Finding the Missing Piece: Book 3

Chapter Sixty-Four

Katniss POV- (About 4am)

"Katniss, wake up." Peeta says, shaking my shoulder a little.

I jolt awake, checking that Carter is still fast asleep at my side and I turn to Peeta.

"What?" I ask him, my heart racing.

"Annie is having the baby." Peeta says excitedly.

I smile, "Are you serious?"

He nods, "I thought if you wanted to go, I could stay here and come later after Bristol gets back or maybe we could take Carter and Bristol could meet us in 4. Brandon would never know."

I smile and nod my sleepy head, "Okay, yeah. I want you to come with me this time, yes. Let's do that."

"I can call and get us the quickest flight?" Peeta suggests.

I nod my head, "What about Carter? She's never flown before."

Peeta looks over me, where Carter sleeps, all sprawled out on my side of the bed and he kisses my shoulder.

"There's a first time for everything." He murmurs.

I smile and lean my head back on his arm, "I'm going to call and get the next flight. You just rest a little bit more." Peeta says.

I nod my head and he leans down and gives me a soft, loving kiss on the lips.

"I love you." He whispers.

"I love you too." I say softly and he gives me a kiss on my forehead and he gets up.

I reach over and pull Carter closer to me, liking the human closeness, one that's not just Peeta and I think how nice it would be to have this one day.

It feels all nice, protecting just Carter, but Peeta and I's own baby would be even more special.

Of course, I would never tell Peeta this, not now at least, not for awhile actually.

She lifts her little chunky legs and arms up, stretching out her little body and relaxes again, her little lips puffed out.

Carter is so sweet.

I just love her so much.

I feel so bad for her though, she's most likely going to grow up without a dad.

Maybe it's good that Peeta and I do things with her like take her to the park or whatever.

Bristol was right.

It does give her that experience.

I don't end up falling back to sleep though, too much on my mind.

I think back to how a while back, I was thinking about how different kids grow up.

The way I grew up was different than the way Peeta did or how Finnick did and the way Carter will live will be different than the way Finnick and Annie's son will grow up.

I think about how Peeta and I's kids will live better than either of us grew up and that makes me happy.

It makes me happy to know my children will have a dad that will be there and won't get jealous of his friends being around his children, just like Carter's dad.

I'm glad to know that I came into this marriage, knowing Peeta would never hurt me, not having a doubt in the world.

Maybe Bristol thought that too but she was wrong.

I feel bad for Bristol too, having been married not even a year and already having to file for divorce.

I hope that one day she can find someone else, someone that'll be there and that will love her and love Carter as if she was his own.