A week later, Gale walked into Vic's bedroom to get him for dinner as he wasn't coming down even though they've called him millions of times.
"Vic, are you going to come down for dinner?" Gales asked
"Just one minute" he mumbled in response
"What are you doing there?" Gale asked crouching down to look at the scrap book like thing Vic was creating
"Yours and Katniss' wedding" he replied simply causing Gale to stop breathing for a few moments
"We're not engaged"
"That's because you haven't proposed yet, I've already pre-booked your engagement, you just have to pick it up" Vic informed his older brother
"You … what?" Gale asked shocked
"Katniss is coming back from seeing Annie on Tuesday; you should do it that night. I have a few ideas of how you could do it."
"You can't plan how you propose to some…. Actual, what ideas do you have?"
Their mother walked in 5 minutes later
"What are you doing, dinners getting cold" she said as she walked in seeing her sons instantly standing up, with Vic holding something behind his back "I don't want to know what you're doing, so get your butts down to dinner" she stated light heartedly
"Yes Mum" they replied in unison rushing downstairs to dinner
"Boys" she shook her head and followed them down stairs.
Tuesday morning 6am
Gale enters Vic's bedroom with a small velvet box and wakes him up
"Whhh, I'm sleeping" he complained
"Are you sure she'll like this ring?" Gale asked worried
"Yes, now let me sleep" he whinnied
"Wait, what I say again?" he asked
Vic groaned loudly whilst sitting up "Just speak from your heart"
"Saying? Come on, I don't want to mess this up" he begged, out of character
"Oh you're so annoying; just say, Katniss I love you, will you marry me"
"And then?"
"Wait for an answer"
Tuesday morning 9am
The Hawthorne family is sitting around their table eating breakfast when they heard a knock at the front door.
"Katniss!" Vic screamed and ran to open to the door revealing Katniss, instantly hugging her "You're back!"
"Someone's happy to see me" she smiles in reply slightly hugging him back
"I am!" he exclaimed before dragging her to the table
There were many welcoming phrases from all members of the families
Gales POV
Her bare arm grazed mine as she sat down beside me and I felt my heart skip a beat; not that I think she even noticed. When she moves her attention away from me to Posy, I look at her body and notices she's lost a bit of weight again and her shoulders are slumped over. I wait patiently for her to turn back to me and when she does I notice the bags under her eyes; she isn't sleeping again. She smiles gently at me causing me to instantly smile back
"Here" I offer her a buttered roll "Eat up"
Thankfully she accepts it taking a bite out of it straight away; it put my mind at ease slightly.
"You look tired" I whispered into her ear as I handed her some orange juice. She didn't reply, but accepted the orange juice and began sipping it. After about 5 minutes of chatting and eating I felt Katniss lean against me ever so slightly. "Alright time for bed then" I exclaim loudly lifting her over my shoulder and matched upstairs with a slight bounce as she laughed whilst informing me how many ways she could kill me.
When I plonked her on the bed, she was glaring at me; although I could tell she found it funny I pretended to be oblivious. I smiled innocently causing her to shake her head at me.
"Well, I don't know about you but I think we should get some sleep. I have some plans for later"
"Plans? With who?" she asked, I could hear the sadness in her voice, none of which could be revealed through her facial expression which was neutral
"You, ofcorse. Oh right. Katniss, would you like to go to the park with me this evening?" I asked politely
"Well" she stopped and smiled at me "I guess so"
"Great, now to bed" I ordered turning the light off and slipping under the covers
"You do realise it's just after 9 in the morning?" she asked
"Yes…" I replied momentarily forgetting that little detail "Do you have a point? Is it forbidden to sleep during the day?"
She opened her mouth to reply when the door burst open and Posy runs in jumping under the covers with Rory shortly behind.
"The monster is here to get you" he called stomping over as Posy squealed with delight.
"Oh no! Not the monster" I exclaimed diving under the covers to join Posy
The monster game lasted for a good 30 minutes within which Katniss seemed to have fallen asleep. I don't know how she fell asleep with all of the racket but at least she was sleeping.
Authors' Note
Thank you so much for reading x
Sorry for the wait x
Just to warn you, I have 4 exams with in the next 2 weeks, I'm not sure if I'd be able to post within that time, but I will try x