Hey guys, so this chapter includes Haymitch and Effie's wedding and yeah. I tried to make Effie seem, so not Effie, because I just figured, new life, new man, new beginning and I feel as though it just worked well that way. It has Sky, Johanna and Effie time which is pretty cool! So yeah, please review and favourite, whatever. I just want this fanfiction to be as well known and loved as Fight Til The End! That would be very nice if you could do that!
Love you guys, everlark4ever75 xox
PS. LONG CHAPTER! ENJOY! oh and a little Hayfie at the end, not detailed, very brief! xox
Chapter 2
Johanna's POV
"Look at this. Our little man's growing. Look at him making you have the most gorgeous little bump on your stomach." Gale says as he touches and kisses my growing stomach.
"Gale stop reminding me that I am fat." I say.
"Jo, how many times do I have to tell you? Our not fat, your pregnant. Big difference. Either way you are still sexy." He answers.
I hit him in the arm and then place my hands on his shoulders.
"Are we excited for a wedding today?" He asks my stomach, but actually to me.
"Yes, we are. But hopefully it's the last one in a while because this is being nice to people all the time thing is really annoying." I answer truthfully.
"You are so much nicer to people now than what I have heard you used to be like before you were taken by the Capitol." Gale says.
"I have somehow managed to get better at being nice to everyone, no, just people."
"No. Johanna, you have become such a people person. I don't know if it's this baby or if it's me, but you have become so much better around people. Some say they think it me, but I have no idea how you could become a better people person from me. Truly, I believe that you have changed and this baby is also doing it." Gale concludes.
"Yeah. I agree. How could I have become a people person from you?" I say with a laugh.
He laughs too and then starts to kiss my stomach.
He suddenly gets up and starts to walk away.
"Hey, where are you going?" I ask him.
"To take a shower."
"Can I join you?"
"Are you sure?" He asks.
"Yeah. If I have little meltdown, you will be there right." I state.
"Alright then." He saying coming back over to the bed and stretching out his hand so I can grab it.
His hand is strong and comforting as I grab it and start to walk to the bathroom. I haven't had an actual shower for ages. The Capitol ruined that for me, sending electric shocks when water touched my skin. I was terrified of it that I have only ever had baths since that happened a long two years ago. Today I feel like I can start with overcoming my fear of it.
With our clothes off and the water softly pelting down on the shower floor, Gale then steps in, still holding onto my hand.
"You sure you want to do this?" He asks cautiously.
"Yes. I need to get over this fear somehow. I figure, what the hell I'll do it today. I'm feeling adventurous." I answer.
"Okay babe." He says.
His hand grabs a tighter grip on my hand and I start to walk into the water. I clench my teeth as the memories from the torture start to flood back to mind. It all starts to feel like I am back there, but I remind myself that I am not in the Capitol. I am in 12 with my husband holding onto my hand, not going to let go. When I am fully emerged into the shower, my eyes are still closed tightly and my teeth clenched together.
"It's okay Jo. I'm right here. I'm right here." Gale starts to tell me softly.
I feel my hand digging into Gale's as I fell the drops on my body.
"It's just water Jo. Nothing is going to happen. I'm right here. I don't care if you break my body okay." His voice soothing to my ears.
My body starts to shake and I feel as though my knees are going to buckle and send me slipping onto the ground.
"Gale… Hold… Me." I stutter.
His arms wrap around my body, holding my shaking body. He continues to whisper soothing things into my ear to calm me down, which eventually starts to work. My jaw unclenches, my tight grip I hold onto Gale loosens, but my eyes stay shut.
"Are you feeling better about this now?" He asks me.
I nod my head, with still the inability to speak. I take a large deep breath and Gale kisses my fore head, then I open my eyes.
"I can't believe it." I say as we both get out of the shower.
"Neither can I." Gale answers.
"You did it. You had your first shower since being in the Capitol." He adds.
"I did have a little meltdown when I got in, but I was okay by the end."
"You didn't have a meltdown. That was nothing. You were just freaked out, which anyone would be. I don't think that some people would actually even contemplate having a shower after what happened to you, but you are so strong that you did to it. I'm very proud of you Jo." Gale tells me.
"Well, thank you kind husband."
"Your welcome beautiful wife."
I smile and then Gale and I start to get dressed for the wedding.
Katniss's POV
"Do you think that Annie and my mother are coming today?" I ask Peeta.
"No idea. We'll just have to wait and see." He answers.
Peeta and I go through different topics whilst we have breakfast, most topics to do with today.
"So, how 'Effie' do you think this wedding is going to be?" He asks me.
