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Chapter Ten

Katniss' POV

Johanna pulls me into a tight hug and we embrace for a few minutes. She releases me and just as quickly pulls Peeta into her arms, giving him a bone crushing hug.

"I've missed my favorite rebels!" She says as she releases Peeta.

"We've missed you, too, Johanna." I tell her. Johanna starts filling us in on everything she's been up to in District 7 since Thanksgiving. She talks about the maple syrup harvest from the big, old maple trees throughout the district. She really catches my attention when she starts talking about a new man that has entered her life.

"His name is Nash, Nash Hemlock. He's a lumberjack and he is very handsome," She tells me and I laugh.

"How long have you been seeing him?" I ask

"Just a couple of weeks," She replies. "He's a really great guy."

"I'm so happy for you," I tell her, giving her a hug. "You should've brought him with you."

"He's spending Christmas with his family. He invited me, but I told him I was going to see my family." Johanna says. I start to tear up at the thought of Johanna viewing me as her family.

"Maybe you could invite him for New Year's?" I suggest.

"That sounds like it would be fun. I'll call him later and see if he'd like to come." Johanna replies.

"Dinner is ready!" Peeta yells from the kitchen and we get up and head into the kitchen for our Christmas Eve dinner.

Once again, Peeta has amazingly outdone himself with tonight's dinner. Tonight, we are having venison steaks, huge baked potatoes, and vegetable medley. The food is so good that there is barely any room for conversation.

"Where on earth is Haymitch?" My mother asks out of the blue.

"He's probably drunk on his couch," I replied, taking another bite of steak.

"We invited him, but we never really know if he'll show up." Peeta says, continuing to eat his dinner.

"That man will never grow up," My mom huffs.

"I'm glad you've all accepted it," Haymitch says as he drags himself into the kitchen. "I can't believe you started eating without me!"

"We told you what time to be over," I tell him, shaking my head in exasperation. Haymitch rolls his eyes at me and starts shoving food down his throat.

After dinner, we all retire to the living room to watch some very old, Christmas movies on the television. The first one we decide to watch is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys. It was a little bit sad, but it had a happy ending. Next we watched Elf and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, which were pretty hilarious. Lastly we watched The Polar Express before we all headed to bed.

The next morning, I wake to the feeling of Peeta kissing my forehead. My eyes flutter open and I turn to look at the clock. It's eight o'clock in the morning. I can already hear everyone downstairs. I must be the last one up.

I pull myself out of bed, throw on a fleece sweatshirt over my bare shoulders, and head downstairs. Everyone is in the living room, coffee cups in hand, waiting for me. Even Haymitch is awake and seems relatively sober. I sit down on the couch next to Peeta and he hands me a cup of hot coffee.

"Let the fun begin," I say as I sip at my coffee.

Johanna starts passing out the presents. By the time she is done, everyone has a pile of presents in front of them. Haymitch is the first to open his present.

"What is it?" I ask him even though I know what it is since it was my and Peeta's gift to him.

"Well, sweetheart, it is a two year membership to the Liquor-of-the-Month club." Haymitch says and everyone in the room starts laughing.

"At least you know he'll use it," Johanna remarks through her fits of laughter. Next, it is my mom's turn. She also opens the present Peeta and I got her. She tears away the wrapping paper, opens the small, velvety box, and gasps. Inside the small, black, velvety box is a heart pendant, with the words "A mother holds her child's hand for a short while but their hearts forever" engraved into it, with a sterling silver chain.

"Oh, Katniss, it's beautiful!" My mother says as she pulls me into a hug.

"Peeta helped me pick it out," I tell her and she pulls him into a hug, too. Now it's Peeta's turn. He's opening the present from me that is wrapped in simple, red paper. As he tears away the paper, more of the words on his present become visible.

"I love it!" He exclaims, wrapping his arm around me. It is a deluxe, art set with over a hundred color pencils in stylish, wooden case.

"I'm glad you like it," I tell him, snuggling closer to him as he hands me my present. It is from Haymitch and is heavy and shaped like a cylinder. I tear away the paper and am confused by what is staring back at me.

"It's for the girl on fire, just in case things ever get out of hand." He chuckles. I am holding a fire extinguisher. It's classic Haymitch to turn Christmas presents into a joke.

"I love it," I tell him with a fake smile. He raises his glass of scotch in my honor before taking a swig.

Now it is Johanna's turn. She takes a small package from her pile and begins opening it. Under the wrapping paper, there is a medium sized box. Johanna opens that box and finds another, smaller box. Johanna chuckles a little as she opens the smaller box to reveal, yet again, another box.

"Okay, Katniss this isn't funny." She says, turning to me with an annoyed expression.

"What? That's not my present. I swear!" I exclaim. Johanna rolls her eyes and opens a few more boxes until her present is finally revealed. It is a pine tree pendant. Johanna sniffs it and rolls her eyes again.

"It's a pine tree air freshener." She tells us and Haymitch starts to laugh. Obviously, it was his present.

We all continue opening our presents. Haymitch gets a brown, leather jacket that Effie sent him, a new, designer liquor cabinet from Johanna, and a coupon for a haircut from my mom. Mom gets a crème colored sweater from Johanna and a pearl necklace from Haymitch. Peeta gets a new set of bread pans from mom, a "Like my buns?" apron from Haymitch, a canister of hair gel from Effie, and a new sketch pad from my mom. Johanna gets a new, yellow dress from Effie, a new pair of hiking boots from Peeta and me, and a tie dye sweatshirt from my mom. I get a new pair of hunting boots from my mom and a camouflage hunting jacket from Johanna. We are all getting up to have breakfast when Peeta stops me.

"Katniss, hold on a second." He says, grabbing something from where we had been sitting.

"What is it?" I ask him.

"I have something for you," He says, handing me a small jewelry box. I open it and cannot hide my gasp. It is an amber, heart pendant with a beautifully rustic, sterling silver chain.

"Oh, Peeta, I love it!" I exclaim as I pull him into a hug. "It's so beautiful."

"I'm glad you like it," He tells me, kissing my lips tenderly. Behind us, Johanna snorts and Haymitch coughs.

"Are you two lovebirds done yet?" he asked. "I want food, but you're in my way." Peeta looked at me. I grinned up at him. Haymitch paled. Before he could say anything else, I was locked in lip-to-lip combat with my husband. Johanna and my mother laugh at the look on Haymitch's face.

"Hate to say it, but you asked for it," Johanna said cheerfully. Haymitch glared at her.

"Shut up," he muttered. Finally, I felt that we had sufficiently embarrassed our former mentor enough, and I pulled my lips from Peeta's.

"You may now pass," I said, stepping to one side and gesturing towards the kitchen.

"About time," Haymitch grumbled, brushing past the two of us. "I'm getting too old for your shenanigans." We all laughed as we followed him to where the food was.

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