Katniss POV- (March)
"Katniss, can you please come here?" Peeta calls from downstairs.
I sigh, "What?" I holler back and sit up.
"Can you come here, please?" He asks again.
I sigh and pull the covers back, "Rye, your Daddy is on my last nerve today." I mumble to my belly as I get out of bed.
I go down the stairs and find him in the garage.
"Yeah?" I ask him.
"Will you please go pick the girls up while I do a few things in Rye's room?" He asks, picking up a box of diapers.
I sigh, "Yeah."
"Thank you."
"I'll be right back. I'm taking your car too since you're parked behind mine." I say and he reaches in his pocket and gently tosses me his keys. I grab my phone off the counter and we come back into the kitchen.
"Thank you, Princess. I love you." He says, setting the box on the counter top and pecking my lips.
I smile tiredly, "I love you too. I'll be back." I say and I go.
First, I head over to Finnick's to pick Willow up. After, I am going to Bristol's to pick Carter up for her and Willow to have a sleepover.
I knock on the door and a few seconds later Finnick opens it.
"Hey, Kitty-Kat." Finnick says.
I roll my eyes, "Hey, Finnick." I say and he helps me inside.
Immediately I see Willow and Finn- chasing each other through the house.
I don't think they have any idea that I'm even here.
"Finn! Give it back to me!" Willow yells angrily at him.
"No!" Finn laughs.
With that, they keep running in circles around the table.
"What does he have of hers?" I ask Finnick.
"I have no clue. 30 seconds ago they weren't doing this." He says.
"Please? You're being really mean!" Willow says to Finn, nearly in tears.
"You're lamb is ugly." Finn says to her and tosses it up in the air and then kicks it.
Just as I am about to explode, Finnick beats me to it, luckily.
Because if he wouldn't have, it wouldn't have ended pretty.
"Finn, give Willow back her lamb. Now." Finnick tells him, luckily before I had to.
"But Dad-"
"No. Give it back to her, right now." Finnick says sternly.
I've never seen Finnick have to be stern and Finn actually need it.
He groans and chunks the lamb at Willow, hitting her right in the face with it. It falls to the floor and she rolls her eyes and picks it up, coming over to me.
"Finn, that was rude. You go apologize to Willow and tell Aunt Katniss you're sorry too." Finnick tells him angrily.
I kneel down to Willow, "Are you okay?" I ask her.
"Yes, but my feelings hurt now." She frowns.
My heart almost breaks at her words and I frown.
"You'll be alright, baby." I assure her and I stand up.
Finn comes over to us, "Willow?"
"What, Finn?" Willow asks him angrily.
"I'm sorry for being mean to you." He says softly.
Willow rolls her eyes and then turns to him, "It's okay but I'm still very mad at you." She says crossing her arms.
"I won't ever do it again, please forgive me?" He says.
"I already forgave-ed you, just go away." Willow says annoyed.
He nods his head and backs away, obviously not wanting to argue further with her-which is probably a smart choice.
I wonder if this is what some of Peeta and I's arguments look like.
Finn looks up at me, "Aunt Kat, I am sorry I was being mean to Willow." He says and I can tell he's about to cry.
I go closer to him and kneel down, "It's okay but that wasn't very nice of you to do, you know how much she loves her lamb." I tell him softly.
"I know, I won't do it again. I promise." He says and I can tell by the tone of his voice he probably won't.
I stand back up and look at Willow.
"Finn, I'm not mad at you but I don't want you to do anything like that again to anyone. That was really mean and you're suppose to be a sweet boy, remember?" I say with a frown.
He nods.
"Act like your Momma, not your Daddy." I tease him.
Finnick laughs, "Remember that time I accidentally knocked you out with that stick?"
I roll my eyes and look up at him, "Yes, and use to antagonize me like he just did to Willow? I remember that well." I snort.
He chuckles, "It could've been worse, Willow but I promise as soon as you leave he's getting a spanking and he's gonna be in way more trouble when Annie gets home." Finnick assures her.
"Good." Willow says.
