A/N: Ok to warn you here there will be Harry Potter and the deathly hallows (only for the movie though) spoilers. I watched the movie and it was AMAZING! How will I wait another year, though? Oh, and in this chapter there will be a little surprise ;). Well, here ya go!

"Come on, Finnick," says Peeta. Ever since he said 'mama' he's been wanting Finnick to say 'dada'. At first he was ok until mama was all he said. Now he says mama and 'no'. It started out as his feeding time but then Peeta turned it into a speech lesson. "Finnick, it's easy. Just dada, or you can use one syllable, dad. Anything really, dada, dad, daddy."

"No!" yells Finnick while laughing.

"Dada," Peeta tries again.

"No!"

"Please?"

"No!"

"Does Finnick want a cookie?" Peeta asks. Great, now he's trying to trick him. We wait for Finnick's and he just sits there. I laugh because Finnick actually outsmarted Peeta. Peeta is in shock and not happy about it. "Smart kid."

"Yeah, he is. Can we go back to feeding him now?" I ask. To me it looks like Finnick just wants food.

"Fine," answers Peeta. He puts the spoon in the baby mush and brings it up to Finnick. Finnick looks at it and crinkles his nose. He closes his eyes and turns his head to the right; he refuses to eat it. "Well, Katniss, he's got your stubbornness. Why don't you try?"

"I will," I say confidently. I take the spoon and hide it under his high chair. This time it's my turn to trick him. "Finnick." He turns around and his face lights up when he sees me in front of him.

"Mama!" he yells. With his mouth open I reveal the spoon and put it in his mouth. His whole crinkles up but he swallows it.

Once I'm done feeding Finnick I go back to Peeta. "See, that's how you trick someone," I tell him and lean in to kiss him. He returns it and we separate. I pick up Finnick from his high chair and put his head on my shoulder. I take him to his room and set him in his crib. I look around his room and admire it. Before he was born Peeta painted the lake in the woods that my father and I went to. I took Peeta there when we came back to District 12. It's now a place of old memories and new ones. Every time I go there I think of Peeta, because that's where he proposed to me. I still think of my dad, though. All the time. Same with Prim.

Peeta made the room match to the painting. A wooden crib and rocking chair, but a floor that's blue. Peeta also painted the meadow in Lavinia's room. Except the rest of it doesn't match like Finnick's does. Instead of wood that's the normal color her 'big girl' bed's poles the hold it are white. Her sheets are pink and so is the carpet.

"Admiring my work?" a voice says that makes me jump. I turn around and find Peeta.

"Of course I am. It would be hard not to," I reply sarcastically. I walk out of the room and to our bedroom. He follows me and when we get to the bed we fall on it. Finnick woke us up at five o'clock and he's finally a sleep.

"Exhausted?" Peeta asks me while propping up on his elbow to face me.

"You have no idea. He just needs to learn to... sleep," I yawn and close my eyes. The last thing I see is blue eyes and blond hair looking down at me.

PPOV

I watch her as she falls asleep. I want to sleep too, but I know I have to get out the Holiday book and read it. I knew Katniss didn't want to read the next holiday, so I'm doing this while she sleeps. I pick up the book and go and find what's next after Halloween. Thanksgiving. I read about it and am actually enjoying the holiday so far. Having food with friends and family. We would have turkey, corn, potatoes, etc. Then I read a word that makes me freeze. Cornucopia.

Images of mutts attack my mind. Katniss pushing me off the cornucopia that last night. Her not caring if Cato killed me. I have to remind myself that that was lie the Capitol made. She did save me. I tell myself. Well, almost all of me. I pull up my pants to my knee and see my prosthetic leg. She did that to you, my mutt voice tells me. "No, she didn't" I mutter to myself. She didn't mean to, it just happened.

I remember her on interview night after the games, when she first found out I lost half of my leg. How she buried her face in my shirt, refusing to seem week in front of the camera. Soon the images from the Capitol vanish.

"Peeta?" a voice whispers. I look to the other side of the bed and see Katniss awake. She wears a worried look in her eyes. I must have woken her in the middle of my fit. She puts a hand on my arm and where it rests, my skin starts to burn. Even after fifteen years her touch still sets my skin on fire. I laugh at the inside. She is the girl on fire, after all.

"I'm okay," I tell her. She nods slowly and looks down at the book and reads it. When she reads the word her eyes widen and look into mine.

"Oh, Peeta..." she whispers and then wraps her arms around my neck. Again, after fifteen years, her nightmares, or my flashbacks, never leave. I rest my head on my shoulder and then Lavinia walks in. She's back from her friend's house.

