Chapter 5

[The Morning After the Wedding]

His eyes fluttered open to see his wife's peaceful face, his wife, to finally be able to call her his own. The sun having not raised very making the sky a blue but not light as the day. Peeta stared at her face, memorizing each line, curve, and crevices. Placing a gentle kiss upon her forehead. He found his hand on her abdomen, where their baby grow. Her eyes flutter open, meeting his blue eyes. He stares into her grey eyes, remembering the wedding and their first time as husband and wife.

"Good Morning, Wifey." Peeta says with a big smile on his face.

"Good Morning, Hubby." Katniss replies smiling just as big.

He leans down to meet her lips for a kiss. Katniss reciprocating the kiss, moans against him, pulling him closer. Her morning nausea rolls in as usual. Her arousal does nothing to calm her queasiness like it had last night. Feeling vomit raise in her throat, Katniss pushes Peeta away and runs into the bathroom with no time to spare before she throws up into the toilet. Peeta races after her calling her name and lowering himself down beside her, taking her hair and holding it away from her face. Katniss continues heaving while Peeta holds her hair and rubs her back comforting her best he can.

After a while she falls back against her husbands chest heavily, fatigue overtaking her. Her eyes close with her head resting against his shoulder. Her breathing was heavy and she was so exhausted regardless of having just awoken from a peaceful sleep. Peeta helped her up and to brush her teeth. He picked her up, carrying her to bed. Laying her back down on the bed he climbs on himself. Cuddling close and kissing her head once more before speaking.

"Baby, you need to start telling me everything about your pregnancy. I feel like I don't know anything. I missed so much. I wanna be completely part of it and be here for you."

"I'm sorry that we couldn't be together at the start of this. I get sick in the morning and feel sick all day, it's really bad at night but I somehow think that sex helped though. I wasn't feeling bad when we're making love last night. I'm tired all the time it seems. My body just aches sometimes. I feel sad sometimes and irritated, and I just don't know why. I promise that I'm gonna tell you more about how I'm feeling. It's just been hard not living together paired with your work hours."

"Oh baby, it's gonna get better. We have two weeks of just us and Rory Hawthorne is supposed to be taking a trial run spot on my team to be helping in the bakery while we are gone. If James and Ben say he does well I'm gonna offer him a permanent position in 3 weeks."

"That means you'll have more time with me?" Katniss asks.

"Yes, I might find more help in the months to come and I want to be able to take a fraternity leave when Bug is born."

"I'd like that"

Peeta kisses her head giving her a gentle squeeze. A knock on the door grabs both of their attentions. Peeta gets up quickly grabbing his underwear from the floor and heading to open the door. He takes a moment to toss Katniss her bridal silk robe and she pulls it on over her naked body. She follows Peeta to the door just as he opens the door to find Annie and Finnick smiling at them.

"Good morning, Mellarks!" Finnick says to them.

"Morning , and should be ." Peeta playfully teases his best friend.

"Can it Mellark. I'm working on it." Finnick says shoving a Mellark's Bakery box into Peeta's hands, walking past him taking in the mess of the room. "Nice mess you've made here, Mellarks." Finnick snarks.

"We had to take advantage of the space." Peeta says confidently.

"Boys, we have 2 hours before the newlyweds have to be at the airport. Where's the dress?" Annie says.

"On the hanger in the bag on the bathroom door." Katniss says. Annie got up to get the dress from the bathroom.

"So you guys get any sleep?" Finnick asked.

"Yes we did." Katniss says pointedly. "I'm pregnant, Finn, I need sleep. We had our fun but we went to sleep after."

"I'm glad you got to enjoy each other's company." Finnick says.

"Oh we enjoyed each other's company thoroughly." Peeta said proudly.

They eat the cheese buns while cleaning up. After checking out of the room, getting in the car that had their pre packed luggage for their honeymoon, Katniss falls asleep on Peeta's shoulder in the backseat.

"How has she been feeling?" Annie ASOS from her seat in shotgun beside Finnick driving.

"Her morning sickness is worse at night but still their in the morning and she feels sick all day though. But after our fun in the sheets last after getting back to our room she wasn't sick. She said this morning us being together probably helped."

"Fuck some good feelings into her, huh?" Finnick says cockily.