"Willow, I'm really really sorry." Finn says again, begging for her forgiveness.
She turns to him, "I know."
"Can I hug you?" He asks her with a frown.
Willow makes a face and then nods her head.
They embrace and I let out a sigh, "Well, we better get going." I say awkwardly.
Finnick comes closer, "Okay, I'm really sorry about Finn. He's not gonna do that again, I can guarantee it." Finnick tells me, shaking his head at his son.
I shrug, "Okay."
"I'm serious. I'll take care of it. He's been acting up lately and he just went too far. I'll fix it."
"I know you will." I say truthfully.
He smirks, "Can I give you a hug?" Finnick asks.
I look up at him and roll my eyes, "No, stop. It's only cute when Finn does it."
"But I'm cuter than him. You love me too." He laughs and tries to hug me.
I push him back a little, "I love you both but Finn is cute and you're not." I say, I can't help but to smile a little.
He pouts.
"Stop being an idiot." I laugh and he does too.
Finnick laughs, "I love you, Kat." He says.
I hug him now, "I love you too, Finnick." I say rolling me eyes.
"Do you love me, Aunt Katniss?" Finn asks me shyly.
"I do, Finn." I say and he comes over.
I hug him tightly and kiss his cheek.
"I love you very much but you have to be nice. Remember you're suppose to protect Willow and Carter? You can't be mean to them." I say.
"I know. I am so sorry." He frowns.
"It's okay and as long as you don't do it again it will be fine." I assure him.
"Are you gonna tell Uncle Peeta on me?" Finn frowns.
I shake my head, "I won't tell him but I am sure Willow will." I say truthfully.
Finn frowns, "Do you think he will be mad at me?"
"No. Not if you don't ever hurt her again." I say truthfully.
"I won't. I promise."
"Finn, if you want Willow to be your girlfriend and want Uncle Peetie to let you be with her then you have to be nice to her just like he's nice to Katniss." Finnick tells him.
His little cheeks get bright red and his green eyes glance to Willow and back to me.
I sigh.
"I agree with your dad, Willow won't want a boyfriend who is mean to her." I say truthfully.
"He is not my boyfriend." Willow groans.
Finnick just laughs, "Not yet." He teases her and she rolls her eyes.
I swear Finnick and his obsession with wanting our children to date.
"Anyways, just don't do it again and there won't be any problems." I assure him.
He nods, "Yes, ma'am."
"And you have to be nice so that when Rye gets here, you can play with him. Okay?"
Finn nods his head, "When will he get here?"
"Very soon. Before you know it." I say truthfully.
I'm nearly six months pregnant now but I feel like I'm 10 but Doctor Coles told me he's smaller than Willow was at this time so he may be late.
"Okay."
"Well, let's go, Willow." I say after a second and stand back up.
We head to the door and with another quick exchange of goodbyes, we go.
"Mommy, I am so mad at Finn." Willow says as soon as we get into the car.
I laugh a little, "I know you are and I am kind of mad too but I bet Finnick will tend to it."
"Daddy is gonna be so mad at him for hurting me." Willow says.
I roll my eyes, "I doubt it but if he does it anymore then he will be." I shrug.
She sighs, "I'm not gonna share my brother with him if he isn't nice."
I can't help but to laugh, "You're so dramatic."
"Are we going to get Carter now?"
"Yep."
"Can we stay up all night?" She asks me.
I laugh, "If you both think that you can, go for it." I say, knowing they'll both be nodding off by about 11, if not way before.
"Can Daddy make us pah-scetti?" She asks.
I snort, "Spaghetti?"
"Yeah, that's what I said." Willow tells me.
I chuckle, "I'm sure he would love to. How about you call and ask him?"
"Okay." She says.
I hand her my phone and she calls him as I pull onto the highway.
"Daddy?"
"I want you to make me pah-scetti for dinner tonight." She says sweetly.
"And guess what?" She adds in right as I pull up to Bristol and Blake's house.
"Finn stole my lamb and called it mean things and then threw it at me." Willow informs him, groaning.
I roll my eyes at her dramaticness and turn off the car.