"Full on 'Effie'. Do you really think that this wedding is going to be simple? You know how she acted at the parties for the Victory Tour." I tell him.
"Yeah, I suppose you're right. So are you going to be able to cope?"
"Probably not." I answer.
He smiles and then Willow starts to cry, signalling her awake state.
"I'll get her." I announce.
"Okay. I'll get her food then." Peeta states as we both stand up and go our different directions.
I get into Willow's room and see her body squirming in her crib.
"It's okay Willow. Mummy's here." I tell her as I pick her up.
I rest her on my hip and start to walk when she grabs lets out a loud noise that makes me stop.
"What is it Willow?" I ask.
She starts to squirm in my arms and then I get the message.
"Do you want to walk downstairs Willow? Does my little girl want to walk to her Daddy?" I ask her.
She nods and a large smile crosses my face. I knee down and place her gently on the ground and then stand up. I take her hands in mine and she stands in between my legs. She starts to walk down the hallway, nice and slowly.
"Good job Willow. Who's my big girl hey?"
Willow starts to giggle, which makes me laugh. We get to the staircase and Willow looks cautiously at them.
"I won't pick you up Willow, but do you want me to help you down the stairs?" I ask her.
"Yes Mummy." She answers.
"Okay honey."
I lift her off the ground and then place her on the first step. She lets out a loud giggle and I take a step so I am on the same one as her. And slowly, one by one, Willow and I go down the stairs. Each step, Willow let's out a loud giggle and I instantly laugh after her. After the giggle I then say something to her about her being a big girl, which she loves.
We get down to the bottom floor and then we start to walk the same way that we did upstairs, except with more fun and faster.
"Daddy!" Willow cries out when we enter the kitchen and Peeta comes into sight.
Peeta looks up to me and then down to where Willow is. His eyes widen and he lets outs a little laugh.
"Look at my little Willow. Did you walk all that way?" He asks.
I look down to Willow and she nods.
"She did a very good job too. She even walked down the stairs!" I exclaim.
"Really? My little girl is growing up to quickly." Peeta says.
"No Daddy!" Willow says with a giggle.
We all laugh and then Peeta gets off from his chair and sits down next to it.
"Willow, can you walk to me?" Peeta asks.
"Yes Daddy!" She says.
I let go of her hands and she goes running towards Peeta. She runs straight into Peeta's open arms. Peeta lets out a happy groan and she goes charging into his arms. He stands up and then hoists her up onto his shoulder. I walk up to him and place my hands on his sides and rest my head on his other shoulder.
"You're such a big girl Willow. My little princess becoming a queen." He says.
"No Daddy. Me your princess." Willow says with almost no struggle.
I let out a little 'awe' sound and I grab Willow's foot with one of my hands while the other wraps around Peeta's body.
"Mummy your quween, Daddy." Willow says.
I smile, kiss Willow's foot and nestle myself further into Peeta's body.
"You're right about that Willow. You will always be my princess and your mummy with always be my queen." Peeta says.
I let out another 'awe' sound and then reach up to his lips and kiss them. Peeta kisses me back and my arm tightens the grip on his body.
Willow lets out a little grumble.
Peeta and I pull away as we start laughing.
"Does Willow want kisses?" Peeta asks.
"Yes." Willow says with her matter-of-factly voice.
"Okay then." Peeta answers before giving Willow a big kiss on her cheek.
Willow let's out a loud sequel and throws her hands up into the air, before putting them around Peeta's neck. She leans in and gives Peeta a big kiss on his cheek.
"Why thank you Willow. That was very kind of you." Peeta says to her, making Willow smile and laugh.
"Mummy turn." Willow says to me before Peeta moves her off his shoulder and so Willow can kiss my cheek.
Willow gives me a big kiss like the one she gave Peeta. I smile and then give Willow a big kiss on her fore head.
"Fanks Mummy." Willow says.
"No, thank you Willow." I answer before kissing her again.
"Does Willow want breakfast?" Peeta asks her.
Willow nods her head.
"Yes, you do. Okay, come on princess, let's get you something to eat." Peeta says, walking off to the table.
Peeta puts Willow in her highchair and starts to feed her some baby food while I stand behind Peeta and kiss his bare shoulders. Peeta talks to Willow as he feeds her and occasionally she talks back to answer him.
"Hey Willow, are you excited for Aunty Effie's and Uncle Haymitch's wedding today?" Peeta asks her.
"Yes. I wan see evy one." She answers.
"You do see everyone princess, all the time." Peeta says.
"No Daddy. I wan see Uncol Finnick an Aunty Pim an Aunty Annie an Gwranma." She answers.
