Here she is!
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I hope everyone's summer has gotten off to a great start. I have been busy! Here is something you can read while hanging out by the pool ;)
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Katniss marks off thirty weeks of pregnancy the last week of May. Peeta was going to take her on a picnic in the woods that she has been wanting to show him, but the buns have other ideas when they decided that her bladder is a nice soft place to rest. "I never thought I would say this, but I am so tired of going to the bathroom."
Peeta comes to sit beside her on the couch at her house. "Surely it can't be that bad, can it?"
She doesn't even move up from where she is lying back with her eyes closed. "I have to go now, but I can't move."
She feels him move, but it's not until he says, "Give me your hands," that she opens her eyes to see him standing before her with his hands out. She smiles and puts her hands in his. He gently pulls her up and she waddles to the bathroom. When she comes back, Peeta is sitting on the couch with a bottle of her favorite lotion beside him.
"Sit down," he says.
She sits down beside him and replies, "you know, I'm so tired I'm not even going to ask what you are going to do."
"Turn so that you are facing me and give me your feet."
"Are you going to rub my feet?"
She puts her foot in his lap and he gets some lotion. "Yes, I figured that you would like that." he starts rubbing, and she can't stop the moan that escapes out of her mouth.
"Oh, Peeta. Damn, that's nice."
"I don't think I've ever made you moan like that before," he quips.
"You've never made me feel like this before," she groans back.
He sticks out his bottom lip and puts his hand over his heart. "You wound me miss." he trails his hand up her leg until he dips under the boxers she's wearing. She watches him through half-lidded eyes, giving him a small but encouraging smile when she feels him rubbing the edge of her cotton panties. Her legs fall apart, and he finds her folds, easing them apart so he can find her clit. He rubs circles around it, but not touching where she wants him to the most. "You mean even when I do this—" he plunges three fingers as deep as he can go inside of her, "it doesn't make you feel good?"
"Damn it, Peeta." She lifts her hips so he can go deeper. Her orgasm builds quickly, but before she can come, he pulls away and she groans in protest.
He reaches for her boxers and panties and tugs on them. She scowls at him, but lifts her hips anyway. Before she can say anything, he is kissing those same folds, seeking out her clit. She can't reach him, to pull on his curls like she usually does, so she plays with her breasts instead. It's a delicious build up and a sweet crash when she comes apart under his tongue.
With a self-satisfied smirk on his face he sits up and watches her as she tries to catch her breath. She wiggles her toes into his lap, and grins back when she feels how hard he is. "I need you to fuck me, please. I can't move though."
He stands up and pulls his shorts off. She watches him stroke himself a couple of times. "Kitten, I don't think we can do it on the couch. At least not like we used to."
She holds up her hands. "Help me up." When she is on her feet, she gives him a hot, wet, sloppy kiss. "Sit back down," she commands.
He sits down on the couch and she turns around to straddle his legs. "Help me, ok?" He smiles when he realizes what she is going to do, so he holds his cock up, and helps her to ease him into her depths. She moans, "Damn, you feel good."
"Oh no, Kitten," he pants behind her. "You are the one who feels amazing." She starts to rock, and he helps her with some gentle tugs. They come together in an explosion that leaves them both breathless.
It's a Friday afternoon when she drops the bins in the hallway in front of the door that has been shut since the wreck that took her parents, happened. "We'll just keep the buns in my, I mean, our room. I'll be breastfeeding anyway. Annie said the other day that it's much easier to keep them in the same room as us—"
He drops some more bins beside the ones she just dropped. "They can sleep in our room as long as they need to, but we do need somewhere to put their toys and clothes. Unless you want to just move into the studio with me," Peeta offers.
He smiles at her thoughtful look. "You know we could do that," she says. "Just make the studio space our bedroom and the bun's room. We are having twins, we will need all of that extra room. Besides, I don't think we will be getting any privacy anytime soon after they get here."
He turns her around so she is facing him. He grabs her arms and says, "Katniss, you know as well as I do, that this can't wait any longer. We don't have to get it done today, but we at least need to start. Do you want me to call someone? Finnick and Annie would probably come help if we asked."
She shakes her head. "No, you're right. We can do this." She pauses for a moment. "I've got to do this. I mean, they are gone. They would want me to use their room for the buns." She breathes deep and blinks fast. "Is it ok if I'm mad that they aren't going to meet their grandkids?"
