A/N - Hello all! Here we go! The end to Finding The Time.. but wait.. wait... hold your tears! The squeal is on it's way, picking up very shortly where the end of this epilogue leaves off. For those of you who asked when it will be published, whats the name and is it going to be a trilogy. Right now, I'm not sure if there will be three books, we'll have to see after the squeal. Whats the name: I said it in my previous A/N's, the name is 'No Sad Goodbye's". Pretty easy to remember. When will it be published: I will start writing it either later this evening/tonight since it's only a bit after 3:30pm my time OR I will start writing it tomorrow sometime, but either way, it WILL be published tomorrow(Tuesday) afternoon or late evening, maybe even night(my time, and by night I mean well after midnight). So just stay tuned. I will update this story with a "Squeal" chapter to let everyone know when it's up. So don't worry, you won't miss it! I hope you enjoy the epilogue! I kept it shorter like most epilogue's are. It leaves another cliffhanger, so you'll definitely want to read the squeal. If you guys have any questions, leave them in the reviews and I'll answer on the first A/N for the squeal.

But anyways, I CAN'T WAIT to hopefully have you all read and review the squeal! You guys have meant to so much to me with this part of the story, I hope you stick around for it! That's why, I'm not sad at all.. I'm EXCITED! Well.. I will see you all over at the squeal sometime tomorrow (maybe Wednesday for some of you). Until then, Much love - Macayla


Two months later I'm looking into a full length mirror in a spare room of the Justice Building,

Wearing a white dress.

It was my mothers, on her wedding day. It's full length and simple, with a straight, strapless neckline. The dress hugs my body instead of flowing away from. Of course, nothing is perfectly white in District 12, but it's beautiful. I hadn't realize the full impact of what I'm about to do until now-

'Then will you marry me?"

"Gal-"

"Katniss, I know this is quick. And a little, 'all of a sudden', but we've known each other for a long time. Were not like most couples, Katniss. I love you, and I want you to be my wife. I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

After much thought, and reassuring myself, I said yes. It kept me up for nights with doubts. But I love him. I love Gale. And he loves me. Our mothers immediately approved of our marriage and said our fathers would, too. It's not uncommon for couples to marry young, almost half the girls in my grade are married. And I'm about to be one of them now. My 'denying it' is stronger then ever, but I've learned to control is even more now. I refuse for my screwed up emotions get in the way of my happiness, and the person I'm in love with.

After I've looked at the dress in the mirror, my mother sits me in a chair away from the mirror. I still haven't talked to her much since our fight all those months ago, but we are slowly getting back to like it was before. Not good of course, but… stable. She starts to braid my hair back, but I stop her-

"I want it down." I say. Knowing how much Gale likes it down.

She nods her head but still works with it some. I hadn't realized until I sat down how bad I was shaking. I look down to my left hand that's resting on the arm of the chair, and look at the simple gold band on my wedding finger. This is what Gale got me, the night I thought he was kissing Madge, but he wasn't. Instead he was trying to get me a wedding ring. Something only a few people have here in twelve. Their to expensive, and hard to come by. How Gale could afford this, I have no clue. When I asked he wouldn't tell me, and he still hasn't. I twist it with my other fingers and think of what lies ahead-

Wedding's are simple in twelve. We come here, the Justice Building and sign marriage and new home papers together, with me in my white, wedding dress, and Gale will most likely be in a tux. If your family doesn't have the appropriate attire, you can borrow it from the Justice Building. Thankfully I had my mothers dress, and Gale had his fathers tux. While your signing the papers, a few friends and family can be gathered in the room, watching. After that, the bride and groom has a little dinner at their new home, if a meal can be spared. Gale and I spent extra time last week trading in the Hob to get the extra needed. Which wasn't much considering were only having our families over to our new government issued home in the seam. But after the meal, the bride and groom have a toasting, you just slightly burn a piece of bread over a fire and feed it to one another. Gale and I agreed to do it since it's part of our District 12 culture.

"Done." My mother says when she finishes with my hair.

She takes my hand helping me to the mirror. I hate walking in dresses, especially a full length one that drags on the ground.

"Close your eyes." She says. I close them as she leads me a few more steps to the mirror. "Ok, open."

I do just that. I'm a little shocked by what I see. My hair is down, but pulled behind my shoulders and down my back. The sides of my hair is the only thing pulled back. My mother hangs me another small mirror and instructs me to turn my back toward the full length one. She helps me guide the little one in my hand so that I'm able to see my backside. When I do I immediately feel tears begin to pool my eyes. She has pulled back the sides, tying it with a lone piece of white fabric. The way my hair lays, and with the soft waves, my hair looks as though it's been fully curled. I turn around slightly so I can see my mother-

"Thank you." I reply in a whisper.

She smiles but doesn't say anything, instead she walks over to a bag she has sitting on a small table. From where I'm standing, she completely has her back turned, so I'm unable to see what she's doing. She pulls out something, and after a few seconds she closes whatever it was with a loud bang. She walks back over to me, cupping something in her hands, but I can't see what.

"Turn around." She says.

I do. Doing it, it puts me toward the mirror again. Her hands come up over my hand, placing whatever it is over my chest. It's a necklace. I'm about to say something, but she speaks before me while she clasp the necklace in place-

"This, my grandmother gave me when I married your father. She said as long as I have this-" The necklace claps into place with a slight pop sound. "-your love for each other will never die. I want you to have it now." She says while moving her hands to hold the back of my arms.

I finally look at the necklace around my neck, that settles on my chest. It's just a simple silver chain with a single diamond. It's stunning.

"You look beautiful, baby. I'm so proud of you." She says, wrapping her arms around me. And for the first time in almost five years, I hug her.

Not even ten minutes later I find myself walking, hand in hand with my mother down a long hallway. After passing several doors, my mother opens the door to the room where Gale and our families wait. When I walk in, my eyes immediately lock onto Gale's. He's walks up to me, and leans his forehead to mine-

"Ready, Catnip?"

And with that, I know the best years of my life are yet to come.


Were in the middle of doing what every newlywed couple does on their wedding night, when all of a sudden the wailing sound of the emergency alarm from the TV fills our new (but old) home. Gale immediately stops and meets my eyes in the dimly lit bedroom.

"Just leave it." He says, shouting breathlessly over the loud alarm.

"What if it's important?" I ask just as breathlessly. I've never heard the alarm this loud in my life before.

He sighs and pull's out of me, immediately making a wince escape my mouth.

"Sorry." He mumbles as he retrieves a blanket from the end of the bed, throwing me one, too.

We wrap ourselves in them to cover our bare bodies as we make our way downstairs. I do my best to ignore the slight pain. Our new house in the seam is almost identical to Gale's, or Gale's old house. It just has one less bedroom downstairs. Besides that, their exactly the same.

We get into the living room just as the alarm is dying down and a Capitol news reporter pops up on the screen. Her wig is slightly off centered and people are scrambling frantically behind the desk she's out.

"Good evening citizens of Panem." She says completely breathless and panicky. "I'd like to inform you we have only gotten a bit of a warning but Airgusta is bombing each District tonight, including the Capitol!" She says shouting over the chaos behind her. "Please take cover immediately we have no idea exactly whe-"

Just then she's thrown to the ground, as well with the cameras. We only hear screams before the television screen goes to static. It all happens so quickly. Gale looks over to me, wide eyed and shocked. He starts to open his mouth to say something-

But that's what were both violently knocked to the ground. . . . . . .


Squeal, "No Sad Goodbye's" coming soon...