Fight til the End

Chapter 23

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Chapter 23

Katniss's POV

Peeta and I spend the night together, hugging and kissing. When I fall asleep eventually, I dream about that afternoon and our baby. I see our baby with the blue, pink and white onesie and the brown hair and blue eyes. I dream about the picture Peeta drew, visualising what it would be like.

When I wake, I reach my arm out to find Peeta. I can't reach him, he is gone. I jump out of bed and run into the bathroom. I look all around and I don't see him. I run out to the study and push the door open as quickly as I can. I scan the room to find it completely empty. Where could Peeta be? Today we are going to District 2 and he is not here. He has gone. I hear something coming from the other room. "Peeta." I yell out. I push the door open to then run into Peeta on the way into the lounge.

"Peeta! Where were you?" I ask. "I was answering the door. It was one of Coin's personal assistant's saying that we are needed in Command in half an hour." He finishes. I take a deep breath. "Okay. Okay. Just don't leave without saying or leaving a note. Especially at the moment." I say to him, I push myself into his arms. "Okay, I'm sorry. I'm sorry." He apologises. He kisses me on the fore head. "We should get ready, we have a big day ahead of us." He says. I nod and walk back in the bedroom. I open the dresser and pull out a few pair of clothes. I turn to put them on the bed and Peeta is standing there. I put one pair of the clothes into his arms. I take the other pair and go into the bathroom. I close the door and walk in front of the long mirror.

I see my refection in the mirror. My stomach is looking bigger today, the baby is growing quickly. Every time I look in the mirror my stomach is bigger. I am so happy to have this little baby, because I will never be alone as long as I am pregnant. I will always have a piece of Peeta inside of me. I turn away from the mirror and face the wall. I change my pants and then take my top off. I put on a bra and look into the mirror again. Stretch marks are starting to form. I turn to the side to see how big the baby actually is. I am surprised when I see how big they are. Peeta and I will have a life together. We will come back from 2 unharmed, and ready to raise our child. The door opens and I see Peeta's refection in the mirror. He has already changed into his other clothes. He walks up to me and places his arms around me. His hands are holding my stomach.

I turn around to face Peeta. My arms wrap around his neck. He places his lips onto mine. My hand creeps up to his hair and starts to run through it. I pull away. "I don't want to go today. I don't want to." I whine. "Katniss, we are going to be fine. Only someone who was really stupid would hurt or harm a Victor. We are going to be fine. I promise." He says stroking my hair. I pull away from his grip. "Promise is a very strong word Peeta. Don't use it unless you are 100 percent certain that we will be fine." I start to sob a bit. My hands fall to my eyes. Peeta pulls them down to my side. "Fine. I won't use promise. I will use... assure. I assure you we will be okay." Peeta pulls me back into his grip, and I turn around so I am facing the mirror. "Katniss. The baby will be fine. We will get out of 2 alive. Don't worry about it." His hands find their way to my stomach. His thumbs make little circles on my stomach. I place my hands back onto his. I look at Peeta's refection in the mirror. "Let's not worry about it. Do you want help?" He asks me pointing to the shirt. I shake my head and grab it. I slip it over my head and pull it over my stomach. I see a bit of my stomach hanging out of the bottom. "Everything's getting smaller." I state. Peeta places his hands on the exposed skin. "No. Our baby is growing." I turn my head and he leans down and kisses my lips. "We should go to Command now." I say when I pull away. "Alright." His hands drop from my stomach and laces his fingers into one of my hands and we head to Command.

Command is swimming with citizens of 13. I spot Coin who is talking to 3 people at once. She spots us and gets out of her seat. "Katniss, Peeta. Please Wait for Cinna and Portia to come here. They won't be long I assume." She yells at us. I look at the door that Cinna, Portia and my prep team emerged from yesterday. I see two people walk out of it. Cinna and Portia. They are wearing the same clothes as yesterday, they approach us quickly holding the uniform bags. "Quickly. Get dressed we have a big, big, big day ahead of us." I hear behind me it could only be Effie who would say that. I turn around and see her in the District 13 clothes and a grey bandana. "Cinna and Portia hurry up, pass them the bags. They are scheduled to leave at 10. So you have got half an hour. Hurry, hurry." Effie exclaims.

We take the bags and head off to the same rooms that we changed in yesterday, and walk in. I close the door behind me and place the bag on the bench leaning against the wall. I remove all of my clothes and open up the bag. I take the uniform out and put it on as fast as I can, trying not to cause pain to my head injury. I place all of my District 13 clothes into the uniform bag and take it out with me. I stand in the middle of the doorway alongside Peeta. Everyone stops chatting and stares at us. "Ah beautiful. We are everything everyone is going to be talking about." Effie yells.

Cinna and Portia approach us with their hands extended. Cinna walks around me playing with my hair as walks around me. Everyone has started to chatter softly to themselves. "Beautiful." Cinna says when he is standing in front of me. He reaches to his pocket and pulls out a little bag with flames on it. He passes it to me. "For you. The final touch." He says. I look at him. His gold eyeliner sparkling in the light. My eyes fall to the bag in my hands. I open it and the object falls into my hand.

A black mockingjay pin. I look to him and smile. I pass it back to him so he can add it to the uniform. He opens up the latch and pins it onto my chest. "Thank you Cinna." I say. "It's all so beautiful." I exclaim. He grabs my hands and looks into my eyes. "I'm still betting on you girl on fire." He says. I smile and he plants a kiss on my cheek. The next moment the room becomes louder. My prep team as arrived to get Peeta and I ready for the cameras. We find ourselves a room that they can make me to a stage called 'Beauty base zero'. It makes someone look perfect but not to perfect. Flawless but no bling. They take a record time of 10 minutes to get me done and dusted. They take 7 minutes with Peeta. But I wouldn't have done a thing.

Effie bursts into the room and hurries us out. I give a hug to all of my prep team, Cinna and Portia and then is pushed out into the corridor. "Katniss." I hear from a distance. I turn around and see Haymitch walking toward us. I walk up to him and give him a hug. "I will be speaking to you through an earpiece you will be given when you are out there. I will tell you what to say to try and convince them. Coin will be talking to Peeta." He tells me. I pull away. "Any last advice?" I ask him. Just like I did before the start of the Quarter Quell. "Yeah. Stay alive." He smirks and walks to Peeta. They give each other a very manly hug. "See you guys soon." Haymitch calls at us as Effie hurries us along into the elevator.