Freedom's Finally Ours

Chapter 8- Finalising the Secrets

Chapter 8- Finalising the Secrets

Johanna's POV

I'm now five months pregnant and I am only a few weeks from being six months pregnant. I am huge now and I just know that I am going to get bigger and I am fine with that. This baby is all that Gale and I care about more than each other. We started getting some more things for the baby, cutesy of Effie. Since I helped her at her wedding she has just started to help with that. Getting in contact with people in the Capitol and ordering things for us for when the baby comes. It's been really nice. We have picked out the room we are going to make the nursery and Peeta offered to paint it for us whenever we wanted to start getting it ready.

Since Katniss's ultrasound and her and Peeta's fight, they have been almost inseparable. We now know about their two boys and the little one of them being possibly blind, but we have all been so supportive towards them. They are dealing with it really well. Gale tells me that Katniss does cry herself to sleep, but who wouldn't. Her sister's birthday just went by and she's trying to deal with it the best she can and we are all amazed how well she is coping around all of us. Peeta's birthday was last week and Gale's was yesterday. We had a big party for both of them the day before last and it was really fun. Peeta turned twenty and Gale turned twenty-two.

Tonight, Katniss, Peeta, Gale and I are all going out for dinner and then we are going to go back to the meadow where I have been told is absolutely beautiful this time of the year. Sky is going to babysit Willow, so Haymitch and Effie can also have a night to themselves. I told Sky that she should have Harrison over so he and she can have some time together. She didn't decline my offer, knowing that some time with her friend would be good. So they are going to be looking after Willow while Peeta and Katniss and Gale and I can go out, just us. Haymitch and Effie still don't know about Harrison since bringing him up would bring questions that Sky doesn't want to answer, so it's being kept between the both of us.

I hear Gale stirring beside me and I turn over so I can see him as he wakes. I stay on my back, but I turn my head, because I feel like I will hurt the baby if I sleep or go on my side so I have been extra careful about everything lately. His eyes flutter open, revealing his beautiful grey eyes. He smiles when he sees me and I smile back.

"Morning, sleepy head." I greet him.

"Oh shut up." He grumbles.

I smile and giggle a little. He reaches out and places his hand on my stomach, making our little boy kick a bit. He runs his hand over my stomach for a few minutes and then the baby stops kicking.

"Hey, I didn't hurt you last night did I?" Gale asks, bringing up last night.

Since it was his birthday, I gave him a very special present.

"Nope. I mean, I'm a little sore, but that's just the aftermath of an amazing time." I state.

"Sorry." He apologizes.

"Don't apologize, idiot. It was amazing!"

"It was. I think I got a bit carried away with the slapping though." He states.

"Maybe a little." I say.

He laughs and leans over and kisses me softly. When he pulls away, we both look to my stomach, which stands out so much now. The round surface of the place where our child grows. I place my hand on top of his and caress his fingers.

"Only a little while now, right?" He says.

"Yeah. We will get to see our little boy in a little while."

"Our little Orlando."

"Eww, no. Our little Aneel."

"Not bad. Zachariah?"