Our Life After

Boy or Girl?

*Peeta's POV*

Katniss is about six months in, and let me say that I love her big round belly. I just love it. I love hugging it, I love talking to it, I love kissing it, I just really love it.

So one night, we are on the couch watching a movie, Lizzie is asleep next to me, and I lean over and hug our wonderful baby that will soon be ours to hold. Katniss starts crying.

"I'm sorry, love. I'll stop if you want." I say.

"No, Peeta, I'm sorry, these stupid hormones, " she says, "I really love when you do that. You're just such a wonderful parent and I'm so glad our children have you to look up to."

"You're just as great a parent as I am." I say, and kiss her. When we break away, she whispers

"Do you want to take Lizzie to the doctor tomorrow and learn our baby's gender?"

"She would love that," I whisper back.

Then, I give her a quick kiss and carry Lizzie up to her bed. After, I come back down, and carry Katniss to our bed.

The next morning, we wake, and over breakfast, I ask Lizzie, "Sweetheart, would you like to know if you're getting a brother or sister?"

"Wait, really?" She says and looks from Katniss to me to Katniss back to me. "They can see in your belly?"

"Yes, sort of." Katniss answers, "Would you like to go later today and see what we get?"

"YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!"

Lizzie runs around after breakfast exclaiming how she hopes it's a girl so she can do someone else's hair except mommy's and they could play dolls with Catherine and so on and so forth.

Finally, we go to the hospital. Lizzie is still as excited as ever.

When we arrive, the nice lady at the desk directs us into a room with our new doctor, Dr. Maria, and Katniss goes to change into the hospital gown, and she comes back and lays on the reclined metal chair. Dr. Maria asks Lizzie, "And do you think it will be a boy or a girl?"

The worst question to ask. Lizzie gives a five minute lecture on why she hopes it's a girl, and Dr. Maria stares and nods and smiles while Lizzie is talking.

Finally, they get the gel on Katniss's big belly, and get the camera on there. Dr. Maria looks at the baby, takes a couple pictures, and then says, "Are you ready?"

"YESSSSSSSSA!" Lizze screams.

"Its a boy!" Dr. Maria exclaims.

"Whaaaaaaaat?" Lizzie yells, "No! It has to be a girl! Can we just change babies and get a girl instead?"

We all start laughing because of how serious Lizzie looks when she says it. After a good laughing fit, I tell Lizzie. "Sorry sweetie. A boy it is. Now let's get home."

We call around, tell the people in town, and we are surprised to see Effie at Haymitch's house. She's been in D12 for a while, I suppose this is where she's been staying?

"Hello," we say as we walk in, "How are you Effie? Haymitch?"

"Good, good dear." Effie says, "Boy or Girl?"

"A boy." Lizzie says, a frown on her face. She'll warm up to it eventually.

"Ooh! Yay!" Effie screams. Then her face goes very nervous. "I have something to tell you guys."

I get worried. "Of course, Effie. Anything."

"Okay. So I've been here in 12 for a while. I've been staying here with Haymitch. Honestly, we've been on many dates and dinner outings, and with Haymitch ending his drinking, I decided I liked him. Soon, that turned into love. He felt the same way for me. So, tonight, just before you showed up, Haymitch proposed to me. We are getting married."

We all take it in. Finally, Lizzie says, "Yay! GRANDPA HAYMITCH IS GETTING MAREIED!!!"