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PART ONE
-The Baby-
The winter was still a challenging test for the District 12 like as much as before. After the war and established of the new system despite the past ten years, like climate, Panem’s this poor District’s living conditions wasn’t well. Although it bends their waists as much as before, poverty wasn’t still left their collar.
When Katniss Everdeen left her home of the winners of the village with her husband, for a moment she trembled and wrapped her topcoat more tightly and she looked an anxious glance at the Seam side. They didn’t get cold here unless they leave their home but couldn’t say the same thing for the Seam. Cold and windy in the evening of December, Katniss wished for the best for the people of living there.
“I don’t know did we have to go out in this weather?” Katniss said to Peeta while the blonde young man locks the door. He came over her.
“Definitely” Peeta said, while wraps his arm to his wife’s shoulder with a clear adopt. Unlike Katniss, this cold night was smiling his face like a Christmas Eve.
“Come on Katniss, we should keep an eye on him once in a while. Likewise he deserves to hear the news at first from both of us…” He kissed Katniss’s tended to spread dark haired head in the wind kindly. Young woman drew a sigh.
“I hope he doesn’t kill us.” Katniss grumbled when they were starting to walk their neighbor’s home. “Though he has probably already been seep, we are going for nothing.”
“I don’t think so.” Peeta shrugged. “You know, he is sleeping hard…” Of course Katniss knew. Anyway which one could sleep easy?
When they arrived their former mentor’s home Katniss threw an uneasy glance to Peeta. After the young man rolled his eyes, knocked the door self confident. Of course Katniss loved Haymitch, but honestly; she didn’t think it was a good idea to visit him this night that he is probably drunk and highest of his grumpy. After Peeta knocks the door at a third time she hoped their former mentor has already been seep but the door opened slowly and a messy head of hair Haymitch appeared.
“Hey Haymitch.” Peeta said cheerfully. “We came to visit you, can we come in?”
At a moment, middle aged man looked badly at them with collapsed gray eyes, and then he pulled from the door with grumbling.
“You two sit down and watch television in your home at this time, shouldn’t you?” He asked, obviously got up new. He goes straight to the kitchen table and sits on his chair. On the table there were little tidbits in small plates and had already half empty a bottle of wine. When Katniss took off her topcoat went into the kitchen from Peeta’s back, she threw a glance to her husband like say” I told you”. Peeta casually sat on the chair across of Haymitch.
“We are bored.” Said comfortably. “Also we have good news for you; if you were at home we would say at that time.”
“I had a few work in Seam.” Haymitch replied, taking another shot from the bottle. “What is the good news that it needs to be say emergency?”
When Katniss came and sat near to Peeta, a young husband and wife were looking at each other. Peeta smiled.
“That is…” Katniss said. She couldn’t be sure; is she happy or unhappy. “Congratulations, you are going to be a grandfather”
There was a silence that both of two looked at the old man with smiling, Seemed impossible to delete Peeta’s smile on his face. Haymitch narrowed his eyes and trying to make sense of what he heard and frowned his eyebrows. Katniss helps him on behalf of, took her hand slowly on her belly. Upon this Haymitch had to blink his eyes by several times, after that didn’t say anything. He quaff off the bottle.
“Congratulations.” He grumbled when he was wiping his mouth. “Finally you could impose to Katniss, is that so?”
When Peeta nodded gladly, a teeny weeny smile appeared and passed on Haymitch’s face.
“Or you?” Haymitch asked Katniss. “How did happen you were convinced?”
Katniss took her hand on her belly again. Seemed her head was looking confused. The truth is; it still couldn’t say that she is sure.
“I didn’t convince.” said slowly. “I just… decided to be brave for trying.”
Peeta looked at her lovingly and gratefully. Young woman seems she is ok; she sent a grin at Haymitch.
“So… Don’t you have a drink to us?”
“The drink is harmful for you now, isn’t it?” He was cute when he said. Katniss made a grimace to her face. Peeta smiled. When Haymitch pointed a bottle on the counter to them, Peeta stood up by understanding and for himself and Katniss he filled two glasses. Seemed Haymitch doesn’t want to offer anything else beside drink. But Katniss carelessly stretched forth her hand took some tidbits.
Outside, winter’s scary cold wind was humming. When they are sitting with warm, smelling drink and hopelessness in the kitchen; three old friend’s conversation proceeded effortless. Haymitch, although if not more willing to talk than before, tonight, Peeta was chatty enough for both of them. Katniss sees how her pregnancy news drowns him to rejoice, she believed little life of hope could be more love in her. This was a first for her, overcoming was difficult; plenty of excitement and a sense of motherhood was in line stage time. Now she is going to be a mother. It’s hard to believe but it’s true. In the past she always said to by herself” I will never marry and never have a child.” Now she was finding herself in this situation. In fact, most of the time she has done this conversation with Gale but their friendship isn’t so well now. There was still fear in her. Even the system changed, the existence of the Capitol is always scarier of her. Now she has to protect her baby from everything and everyone and this feeling was disgust her. Even she couldn’t be sure that she can handle the motherhood. But Katniss would give to her baby all her love, compassion and would tune into it. It deserves a better life than she had.
Obviously this gloomy, smelling of drink, that the messy of belongings, the one that illuminates the sad atmosphere and changed the air was that Katniss and Peeta had a baby. Haymitch was enough to be awake what they are to be in. In fact whatever happens they won’t be the same persons because they’ve changed but they couldn’t live in the shadows forever. He decided to tease with them. Especially Katniss was as always doing to be Katniss. When she had grinned? Haymitch sometimes bellowed his head this. Hasn’t job to do and spend his most times of the day has beautiful head and he filled nonsense things. He knew himself it’s foolish but He couldn’t give up his habit. Haymitch straightening up from his chair he hit Katniss slight and when he was losing his balance, falling on the ground; Peeta had gained from the games with reflexively he grabbed him by his arm and he sat a middle aged man in his chair.
“Hey, what are you doing?” Snarl at her former mentor with anger. On the one hand she wasn’t holding herself, also she was laughing. Maybe Haymitch could get angry but she didn’t care.
“Honey, if I don’t know that you don’t love drink I would say you race with me becoming an alcoholic!”Haymitch had sat down to watch young girl’s facial expressions with a great delight. He is grinning. Peeta to burst out a laughter. But he realizes the situation immediately and prepared to talk.
“Haymitch is right this subject Katniss. We don’t want to hurt the baby.” He said. When Katniss noticed, she hit the full of drink glass to the table. She crumpled her face, looked at her best friend.
“You are always being a bad influence old wolf.” Then she turned her face to burning fireplace. She was just playing a game with him. Sometimes uneasy Haymitch could be fun.
“You, control your will.” Haymitch said.
“Come on Haymitch, I think you missed your mentor so bad.” He fought back to protect his wife.
Two awake people against the so drunk man… All of them were laughing together. It would be hard to see cheerful Katniss and Haymitch. But today was their day; they had decided to devote their time. Peeta was equivalent between them; he was the only person to holding them together. Time was going to go quickly. Besides the frustrations; they also heard the happiness news. They were in a new era. Change is spreading everywhere and showed it's effect clearly but past never to wrap wounds.