Peeta POV-
I swear Katniss is the best mother ever.
I couldn't have picked anyone better to be with or to have my child with.
She's everything my mother could never have been and I admire her so much for that.
And to see how much she wants to have another baby, makes me so so happy. She has no idea how happy it makes me.
We didn't even have to fuss about it, besides the little spill with Willow but besides that, we've agreed completely on it
And I think that when she actually gets pregnant and we are able to tell Willow, that she will be ecstatic.
She's just like her mother when it comes to babies or even other kids. She's motherly and protective towards them and it makes me proud to see that in such a small child, especially my own.
I'm just so anxious for Katniss to be pregnant again.
For her to have an adorable baby bump again and to have these weird cravings again and to see how much Willow loves it too. And at the end of it all, we get another little life to bless our family with.
I just can't wait.
"Peeta?" Katniss calls from the living room.
I rush in there, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I just want you to come in here with us." She says.
My heart settles and I laugh a little and sigh a relief, "Okay." I say.
I walk over and sit down next to her, she lays her head on my shoulder and I lay mine on top of hers.
"You smell good." She giggles tiredly.
"Thanks." I laugh a little.
(A few hours later)
"Hi, Finnick. Yeah, they're sleeping." She says.
I listen for a minute.
"Okay, um, I don't think my Daddy would like that very much. Or my Momma." Willow giggles.
I open an eye and wonder what the heck is going on.
"No. He's not my boyfriend!" Willow says into the phone frustratedly.
I sit up and see her across the room, talking on Katniss's cell phone.
I rush over, "Willow, is that Finnick?" I ask her.
She looks up, "Yeah and tell him Finn isn't my boyfriend because you said so." She says handing me the phone.
(On the phone with Finnick)
"Finnick, quit telling my child that Finn is her boyfriend." I say into the phone.
He laughs and I do too.
"Peetie, your daughter sounds exactly like her mother when she talks to me."
I laugh and pick Willow up and go into the kitchen with her, hopefully not disturbing Katniss.
"Yeah, I know. She's just like her." I laugh.
Finnick chuckles, "I wanted to see if you guys wanted to have dinner tonight?"
"Yeah, I'll have to ask Katniss. I'm sure she would love to but I'll have to see, but count on it." I say.
"Great. Johanna is coming too."
"Johanna? Why?"
He chuckles, "Thresh and her broke up so she's pissed off and yeah."
"They broke up?" I ask, actually feeling bad for them both, even though they've never been the lovey-dovey type of couple, I think like really liked each other.
"Yep. They're still friends though but Johanna was pissed off." He says.
I laugh, "Johanna? I could never imagine her being pissed off." I say sarcastically.
Willow makes a shocked face, "Daddy-that is a bad word!! I'm gonna tell Mommy and she's gonna be mad at you." Willow says.
"You're in trouble." Finnick laughs.
"Willow, you don't have to tell Momma I said that." I say.
She crosses her arms, "Yes, I do."
I put her on the counter, "No, sweetheart. You don't." I say to her.
Finnick is laughing hysterically.
"What happens when she tells Katniss?" He asks.
"Nothing." I say truthfully but Willow knows what bad words are and Katniss, being Katniss says them a lot so I always tell Willow that Katniss isn't allowed to say those words and when she does she's in trouble.
Finnick laughs, "If you had a swear jar when it was just you and Katniss, you'd still be filthy rich to this day because of her tribute."
"Some days I wonder if I should've." I tease.
"Oh, Katniss. Gotta love her." He laughs.
"I do. A lot." I say truthfully.
Finnick scoffs, "You're a good guy, Peeta. I know I've told you and there's no special occasion for telling you this but I really appreciate you keeping her in line and loving her as much as you do. She really deserves you and you deserve her."
"Thank you, Finnick. That means a lot." I tell him truthfully.
"No problem. Anyways, ask the Princess and let me know." He laughs.
I smile, "I will. I'm sure we will be there though."
"Okay. Bye, Peetie-Pie."
I scoff, "Bye, Finny." I say and hang up.
Willow looks at me, "Finnick is so crazy, Daddy."
I chuckle, "I know, baby. But that's okay."
"Yeah, we are all crazy sometimes."
"Very true." I laugh.
Willow sighs, "We went to the doctor today."
"Who did?" I ask her, acting like I don't know.
"Mommy got her blood taken out with a pokey thing but she didn't cry." Willow tells me.
"Good. Did you make sure she was distracted?"
"Yep."
"Good."
"Why'd Momma have to see that doctor lady?"
I sigh, "Because she had to see if she's healthy."
"Oh. How come you didn't go?"
"I don't need to go with Mommy just yet. Maybe soon I will go with her though." I say.
