more flutter and they reveal my brown orbs.

"He's got your eyes." Gale says.

"So, my eyes, nose, lips and skin and your facial structure, hair and cheeks." I state, Gale kissing my temple again.

"How much do you want to bet it's my attitude too?" I ask him.

"No betting because you are going to win." He states.

I smile and adjust him in my arms. Gale kisses my temple a few times and then shifts off the bed.

"Should I go and get them? I think that Jason would want to meet his family." Gale says to me.

"Yeah. Go and get them, just kiss me first." I say.

He leans over the bed and presses his lips to mine before he moves off and walks out the door.

"Hey my little Jason. Well haven't you been a little miracle. A year ago this is all your father and I wanted, you. But getting you was difficult. We had to try and try and try, but we never got pregnant, then a few nights before our wedding the test came back positive, confirming your life. We had never been so happy. We were so ready for you to come into this world. All that was wrong was myself getting sick. If not, we wouldn't have even met yet. You are just, so perfect and amazing. I couldn't have asked for a stronger son. Your Grandma Mason would love you, same with Grandpa Mason. One day, we will go and see them. Promise." I finish and I kiss his head.

Gale's POV

I seriously couldn't have gotten a more perfect person for a son. Jason is just perfect. Jason is more than what Johanna and I both wanted. That's not a bad thing either. Jo and I did want a baby, obviously, but Jason is already so much stronger than what we could have hoped for. His lungs are already fully developed and from the time span he was born in, he didn't have any bad issues caused by Jo's sickness. He is already Johanna's and my special little miracle.

I'm now currently walking around the hospital, trying to make sense of where I am, so I can find the cafeteria. I want to find it so I can lead the way back to introduce them to the newest member of our family. That reminds me, I have to call my mother and tell her to come down. So she can meet her first grandson and Rory, Vick and Posy can meet their nephew. I find the cafeteria and I see them all huddled around a large table. Katniss holding onto Willow and Peeta's arm draped around her. Effie sitting holding Sky's hand and Haymitch's arms wrapped around her. Sky looks up and she sees me.

"Gale!" She calls out.

Everyone instantly looks up to me, in a doctors coat thing that they ordered me to wear. I approach them, my lips curled into a smile that I cannot wipe off of my face.

"How is she? How's the baby?" Effie asks worriedly.

I continue to smile, I laugh and run my hand through my hair.

"They are both… absolutely perfect!" I say.

Sky gets up and runs over to me and hugs me. Katniss then follows and then Effie. Peeta and Haymitch give me a slap on the back.

"So, can we meet him?" Peeta asks.

"Yeah, follow me. I have to get something from the other room first though." I say.

"You mean… this?" Sky asks.

She holds up the white bear and smiles. She knew about him and our intentions to give it to Jason.

"Yeah. Thanks. So it looks like you can see him straight away then." I say taking hold of the bear that Sky hands to me.

We get to the room a few minutes after and I warn them to be quiet. I don't want Jason to get too overwhelmed by everyone. I open the door slowly and I look inside to see Jo rocking Jason back and forth. She is smiling as she looks down to him and then she hears me, looks up and smiles more. She looks tired, but I can see her being so strong and her smile on her face almost deceives the tired eyes. I smile back and then let the others in. They start to come in, saying congratulations and asking how she is going and all that. I shut the door when everyone is in and I head to Johanna. I place the bear on the bedside table and I sit next to her on the bed, wrapping one arm around her and the other around her arm, my fingers touching Jason's fore head.

"Everyone, we would like you to meet the newest member of the Mellark, Hawthorne, Abernathy family. Say hello to little Jason Dawson Hawthorne." I announce.

Johanna moves Jason in her arms, pushes the blanket down and little Jason comes into their view. Instantly, everyone is 'awing' as Jason is revealed for the first time. I see a flash in the corner of my eye and I look up and see Effie holding a camera, taking a picture of us.

"The first picture of your family. And the first picture of little Jason." Effie explains.

Katniss then comes walking towards me, tears in her eyes and she wraps her arms around my neck, I wrap my arms around her body and my head rests on her shoulder.

"I am so proud of you, Gale. So proud that you will have no idea. I really am." She whispers to me. She kisses my fore head and then kisses Jo's head and looks down to Jason.

"You want to hold him?" Jo asks.

"Yeah." She softly answers.

Jo carefully pulls him from her chest and transfers him to Katniss. She holds him close to her chest and stands up straight, rocking him back and forth.

