My Dark Past [Completed]

Chapter Thirty-Four: Madge and Gales Wedding

Today is the first day of June and the last month of Spring, today is by sister in laws/best friend and friends wedding and yes it's Madge and Gale. I still remember when Gale proposed, it was when they were sailing his ship one day last Summer and that's when he proposed where it was just them and no one else, when Madge explained the whole thing to me it was just the most romantic thing I've ever heard but that also meant planning but I wasn't allowed to do some of it when I got pregnant incase of stress but now it's time for my best friend to get married. Even though Madge was my maid of honour at my wedding I had to decline to be hers because now being seven months pregnant my stomach is the size of a watermelon and weighs like one too and I don't want to be up there so people can see me and think about how fat I am even if it is because I'm pregnant.

I groan as I look into the mirror as my belly pokes out from my dress, luckily I was able to get this pretty maternity dress for Madge's wedding but the downside is that it doesn't make me look any thinner, it just makes me look fat like I always am.... I can't go there looking this fat because that means everyone will stare, I guarantee it that they will and they'll think about how fat and gross I look

"Kat, you okay?" I hear Peeta ask from behind me, I turn with a frown

"No.... I look fat. Fatter than an elephant" I reply and start to tear up, god damn these pregnancy hormones!

"Katniss, you're not fat. You're beautiful, like you always are and you being pregnant doesn't mean that you're fat, it means that your having a beautiful baby. Everyone will think 'wow! That woman is gorgeous! That man must be so lucky!' And I am, I'd happily tell everyone that you're my beautiful pregnant wife" He comforts me, how is it that when I'm feeling down Peeta just brings me right back up?

"You're a real charmer you know that" I smile

"If you call that telling the truth than sure" he chuckles, I look at him in his outfit, he's wearing a white button up with a pale purple tie, blue skinny jeans, brown dress shoes and his hair like it always is, seeing him in this makes me so turned on but obviously we won't have any time for that because the wedding starts in ten minutes and so I just give him a long kiss to tell him how much I appreciated it

"Mhmm, have I told you how sexy you look right now?" He moans making me smirk

"Many times but we've got a wedding to go to big boy" I giggle and he sighs but I'm not that mean so I blow him off before we leave which seemed to put Peeta in the best mood.

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Maybe I was a little paranoid about that people staring thing because people would look at Peeta and I with a smile which made me feel a whole lot better about how I look. The ceremony was really sweet, I cried watching my two close friends get married to each other and what makes it more sweet is Gale shedding some tears when Madge walked down the isle and when he was saying his vows which was really heartwarming, it even made me cry as well.... okay so what I'm a pregnant woman but still! It's too cute not to cry at. After the ceremony it's the reception and thankfully Johanna, Payton and Johanna's boyfriend Wayne, they were all assigned to my table because I really didn't want to be sat with strangers but Mr and Mrs Mellark sit with us too which wasn't a surprise, Mrs Mellark tells me about how she's told her ladies at her book club about her new granddaughter coming in August, you can tell in her eyes that she's excited to have another grand baby especially because it's her youngest.

I stay sitting at my table as Peeta goes to talk to his family and Wayne has taken Payton outside to play with some other kids which leaves just Johanna and I by ourselves, she talks about how she wants Wayne to propose seeing as they've been dating since Payton was three and Wayne is really good with him, they're both have so much in common even though they're not biologically related it's still just as cute

"Does Payton know that Malcom is his real dad?" I ask which makes her sigh

"He knows that Wayne isn't his real dad but I've told him that his dad didn't like it when I told him that I was pregnant and that was enough for him to lose interest in him. He's always thought of Wayne as his dad anyways, I think it's better if it's like this anyways" she replies

"It is, Wayne is a nice guy and you deserve each other. He loves Payton like he's his own son and that's what I call a keeper" I explain and she smiles

"You're real good to me, Kat. You have been since we were kids" she admits

"And you've been there for me when I needed it. That's what families are for" I smile, after talking to her for a little bit longer a slow dance comes on and Peeta comes up to me after Johanna is taken to the dance floor to dance

"Would my beautiful wife care to join me for a dance?" He smiles extending his hand, I go to decline but then I remember that we're having a baby soon and we need to take chances to be alone like this before that happens, so we both join the dance floor for a dance and even though he can't pull me that close due to my round belly but Willow kicks at feeling us so close

"I think she likes it when were this close" I state

"I like it too, having my two beautiful girls this close to me" he replies with a smile

"It's terrifying knowing that in just two months, we will be parents. It scares me just thinking about it" I admit

"I know.... I'm right here though, we're in this together" he says and like always comforting me.

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I sit on the couch folding some newborn clothes that Peeta and I bought for when Willow arrives, Peeta is at work taking up as much hours as he can before Willow comes seeing as its soon and he wants some extra cash for when she comes and I don't really mind but I miss having my husband around most of the time and believe it or not it gets pretty boring around here on my own, especially without Peeta. After I'm done with all the folding I try doing as much cleaning as I can manage, I'm impressed with myself at how clean I at least made the place but just as I sit down to relax there's a knock at the door, groaning I sit up and open the door to Prim with tears in her eyes

"Prim! What's wrong?" I say pulling her inside and sit her on the couch

"I recently found out.... that the woman who was going to give Rory and I's baby has backed out at the last minute because she wants to keep the baby. We even saw her and everything" she sniffs letting the tears fall

"Really? Oh Prim.... that's awful news" I reply pulling her into a comforting hug

"I know.... I don't know what to do" she cries

"Hey now.... there's always another baby to adopt. You can always adopt another baby, you can still have a bigger family" I comfort her as I brush through her hair

"You really think that I'd still be a mother to a baby?" She asks with a sniff as we break away from our hug

"Of course you would! Just as if you would if you had your own" I tell her

"Thank you, Katniss. You're the best big sister ever" she says and I smile and kiss her forehead

"You've helped me become it, little duck"