A/N: I know I'm not very imaginative but this felt like something I had to do. So here I am with a weird story sigh. Just... don't blame me. Blame my brain. it's his fault! Well, Here ya go!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN The Hunger Games, otherwise Mockingjay, wouldn't have ended that way. I still like it but... SPOILER ALERT: WHY FINNICK SUZANNE! WHHHYYYYY! D:

Halloween

"Momma! Momma!" screams Lavinia as she runs into the house. She's a little wet from the rain outside. I get a jacket and put it around her. She smiles and starts bouncing on the heel of her feet.

"What is it Lavinia?" I ask as she follows me into Finnick's room.

"My teacher says you have to get the holiday book out and start reading about Halloween!" she exclaims. I have to admit I've been dreading this day. If anything goes wrong they won't really be the same. I look over to her and she is still smiling at me. I sigh and go get the book. I put the holiday book next the plant book me and Peeta worked on before the Quell.

I pick up the book and open it to Halloween. Soon, I'm reading all about Halloween. It's mostly when kids go get dressed up in costumes and get candy. Prim and I would've never gotten this opportunity. Prim would have loved it. Prim. That name is like someone stabbing me with icicles in the heart. Cold and painful. She would want me to give my children happiness. She would have adored being an aunt. She never got the chance.

I got over to Lavinia's room, where I see her coloring. She sees me and rushes up to me. "Momma, what's it about?" she asks hopefully.

"Well, kids dress up in costumes and go to houses saying 'trick or treat' and get candy. But during the month the people decorate. Most carve pumpkins."

She gets all excited and starts dancing. "Momma, what other things are common in Halloween?"

I explain to her about the witches and warlocks, black cats, and ghosts. I stiffen when I tell her about ghosts. I have my own ghosts that haunt me.

"Momma, aren't you excited?" she asks when I'm done explaining. I nod. I just lied to my daughter.

Peeta comes home and I tell him about the whole 'Halloween' thing. He smiles and tells me, "See, Katniss, this is going to be good. You'll see."

I hope I will.

Carving Pumpkins

"Are you going to go get the pumpkins today?" Peeta asks me when I get ready to hunt. Yesterday Lavinia asked for pumpkins to carve and we agreed.

I nod. "Yeah, I'm going to get Thom to help me bring them. They're in the town right?" I ask him. Peeta knows everything about town. He nods and I smile. The whole holiday thing is starting to grow on me and I love seeing Finnick and Lavinia happy.

I go over to Peeta and kiss him goodbye. "You were right. This is a good thing" that's the last thing I said before leaving.

When I get to the woods, I shoot three rabbits, two squirrels, and a turkey. I decide it's enough for the day. I skin them and go into town.

I see Thom waiting for me by the pumpkins. I give him a hug and buy the pumpkins. He brought a wheelbarrow to put them in. On the way home we have small talk. He married Leevy about 4 years ago they now have a 3 year old son Breck. Breck loves getting into to trouble. He reminds me of Gale.

It's the first time for months that I've though of Gale. When Johannah came a couple months ago she said he is interested in no one. He is fully dedicated to his work. It made me feel guilty. If his bomb didn't kill Prim, where would we all be? Would Lavinia and Finnick even be here? What about Peeta? Peeta wouldn't have wanted to marry anybody else. No matter what either way I'll feel guilty. I always do.

I get home and thank Thom for helping me. We hug goodbye and I watch him go back to his house. Thom is possibly my closet friend in District 12. He's part of the family. Lavinia calls him 'Uncle Thom' and Finnick always claps when he's around. Well, Finnick claps at everything. I see Peeta with Finnick, on the floor, playing Peek-a-boo. Finnick sees me and raises his arms demanding for me to hold him. I pick him up and give him a kiss on his nose. He clings to my neck as I walk over to Peeta.

"Did you get them?" he asks.

"Yeah. They're in the kitchen. This is good right?"

"Of course it is. I don't have a doubt about it," he reassures me. I sigh and put Finnick down. "Katniss, why can't you just accept things can turn out good?"

"Because there's always that one little thing that always turns bad," I tell him. How does he not see this? Bad things happen to us. Why would it just go away when we try and do something good? For me, I want to prevent it.

Lavinia screams when she sees the pumpkins and hugs me and Peeta. "Thank you, mommy and daddy."

"You're welcome," I murmur.

"Can we start now? We already have all the things we need to carve them," she says. We both nod and get out all the things we need to carve.