"He is so small." She says.

"I know, but he is perfect." I say.

"He is such a good combination of the two of you." She comments.

"I know, Gale's hair, cheeks and facial structure. But my eyes, lips, nose and complexion." Jo states.

"Yeah. He is beautiful.

Katniss then passes Jason onto Sky and then he is passed around to everyone. I sit next to Jo, kissing her fore head over and over again telling her how amazing she did.

"So, how bad was actually giving birth to him?" Effie asks her.

"Horrible. I was screaming and screaming and I was surprised I didn't break all of the bones in Gale's hand. It was the most painful thing. But, the whole time I was just thinking about my mother. She always told me to be strong and… that's what I was doing. I was being strong for her and for Gale. Also for Jason, knowing that all this pain would eventually lead to him and I think that is the thing that kept me going." Jo says.

"That's all I had to keep me going when I was having Sky, just knowing that you got something out of all this. I mean it was bad circumstances for all of us actually. Katniss thought Peeta was dead, going into a premature birth. You were physically drained with this baby and a sickness. And I was just broken because Sky's father was dead. But, you do get these amazing things out of all of it, right?"

"They are pretty amazing."

"Peeta, hand my son to its dad." Jo says.

That moment, I realise that I haven't actually held my son. I've touched him and admired him, but have yet to hold him.

"Have you even held him yet?" He asks.

"No. But, that was alright. I just want Jo to finally hold him, I have the rest of my life." I say.

"Excuse you, but I have the rest of my life too." Jo comments.

"Why didn't you say something? Here." Peeta says holding out my son to me.

Taking him into my arms was one of the most willing things I have ever done. He is so small and so delicate. I feel like if I take one step I am going to drop him. Holding him, I can see all his beautiful features more perfectly. Everyone around me is talking, but I am drowning them out, all I am taking in is that my son is finally here. I'm finally a father. After all that time, I am finally a father. After all Johanna and I have been through, with the Games and the kidnappings of those that we love, we are parents at last.

I pass back the baby to Jo and she doesn't resist. I sit next to her and kiss her fore head and Katniss comes over with Willow and she sits in the middle of the bed. She repositions Willow so she is in her lap and looking at us.

"Hey Willow, do you want to say hello to baby Jason?" She asks.

"Hewo baby Jase." She says.

"Jason, Willow. Can you say Jason?" Peeta asks her.

"Me call him Jase." Willow says.

We all laugh at how adorable she is. Jo then moves Jason in her arms and looks to Willow.

"Willow, do you want to hold Jason?" Jo asks her.

"Yes peas." She answers.

Katniss holds out her arms for Jason and Jo passes him to her. Then Peeta helps Willow sit down properly with her hands out so she can hold him and then Katniss transfers him to Willow's arms.

"Be careful with him, he's only a new baby." Peeta says, helping her wrap her arms around him.

"Yes Daddy." She answers.

Another flash marking the new photo in the collection. The shot was everything that a perfect shot needed, the shot is so beautiful and adorable. Willow leans down and kisses his fore head and we all 'awe' at this. Katniss leans down and talks to Willow and Willow talks back, I can tell by the way they are glancing at each other and looking down to Jason that they could only be talking about Jason. Johanna looks up to me and smiles.

Jo is soon asleep and Jason has been put in his incubator that we are lucky to have in our room. The others left a little while ago and now I am just staring at my little boy, thinking about how perfect all of this is. It's a little while before I come to realise that my mother doesn't know anything about this. Johanna's sickness, the premature birth, the actual birth, she doesn't know anything about it. She is going to be so annoyed me for not tell her that her first grandchild has been born. That's when I head to the phone on the bedside table. I pick it up and walk to the other side of the room, it not being attached to a cord, I can walk with it. I dial her number and I listen to the rings, until she picks up.

"Good morning, Hazelle speaking." She says, just like always.

"Hello Hazelle, this is your oldest child." I say, with a smile.

"Oh Gale, sweetie. I haven't heard from you in ages! How are you?" She asks.

At this point, it's when I decide to mess with her mind. Just tell her all the bad things that have happened, nothing good. She does like surprises, I think anyway.

"No good. Jo, she's really sick. The sickness could be hurting the baby. We're in the hospital currently." I say as sadly as I can.

"Oh sweetie, oh darling. I am so sorry. Rory, Vick, Posy and I are going to come right down. I'll see you both soon." She says.

