Author's Note: Hey you guys! I hope you all enjoyed your holidays!
Disclaimer: I don't own the hunger games or its characters. All credit goes to Suzanne Collins.
Katniss's POV
Five months later..
Johanna is on her honeymoon with Gale. They got married in Las Vegas and they're having their honeymoon there. Gale invited the guys we used to play with. They came to the wedding with their girlfriends. At the wedding reception, I caught up with them. When I introduced them to Peeta and Finnick, they instantly hit it off. If you were a stranger, you would've thought they were best friends.
Everything was great until the end of the wedding, which was confusing.
Flashback...
"All Desperate bitches, Get in a circle!" Johanna yells and the guys chuckles.
"Johanna!" My mom hisses at her.
"Sorry." She murmurs and all the desperate women face her back." One.. two.. three!"
This time I'm further back from the circle than last time.
I take a sip of my champagne and set it down on the table behind me.
"Katniss! Look out!" Gale yells and my hands stretch outward as instinct.
I caught the bouquet again.
End of Flashback...
I gave the bouquet to another woman since I don't believe that if you catch the bouquet, you're the next to get married.
Other than that, the guys are coming over for thanksgiving since they couldn't make it to our spring football game.
"Flight to district 12 now boarding." A woman announces.
We board the airplane and take our seats. Peeta and Finnick put our luggage away.
"Is he kicking?" I ask Annie. Her and Finnick are having a boy.
"Yes." She smiles." Would you like to feel?"
"Uh- I don't-" I begin.
"Just feel." She grabs my hand and places it on her belly. The baby kicks and smile.
"Finnick wants to teach him the Finnick charm." She says and I laugh. I sit back in my seat and buckle up. I start to feel nervous. I tighten up my seat belt when I see the seatbelt light turn on ten minutes later.
When we're in the air, the light turns off but I leave my seatbelt buckled.
Annie digs into her purse and looks up. She looks back down and grabs something. She hands me a pill and water bottle.
"Sleeping pill." She says and I raise a brow." Johanna."
"Thank you." I say and she nods.
I take the pill and drink from the bottle of water.
I'm out five minutes later.
..
I wake up with a jolt and see that I'm laying down on a mattress. I check the clock and see it's two in the afternoon.
I walk down the stairs, trying to ignore the pain shooting in my upper thighs, and see that Peeta is not in the living room. Weird. He's usually baking, sketching, or watching T.V.
"Peeta?" I call. No answer.
I check every room in the house and nothing.
"Peeta!" I call panicked.
"In here!" He calls from a room. It came from down the hall. I walk towards it and see that there's another room. I never noticed it.
I walk in and see he's painting with the stuff I gave him for Christmas.
"You're finally awake." He chuckles and walks over to me. He gives me a long kiss and says," I didn't mean to scare you, you were sleeping-"
"It's ok." I say and give him another kiss." What are you painting?"
"Come." He grabs my hand and leads me over to his canvas. My eyes widen when I see the picture.
It's beautiful.
He painted a picture of Vegas.
"Peeta... this- this is beautiful." I tell him.
"Really?" He asks.
"Yes." I turn to him." You can make millions doing this!"
He chuckles and says," Thanks but my paintings are just for friends and family."
"I love you so much, Peeta." I say
"I love you too." He gives me a passionate kiss." Go out on a date with me?"
"Depends." I say and play with the hairs on the nape of his neck." Where are we going?"
"It's a surprise." He wiggles his brows.
I groan and say," This better be good."
He laughs and gives me another kiss.
...
"Are we there yet?" I ask, impatiently, and take another step.
"Almost." He chuckles and steadies me. His hands are over my eyes and guiding me someplace.
I take one last step and he says," Ready?"
"Yes." I say.
"Ok." He takes his hands of my eyes and I open them. A smile forms on my face when I See that he made a picnic by the lake that was once frozen. So this is why he wanted me to wear a bathing suit..
"It's beautiful." I turn around and give him a long kiss.
"Come on, I have another surprise for you." He pulls me over to the blanket.
"Peeta.." My voice trails and he chuckles.
We sit on the blanket and he grabs something from the picnic basket.
