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Chapter 25
Katniss' P.O.V.
*One Month Later*
I am awoken by Effie's screams of delight, I really don't want to wake up, I have been really tired recently and really bad stomach aches have been keeping me up at night. I turn to look at Peeta, and he smiles,
"I think Oliver finally proposed to Effie."
"I think you're right!" I say with a giggle and lean in for a kiss. Suddenly, my stomach turns and I make a sprint for the bathroom. Peeta comes and holds my hair and, rubs my back as I vomit into the toilet.
"Are you okay honey?" Peeta asks helping me up.
"Yeah I'm fine, I don't know what came over me, probably just some bad food." I reply, grabbing my toothbrush.
"Will you be okay, if I go downstairs to make breakfast?" Peeta asks me.
"Yeah I'll be fine, I'll just shower and come down." I tell him. I step into the shower and relish the feeling of the hot water on my skin. I towel myself dry, get dressed and head downstairs.
"How are you feeling?" Peeta asks as he gives me a kiss on the cheek.
"Fine now, I don't know what came over me." I say sitting down, and biting into a blueberry pancake. One of my hands is in Peeta's as we eat. He always becomes a little more protective over me when I am ill.
"I'm going over to Effie's to day with Jo and Baby Scarlett." I say,
"That'll be nice; I'll be bakery, if you need me." He says giving my hand a squeeze. I get up give him a peck on the lips and go to knock for Jo and Scarlett. She comes to the door carrying an adorable baby Scarlett in her arms.
"Look Scar, it's Auntie Katniss." Joanna says as she motions for me to come in.
"I thought we could go over to see Effie today, Oliver told Peeta he was going to propose to her this morning so she'll want to see us." I explain to Johanna, she smiles and turns to Scarlett,
"What do you think Scar, should we visit Silly Auntie Effie?" Johanna asks Scarlett. Scarlett giggles,
"I'll take that as a yes then, Katniss can you hold her whilst I go get ready?" She asks me,
"Sure." I say extending my arms out. I cradle Scarlett close to me and rock her.
"Hey baby," I whisper, "Have you been good for your Mummy and Daddy? I hope you haven't caused too many sleepless nights cutie pie."
"I'm ready." Jo calls from the hall so I walk to meet her and, we head over to Effie's. We let ourselves in and find her in her living room surrounded by hundreds of wedding/bridal magazines.
"Effie!" I exclaim "He only proposed this morning!" Effie looks up from her magazine and laughs,
"Katniss, Oliver isn't the most discreet of people; I knew he had been planning to propose for months!" Effie is always in the know.
"I'm glad you came over girls I need to get your measurements." She says pulling out a tape measure.
"Why do you need our measurements?" I ask, she rolls her eyes at me,
"So I can have your bridesmaid dresses custom made, silly!"
"Oh how stupid of me for not realising!" I say sarcastically.
Jo and I stand with our arms out so she can measure us.
"Katniss I think you've been eating too many cheese buns." Effie says as she measures my waist.
"Effie, that's a bit rude." I say coldly, however I have been finding that some of my clothes fit a bit tighter.
"Sorry, did I say that out loud?" Effie's cheeks flush pink with embarrassment and I know she didn't mean it, so I let it slide. We spend the afternoon discussing all things weddings. Effie wants to get married next month, so there is a lot of work to do. Everything was going fine and then my stomach turned again and I bolted towards the toilet. Effie follows me to make sure I'm okay.
"Katniss, sweetie, are you okay?" Effie asks knocking on the door.
"Yeah, I'm fine; I don't know what came over me." I say emerging from behind the door. Effie puts a comforting arm around my shoulder.
"Come on, let's get you some water." she says as we descend the stairs.
"You okay Katniss?" Johanna asks as I pour myself a glass of water.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine don't worry about me. How about you? Scarlett is so big now!" I say trying to change the subject.
"Oh I'm fine, she's been an angel. I can't believe she is 2 months old already." Johanna says and she can't help but smile. 2 months, Oh my god.
"2 months?!" I squeak, she nods. Oh no. The vomiting, stomach cramps, being tired all the time. No. No. No.
"I'm really sorry I have to go." I say grabbing my coat, and practically sprinting to the door.
"Oh okay Katniss, feel better." Effie says patting my arm, Johanna gives me a quick hug and I sprint out the door to my house and straight up to the bathroom. I rummage around in the cupboard until I find it. It was left over from when Johanna thought she was pregnant. I walk into my bedroom to check the time. Okay good, its only 2:30 PM, which means I have an hour and half until Peeta comes home.
I walk back into the bathroom and study the box. Peeing on a stick sounds easy but, I don't want to do it wrong, I only have one of these and I am not risking being seen buying another one at the store. Okay, I peed, now all I have to do is wait. In 10 minutes I will know if my life is going to be changed forever. All the hours I spent debating whether or not to have children comes down to this. In the end I decided I was okay with having children but not for a few years. Well I guess nature and faulty birth control has other ideas! I thought I would be terrified, but strangely I'm not. I think I have finally come to terms with the idea of children. So what if I only 20, I have Effie and Johanna to help me and of course Grandpa Haymitch. Peeta has wanted this for years so he will obviously be ecstatic. I'm actually finding myself hoping the pregnancy test comes up positive not negative. I never thought that would happen. I, Katniss Mellark, want to be pregnant.
Okay, its time. I can't look but, I'll have to there is no one else to do it for me. Slowly, I walk over to where the test sits on the toilet seat. I take a peak and scream in delight. Two little pink lines. My hand instinctively goes to my stomach and a rub it slightly.
"Hey baby." I whisper and a happy tear trickles down my cheek. I have about 45 minutes to decide how I'm going to tell Peeta the amazing news. I've never been any good with words so I think as soon as he gets home I'm going to come right out and say it.
"Katniss, Honey, I'm home!" Peeta calls from the front door. Oh thank god, that was one of the most agonizing 45 minutes of my life.
"Can you come in here a minute?" I call from the living room. He comes in and sits on the sofa. I take one of his hands in mine and take a deep breath.
"Peeta I realised something when you were out today," I say quietly nerves overcoming me,
"I realised I was late on my period." I say waiting for him to catch up. He starts to grin and so I continue,
"So I came home early from Effie's and I took a pregnancy test." I say handing him the test. His hands are shaking slightly with anticipation; he takes the test and just stares at it for a while in disbelief.
"Peeta, we're going to have a baby, you're going to be a father." I say giving his hand a squeeze. He looks up at me,
"Are you sure you want this?" He asks, and I know the answer,
"Yes, I want this more than anything now." I say, his face breaks out into a grin and he picks me up and swirls me around. We both erupt in fits of joyful laughter. He places me back on the ground and hugs me closer to him.
"I can't believe we're going to have a baby." He says,
"Neither can I," I say, "But we are, we are going to be one big happy family." I say giving him a kiss on the lips and I truly mean every word.
Say it with me AAAWWWWWW :D So she is finally pregnant, yayayayay :)
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