Before I can answer, the line has gone dead. It's now just a matter of time before she comes hurdling into the door.

In a matter of minutes and a quick phone call to Annie and Wendy, informing them about Jason's early arrival, there is a knock at the door and I instantly know it's my mother and siblings. I walk over to the door and I open it, trying to keep my expression neutral. I come face to face with my mother, my brothers behind her and Posy next to her.

"Oh my darling Gale!" My mother exclaims.

I wrap my arms around her and I wink at my brothers behind her back and I pull away

"How is Jo doing? I know she was super excited for the baby." She says.

"Yeah, she's been better. It's just she's really tired at the moment, she only just got to sleep. She had been up for the longest time in ages." I tell her the truth, except for the 'been better', she is so happy for Jason finally being here.

My mother goes over to Jo and pushes her hair from her face and kisses her fore head.

While they are occupied with Johanna, I go over to the incubator and carefully pull out my little boy. I walk back to them and clear my throat and they turn around instantly. My mother gasps and Rory starts asking stupid questions.

"Surprise." I say.

My mother stares at me in shock.

"You made everyone so worried about you. Jo already the baby?"

"Mother, meet your grandson and Rory, Vick and Posy, meet your nephew and the first member of my little family- Jason Dawson Hawthorne."

After my announcement, they all hold onto Jason, telling me I am an idiot for making them worry and things like that, but that's okay, because all that matters is I have my family and my wife will soon be free from sickness. I tell them about everything that has happened in the past few weeks and they are more than understanding. With Johanna still asleep, they leave and promise to be back tomorrow. I put Jason back into the incubator and I grab the seat next to Jo and I hold her hand. I then think that I am the luckiest man alive. I have an absolutely beautiful wife and an amazing son.

Peeta's POV

When we get home from the hospital, Katniss goes back home with Willow and then I go back to Jo and Gale's. I am currently in Jason's room, painting the forest mirage that they wanted, losing myself in the painting process. Painting makes me feel free and puts me in another world where everything and anything can happen. That's why I started, it took me away from the real problems.

Secretly I have been painting for years, mostly of Katniss. She doesn't know about it. I have been painting her since I found out that she was good. The whole thing is she was just so beautiful that I had to paint a picture of her. Eventually, I will her that I have a secret stash that she has never known about. I'll tell her and show her on our first wedding anniversary. Even before I was reaped and became a Victor to then get a house, I had a house that I used to go to and I would paint in. I had a secret passage at the backs of one of the houses that only I knew about.

I would sneak into the house when I was supposed to be sleeping and I would just paint and draw in the basement at the house at the farthest end of the Victors' Village. Everything that I saw that day, what Katniss looked like, things that I imagined I drew it or painted it. I hoping that no one ever found out about those paintings because they mean the absolute world to me. That's when I come back into reality and I have actually painted the whole forest mirage already. It still needs a few details, but I'll wait for it to dry first. I put the brush down and look back at my work, it's a pretty good job. I think that Jo and Gale will like it. The forest looks like the forest around Katniss's house in 7, so Jo will definitely like it.

"It's beautiful." I hear from behind me.

I turn and see my beautiful Katniss looking at the forest mirage. I smile at her and then look back at the wall to see our little Willow walking towards it. Before I can warn her about the paint being wet, she put her hands on the wall.

"It's pitty, Daddy." She says.

"Willow princess, the walls are still wet." I say walking over to her and picking her up off of the floor.

She looks to her hands and frowns when she sees the green paint. She then smiles and puts her hands onto my face. I laugh at her and groan as she covers my face with the paint and she laughs at me. I can hear Katniss laughing in the distance and she wipes her hands on my face again.

"Willow princess, now I have to wash this all off." I whine to her.

"You wash it off hands." She says, holding her hands up in front of my face.

"Come on, Willow. Let's get you cleaned up." Katniss says taking her from my embrace.

We all walk to Johanna's and Gale's bathroom and we clean off all the paint. After that we all walk down the stairs, Willow between Katniss and I, holding onto her hands. When we get down Katniss grabs hold of her stomach and breathes heavily.

"You okay?" I ask.

"Yeah, the babies don't like the stairs." She states.

"How can you tell?" I ask her.

"They start to move around. It kind of hurts." She says, running her hand across her stomach.

"Mummy?" Willow asks when we are out of their house.

"Yes, sweetie?" Katniss says.

"Can we go for walk?" She asks.

