A/N: Hey guys thanks for reviewing! I am sorry for taking so freaking long just to update, anyways here is the last chapter. I am really grateful for all of my reviewers!*Tear* *Drop to the floor and just sob* Anyways enjoy, read the A/N at the end of this chapter when you are done (you guys don't know how sad I am for this story to end! I really wanted it to last forever.) Disclaimer: I do not own anything that has to do with the hunger games trilogy.
Epilogue
"Mommy! Daddy! Wake up!" It was Ash and Lily. They started jumping on our bed. I heard Peeta' groan.
"C'mon guys it's early." Peeta said and opened his eyes. "But we're hungry!" They both yelled together. Peeta sat up and looked at both of them.
"Tell you what, you let mommy and I sleep for a few more minutes and then we'll go downstairs and I'll make breakfast. Ok?"
"Ok, but hurry." Lily said, Peeta kissed the top of her head then they both left. Peeta lay back down and I put my head on his chest.
Soon we are both asleep again. I knew what day it was today and I was grateful that Peeta was here for me when my nightmares came. Today was the celebration of our freedom. Every year for the past 5 years every single person in Panem would celebrate.
We celebrate it with the victors. I felt Peeta' heart beating and that's what made me feel safe. I knew we should be getting up but I didn't.
"Kat do you smell that?" Peeta asked me, he suddenly sat up. "Smell what?" I opened my eyes and yawned-that's when I smelled it. Smoke.
Peeta and I ran downstairs and into the kitchen. My heart was pounding so fast, that I felt like I was going to have a heart attack.
When we saw that it was only Ash and Lily where there I sighed in relief. "What were you guys doing?" I asked them as they got off of the chair they were standing on.
"I told you can put bwead on the stove!" Ash yelled at Lily not mentioning the r in bread. Peeta turned it off and put the bread on fire in water.
"I-I… You didn't tell me that! It's not my fault it went on fiwe!" She had tears in her blue eyes. Peeta crossed his arms and looked at our two five year olds.
"Who thought of the idea of making breakfast?" Peeta asked them calmly. They both pointed at each other.
"So you both thought of it?"
"No! It was Ash's-"
"NO! Stop lying it was your-"
"Both of you stop!" I yelled already getting frustrated. "It doesn't matter whose idea this was, do you both know you could've gotten hurt?" I said and kneeled in front of them.
"We're sowy mommy." They both said and looked at the floor. "It's ok; now both of you give mommy a hug." They listened and I then stood up.
"Kat…Kat…Kat. You have much to learn. Now Ash, Lily, both of you know how dangerous fire is and you still tried it? You both have to promise me you will never try that again." Peeta said in his father tone. "We pwomise, daddy." They both said.
"I'm sorry daddy I thought that if we make food I will be a big girl." Lily said and stretched her arms up for Peeta to pick her up.
"So you don't want to be my princess?" he asked her picking her up. "No, I still want to be your princess."
Peeta kissed her forehead and sat her down on a chair. Ash followed Peeta to the sink. "I'm guessing Lily will be a terrible cook just like her mother." Peeta said to Ash which caused him to giggle.
I glared at Peeta and sat next to Lily. "Mommy why are you wearing daddy's shirt again?" I looked at my pajamas and blushed.
"Mommy wears my shirts because she is too lazy to wear her own clothes." Peeta said and kissed my cheek; I glared at him again which caused him to chuckle.
Peeta set a slice of fresh bread in front of Lily, Ash, and I. "Eat up because Cinna and Portia will be coming soon." He said.
As soon as we finished someone came into the house. "Gwandpa Haymitch!" They both yelled. Honestly I'm amazed that he can be sober for so long.
Ash and Lily both love Haymitch a lot. When they are with him they follow him everywhere.
The only time Lily stops following Haymitch is when Peeta asks her to stop. When Lily was 4 months she only wanted to be with Peeta.
The same thing with Ash-well he only wanted to be with me. As they got older they started getting closer.
"Well Haymitch I didn't think you would be wearing a tux today." I said as he walked in now holding Ash and Lily in his arms.
