Peeta

I woke up with a start,Katniss was still next to me,but shaking and crying uncontrollably.

"Kat?" I whispered,and put my hand on her shoulder. No response. She must still be asleep. I lightly shook her arm. Still nothing. I pulled myself up against the headboard,then pulled her up,hoping she would wake up soon.

"Kat...Katniss,I got you." I whispered in her ear. The 2 minutes it took until she finally woke up felt like an eternity to me. I needed her to know she was ok,and I was right here.

"P-Peeta..." Katniss whispered in between her rapid breathing. Slowly easing her arms up to wrap around my neck. I,in turn,tightened my grip on her waist.

I held her tight as she calmed down. "It's ok. We're all alive...we're all safe." I whispered, moving my head to rest on her shoulder. "Haymitch is next door...the kids are across the hall...I'm right here..." I kissed her neck gently.

"The...The kids..." Katniss whispered,pulling back to look me in the eye.

"They're safe. Adara and Orion are both asleep in their beds." I whispered back,still holding eye contact. She still looked unsure. Whatever happened in that nightmare really shook her up. "Come on." I slid off the bed and held my hand out. She took it and I helped her up.

Orion's room was closest,I slowly opened his door and leaned against the frame. Through the dim light of his nightlight,I noticed a faint hint of a smile forming on Katniss's face. His stuffed teddy bear had fallen off the bed,along with his old baby blanket. I leaned down to pick up the bear while Katniss picked up the blanket. She draped the blanket over our tiny 6 year old boy and I tucked the bear under his arm. It might have been the light playing tricks on me,but I think I might have seen him smile.

Adara's room was right next door. Her room was dark,except for the small amount of moonlight coming in through the window. Katniss put her head on my chest and I wrapped my arms around her. For a second,watching my 10 year old daughter,took me back to those nights in the cave with Katniss during the first Hunger Games. Being on guard during the Quell and the war. Watching her sleep-the only even remotely happy memories I have from that long ago. Adara reminded me so much of Katniss it hurt.

"Lets go." Katniss' voice broke through my thoughts. I nodded and slowly closed the door. We went back to our bedroom,and the rest of the night was dreamless and peaceful.

Katniss

When the alarm went off the next morning,I was ready to throw it out the window. Getting up meant facing the day,and that was the last thing I wanted to do. Peeta and I managed to sleep for about 20 minutes after the alarm before the kids came in,urging us to get up. We couldn't exactly leave a 10 year old and a 6 year old to fend for themselves. Not morally and in our right minds,anyway. We reluctantly got up to get Adara and Orion fed and off to school.

"Mommy,Daddy,why did you come in my room last night?" Orion asked as Peeta gave him his pancakes.

"Just to check on you. You dropped your bear and your blanket,so we picked them up." Peeta answered,ruffling Orion's hair.

"Yeah,I know." Orion giggled before digging into his breakfast.

"Speaking of checking on people-you ok,Mom? You were acting really weird yesterday." Adara asked.

"I'm ok,sweetie. We'll explain it after you two get home,when we know more." I told her,hoping she would leave it at that.

"You better hurry up,kids. Haymitch should be here to pick you up any second."

Haymitch always takes the kids to school. He usually has something to do on the way,like pick up goose food,which he never seems to have enough of.

After the kids left,Peeta tried to keep me busy for the next 2 hours before my emergency doctors appointment. Nothing worked,though. Lucky for me,9 o'clock came before the corny bread jokes.

Peeta

By the time we were physically at the doctor's office,Katniss had completely shut down. Really,she just shook her head and kept my hand in a death grip. But she seemed to relax a little by the time she got called back,or maybe she just gave up completely.

Dr. Penn met us in his office. And I mean his office as in the one with the desk and a few chairs. He skipped over the small talk,and got right to the point.

"Do either of you know what you want to do?" He asked,leaning forward at his desk. Instinctively,I wrapped my arm around Katniss. She seemed to appreciate it from the look she gave me.

"We talked it over and plan to do the same thing we did last time." I replied,trying to sound as 'I mean it' as possible.

"And I take it there will be no persuading you otherwise?" He asked,eying Katniss this time.

"No,there won't." Katniss hissed. "We told you years ago that were going to keep to the way we've always done things in District 12."

Dr. Penn is originally from the Capitol,and Katniss has always made a point of making him feel unwelcome. She still hasn't exactly gotten over healers getting pushed out after the war,with doctors being more available to everyone.

"Ok then. As long as you know your options-"

"We aren't changing our minds." I was the one cutting him off this time. It was Katniss' decision,and whatever that was,I would stand by it.

"Very well." He sighed as he got up and led us out of the room.

A/N: Cliffhanger! Ok,I really just got stuck after that. Typing some things just makes me uncomfortable. Don't judge. Anyway,should get to updating soon,but I'm trying to make the rounds lately,updating everything here and there. So,this should be interesting. But feel free to leave suggestions,because I have no idea where this is going xD