"No, sweetie. Mummy's really tired and her feet hurt." Katniss says.

"Peas, Mummy?" She asks.

"I'll take you for a walk, Willow. Katniss, you go back home and sleep." I say to her, kissing her fore head.

I was going to go for a walk anyway. I wanted to see if my paintings are still in the house at the end of the Victors' Village. I think that Willow would want to see them, she has always admired my work, just like Katniss.

"Thank you." She says.

She gives a short kiss and then we walk our different ways. I grab onto Willow's hand again and we go walking down the Victors' Village.

"Willow, do you want to see something?" I ask her.

"Yes!" She exclaims, jumping as we walk.

"Alright, but what I show you, you mustn't tell your mother about." I warn her.

"Okay Daddy." She says.

We get to the house and we go through the same place I did all those years ago and memories are instantly brought back. Not much has changed since I was last here, everything still in its place. I take Willow down to the basement and I am gobsmacked so see every painting still here.

"Your paintings?" Willow asks me.

"Yes princess. These are from when I was young. You see they are all pictures of Mummy." I say to her, pointing to one of my favourites- Katniss picking the dandelion the day after I threw her the bread.

"I wan paint like you, Daddy." She says walking to a canvas and touching a picture of her mother as a young girl.

"If that's what you want, princess." I say kneeling down next to her and kissing her head.

Willow and I stay there for ages, just looking at all the paintings that I did. Willow loves them all. She wants to tell Katniss about them, but I told her that it was going to be a surprise for her.

After that, we head to the meadow, Willow request. We walk around the meadow and then we sit under the willow tree that Katniss and I sat under when we decided that we were going to have more children. Willow keeps walking around the tree and talking to it, she likes the willow trees and the azalea flowers. I think it has something to do with them being her names.

"Daddy?"

"Yes, my little princess?" I ask her.

"Is Aunty Anna gonna be okay?" She asks me.

"Your Aunty Johanna is going to be fine. She is very strong just like Mummy. She's got little Jase to live for as well as Uncle Gale." I say to her.

She walks over to me and sits in my lap.

"Is Mummy gonna be sick like Aunty Anna?" She asks grabbing onto my arm.

I pick her up and kiss her fore head and put her back in my lap.

"Your Mummy isn't going to get sick like Aunty Johanna. Aunty Johanna just got very unlucky and that's why she got little Jason earlier than what everyone thought." I explain to her.

"So Mummy and brothers gonna be okay?" She asks.

"Yes, Willow. Mummy and your brothers are going to be okay." I say to her.

She smiles and moves herself so she is curled at my side. I wrap an arm around her and she drifts off to sleep.

I get back to the Victors' Village with an asleep Willow in my arms. We get to our house and I get in and I hear yelling upstairs.

"She's dead you stupid cat! She's not coming back!"

I walk upstairs and I put Willow in her crib and I shut the door. I then run into my room to find Katniss crying in the corner of the room and an orange fur ball on the bed. I run up to her and sit next to her, pulling her into my lap. She immediately starts sobbing into my shirt and I wrap my arms around her and I kiss her head.

I let her cry for a little and then she stops.

"You want to tell me what happened?" I ask her.

"The stupid cat came back. He just cried for her, but he doesn't understand she's… she's gone." She sobs.

"It's okay. You're okay." I say to her.

She starts to sob again and I kiss her again. She cries for a good half an hour and then she calms down again.

"Do you want him out of here or not?" I ask, referring to Buttercup.

She nods and I push her from on me and I place her back on the ground. I get up and I walk to the bed and I pick up Buttercup. I walk downstairs and I put Buttercup outside and I walk back to Katniss.

I lift my pregnant wife from the floor and then I help her to the bed.

"So did you get any sleep?" I ask her.

"Yeah. A little bit and then I needed to throw up, so I vomited and then I saw him." She says.

I then run my hand down her back and up to her shoulders.

"What about Willow? How was your walk?" She asks.

"It was good. We walked down the Victors' Village and then she asked to go to the meadow. She spent a good amount of time just walking around the willow tree. She really loves willow trees and the azaleas." I say to her.

"I liked the katniss roots when I was a kid. I think that it's just something children do. If they are named after something, they grow attached to it." Katniss says.

"Huh."

"So, what do you want to do now?" I ask as we sit on the couch, listening to the birds chirp.

"What was the boy name we had before?" Katniss asks.

"Um. Wasn't it… Ash?"