"Close your eyes and open your mouth." He says.
I open my mouth. He puts something soft in my mouth and says," You can take a bite."
I sink my teeth into whatever it is. It's a cupcake, and it's delicious.
"God this is good!" I moan in approval.
I open my eyes and take the cupcake out of his hands. I quickly eat it and he says," Liked it?"
"Yes." I say.
"Good. It's a new recipe." He smirks and gives me a kiss on the cheek." Want some wine?"
"You're so cheesy." I roll my eyes trying to fight a smile.
"But you love it." He points out.
"You're right." I say.
He takes out the wine and pours some for both of us in glasses.
After, we eat and talk.
"How about some music?" He asks as we watch the stars.
He's so cheesy.
"Ok." I reply and he gets up.
When he leaves, I feel cold. He goes to his car and cranks up some slow love song.
"Dance with me?" He stands above me and holds out his hand.
I take his hand and he pulls me up, causing me to fly into his arms. I giggle and wrap my arms around his neck. The wine is starting to kick in.
We sway to the music for what feels like hours. Then I start to feel hot.
I pull away and take my shirt and shorts off. I run towards the lake. I feel so... drunk?
Peeta took only a cup in a half of wine, and I think I took four? Five? I don't remember.
Peeta joins me and says," Someone's drunk."
"It's your fault, mister." I pout.
" I told you not to drink more than two but someone's too stubborn to listen." He chuckles.
"Peeta," I rest my head on his shoulder.
"Hm." He wraps an arm around my waist.
"I love you!" I sing off pitch; he laughs.
"I love you too." He replies.
I pull back and say," You have something in your hair."
"What?" He asks running a hand through it.
"Let me help." I giggle and splash water on him.
"You're going to pay for that." He tries to sound angry.
I swim away from him, squealing and giggling. When I think I'm away from him, I turn around and see he's no there.
"Looking for someone." I yell and turn around to see he's there.
"You scared me!" I yell but then laugh.
"Katniss, you're really drunk. We should go home." He laughs.
"No. You're drunk." I point at him.
He smiles and he starts to spin. I reach to grab his face so he can stop spinning but he wont.
"Peeta, this isn't funny!" I get annoyed and try to reach him.
"I'm right here." He grabs my wrist and puts them on his face.
"Peeta," I say.
"Yeah." He says.
"I'm drunk." I say and he laughs really loud.
"Ok, let's go. We'll come back tomorrow." He says.
"No!" I cross my arms.
"Katniss," He gives me a strict look.
"I want to stay!" I pout.
"We'll come back tomorrow when you're not drunk." He promises and grabs my arm.
"Fine." I pout and he leads us towards shore.
He hands me my clothes and I put them on, slowly. When I'm done, he leads me over to the car.
He sits me down on the seat and I put on my seatbelt in a drunken way.
When Peeta gets in the car, he starts it and starts to drive.
"I love you Peetie." I say and he snorts.
"I love you too Katniss." He says before my eyes close and I fall asleep.
Author's Note: I hope you all liked this chapter and Please review. Next update will be really soon.
This has nothing to do with the chapter but I have to say this:
Bullies can go fuck themselves! I'm sick and tired of these type of people giving other people a hard time! For those of you who are victims of bullying, I want to say you are all very brave and strong people for putting up with their bullshit every single day. Don't listen to what they say about you because when they say these types of things; they're trying to turn you against you. Instead, take a stand and show them that you are more than what they say and that you're not afraid of them! If you're not the one being bullied, but see that someone else is, then stand up for them! You can really change this person's life.
Another thing, it's ok to be weird. I'm weird. We're all weird in different ways. Some people won't admit they're weird because they're too full of themselves. That means there's no such thing as normal because no one knows how a normal person behaves, dresses, etc. And if there is a normal, it would be boring.
Lastly, before I go, I want to say that weird/different people are awesome! Don't be afraid to be who you are, because the truth is those people you go to school with, you're probably never going to see them again after you finish high school.
The reason I wrote this author's note this way is because I want to help someone stand up for themselves/someone against bullying. I want to help people not be afraid of being themselves. Those are both of my new year's resolutions.