I feel all the blood drain from my face. My heart starts to beat so fast that it hurts. I feel tears building up in my eyes. I step away from Peeta and stare into the distance. All I can think about is Prim, Finnick, Everyone. My little girl can't see the people she loves because they died. How am I going to tell her about it? How am I going to say to my one and a half year old daughter that her family is dead? How? I want to run, but I'm hesitating. I want to cry, but I'm hesitating. I want to scream, but I can't. My feet stat to shuffle when I feel Peeta's hand grab a tight grip on my own.
"Don't Katniss. Stop. Stop. Please. It's been a month since you last broke down. Please just, stop. Don't run away. Stay." He says to me.
"Daddy, where evy one?" Willow asks Peeta again.
"Aunty Annie and your Grandma might be coming to the wedding. They might be surprising us. They might be with Aunty Johanna and Uncle Gale. You just don't know Willow. You will just have to wait." Peeta says.
Its good Peeta is good with words, because he has probably just convinced Willow about Annie and my mother coming to the wedding. It could also be his actual thoughts, because none of us know if we are going to see them today or tomorrow or anything.
"Will Aunty Pim and Uncol Finnick be surprising us too?" Willow asks.
That was the first sentence that Willow has said the most correct in a while. Now, I want to see how Peeta approaches this, because I am not going to tell her that her Aunty and Uncle are dead. No way am I going to do that and Peeta knows that.
Annie's POV
"Annie, are you sure you don't want to go to the wedding with me? It would be good for you to see everyone again." Wendy says to me as I feed Finn.
"I really don't know. I mean, I have Finn to look after." I answer.
Finn let's out a baby noise as he waits for me to feed him the food.
"Finn would want to see everyone else too. We are all family, just not all blood family. You need to get out Annie." She says.
"I don't know Wendy…"
"The hovercraft is going to be here in a second. Are you going to come? This is your friend's wedding." Wendy states.
I let out a groan and I stand up.
"Fine. I'm coming. Finish feeding Finn for me please, while I go and get something to wear and to get Finn's things." I answer before walking to my bedroom.
The hovercraft takes off on its way to 12. Finn sits in my lap and Wendy sits next to me.
"Annie, you haven't actually told me why you haven't wanted to go and see everyone yet. Was it because of what Katniss said last time we were there? Because she didn't mean it…"
"It wasn't because of what Katniss said." I interrupt her.
"Then why? Because they all care about you and want you to be happy and they can't do anything like that especially when you are pushing them away and are not willing to see them." Wendy explains.
"I am not pushing them away. I just… I can't be around them like I used too."
"What do you mean?" She asks.
"We all used to hang out together, you know. Me and Finnick, Gale and Johanna, Katniss and Peeta. We all used to hand out together. We did things all in a group. We are all friends, family, but with… With… Finnick gone, I can't think about being around them because I will think that Finnick is there too when he is not." I answer.
There is a long break before anyone talks, the only noise is the slight hum of the hovercraft and the electronic speaking coming from the front cabin.
"Finnick will always be there with you." Wendy says calmly.
"No he won't, he's dead. He can't possibly be here when he is up there." I say, with tears coming down my face.
"Yes he can. I bet, right this second he is looking down on us, saying that he is watching over us and that he is never going to leave you or Finn. No matter what you say, Finnick is here and will always be here with you and Finn. Okay Annie." Wendy finishes up, rubbing my back with her hand.
I nod and then try and wipe my tears away.
"And also, you have to come back to them, because if you don't then Katniss is going to think it was about what she said back at the dinner a month ago."
But, it didn't bother me!" I answer for another time.
"I know, but I'm just saying. If I came alone to the wedding, she would immediately assume that she was the reason that you weren't coming back, I know that. I know her, she is my daughter after all." She explains.
"Yeah, I know. I think it as a good thing that I came after all hey?"
"Yeah, it was." She answers.
Finnick's POV
"I'm right here Annie. Prim and I are watching over you." I say as I look down to Wendy, my beautiful wife and son.
"Annie will eventually realise that you are watching her." Prim tells me.
"Yeah, I know. I just… I want to hold her and tell her I'm okay." I tell Prim.
"I know. And I want to talk to Katniss and my mother, but we can't. That's all over now." She tells me again
"Mmhmm." I say.
"Hey Prim." I say to her, turning, my eyes becoming accustomed to how elegant and peaceful everything is up here.
"Yes Finnick." She answers.
I pull my hand from my pocket to show her the sugar cube present in my hand.
"Do you want a sugar cube?" I ask her.