"Yeah. Ash… Logan right?" Katniss confirms.

"Yeah. Ash Logan. I like Ash, but I think that we could come up with another name than Logan." I comment.

"Yeah, I agree."

"I really like Ash." Katniss says.

"Same. Archer?" I comment.

"Archer. Ash Archer?"

"Ash Archer?"

"I like it."

"Me too." I agree.

"Turner?"

"Lukiah?"

"That's different, Peeta."

"It was my father's name." I say.

"I'm sorry, Peeta. I didn't know. I didn't mean it in a bad way. It's a beautiful name." Katniss says.

"I know. I don't want it as a first name though, I think it would be too hard for me to deal with."

"So, you want to have it as a middle name?"

"Yes please." I say to her.

"Alright."

"Can I ask, what about your brothers? What were their names?"

"Brenson and Redrick."

"Brenson was the oldest then Redrick then you?" She asks.

"Yeah. We had some pretty crazy name, hey?" I say with a little laugh.

"Speak for yourself, I love your name- Peeta Jartis Mellark. You're right, Jartis is a weird name." She agrees with me.

"Your name is beautiful- Katniss Zarrina Mellark. You know why I hate my name so much, my middle name at least. I can cope with Peeta. I have for nineteen years already." I say back with a laugh.

"I'm named after a root." She complains.

"Your names makes who you are. Don't you complain. No more complaining about names." I say to her.

"Alright. Well, Willow will never complain about her name. She loves both of what she is named after. We are good at choosing names."

"We are. Aren't we?"

"We definitely are." Katniss says.

I smile and kiss her.

I place my hand on her stomach and almost instantly I feel my sons little kicks beneath my hand.

"Oh Peeta, now they won't stop." Katniss says with a laugh and cry.

"They just love their Daddy. Don't you. Yes you do." I say, kissing her stomach.

"Which one of you is our Ash Archer? Huh, which one?" I ask feeling around her stomach.

Then I feel a kick on her right side, almost like one of our boys was answering.

"Do you think he was answering me?" I ask her.

"Definitely. I spend all day and night with them. He was answering you. I bet that little Ash will be the one with the ash blonde hair and blue eyes. Because I just picture him like that." She says to me.

"Do you think they're going to be identical or not?" I ask.

"I think that they aren't going to be identical, but I could be wrong." Katniss explains.

"I don't think you are." I say rubbing her stomach again.

"Hey baby." I say.

"Yeah."

"Willow is really aware of what is happening around us." I say to her.

"I realised. What does it have to do with anything?"

"She asked if you were going to get sick like Johanna."

Katniss shifts and places her hands on her stomach, her eyes looking into the distance.

"She thinks that?"

"She was asking before. She really knows what's going on."

"Nothing is going to happen right? I'm going to be okay?" She says to me.

"Katniss, Jo wasn't contagious. That's why we were there this morning. You're going to be fine. Nothing bad is going to happen. We are going to have these twins, little Ash Archer and little unknown Lukiah and we are going to live the rest of our lives in peace and happiness. Alright? Don't worry about these things, worry is just a misuse of your imagination."

Katniss presses her lips against mine and places her hands on my shoulders. My hands cup her cheeks and I deepen the kiss. Her hand creeps up and tangles in the bottoms of my hair. She moans and her hand falls down and rests against my chest. It then creeps down and she grabs the hem on my shirt and pulls it up and over my head, tossing it aside. I stand up, pulling her with me and I pick her up, her stomach with our two children between us. She lets out a little screech as I start to walk and she wraps her legs around my waist. She is heavier with the twins, but it's nothing I cannot handle. I mean, I am struggling a little, but I love her too much to complain.

We get upstairs and I place her softly onto our bed. I kiss down her neck and I undo her buttons to her top, nice and slowly. When her top is exposed, I kiss her stomach and then I work on her pants, pulling the down again, nice and slowly. When she is naked before me, I pull off my remaining clothes and I then get on top of her and I kiss her yet again, nice and slowly, because that's what my beautiful wife deserves. We make love nice and slowly that afternoon. Our timing today was good because half an hour after, Willow woke up and I dressed in some quickly draw clothes from our wardrobe and then I got Willow and fed her while Katniss showered. The rest of the day was spent, talking about our excitement filled day. Us getting to see Johanna and Gale. Johanna going into labour and having the newest member of the family. Finishing the main part of the mirage. Willow and I walking to the meadow and then Katniss and I talking about our sons names.

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