Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen were quietly sitting in the main living room with Peeta reading The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe aloud. All was peaceful until they heard, "Welcome To The Family" blaring so loud from upstairs that the walls started to shake! They quickly got up to investigate while grumbling.
Once they opened the door to Haymitch's room, they were met with the sight of Haymitch on the floor, doing the worm with a bottle of Brandy in his hand. Peeta, thinking quickly, got a giant book from the bookshelf and hit Haymitch across the head with it.
"Peeta!" Katniss gasped.
"Calm down,Katniss. Haymitch is getting out of control, we need to do something!" He replied angrily.
They both agreed that something needed to be done. so when Haymitch was sleeping off his soon-to-be hangover, they called Effie Trinket to help.
Haymitch awoke in a daze with a major hangover. Once he gathered his wits again, he noticed the Capital monster (Effie) and his two champions. The memories slowly started to surface.
"Hey kid!" Haymitch yelled loudly, making Peeta jump, "Did you hit me with an encyclopedia?"
"So thats what it was..." Peeta muttered quietly. Haymitch stared in shock. "Haymitch, we're all here because we're friends and we think your drinking is getting out of hand!"
"There is nothing wrong with me having a little drink once in a while!" He replied loudly.
"But Haymitch," Katniss interrupted, " Its not once in a while. Its all the time! You don't even like watching your favorite movie, Signs, anymore!"
"I still watch Signs!" Haymitch exclaimed.
"The other day you were reading The New York Times," Peeta stated.
"So..." He muttered, quietly.
"You HATE newspapers!... Of any kind!" Effie shouted at the top of her lungs.
"I like The Origin, you should know that Effie."
"UH!" She whined, irritated, " You are useless. I'm leaving!" Effie then turned, opened the door and stomped outside while flipping her hair over her shoulder. Peeta and Katniss looked after her in shock, while Haymitch fell over laughing. After calming down the two district 12 winners looked at each other and had a silent agreement.
They both picked up Haymitch and threw him out of the second story window into the lake outside. After much yelling/ arguments, all three of them agreed the he needed to calm down and so, they finally agreed upon something.
"So, you're going to have a maximum amount of five drinks a day." Peeta stated, clearing everything up.
"Yep." Haymitch and Katniss said, simultaneously.
After standing in Haymitch's room awkwardly for a few minutes, Katniss and Peeta quietly walked out and sat back down in the living room. Gradually Haymitch became better with his drinking, and he lived an almost sober life.