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1) This isn't edited yet. It's after 2 in the morning my time and I'm headed to bed but if I didn't get this up now, I wouldn't be able to until Monday June 2nd. Please excuse my errors and I will correct them, promise.

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3) The song for this chapter/update is ' You Could Be Happy' by Snow Patrol and has been added to the playlist.

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Peeta

Pearl adjusts herself in my lap, turning over in her sleep. She's snuggled up to the black and white toy I'd bought her from the shop across the street from the hospital that Prim had taken me to. I had never seen or heard of this new kind of toy, it was a stuffed toy, this particular one Pearl and Prim called a Teddy Bear. Such a toy would have cause me nightmares when I was her age but Pearl loved it and that was all that matter. Prim had helped me pick it out, she told me the particular animal it was based off of an animal called a Panda Bear, Pearl's favorite animal.

I sigh softly and look up from Pearl to Katniss' sleeping form. She had been hysterical when they'd brought her in so she was forced into sedation. She's been out cold for a few hours now, all hooked up to all sorts of machines that make far too much noise. Well that is all except for two. One plays out Katniss' heartbeat and is reassuring to hear its steady beat. The other brings tears to my eyes, it shows the baby's movements and plays the heartbeat of the child I already love as well.

The doctors have explained that Katniss had such an immense amount of stress that it caused the baby the baby to go into distress. This distressed made Katniss start going into labor early but luckily they were able to stop it and get everything back under control once Katniss was sedated. They had told me that everything was going to be alright, the baby appeared to have suffered no damage and Katniss would be able to carry the baby to full term. Ever since then I had been sitting with Pearl, uninterrupted in the room with Katniss.

" Daddy?" Pearl's small voice whispers, pulling my attention away from Katniss.

I smile down at the little girl, staring up at me with bright blue eyes that match my own. I'm positive I will never grow tired of being called ' daddy', a title I had always dreamed of one day achieving but never thought I would. " Yes daring?" I ask softly, not wanting to disturb Katniss just in case the sedatives wear off and she's still just peacefully sleeping.

" How do you know you love someone?" She asks softly, an adorable light blush painting her cheeks.

I laugh softly but look at her curiously. " When no one else in the world exists except for that person, that's how you know you love someone… Why?" I ask, holding her to me tightly.

She looks down at her Panda Bear and takes a deep breath. " Finn and Elm told me they love me… Finn kissed me and last night we got married." She whispered.

My heart stops.

" What?" I demand, unable to believe what my daughter is saying. My daughter is caught in the middle of her own love triangle, one involving an Odair and a Hawthorne naturally, and she's had what I can only hope is a make believe wedding with Odair who also took what I'm going to just assume was her first kiss.

" Finn and I wrapped up in a blanket, he kissed my cheek and then he told me he loved me. According to him we're married." She explains.

I let out the heavy breath I had been holding, relieved to know it was kiss on the cheek and that it was nowhere near an official marriage. That's a huge weight off my shoulders. " Did it make you happy?" I ask cautiously.

She pauses for a second, her face scrunching up in deep concentration. " Yes." She answers with a bright smile.

I can't help but laugh. " You my dear little girl might just be in love with little Finn Odair." I tell her with a soft laugh.

" But he's not little daddy… Finn's older. He's already ten." She tells me, giving me a scowl that I don't have to wonder where she got. The scowl screams Katniss Everdeen.

I nod and sigh heavily. " Alright, well the big Finn Odair is much too old for my six year old Pearl." I tell her which makes her giggle.

" Now you sound like Elm!" She tells me, making another laugh rise from me.

I can't help but treasure these short moments with her. She's such a sweet little girl and I want to spend the rest of my life making her happy but I'm starting to get the idea that I'm not the only one. " Well if Finn makes you happy then I wish the two of you all the luck and happiness in the world." I tell her.

She smiles and nods just as a nurse and Prim come in the room. The nurse is older, her hair all white and wrinkles surround her eyes and mouth. " I'm sorry but the doctor's want to come in and inspect Katniss and the baby." The nurse told them softly.

" He also wants to give her some stuff to wake her right up since she's still not out of her seadation. They don't want to give her a fright so Peeta, you and Pearl will have to wait with the rest of us." Prim goes on to explain.

I nod and sigh heavily. " Can I have a moment to just speak to Katniss?" I whisper as I hand Pearl to Prim.

The nurse nods and excuses herself and Prim reminds me to be quick.