"Mommy, daddy, what's wrong?" she asks. Katniss and I let go of each other and face our daughter.

"Nothing, just a bad dream," I tell her. She nods and then she notices the book. Her whole face lights up and she runs over to us and jumps on the bed.

"What holiday is this one?" she asks us brightly. I explain it to her.

Back To Katniss' POV

I listen to Peeta talk about this other holiday, Thanksgiving. It's supposedly always on a Thursday. This year it's on November 25th. It's to give thanks to what we have. I'm not sure I have I have to give thanks to anything, but then I realize, I do. My children won't be hurt. I have to keep that in mind. Also, it's just like a feast, but it's tradition to get a turkey. I can easily get a turkey but I will need a few more for other people to buy. People are still terrified to cross into the woods, so I'm the one who always gets the meat for District 12. I can get potatoes from the market. Same with corn and other vegetable, but I can get cranberries, for the sauce, in the woods.

When Peeta is done Lavinia has so much excitement that, if it wasn't for Finnick's crying, she would have jumped up and down on our bed. Peeta and I rush over to him and see him standing in his crib crying. Peeta picks him up and quiets him down. "It's okay, Finnick. Daddy's got you. Shhh," Finnick stops crying but clings on to his dad. There are things to be thankful, especially Peeta. What would I do without him?

Getting The Turkey

I wake up and find Peeta's arms around me. This is one of those special days that Finnick didn't wake us up in the middle of the night. It feels so good to have a whole night to just Peeta and I, no one, or nothing, waking us up. No nightmares or flashbacks, I want to cling onto this moment as long as I can.

I snuggle back into Peeta and take in his scent. I'll never get tired of it; cinnamon and dill from his bakery. He slightly moves and I find that I've woken him. He looks down at me and I push back some of his blond waves from his forehead and look into his pools of blue. "Good morning," he mumbles and I close my eyes.

"Good morning," I reply sleepily.

"We have to get up, Katniss. I have to go to the bakery, you have to go get the turkey," he says trying to shake me.

I then realize something. "What about Finnick and Lavinia?" I ask him, worried that he forgot. Lavinia is having a vacation week because of Thanksgiving, so she'll be here. They both will.

"Don't worry, Katniss. I called Thom and Leevy. They said they would both love to have them over. He always thinks ahead of everything. "Now, c'mon, get up." I groan and stand up groggily. Peeta gets up as well but not groggily. He goes in the bathroom and I hear the water turn on.

While he's taking his shower I change and go check in with Finnick. He's sleeping in his crib not making a noise. I smile and go over to Lavinia's room. She's wide awake and drawing. I go over to her and look at her drawing. It's me, or I think it is, shooting a turkey. "Is that me?" I ask her.

She nods. "That's you and you're getting our turkey for us."

I smile at her and say, "Come on, you have to get dressed and you have to go to Uncle Thom's and Aunt Leevy's house, while me and daddy go out." She puts away her drawing and I try to help her put on her clothes.

"I can do it, mommy," she tells me. I let her and turn around so she can change. In one minute she asks for my help. I turn back around and see that she's in a tangled mess of the shirt. I laugh and go and help her. Once she's all dressed I lead her to Finnick's room where I find Peeta, once again, teaching Finnick 'dada'.

"Peeta, stop stressing him," I tell him.

"I know he can do it. I can feel it. He's getting close," he replies and turns his attention back to Finnick. "Dada." Finnick just stares at him and laughs. Peeta groans and takes him out of his crib. He rests Finnick's head on his shoulder and we make our way over to Thom's.

When we get there we leave them with Thom. Once we're by what used to be the Seam I kiss Peeta goodbye and go to the woods. I grab my bow from the hollow log I always use and go to Gale and I's old place. It's where we mostly got all of our turkeys there anyway. I arrive there and I notice a black silhouette.

Second nature; I draw my bow with an arrow in it. I use my hunter's feet and go closer. As I get closer I realize that I know that silhouette. I drop my bow and gasp. He turns around and out gray eyes lock. Gale.

The full impact of seeing my old best friend leaves me frozen. I don't move, I don't even think I'm breathing. Finally, he speaks up, "Catnip, I've missed you. I knew I would have run into you here." I unfreeze and smile. After all this time, he stills knows me so well. I guess I haven't changed.

"Why are you here?" I dare to ask. I go over and sit next to him on our rock.

"My family invited me for the whole Thanksgiving thing," he answers me. I nod at him to show him that I understand. He gets up and says, "I shouldn't have came to this place, but I had to. I'll leave you to do your hunting." He starts walking away but I don't want him to.

"Wait!" he turns around and has a questioning look on him. The words come out on their own, "Would you like to come over with your family and have Thanksgiving together?" He's in shock for a moment, then a huge grin crosses his face.

