Hey, Everybody! Here's your next chapter! Sorry I haven't been publishing enough as you and I would both like. Junior year is really kicking my butt and I really need to make sure I don't screw up. Hopefully, I'll be able to update more regularly as tennis ends on Tuesday and I still don't have a job. Once I get a job, things will become slightly sporadic again. Even if I don't update a lot, I have in no way given up. This is the last story for this series and I will write it! Now, read on!

Chapter Fourteen

Alexander Abernathy's POV

"Oh, it is so nice to have my baby home." Mom exclaims as she hugs me with a death grip. "And it's so wonderful to have you here, too, Ivy." Mom says, pulling Ivy into a hug.

"It's great to be here, Effie." Ivy replies. It really is great to be back in District 12. Ivy and I have been really missing our family, especially since we've been going through our infertility.

"How have you two been?" Mom asks as she shuffles us all into the living room. I glance over at Ivy. We didn't tell anyone back here in District Twelve that we tried in-vitro and that it failed. "What's wrong?" Mom presses, sensing the worry on both mine and Ivy's faces.

"About two weeks ago, Ivy and I tried in-vitro fertilization," I begin. I see both mom and dad's eyes light up, which just makes me feel worse about I have to tell them now. "It failed." I say simply. The last thing I want to do right now is make Ivy upset, which is exactly what will happen if we go into any more detail about this.

"I'm sorry," Mom replies, reaching over and squeezing Ivy's hand.

"We're going to try again in a few weeks." Ivy says. "I guess it's just . . . hard."

"I understand, sweetheart." Mom says. "I'm sure everything is going to work out in the end."

"We hope so," I reply, taking Ivy's other hand in mine.

"Why don't you two head upstairs to get some sleep; it's been a long day." Dad suggests. Ivy and I both agree that that sounds good and head upstairs after giving my mom and dad a hug.

"Do you feel weird?" I ask Ivy as we lie together in my childhood bed.

"A little bit," Ivy replies. I watch as a mischievous smile forms on my wife's face. I am about to ask her what she is thinking when she presses her lips against mine in a passionate kiss. I kiss her back, smiling into our embrace.

"I love you," I whisper to her as she breaks our kiss as she moves to my neck.

"I love you, too." She replies, nibbling on my neck. This woman is definitely the best thing that has ever happened to me. I flip us over so I am hovering over her and continue our kissing. Her fingers run through my hair and over my scalp, emitting a moan from my throat. Ivy's hands trail over my shirt, tugging on the hem of it. Her message is clear: She wants it off. We break away for a moment, just to pull our shirts off, and we're back to kissing each other senseless.

Ivy unbuttons my jeans and then pushes them past my waist, along with my boxers. I run my hands along Ivy's thighs, teasing her as our tongues duel for dominance. Ivy's hips buck up to meet mine and I can't help but grin into our kiss.

"You are such a tease," She breathes heavily, clearly frustrated. I unzip her pants and pull them, and her underwear, down.

"Better?" I ask her, moving my kisses down to her neck.

"Much," She replies. I kiss down Ivy's body and then back up again. Our lips meet as I enter Ivy. We move together, our soft moans filling the room.

"Alex," Ivy moans, her breath hitching as she reaches her peak. I follow soon after her before dropping beside her, fully spent.

"Okay, now I feel really weird," I chuckle as Ivy snuggles up to my side.

"It could be worse. My dad could have walked in on us again." Ivy tells me, laughing back at the memory of the time her father walked in on us making out in her childhood bedroom. That moment had terrified me more than I had ever been terrified before in my life. I thought for sure that Peeta was going to kill me. Thankfully, he didn't and he even let me marry his daughter a few years later.

Ivy had never looked more beautiful than she did the night of our wedding. Her wedding gown had been magnificent and she had looked like an angel. I was afraid my heart would beat right out of my chest as I watched her walk down that aisle, Peeta walking with her. My mother, of course, was crying, but they were happy tears. The day I married Ivy Mellark will forever be the best day of my entire life.

Phoenix Mellark's POV

"I can't believe you already have a baby bump," Linda, Harper's mom, says to Harper as we take a seat at the dining room table in the Anderson's home. The day Harper's baby bump started to show was just amazing. Harper threatened to divorce me if I didn't stop talking to her stomach every chance that I got.

"It's great. I just wish my husband would give me a little room to breathe." Harper replies, shooting me a pointed look. Okay, so I have been kind of hovering around Harper ever since she told me she was pregnant. What did she expect? I just want to make sure my wife and baby are okay.

"Oh, your father did the exact same thing. I swear that man didn't leave my side for an entire nine months." Linda chuckles, just as Hugh, Harper's father, walking into the dining room.

"Whatever your mother is telling you about me, it's a lie." Hugh says as he takes his seat at the head of the table.

"It is most certainly true! You followed me around like a lost puppy dog, doing nothing but worrying!" Linda replies, swatting her husband playfully.

"It's a man's responsibility to take care of his wife and children. I was just watching out for you, dear, just like Phoenix here is doing with Harper." Hugh says. Over the last couple of years, once the art studio started taking off, Harper's dad really started to warm up to me, which is nice since I was almost convinced he hated me.

Once Harper's younger brothers, Hendrix and Hector, arrived, we started eating. Linda's cooking, like always, is just incredible. Only I would be so lucky to have in-laws that love me and a mother-in-law can cook as wonderfully as Linda can. Hendrix and Hector, too, have warmed up to me and stopped most of the pranks they used to like to play on me every time Harper and I came out to District Twelve.

"Have you two decided if you're going to buy a house or stay in the apartment over the Studio yet?" Hugh asks as he cuts up his sirloin steak. Harper and I have spent a lot of time discussing this topic. Really, our apartment is big enough for us to raise a family and there is a good school and a park in the area. On the other hand, having our house would be really nice and we would have a yard for our kids to play in.

"We're still not quite sure," I answer him. It's true. We're still caught between the two great options. "I think we're going to maybe wait until we have the baby and then make the decision."

"Sounds like a good idea." Hugh replies, giving me a small smile. That fact that Harper's dad did finally warm up to me means a lot to me. I was afraid he would always view me as the teenage artist that doesn't quite know how he's going to make any money with his art. I was glad that I was accepted as part of their family and that they were considered part of the family to my side of the family; One big happy family.

"Hi, baby, it's your daddy," I say against Harper's tummy while we lie together in Harper's old bedroom upstairs.

"You are going to be such a push-over parent," Harper tells me as she runs her fingers through my brown hair.

"That's right," I reply. "Our children will get whatever they want. If it's not from us, it'll be from some other person that's a part of this crazy family." Honestly, our kids probably will end up spoiled by their grandparent and their aunts and uncles.

"There will be no shortage of love from this family," Harper tells me, smiling down at me.

"Absolutely not," I reply, leaning up to kiss the love of my life and the mother of my unborn child.

It wasn't very . . . entertaining, I suppose, but some interesting things will be happening soon that will surely have you sending me hate mail, possibly crying, and maybe making you jump for joy. So, you might be on an emotional rollercoaster soon. :D I hope you will all continue to read and review my story! I love you all! Thanks for reading and please review! Enough reviews might spur me on to write another chapter tonight!