"Oh shut up. Effie made me put it on." I laughed which caused Haymitch to roll his eyes.
"5…4…3…2…1" Peeta said and Effie came in. I laughed more but quickly stopped when Cinna and Portia came in.
I went to them and hugged them both. "Gwandma Effie! Uncle Cinna! Auntie Portia!" Ash and Lily said.
They went and hugged them all. "We only have about an hour and a half before the rest come so lets' get you guys ready." Effie said.
*Hour Later*
I was wearing a nice white dress and black shoes. I was thankful Cinna didn't make me wear heels I hate heels!
"One more thing." Cinna said and put my Mockingjay pin on the dress. I smiled and hugged him.
"Thank you so much Cinna, the dress is beautiful." I said. "No problem." We walked downstairs and sat down waiting till the rest came.
"Mommy! Look at who I found! Ash doesn't look like Ash!" Lily yelled and came in with Ash behind her.
"Wait Lily bring him back!" This time it was Portia she came in running. I laughed so did Cinna.
Ash was in a suit but was missing a shirt. "C'mon Ash I need to put on your shirt." Portia said and grabbed Ash's hand.
I was grateful that Ash always listened to Portia. He followed her. "Lily you look like a princess." I said.
"Yes you do look like a princess." Cinna said, Lily blushed and giggled. She was wearing and pink dress (her favorite color.).
I picked her up and put her on my lap. "Mommy when are the rest coming?" She asked me.
"Soon. Why don't you play with your Uncle Cinna while I go look for your father? Ok?" I said she nodded her head and got off my lap. I kissed her forehead.
"Uncle Cinna do you want to know a secret?" She asked him as I left. I walked into the kitchen and saw Peeta cooking something.
I walked quietly to him and wrapped my arms around his waist. "Watch 'a cooking?" I asked him.
"Something." He said and turned around to look at me. I always felt self-conscious around Peeta. "Wow! You look wow!" he said and kissed me.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. He wrapped his arms around my waist.
I felt so right in Peeta' arms. I loved him so much. Someone had come in because they cleared their throat.
Peeta and I immediately pulled away. It was Finnick. He was grinning. I felt a blush creep into my face.
Finnick seemed to find this funny and laughed. "Well I guess you guys were having fun." He said and walked out.
Peeta chuckled and tuned to look at me. "No more kisses?" He asked me I rolled my eyes playfully punched him. "No." I said but he still managed to kiss me one more time.
I went into the living room and saw everyone there. "Hey look the Mockingjay has finally stopped making out with Peeta!" Finnick yelled I glared at him.
"No wonder she didn't come here earlier!" Jonathan said, I glared at him also. "Yeah, they were practically on top of each other!" Finnick said I threw book at him but he ducked.
"Hey Katniss." Annie said sweetly. She hugged me. "Where's Jace?" I asked her.
"He's playing with Lily and Ash." She said. "Hey brainless." Johanna said I smiled at her.
Honestly I'm ok with her calling me that. "Hey Jo." I said she glared at me. She hates when people call her that. I remember what she did last year when we were in four.
Some stranger called her Jo and he ended up in the hospital. She kicked him and broke his hand. It was actually funny because the guy was yelling in pain like a girl.
We all tried to stop her. At the end Jonathan calmed her down and Peeta took the guy to the hospital. "Hey 'niss" Jonathan said, that's his nickname for me.
I hate that nickname but I don't do anything about it. They all sat down on the couches and talked.
When Peeta came in he said hi to everyone and sat down. "Honestly Peeta I don't even know why you bother making food. It should be the women in the kitchen cooking and cleaning." Finnick said which cause Johanna, Annie, Portia, Enobaria and I to glare at him, Effie also glared at him.
"Well if I let Katniss cook we would all die." Peeta said. Haymitch chuckled along with Beetee while Jonathan and Finnick suppressed a laugh.
I punched Peeta. "C'mon Kat you know I don't mean it." He said and pulled me on his lap. I rolled my eyes at him and got off his lap.
He pulled me closer to him and whispered in my ear: "Please forgive me." He said, I looked at him and smiled.
