After it All
All rights go to Loving-and-awkward for her amazing story
Oh ya and Suzanne Collins too for her amazing story and characters
But we own the plot to this one
Third Person POV:
"Finnick, I need to speak to you." Peeta said. "Sit down." He gestured to a chair at the round wood table. The younger version of Finnick sat. Peeta sat across from him. "I see you are uh, getting closer to Hope." Peeta said. Finnick squirmed in his seat, obviously uncomfortable. Finnick, after a hesitation, nodded. "You've been friends with her forever, and I have no doubts you don't want to hurt your friendship, or her for that matter." He said. Finnick nodded again. "But I'm telling you, if you hurt he-" Peeta stopped in the middle of the sentence. His eyes glazed over and his hands started to clench and unclench. "AUNT KATNISS!" Finnick yelled up the stairs. "YES," she answered. She appeared at the top of the stairs. "It's Uncle Peeta." Finnick said, the look of concern growing in his eyes. Katniss raced down the stairs and into the kitchen. In there Peeta was gripping the back of the chair, but he heard someone come in. "SHE'S A MUTT! A STINKING MUTT!" Peeta roared. Finnick raced up the stairs nearly tripping on the top step. Katniss kept repeating, "The pearl, Peeta. The locket." This went on for a half an hour, till the time where Katniss had to choke back tears. Then Peeta slumped to the ground, unconscious. He quickly got up with a worried look in his eyes. "Did I hurt you?" He asked, concern noticeable in his voice. Katniss shook her head and went to hug Peeta. The real Peeta. The sweet, kind, loving baker. Peeta pulled her closer and Katniss gave a sigh of relief into his shoulder. "Thank God" Peeta whispered into her ear. Katniss gave a nervous laugh. "I didn't think you were going to come back from that one. It was the longest ever." She said, tears almost flowing free. She had to stay strong, for Hope, and Hunter, and Tessa, and Finnick.
7 Years Later; Third POV
"Do you, Finnick Lake Odair, take Hope Ember Mellark to be your lawfully wedded wife, for better and for worse, through sickness and health, through sun and rain, and through love and hate?" The minister started the vows. "I do." He answered, starring deep into Hope's eyes. "And do you, Hope Ember Mellark, take Finnick Lake Odair to be your lawfully wedded husband, through the good and the bad, through love and hate, through arguments and peace?" The minister asked Hope. "I do." She answered, the beach breeze blowing back her sea green dress. "You are now pronounced husband and wife. You may kiss the bride. Till death do you part." The minister said. Finnick didn't hesitate, neither did Hope. When their lips connected fireworks of applause and cheers erupted from their small crowd. It couldn't have been a more perfect day. Hope had one bridesmaid, her maid of honor, Tessa. And Finnick had Hunter as his Best Man. The only people that were there were Katniss and Peeta Mellark, Johanna Reyes and James, Annie Cresta, and Haymitch Abernathy. And of course Hunter and Tessa. It was a wedding on the district 4 beach, under an arch of white roses, which Katniss oddly had a really big problem about. Hope wore a sea green dress that flapped around her ankles in the sea breeze. Finnick wore a white tuxedo with a green bow tie. Tessa wore a gray dress, knee length, loose around the end, and Hunter wore a white suit with a brown bow tie. It was very oddly coordinated.
