Katniss POV-
Peeta laughs and we go back to watching the well-behaved babies playing on the floor.
"How about I go make us some lunch?" Peeta suggests.
I sigh, "That would be great. Make something that they can eat too." I tell him.
I may as well spoil them with a lot of food while I can.
I think I'm going to really miss getting to eat whatever I want within reason and eating a lot of it without having to worry about looking fat or underfed.
"I will." Peeta says, heading into the kitchen.
Carter tries to follow him but I catch her attention.
"You can't be in there while he's cooking, baby." I tell her, getting up and setting her next to Finn again.
I plop down on the floor next to them and start playing with them.
They talk back and forth to each other, they laugh and try talking to me too, even though I haven't a clue what they're saying.
Peeta comes in a while later, "I'll take one baby if you take the other one?"
I laugh, "I'll take Carter and you take Finn." I decide.
Peeta grabs my hands and helps pull me up off the floor, then hands me Carter and takes Finn himself.
"Want to to eat something, kiddo?" Peeta asks Finn.
Carter turns and looks at Peeta and Finn and then at me, pointing to the boys.
"Let's go get some food then!" I laugh at Carter.
She smiles and bounces up and down against my belly.
"Careful." I say as we walk into the kitchen and sit at the table.
Carter sits in my lap the best that she can manage, Willow of course kicking at us.
"Peeta, your child. I swear." I tease him.
He smiles, "I don't think she likes when you put stuff on your tummy. What do you think?"
I laugh, "I think she likes it when you put your hand there but I've noticed anything else, not so much."
"How many plates has she broken?" Peeta teases.
"Two and one cup."
He grins and hands Finn a cheese bun from last nights dinner.
I hand Carter one too.
"You feel anything?" Peeta asks as we eat in somewhat of a silence.
I look up from my plate, "No."
"Okay, just curious."
"I promise that I will tell you if I start feeling any different, okay?"
He nods his head and keeps eating.
"This is fun. I like having two kids and one on the way." Peeta mentions subtly.
I scoff playfully, "Well, you're going to have to wait awhile, buddy boy." I break it to him.
He chuckles, "I would be perfectly happy with just Willow."
"Just like you were perfectly happy with just me." I tease him.
He grins, "But you have to admit that neither of us knew how much we needed her until you got pregnant." He reminds me.
That is very true.
I'm just teasing him about it all though.
"I know. I'm just giving you a hard time."
"Well, when are you not?" Peeta teases me.
"Fair enough." I say.
Carter looks up at me and babbles something inaudible.
"Yeah, Carter. Tell him there's only room for three babies right now. Maybe when you are all ten." I laugh.
"Not ten." Peeta says.
I grin, "Maybe younger, maybe never." I tease him.
Peeta sighs, "That's fine." He gives me a smirk.
"I love you." I say, gently kicking him from under the table.
"I love you." He smiles this stupid, shit-eating grin that I can't help but to laugh at.
"Why are you so cute, Peeta?" I ask him.
He chuckles, "Why are you so funny?"
"I developed it over the years." I shrug my shoulders and he laughs and then looks at Finn who's playing in Peeta's food and then look at Carter who's playing in mine.
"Really?" I say, scolding them both.
They both look at me and then at Peeta and laugh, clapping their hands and slapping at the food on the plates. They have it in their hair and all over their faces, clothes and hands.
"Aunt Katniss, we just wanted to have some fun!" Peeta says for them.
I smirk at them, "Then your Uncle Peeta is going to be cleaning you both up."
"Auntie Katniss can help me because she thinks she needs some stress to go into labor." Peeta teases me.
I scoff, "But Uncle Peeta needs to prep for baby Willow's first bath."
He smiles, "Could you at least hold one of them while I clean the other up?"
"I might could." I laugh.
He scoots back and holds Finn on his hip, "It's a good thing your Aunt Katniss made your mommy pack some extra clothes, huh?" Peeta laughs as he goes into the living room.
I walk in there a minute later with Carter makeshift walking by holding my hands.
It hurts my back terribly but it's worth it to see how excited she is to be exploring the world on her little legs.
She takes off towards Peeta, wanting to go faster than she can drag me but I try to keep up.
A couple of seconds later, Peeta begins wiping the excess food in Finn's hair out of his hair and off his face and hands, I start on Carter.
"You know I can clean her up." Peeta says as he puts a new diaper on Finn.
"I know but I felt like being nice so I'll help you with Carter." I tell him, stripping her dirty pink onesie off of her.
She tries crawling away when I turn to get a diaper and some wipes to clean her up but Peeta stops her with his leg.
"Go back." Peeta tells her with a laugh and she realizes he's not going to let her through so she grins and turns back to me.
She crawls over and sits on my legs and I start wiping her down.
"I swear if we just keep letting you both do this you're never going to be able to eat without playing in it." I tell them.
"I'm gonna get Finn a bottle and I'll make Carter one too, they'll probably start getting fussy soon if not." Peeta says standing up, Finn in his arms.
I nod my head, "Then it's naptime for all five of us." I tell him and he grins, disappearing into the kitchen.
"Carter, your Uncle Peeta is crazy." I say softly with a laugh.
She giggles and yawns deeply, making me yawn.
"You and Finn want to take a nap with me?" I ask her.
She rubs her eyes and starts crying and that's when I know she's ready for a bottle.
Peeta comes into the kitchen a few seconds later, handing me a warm bottle while he feeds Finn himself.
"I'm ready for a nap." I mention when I see both babies are about half finished with their bottles.
"I can take Finn or Carter unless you just want one of them or both."
"Do you need to go do anything?"
"I could clean the house or something while you guys nap."
I smile shyly, "Okay."
I love that feel I get from having these two cuddled next to me, whether I'm sleeping or not. I just feel so loved and trusted by them, and I know that I will feel the same with Willow by my side soon.
Carter finishes her bottle and burps, then lays her head on my shoulder.
"Will you help me up?" I ask Peeta, holding my hand out.
He stands up and pulls me up and I sit on the couch.
I lay down and Carter lays against my side and the back of the couch, snuggled up to my side. Peeta lays a half asleep Finn in my left arm and he snuggles up to me too, he puts a throw blanket over us all and kisses each of us on the forehead, saving my belly for last.
"I'll just be cleaning up the kitchen or something." He says.
I nod my head and close my eyes.
Maybe this wouldn't be so bad, having more than one kid-for now it being Willow and Carter, maybe one day it'll be of just Peeta and I's kids and though I hope it doesn't happen for a long time, it wouldn't be too awful bad.
But I don't tell Peeta this, nor will I for years.