Chapter 28
Finnick's POV
Annie has gone down to the hospital for a check-up. I hope she is alright. She has been sick an awful lot lately. I really hope she is okay. I have planned something magnificent for this evening. Something that will get her mind of being sick. Something I hope that we will both enjoy.
Our bedroom is lit up by candles. I have collected petals of some kind and spread them through our room. I was going to propose to Annie tonight. I had a ring created in District 4 when before the Quarter Quell. I was going to propose to her if I had not have been reaped. But I did.
When they rescued Annie, Katniss and Johanna from the Capitol, I got someone to go to my house in the Victor's Village in 4 to collect the ring. I am getting nervous, but I heard that everyone does. I have been talking to Peeta lately about it, telling him how I was planning to ask her. I think he has marriage on his mind.
I don't know if it's because of the baby, but all I know is that he loves Katniss and he's been asking me about the whole proposing thing. I walk into the middle of the room where I laid out a circle using the petals. Candles are intertwined with the petals creating a lit circle. I open up the box containing the ring and examine it.
The ring is gold with sapphires and emeralds with a diamond in the middle. I hope Annie likes it. I hear a person at the door. It could only be Annie. So I kneel down in the middle of the circle, placing the box on the table next to me.
The door opens and the girl I love with the red hair and bright green eyes appears in the doorway. Her face lights up as she sees the room. "Annie." I say holding out my hands for her to grab onto. She slowly walks through the petal free part of the room. Her small hands grab onto mine. "Annie." I repeat. She has tears about to fall from her eyes. "Yes Finnick." She replies.
"You crept up on me. Every girl in the Capitol wanted me. But I would never want them, because none of them were like you. When I first realised my feelings for you, I remember when I approached you. Your hair was shorter but was still a beautiful red coral colour. Your eyes stood out from all of the others. You were different, I like different." I say with a little laugh. Now tears were fighting their way out of her eyes.
"Annie Cordelia Cresta, Will you do me the absolute pleasure of being my wife?" I say grabbing the ring from the table and holding it out to her.
I grab one of her hands and hold the box in the other. Annie's free hand falls to her face. She wipes away the tears. "Yes." She says. "Yes. Yes. Yes." She says again. I grin from my ear to the other. I stand up and press my lips to hers. I pull her body closer to me. I pull away and take the ring out of its case.
I slip the ring on her finger and pull her back in for another kiss. She pulls away and examines the ring. "It's beautiful." She exclaims. Annie leans in and kisses me.
After a few minutes of kissing, Annie pulls away. "Finnick, don't you want to know what happened at the hospital?" She asks me. "Yes. What is it?" She looks down and smiles. "Annie?" I call out. She had gone into her little world again. "Annie, what happened?" I ask.
"Finnick, I'm pregnant." She says smiling into my eyes. "What? Really?" I say in excitement. "Finnick, you're going to be a dad." She exclaims. I feel my face move into a smile. "You're going to have a baby!" I exclaim. I pull her waist closer to me.
"Yes Finnick. We're going to be a family." She says. I pull her even closer and kiss her. Our night is even better than I imagined. Annie and I were getting married and we have a baby on the way. I have never felt so happy in my life.
Peeta's POV
My shoulder is giving me massive pain this morning. I look down to see Katniss asleep on my chest. If I move slowly she won't wake up. I take my arm off of her shoulder and pull my arm out from under her. I move my body away and replace a pillow where he head is. I walk into the bathroom and grab my pain killers. I
walk into the living part of the room and pull a glass out of the cupboard. I fill up the glass and take 2 of the pills as directed. I walk back into the bedroom and see Katniss slowly waking up. Her sleepy eyes open and look over to me while I try to get back into bed. "Hello beautiful." I say.
I slide into the bed and wrap my arm around her. She smiles and takes a deep breath in, and laughs a little. "Good morning handsome." She says still smiling.
I lean down and press my lips to hers. Katniss breaks away. She creates a painful look onto her previously smiling face. "Katniss. What is it?" I ask rubbing my hand down her shoulders. She grabs her stomach. "Was it the baby?" I say. She nods.
"Our baby has the biggest kick." Katniss exclaims. "Definitely your kick." I laugh. She turns around and gives me a snide look. "No funny." She says. "It's pretty funny." I say. I place my hand on her stomach. "Whatever." She says.
I feel a little kick under my hand. I feel a massive grin growing on my face. Katniss smiles back at me. "Our baby is so amazing." I say rubbing her stomach. "I know Peeta. I know." She assures me.
"What do you think our baby will look like?" Katniss asks me. I had always pictured the girl to be a splitting image of Katniss, Ash coloured eyes, dark brown wavy hair and olive skin. If it was a boy, I would picture someone that looked like I did when I was younger, blonde hair, azure blue eyes and light skin.