5 Years After That; Finnick's POV
"Primrose, come on its time to go to grandma and grandpa's." I told my daughter watching the holographic screen broadcasting Ceasar Flickerman. The man was 62, but this time his hair was a vibrant red. Primrose had long blond hair, and looked just like Hope's aunt Prim. We were just about to go to the train station to go to 12. We lived in a nice house overlooking the beach we got married on in 4. Mom had gone to twelve yesterday, but we decided, that the 7:00 PM train was too late for Prim. Prim finally got off the couch an toddled over to me, stumbling a few times. She was only two. I grabbed her by the underarms and swung her in a circle and then positioned her so I was carrying her. She had the cutest little giggle. Hope walked in, carrying a bag for Prim and her suitcase. "I could have carried that for you." I motioned to her bulging suitcase. "What is in there anyway?" I asked. "It's Tessa's birthday this weekend." She explained, and must have seen the shocked look on my face because she added, "don't worry I got one and said it was from you." She grabbed her suitcase by the handle and I opened the door for her with my free hand. I grabbed my suitcase and rolled it out the door, shutting and locking it on my way out. "Ready to go see Grandma and Grandpa?! And Aunt Tessa and Uncle Hunter?!" I asked excitedly to Prim. She giggled and nodded like a toddler. It was the the middle of summer and Prim was in a blue tank top and white shorts. Her hair was in two braids just like Primrose Everdeen's was in the pictures Katniss had. Prim Odair always had that toothy smile on her face that made her adorable. It was the middle of summer, and the train station was completely empty. Everyone comes to 4 for the summer, people don't leave it. I passed Prim over to Hope and grabbed Hope's bags. It was so cute when Hope and Prim played their everlasting game where they both tried to poke each others nose's. We boarded the train and I put our bags in the racks above our seats and sat down next to Hope. Prim managed to crawl her way from Hopes lap to mine. I smirked at Hope, but she just rolled her eyes at me. What could I say, Prim was a daddy's girl. Prim said "horsey!" and I knew that meant she wanted me do the horse game. I bounced my leg medium pace and sang "This is the way the lady rides, the lady rides, the lady rides, this is the way the lady rides on her way to town." Then I bounced my leg faster and sang "This is the way the gentleman rides, the gentleman rides, the gentleman rides, this is the way the gentleman rides on his way to town." When I started singing the next verse I waved her crazily, well for her, and sang "This is the way the cowboy rides, the cowboy rides, the cowboy rides, this is the way the cowboy rides on his way to town." On 'town' I dropped my leg and she slid down it like on a slide. She laughed that innocent toddler laugh and cried "Again, again!" We did that a few times, and let me tell you, the song gets really annoying. Eventually she got tired and started rubbing her eyes. I sat her on Hope's lap and grabbed her pink unicorn pillow from above us. I set it on my lap and let her lay down on the cushions to the right of me. As soon as her head hit the pillow she was asleep. I wrapped my arm around Hope, who was on my left and said quietly "My two favorite ladies, right next to me." Hope kissed my cheek. "I love you, Hope Ember, and always will." I whispered into her ear through her hair. "I love you Finnick Lake, to the moon and back." She told me. She rested her head on my shoulder, but she fell asleep. Haha, I kept thinking in my immature mind that I had two girls sleeping with me.
Hope's POV
I woke up just as the train was pulling into the station at twelve. Prim was still asleep, and Finnick was reading a book, which was very odd considering he didn't like to read, well there is a first time for everything. He noticed the absence of my head on his shoulder and passed me a sleeping Prim so he could stand up and grab our luggage from the racks above us. The train came to a stop and Finnick lifted Prim off my lap and held her so her head was on his shoulder. I grabbed my suitcase and Prim's things, Finnick grabbed his and we walked out the open doors onto the platform. Finnick was always better at keeping Prim asleep when we were transporting her, so he kept her on the whole walk to my mom and dad's house. The house I grew up in. We rang the bell at the Victors Village house, and mom immediately came to the door. She pulled me into a big hug. "You're the first one here, besides Annie, she's just left for the platform to wait for everyone else. We just finished cleaning." Katniss said. "I missed you too." I replied while trying not to laugh. With all this commotion, we woke Prim up. She rubbed her eyes with her chubby toddler hands and started to squirm in her father's hands. Finnick set her down and she started to ran to my mom. I grabbed her and handed her to mom. Prim is prone to accidents while running, she fell down once and my mother picked her up. "Hey, little duck, I've missed you." Mom told her while kissing her on her forehead."miss you too gamma." Prim told her. Mom had this weird habit of calling her little duck, I think it's what she called her Prim. Then dad came to the door and I gave him a hug too. Mom passed Prim back to Finnick and he held her while I was saying hello to my dad. When I was done, Finnick quickly passed her to my dad so he could give my mom a hug. "miss you Gampa." Prim said to him in her little toddler voice. Dad smiled and said "I missed you too little duck." He then gave Prim back to me to hold while Finnick and him shared an awkward, and yet hilarious man hug. "What room are we staying in?" Finnick asked. "You choose, Annie chose the guest room with the twin bed, you could take the guest room with the king bed, or Hunter or Hope's old room." Katniss told him. He grabbed both suitcases and handed me Prim's bag. He lifted them and carried them up the stairs to the bedrooms. "Where do you want to sleep?" Finnick asked me. "The guest room with the king." I told him. "What about your old room?" He asked, confused. Usually I pick that one. "Because Prim is getting bigger and I don't think we can all fit in my bed. It's only a full." I explained. We had just set our stuff down and there was a door bell. Everyone else must be here. Finnick put Prim on the ground, but still held her hand, and we headed downstairs.