Peeta pulls her close into his arms while she sobs against his chest for a moment. When she pulls away, he wipes the tears from her eyes. "We can wait—"
She shakes her head. "Let's get started."
"I'm hungry."
"I thought that was your stomach growling."
She sets down the stack of clothes that she is trying not to think about how much they still smell like her dad. "Do we have leftovers?"
Before he can say anything else, they hear the kitchen door slam open from the spring wind blowing through and then gently shut. Katniss stands up and starts to the door when Prim meets her in the doorway.
All Prim can do is look around the room. Katniss doesn't miss how she eyes the bins, the clothes on the bed, and the dresser drawers open and emptied. "What are you doing?" she whispers.
Katniss takes a deep breath and is so glad that Peeta comes up behind her. She doesn't think that Prim even notices him. "I'm going to clean this out for the babies. That way you could still have your room when you come home."
Prim pushes her way into the room and goes to the pile of their mother's clothes on the bed. She whispers a pained, "Oh, Mama." She picks up the clothes, hugs them to her chest and sits down in their place on the bed. "They aren't coming back, are they? I still can't believe they are gone."
Katniss watches her sister, and says, "You never let yourself grieve, did you?"
Prim finally looks up from hugging the clothes, and replies, "No. I guess I never did. It was so easy to shut the door and pretend that they are on a trip or something. Then I started school and left home." She sighs and it's a mournful sound. "I let myself get too busy."
Katniss comes over and pushes clothes out of the way so she can sit down next to her sister. She doesn't put her arm around Prim like she wants to, but she does nudge her shoulder. "Do you want a minute by yourself? Maybe pick out somethings that you would like to keep?"
Prim stands up and walks over to her mother's dresser. Katniss knows that Prim sees the bottle of her favorite perfume is still there, lid off from where she just sprayed it before going out the door that night. Her favorite earrings are there in the little dish where she would put them with her rings. Her stethoscope hanging on the mirror. Wedged in the mirror are the drawings they made for Mama all throughout their lives. "She really did keep everything, didn't she?"
Katniss comes up behind her. "She did. In the closet is a bin with the rest of the stuff we would make for her. You know, she has every flower we gave her in the freezer. Dad saved everything too."
Prim surprises her when she whirls and throws her arms around her in a hug. Katniss hugs her back and the sisters stand there for a moment leaning on each other.
Prim pulls away and goes over to Peeta. Katniss can see the flash of concern on his face before he schools it into his performance mask. She stops before him and grabs his hands. "I need to apologize to you. What I did, what I accused you of was just horrible." She looks back at Katniss. "I ruined everything that you two were building together. I'm not sure what happened, but I'm glad that you have found one another again."
Peeta pulls the Everdeen women into a big group hug. Katniss pulls back and asks, "What are you doing home? Why didn't you call and tell me?"
Prim shrugs. "I got the weekend off so I came on home. I wanted to surprise you."
"Well, you did," Katniss says. "And now, you can help us go through this stuff."
Prim has a sad smile on her face as she nods. "I think I picked a good weekend to come home."
The tall grasses almost hide the toddlers that she trails through the meadow. Giggles dance on the summer breeze bringing their laughter to her ears. She joins in their giggles when she growls, "Mama is going to get you."
Just as she is about to grab them and see their little faces, she begins to smell cheese buns. Even the little ones stop and run to the other side of the meadow jabbering, "Daddy!" as they go.
"Katniss, kitten, wake up. I brought you cheese buns for breakfast." She hears Peeta's voice across the meadow. Its only when she hears his voice again that she opens her eyes.
There he is, smiling down at her. "Hey," she mumbles. "What are you doing?"
"I thought I would bring you breakfast in bed," He says as he puts a basket on the bed beside her. She can smell cheese buns, and something else. Before she has a chance to ask, he says, "I made cheese buns, and bagels."
Her smile is sleepy. "Is that why you went home last night? I wanted you to stay."
"I know, but I wanted you to spend some time with Prim. But I'm here now." He leans down to kiss her, and she wraps her arms around his neck, pulling him closer but knocking him off balance. "Easy now. I don't want to hurt you."
"Lay down beside me."
"Are you sure?" he whispers against her lips.
"Yes. Don't you know that sex, especially pregnant sex is wonderful in the morning?"
He chuckles as he crawls in behind her and pulls her into his arms. "I'm starting to think that you only want me for is sex."
She loves the way his arms feel around her as she rolls, well tries to roll in his arms. She feels awkward and when he chuckles again, she must look it too. "Stop laughing at me."
