Wedding Plans.

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The sight breaks me into tears. As much as I expected to see our house broken down and destroyed by Delly; I don't see that. I see a small room, the baby's room. With powder blue walks and a crib, changing table, dresser, and everything see need. I stand and find a letter on the dresser too and I smile. I open it precisely before looking at it.

Hope you like it, just something we threw together. Good Luck you two.
-Squad 451

"It's from the squad." I smile. "They did this." Peeta's not listening to me as he studies the wall. Every squad member placed their handprint with blank ink on the wall, I find their names printed below it.

"Let's go guys, jr's getting upset." Haymitch yells from downstairs.

"We don't need much." Peeta says. "The houses are connected underground so it'll be easy enough. It'll only be for a few days until we get this Delly distraction figured out." I nod and take a moment to admire my newly slimmed figure in the mirror. I close my eyes looking at my scars and I feel a pair of strong protective arms wrap around me. He sighs into my hair as I smile and turn myself around in his arms. Gradually after moments of teasing he lets our lips collide in sync. We stand there for endless minuets before we hear Haymitch trying to stop Rye's crying from downstairs. "No more free time my dear." He smiles kissing my forehead as we pull away and dig through our clothes. I find the basic things I need and then make my way downstairs. I take Rye into my arms and I coo him back to sleep. Just as I'm opening the door I shriek. She's outside.

"P-Peeta!" I stutter. "She's outside." I whisper to him. Quickly he takes a bat from under the counter and steps onto the porch.

"Get off our property." He growls.

"What are you gonna do with that? Beat me?" She snickers. "I'm smarter than you, I know your next move before you do."

"Leave my family alone Delly, it's never going to happen. Get that through your thick skull!" He begins to shout. I hand Rye to Haymitch and step into the porch next to Peeta.

"Perfect." She smiles taking a picture.

"Enough with the dumb camera!" I snap running at her. I take the thing and throw it against a tree shattering it. Easily I'm able to overpower her and I get a few decent hits in before I'm pried off her. "I wasn't finished with her." I growl to Peeta.

"I don't care. Your a mother now." He tells me with power. "Go back inside."

I sink my head like a child, and walk back into the house. I run my knuckles under cold water in attempts to remove all the blood. I jump when the door is opened and he comes back inside placing the bat in its spot under the counter. I stay put at the sink waiting for him to talk. "Haymitch, can you give us a minuet?" He asks. He nods hands Peeta our baby and leaves.

"Peeta I-" I start.

"Knock it off. I don't want to hear it. And you know why? Because we have a child now, which means you can't go running around getting yourself into trouble. Rye deserves a mother who loves him."

"I do love him." I say.

"Then don't be stupid Katniss." He says simple. "Let's go." We use the underground tunnels into Haymitch's and get settled quickly.

In return for staying at their house for a little; Peeta has decided to make all the meals. I'm glad, maybe it will bring a sense if normalcy into my life. Because all I want right now is to live a normal life, with no one threatening my life. I want to be able to walk to the hob without hiding my face and jumping each time I hear a squeak. I want to be able to watch television and not make connections between things, and people, and events. I want to have a normal life.

"I want to get married." I whisper late at night into his chest. "I want to be married in the meadow like we talked about. The sunset a pretty orange color, and it just be our love ones."

"I'd like that." He nods.

"Well when can we do it?" I ask eagerly.

"Well, right now it's three minuets till midnight, so I'm not up for any wedding planning right now. But we can talk about it tomorrow morning over breakfast?" He asks.

"Yeah." I nod and kiss his lips.

We wake peacefully and I slip into the shower. I'm glad to have my life back, it feels good to be back in my own house. Rye and Peeta are sleeping peacefully and I sigh. I walk downstairs in my pajamas and find Haymitch at my table. "What the hell!" I croak.

"What?" He asks shock showing on his face.

"Why are you in my house?"

"Your in my house. Remember?" He asks with sarcasm. "Delly." Is all he adds before I remember.

"Oh yeah, okay." I nod. I rush back upstairs and dress in dark pants, boots, and my fathers jacket.

"Where are you going?" Haymitch asks as I open the front door.

"I'll be back before breakfast." I say slipping into the dark. I walk behind the houses and through yards making it the most secret way into the woods. My fingers wrap around the bow and arrows I refuse to take from the woods. My feet race through the brush and I finally spot the deer.

I draw back my arrow towards them. I aim high, they have no where else to go besides up the hill if I miss. I let the arrow fly and suddenly Cato is on the other side plummeting to the ground dead. My screams are the only thing filling the dead silent woods. I collapse on my legs falling down and crashing trough the brush down a hill.

My shoulder makes an awful cracking noise but doesn't hurt. I dig my fingers into the rich, cold soil of the ground and feel the tears falling down my cheeks. The brush cracks behind me and I know who it is. "Delly, leave me alone!" I scream not looking at her.

"Catnip, calm down. What's Delly got to do with this?" I hear Gale's calm voice behind me. "What are you doing out so early? You should be at home with Rye and Peeta." He says lifting me. I wince when his hands graze my shoulder, it hurts badly now. "What's wrong?" He asks.

"I-I think my shoulder popped out of socket, I need to get it fixed before Peeta finds out." I say quickly.

"I can fix it." He nods and stands behind me. "It might hurt pretty bad, but just hold on okay?" I nod.

He takes my upper arm, and base of my neck and pushes them together. I want to scream out in pain, but instead I stay silent whimpering. I sigh when it's over and he takes my bow and arrows. "Let's go Catnip."

My bow gets stuffed in the tree and I'm walked home.  I'm so glad Gale was here, I can't even hunt by myself.

When we arrive home, Peeta is still sleep so I change into pajamas and wake him. "What?" He groans.

"Wake up!"

"Why?" He mumbles.

"Don't you want to plan our wedding?"

I do, I need you. #wattys2016Where stories live. Discover now