Chapter Twenty Four

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Chapter Twenty Four

Peeta's POV

It's been a few months of trying for a baby and sadly, we've come up empty. I get up slowly from a good night sleep and find Katniss not on her side. I hear sobbing from the bathroom and I open the door to see Katniss shaking like a leaf while holding a pregnancy test that says negative.

"Katniss, sweetheart... Why are you crying?" She throws the test angrily at the wall. "I can't get pregnant! I can't get pregnant for you! And I know you want a baby so badly Peeta and I'm so angry! All I want is for you to have your baby!" I put my hands on her shoulders and kiss her four head that is scrunched in anger. "Katniss I don't want you to get pregnant for me, I want you to get pregnant for us." She looks at her feet and I lift her chin gently.

"Katniss?" Tears are welling up into her beautiful grey eyes and I can see that she doesn't want this. "You don't want to keep trying... Do you?" She kisses my jaw and grabs her leather jacket from the bathroom counter. "I gotta go." "Katniss you didn't answer my question." "We'll discuss it when I come back home Peeta." She says quietly and I grab her arm.

"Where are you going exactly?" "Hunting Peeta, I'm going to go hunting for a few hours I'll be back I promise." She slips inside her jacket and walks out of the bathroom and out the door. I walk downstairs to see the kitchen perfectly clean. I go to start cooking breakfast and then I see a white piece of paper on the counter that says test results in big bold letters.

I open it and read the letter that is addressed to Katniss.

"Dear Katniss Everdeen, you're test results for your fertilization shows that you are producing little amount of ovaries even though your cycle is every month. We found sadly a chemical from the bombs dropped that killed your sister in your system, which could over time to cause you not to be able to have children. You have said that you and your fiancé Peeta Mellark are sexually active and are trying to conceive and we have calculated that there is a fifteen percent chance for you to conceive. If you do conceive and carry the child to full term it will lower your chance even more to have another child. We are sorry for this bad news and we hope this doesn't change anything with your engagement. Good luck,

Doctor Tess Harker and team."

I throw the letter angrily and the wall and let tears roll down my cheeks. That's why she was taking pregnancy tests... She wanted to prove them wrong. She does want a baby, she just can't get pregnant easily.

I grab my coat, slip on my boots and walk out into the now melting snow. I see Katniss's boot prints going into the woods and I follow them until I reach her hill to see her sitting with her bow on her lap and her game bag on her hip. I sit next to her on the log and kiss her cool cheek. She keeps looking out into the snow covered valley as dark grey clouds roll over the horizon. "You found the letter... Didn't you?" She whispers and I nod slowly.

Tears start rolling down her cheeks and she swallows. "I'm guessing you're wanting to break the engagement off." I put my hand over hers that has her wedding ring on her finger and frown. "Of course not Katniss, look if you can't have kids... We have ButterCup and he's like a infant and what? He's a million years old!" She laughs at that and I kiss her lips gently and look into her eyes. "And we can still try to have a baby no matter what... Okay?" She nods and kisses my lips again.

Wedding invites go out quickly and we are having the wedding in the Hob. It's been a month sense I learnt about Katniss's problems with getting pregnant. We have kept trying through out this time and Katniss has asked me if we could stop until after the wedding and I agreed. Today is the big day and It was also the first morning I woke up without Katniss.

I haven't seen her dress yet but she promised me that I would love it. I get up and see Haymitch in his tux already and drinking his liquor. "Get up boy, don't want to be late to your own wedding now do you?" I get out of bed and grab my tux and grin. "Today is the beginning of our lives together!" It takes me about a hour to get ready and when I run down the stairs, running my hands through my hair so it looks the way Katniss likes it I run right into Johanna.

She grins when she sees me. "Aw you look cute, you ready bread boy?" I nod still smiling and she pats my cheeks. "Alright let's go!" I walk down the isle and see everyone in the Hob and the last of our friends that are alive. I stand at the front and smile and wave at everyone. I see Katniss's mother and Gale sitting and smiling in front, Gale and Beetee give me a thumbs up. I nod laughing and then the music plays and everyone looks at the large door at the front of the Hob and they open to Haymitch who holds Katniss's arm and is patting her hand with her smile.

When she looks up at me, my heart instantly stops. Her hair falls like a curled sheet on one side and then on the other is pulled back into a tight braid with her grey eyes twinkling with happiness. Her lips a dark red, sparkles are dancing around her cheekbones and then when I see her dress I grin broadly. It is tight fitted lace at the top with sleeves that go to her wrists with beads and the bottom of her dress made of white feathers falls around her with a long train.

Her prep team I can see grinning and clapping at their finishing product with tears in their eyes, they are popping out like a wrong puzzle piece but it makes Katniss smile and waves with a giggle and I giggle as well. Then before I know it Katniss is up next to me, giving Haymitch a kiss on his scruffy cheek and a tight hug. "Thank you Haymitch for keeping me alive, you don't know how much you mean to me you old fart." He pats her cheek and smiles.

"Right back at ya kid." Katniss is holding a dozen primroses in her right hand. She grins and kisses my cheek. I put her ring on her slim finger as the pearl shines in the light. She puts on my silver band that has a red diamond in the middle and we say our vows. Then the offical whom has help us with our engagement nods. "You may kiss your bride." I cradle Katniss's beautiful cheeks and my lips press hers and turns into a passionate kiss.

It's a long and slow kiss and the first moments that Katniss is Mrs. Mellark she gives me the most amazing and surprising news. She grabs my hands and presses them to her abdomen with her hands over mine. She rests her four head against mine as she has the broadest grin on her beautiful face as everyone squeals.

"I'm pregnant... It's right there Peeta, our baby." My mouth drops and tears spring into my eyes and I burst into tears, wrapping my arms around Katniss as she laughs loudly, kissing my jaw. "You're going to be a daddy Mr. Mellark." I can't even say a full sentence so I just choke out what is true into my wife's ear.

"I love you." She kisses my lips and smiles, brushing my tears away with her thumbs. "I love you too." I hug her again and smile through my tears. "This was the best day of my life."

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