"I'd love to," he answers.

"You know I still need a turkey. A turkey for our families and a bunch of other turkeys for the town. That's an awful lot for just one person to get." I say, hoping he gets the message. It would be nice to hunt with my old partner.

He smiles even bigger, and replies, "Yeah it is. If you need some help I would love to." I go over to him and wrap my arms around him. He hesitates a moment then wraps his arms around me. It definitely feels good to have my hunting partner back.

We end up with about seven turkeys and decide to go into town. I know what I want to ask him but not now. I'll tell him on Thursday. I wonder if he knows if Peeta and I are married. If he doesn't he'll find out soon enough. I give the turkeys to the butcher and say goodbye to Gale. I tell him to be there, with his family, at six. He nods and we separate paths.

I arrive at Thom's and get Lavinia and Finnick. "Were they okay?" I ask Thom.

"They were fine. Did you get the turkey?"

"Yeah, also, Gale's back for Thanksgiving with his family. I invited him over. Is that okay?" I ask him.

"Of course! That's great actually! So at six?" I nod and take Lavinia and Finnick. When Lavinia sees the turkey she smiles and hugs me. I have a good feeling about this holiday.

When Peeta gets home I'm trying to get Finnick to go to sleep. Peeta comes in and smiles when he sees Finnick's eyes falling. I put him in his crib and go over to Peeta. "Did you get the turkey?" he asks me while I make us some tea.

"Yeah, I also found Gale there," I tell him.

His eyebrows fly up and I laugh. "I asked him if he could come over to celebrate the holiday together. With his family of course. He said yes. Is that okay?" I ask worried. I don't want Peeta being jealous. He shouldn't be, I married him and now we have two kids together.

"Yeah, that's fine. As long as that makes you happy," he says. I smile at him and hand him his tea. I give him sugar but he gives it back. "I don't take sugar in my tea, Katniss."

"If you don't it's just hot water to me,' I tell him.

"Well, I like it that way." He sips his tea and I roll my eyes.

When we're done we go to bed and, hopefully, get some sleep. We only have two days until Thanksgiving and I'm pretty sure I'll need to stay awake to see all that happens.

The Dinner

I stress over everything. I don't know why I want to make everything look perfect but I do. I light candles to give the dining room and sweet smell. I put a brownish cloth over the table, and the worst part; The Cornucopia. Lavinia insisted she wanted one and Peeta doesn't like to see her upset. It's a little one and sits in the middle with little wood shaving around it. It's piled with apples, grapes, and pears. Better than having weapons in it.

I arrange thirteen plates and then put Finnick's high chair by Peeta and I. I'm worried how Gale will react when he sees Lavinia and Finnick. I haven't told him that I'm married to Peeta and had children with him. Hopefully, he takes it well. All I need is hope.

When I'm done I go into the kitchen and find Peeta's hands going everywhere. He's making the Turkey, potatoes, and sauce. I go over to him and kiss his check and taste the sauce. Tanginess roams all over my taste buds and I smile at Peeta. If I tried to make any of this I would burn everything. "So, who's coming again," he asks me.

"Well, there's us, Finnick, me, Lavinia, and you. Then there's Thom, Leevy, Breck, Hazelle, Posy, Vick, Rory, Gale, Haymitch, and my mother. That's thirteen people," I answer him. I called my mother and asked if she wanted to come and she said yes. She hasn't seen the kids since each of them were born, but this is family and she is my mother. "Are you going to make any dessert?"

"Yeah, pecan pie. At the bakery I always made it the best," he tells me. He gets a crease between his eyebrows and I know he's thinking of his family. I try to imagine having them here. Mrs. Mellark would be scowling but I have a feeling she would enjoy the children. Mr. Mellark would be helping Peeta out in the kitchen. His brothers, Jamie and Rylee, would most likely be joking with him. I always get a guilty feeling when we speak or think of them. I didn't know them very well and I wish I did.

I go over to Lavinia's room and help her get into her dress. It's maroon and falls to her knees with white ruffling. Once she's done I put a matching bow in her hair. I give her white shoes to put on and she does. When I'm completely finished with Lavinia I help Finnick. He has a brown buttoned up shirt and black dress pants. He has black dress up shoes. I leave his hair alone though.

I'm dressing in a silk green dress with a tight waistband. I put a matching, though lighter, hair band in my hair and then Peeta walks in. He's dressed in a blue buttoned up shirt with black dress pants. He has the same shoes as Finnick. Actually, Finnick is like a little miniature version of Peeta. "You look beautiful, as always," he tells me.