"What are you trying to do?"
"I'm trying to look at you when I tell you that I want you for your cheese buns too. Not just sex."
He shakes his head at her and kisses her on the nose. "Well good. I want you for cheese buns and sex too. Oh and I like to tie you up. Let's not forget that."
"Well, we can't do that right now, so you will have to be happy with cheese buns and sex," she says teasingly. "There is always barbeque and walkers."
"And Chinese," he adds.
"Oh lord, no!" she groans. "We definitely can't forget that."
He starts to kiss her and she stops him when she puts her hand over her mouth. "I have morning breath and I have to pee."
"I thought you wanted sex?" he fake whines.
She scoots to the edge of the bed and quips, "Yeah, your kids have other ideas."
She quickly finishes up in the bathroom, and comes back to see that Peeta is under the covers with his eyes closed. She slides back in the bed beside him.
"There you are," he whispers as he hugs her tight.
"You still have your clothes on."
He lazily opens one eye. "I feel weird doing anything with your sister in the house."
"She knows we have sex. I mean, I'm pregnant for goodness sake."
"Is the door locked?"
"You didn't lock it when you came in?" she asks.
"I didn't think we would be getting naked."
She gives him a playful push. "Go lock the door, then we can get naked."
He smirks as he gets up. He quietly twists the lock, and then comes back to the bed. She can hear him start to whistle a playful tune under his breath as he undoes his belt.
Katniss sits up in the bed with a grin on her face. He notices her watching, and asks, "Do you like what you see?"
"Oh, yes I do." He pulls his belt from his pants in one swift motion, and Katniss exaggerates her breath catching. She requests, "Now wiggle your butt for me."
"Like this?" he asks as he shakes his ass for her.
She moans, "Lord, you are so cute when you do that."
He pulls his shirt off in a fluid motion and she comes to help him unbutton his jeans. "Are you in a hurry?"
"I want you," she simply says.
He joins her on the bed, and quickly pulls her nightgown off. "You are so beautiful," he says, as he begins to kiss her.
She loves how tender he has been lately, but right now, she wants him fast and hard. He is kneading her plump breasts when she grabs his hands. "Fuck me Peeta."
He smiles at her and says, "I'm going to kitten. But first—" and he reaches into her drawer where he put a skein of rope.
She sees what he is doing, and grins at him, holding out her hands. He quickly obliges her and soon has her tied to her headboard. "You look satisfied with yourself," she says.
"I am." He doesn't say anything else, but return his attention to her abundant breasts. He kisses and nibbles on them until she thinks she is going to explode when Peeta moves to softly trail kisses over her softly curving tummy.
"Peeta! I can't wait any longer."
"Oh you can't?"
She pants, "I can't."
He sinks deep into her, and breathlessly says, "I can't either." He starts to move his hips in his familiar rhythm, and she gasps as a wave of love and desire for her man washes over her.
"I love you," she moans.
He stops moving and leans over to kiss her. "I love you, too."
Then with a gentle push, he continues until he gives her the greatest orgasm of her life with his following soon after.
Katniss is already in the shower waiting for Peeta to join her when she hears his phone ring. She is rinsing the conditioner out of her hair when she hears him come into the bathroom. "That was Finnick. He needs me to come and help him move something."
"But you said that today was our day."
He peeps around the corner of the curtain. "I know, kitten. You get cleaned up, and then by the time you are ready, I'll be back."
She gives him a soapy kiss. "Hurry back."
"I will." He disappears around the curtain and she finishes up. Soon she is walking out of the bathroom with her mother's old bathrobe wrapped around her.
"I can't believe you are still wearing that old thing," Prim says, sitting on Katniss' bed.
"You scared me!" Katniss exclaims.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." Prim lays back on her bed looking up at the ceiling. "Let's do something fun today."
Katniss' voice is muffled from inside of her closet. "Only if Peeta can go too. He'll be back soon."
"That's fine. Put on something pretty."
"What are we going to do?" Katniss asks.
Prim joins her in the closet. She reaches for the strapless maxi dress Peeta just bought her the other day. "This looks super comfortable. Wear this."
"What are we going to do?" Katniss asks again, and this time she can even hear how irritated she is becoming.
"Trust me. It's going to be fun," Prim says way too cheerfully.
Katniss rolls her eyes and says, "Give me some privacy and I'll change clothes."
"Hurry. We are going to be late." Prim says over her shoulder as she exits the room.
