Freedom's Finally Ours

Chapter 21- Her Inner Katniss

Chapter 21- Her Inner Katniss

Peeta's POV

When I wake up, it's to tiny fingers making little swirls and patterns on my chest. I open my eyes and I see Willow look up at me, a big cheeky smile on her face.

"Hello, Daddy." She says.

"Good morning, princess." I say.

I look over to Katniss and I see her back turned from us, her soft snores being all I hear from her.

"We got to be really quiet so Mummy stays asleep." I whisper to her.

"Okay." She says, placing her finger to her mouth.

"Do you want to come make jam and cream puffs?" I ask her.

"Yes!" She says, exclaiming it yet whispering it.

"Okay, princess. Let's play the silent game so Mummy doesn't wake up." I say.

"Okay!" She whispers.

I smile and then we keep quiet. We creep out of bed and Willow tip-toes out of the room, looking back at Katniss as she does. I copy her and then we go running down the stairs when we are out of the room. She starts giggling first and I say,

"Ha! I won!"

"Daddy! Not fair!" She exclaims, running into the kitchen.

I follow her and then we start at making the jam and cream puffs.

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Willow is laughing loudly as I am putting cream onto my nose and pretending that I don't know that I have any on it.

"What? Do I have something on my nose?" I ask, putting my hand on my nose.

"Yes! Right there!" Willow exclaims, pointing to my nose.

"Oh! Whoops!" I answer, as I pull my hand back, licking my hand clean of the cream.

Willow laughs and then she pops her finger into the cream. She pulls her hand back and puts her cream covered finger into her mouth.

"You'll get sick if you eat too much!" I warn her.

"No I won't!" She states, doing the same thing again

"Willow..."

As I say that, a door slams upstairs and it stops me midsentence.

"Stay here, Willow. I'm going to go and check on Mummy." I say, hoping that nothing is wrong with Katniss.

"I will." She answer, sweetly.

"Don't eat the cream!" I warn her, turning the oven off.

"Okay, Daddy." She says, a cheeky yet innocent smile on her face

With that, I jog up the stairs and run into our bedroom, finding it empty. I look in the walk in wardrobe and that's empty too. Then I look to our bathroom and the door is shut. I walk over to it and I knock on it before I test the door handle- locked. I hear her vomiting behind the other side of this door.

"Katniss, can you open the door. I don't feel like breaking into another bathroom." I state truly.

I think I hear her start to say something, but it's stopped by her vomiting again. I try the door again and it's locked like before. So I walk over the dresser by the door and I open up a draw and pull out the bathroom key. I unlock the door and then I put the key back. I rush into the bathroom and I grab her hair and rub her back. I do this for the whole rest of the time she is vomiting.