"Well, if it was a girl, dark brown hair, ash coloured eyes and olive skin. Like you. I always imagined my child to look like you. If it was a boy, blonde hair, azure eyes and light skin, like me." She smiles at me and places one of her small hands on mine. Her other hand is pushing the hair behind my ear. "
I pictured the same thing." She whispers. I lean my head down and kiss her. She tangles her fingers into my hair. With my one arm, I wrap it around her waist and pull her closer.
After a few minutes of cuddling, Katniss and I decide to get dressed and head down to the cafeteria to have breakfast. We do as we always do, I get her the clothes, she gets dressed and then she helps me get into my clothes.
I can't because of the gunshot wound. When she has changed my clothes, we place the dirty ones in the hamper. We pick up the ultrasound picture so we can show Katniss's mother and Prim. When we have collected everything we would need, we head down to the cafeteria, hand in hand.
Greasy Sae is serving oatmeal and fruit for breakfast today, with orange juice on the side. It was a very delightful breakfast. When we finish we see that it is 9:30, so we head up to Mrs Everdeen and Prim's room.
When we arrive Katniss knocks on the door. Prim answers the door as she usually does. "Hello Prim." I say. "Hello Peeta." She says giving me a big hug. She releases and gives Katniss an even bigger one, except not wrapping her arms around her because of Katniss's huge stomach. "The baby is getting so much bigger." She says excitedly.
She invites us in and we are greeted by Mrs Everdeen. We sit down and get ready to tell them the news about District 12. "So we had a meeting yesterday with Coin. She said that District 12 is being rebuilt and in a matter of months we will be allowed to move back into Twelve." Katniss finishes saying.
I see the expression change on their face, Mrs Everdeen and Prim look both excited and not too enthusiastic about the whole Twelve thing. "You don't have to leave. It's just if you want too. Katniss and I are going to move back as soon as we can." I say. "I would love to go back, except since they are training me to become a doctor here in 13 I feel as though I should stay here." Prim explains.
Mrs Everdeen gives a nod as she looks at Prim. "Yes, I feel as though I should stay here in 13 alongside Prim, and to help with the hospital." She says looking to us. "Well we can always visit. You're only a District away." Katniss exclaims. "We will most definitely visit. Prim won't stop begging me to visit her niece or nephew, and I would want to see my little grandchild."
Mrs Everdeen explains. I smile and wrap my arms around Katniss who is also smiling.
We talk for about half an hour when I remember about the ultrasound that we had yesterday. We had brought the picture along with us. I wait for the perfect moment to bring it up.
"Yesterday when we found out about the District 12 news, we went down to the hospital hoping that we would catch you both but we didn't, because you had just gone into surgery." I say. Katniss then looks at me and continues on after me.
"We managed to get an appointment with the doctor to get a check up on both of us. Peeta was fine, healing at the rate that was needed. I told Dr Reeds about the baby's activities. He then asked us if he could do an ultrasound, and of course we both said yes." I look to Katniss and we are both smiling to each other. "Pull out the photo out." Katniss directs me.
I reach into my pocket and pull out the photo. I move my pinky finger over the small outline of our baby. "We got a picture." I say handing the photo to Prim who is sitting on the chair opposite me. "Our baby is beautiful." I say to Katniss.
Prim examines the picture and her face becomes bright and happy. "You're right Peeta, they are beautiful." Mrs Everdeen says as she looks over Prim's shoulder. "They are so cute." Prim says.
After Prim and Mrs Everdeen have felt Katniss's stomach multiple times, we say goodbye and go back to the cafeteria. We collect our food and find Annie and Finnick cuddling on a table so we join them. "Hey you guys." Katniss says politely as she sat down next to me. "Hello Katniss and Peeta." Finnick says.
Something is going on, Finnick doesn't address us as 'Katniss and Peeta', he usually calls us 'Peeniss.' "Is something going on?" I ask as I spoon some stew into my mouth. Finnick and Annie look into each other's eyes and look back to us. "We're engaged and Annie is pregnant." Finnick blurts out.
Finnick was talking about proposing to Annie, he is now going to become a dad. This is so exciting, we will have kids growing up at the same time. "Oh my god, Annie that is wonderful." Katniss exclaims. She gets out of her chair and gives Annie a hug. Then goes to Finnick.
"I am so happy for the both of you." Katniss exclaims whilst giving Finnick a hug as well. "Congratulations you two." I say.
We spend the rest of our afternoon with Finnick and Annie. Since they gave us the name 'Peeniss,' I have decided to call them 'Fannie.' Finnick finds it funny and Annie just laughs and looks to the other side of the room.
We talk about our future, having the baby and moving back to 12. Finnick and Annie will be spending Annie's pregnancy in 13 then transferring back to 4. Kind of like what we are doing.
They have no hospital in 12 at the moment but from hearing from Coin the other day, they are most likely building one along with the other buildings in 12. It comes to at least 4:20 when we leave Finnick and Annie's room to then head back to ours.
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