Ash and Jace came in with Lily trailing behind them skipping. Peeta picked her up and started tickling her.
"Wow my little princess looks beautiful." He said as she giggled. "D-daddy stop!" She yelled he stopped and put her down.
"Ok. The food is ready so lets' all go to the table." Peeta said everyone got up and went to sit at the table.
Haymitch took out a bottle of Liquor I looked at him. "This is the only time we can all drink in front of children." He said and poured himself some Liquor then passed it around.
Peeta and I still didn't like drinking so we stuck with water while the children got juice.
"Well we all know that this year Katniss and Peeta have to say something." Finnick said. Great this is the part I hate.
I had to say a short speech so did Peeta since this year they came to our house. Honestly I've been trying to think of something to say but never got anything.
I bit my lip. "Well since Peeta always does a better speech then the rest of us we decided that I would say something first." I said.
Everyone smiled. It was true, Peeta always gave amazing speeches. I cleared my throat, Peeta seemed to notice how tense I was because he took my hand and squeezed it.
I smiled at him. "Well I'm thankful that you all came. Today we celebrate the day Panem was free from the capitol. And I can't think of any other people to spend this day with other than you guys." I said.
I breathed and relaxed, Annie smiled and winked at me. "That was great, Kat." Peeta told me and kissed my cheek.
"Well as Katniss said we are very thankful that you all came. Five years ago I lost a family-I lost my parents and my brothers. I honestly thought there was no reason for me to live even before my parents and brothers had passed away."
I could see the hurt in his eyes. "But then you all came into my life. I found another reason to live. I was going to be a father. While I was in the Capitol I didn't know how I was going to survive.
"Or-or how I was going to be able let the pain slowly course through me. But I wasn't alone. Annie was there. Johanna was there. Effie was also there.
"I knew that I couldn't just give up like that. And I am so grateful for all of you. You guys aren't my friends…you guys are my family." He said, I looked at Annie and saw the tears in her eyes.
I looked back at Peeta as he continued to talk. "Five years ago I lost a family- but I also gained a family. And I love you all!" He said I could barely see now because of the tears starting to blur my vision.
Great! I'm about to cry! I'm so weak-but his speech was… incredible!
I hugged him. "I love you so much!" I whispered in his ear. "I love you too." He said back.
When we pulled away everyone was smiling. Some had tears in their eyes and some were just smiling.
"Daddy!" Lily yelled and clapped. He smiled. "Ok I'm done so let's eat!" He said, I laughed a little and kissed him.
When everyone had finished eating we talked and soon they left. Haymitch was drunk but still a little sober.
"Ok guys it's getting late. It's time for bed time." I said to Ash and Lily.
"C'mon mommy! We wanna' stay up some more with you guys." Ash said. "Actually we're also going to sleep." Peeta said I nodded my head.
"Ok." Lily said. We put them in bed. "Goodnight." I said to them and kissed their foreheads.
"Goodnight!" They both said. I went into my room and changed. I climbed into bed followed by Peeta.
I put my head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat. "I love you so much." Peeta said and kissed me also.
"I love you also."
The games have left us wounded; now if you go out you will see children learning about the old Panem.
They learn about the games, the horrors of them. But I know much more than that.
Because I-we know there are much worse games to play.
A/N: Aww! It ended! Man! Like I'm sorry I used the "there are much worse games to play" thing from Mockingjay but I just had to add it! *Tear* *Tear*! Like I'm really sad for this story to end but like the saying says "All good things have to come to an end." I want to thank all my reviewers! I want to personally thank some right now "Mellark's Heart", "Twilightlover0224", "Breadgirl101", "Emma Penrose", "HGrox", and "Thehggirl", I know I missed a lot of other reviewers but I just really needed to thank those reviewers! *Crying quietly* *Smiling while tears role down cheeks* I love you guys all so much! You guys were always reading my crappy chapters! I'm so grateful for all of you! I hope in the near future I will see your reviews in my other stories, or I read your stories! Or even maybe I'll work with one of you guys to make a Hunger Games fic! Anyways I love you guys and God Bless you!
Love,
~Lovetheboywiththebread1
