Megan: So Kee...?
Me: Yeah Meg?
Megan: I hate you for reading Mockingjay before me.
Me: [shrugs] Sucks to suck!
Megan: FRICK YOU! YOU DON'T OWN THE SERIES!
Me: [Dead Silence.]
Megan: Kee...?
Me: That was a low blow, even for you Blondie...
Megan: [laughs and jams a brownie in her mouth]
**What did we learn today kids? That's right! Suzanne Collins owns the series! You all get a cookie! :D
Chap 1
Ever since we've decided to put a new government system in place, things have been a lot better. District 12 is no longer divided into the Hob and the Seam, but into actual towns.
I mean sure, the families of the same statuses still tend to flock together but at least there are equal opportunities left.
Peeta decided to reopen the town bakery in his parents honor. He even named it after them- Mixing Mellarks.
Although what the name has to do with baked goods, I'll never know...
I glanced over at the clock with a sigh, it was only 12:56 so the kids weren't due from school yet for about another half hour.
Katerina was now in fifth grade, and Peeta Junior was only in first, but at least I no longer had to make the trip to two places.
I debated on going through the book Peeta and I made or taking a nap...the latter was more appealing, but then the nightmares might come on. They weren't as frequent, but they still occurred often enough that I hated to go to sleep without Peeta around.
And that's how I found myself standing on a chair propped against cleaning supplies twenty minutes later when two warm arms wrapped around my waist.
I smiled as he nuzzled his head against my back as if he hadn't seen me in years.
I giggled. "Peeta..."
The hands tightened around my waist painfully and then fell away from me. I turned around cautiously as I turned to meet eyes that mirrored just as much pain as my own.
He tried to hide his disappointment with a cocky smile. "Don't even remember your own cousin, Catnip?"