"Why yes, thank you Finnick." She says taking the sugar cube and putting it into her mouth.
"Finn will know that trick." She tells me.
"He will be a ladies man like his father." She adds.
"Yeah, I can see that. He will find that special girl too."
"Yeah. With the name Willow." Prim says looking at me smiling.
I smile back and look back down to them, my mind just wanting Annie to know she is not alone, ever.
Effie's POV
"Oh, there is still so much to be done. Why am I being told to sit down, I need to do…"
"Effie, shut up." Johanna orders me.
"Manners!" I exclaim.
"Yeah, yeah. Manners can wait. You need to take a chill pill. I came over here for you, you got one of your Capitol friends to collect me from my home to come over here and yet, no one has actually told me what I have been asked over here for. So, if you want me to stay, you need to tell me why you asked me here." Johanna finishes sternly.
"Okay. I want you to help me get ready." I answer.
"Come again?" Johanna asks confused.
"I want you to help me Johanna. I would ask Katniss, but I am always asking her for things, you know what I mean. I haven't once asked you if you wanted to help with anything, so I thought, maybe you might want me to help me with getting ready." I tell her.
"Why didn't you wait until your wedding day to ask me? Of course I will. I would be honoured." Johanna answers.
"It is the only thing that actually slipped my mind about the whole wedding, the preparing for it." I answer truthfully.
"Well, I would do it for you Effie. Thank you. And I don't care if you would rather have Katniss do it."
"No, I want you too. We never really talk, you get what I'm saying. I don't think we have actually had a conversation before this one." I explain to her.
"Yeah, come to think of it. I don't think we have." Johanna answers.
"Okay, so what do we do first?" She asks.
"Well, you will get into that shower and wash yourself down with the most intoxicating thing you own." Johanna starts off.
"Okay then Jo. Off to the shower I go." I say getting up from my chair and running up, with Johanna's laugh in the background.
Johanna's POV
Since Sky was already here and had nothing to do, I asked her if she wanted to help with getting Effie's ready for the wedding and she was so excited in the inside, but her acceptance to the offer was subtle and made me laugh. When Effie is all freshened up, we start her off by doing the basics. With us women and girls in a soft pink, Sky paints her nails in a soft pretty pink while I brush and dry her hair until it's soft and fluffy. Effie could have had her hair covered in one of her crazy, elaborate wigs, but she turned them down and decided to go with a natural look. Her beautiful blonde hair flowing past her shoulders with nice curls at the ends. Sky weaves in flowers through the braid she has done to put up the hair that would be in her face during the wedding and I think, even without the make-up, Effie looks as beautiful as ever, not saying that she is not pretty with make-up, it will just make her more beautiful how Sky and I have in store for her.
I start her make-up and Sky is my assistant in handing me the things I ask her too. I cover her face with a layer of foundation and mineral powder which shines when light is reflected off of it. I put minimal blush on, just to add some colour to her beautiful face. A medium coloured pink is applied as eyeshadow. I apply layers of mascara, giving her eyes a wide inviting look and top that off with a little eyeliner. I step back and admire my work when Sky tells me what I have forgotten.
"Johanna. Lips." She simply says.
"Oh yeah. Duh. I didn't even realise." I answer.
I let Sky pick the colour and she hands me a nice and natural coloured pink lipstick. I then add a pale coloured gloss on the top and I step back, knowing now I am done.
"Well, can I look?" Effie asks.
"No. Not yet. I'm still admiring my work." I tell her.
She lets out an exasperated sigh and then closes her eyes for a while before opening them. She looks so beautiful. With the pinks, reds, whites and greens in her hair and the pinks on her face, she looks so beautiful, everything looks perfect. She looks natural, but beautiful. I have managed to do it in such a way that nothing is overdone. I am very pleased with both Sky's and my work.
"We did it Sky. High five." I say holding up my hand to her.
She smiles and claps her hand against mine before we both turn to look back at Effie.
"Mum, you look amazing. So beautiful." Sky tells her.
"I bet I do. Will you let me see now? I am dying to see your work." Effie exclaims.
"Okay." I answer before stepping away from the mirror.
Effie's face lights up. She starts to gently touch her face and hair as she takes in what Sky and I did. It takes Effie a few minutes to examine everything that we did, but eventually, she gathers words.
"Girls, you have done such an amazing job. Out of the hundreds of thousands of stylists I have seen do extraordinary work, this is by far, the most amazing make-up and hair I have ever seen. You have made me look beautiful." Effie exclaims.
"You were already beautiful Effie, we just brought it out a little bit more." I explain to her.
