Hey guys! Finnally found a Computer to write on, I may be able to update a couple times over the next 2 weeks, becuz I am in Spain. When I come back I guarentee that I will start atleast one other story! :) Love ya guys all!
Katniss´s POV
"What if Gale finds out... I mean about Hailey?" Peeta asks placing one hand on mine.
"I think he already has, He just doesn´t want to believe it." I say peering over my steaming mug of hot chocolate.
"Oh..." Peeta says closing his blue eyes. I nod.
"It´s getting late, you should go, Gale may come back home," I say getting up from the table and heading towards the door. Peeta takes off. I fight the urge of grabbing him and making him stay with me. I want to crawl into bed with him and wake up beside him.
"Hailey?" I ask opening her door.
"Over here Mommy," She says calling from my room.
"Are you playing a game?" I ask slightly smiling.
"No, Mommuy." She says never taking her eyes off the screen.
"Well then what are you doing?" I ask leaning on the back of her chair. She leans back and crosses her small arms. I turn my eyes to the screen, vocusing on the words in front of my face. The words spring off the page as if trying to run away from my eyes. I finnaly catch up to them and read the words carefully.
Dear Sweet,
Hi my beautiful Katniss how are you? I loved the wonderfull pictures and videos of our daughter, would you mind sending me more? I love you with all my heart and with all my soul.
Love,
Peeta
I look up from the e-mail to find Hailey´s grey eyes staring at me. I gulp.
"Peeta better be a nickname for Gale," Hailey says grinning. I laugh nervously.
"Yah, of course it is!" I say brightly patting her on the head. She leans forward and click open the reply.
Dear Peeta,
I wish you were here, Hailey lost her first tooth and I wish that her real father had been here. Anyway, I love you a lot too, more that I can say. I attached pictures of our duaghter hoping that you think she is as beautiful as I think she is! :)
Love,
Katniss
I frown, biting my bottom lip. Hailey clears her throat and opens the attached picture. Hailey giggles in seeing which one. I smile at her happiness.
"There is much to explain, sweetie," I say trying to start the conversation.
"Ugg...Mommy, I get it, You don´t love Gale but you love this Peeta dude who claims to be my real father," She says glancing up at me. I laugh. "What?...Can I umm...Meet him?" She asks.
"You already have! Well...You were like...Two," I say giggling as well. She smiles her eyes narrowing.
"I want to meet my REAL Father," She says wiping her teary eyes.
"Would you like to see a picture?" I ask handing her a picture of him as she nods. She smiles examining her father´s face.
"Am I like him?" She asks me hopefully.
"EXTREMELY!" I excalim surprising her.
"Really?" She asks her face brightening. I nod. "I can´t wait to meet him!" She says jumping up from the chair knocking me backwards onto the floor. She giggles stretching her arm out to meet mine. I smile and let her help me up. Gale walks in on the happy scene and throws his jacket over the computer chair. He slumps down on the bed shaking his sneakers off. Hailey and I exchange a glance. She smirks. Sometimes I forget that she is only six. She never particularly liked Gale and she was glad he wasn´t her father. She trudged out of the room leaving us alone. He shivers closing his eyes and digging his head into the pillow. I slouch towards him knowing how hot it was.
"Gale are you ok?" I ask looking down at him.
"Yah," He says his voice rough amd scratchy. I automatically stretch pne hand out to his forehead.
"Gale your hot!" I shout pulling my hand back. He glares at me and then smirks.
"Thanks!" He says smugly. I slowly shake my head.
"Not in that way, stupid," I say slapping his arm extremely lightly. He shrinks back. I quickly find a thermometer and shove it into his mouth. He glares at me and then closes his eyes obviously in pain.
"BEEP, BEEP!" The thermometer is done. I slowly edge it from his mouth and glance at it. My eyes pop.
106 DEGREES.
I dial the hospitol and tell them what the problem was. They said there would be an ambulance over ASAP. I throw a blanket over Gale, not sure if it is the right thing to do.
"Your going to be alright," I say as the doctors carry him out in a stretcher. One Woman stops beside me.
"Would you and your daughter like to ride in the ambulance with him?" She asks glancing at Hailey.
"Yes please," I say taking Hailey by the hand. I wink at her trying to calm her down. We sit on the bench as the ambulance goes wizzing by the buildings. We are ushered out of the car and into the waiting area.
After a few hours a nurse comes out with a clipboard.
"Hi I am Cecelia, We haven´t quite figured out what is wrong with your husband," She paused as she saw Me flinch at the word husband. She shook her head an ¡d continued. "We need you to answer some questions," I nodded. "Has he ever had a fever before?" She asks watching my reaction. I rack my brains until I come up with an answer.
"Not that I know of," I say gripping Hailey´s hand tightly.
"Does he have a lot of stomach aches?" She asks. I think back to the past few months, recalling a few.
"Yes." I say pressing my lips together.
"Does he ever get cold or start shivering when it is warm?"
"Yes," Hailey says before I even thought about it. "Just the other day, when he was taking me to school he was freezing and I was sweating my butt off," Hailey said seriously. The nurse glanced at me.
"Does he hunt?" The nurse asked looking directly at me.
"Yes." I say returning the stare. She left with a quick thanks.
After hours and hours of sitting, Hailey fell asleep on my lap.
"Katniss," A voice said awakening from my half slumber.
"Hmm..." I ask opening my foggy eyes.
"We have some news on Gale," He says. I sit up straight.
"What is it?" I ask.
"Well,..." He says sitting in the chair beside me. "He seems to be dieing from a disease called The Bubonic Plague."
"He´s going to die?" I ask not sure how I feel.
"The odds are not in his favor at the moment. Honestly it could go either way," He says.
P.S: I Don´t own The HUnger Games, Love all ya guys! :)