"Ya. I'm more worried that traveling doesn't make it worse for her. We talked this morning about how she's feeling. I didn't know much because we weren't together a lot since school ended. With our moms dragging her everywhere planning the wedding and my work hours, made it hard to see each other or talk. I'm gonna hire more help in the bakery. Vick Hawthorn is in training while we are in Hawaii. I'm going to interview for more when we get back to help out in the next for months so I can be with Katniss more. I don't want to be too busy and neglect her."

"Peeta?" Katniss mumbles sleepily from his shoulder.

"What baby?" Peeta says gently to her.

"I don't feel good. I'm so nauseous."

"Do you think that your gonna throw up?"

"I don't usually throw up during the day. My nausea just keeps getting worse."

He kisses her head. "I'm sorry honey. Is there any medication you can take that's save?"

"I'm sure there is but I just haven't gotten anything."

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On the airplane

Her head was on his shoulder, sleeping just like it was in the car. He was listening to music and drawing in his sketchbook. It was a detailed sketch of Katniss holding a baby girl. Each detail came from his heart. He allowed the pencil to flow across the page on its own accord.

After a while he wakes Katniss when the flight attendant asks for dinner requests. Giving them each a menu. The flight offers chicken or fish as well as Mac n cheese. The thought of fish revolts Katniss. Katniss can't decide on chicken or Mac n cheese and tears up. Peeta has never known Katniss to cry over trivial things. Being as calm and cool as Peeta is known to be he calms her down by having her ask for chicken and him for Mac n cheese.

Katniss shares equally with him but ends us eating more Mac n cheese then chicken. After that he picks up his drawing while Katniss reads a pregnancy book. She looks up to see his near finished sketch.

A gasp escaped her lips seeing his artwork. It was her long hair a mess from a braid. Her cheeks flush with exhaustion and frustration. Her eyes were glittering with love. Her loose baby hairs framed her face, angled down looking at a sweet adorable baby in her arms. The baby had chubby cheeks, and a sweet smile on her lips, wisps of hair atop her head. Peeta's art never failed to amaze her.

"Oh honey! This is amazing." Katniss whispers after a minute of utter silence.

After sometime of her watching him draw another sketch, she turns her seat into a bed and soon Peeta follows. They adjust their seats to become one big bed to accommodate both of them. Katniss cuddles close to his side and he wraps her in his arms. Sleeping peacefully. Their hours are off during the travel but Kat's morning sickness doesn't fail to wake her. Ripping her from Peeta's warmth and into the airplane bathroom floor while most of the other passengers were asleep.

Coming back to her and Peeta's seats, she crawls back in next to him, hoping she hadn't woken him at all.

"You alright, sweet pea?" Peeta mumbled, keeping his eyes shut.

"Ya just got a little sick. I'm alright now." She whispers, laying her head on his chest. The sounds of the plane flying lulling her back to sleep.

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[Getting into hotel room/ honeymoon day1]

Peeta swiped the key card to their fancy honeymoon suite. Pushing the door opening and sweeping Katniss up in his arms bridal style like he did and the hotel room back in Massachusetts. Walking in with her in his arms and pulling their suitcases behind him while she held the carry ons.

He sets her down and they decide to sit on the big lounge sunning bed on the balcony. The Mellark's had paid for the honeymoon as part of their share of the wedding. Peeta leans back while Kat takes her place between his legs, leaning back against his chest. They look out at their beach view and take some time to relax. It's late in the day and close to dinner. Peeta had everything planned for their honeymoon but also anticipated her pregnancy symptoms which made the trip more flexible.

Right now, he planned the time to relax because they just got to Hawaii. He let Katniss nap on him out on the balcony watching the sun set. He was waiting for the time to wake her for dinner. He planned for their first night to be in their room via room service.

About an hour later the sun has disappeared and Katniss woke up. They ordered pasta and garlic bread up to the room.

After eating dinner, Kat decided she wanted something more. "Can we get chocolate cake?" Katniss asks timidly like they were tight on money or like she didn't know that he could never say no to her.

"Of course, baby." Peeta called room service and ordered his new wife her desired chocolate cake.

Soon she had her chocolate cake and was happy. After cake they took a hot romantic bath together. Her naked wet body pressed against his. They fooled around, touching each other. Multiple orgasms later they make their way into the big hotel bed to make love and fall asleep together.