I make mine as a regular, sloppy one. Peeta and Lavinia, of course, want to make everything perfect. Finnick is too little to carve one so he just bangs on a pumpkin. This is the first time, for a very long time, I've actually enjoyed something. I start feeling my mouth opening and smiling, for real. A feeling of happiness is erupting in me.

I enjoy this feeling.

Picking out costumes

This past week all we've done is decorate. All the pumpkins are outside; there are scarecrows and witches outside, and black and orange light bulbs all around the house. Lavinia loves it. She loves all of this holiday.

When I ask her what she wants to be, she thinks and says she doesn't know. I know she wants to be something special. It's Panem's first Halloween in over a century.

One day she comes home running from school and screams, "I know what I want to be!" I go over to her and get the hair out of her eyes. She's out of breath from running all the way home, so I get her some water.

"What do you want to be?" I ask her when I give her the water.

She takes a sip and starts. "Today, we read a story about how a princess got kidnapped and a prince came to rescue her! Isn't that romantic? He even got hit with a sword on his leg!" I flinch and remember how Peeta got hit with a sword on his leg, just to save me. Now, he has this fake leg.

"So, you want to be a princess?" I ask her.

She nods. "Yep! I want to look all pretty too! Can I be a princess momma?"

"Of course, now, what about Finnick. You can pick his costume," I tell her and she goes over to look at Finnick. I don't know what she's doing as she circles him, but, it reminds me of my prep team.

"I got it! He can be a cute, little pumpkin! Can he?" she exclaims. A pumpkin? I imagine my son in a pumpkin costume and he does look kind of cute, so I nod. A witch and a pumpkin, this can end well, right?

Peeta walks in with a bag and I know, from the smell, he brought my favorite. Cheese buns. Even after 20 years, they are still my favorite. They always will be.

I give him a kiss on the cheek when he lays down the bag. I whisper to him, "I found out their costumes."

"Did you? So, what are our children going to be?" he asks curiously. He loves saying 'our children'. I do too.

"A princess and a pumpkin," I tell him as I wrap my arms around him.

"Lavinia is going to be the princess that's good. But, Finnick… a pumpkin?" he asks laughing. I love his laugh. I love hearing him happy and his white teeth. In the mud or in the capitol, there's still no difference.

"Yeah, Lavinia picked out his costume and I don't it was cute. Just picture it," I say. He closes his eyes and a smile creeps up his lips.

"Good choice," he tells me and leans down to kiss me.

I walk into Lavinia's room, with Finnick in my arms, and see her and Peeta playing with her stuffed animals and dolls. I bite my lip to stop the laughter and smile about to come out. Peeta would do anything for his daughter.

I put Finnick near them and sit on my knees and join their game. Apparently, Peeta is a bear who is attacking the city. Lavinia and I are the victims. Finnick is the hero. I stand up and tell her what I came here for. "Lavinia, want to get your costume?"

Her whole face lights up and she nods her head excitedly. Peeta wants to come too. I know he wants to see Lavinia's face just as much as I do, so I agree.

I pick up Finnick and realize that my arms are tired. I've been playing and holding him all day. Peeta notices and offers to take him. I'm relieved.

We get to the tailor's, who is selling the costumes, and we see it's full of people. Apparently, a lot of people in 12 are going to have fun for the first time in a while. I go over to the show owner and ask her where the costumes for a princess and a pumpkin are and she leads me to it.

There's a lot of princess outfit, but Lavinia picks a blue and pink one. She also picks a pumpkin outfit, that's a little puffy, for Finnick.

We get home and Lavinia insists that she puts her outfit on. We let her and I put on Finnick's. We were right, he couldn't be anymore adorable. Lavinia comes out and twirls for us. She is in love with her costume, and I have to admit, she does look like a princess.

That night she wants to sleep in her costume and we let her. Right now, to me, she looks like the happiest little girl in the world. That's good.

Trick or… Treat?

I finish the last touches on Lavinia's make up and her costume. There. After three hours she's ready for her first Halloween. I hand her a pillow case to put all her candy in and go out to find Finnick in his costume, making bubbles in his mouth. I go over and wipe away the bubbles from getting on his costume. I pick him up and look over to Peeta, who is right next to Lavinia, admiring her costume. I catch his eyes and we both nod. With that, we both get Lavinia and Finnick and go out for our first Halloween.

