Unexpected Happiness- Hunger Games Fic

Chapter 9: Reunions

As I sit in the kitchen, I hear a car door slam from out the front. I realise that Prim is home. I gathered myself and started to get things ready for dinner. I was putting the chopping board down on the bench when I hear the kitchen door swing open.

"Hey Prim, how was-"

"I'm not Prim..." The voice that answered back was the sweet tone of Prim's but, but the low buttery voice of,

"Peeta" I say as I turn around. I look at the man I haven't seen in weeks. He looks like he's barely slept and his blonde hair looks like it hasn't been brushed in days. "Peeta, what are you doing here?" I can feel a tidal wave of emotions come over me but I try not to let him see it.

"I need to talk to you Katniss. I need to apologise for how I acted. Over this past month, I realised how much I missed you and how silly it was for me to overreact. I'm so sorry..."

We stare at each other for a moment before I run over and wrap him in a huge hug. "Ugh, I'm sorry Peeta- you took such good care of me when I found out and I should've told you. Can we just move past it?" We broke apart and sat at the table.

"Of course we can Katniss." His wide toothy grin was a sense of familiarity, and for a moment I almost forgot what had happened only moments ago. I'm not sure how long we talked for but I caught him up with happened over the past month. He understands that Gale and I are in a relationship but for the moment doesn't want to be around when he is. I understood and agreed. I showed him a picture from the ultrasound and he teared up when I told him I was keeping it. I found out his brother is getting married next year and that he was going to be his best man. Soon enough, he had to head back home so we said goodbye and decided to meet for lunch tomorrow. I headed into my room to start getting ready for bed when I noticed my mother on my bed. She held my old, stuffed bunny and had tears in her eyes.

"Katniss, I don't wanna say I'm happy because I'm not but I am not disappointed in you either due to the fact that when I was pregnant with you, I was only 2 years older." She stood up and embraced me in a tight hug. When we broke apart she whispered, "I hope you're keeping this baby and not throwing its life away."

"I'm not, I'm going to care for this child like you have done for me. I want to make you proud of me even though I made horrible decisions." At this point, I was crying as well.
"Of course honey, always. Get some rest now, we can tell Prim in the morning." I hadn't even discussed about telling Prim with my mother but I agreed. Hopefully, it will be easier with my mother there for me.

The next morning, I woke up relatively early to breakfast being made in the kitchen. I got out of bed and pulled on a singlet and a pair of trackies. As I walked past my mirror, I realised that my tummy had started to grow a little baby bump. I smiled as I thought of the little person growing inside me. My tummy started to grumble as I walk into the kitchen and see Prim and my mother sitting at the table talking.

"Morning Katniss, I'll get you a plate of eggs" my mother gets up to get my breakfast as I sit down across from Prim.

"Morning Katniss! How are you this morning?!" Prim asks me, her smile as big as ever.

"I am very good Prim, yourself?" I ask back. My mother puts my eggs down in front of me. I take a couple of bites as Prim recites a wild dream she had last night. We all finished our breakfast and were about to wash up when Mum spoke up.

"Prim, Katniss and I want to tell you something..." Mum looks over at me and takes my hand. Prim looks us over before asking me a question I never expected to hear.

"Oh, is this about Katniss having her baby!?" Prim's grin grew wider as Mum and I's faces grew more shocked.

"What?" we asked together.

"How do you know!?" I felt my cheeks grow redder by the second as I scroll through my mind where she could've possibly found out.

"Oh, Rory told me about it yesterday when we were out at the park. How exciting is this! I get to be an aunty!!" She squealed and ran around the table to squeeze me in a hug.

It took me a moment to register what happened but before long I was hugging Prim back.

"I can't wait to meet my little niece or nephew! I was wondering when you were gonna tell me. Can I go tell my friends now?" She asked.

"Uh," I turned to Mum hoping she would give me the answer but she just looked at me as if to say 'it's your decision'.

"Uh yeah sure, people are going to find out soon anyway." I smiled back at her.

"Great!" She exclaimed before running off to her room.

Mum and I turned to look at each other.

"Well," Mum said, "what an interesting start to our day."