"Now, the barbeque chicken is ready, so dig in everyone." Haymitch sets the meat down on the table and kisses Effie's cheek. He then sits down next to Effie. He's become so much more comfortable being romantic in public than Effie ever thought he would.
Effie takes the first piece of meat and puts one on her plate and one on Haymitch's plate. She passes the plate of meat around the table. She piles spinach salad, potato salad, pasta salad, and Greek salad on her plate.
Haymitch doesn't like Greek salad because of the olives, but he has some of everything else. "Can I make a toast before we start? I would like to say how happy I am that we can all be here together. This is the way life should always be. I want to say thank you to all of you for being here."
"Uncie Hay!" Prim's sleepy voice floats across the lawn. "I hungry. Can I come out?"
"Come here, baby girl. You can come have some dinner with us." Haymitch says to the little girl. He wants Katniss and Peeta to be able to relax today. Prim runs out to Haymitch and Haymitch sets her on his knee. He cuts a little piece of chicken and feeds it to Prim.
"That's yummy, Uncie Hay." Prim says happily.
"Effie, can you put another chicken breast on my plate. I'll eat whatever Prim doesn't eat." Haymitch reaches for his punch and sips it.
