A Stake To The Heart

Chapter 10

Yay chapter 10...double digits! Lol.

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Chapter 10

Katniss' POV

"Peeta, I want to keep them." I say confidently.

Peeta smiles and hugs me tightly. "Okay Katniss."

"Sorry for waking you....I just had to tell you." I say breaking the hug.

"It's alright. I was actually already up."

He says letting me in.

"Doing what?" I ask sitting on his bed.

"This." He says picking up a sketchbook and throwing it over to me. I open it slowly to find a picture of me and Peeta in the meadow. "Peeta.....it's beautiful." I say in a hushed voice. He flips the page and reveals a sketch of us on the victory tour. "How do you do this? It's amazing...." I say.

"That's just a sketch." He says with a laugh.

"Now you're just bragging." I say with a smirk. I close the book and hand it back to him. He sets it on the table sits next to me. "You do know it's like 1 in the morning though?" He asks.

"Yep." He smiles. "I love you, Katniss."

"I love you too." I say softly.

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I must have fallen asleep on Peeta's bed because bright sun is seeping through the window when I awake. I roll over and find Peeta next to me.

"I didn't want to wake you so I-"

"It's fine."

We hear knocking followed by Effie's perky voice. "Get up you two! We have to be at the train station in an hour!"

"How'd she know we were together?" I ask stupidly.

"Probably knocked on your door and after a while just broke into your room." Peeta answers. I smirk.

"Well let's get up....one more district." He says helping me out of bed.

"And then the capital." I mutter. He gives a small smile before I exit to my room to get ready. I pack up my few clothes and take a quick shower and throw on a simple pair of black jeans and a light green sweater. I braid my hair and slip on my shoes. There. All ready... Now what?

Another wave of morning sickness and then I head out. The whole concept of morning sickness is starting to piss me off. I mean come on, really? It's bad enough I'm having not one but two babies.

"Good morning, Katniss." Effie chirps.

I smile at her, not really wanting to talk and sit down on the comfy couch. Peeta joins me a few minutes later.

"Hi Katniss." He greets.

"Hey." I say quietly.

"What's wrong?" He asks sitting next to me.

"I just can't wait to get home...see my mom and Prim." I say.

"Me too. But it's not like my family's misses me."

"What are we going to do after this?" I ask.

"Well we have to mentor every year but other than that....it's hard to tell." I sigh and lay my head on his muscular shoulder as he wrapping his arm around me. "It's okay Katniss....don't forget that I'll be here the whole time."

I smile lightly as he kisses my forehead and puts his other hand on my stomach.

"It's....time to go." Effie says in a soft tone as she walks past us. I sit up slowly and grab my bag just as Peeta grabs his in one hand and my hand in the other. We trail behind the others as we walk to where our train is. Once we reach our destination, we hop on the train and escape to our rooms. I throw my stuff on the ground and sit on top of my neatly made bed. I gaze out the small window across from the bed. This was all so complicated and tiring. Not like my life wasn't complicated before the games, it's just been multiplied.

I hear a slight knock.

I groan. I love Peeta and all, but can't he leave me alone for at least an hour?

"Come in." I say with no emotion.

The doorknob turns but the door never opens.

Groaning once again I stand up and walk slowly to the locked door. I unlock the door.

"Oh, I'm sorry." I say to the young avox standing before me.

She shakes her head and hands me a small folded pile of clothes.

I smile and take them, slowly shutting the door behind me. I throw the clothes in a drawer and sit right back on my bed.

One more district.

Just one more.

Then...the capital.