"Yeah, Finnick said he's gonna get in big trouble."
"We are at Bristle's."
"Yeah, want to talk to her?"
"Okay. Bye." Willow says and hangs up.
"Here, Momma. Him didn't want to talk to you because he had to go but he said he loves us and Daddy also said we have to go to the store to by scetti stuff."
I laugh and she hands me back my phone, "Okay, let's go get Carter and then we can." I say getting out of the car. I go around and help her out and then we go up to the house.
Willow knocks on the door and we wait.
"It's open!" I hear Bristol call.
Willow and I go in and see Bristol sitting on the couch with Carson asleep in her arms.
"Auntie Kat!!" Carter squeals excitedly, jumping off the couch and running around to me, hugging me, then Willow.
"Hey." I say to Bristol.
She smiles, "Hey. You're belly is getting so big!!" She says excitedly.
I laugh a little and sit down across from her, Willow sits on one side and Carter on the other.
Carter looks down, "Your baby is moving, Aunt Katniss." She tells me, pointing.
We all look and sure enough, I can see him kicking and I can feel it too.
Willow puts her hand flat across my belly and I feel him kick a little and Willow smiles, laying her head against my arm.
"How are you feeling?" Bristol asks me.
I sigh, "Good, I'm still really tired but I have been all through so I doubt it'll change. But other than that I feel good."
"Her is being moody lately." Willow tells Bristol.
She laughs, "You're Mommy is always moody." She teases.
Willow sighs, "Yeah but more now".
I laugh and roll my eyes, "Thanks, girls."
"You are still very nice, Aunt Katniss." Carter assures me and hugs me.
I smile, "Thank you. Glad someone is on my side." I laugh.
"Are you sure you want to take her?" Bristol teases, pointing to Carter.
I snort, "I think so. I would take that one too if I wasn't out of energy." I say pointing to Carson who's sleeping soundly in her lap.
She's nearly 2 years old and Carter will be 7 in about three days.
"Oh, it's fine. If you want Willow could stay here instead."
I shake my head, "No, no. It's okay, it'll be fun. Peeta wants to take them to do some things later and tomorrow and it's not a problem." I say truthfully.
Bristol nods, "You're not gonna say that when you have two kids."
I chuckle, "You have two and you're brave enough to take Willow. But remember one time Peeta and I took care of Carter, Finn and Willow at the same time so I think we will be okay." I joke.
She laughs, "You two are crazy. I don't know how you did it."
"I don't know either but it's a lot of fun to say the least. I can't wait to have this one." I say truthfully.
"I can't wait for him either. I'm gonna have to trade you both my kids for him while he's little."
I shake my head, "No, while he's little and likes to cuddle, he's all mine. After that you can take him." I joke.
Bristol laughs.
"Momma, you just can't give away my brother." Willow scolds me.
"I know. I'm kidding."
She sighs relieved, "Good, cause I need my baby brother."
"For what?"
"To give him my love and to share Buttercup with him too."
Bristol and I both smile at her and she sighs, "Bristle?"
"Yes?"
"I am ready to go back to school already." She tells her.
"Willow? Why?" Bristol asks her in shock and laughs.
"Because I love you when you are my teacher." Willow shrugs.
Bristol smiles, "Well, one week and we will be back in school for like three months."
Willow gasps, "Three months is when my brother comes!"
"It is. Hopefully he will be here before you go back to school."
"I hope so too because if not, you are gonna have a really mean Mommy." I tease Willow.
Bristol laughs, "Carter, you better go get your stuff." She says.
Carter stands up, "You want to come with me, Willow?"
"Yeah." Willow says.
With that she follows Carter to her bedroom.
"If you need me to watch her or do anything the next few months and after the baby comes, I can. You did it for me and I will do it for you."
"Thank you but for now we are okay." I smile gratefully.
"Okay. Just let me know if you need anything."
"We will. Thank you." I smile.
"How's Peeta?"
"He's fine. He's at home working on some finishing touches of Rye's room. He has been working on it for a few weeks and I have been locked out of it for longer." I roll my eyes.
