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Chapter 5: Horror

I blinked my eyes at him and then looked down at my arm. There were black and blue finger prints around my forearm. I stared at it in confusion until last night came back to me. Did he really grip me that hard? I never felt any pain, but now it was as tender as can be. Peeta gently ran his fingers over the marks and kissed me frantically. When he pulled back his blue eyes are staring into mine. It seemed as if there was a hurricane in his eyes. A hurricane filled with anger. This was something I've never seen. I touched his face gently trying to calm him.

"Gale he-"

But before I could finish my sentence he was gone. It took me a moment to register what was happening before I sprung up out of bed after him. It was morning, everyone should be in the dinning area. When I reached it, the first thing I seen was Peeta inches from Gale's face. Gale was a few inches taller than Peeta, but Peeta has his remarkable strength.

"What did you do to her!?" Peeta screamed.

"What do you mean? I've never done anything to her! You're the one that choked her!" Gale growls.

Peeta pulls his fist back to hit Gale, but before he can he drops to his knees. I rush over to Peeta's side. His face is already slicked with sweat, his eyes wildly staring at the ground. I brush the hair away from his face.

"Shh, Peeta it's okay I'm here." I whisper.

"What's wrong with him?" Gale asks.

I scowl at him then turn back to Peeta.

"He's having a flash back."

Peeta whimpers and digs his finger nails into his head. The whole dinning room is staring at us. Gale wraps one of Peeta's arms around his shoulder and the other rests on mine, as we lead him to the hospital to see Dr. Aurelius. When Peeta was settled in the hospital bed Gale grabs my arm gently. He cringes at the marks.

"Katniss. I am so sorry." he whispers.

His gray eyes actually appeared to be tearing up. I hadn't seen him look this sad since my reaping.

"Now that the Capitol is almost rebuilt, we have access to their medicine. I'll make sure you get some." he says firmly.

"I'm okay honestly-"

Before I can finish he pulls me into a hug before quickly leaving the hospital room. I turn back to Peeta to find him staring at me. His eyes had that exact same look in them when he found me holding hands with Gale.

"He's right though. I did choke you before. That's not any worse than this." he whispers weakly.

I bend down to kiss his forehead.

"That's all in the past. You weren't yourself." I whisper into his hair.

I sit down next to him and take his hand.

"How are you feeling? I ask him.

"Terrible. But that wasn't the worst one I've ever had. I think my anger is what triggered it. I remembered how angry I was with Snow. Then next thing I knew I was strapped down to that table, then the fake memory came. The one of you kissing Gale, and telling me you don't need me. Then the one of you blowing up the force field in the Quell to try and kill me." he whispered.

I stared at him. He never really went into details about his flashbacks before. I stroke his hand.

"Not real, you know that's not real. It's over now you're going to be okay." I say

"At one point I used to believe that was real. I'm glad I don't anymore." he whispers with a grin.

I smile back at him. That smile of his is so contagious. He strokes my arm.

"You're okay though? Right?" he asks.

"I've been through worse."

"Gale's lucky I blacked out, and I am too. That would have been pretty stupid of me. What actually happened anyway?"

I think back to the words Gale said last night.

"Well he was drunk, and just rambling on about things." I say.

"You're a terrible liar, Katniss." he says firmly.

Before I think of a responce, Dr. Aurelius walks in.

"Katniss! Peeta! Nice to see you both!" he says cheerfully.

Dr. Aurelius rubs my shoulder reassuringly, then sits on the other side of Peeta.

"How was this flashback any worse, any better?" he asks.

"I seem to be able to control them better, and when they come they're not as long, but they're still painful." Peeta says.

"Now how long do they seem to-"

Before Dr. Aurelius can continue, Effie comes in clapping excitedly.

"You two, it's a big big big day! Katniss come with me you're getting dolled up first!" she exclaims.

I stare at Effie in disbelief.

"But Effie, Peeta isn't even well enough to do this interview!" I exclaim.

Peeta pats my hand.

"Don't worry I'll be fine to do the interview, now go on." he says reassuringly.

