Chapter 25
Katniss POV
Having two new born babies was hard work. I hadn't slept properly in seven weeks. I looked in the mirror this morning, and I look awful. My hair is always knotted, and looks like a birds nest. My eyes have dark circles underneath from lack of sleep. I know Peeta hadn't slept much either, but he has slept more than me. The boys at work often let him nap when the shop isn't busy, whereas I'm at home, handling two babies on my own. Well, Haymitch often comes round, and I am happy to say, he is always sober around Evan and Rose. I have to wake up at 12, 2, 4 and 6 in the morning. There is also constantly being woken up, whenever I have the chance to nap. Haymitch came round today, and persuaded me to go and see Peeta. He promised he would be fine, and I had just put the twins down to bed, so he should be fine. I agreed and trudged off to Peeta's work. I rounded the corner to where his bakery stood. I honestly didn't feel too good. My eyes were heavy, I had a splitting headache and my legs felt like jelly. I stumbled into the door and looked around for Peeta. I saw him behind the counter. He greeted me warmly and came over to embrace me.
"Where are Evan and Rose?"
"Haymitch is looking after them"
"Are you feeling ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine"
"Katniss you look awful"
"Honestly I'm fine"
Suddenly everything started spinning, and my legs started shaking. I grasped my head before falling backwards into darkness…
Peeta POV
I caught her just in time.
"Katniss!" I shouted, holding her limp body in my arms. Oscar and Thomas, the guys who work at the bakery, came running over.
"I'll get a doctor Peeta"
"Thank you" I whisper, holding her, wondering what was wrong. "Oscar, can you call our home number please and tell Haymitch what's happened?"
"Course"
"Thanks"
10 minutes later, the doctor from the surgery came running through the door.
"Where is she?"
"Over here" I say, worried sick.
"Ok, would you be able to lay her down over there please? Thanks"
I watched as he poked and prodded my beautiful Katniss.
"Ahh, she will be fine. She has simple collapsed because of exhaustion. It probably has something to do with the new babies. It seems she hasn't slept in a number of weeks"
"That's probably my fault. I haven't been able to help as much as I'd have liked because I had to run this"
"No, it was bound to happen. She's had twice as much pressure"
"What can we do?"
"First of all I would recommend getting someone to help you out full time, I know someone who would be able to help out"
"Ok, anything else? Yes, let Katniss get a couple of days rest, keep her in bed"
"Is that all?"
"Yes, she'll be fine"
"Ok, thank you doctor"
"It's fine Peeta, oh and by the way, congratulation on Evan and Rose"
"Thanks"
As the doctor left, I scooped Katniss up and started walking home. We were greeted by a worried looking Haymitch.
"Is she ok?" He asked.
"Yes, she's fine, it was exhaustion"
"What are you going to do?"
"Keep her in bed for a few days, and hire someone to help full time with the twins"
"You know I'm happy to help anytime, don't you"
"Thank you so much Haymitch, I better get her up to bed"
I stepped inside and carried Katniss up to our room. I lay her down, tucked her in, and kissed her forehead. I walked through to Evan and Roses room to check on them. Evan is sleeping, but Rose was laying there, her big blue eyes staring back at me. I scooped her up and swung her around.
"Hey gorgeous"
She gurgled back in response.
"You're beautiful you know, you're gonna have every boy wanting you, just like your mummy did"
I kissed her head and put her back into the cot.
I went back to our room and snuggled up next to Katniss. She woke up and mumbled into my ear
"I love you Peeta"
"I love you too Katniss"