When I wake up I’m in the hospital that we have in Twelve. I’m on a morphling drip. I look at my shoulder and it has a wrap on it so I can’t see the damage. I look to my right and I see Peeta holding my hand. I look to the left and I see Claudia and Gale with Dawn and Kiri. I close my eyes again. It’s hard to stay awake. I grip Peeta’s hand harder. He gets up and moves some of my hair out of my face.

“She’s awake,” he whispers. Everyone is leaning over the hospital bed.

“What happened?” I moan. My head hurts and my entire body aches.

“You got shot in the shoulder twice and blacked out from the pain, the bullets hit a big nerve,” says Peeta.

“Where’s Paylor? Did she get away?” I ask with worry in my voice.

“She’s dead,” says Gale.

“How can she be dead? She was just alive a few hours ago.”

“Gale killed her this morning. Katniss you’ve been out for three days.” says Peeta. Paylor is dead and I’m alive. This is great. Peeta and I can finally raise our family in Twelve without any-more people hunting us down. The baby. I probably haven’t been eating a lot which means the baby could be dead inside of me.

“Peeta, the baby,” I say.

“The baby is perfectly fine. The doctor checked to make sure. The baby is as healthy as possible.” He kisses my forehead. I take a sigh of relief. Everything is falling right into place and I couldn’t be happier.

“Why am I alive? I mean who saved me from the battlefield because if I would’ve still been out there I would’ve been dead. Who saved me?” I ask. Claudia and Peeta look at eachother. Peeta takes Dawn and Claudia grabs Kiri’s hand and they walk out of the room and close the door.

“They just have to be so obvious,” says Gale. Gale saved me. If it weren’t for him, I would be dead. I feel even worse for going off on him today. He apologized and I didn’t accept it. I feel terrible for being mad at him. I thought we weren’t even going to talk again. I thought he didn’t care. Obviously he did or else he wouldn’t have risked his life to save mine.

“You saved me?” I ask.

“That’s what friends are for right? To be there for each other?” I nod my head. “I am still so sorry for what I said.” No matter what happens between us now, I will never be able to stop owing him now. He saved my life, and I am eternally grateful.

“You saved my life. You could’ve just let me die but you saved me which brought me back to my family. How could I stay mad at you anymore? I know you really are sorry for what you said but I don’t think I can ever fully forgive you but I do accept your apology.” He gives me a hug.

“Thanks Catnip.” I laugh. I am allowed to leave the hospital later that day I just have stay off my feet as much as possible. Peeta got his cast taken off and got a brace so he can walk and do heavy lifting again. He picks me up in his arms and brings me home. He puts me on our bed then lays down next to me.

“I could’ve walked home. The doctor just said that I have to stay off my feet as much as possible. I can still walk,” I say.

“I wanted to, I haven’t done that to you in a long time. It was the least I could do,” he says. I give him a kiss. Everything is falling into place. Nothing can stop us now. Then Kiri runs into the room and jumps on the bed.

“Aunt Katniss, Uncle Peeta I just lost my first tooth,” she says. She holds out her hand and smiles. She lost her front tooth so she has a big gap there. Peeta and I both smile.

“Wow Kiri, good job,” says Peeta. She lays down between us and Gale and Claudia come in with Dawn. I take Dawn from Claudia.

“You’ve seen my daughter more than I have. She might start thinking that you’re her mom and not me,” I say. Claudia laughs. I kiss Dawn on the cheek and she smiles. Peeta takes her from me and starts to bounce her. Then my dad, Haymitch, Beetee, Johanna, Alin and Annie all walk in with some flowers for me. They all sit down on the bed. Everyone is here. My family. All these people care so much about everyone here. Everything is over. We are all here together and nothing can tear us apart. Everything that we have all been through pays off for this moment right now. This is one family that will never be forgotten. I love my life because of the people in it. Nothing can ruin this moment right here right now because this moment is forever.

The End

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