I reluctantly go with Effie to be, "made up" like I have been to many times before. I'm lead back to my room and into the bathroom where my stylists are already waiting.

"Oh Katniss! You already have that pregnancy glow!" Octavia exclaims.

I look at myself in the mirror. My skin does have more of a glow than it normally does. They force me into the bathtub where they scrub every inch of my body and use fancy shampoos on my hair. They don't notice my arm till I'm in the tub, they gasp and immediately put some medicine on it. The marks were already starting to fade. When I get out, they complain about the shower not having a drying button. So they have to dry my hair "the old fashion way" with a blow dryer. They curl my hair and paint my face and arm. Until finally I look like the Katniss from the capitols interviews. They tell me they tried to keep my make up "on the natural side" but no kind of make up looks natural to me. I don't even look at my dress until its on me. It's a tight fitting emerald green dress. My favorite color. The dress showed off what little baby bump I do have. I ran my hands over my stomach in the mirror. The baby was growing bigger by the day. The dress was paired with black heels. The heels were lower than they normally were because they didn't want me falling. This baby seemed to be everyone's pride and joy already.

"I hope it has Peeta's eyes." Flavius gushes.

"Do you know if Peeta's okay?" I ask.

"Oh yes, Portia started styling him awhile ago. He should be all ready now." Octavia says.

Just then Effie rushes in and grabs me by the hand.

"It's time! We can't be late and mess up the schedule!" Effie exclaims.

This was the only thing we had on the schedule but I play along just to make Effie happy. She leads me around for what seems like forever before we get on the elevator.

"Were going outside?" I ask.

"That's where they have everything set up. It is a lovely day!" she exclaims.

When we get outside I see Peeta sitting on a red loveseat under a tree. The love seat looked very out of place but beautiful with the contrast of the green trees. Peeta's hair was slicked back like they often did it. He was wearing a emerald color button up and black pants with black shoes. We're matching again. Cressida sits in front of him with a single camera, pressing buttons and getting it ready. I sit next to Peeta and take his hand.

"How are you feeling?" I whisper in his ear.

"I'm fine, don't worry about it." he says with a grin.

He kisses me on the cheek and leans in to whisper in my ear.

"You're so beautiful. You're glowing. We're dressed in your favorite color how about that?" he says.

I laugh and Cressida clears her throat with a smile.

"May I pull you two out of your conversation?" she asks.

That's when I realize she's been filming the whole time.

"Sure Cressida!" Peeta says with a smile.

"I'm live here with Mr. and Mrs. Mellark. Now before we start talking about the pregnancy. Would you mind if I ask about your wedding?"

Peeta puts his arm around me and I lean against his shoulder. This wasn't like before. This wasn't for the camera's. This was natural for me.

"There isn't much to say. We did the traditional toasting of the bread ceremony of our district. Just the two of us. That's all we wanted." he says.

"So you never wanted a glamorous capitol wedding Katniss?" she asks.

"Never. Our little ceremony was enough for me." I say.

"Now as I understand it you two tried many times to get pregnant. Correct?"

I just nod unable to think of the right words. Peeta rubs my shoulder reassuringly.

"It was truly heartbreaking to see her go through all of this. But when we finally did get pregnant we were happier than we've ever been." he says.

"That's amazing. Now Katniss, would you mind standing up to show Panem your baby bump?" Cressida asks cheerfully.

Peeta outstretches his hand to help me stand up. I stand sideways towards the camera for the best view.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Peeta says.

I smile and resettle myself back into Peeta's arms.

"You look stunning Katniss, truly. Now Peeta, I'm sure you're hoping for a little boy right?"

I smile and glance up at Peeta.

"I'll take whatever I can get. As long as he or she is healthy." he says.

Cressida smiles then presses on her ear piece. Her smile quickly turns into a look of horror.

"Come with me guys. Hurry."

We quickly follow her back inside. She leads us to the room where all the main bunks are. The large projector screen is black with a few big white words. These words send pure and utter horror into my body.

"The Mellark child will be the first reaped in my games."