Healing Scars

Chapter Sixteen

Peeta's POV

            I hear Willow crying in her room and usually Katniss gets up and feeds her because I have to go to work early in the morning. I look over at her and she is on her stomach snoring softly. I kiss the top of her head and walk down to Willow's room. "Someone feed that baby!" Johanna whines, half asleep in the guest bedroom. "I am Johanna." I mumble and open the door to Willow's room. When she sees me she calms down. I pick her up and look into her blue eyes.

"Let's get you your bottle." I walk downstairs to the fridge and grab a bottle of breast milk and heat it up in our microwave that is old as dirt. When I pull it out I hop on the counter and feed her. I just look into her beautiful face until someone kisses my four head. I look up to see Katniss. She yawns and grabs some orange juice from the fridge. "God Peeta you're late for work." I look up at the time to see I am a hour late. I stand slowly and kiss Willow's four head.

           "You know what? I'm going to stay home with my wife and baby." I say and kiss Katniss's lips. She grins and wraps her arms around me and Willow. "Do you think I'll be a good mom Peeta?" I smile. "Of course you will... You already are." Johanna comes down and yawns. She sits at the table and looks at us. "Peeta... Make me breakfast." She says and Katniss takes the baby and kisses my cheek. "Yeah Peeta, make us breakfast." I giggle and start kneeing the bread.

KATNISS'S POV

              I rock Willow as I watch the snow storm howling outside. I sigh and kiss her four head. "Looks like mommy won't be going hunting today." Peeta comes I'm and I smile softly. "What are you doing?" I look at him and grin. "Talking to Willow." "She's sleeping." I shrug "It keeps me calm and not bored." I whisper and he kisses my neck and I giggle. "I could enertain you." He says against my skin. I set Willow down in her crib and look at Peeta as he is in a sweater and slacks.

                 "I want to go hunting though Peeta." "We can't... The blizzard is to dangerous." I sigh and we go into the den and I lay my head in his lap as he braids my hair. The TV turns on auto matically and I see President Paylor and he dark skin shining with sweat from the lights. "Ladies and gentlemen... I am proud to announce your new Vice President, Gale Hawthorne!" Gale stands beside her, well groomed and smiling.

         I sit up as Peeta finishes braiding my hair. He stands in front of the cameras and smiles. "I'm here to keep everyone safe and I'm glad to be serving Panem." He looks into the camera right into my eyes and I swallow. Peeta turns off the TV and brings me into his lap. "He's just trying to get under your skin." I stand quickly and grab my leather jacket and scarf. "I gotta go Peeta... Willow's bottles are in the fridge.

          "Katniss-" I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss his lips with tears rolling down my cheeks. "I'll be back." I walk out of the house and into the blizzard. I go to the train station to say goodbye to Sae who is going to visit her daughter in Ten and see Gale with a jacket on and with flowers. I see the Sae's train already left so I walk over to Gale and he hands me the flowers. "For you." I take them shakily and he smiles. "You look nice... Lost all the baby weight." I nod and he looks into my eyes.

                "So... Vice President?" He nod. "Yeah, pretty sweet huh?" I shrug as the snow pelts us and I twirl one of the pettles. "It's cool..." He looks at me and lifts my chin so I am looking at him. "What's bothering you?" I shake my head. "Nothing Gale... Sae just left the District to stay with her daughter." He nods and he looks up at the dark clouds. "Well I won't be back either for a while." I look up at him and he smiles. "How long?" "Six years." I nod and he grabs my face and kisses my lips.

              My eyes fall close and I wrap my arms around his neck and he deepen the kiss. We stand there and when he breaks away tears are streaming down his cheeks. "When you are in the woods look into the stars and you'll remember there ours... I'm still letting you go." He kisses my lips once more. "I love you." Then he get's into the train and smiles and it speeds off. I stand there in the blinding snow, confused, cold, lost, and guilty... With his flowers in my hand.

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