It's dark but with a lot of houses and their decorations it makes it easier to see. I see a bunch of kids, and older kids, walking around in costumes with candy. We go to a house in the Victor's village, although now it's just another neighborhood, and Lavinia knocks on their door. A woman gives candy and compliments to Lavinia and Finnick's costumes. Suddenly, she gasps, "You're Katniss and Peeta Mellark! Thank you so much for freeing us!" she gives us each a big hug and pats Lavinia and Finnick's heads.

I look down to Lavinia and she looks curious. "Momma, what was that about?"

Uh-oh. I can't tell her yet. It's too soon. I look over to Peeta and he looks frightened. He's always the one with the words, he should make up something. I give him a look that says Make something up. He nods and looks over at Lavinia. "Well, one day….. she got locked out of their house and we… freed her." That might be enough for a five year old, because she only nods her head.

Every thing is going good. The kids are getting their candy. Some people even thank us, which just makes Lavinia suspicious, but she lets it go. I'm glad for that. If she knows at this age she will possibly be scarred, and that's one of the things I'm trying to prevent.

We're at a house and Finnick is sucking on a little piece of chocolate, when he drops it and starts wailing. I look over to the girl, whose house we're at, and she gives another little piece of chocolate. Me and Peeta try to give it to Finnick, but he doesn't take it and keeps crying.

"I'll be right back," I tell Peeta and Lavinia. Peeta nods and takes Lavinia's hand.

I go over to a bench, sit down, and try to make goofy faces at Finnick, but nothing's working, he won't stop crying. I get worried; usually Peeta is the one that gets him to stop crying. I've only stopped him once by singing. I guess that's my only option left.

I open my mouth and start singing:

Deep in the meadow, under the willow,

A bed of grass, a soft green pillow,

Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes,

And when again they open, the sun will rise,

Here it's safe, here it's warm

Here the daisies guard you from every harm,

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true,

Here is the place where I love you.

Deep in the meadow, hidden far away,

A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray,

Forget your woes and let your troubles lay,

And when again it's morning, they'll wash away.

Here it's safe, here it's warm,

Here the daisies guard you from every harm,

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true,

Here is the place where I love you.

I look down at Finnick who is mesmerized by my voice and the song. He closes his eyes and snuggles into me. And I start to release the tears I've been holding. Rue, why couldn't she have won. Well, if she did Finnick, Lavinia, and even Peeta wouldn't have ever been here. We would also be stuck under the Capitol's control. I hate to admit it, but… her death saved us.

I wipe my tears, get a grip on Finnick, and head back to Lavinia and Peeta, who are just two houses down from where I left. Peeta sees my tears and takes me to a corner, near by so Lavinia can't listen, and looks at me expectantly. "The only way to stop his crying is singing. I sang Rue's song," I tell him, but my voice is breaking. He wraps his arms around my waist, being careful now to wake up Finnick, and says soothing words. They work and I thank him by kissing him.

We go over back to Lavinia and spend our rest of the night. When we get home and I help take Lavinia out of her costume and make up. Peeta is there when we're done and Lavinia goes over to us and hugs us. "Thank you Mommy and Daddy." We smile and she gives us both a kiss.

Me and Peeta take Finnick out of his costume, but it only wakes him up. This time he doesn't cry, only looks up at me and says his very first word, "Momma." I gasp and Peeta laughs. My little boy said his first word.

"Well, don't you feel special," says Peeta as we put Finnick in his crib.

In return I give a scowl and he laughs. He takes my hand and leads me to our bedroom. We both change and get into bed. I rest my head on his chest, my usual spot, and kiss his heart. "You were right," I begin, "I'm sorry I wouldn't believe you. Next time I will." He looks down at me and I see his smile. He leans down and kisses me. It has farce and I give it back to him. That night he gives me my own treat.

A/N: There it is! Halloween! I know it's crap, but oh well. Oh! Guess what? I'm gonna be Dorathy for Halloween! ZOMG! TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN :D! LOL! Also, we're carving pumpkins today! In the back of mine I wrote 'Team Peeta" :D My pumpkins name is Peeta too. Wow, Can you say obssesed with a bread boy? Oh well! He's an amazing bread boy! :D! One more thing. Just one! I'M GETTING TOY STORY 3 TUESDAY! AHHHH! THAT MOVIE MADE ME CRY! D,:! Well there you guys have it!

Updated day: October 30th, 2010