Authors note
This hunger games fanfiction stays true to the BOOKS!!!
POVs May change throughout different chapters.
Takes place 14 years after the rebellion.
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It has been 14 almost 15 years since the rebellion ended. Katniss and I both returned to twelve, along with Effie and Haymitch, who are now married. However, me and Katniss have been married eight years longer than their three years of marriage, but it's as though they have been together their entire lives.
Me and Haymitch sit outside on his porch, while Effie and Katniss went inside to admire a new mahogany table Haymitch just bought Effie for their third anniversary. He was a changed man, he quit drinking the day Katniss asked him to walk her down the aisle. He also got the role of playing the wonderful best man.
The sun shined bright along the meadow, and the birds chirped their beautiful song."It's beautiful" I said to Haymitch.
"Yeah, it's a wonder how quickly things can change", he said as a slight smile broke out on his lips. "I can tell that-" suddenly a high-pitched scream broke out from the kitchen.
I looked over at Haymitch who had the look of pure terror flash across his eyes, and the color drain from his face. We both realized that scream was not from Katniss, but from Effie. We ran as fast as we could from the porch to the kitchen. I only seen Haymitch run that fast one other time before, when he heard Maysilee Donner scream in the arena.
Haymitch broke to the door a few seconds before me. Effie was crying while hugging Katniss, and I think even Katniss was crying too. "What's wrong princess" he asked gasping for air. Princess is what Haymitch now calls Effie, while he calls Katniss sweetheart.
" No...no I am fine, it was just the beautiful... um...mahogany..table", said Effie while not breaking eye contact with Katniss. I could see Haymitch instantly relaxing, but still a little tense at the sight of Katniss and Effie crying.
"Peeta, I think we should go now", a crying Katniss said while wiping away tears. Suddenly all I wanted was for her to feel better. Was it a flashback, was it the loss of Prim, Finnick, Boggs, Rue, Thresh, Mags, Clove, Cato, Marvel, Foxface, Glimmer, Cinna, or her father?
"Yeah, okay." I was trying to blink my tears away to be strong for Katniss. Sometimes Katniss cries from the flashbacks but never so publicly. I could feel the anger for the once Capital called Panem, they caused our pain. Then I saw a slight smile creep across her lips, the same happened for Effie. Was she happy? No, her eyes had the sad look only I know.
We quickly said our goodbyes, and I put my arm around Katniss as we silently walked across the street to our victor home. As soon as I shut the door Katniss went limp in my arms suddenly crying a cry that only happened twice before, once in the first arena when Rue died and again in the second arena when she was trapped with the Jaberjays.
I slowly lowered her to the ground and put my arm around her from behind, she put the back of her head on my chest and continued to cry. I slowly rocked her back and forth to try and calm her. I began to remember the Jaberjays in the arena, how shaken up she was, how helpless I felt. No Peeta, this is not the arena! I thought, You must stay strong for Katniss. Screams overwhelmed by my body. Was it real? Was I still in that arena?
"Peeta," Katniss said pulling me out of my thoughts. "Peeta," she said gasping for air.
"Katniss what is it? Your safe, I am here!"
"I'm...I'm p-pregnant..."
I froze, my muscles suddenly tensing. This time it wasn't for a show, it's real. I gonna be a dad, I gonna be a dad! I thought, as the reality of it begin to set in. It began to feel like our wedding day, so happy, yet so much fear and uncertainty ahead of us."Please say something Peeta, please!" She said turning to face me, her eyes were red from tears, her body shaking. "Please", she said barely even whispering.
"Katniss", I put my hand up to stroke her hair. Tears welt in my eyes, I couldn't fight them back as they began to spill out onto my cheeks. "Katniss we are going to be a family!" I had a lump in my throat, and I knew my voice was catching. "We're going to be a family", I couldn't tell if I was laughing or crying, but all I know is I was never happier.
Now Katniss had her whole body turned facing me, her beautiful gray eyes staring into mine, only inches away from my face. Her breath shaky, as the sobs stopped. "N-no Peeta...I-I'm scared" her cry turning into fear and anxiety. "I-I can't be a-a mom!!"
"Katniss are you crazy, will be the best mom. I see it every day, the way you take care of me during flashbacks, the way you took care of Prim, little Rue, the not-so-little Finn" I said with a smile.
A sad smile swept across Katniss's face. Finn was getting bigger. He looks like and acts just like Finnick. Being 13 almost 14 meant he knew the truth, the truth about the games, the old Pannam, and what his father did to end and it.
"D-do you really think I could be a good m-mom?"
"Absolutely!" I said planting a soft kiss on Katniss's head.
That night I couldn't sleep. I knew Katniss was going to have multiple nightmares that night. Usually on stressful, or uneasy days they happen the most. I was also too excited. Me, Peeta Mellark going to be a father!
Suddenly rain began to pour outside, the sound pounding on the roof. Breath Peeta, breath. I told myself, but the sound banged in my eardrums. I knew rain was a trigger, but I couldn't find back the thoughts anymore. Taking me back to the capital, the torture.
Suddenly I was back strapped to a table. A needle going into my arm, at the time I didn't know what it was. Now I know it's tracker Jacker venom. Videos with paid actors looking like Katniss. She was killing my family, other families, working with the enemy. No, it is not real, I thought. I tried to shake free, but the grip of the ropes strapping me down to the table was too strong. Then out of nowhere a bucket of water was being dumped on my head, over and over. Not allowing me to get a breath. Finally, the tracker Jacker venom set in, I was forced to watch the videos, forced to believe that it was my reality.
No Peeta! No, this is not about you! you need to stay strong for Katniss! But what if I couldn't? What if I was stuck in the capital's reality while she was stuck in hers?
Suddenly a sharp scream burst through my thoughts. "Katniss!" I said quickly sitting up and looking at her. "Katniss, it's okay you're safe!" I gently picked Katniss up bridal style and rocked her back-and-forth. Her eyes flew open.
"Peeta," she said out of breath, throwing her hands around my neck and burying her face in my shirt. "The capital...I-I didn't get you back...a-and Gale... The rescue mission...everyone died on the rescue team, i-including all you guys at the capital... I didn't get you back." A shaking Katniss said as tears fell down her face.
"It's okay you're safe, I'm here... I'm here"
"P-Peeta, s-stay with me"
"Always", I said rocking her back-and-forth. I made small and slow circles on her back and felt as her muscles began to relax.
I need to stay strong. I need to stay strong for Katniss.