Hello again! Here is the next chapter! Hope you like it.
Johanna POV
Katniss looked as though she was going to faint. Her mouth was dropped in complete and utter shock.
"Congrats Johanna!" Peeta says opening his arms to give me a hug. I return the favor and hug him.
Katniss stared at me in disbelief and hadn't a clue as to wait to say.
"Well, lets jsut talk about it later. Okay?"Annie says trying to casually brush off the akwardness of the situation.
Katniss closes her mouth and tries to compose herself when I hear another noise coming from the woods. Who the hell is it! I turn toward the woods and start walking in that direction when I realise who it is.
Katniss and Peeta must of had children, and when they saw the hovercraft they got paranoid and told them to hide. It's funny actually, she was always paranoid about things like this from what I last heard.
"You two have kids, huh?" I ask uninterestedly. Katniss and Peeta both nod at the same time, but Katniss his pursed her lips together and Peeta is smiling.
"Would you like to meet them?" He asks. That's a stupid question, but before I can say anything Annie already replied.
"Of coarse we would! Right Jo?" She says enthusiasticly.
"Sure." I say in a monotone. Katniss gives Peeta a look and Peeta shakes his head. Then Katniss brings her lips together and whistles something. I'v heard it before, but I don't recall when.
Then it hits me. Her Games and that little girl she was allied with. I don't remember her name but she died in Katniss's arms. That's where it's from. I'm about to make a comment when two kids come running out of the forest. One, a girl, with dark hair, and a boy with blond hair.
I have stepped off the porch to the stairs and wait for the children to reach me. The boy is in front of the girl and that is who I am greeted by first.
"Hello." He says almost too welcoming. I would think he would be shy, but he must have his father's charismatic skill.
"Hi." I say. Annie comes up behind me and I kneel down to the boy's level. The girl has come up behind him and stands next to him.
"What are your names?" Annie says so sweetly it's distgusting.
"I'm Elliot." says the boy, "and this is Page. What are your names?"
"I am Annie and this is Johanna." I could tell Annie was genuinly happy to meet the children, she is good with kids.
"How old are you?" questions Elliot. Annie and I laugh.
"Elliot!" exclaims both Katniss and Peeta at the same time. "Don't ask people things like that.
"No, it's okay." says Annie, "I am 45 and Johanna here is 47. How old are you?"
"You don't need to know." hisses the girl. She is so much like her mother.
"Page, Elliot, why don't you two go inside the house while we talk to Annie and Johanna." Katniss whispers to the children. They immediatly run past us and into the house.
"Why don't we talk inside. We have a lot to catch up on." Peeta suggests.
Annie and I both nod and proceed into their house. It's nothing fancy, I think it may have been their old victors house.
I walk in to see a living room with a fire place and a sofa with a table next to it. To the left, is a kitchen with all the basic necessities. In front of us are stairs that must lead to their rooms.
"So, you married Gale?" Katniss questions she has a look of dispair on her face. For some reason I didn't think she would care.
"Yes." I respond.
"How long?"
"Um, about 18 years now if I'm right."
"Do you have kids?" Katniss asks.
I take a minute to respond. Why does she want to know?
"Yes." is all I can say.
"How many?"
"Does it matter?"
"Yes Johanna it actually does!" Katniss looks like she is on the verge of tears. "Johanna, just tell me, please."
I look over at Annie because I forgot how many I have.
I turn to Katniss and say, "Seven, if I counted right."
She nods her head and looks at Peeta who gives her a questioning look. She shakes her head and looks away.
"So, President Mason? Am I right?" Peeta asks "Why isn't it President Hawthorne?"
"Well, I got married to Gale after I became president. It had been a year and people were just remembering who I was." I explain. "I got married and was planning to have my name be rewritten on the documents when Annie made a good point. She said that I should keep my last name the same so people knew who I was. So, naturally I agreed and so did Gale."
"Interesting. So you have kids, what are their names?" Peeta asks.
"Well, my oldest is 21 and her name is Lisa Mason. She was born before I got married, and she is Gale's. Its's actually a funny story, but long story short, we were drunk. Anyways, my next oldest are twin girls Videl and Holly, they are 17. Then there is Chasyn he is 15. After him is Florence he is 12. Then a 9 year old girl, her name is Christina. And finally, there is Blight and he is 5." I explain.
"Wow, that's a lot." Peeta says giving a small chuckle. "Well, you met Page and Elliot, Page is 10 and Elliot is 6. What about you Annie, I remember you were pregnant when we left. How is your child?"
Annie looks happy to be talking about Little Finnick, of coarse, he isn't so little anymore.
"He is good, he is 24 now and looks just like his father." Annie says with a gigantic smile on her face. We both were in theropy for learning how to cope with his death, and it helped, to an extent, but when you lose a best friend like Finnick, it is hard to get over something like that.
Ok. So thank you for reading once again! I wanted to stop here so I could write more tomorrow or something. So thank you and please review! :)