Once they're out of the room, I stand up and walk slowly to the edge of her bed from the corner where the chair is situated. I brush a few loose stands of Katniss' hair out of her face, leaning down to kiss her forehead lightly.

" You're still just as beautiful as when I first laid eyes on you when we were five years old. You know that that day I ran home and told me father I found the girl I was going to marry? I didn't know that you would actually stoop down low enough to marry a pathetic waste of space like me but I wouldn't trade it for anything. Those two years I spent as your husband are the happiest ones of my entire life." I whisper, not sure if she can hear me or not. I move my hand from her face to rest on her stomach. It's not there for a full minute before I feel the baby, our son, pushing against my hand. " He's a strong little guy Katniss… You're going to do a great job raising him just like you have Pearl."

Tears are coming to my eyes now and I know I need to hurry before the nurse or doctor come to the room to check on Katniss and I need to get back to Pearl. Clearing my throat I quickly think of what all I absolutely need to say before I leave. " I didn't mean what I said and this custody thing isn't even my idea, I'll explain it when you wake up… Well that is if you want to see me again. I won't blame you if you don't, honest. I wouldn't want to see me again after what I've done…" I tell her with a heavy sigh, taking one of her hands with my hand not currently feeling our baby. You're happier I'm sure in District Four but I don't know for sure. You were so upset when you left and I hated myself for it. I wish I could take it all back, my words play over and over again in my head along with the image of your pain… All I do is hurt you. It's too late to ask you if we can go back to how we were, I'm not that stupid but I want to work on a new future." I promise her, leaning in and kissing her forehead again, tears slipping from my eyes.

" I know I should have stopped and I swear I will stop you if it ever comes to that again. I love you Katniss and I will make this up to you. I'll come to Four, move into the new hours, spend every waking moment with you and our children. I'm not going to let you slip away anymore, I can't keep doing this to us, neither of us can." I whisper before slowly pulling my hands away from her. " I'll be waiting for you to wake up."

With that I leave, just in time for the doctor and nurse to go into the room. I'm pointed to the waiting are and find the whole gang staring up at a large TV screen. A reporter with light purple skin and bright green hair is speaking, her soft and thick with worry.

" There's still no new news on the condition of the Mockingjay and no one from her party has been reached at this point in time. As soon as we hear word about her condition, we will let you know. Now to our other breaking news story, the top secret prisoner camp that was discovered yesterday has been completely evacuated. The island was located thousands of miles off the shore of District Four, where the disgraced President Snow would send those he deemed a threat to Panem to work. They were forced to make mutts, animals, weapons and props for the Hunger Games since the start of his reign over Panem." The reporter said. " The prisoners of this camp have all been taken to the Capitol to receive treatment and we have been asked to give them their space and so we will not be doing interviews. A list of those found within the camp include Jasmine Avery, Henry Avery-Abernanthy, Jaskson Mason…" She prattles on with a few more names but my attentions on Johanna.

Johanna looks pale and Gale isn't sure what to do. " He had my brother." She whispered simply. " They took Haymitch's girl, unborn child and my brother. He deserves to be rotting in hell…" She growled, holding tightly to the baby wrapped up tightly in a blanket, sleeping in her arms.

" Barley Mellark, Honey Mellark, Rueben Mellark, Hero Mellark, Capers Everdeen…" The anchor woman goes on, instantly catching my attention again.

Prim stands to her feet too now and her mouth is wide open, her mom is completely frozen. My parents and bothers survived bombings as did Katniss' dad. " No." I whisper.

" And lastly on this short list we were given by our executive Plutarch Heavensbee, Henry Hawthorne." She finishes.

Rory scrambles and grabs the remote, turning off the TV. Gale's gone pale now along with Rory.

" How is this possible?" Finnick speaks up first.

None of us answer, we're all too stunned and staring at the blank screen, absorbing what we've just heard. All of our loved longs we thought we lost are still alive. Even Hatmitch's girlfriend and his unknown child are still alive, Snow just kept them away from us.

" Well if you'll allow us, we'll tell you everything that happened…" An all too familiar voice says from behind me.

I tense up, normally when I would hear the voice, it would shoot fear through me but suddenly I feel like I'm a toddler again who's been injured. I'm looking for one of the two people my whole world revolved around and who can take away the pain.

" Mom?" I whisper, slowly turning around, not wanting to believe my ears.

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