"Yeah Mum, you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen." Sky tells her.
Effie's face lights up even more, showing off her white teeth.
"Thank you so much girls. Thank you." Effie says.
She gets up and then hugs the both of us. She then stands there looking at us, with the biggest smile across her face. Her smile then disappears and she starts to 'shoo' me out.
"Johanna, you need to go and get ready. Oh my, I can't believe that I just took up so much of your time to get ready." Effie apologizes.
"Effie, seriously, do you have some chill pills, because you need to take some. Not kidding either. I don't need as much time as you. All I need to do is to get my dress on and that's it. You needed all that time to make you the most beautiful and I think I have managed that." I tell her.
"Not that I'm full of myself or anything." I add.
"Okay Johanna. Thank you for what you did, it's magnificent and I will get to work on getting those pills." Effie says with a smile.
"Good." I answer before Sky, Effie and I all laugh.
I head downstairs and call out a 'goodbye' before I head out the door to go to my house. I turn my head and see a lot of busy business at the other side of the Victors' Village. That has to be where the wedding is. Effie never told us where it was, just that we would know where it was when we stepped out of our houses today and she was definitely right about that. I smile and let out a little laugh before I enter my house.
I get in and see Gale standing by the window looking to the other side of the Victors' Village where the wedding is, while he drinks something I assume is coffee in his tux.
"What did Effie want? You were gone for like two hours, I was just about to come and see what was happening." Gale says.
"Yeah, Effie wanted me to do her make-up and hair, so I obviously did. We never do anything together, so it was a good thing for both of us. I'm sorry, I should have come and told you. It slipped my mind. I'm sorry." I tell him.
I walk up to him and wrap my arms around his torso and rest my cheek on his shoulder.
"It's okay. I was just worried, but now I know everything is okay and you are here, I'm not worried anymore. It's good that you did that for Effie. She would really appreciate it." Gale explains.
"Yeah, she did. She was so happy. She looks beautiful. Sky and I did an amazing job." I say.
"Sky helped too?"
"She had nothing to do as I asked her if she wanted to help. We made a pretty good team." I explain.
"I bet you did." Gale says.
"So that's the wedding down there?" Gale asks, cocking his head to the wedding down the other side of the Victors' Village.
"Yep. It can't be anything else." I answer.
"Jo, you look absolutely beautiful, but I think you should go get into your dress." Gale says, turning so his arms are wrapped around me and my arms wrapped around his neck.
"What, don't you think that my track pants and your shirt are good enough to wear?" I ask him, flicking my eyes to the clothes I am wearing.
"Not for a wedding." Gale says.
I groan and put my head onto his chest before I push myself from out of his arms and head up the stairs.
"You look very sexy by the way!" I yell from the top of the stairs.
I smile and then head into Gale's and my bedroom to get dressed.
I go downstairs and find Gale sitting on the couch. He must hear me because his eyes are on me from the time I got down the stairs.
"Pink suits you." He says.
I scoff.
"Definitely." I answer sarcastically.
"I'm serious. You look beautiful. It's a nice pink, not too bright, just perfect." He tells me.
I smile and then go into the living room and then stand in front of him.
"I got you something." He says.
"Oh, you got me something and it isn't even my birthday." I exclaim.
He smiles and laughs before he pulls out a pink rose.
"For you." He says handing to me.
I take it and smell it. It looks and smells beautiful.
"It's beautiful Gale. Thank you." I answer.
"I was thinking that you could wear it today." He tells me.
"Wear?" I ask him.
"Here." He says, holding out his hand.
I place the rose into his hand and he stands up and turns me around so my back is facing him. He takes two pieces of my hair from the front and brings them to the back. He does something, but I don't know what. I am too hung up from how amazing it feels with him playing with my hair.
"Done." He says spinning me around so I am facing him.
"Even more beautiful." He adds.
"What did you do?" I ask him.
"Come and see for yourself." He says grabbing my hand and leading us to the cabinet with a mirror in it.
He must have talents that no one knows about. He has done one of the best braids in my hair, attaching the rose to the end of it, making it look beautiful. After a while of looking at it, I turn to him.
"Since when did you know how to do hair?" I ask him.
"Well, when you spend years with a girl in the woods, the girl does her hair in front of you multiple times and you can't help but pick up a few things." He answers.
"It's amazing Gale. Maybe I should get you to do my hair more often."
"Maybe you should."
"No, I am. You are doing my hair from now on whether you like it or not." I tell him.
He laughs and kisses my fore head. He grabs hold on my hand again and then starts to walk.
"Well, we better get to this wedding." He says.
