My Dark Past [Completed]

Chapter Thirty-Two: A Few Years Later

I sit in the waiting room of the hospital nervously, I'm worried that I might be pregnant because I took two pregnancy tests and one was positive then the other was negative so that brings me here to get an actual test done. I know I shouldn't be scared because it's not like Peeta and I are teenagers anymore, we've been married for seven years now but nothing has prepared me for the fear that I feel right now, if I'm pregnant then I don't know what I'll do because I'm not entirely ready for a baby, not yet at least. It's not long till a doctor calls out my name and so I follow him into an examination room, I sit on the examination bed as he looks at the clipboard

"Katniss Mellark, how are you feeling?" He smiles wheeling over to me on his chair

"Nervous. Really nervous" I reply honestly

"It says here that you think you may be pregnant, did you not take a test?" He asks

"I did, I took two but one said positive and the other said negative. I had no choice but to come here" I explain

"Ah, some of those test can be a little strange at times. Well I'll be able to give you your answer today, so if you could just lay down and lift your shirt just to reveal your stomach" he instructs and I listen to him, the gel that he puts on my stomach is pretty cold but after it's applied he moves the convex probe around my stomach in kind of a circular motion till he stops

"Hmm..." I hear him mumble

"What? Is there something wrong?" I asked panicked but he just chuckles

"Nope, nothing is wrong because Mrs Mellark you will be having a new baby in just eight months time" he says with a smile, he prints off pictures then leaves to go get them leaving me by myself to register about what had just happened, I'm actually pregnant now but I need to tell Peeta.... he deserves to know right now that I'm having his baby and that I'm absolutely terrified.

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The bakery is a bit busy today but Peeta is nowhere to be seen at the counter, with a sigh I sit at a near by table just till it gets a little easier to deal with. Not too long after one of Peeta's employees walk up to me with a smile, it's that teenage boy who's the sweetest guy and probably my favourite one of the employees that work here

"Hey Katniss" he smiles

"Hi Rodney, do you know where Peeta is?" I ask

"Yeah, he's out back stocking" he replies, I thank him before getting up and going behind the counter, through the kitchen all the way to the stock room where sure enough Peeta was tossing sacks of flour on a shelf, he notices me then smiles

"Hi baby" he smiles kissing me

"Hey, um.... do you have a minute?" I ask

"I thought you had work today?" He replies confused

"Please, it's important" I sigh, he nods before taking me to the upstairs lounge of the bakery, we sit on the couch before I start to cry

"Hey.... it's okay, Katniss. What's wrong? Why are you crying?" He comforts

"The reason.... that I didn't go to work today" I sniff

"Is because I went to the hospital. I went there because I had a feeling that I was pregnant after taking two tests that weren't much help, I'm pregnant and I thought that I'd be happy but the fear is so overwhelming that I just don't know what to do" I explain still in tears, even though Peeta is beyond happy, he still pulls me close and comforts me with his warm embrace

"I know it's terrifying but I'll be here every step, this is a blessing, Kat. We're having a baby, I'm here when things get scary, okay?" He comforts and I nod as my crying starts to stop