"Late for what?"
Only Prim's bedroom door slamming shut answers her. Katniss holds out the dress in front of her and mutters, "This better be good, whatever it is."
She quickly slides on the dress, and grabs her phone. She calls, but it goes straight to his voice mail. So she shoots him a text instead.
Katniss: Prim is taking me somewhere. Call or text me when you finish helping Finnick. Love you.
Prim meets her out in the hallway. "Well you look pretty cute yourself," Katniss observes.
Prim does a little half turn showing off her sun dress. "Thank you. Rue was cleaning out her closet and let me have it. I don't think she ever wore it."
"That's always good. Well come on, let's go."
"First, you need to put this on," Prim says as she gives Katniss a sleeping mask.
"What is that for? Wait, is this one mine?"
Prim shrugs. "It was given to me to put on you. That's all I'm allowed to say. Now come on! We are already late."
"Can I get in the Jeep first before I put it on?"
"Yeah, that makes sense. Now come on!" Prim exclaims.
Katniss follows her sister out the door. Soon she has the blindfold on, and she can feel the jeep moving. The only travel for a short distance before they are stopping again. Katniss doesn't say anything until Prim turns the jeep off. "Are we here?"
"We are. Don't take the mask off yet."
Before Katniss can say anything else, her door is opened. They don't say anything, but the cologne that tickles her nose is very familiar. She asks quietly, "Who are you?"
Not saying anything, they gently take her hand. It's Prim who says, "Go with them Katniss. It's ok."
She lets the stranger lead her and as soon as she steps onto the river-rocked path, she knows that she is at Annie and Finnick's. Instead of walking up the stairs to go into their house, the stranger takes her around the house to their back yard. When they stop, she can hear other people. She says, "Can I look now?"
The stranger chuckles beside her and just when she begins to think of who he could be, someone takes off her blindfold. She looks to see who the stranger is, and she can't help but to squeal when she sees that it's Cinna. "Oh my goodness!" she exclaims as she throws her arms around his neck.
He chuckles softly in her ear, "I had to come and see what he did to you." He backs up so he can take her in. "You are so beautiful right now. You are as radiant as the sun."
She sees Peeta step up behind Cinna. "She has always been that beautiful, Cinna. But add to that her pregnant glow—"
"And she is stunning," Prim adds.
That is when Katniss notices what, or who is behind Peeta. She sees Cashmere with Cato and Portia standing together. Jo and Brue came back from Jacksonville. Madge and Gale are standing with Mags, who is holding little Gracie, while Annie and Finnick bring her a cup of punch. She recognizes several people from the brewery, along with Rue and her parents, and even her neighbor, Mrs. Lund.
She accepts a hug from Annie along with the cup of punch. "Why are we all here?"
That is when Mrs. Lund comes over. "I wanted to throw you a baby shower. So I got in touch with your sister—"
Rue cuts in, "Who got in touch with me. Then I—"
"Tracked me down," Madge adds. "And here we are!"
"And of course we wouldn't miss this for the world," Cashmere purrs.
"I can't believe you are all here." Katniss says. She looks to Peeta. "Did you know about this?"
He shakes his head. "I didn't. That is why Finnick wanted me to come over. So, surprise, Kitten!"
She can't stop the tears that spring to her eyes as she looks at all of her friends gathered. She rubs her ever growing baby bump and says, "We are loved babies, we are loved."
After numerous boxes of diapers and even more diaper wipes, not to mention the two cribs Peeta had put on the registry, there are so many little clothes that Katniss didn't even think about how many she would actually need until she thought about how many times a day the buns will get dirty. There are pacifiers in every shape and size, along with all kinds of toys. Katniss thinks that they have everything for the twins; that is until Cashmere comes walking across the yard while Cato walks behind her trying not to drop two big boxes.
"What did you do?" Peeta asks as he gives her a quick side hug.
"I've heard that these are the best and that the babies will love them. Go ahead and open them," she says excitedly.
They open the boxes together to reveal the fancy baby glider-swings that Peeta wanted. Peeta gushes, "These are amazing! You didn't have to get them—"
"Yes I did. You two helped me out a lot in Vegas and then poor Cato here, he needed a change of scenery. That bitch Clove broke his heart."
Even Katniss feels bad for him when he hangs his head. "What happened?" Katniss asks.
Cato looks at Cashmere for an approving nod before he replies, "She left us. She packed her stuff from before, left what Mistress bought for her, and left with Crane."