"Yeah, alright." I answer.
We head out the door and start to walk in the direction of the wedding. That's when I hear someone familiar calling our names.
Katniss's POV
I look at myself in the mirror, hair down with a flower headdress in my hair as Effie said I should, pink dress she gave me and reasonable pink heels. My head throbs, my eyes are red, my cheeks blotchy and my heart breaking. I am struggling to not cry as I have been since Peeta told Willow that Prim and Finnick went to a better place. She doesn't understand that they are dead, only that they are in a better place. She asked if they were in the meadow, but Peeta told her that they will always be with us, just that we can't see them. She wants to see them, but we had to tell her that you will only see them in the memories that she had with them. One day when she is old enough, we will tell her that they died in the crash. One day she might ask and we will just tell her, I don't know. Anything could happen. Hopefully she will figure out that they are dead so we don't have to tell her, but who knows what could happen? Not me. Not Peeta. None of us.
"Honey, come on. We have to go, Haymitch is expecting us." Peeta says.
He stands behind me, his hands on my shoulders. His eyes looking at mine through the mirror.
"Haymitch is expecting you. You should have been with him the whole time, you are his best man after all." I tell him, my tone staying steady.
"Yeah well, Effie is expecting you to meet the others in town." Peeta says.
"The others?" I ask, confused about who he could be talking about.
"Wendy, Annie and Finn. Effie got a call saying that they were on their way and that they are going to be in 12 in a few minutes. Effie called me and asked for you and Willow to go and meet them in town." Peeta explains.
"My mother, Annie and Finn are coming?" I ask again, not believing my ears.
"Yes and they are going to be here any minute, so you better get going." Peeta says, steeping away from me after kissing my head.
"I'm going to Haymitch's now. I'll see you at the wedding." He says before he walks out of our bedroom.
I take a deep breath and then follow him out. I get Willow and we head in the opposite direction to Peeta, into town.
"Katniss!" My mother calls out as her, Annie and Finn exit the hovercraft.
"Mum!" I call back.
We meet half way and hug. So do Annie and I.
"Gwranma! Aunty Annie! Fwin!" Willow calls out to them.
"Hello little Willow Azalea." My mother says, taking her from my grasps, kissing her and hugging her.
"Hello Willow." Annie says.
Willow does gripping motions towards Annie and Annie laughs, passing Finn to me. I start say hello to Finn and Willow talks to Annie about nothing in particular.
"Hey, I think we should start to head back, the wedding will start soon enough." I say to them.
"Yeah, alright. Let's go." Annie says.
Annie and I pass back our children, so I am now back to holding Willow and Annie holding Finn, and we start to walk back to the Victors' Village.
My mother wears a light blue dress, similar to the one that I wore to the reaping all those years ago and Annie wears a greeny blue coloured dress that goes down to her knees with some matching flats. When we enter the Victors' Village gates, I catch a glimpse of Johanna and Gale leaving there house, but Willow must have caught them before me.
"Aunty Anna! Uncol Gale!" Willow calls out.
They both turn around with smiles on their faces.
"Annie!" Johanna calls out, before she starts to run towards us.
Johanna runs straight into Annie arms, both laughing and saying hello. Johanna then goes to my mother and hugs her and says hello while Gale goes from hugging my mother to Annie.
"We didn't know we were coming!" Johanna exclaims.
"I didn't know I was until a few minutes before the hovercraft came to 4." Annie answers.
We all laugh and start to head towards the wedding.
"So that's the wedding down there hey?" Annie asks.
"Yeah, it's pretty obvious." I answer.
"Aunty Anna!" Willow says.
"Hello little Willow." Johanna says to her.
Willow does her grabbing hands and Johanna takes her from my arms. She rests her on her hip and Willow starts to play with her hair.
"She's very pretty in this little pink dress." Gale says touching the bottom of Willow's dress.
"Yeah I know, Effie's instructions." I tell him.
"Pitty." Willow says, touching a rose in the back of Johanna's hair.
"Yes Willow, pretty. Uncle Gale gave it to me." Johanna says.
"Pitty." She repeats.
"So, what's with the whole pink dress thing?" Annie asks.
"Effie." Johanna and I answer at the same time.
"If I'd known, I would have come in pink too." Annie says.
We laugh as we get closer to the wedding.
"So, where is Haymitch?" My mother asks.
"This house here." I answer pointing to the one we are walking past.
"I'm going to go and see him. He is my bother anyway." She says.
"Okay Mum, we'll be at the wedding." I say as she walks off from us into the house.
"Bye." She says before disappearing into the house.
