After the war (A Mocking jay sequel)

Chapter Seventeen- the aftermath

*2 weeks later* *KATNISS'S POV*

I wake up, my vision blurry. I look around as my vision focuses, and realize I'm in a hospital room. Peeta is by my bedside, looking worried.
He notices me opening my eyes

"Hey. How are you feeling?" He asks, softly.

"W-wh-what happened?" I ask, confused.

*PEETA'S POV*

I notice her open her eyes. My sense of dread is gone, in its place is a feeling of hope.

She looks around, confused. 

"W-wh-what happened?" she asks, confused

"You were shot during the interview. Your kidney was hit. You needed surgery. The doctors say that you will be fine." I explain, trying not to cry.

"Where's Rye? Is he hurt?!" she asks, panicked.

"He's fine. He's not hurt. He was with president Paylor at the time of the attack." I explain quickly. She breathes a sigh of relief.

"Did they catch who did this?" she asks.

My sense of dread returns. "No. They didn't. They are on the lookout. Guards will be by us 24-7." I reply.

*KATNISS POV*

"I don't want to live like this Peeta." I say, softly.

He caresses my face and says, "I know, but we have to. For Rye." 

I know he's right. As much as I want to say we can protect ourselves, this isn't about protecting us. It's about protecting Rye. And I'll doing anything to protect Rye.

"What district are we in?" I ask

"The capitol. They have the best doctors for kidney surgeries and I wanted you to have the best." Peeta explains. 

"Is Rye here too?" I continue with my questions

"No. He's in district 12." Peeta replies

"What?! Away from us?! Who is he with? Why is he in district 12 instead of with us?!" I ask peeta, yelling.

"Its safer for him to be away from the Capitol. Given that's where you were attacked. He's with Haymitch, with guards." Peeta explains.

I take a deep breathe. Trying my best not to freak out.

"We need to go." I say, trying to get up.

"Woah woah. You need your rest. We will leave tomorrow." Peeta explains, stopping me from trying to get up.

"How long has it been since the attack?" I ask

"2 weeks." Peeta says, quietly.

"What?" I ask, surprised.

"It was a nasty injury. You needed surgery and they put you in a medically induced coma until you were healed enough. They took you off the meds last week, and it was up to you to wake up." peeta explains

"So, I'm completely healed then?" I ask

"No, not necessarily. They needed your body to heal a certain amount before they took you off the meds to wake you up." Peeta replies.

"get some rest. We have a big day tomorrow." Peeta continues.

Soon, I fall asleep.

*The next day* *PEETA'S POV*
I help Katniss off the bed. We are packed and going home.

"I can stand by myself Peeta." Katniss complains.

"Not according to the doctor. You need help. I'm going to help you either way. You'll just have to deal with it." I reply.

She laughs and lets me help her. She sits in the wheelchair. I push her towards the exit.

"Finally. I can't wait to see Rye." Katniss says

"Me either" I reply

*At the Airport*

"We are taking a public flight, right?" Katniss asks, nervously.

"Yes, we are." I assure her. 

We board the flight. First class. 

Katniss fidgets in her seat. I hold her hand, trying to calm her. It seems to work. She squeezes my hand. 

The plane takes off shortly after. 

*In district 12*

We get off the plane and go to baggage claim. I grab our suitcase and we head towards the exit. 

When we leave the airport, everyone stares at us. It's like the world stopped moving. Everyone's attention is on us. Everyone saw what happened, I seen social media. Everyone was worried. 

Katniss and I continue walking. We eventually get to our house. We walk in. Haymitch is in the living room with Rye. 

Katniss practically bolts over to Rye. Hurting herself in the process. 

"Katniss, are you okay?!" I ask, worried.

"Yes I'm fine Peeta." She responds. 

She grabs Rye from haymitch's arms and kisses his cheek. "Oh rye. I've missed you so much!" she says.

Haymitch gets up and walks to the kitchen. I follow after him.

"Thanks for taking care of Rye while we were gone." I say

"Of course. I'll take that kid anytime." Haymitch responds.

"How is she?" he asks

"She's doing okay. I think she feels better now that she has Rye in her arms. She was worried sick." I respond.

"When did she wake up from the coma?" Haymitch asks

"Yesterday." I respond.

"Yesterday? And they let her go?" Haymitch asks, surprised. 

"She was mostly healed. They said she needed to take it easy. They definitely dont know Katniss, if they think she will take it easy." I respond. Haymitch chuckles.

"I'll get going then. Call me if you need anything." Haymitch replies

"Thanks. Will do." I respond.

Haymitch yells bye to Katniss, and she does the same. He walks out the door and down the street. I walk into the living room, to find Katniss holding Rye and watching the news. The shooting at the interview is playing. I grab the remote and turn the tv off. 

"Hey! I was watching that!" Katniss says, angry.

"You don't need to be watching that." I respond.

"You don't know what I need." Katniss says softly, looking at Rye.

I'm hurt at her words. I think I know Katniss well enough by now to know what she needs. But I don't say anything. Instead I sit there silently. Katniss does the same. 

*A/N: Hey, I'm gonna try and post two chapters at a time. I don't want to make this book too long, but I don't want to get off track of the chapter. If you have any ideas, comment and I'll see if it fits into my version of the book. I have an overall idea of what I want the book to be, but I'm struggling to have ideas and writing details. I don't just want to gloss over everything. Anyways, I'll try and post again within the next week, but school is coming up and I have another job lined up (since my current job is just a summer job) and I need to go to registration to get my schedule for this school year. With all this coming up, there's no guarantee that I'll be posting regularly. There might be months in-between me posting.  Hope you can understand.*