I think this will be a moving along chapter at the beginning…you'll see what I mean…
Chapter 34 – Peeta's POV
June 10: Prim and Rory go out to eat. Find a hickey on her neck. Ground her for a week.
June 13: Katniss gets up in the middle of the night and brings pickles and peanut butter up to bed.
June 28, morning: Lilian calls and asks how Katniss is doing. We talk for an hour.
June 28, midnight: Katniss wakes me up to tell me she wants a pet.
June 29: Go to the pet store to find a pet. Katniss sneezes a lot in the room full of dogs. Go to the hospital to get tested for allergies. Katniss is allergic to dogs.
June 30: Go back to the pet store and ask about hypoallergenic dogs. Buy a baby Maltese and name it Mango. Question Katniss about the name. Get slapped in the face.
July 4: Watch the fireworks. Find out Mango hates loud noises. Go home early
July 19: Go upstairs to bed. Find Katniss sitting on the bed singing to Andrea. Draw Katniss. Sing with Katniss from behind the door. Make out with Katniss for five minutes.
July 31: Read Green Eggs and Ham to Andrea while making dinner.
August 1-20: Drive back and forth to the grocery store getting food for Katniss. Grocery list: pickles, chocolate, peanut butter, frosting, frozen burritos, flowers.
August 27: Go into doctor's office to see how the baby's doing. Find out the due date is in two weeks. Make a cake to celebrate.
September 1: Find two hickeys on Prim's neck. Ground her for two weeks. Listen to her whine. Ground her for three weeks.
September 2: Pack for the hospital…
I looked at Katniss. Her belly was very large now. She looked up at me. "What are you looking at?"
"My gorgeous fiancé and our baby." I wrap my arms around her belly and feel Andrea kick. I hear Katniss gasp and put her hands over mine. "What is it?"
She exhales. "That felt really weird."
"Oh my God, are you going to be a day early?" She starts breathing deeply and closes her eyes. She lies back on the bed and covers her face. I hear her sob a little. "What is it babe?" Katniss doesn't uncover her face. I sit on the side of the bed and pat her on the shoulder. "What's the problem?" I say very quietly.
She mumbles something, but I can't understand it. I uncover her face and look into her red, puffy eyes. She hiccups and sits up. She puts her hand on her belly and sings a song, but I can only hear some of the tune. I hum a variation of it and she looks up. She hums louder, but then suddenly stops and buries her head in my chest. "I can't do it, Peeta!"
"Yes you can." She hums the tune into my shoulder and pulls away. She kisses me softly on the lips hums into mine. She pulls away and rubs her belly, still humming. "Just remember that tune and you'll be fine." I hug her and get up to finish packing her bag.
"Peeta?"
"Yes?"
"Can you keep humming that?"
"Sure." I have learned not to say no to a pregnant woman. It just gets you a slap in the face. I started humming, closed the bag, and set it on the floor near the door. I go back to the bed and hug her tightly.
"I feel so old."
"Me too."
"I don't want to go to school next year."
"But it's the last year."
"We'll never get to see Andy."
"Well, at night and a little in the morning." I paused. "You wanna call her Andy?"
"Of course. It's a cute name." She let go of my hand and grabbed her belly again, inhaling and exhaling. "Shit! I wanna go now."
"Right now?"
"Yes. Right now."
"Okay, let's go."
Katniss started tearing up again. I hummed the tune from earlier, which luckily calmed her down. She looked at me. "I'm so scared."
"I know, babe. I am too."
"You're not the one who's about to give birth!"
"Yes, that is true."
"You don't have to say yes to everything."
"Well, if I didn't then I would get a slap in the face."
"Oh, sorry about that." She touches her hand to my cheek rubs it lightly.
I get Katniss into the car and run back in to tell Prim. "Peeta? Katniss?" She was wondering the hallway.
"Down here." She looks down at me. "We're going to the hospital now." Once the words came out of my mouth, I started breathing deeper. "Oh, fuck. She's going to have a baby." I started walking back and forth. "Our baby. Our baby. Our baby. Our baby-"
"Shut up!" Prim came downstairs and pushed me out the door to the car. I got in and drove off. Prim waved good bye and went back into the house.
We checked into the hospital and Katniss was escorted to a room. I was told to wait until she got situated. Eventually, I was told to come back. I followed a nurse to a room. Katniss was sitting up in a bed. She had already been changed into a hospital gown. "How are you doing?"
"Fine I guess. Doctor says I could have the baby any time from this afternoon to tomorrow early in the morning."
About three hours later, Katniss was going into labor.
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