I'm sorry for people who were hoping for a sequel, but its time for me to move on with another story. On with the epilogue…
Katniss POV
1 year & 6 months later…
I can't believe she is nearly one year old already. She has grown up so fast. I have had to grow up so fast to look after a child of my own. I'm just so glad I am able to spend these moments with her. I'm glad I got to meet her, if I had of died in the arena I would have never have met my precious little girl and neither would have Peeta. I still remember the day we won the 74th Hunger Games, they just announced us the winners after we killed Cato, it was the happiest I had felt in days. I would never have thought either Peeta or I were going to make it, but we did, we both made it. Now we get to share these special moments together with our daughter as a family.
Every morning when I get up out of bed Peeta is always up first doing the usual routine with Willow. It makes my heart melt when I see them together having special father, daughter bonding time. I'm glad that Peeta and I have stayed together through raising our daughter. At times I thought our relationship was going to crumble. But we love each other more than anything and we would never think of breaking our relationship up just because it got too hard. I couldn't give up on Peeta like that, neither of us could. On the day we got married a couple months after the games, I couldn't keep the smile off my face. Knowing Peeta was my husband made me so happy. I was on top of the world, nothing could ruin that day. Ever since then we have been so in love, but I guess it's that whole newly wed thing. People say it wears off, but it didn't with my mother and I'm sure it won't with Peeta and I.
Every night I still have nightmares of the games. But I'm grateful that my daughter won't grow up like I did, starving everyday because your family could not afford to feed you. I couldn't live with myself if something happened to her because I could not provide it. I don't want her to suffer like I did. That's how winning the games helped me. We now live in the victor's village along with Peeta's family and mine. We can afford to buy the essentials we need. I don't need to hunt to fee our families anymore but I still do occasionally, if I'm not busy with Willow, to give to people in need. Peeta has also extended the bakery making it bigger to cater for starving families when they are in need of food.
As the day starts we go by with our normal routine I take Willow over to my mothers, to catch up with her and Prim, then go down to the hob and help out wherever I'm needed and to give Greasy Sae some squirrels I caught yesterday to go in her soup. Peeta on the other hand, spends his day at the bakery. When the day starts to come to an end I go back to my mothers house to pick up Willow and take her home to get started on dinner. By the time Peeta gets home dinner is laying out on the table for him. He greets me with a warm kiss every night and a sweet hello making me love him even more, I'm glad he is with me. When it is time for Willows bedtime Peeta and I take her upstairs and put her to bed. We gaze at her for a couple of moments looking at the perfect little angel we have bought into the world. Even though I never thought I would have kids or even want them, I don't know what I would do without my little sweetheart.
"Come on lets go to bed." Peeta says wrapping his arm around my waist as he walked me into our bedroom.
"Today was exhausting." I say sitting down on the bed, taking off my clothes and putting on my nightgown.
"Every day is a busy day, so lets get some rest for the next busy day."
"Good idea." I say getting under the covers and so does Peeta as we snuggle up together.
"I love you so much Katniss."
"I love you too. And to think this all started with a bet." I say back giving him a romantic kiss on the lips. We have gotten though many hard obstacles in our relationship and I know nothing can stop us now. No one can get in the way of us being together. I know I will love this boy for an eternity.
So it's all over. The Bet is finished. I really did enjoy writing this story it was so much fun! But I really feel like I should write different stories, I have so many ideas! I don't know when I will put up my next story, but it will hopefully be within the next few months (I am going to get started on the chapters before I start posting them). Here is the idea for the next story I am writing...
It will be set during the modern day and they are in school again. Katniss and Peeta kinda hate each other, but deep down they both want each other. Peeta is popular as well in this one (it just made more sense making Peeta popular again. I think he suits being popular more than Katniss. But he isn't a player!). A pen pals program comes to their school, I wonder who will be paired together? There will be more too it than this, but I promise it will be good!
I want to thank everyone for reviewing this story, I can't believe I got so many. Thank you so much! I want to thank my beta Rhiannon for editing all my chapters! iTand for making The Bet story cover! And everyone who read The Bet! Thank you all so much for giving me the will to finish this story for you guys!
xx Miki.