Capitol people are floating around everywhere as we start to enter the ceremony. Their flamboyant colours blinding us. Crazy hair, crazy clothes, everything crazy. When people see us they start to call out our names and approach us. At this stage, Johanna has passed Willow back to me and everyone is excited to see the 'star-crossed lover's child'. We have all drifted into different groups, leaving Willow and I to fend for ourselves. I feel like everyone here has seen us and talked to us and kissed us, then I hear the laugh from the person that I couldn't mistake as everyone else. Caesar Flickerman.
"I heard and knew that the girl on fire was going to be here!" He exclaims.
"Hello Caesar. What a pleasure." I say.
"Yes, the pleasure! It's been so long! Something like two years? Yes two years." He says.
"Wow. I was only just thinking how long it has been the other day!" I say sarcastically. Not a lie, I was thinking what a relief it has been not to be on that dreaded stage in the Capitol.
"Yes Miss Everdeen. It's been too long. We must have you in for another interview!" He says.
"Oh yes. Most definitely. And it's Mrs Mellark Caesar, officially." I say holding up my hand to show off my rings.
"I am sorry Mrs Mellark… Woah… Wait up a second here…" He says.
I look at him with an expression of worry, wondering what crazy thing is going to happen next.
"Who is this little adorable girl?" Caesar asks, gesturing to my little girl who sits on my hip.
"Right. Caesar, I would like you to meet Peeta's and my daughter, Willow." I introduce.
"Willow. Oh that is adorable, suits her so well. May I ask her full name?" He asks.
"Yes, Willow Azalea Mellark." I answer.
"Willow Azalea Mellark." He repeats.
"So beautiful." He adds.
I smile and adjust Willow position on my hip.
"Mummy?" Willow says.
"Yes sweetie." I answer.
"Who that?" She asks pointing to Caesar.
"Willow, this is Caesar Flickerman. He is an old friend from the Capitol." I answer, trying to steer clear of mentioning anything about the Games.
"Hello Willow. Can I say how adorable you look in that dress and how much you look like your mother." He says to her.
"Fanks. Mummy beautiful." Willow tells him.
I smile and then kiss her head.
"So sweet. So sweet. You were born to be a mother, Katniss." He says.
I smile again.
We end up talking for a while. I don't know how I actually stood tolerating him for as long as we did, but it was such a 'hoot' as Caesar said to catch up again. When the wedding is announced to be starting, we say our goodbye's and head to our seats. I sit up the front with Johanna and Gale next to me. Music starts and then I see Haymitch coming down the aisle with my mother and Peeta behind him. Haymitch stands at the top of the alter and my mother next to him and Peeta next to her.
"Daddy!" Willow calls out.
"Willow, sshh." I say with a smile on my face.
"Hello princess." Peeta calls out, quietly to her.
I smile and I hear a few 'awes' in the audience and I can hear Caesars' over everyone's, which makes me laugh silently to myself.
Another set of music begins and everyone stands up to look at the back of the alter. I see Sky standing in a flowing pink dress like the rest of us, holding onto Effie's arm. She looks beautiful. A simple white silk dress is what she has on. Nothing extravagant, nothing over the top, just nice, plain and simple, like the Effie we have come to know. A vail covers her face and goes to her elbows. The make-up so nice and neutral that it's attractive. The dress flows on her body, showing off her curves, all holding together with two straps on her shoulders. As they both descend down the alter, I can already hear the tears and sniffles from the Capitol people. When they reach the end of the alter, Effie stands with Haymitch and they are both smiling so happily at each other. Peeta looks to me and smiles and I smile back. We are then seated and the wedding ceremony begins.
The wedding was so beautiful, Effie became Effie Abernathy instead of the legendary Effie Trinket and Sky became Sky Abernathy. I think everyone cried, well, Johanna and I did, I don't know about the boys though. After the ceremony, we are lead to further on from the Victors' Village to be greet with tables and tables of food. For Johanna and I, this is heaven on earth. Johanna and I go around to every table trying so much. We eat so much that I'm surprised I haven't burst. Peeta and I sit down on one of the love seats, my head on his shoulder and my feet tucked underneath me. Gale and Johanna sit across from us and my mother, Annie and Finn float around to talk to people and eat little bits at a time, unlike Johanna and me.
"So brainless, had enough to eat yet?" Johanna asks with a little laugh.
"What about you?" I ask her, laughing after her.
"Yep. I'm not eating for another week. The foods too rich." She complains.
"I know how you feel." I answer.
"You say that you won't eat for another week, but in all reality, you will be stuffing your face at midnight tonight." Gale says with a laugh.