"I bet he's making it beautiful." She laughs.
"I have no doubt but I'm ready to see it and go see what we have and what we need to buy." I say.
She smiles, "We need to plan a shopping trip soon. Maybe sometime this week we can go buy whatever else you need for him."
I sigh, "Peeta wants to do that with me and I don't blame him but we can go spend a lot of money on way more clothes than he will probably need."
"Sounds perfect." Bristol giggles.
"Okay, Momma. Let's go to the store so we can make some pah-scetti." Willow comes back a second later, Carter following her with a small bag.
I laugh and stand up, "Are you ready?" I ask Carter and she nods.
I lean over and hug Bristol, careful not to wake Carson and Carter and Willow hug her too.
Then we head to the grocery store.
"Here. You two can sit in the basket." I say lifting them each up into it. They sit down and we go inside.
"Momma, can we buy ice cream?" Willow asks me.
I swear she knows she can ask me for any kind of food right now and I'll give in because it all of a sudden sounds great.
I sigh, "Yeah, what kind do you girls want?" I ask, going down the aisle.
"I want that one." Willow says pointing to some kind with chocolate in it.
I look at Carter who is always so quiet. Willow, leads the pack, I swear.
"What kind do you want, sweetheart?" I ask her.
"I don't care, Aunt Katniss."
"What if we get the ones with cookies in it because that sounds really good to me and I'll share it with you and Willow can share with Uncle Peeta when we get home?" I suggest.
"Okay." She smiles shyly.
I put the small tubs of ice cream in the cart and go to the next aisle.
"Are you pregnant?" I hear an all too familiar voice ask.
I jump and around to see Haymitch Abernathy.
I look him over, he looks older but not by much and cleaner too.
"Haymitch." I say shocked and hug him.
The girls look at me like I'm crazy for hugging this strange looking man.
"You are pregnant, I'm guessing?"
I laugh a little, "Yeah, I am. Um, this is Willow, you remember her, don't you?" I say putting my hand on Willow's head.
"I do. I remember when she was a baby." He smiles.
"Hi, Willow." Haymitch says.
Willow gives him a look, "Hi."
"Who's this one?"
"One of my friends daughters, her name is Carter." I say.
Carter smiles shyly and looks down.
The girls exchange glances.
"You're still with Peeta?"
"Yes. Are you still with Effie?" I ask him sarcastically.
He snorts, "Yeah, actually."
"Where's she?"
"Somewhere running around here. Can't miss her."
I laugh a little, "Listen, I know that things happened last time you guys came over and I'm sorry about that but I'm sure Peeta would love to see you and I would love for you guys to come over sometime."
"When are you going to pop?" Haymitch asks.
I roll my eyes, "July or August, probably."
"Good. Well, I'll stop by the bakery sometime soon. I go a lot but never manage to catch Peeta."
"Oh, well, I will let him know." I say.
"Good. Well, I'll probably see you in a few minutes if Effie ever finds me. She will want to see you."
I smile a little, "I would love to see her too. You know where we live too, same spot. Just come over sometime." I say.
"Okay. Bye, Sweetheart." Haymitch laughs and flicks back his blonde hair.
"Bye, Haymitch." I snort and he goes.
I look down at the girls and Willow looks up at me.
"Who was that?" She asks, wrinkling up her little nose.
"That was Daddy and I's old teacher."
"He is scary." Willow says and Carter nods in agreement.
I laugh, "He's a little weird but he's nice. Him and my other teacher Miss Trinket use to teach me and Daddy and they came to our wedding and came to see you after you were born."
"Really?"
"Yep."
"How come I've never seen him before today?"
"Because he's been really busy but I'm sure they'll come over soon."
Willow's eyes get big, "Okay..."
"Katniss!!" I hear Effie's high pitched squeal behind me, knowing it was about to happen anyways.
I turn around and see her rushing over to me, "Oh, Katniss. Look at you." She says looking me over.
I stand there awkwardly as the girls jaws almost drop at her.
She's not in her usual attire but she's definitely not wearing anything normal.