"Come now, pet," Cashmere coos to Cato. He comes over to where she is sitting and he sits on the ground by her feet. Katniss is getting ready to say something about them not doing that here, but when he rests his head in her lap and looks like a lost little boy, she can't tell them not to.
Prim comes walking by and can't help but to notice Cashmere and Cato. "Oh no! Is something wrong?"
Cato perks up immediately when he sees Prim. He looks at Cashmere first, and Katniss sees her nod. He then stands up and approaches Prim. Before Katniss can ask, Cash says, "It's ok. Our relationship isn't what you think it is."
Katniss glances around and for the first time she is grateful that Annie told everyone that they could give them presents whenever they wanted to instead of the traditional way of opening them in front of everyone. "What are you talking about?"
Cashmere smiles as she watches Cato and Prim talking on the other side of the yard. "That is the most he's talked in a month." Then she turns her attention back to Katniss. "When Cato came to me, it was as a favor to his father." She chuckles at the look on Katniss' face. "He is the captain of the police in my hometown. Cato was quite the trouble maker and was getting ready to go to jail. His father knew that he needed a lot of discipline in his life, and he thought that I could help. He's been with me for almost two years." She sighs sadly, "I'm going to miss him when he's gone. You know, he saw his parents a month ago and they both cried when they saw the differences in him."
"But where is he going?" Katniss asks.
Cashmere nods at where he is still talking to Prim. They are both smiling sweetly at one another. "I can see what you are thinking Katniss." Cashmere losers her voice to a whisper. "We never had sex. He needed the discipline I could give him, not the sexual gratification."
"Really?" Katniss is unable to hide the disbelief in her voice. "I never really thought about it much. That is amazing what you have done for him. What does he want to do now?"
"He has another year in school, and he will have his bachelor's in criminal justice," Cashmere proudly boasts. "He had to finish school. That was part of the "Taming of Cato"."
They are interrupted when Cato comes back over with Prim following. "Mistress, may I introduce Primrose Everdeen? Prim this is my mistress, Cashmere."
Cashmere stands up and Prim sticks out her hand. For a moment, Katniss doesn't think she is going to take it, but then she does. "It's very nice to meet you. Cato, are you going to take Prim out this evening?"
Katniss can't help but to chuckle at the excitement that appears on his face, and the uncertainty that crosses Prim. "You will be perfectly safe with him Prim."
Cato flashes her a heartbreaking smile. "Oh may I, Mistress?"
"Wait! Is anyone going to actually ask me about what I want to do?" Prim asks, a little frantic and confused.
Cashmere nods again at Cato, and he turns to Prim. "Will you allow me to take you out for dinner tonight?"
This time, Prim looks happy when she replies, "Yes, I would like that."
Katniss leans over to Peeta and whispers, "What just happened?"
"Cashmere's sub just asked your sister out," Peeta whispers back.
"That sounds worse when you say it like that. Will she be ok?"
Peeta nods. "He wouldn't hurt her. She might hurt him. Submissive boys tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves."
"Well, maybe they will be alright."
Katniss stands up. "Let's go talk to Cinna. I need to thank him."
"What for?" Peeta asks.
"He helped you to get back to me. For that, I will be forever grateful."
Peeta leans in for a kiss. Before they can go anywhere, Jo announces, "I would like to thank everyone for coming today. I hope you don't mind me making an announcement while we are all gathered so I don't have to answer a lot of phone calls and texts-,"
When Brue joins her, Katniss has an idea of what is about to happen, but when Brue adds, "Jo and I eloped. We got married last weekend."
Katniss and Peeta join the crush of friends congratulating them. "I wish you would have told us. We would have come to be your witnesses," Katniss fusses at them.
Brue pulls her in for a hug. "It was honestly a 'let's go get married' moment. It was us and the Chaplin on the base."
"That sounds really nice actually," Katniss agrees.
Peeta throws his arm around her. She can tell that he wants to say something, but she kisses him to stop him. She whispers in his ear, "We'll talk about it later."
He gives her a nod and then they spend the rest of the time talking to their friends and family.
"I want to get married," she begins, "but I don't know when I want to."
"We will when you are ready."
"I mean, I want the babies to have your last name."
"I'm glad. I want them to have my last name, too. But I don't think that whether or not we are married matters when it comes to that."
"But I still want to marry you."
"All you have to do is tell me and we will."
She nods. "Let's go."
"What—"
"Let's go. Just me and you. Let's go get married!"