I smile and roll my eyes. "You would say that if I was covered in mud." He laughs and nods. He buries his head in the crook my neck and I inhale his scent once again. This time he smells like cranberries. When we part he kisses my cheek and leads me to the kitchen. I look at all the food he's made. Mashed potatoes, the cranberry sauce, the turkey, a bowl of rice with mushrooms in it, and then the pie. "It looks delicious. I hope it tastes delicious too." He chuckles slightly and then we hear a knock on the door.

I call Lavinia and Peeta gets Finnick. When we're all there I open the door and there stands Hazelle, Vick, Posy, Rory, and Gale. I smile and he smiles back I hug them all and tell Gale's brothers and sister how grown up they are. I lead Gale to Peeta and the kids, and introduce them to each other. "Gale these are my children. The little boy in Peeta's arms is Finnick. The girl is Lavinia. Lavinia this is my old friend Gale. Gale… this is my family."

"Hi Gale!" Lavinia greets him and waves. He bends down and extends a hand. She shakes it and smiles.

"Hello, Lavinia. You're a very pretty little girl," he tells her and she giggles. He goes over to Peeta and Finnick and says an awkward hello to Peeta. I take Finnick in my arms and put him in his play pen in the living room.

I show Gale the house but I don't know why. It hasn't really changed only the children's room. Maybe I just want to be alone so I can hear what he says. Once we're far away from everyone else I look at him expectantly waiting to hear what he says. When he finally speaks up I brace myself, "So, you're really with Peeta?" I nod. "That's good. You have adorable children." I'm happy he's taken it so well. Now I know it's my time to ask him.

"Gale?" I ask getting his attention. He turns to looks at me and waits. "Can you move back to twelve?"

He stands there, in shock. I knew I had to ask him. Hunting with him made me feel like I was home and I know that it was because it he was there. Also I miss my best friend. He thinks about it for about what seems five minutes before he finally answers. "Sure. I would love to come back."

A huge smile takes over my face and I go over to hug him. "Really?" I whisper and he nods. "Thanks you. It would be good if the kids had an uncle of some sort. Would you be up for it? Are you ready to be Uncle Gale?"

"I like that. Yes, I'm ready to be 'Uncle Gale'" I let go of him and we walk back to the living room where now everyone is here.

We go the table and every one says something they're thankful for. Leevy is thankful for Breck, Thom is thankful for Leevy. My mom is thankful that she can be here, Hazelle is thankful for everyone getting together after so many years. Haymitch is thankful for 'having beer around'. Posy, Vick, and Rory, are thankful to have their home back. Now's it's Lavinia's turn. "I'm thankful for my mommy, daddy, and little brother. If it weren't for them I wouldn't be the person I am today." I look at her in awe. She's got Peeta's charisma.

Next is Peeta's turn but get interrupted by Finnick when Peeta starts to stand up. "Dada!" he yells clapping.

Peeta is in shock and happiness and he cheers, "Finally!" I laugh and he goes to give his thanks. "I'm thankful for a lot of things. My children and my wife. If it wasn't for her I'm sure I would still be struggling with my flashbacks or I would be dead. Thank you Katniss." I look at him and try to imagine if Peeta was dead. That thought sends a rippling pain to my chest.

I stand up and take my turn. "I didn't think I had a lot of things to be thankful for, but I was wrong. I have two amazing children. An amazing husband who I will never stop loving, but I just got an amazing gift which I'm very thankful for. I'm thankful for getting my best friend back." Then I sit down.

We eat, talk, and laugh through the meal. Finnick just keeps yelling, 'Dada!' which makes Peeta's smile grow even more. The food really is amazing. The turkey has a juicy taste that take over your taste buds. The mushrooms really improve the rice and Peeta added butter and herbs to the mashed potatoes making them amazing. All of that with the cranberry sauce makes it even better. Once the meal is done Peeta gets the pie. He wasn't joking when he said he makes it the best. I take two slices of it and still can't get enough.

Once we're done everyone says goodbye and thanks. Finnick is fussing to go to bed and Peeta picks him up, changes him to his pajamas, and puts him in his crib. I help Lavinia out of her dress and get ready for bed when I say goodnight she mumbles sleepily, "Thank you mommy." I smile at her and go over to my bedroom. I change and get into bed next to Peeta. His arms encircle me and I lay my head to his bare chest. My fingers trace his abs and I realize that I'm very thankful for this man that's next me, keeping me safe in his arms.

A/N: WHY DOBBY? I cried so much at that part. D,: well that's it ! Thank you and HAPPY THANKSGIVING! STUFF YOURSELF WITH A MOUTH FULL OF TURKEY! xD

Updated Day: November 24, 2010 :)