Always

Chapter 6

ABOUT 10 MONTHS (not a year!) LATER...

The doctor handed me the warm bundled up blanket. Peeta squeezed my hand. "I always knew you wanted to be a mom." He whispers in my ear. I just gave birth to a little girl. "I did it because you wanted me too."

I agreed to having the kid this time because Peeta has been having way less episodes from the hijacking. He only had one since we got married.

"What shall we name her?" Peeta asks. I look up at him and smile. I love it when he says shall instead of should. "How about you think of the first name and I think of the middle name?" I suggest. "No, you think of the first and I will think of the middle." Not wanting to argue, I quickly agree. "I want it to be something old fashioned. Like something they used between 2000 and 2015." "Ok, that sounds like a plan..." Peeta mutters. "How about Emily for the first name?" I ask. "I like Emily. And for the middle name... how about... Willow. That was my great grandmothers name." Peeta suggests. Emily Willow, Thats sounds old fashioned. "I like that! Emily Willow Mellark." I mumble the last sentence to myself.

We get to FINALLY get to take Emily home today, And Peeta and I are beyond excited! We had a few visitors come and visit today, just Effie and surprisingly, Gale! He said that he was moving with his girlfriend back to district 12, and he was going to ask her to marry him today. We congratulate him, and tell him where the best place to get the ring. He explains that he has one and he shows it to us. Its pretty but not as pretty as the one Peeta gave me.

As soon as Gale leaves, I fall asleep. Luckily, Peeta had Emily. I see President Snow holding a bloody knife at Peeta. "NO!" I scream. Peeta is still holding Emily. President Snow is threatening to kill the two people I live the most! "President Snow! You should be dead!" I scream. He ignores me and stabs Peeta. "NO!! PEETA!"

"Katniss! Katniss wake up!" I feel Peeta shaking me awake. "Katniss! Are you awake?" I scan Peeta constantly looking for the parts that President Snow stabbed. As I'm looking over, him I mumble things like "President Snow killed you!" and "Are you ok?" Peeta looks at me all confused. "Katniss are you ok?" I look up at his face. I would tell him my dream but it would give him flashbacks and he would probably have another episode. "Just a nightmare." I say quietly. Peeta looks down and hugs me. "I have some good news! We can go home!" Peeta announced. Finally!