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Appointments.

Late in the middle of the night last night, Effie came parading over to our house. She was all in a fuss about having to leave to the Capitol at that moment. She had asked Peeta to stay with Haymitch, of course he agreed and I told him i'd be over later.  Which is where I'm headed to know, for a short time then off to my appointment. Then the next one about Haymitch's cancer. I plan on bringing Rye with me, Peeta already has his hands full with Haymitch.

I drag my feet not wanting to wake Rye up early, knowing he'll be miserable if I do. But time begins to draw close, I wake him dressing him quickly and as easily as possible.  I lock our door and quickly walk into Haymitch's house. "Peeta." I call.

"Upstairs." His faint voice replies. I rush up the stairs and find him standing the doorway of the bathroom. "Hey." He says.

"What are you doing?" I ask.

"Getting ready to give him a bath." He says with a slight blush and a laugh.

"Well I have an appointment today for him, to talk about treatments and medicine." I look towards the door.  "I'm going to do whatever it takes, I don't know how much it'll cost but-"

"That's fine do whatever you need to." He nods kissing me quickly, then kissing Rye's forehead.

"I should go." I say. "I'll probably be gone for a while today." I tell him.

"Well, Effie didn't tell me when she'd get back so if she does sometime today I'll go home and make dinner."

"Alright." I nod, I kiss him again. I pop my head in the doorway, to find Haymitch in the bath. "Bye Haymitch!" I cheer.

"Jesus Christ Girl. Shut the door!" I snicker and shut the door, kissing my longer this time.

"I love you" I murmur into his lips.

"Love you too." He squeezes my hips softly and reassuringly before letting go and I walk down the stairs.

***

I walk into the hospital with my baby on my hip, to find out if I'm having yet another baby. I should have told Peeta I was coming, or that I thought I was pregnant. But he can't know, there's absolutely no way he'd let me go then. "Katniss Mellark, I have an appointment with Anderson at eight."

"She should be in there, go on in." The man at the reception desk says monotony. I shrug it off and walk in, I sit in the chair.

"Hello again Mrs. Everdeen." She smiles.

"Oh, it's Mellark now." I reply with the same warm smile showing her my ring.

"Oh my." She smiles. "It's gorgeous, congrats."

"Thank you." I smile. "And, this is Rye."

"Oh my goodness, you've gotten so big since I've seen you last!" She gushes. "Your such a big boy!" She kneels down next to me and look back up to me. "He's starting to look like you." Se says.

"Yeah I know, I want him to keep Peeta's eyes though." I say.

"How is he?" She asks.

"He's great, we got married last week. Got home from our honeymoon yesterday." I trail off not wanting to tell her why we came home.

"That's fantastic! Really, but I assume your not here to catch up." She says looking back to her computer and pulling up my file.

"Actually no, I think I'm pregnant."

She giggles. "Well, take a seat." She motions to the cot. She takes Rye and hands him back once I'm situated.

"You know the drill." She says as I roll up my shirt and she puts the jelly on my stomach. I shiver and try to hold Rye still. He reaches for my stomach and I pull him back before she takes him setting him on the plush couch surrounding him in blankets.  When she's convinced her can't move she lifts the little controller and brings to run it over my stomach. She furrows her brow and tries to find the picture. "Aha!" She gasps. "I found it."