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The Hunger Games Trilogy (Nallore&Wingshooter)

Callan held her mother's hand as she thought, "Momma, what do you think I should do? Should I go to Seven or stay with you?" She asked before cautiously choosing her next question, "If Dad had been from a different district and you met him on tour... And you got pregnant, would you have moved in with him? Or nearer to him?"

"Silver, Silver..." Zale said pulling his girlfriend into his lap, "You wouldn't be wrecked because Callan wouldn't die. She'd come back out of her arena just like last time." He said wrapping his arms around her and kissing her cheek. "But since that is unlikely to happen we shouldn't be worrying about it. What you do need to worry about is that your sister doesn't name her kid something stupid like... Axe or Lumber..."

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Grrr. Let me see what's wrong.

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"I'm scared, Momma. This wasnt supposed to happen like this, not now." Callan said wiping at her tears.

Cadence wanted to make a comment about Callan's actions causing this but he wasn't going to. "Cal, it's going to be fine. If anyone knows how you are feeling it's your mother." He said softly as he took up a seat across from Asteria and Callan.

"And I don't know where I'm going to live... Ten's gone. I want to be with Carver and go through this with him, but I don't know how to get back to Seven. But I don't want to leave Silver or you..."

Zale took Silver's hand, "Silver, hey listen. The chances of Callan going back in there are very slim. And she's a smart girl... I know I watched both of you. If she had to go back she'd be the victor again. I don't doubt that for a second. And if you went in there they surely wouldn't let the both of you come out alive again. She'd be more wrecked if you went in with her and she lost you." He said rubbing his thumb over her hand.

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"I will," Callan said and waited until she heard the disconnect sound on her end of the phone knowing Carver had hung up. Slipping her phone into the bag, Cal headed in the direction that her mother and Cadence had wandered. Seeing Asteria in the next room, Callan walked over and laid on the couch, resting her head on her mother's lap without a word, tears welling up in her eyes again.

"I know, that's why I was asking what you thought was going to happen. Part of me thinks they are going to randomly select two districts that will send in three tributes to make up for Ten. But I think that would cause a rebellion in those two districts for having to put up more than everyone else... Unless every district sends in three." Zale began and sat back in his chair. "I'm not sure what will happen this time. I guess we'll find out soon enough. But Cadence and Callan can't be mentors without a district..." He paused, "they wouldn't send them back in would they? The only two known survivors out of Ten..."

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There, I think I got all my tributes re-made.

The Hunger Games Trilogy (Nallore&Wingshooter)

Callan seemed to frown internally at him saying it was her decision but he did make a good point - it had only been a few months that she had found her birth family and she speculated that it would be difficult on all of them if she just up and left. However, she was assuming Asteria understood how hard it would be to have a child without the father present and wouldn't want that for her daughter or grandchild. "Alright, I'll call you from the capital after I've thought about it." Callan agreed and she sighed, "I'll call you in a few days. I love you."

"Fair enough." Zale said kind of pushing his food around on the plate as he thought. "I know this isn't something you want to talk about right now, but they're going to announce the quarter quell in about a week... What do you think they're going to do this time? Especially now that Ten is gone. Think they would pull extra tributes from another district randomly to make up for it?"

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"I guess we have two choices; I can go live in One with Mom... Or, if you want.. I can sneak into Seven with you." Callan said softly, looking around seeing no one in the room with her so it was safe to speak about going into Seven. "I want to be with you, and I think it would easier to at least get through this together and not having to be so far apart. But it's up to you, Carver."

"Oh, well I didn't want to be your boyfriend, I only wanted you to be my girlfriend." Zale said with a laugh as he cracked another crab leg. "Well, wherever you end up, I'll still be here with you and for you." He said taking a bite of the meat from the leg and thinking to himself, "I'm sure your mother would like you to stay with her. Just ask her about it. Or you can stay here in Four with me. It's up to you though, I'll support you no matter what. But if Callan and Carver can handle becoming parents from that side of distance we can surely date."

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"I love you too, Carver. I just wish I was near you right now. And I know I can't come back to Seven so I'm not sure what I'm going to do right now." Callan explained as she sat on the nearby chair and rubbed her stomach. She knew she wasn't far along at all but at the same time her whole way of thinking about things was starting to change already. "Carver, I don't expect you to stay with me. I'm a victor... It's not like I'm going to hurt for anything so, it's fine if you rather be with someone in seven."

Zale smirked to himself, "Thought that's what you were doing." He laughed, "I rather like to talk about what you think about being my girlfriend." He said before taking a bite of crab and thinking. Once he swallows he spoke again, "I know you have to finish the tour but that's only a few days away... And well, we both kind of know now that your sister is pregnant she'll more than likely go to Seven or One with your mother rather than coming back here."

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"I uh.. A few minutes ago. I hadn't thought anything about how I was feeling the lately, but Silver talked me into taking a test to make sure." She said softly, "I keep getting hot and throwing up. And the motion sickness is awful, but I guess I'm okay as far as that goes." Callan said before hugging her mother softly, she nodded slowly in response to her question. "Carver, this is not how I expected it to turn out. I just want you to know that."

Zale pulled out the bowls of food he had brought over, "Well let's eat since it seems that everyone is miding your sister right now so we can talk." He said pushing Silver's food toward her, "So what was up with that foot thing you were doing earlier? Not like i disliked it, but" he laughed with a warm smile as he began cracking the crab legs.

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"Carver we're... I'm..." Callan couldn't do it. She couldn't bring herself to say the words. She sniffed loudly fighting back more tears again, "Carver," she said sternly with herself, "I'm pregnant." She finally said and waited for his reaction.

Cadence nodded as Silver said they would be in the other room, he wasn't going to leave Callan alone when she delivered this information to the father, just in case it didn't go over too well. But when Asteria came back, Cadence waved her down and whispered what happened to her just to give her the initial shock and let it sink in before Callan would come forward and tell her mother about it.

Callan still hadn't heard from Carver and turned to see her mother there, "Momma?" She said softly, "Momma..." She began covering the receiver of the phone, "I'm pregnant."