Ah and here it is! The Epilogue!
Thank you to those that kept up with the story, and my long hiatuses between updates. Your patience means a lot! I hope that with my second fanfic I'll be able to update more often :)
Thanks for reading, reviewing, following, and favoriting! Enjoy :)
-HoneyboobooChild
Chapter 12
Epilogue
Six Months Later
My name is Katniss Everdeen. I work at the Mellark Bakery. I'm in charge of the squirrel pies and the herbal breads. I'm in love with my boss.
We make out behind the counter when no one is looking. We usually get caught.
I wake up to soft kisses on my neck and warm hands over my own. This is a normal, everyday occurrence. Life has been a lot easier since I've admitted that I could love someone.
I turn around to face him, the young man I've been working for, my contractor, in bed beside me. He's not wearing a shirt as usual and I can tell that he's decided not to wear pants either. He has a habit of sneaking them off in his sleep. He's so silly.
"Mr. Mellark, its not yet dawn. I have another hour before my shift, let me sleep some more." I stick my tongue out and roll over, my back facing him again.
"Hey! Katniss c'mon!" He tugs on my shirt and I turn again. I can't help but smile at him, his eyes always seem to turn to saucers whenever I call him "Mr. Mellark". He hates that he's my boss. At least for another five months he is. Then after that, well, I'm not sure what will happen. I don't know anything else but this.
He leans into claim my lips with his and I can't resist this time. As much of a tease as I try to be, he always wins. We continue this for a while, until the alarm clock rings. He lets me shower first- a hot shower, can you believe it? All those ovens downstairs heat the water in our small one room apartment. I see him sneaking glances at me while he brushes his teeth, we do things like this together to save time. We're running a bakery after all, and the morning rush should be here soon. I have about twenty minutes to implement the last part of my morning routine.
"Oh Mr. Mellark!" I sing over the shower water.
"Yes Miss Everdeen?" He mumbles.
"There's an issue with one of the orders." I continue, I'm sure he won't get it.
"What do you mean? Is it that big cupcake order we did? Oh I messed up the numbers didn't I..." I pull him by the shoulder and shut him up.
He was never very quick with any of my teasing. I ease him out his shirt and he does the rest. Within seconds he's in the shower with me and he's completely forgotten the fake "something wrong with the orders" bit he falls for every single time. When he realizes I was playing with him to get him into the shower with me I bite his lip and he forgets again, easing into whatever trap I've got him in. He's never mad for long, he doesn't mind the teasing. Because I'm sure there are much worse games to play.
This contract is way more fulfilling than scrubbing floors or doing laundry.
And there you have it ! A short epilogue with a silly ending. I might come back to this story one day for a sequel, but I like leaving it where it is right now. Its time to move on!
Thank you all for reading, and please check out my new story "Take Me"! Its a horror/romance/thriller/whatever set in the present day south :) Kind of like a cross between the film "The Reaping" with Hilary Swank, the show "American Horror Story" and the Hunger Games :p yay! That story is rated mature so if you don't like sex, horror, and violence, please don't read it.
Thank you again for reading! Happy Thanksgiving!
-Honeybooboochild
