Chapter 4
Katniss P.O.V.
We're at the airport.
I hate this. Yesterday we explained to the kids why their daddy has leave again for a while and also that we don't know for how long.
They got really upset and it took a few hours to calm them down.
Riley is clinging onto Peeta's hand as if life depended on it and my heart breaks a million times when I see hers and Becca's faces.
Fisher and Nathaniel behave the same way. Fisher is two years older then Nathaniel and the girls so he understands a bit more but he's still only six.
When we arrive I see a very pregnant Glimmer cry on Marvel's shoulder.
She got over him being a soldier the first time she had to say goodbye to him, then it wasn't as much fun anymore. So now she's in the same boat as Annie, Clove and I.
We walk up to them and soon after Finnick and Annie walks up to us with Clove and Cato. A very pregnant Madge and Gale comes soon after that.
"Please don't go daddy", Fisher begs, looking up at Finnick with big eyes.
"Oh Fisher, I have to", Finnick says stroking Fisher's hair. "But I need you to be strong and take care of mommy okay?"
Fisher takes a deep breath and suddenly looks cocky.
"Okay daddy", he says. "I'm going to make you proud".
"I don't doubt that for a second buddy", Finnick says and hugs Fisher.
Fisher puts his arms around Finnick's waist because he can't reach higher and hugs his daddy as if he never wants to let go.
This is way harder then when the children were babies because they didn't understand what was going on. Now they do understand and are heart broken.
I turn to Peeta. He's in his uniform and even though I hate his job, I have to admit that he looks sexy in both his uniform and suit.
He looks at me and smirks sadly.
"Daddy promise to come back", Rebecca begs.
"Oh honey I will, I promise", Peeta says, stroking her cheek.
I hear some violent sobs coming from Riley.
"Please please please daddy don't go, please don't go, I don't want you to die daddy, stay here please daddy", she cries and starts hyperventilate.
Oh that's not good.
Peeta take out her inhaler and stands on his knees.
Riley is staring to get blue in her face.
"Riley..." Fisher says worried.
"Baby here breathe in", Peeta says and puts the inhaler in her mouth. "Deep breaths baby".
Riley does what Peeta tells her to do. She calms down and starts breathing normally again.
I just put my hand on my heart looking at my daughter. It kills me to see how her deep grief can cause her an asthma attack.
"Riley listen to me okay? I'm going to come back, I'm not going to die, I would never ever leave you, Becca, mommy and you are the most important in my life", Peeta says.
"Come home soon daddy!" Riley says and throws her arms around Peeta and hugs him, while tears falls down on his shoulder.
Becca backs into my legs and I just put my one of my hands on her shoulder and stroke her hair.
Peeta let's go if Riley and stands up.
Fisher walks up to Riley and hugs her.
"It's going to be alright", he says.
I smile at them. They're so cute and so little.
I look at Annie and she looks at me. She winks her eyebrows and I keep myself from starting to laugh.
When Peeta looks at me though, my smile disappears and I become serious again.
He takes a step forward and Becca runs over to Nathaniel and they both just sits down on their butts.
Peeta takes my hands.
"I promise I'll be back soon baby", he whispers to me.
I don't know what to think about that. I mean sometimes he has been back pretty soon after leavening, but other times he hasn't. So I just don't know, and neither does he, he's just trying to give me some kind of comfort. He doesn't help though and he knows it doesn't, but he's still trying.
"Just come home alive, that's most important Peeta", I say.
I got some information this morning that I didn't want to believe, not now when everything is as it is. But I can't tell Peeta now, not now when he's going away again.
"The girls need you and I need you", I say. "So please just try to come back"
"I will, I promise", Peeta says and kisses me as he sweeps me off my feet.
I giggle at Peeta's silliness and just kisses him harder. Although I'm careful to not let the kiss go to far because there are children here after all, and we don't want to scar them, do we?
Peeta puts me down and we hear a voice shout through the speakers. Peeta and the boys needs to go now.
They pick up their bags. They start to walk.
"Daddy noooo!" Riley screams and starts to run after him.
"No Riley!" I shout but Fisher runs after her.
He takes a hold of Riley's arm and stops her. He pulls her to him and she slides down on the floor, crying.
My poor baby.
Becca looks at them from her seat on the ground beside Nathaniel who's also looking at them.
I run up to Fisher and Riley. I pick up Riley in my arms and she puts her arms around my neck and hugs me so tight as she cries into my hair.
"Daddy is coming back baby, he's coming back soon, I promise", I say, feeling ashamed because I don't know when he's coming back and I'm lying to my four year old daughter.
She hugs me tighter and I hug her tighter.
The girls depends on me so much when Peeta is not here. Yes I get a lot of help from Felicia and Will, and everyone else, but I'm their mother so they depend on me, so I can not show weakness now. It's different now when I have children from when I was alone. I can not break down anymore as I used to do, because my girls needs me.
I have to be strong for my girls. That's just the way things are now.
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Hey guys, I hope you all liked the chapter.
I had to keep my tears inside of me while writing this chapter though ugh :/
*gasp* Glimmer and Madge is pregnant *double gasp*
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-Josephine xx

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