"Don't judge me. I'm carrying your baby, so shut it." Johanna explains.
We all laugh at Johanna and she joins. Peeta stops laughing long enough to say,
"Katniss is going to do exactly the same thing."
"Well, I'm carrying your baby, so don't judge me." I answer and we all go back to laughing.
"So what do you guys think you are going to have?" Annie asks Gale and Johanna.
She has explained that she is fine with the whole baby situation, she has been able to talk and deal with others having children, but she openly admitted that she still cries about her miscarriage and Finnick's death. But seriously, who wouldn't?
"I think we are having a little boy, so does Gale. He is constantly talking to the baby and addressing it as 'his little boy' or 'his little man', so I have grown to think that Gale and I are having a little boy." Johanna explains.
"But we would be as overjoyed if we had a girl. We'll just have to wait and see." Gale states.
"So are you going to wait until the baby is born to find out or are you going to have an ultrasound?" My mother asks.
"Oh, we are definitely having an ultrasound to find out. I don't think that I could wait another six months to find out whether we're having a boy or girl." Johanna answers.
"Have you thought of names yet?" Annie asks.
"No, I think that it's a bit early too…"
"Oh yes! We will call the boy Gale Junior and the girl Johanna Junior. It just has to be." Johanna interrupts Gale with her sarcasm, making us all laugh.
"I'm joking. We haven't that will happen later on when we know the gender." Johanna explains.
"That's always good."
"What about you Katniss and Peeta?" Annie asks.
"What about us what?" I ask.
"What gender do you think the baby is?" My mother clarifies.
"Oh right, obviously. I have no idea. What about you Peeta?" I ask Peeta.
"I have no idea either." Peeta answers.
"Do you think you are going to have one or multiple?" Annie asks.
"What is this? Twenty questions?" I ask with a giggle at the end.
"Yeah, possibly. Come on answer the question." Annie asks us eagerly.
"One was hard. I cannot possibly think about pushing out two or more of them." I answer truthfully.
Peeta looks at me and I look at him.
"Really? I thought that you might have twins. They would be fun." Peeta announces.
"Twins? Really Peeta? Why do you think that because now I am going to have twins." I whine.
"Why would you say that?" He asks with a little chuckle at the end.
"The way you talked to Willow when I was pregnant with her, I could just tell you knew it was a little girl and we ended up with one. So now I am having twins." I exclaim.
"How the hell did you know that?" Peeta asks.
"I never once said that I thought Willow would be girl out aloud." Peeta adds.
"I just know you way too well." I answer.
"Twins would be fun though. They could wear the same thing and people could get them mixed up. They would be so adorable." Peeta explains.
"Yeah, they would." I answer with a smile.
"Seriously? Okay, can we have a raise of hands if someone wants another two Katniss's running around?" Johanna asks.
No one raises their hands, except Peeta and I hold my mouth open.
"Oh, I hate you guys!" I say with a smile spread across my face.
"Hey, I had my hand up." Peeta exclaims.
"Sorry. I love my husband and hate the rest of you." I correct myself, still a smile on my face.
"We hate you too brainless." Johanna answers.
We continue the night talking about our futures and our children's and it becomes an amazing night as well as an amazing day.
Effie's POV
"Have I told you how beautiful you are tonight?" Haymitch asks me.
"Yes, a hundred times already." I answer.
"Well, now I am going to tell you in detail, so get comfy." He says.
I sit on the plush seat at the end of our bed, still in my wedding dress. Sky is staying with Gale and Johanna so Haymitch and I can have as much fun as we want and not have to worry about keeping it down like we have been.
"Okay, I'm comfortable." I say closing my eyes and awaiting the praise.
"Well where do I start?" He asks himself.
"You're hair. It's so beautiful and blonde. It looks and feels so beautiful and soft. Those curls in the end are so perfect." He says these things and more, while his fingers run through my hair, making my eyes stay shut and soft moans to escape my mouth.
"Next, your make-up. It makes you look so beautiful. You don't need all that make-up you used to wear, you look so beautiful without it, but with how much you have on now, it makes you looks so magnificent. Remind me to thank Johanna and Sky later." He says, his hands cupping my face while his thumb runs along my cheek bone.
"This dress. Oh where do I begin…?"
Haymitch then goes into great detail about my dress and then almost every part of my body. It makes me feel like the luckiest girl in the world. After a while, we are both naked and rolling around in the bed, our lips almost never not touching the others. The room gets hot, our bodies start to sweat and our moans become louder and louder. Cursing and screaming combined is what wraps up one of our first rounds of many to come that night. And I was ready for every single one.