Always and Forever (Everlark Fanfiction)

Chapter 1

Katniss POV:

Ever since Prim died it's been hard. The nightmares never left, they just got worse. Now Prim is there calling for help. Snow is there, torturing her, smirking as she screams. It pains me every time because I can't help her. I know I can't. I always wake up screaming as Peeta is trying to comfort me. It works a little but the thought is still there. The thought about what I could've done to help her. Peeta hasn't left my side since she died. District 12 has been rebuilt and Peeta and I are married. I know he wants to have children some day but, having kids is one of my biggest fears. It has been almost six months since the war ended and with that the Hunger Games died as well but, it's still hard for me to picture it. A life with kids running around. Even if the Games were dead that doesn't mean they couldn't ever come back. He knows I am fearful of this and he knows that there is nothing that can be done about these fears. But now I have to tell him that these fears will need to leave.

One morning I was woken to a soft voice. "Katniss, honey, get up." It was Peeta. I slowly sat up next to him. "Breakfast is ready. I made pancakes."     "Yum. My favorite," I said with a smile. He smiled too and gave me a quick peck on the cheek. "I know." We walked downstairs to the kitchen and sat across from each other. We ate our pancakes in silence until Peeta said, " So what do you want to do today?" "Actually, I was thinking we went on a picnic in the meadow. You know just the two of us, alone, in the meadow. It'll be just like the night you proposed." Peeta had a big grin on his face. "That sounds perfect." I gave him a small smile  thinking how perfect this will be to give him the news in the same place he proposed. "I think I'm going to meet you out there around noon because I have some errands to run," I told him. "Okay, that's perfect cause I have to stop at the bakery and finish up an order." It was settled, at noon we would meet, at noon I would tell him.

I gave him a quick peck on the lips and hurried out the door. I had to do some shopping for the announcement. I first went to the Hob. I looked everywhere until I saw a women selling baby bibs. I must have looked at 20 bibs until I saw the cutest little owl one. I payed for the bib and kept walking to a stand with pacifiers. I almost immediately found one that matched the bib. I checked the time it was 11:30 I had to meet with Peeta in half an hour. I turned to leave when something caught my eye. A perfect little stuffed owl that matched everything. I quickly payed for it and left. On my way over I passed the bakery. Peeta was still there baking which meant I still had time. It was 11:45 when I reached my house. I walked inside and quickly put everything together. I wrote a little card in my worst handwriting to look like a child wrote it. It said,"I hope these things will help when I meet you in a few months. Love, the Newest Mellark" It's perfect. Now it's 11:55 I should probably get going. Peeta will be expecting me. He was probably there already with everything set up. As I walked out into the meadow all I could think about was how Peeta was going to react. Would he be happy, excited maybe even? Or would he be disappointed and leave me? This was all I could think about until I saw him sitting there in the meadow setting up our perfect picnic lunch. When I saw him my face lit up and a smile formed on my face. I walked right over to him and pressed my lips into his when we pulled apart he had a huge dorky grin on his face. He look right at the bag in my hand. "What's that?" "Something for later." We sat together for hours sipping champagne and looking out into the sunset. When the time was just right I handed him the bag. "Open the gift first and then read the card." "Okay. What's this a baby bib, a pacifier, a stuffed animal, Katniss what is going on here?" "Just read the card you idiot." I laughed a little at his confused face as he opened the card.  He read it silently to himself and his face changed to show no emotion. He looked up at me. "Katniss? Are you pregnant?" "Yes, Peeta! Yes!" He picked me up and squeezed me into this huge bear hug. He pressed his lips into mine and we kissed passionately for a long time until I gasped for air. His dorky grin had been replaced with a huge smile from ear to ear. "So I take it you're excited?" "Excited? Katniss are you kidding me? I'm ecstatic! How long have you known about this? How far along are you? When are you due?" All these questions flooded out of him while his hand was on my stomach. "I found out last month and have been waiting for the perfect time to tell you. I am 2 months along which means 7 more months of this. I am due October 16. So yeah if that's all the questions you have then yeah." "I can't belive you kept this from me for a whole month!" "It's easy to keep things from you if your not paying any attention." He smiled a bit and we lay there holding each other watching the sunset.

********

Thank you for reading the first chapter of Always and Forever. If you have any suggestions leave them in the comments below. Again thank you for reading and make sure to keep an eye out for updates.      -Peyton