Finding the Missing Piece: Book 6

Chapter Twenty-Two

Katniss POV- (The next morning, about 5am)

I wake up at five o'clock, wide awake and lay there for five minutes before I realize if I don't get up and pee it's not going to be good.

I glance over and see Peeta fast asleep.

I roll out of bed and waddle across the room to the bathroom, noticing the light is already on for some reason.

I open the bathroom door and see Willow in there, leaning against the cabinet by the toilet with her eyes closed.

"Willow, what's wrong?" I ask her worriedly and I rush over to her.

She brings her head up and I see she's been crying, "My head and my tummy hurt so bad." She says beginning to cry.

I frown, "How long have you been in here?" I ask her, kneeling down, rubbing her back.

"I don't know." She sniffles.

I feel her forehead and she's burning up and her cheeks are bright red too.

I sigh, "Did you puke?"

"No, but my mouth started getting all watery like when I am gonna puke so I came in here real fast but I can't."

"I'm sorry, baby. How long have you been feeling bad?"

"After I went to bed."

I frown, "You should've come and told us so we could've given you some medicine. Did you feel better after you went to sleep?"

"I couldn't sleep. And you and Daddy were fighting when I wanted to come tell you but I just came in here a few minutes ago so I wouldn't puke in my room."

I sigh, "Willow, I'm sorry. You still should've come in."

"You and Daddy were fighting so I didn't want to make it worse." She frowns.

I sigh, "It wouldn't have made it worse, Willow. And we weren't fighting, I was fighting with my mom and Daddy and I just were talking."

"But you cried and Daddy said something to you and you told him not to yell at you."

"And right after that we were joking around and talking then went to sleep." I say truthfully.

"Oh."

"You should've come told me so I could help you, then maybe you wouldn't be feeling so bad now."

"You aren't suppose to help me, remember?"

"That's not what this is, Willow. Daddy and I are just not suppose to be up all day and running around like we usually are, we need to be resting but we still are going to take care of you as much as we can."

"How come someone has to come stay with us though?"

"So they can make sure if Daddy and I can't do something for you, they can."

"Then I heard you say that Grandma doesn't want to come and be with us. And that no body does."

I sigh and sit myself on the bathroom floor, hoping I can get up later.

I take her hand, pulling her into my lap and she lays her head on my shoulder.

"She didn't say that, she said she just didn't really want to come until your brother was born." I kind of lie.

At first she said she didn't want to come at all then she changed it to she didn't want to come until I went into labor then she changed it to she will possibly come today.

"Why?" Willow asks me, her feelings obviously hurt.

"I don't know, baby girl. But she said she would think about coming today."