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I'll Always Be Here-Hunger Games

  I woke up with a start. I could feel the scream lodged in my throat slipping up, up, up. I looked over at my husband...sound asleep. I tried not to make choking noises, but a couple slipped out. I crawled out of bed and made my way through the hallway and into my baby's room. 

     My baby.

 I opened the door careful not to wake him. Even in here I felt like I couldn't breath. I opened a window and let the autumn breeze fill the room. I grabbed a wooden rocking chair and placed it right by the side of the crib side. Right by his side.

"Don't worry I won't let the bad dreams get you." 

I could feel the tears well up in my eyes. Looking at my curly blond hair son...He looked so much like his father...soundly sleeping. I watched his little chest rise and fall.

That's when the images from my dream came flooding back. 

 It was hot. A hot steamy day...just like the day I volunteered. It felt like I fell back in time. Only I was standing to the side with Peeta...watching our son...my son get reaped. I felt the same monster claw at my chest as I did that day and it took a while to comprehend what was happening.

"And may the odds be ever in your favor."

The words repeatedly ran through my head. The words that sent us to our death. I stood still. I was paralyzed with fear. I yelled for him...screamed for him. I would die for him, but I couldn't do anything. 

I think that was the worst part...not being able to do anything about it. Just to watch my son walk to his death. That's when the dream ended.

I picked him up and cradled him in my arms. He snuggled against me, but never woke up. I could feel the tears roll down my face.

"One day I'll tell you. I'll tell what our life used to be like and why I have these bad dreams. I'll tell you why no one ever visits and why we don't ever visit anyone. I'll tell you everything...one day...but for now sleep. I'll protect you."

I choked up. I laid him in his crib and rested my head on the railing of it. I sobbed. I don't know how long I stayed like that, but the next thing I know arms wrap around me and I'm moved back to my room.

I'm still crying, but Peeta holds me until I settle down.

"I ask myself everyday...'Is this real?' and the answer is always...Yes...it's real.", He gently says.

I sniffed. "Our lives are messed up, huh?"

He pauses then says, "Well, yes, but that's not what I mean...I mean I can't believe I get to spend the rest of my life with you...Real or Not Real?"

I smile against his chest, "Real. I'll always be here."

I fell asleep to sound of his heartbeat. I had no more nightmares that night.

(Uneddited)

Hello people who read this! I have read and saw the movies of The Hunger Games and Austin has not...so I got to write this one...yay. At the end everyone is practically brain-dead, but Katniss still gets her "happy ending" (no such thing in books). I enjoyed writing this and can't take much more heartbreak (I just finished TFIOS)...;(   If you have any questions I would be happy to answer!

~Michaela