"You should. She would feel better I bet."
"Maybe. But I bet you did a good job of making her feel better." I assure her.
Willow shrugs.
"Did you have a good nap?"
She sighs, "Yes. Until Mommy's phone started to ring and it was Finnick." She says annoyed.
I can't help but to laugh at her. She loves Finnick but he definitely gets on her nerves sometimes but he's Finnick.
"I think we should let Mommy sleep some more and we should go find something to do." I say.
"Like what?" She asks.
I shrug, "Whatever you want. We could paint Momma something?" I suggest.
She loves art but we don't get to paint very often.
"Yeah. Let's do that. And she liked her picture I made her too." Willow says.
I smile, "See. I told you she would."
Willow smiles proudly.
"Hey, Willow. Come here." I say and walk towards the kitchen and she follows.
"Huh?"
I kneel down, face to face with her.
"Mommy's birthday is in a few days. We should go make her some presents or buy her some things if you want." I tell her.
"Can we do both?"
"Sure. How about we go to the store first, while she's sleeping and find her some things?"
"Yeah, I think she needs some clothes. She likes clothes."
I chuckle, "Well, if that's what you think she wants then we will get her some." I say.
I help her get her shoes on and we sneak out of the house. I take Willow to the mall where I end up buying her some new things as well and we find Katniss lots of nice things.
Willow found her some clothes and I bought her some really pretty earrings too.
Then we decided we wanted to homemake her a card and a few other keepsake things for her too.
She's still sleeping when we finish every thing up so Willow and I sneak out again to take the presents to the bakery until Wednesday, which is her birthday.
"I think Momma's gonna love her presents." Willow says excitedly as we head into the bakery.
"I think so too." I say truthfully. Katniss would be happy with nothing but she deserves something.
"Daddy, can we make her a cake too?" Willow asks me, following me into my office.
"Sure, baby. How about we make it on Tuesday? I'll tell Momma that you can come with me or she can bring you to me that morning when you wake up and we can make her a cake."
"Can we put flowers on it and hearts?"
I chuckle, "Sure. Whatever you think she will like."
"What color?"
"She loves green but how about we make the stems of the flowers green and then the hearts red?"
"What about the flowers?" Willow asks.
I chuckle, "Purple?"
"Yeah. I think that would be real pretty." She says.
"I think so too. We can try and figure it out this weekend if you want. Just remember we can't tell Momma about her surprises or her cake." I say putting a finger over my lip.
Willow nods excitedly.
"Let's wake her up when we get home because she's been sleeping forever." Willow says dramatically.
I laugh, "But she's tired. She's been dealing with you for 5 years!" I tease her.
Willow just grins, "Whatever, Daddy." She giggles.
I smile, "Let's go home." I say picking her up and we go.
When we get there Katniss is already awake and is watching tv.
"Hey, I was just about to call you." She says yawning.
Willow rushes around to her and plops down next to her and I follow.
"We had to go let someone pick up a cake I made yesterday from the bakery. They couldn't pick it up until today." I lie.
Katniss nods.
"I love the bakery, Momma. How come we don't go up there a lot?" Willow asks her.
Katniss shrugs, "Because Daddy comes home at noon usually and it's not all day." She says.
"You should let her start coming with me some days. It'll give you a break and when you... You know then you can sleep or whatever." I say to Katniss.
She sighs, "Maybe you can go up with Daddy a few times a week if he doesn't care but you have to behave."
Willow gasps, "Yay!"
"I will take her on Tuesday. We usually aren't too busy that day so I'll take her on Tuesdays and maybe Thursdays or any days you need me to." I say to her.
"Peeta, calm down. We don't even know if I'll ever get..." She nods her head and makes a face so that I could understand what she's saying.
I frown.
"You will. Soon." I say.
She sighs, "We'll discuss what I think later."
I frown and don't say anything.
"Mommy, why do you and Daddy always disgust things without me?"
Katniss looks at her, "Because..."
"Because why....?" Willow asks her.
Katniss smiles, "Because."
Willow giggles, "Because why?"
"Because, Willow. And stop that." Katniss starts laughing.
I smile a little.
Willow laughs, "I am going to go play upstairs." Willow says and gets up, running up stairs.
Katniss and I are left there, sitting somewhat, awkwardly alone.
"Oh, yeah. Finnick called earlier and wanted us to come to dinner tonight." I tell her.
"Um. Okay. Why?" She asks.
"I don't know. I think Johanna is going to be there too."
"What about Thresh?"
I shake my head, "They broke up." I say.
Her eyes widen, "Wow."
"Yep, so if you want to go we can, if not we don't have to." I say.