High heels with spikes, feathered coat, leather pants, bleach blonde wig.
"Haymitch told me you're pregnant. Is it Peeta's?" She asks worriedly.
I make a face, wishing she would tone down her accent and voice. Everyone who walks by stares.
"Yes. Who else's would it be?"
She ignores the question and her eyes look to the basket where Willow is obviously trying to bend down enough to be hidden and Carter just looks clueless.
"Are these your girls?"
"One of them is."
"Which one is Willow?" She asks.
I point to the right and Willow looks up.
"Oh, she's just so beautiful. She looks exactly like you, well, except for her eyes and her hair is pretty light. Actually, she looks like Peeta." Effie decides.
I laugh a little, not knowing what to say. I glance back and see Haymitch approaching. He rolls his eyes as Effie goes on about something.
"Is it a boy or a girl?" She asks, putting her hand across my stomach, her long fingernails touching it.
"Boy."
"Oh, a little Peeta. I'm sure he will be just as handsome." Effie squeals.
I laugh a little, "I bet so."
"Well, we must be going now. We don't want to be late for our teacher party at school, now do we, Haymitch?" Effie asks.
He fakes a smile, "Oh, no. Being late is forbidden, right Katniss."
I snort, "You know it, Haymitch."
"We must go have lunch, Katniss." Effie says embracing me.
"You guys can come over anytime you'd like." I say and they whisk away.
I turn around and look at the girls again.
"She was weird too." Willow says softly.
I laugh, "I know."
"Can we go before we see anymore weird people?" Willow asks me.
I chuckle, "Yeah, let's go." I say and we rush through the rest of the store, buying things for Peeta to make spaghetti and then we head home. When we get there Peeta comes out and carries in all the groceries while the girls and I go inside.
"Hey, Carter. Hey, Willow." Peeta smiles as he shuts the door.
The girls smile at Peeta and he comes around to us.
"Hi, Uncle Peeta." Carter smiles, immediately changing from shy to open and happier.
"We are gonna go play in my room." Willow tells us and drags Carter up there.
"Okay, we will start making something for lunch." Peeta says.
"Kay!" Willow hollers back and slams her bedroom door shut.
Peeta laughs and sits down next to me, "Hey, beautiful." Peeta smiles and kisses my cheek, putting his hands on my belly.
I laugh, "Hey, handsome." I say wiggling my eyebrows.
Peeta laughs, "Heard Finnick's house was fun." He says, rubbing my belly gently.
I roll my eyes, "Yeah. It's been an eventful day to say the least and I've been gone like maybe a hour?"
He nods, laughing, "Or less
"What happened with that?"
I sigh, "Well, I guess while Finnick went to answer the door, a switch flipped and Finn stole Willow's lamb, which is in the car by the way and then starting running away from her when she asked for it back. When I got in there she was about to cry and Finnick got onto him. He was throwing it up in the air, called it ugly and then chunked it at her." I explain all in one breath.
Peeta's blue eyes widen, "Finn?"
"Yeah. I have no idea what had gotten into him today but Finnick says he's been acting up a lot lately. I am not sure."
"That's crazy. Did you say anything?"
"I was about to right before Finnick did but he apologized to Willow and me and I talked to him."
Peeta sighs, "Did Willow forgive him?"
I laugh, "Well, at first she came over and I asked if she was okay and she told me that her feelings hurt. Which made me want to cry and then a switch flipped in her and Finn asked for her forgiveness and she nearly blew up on him." I tell him truthfully.
He laughs, "Seriously?"
I nod, "It felt like I was watching one of our pointless arguments."
"What else happened?"
"Saw Haymitch and Effie at the store."
"Oh, what'd they have to say?"
I laugh, "I think they both scared the girls to death."
He laughs, "I could see it."
"Yeah, they probably will come over soon too." I say.
"Fine with me."
"And can I tell you something else that you're gonna be mad at me for?" I ask him.
***What am I even doing with my mf life, story, education, etc. Also, 10 more chapters till the end...
Of this book probably and I make another mf sequel. Bye