"We may as well." She shrugs.
I nod, "Or I could make you something to eat here and Willow and I over to eat, it would give you a break. Tell them you aren't feeling well."
"No. I'm feeling perfectly fine. And besides I don't want them to think anything and I'm not even pregnant. Wait and use that excuse another time if possible." Katniss says shrugging.
"What is your opinion on it?" I ask.
She gives me a look, "My opinion on what?"
"Earlier, you said you'd tell me your thoughts on the whole pregnancy situation." I remind her.
She sighs, "Oh yeah."
"So tell me." I say turning to come face to face with her.
Katniss sighs, "I don't think I'm gonna be able to get pregnant this time around."
My heart sinks, "Why do you think that?"
"I just don't think it's gonna happen."
"Katniss, did they tell you something at the doctor that's bothering you or is there something you're not telling me?" I ask her.
She shakes her head, "No, Peeta. It's just me. The doctor thinks it'll be fine but ugh, I don't know, I'm just kind of scared for it again."
I frown, "Katniss, I told you that you didn't have to agree and if you're scared then you definitely shouldn't have agreed." I tell her truthfully, feeling like she actually doesn't want it as bad as she says she does.
"But I want another baby so badly, Peeta. You don't understand." She snaps at me.
I sigh, "I do understand, Katniss. I know how much you want this but all we can do is keep trying." I shrug.
She sighs, "I just want to be pregnant already. The faster I am the faster we will have another baby."
"I know that."
"What are we doing wrong then?"
I take a deep breath. I have no answer for that because I honestly have no clue.
"I don't think it's us. Maybe the timing is bad or the pregnancy tests aren't catching it, or something. I don't think anything is wrong with either of us." I tell her.
"If the timing is bad then how come we all three want it so badly? Like how I said it must be a sign I should agree since you both asked me within a few hours of each other and how badly I want it too." Katniss says.
I frown, I hate that I can't give her much assurance or a reason for this all but I trust that it'll work out.
"I don't know, sweetheart. But I can promise you that it'll happen. It may take more this time but it's going to happen." I say wrapping my arm around her shoulder.
She sighs and lays her head on my shoulder, wrapping her arms around my waist.
"I love you."
I kiss the top of her head, "I love you too."
Katniss kisses my shoulder and then my cheek.
"I'm sorry I'm being all dramatic and stuff but I really do want this."
"It's okay, you're fine. I know you want it and I am super excited that you do too." I tell her.
"Good."
"We just gotta get back to being healthier again and you need to stay hydrated and anything we can do to help and have a perfectly healthy pregnancy, we need to do."
"We will. I promise I'm going to do everything Dr. Coles tells me this time. I'm just glad Willow is fine, I didn't exactly follow directions with her as much as I should've."
"That was a tough time for us but it worked out. At least we are over that time in our lives and hopefully we will be for a long long while."
Katniss nods, "i hope so too."
I kiss her nose, "If not, we have each other and Willow usually keeps us in good humors when she can."
"She's good at that."
"I think so too. I'm glad she's as sweet as she is. It makes things easier." I say laughing.
Katniss laughs a little, "The next one we have probably won't be as good."
"I bet they'll be great and if not, we will love them anyways." I smile.
She smiles, "I can't wait, Peeta." She says nearly in tears.
I laugh softly and wipe a tear away from her cheek with my thumb, "Me either." I say and kiss her lips.
Katniss sighs deeply, "Well, now what?"
I shrug, "Whatever you want."
"Let's go see what Willow is doing. She's being really quiet." She laughs a little.
I smile and we break away and then I help her up, we give each other a quick hug and then go upstairs.
Katniss knocks on the frame of the wide open door.
"What are you doing, sweetie?" She asks Willow, who is just laying on her bed, looking at the popcorn ceiling.
She turns her head, "I don't know."
Katniss smiles a little, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." She says.
I smirk a little bit, "Do you want to go see Finn in a little while?"
"Yeah." She says, sounding in a daze.
I chuckle, "Okay."
"Daddy, how come the ceiling looks like that? How come it isn't smooth?"
I look at her ceiling and back at her, "That's just the way the people built our house, I guess." I say
"Hmmm." She says and then sits up.
I give Katniss a look and she returns it with a breathy laugh.
"Willow, you're so funny." Katniss says going over and sitting on the bed next to her.
"Is that bad?" She asks confused.
She shakes her head, "No. It's great. You make me and Daddy really really happy." She says elbowing her a little bit.
Willow looks at me and I nod my head, assuring her.
"You're funny sometimes too and so is Daddy and you both make me happy."
Katniss and I exchange a smile.
"Thank you." Katniss says to her softly.
***What should happen at dinner?