I put this last little bit and the epilogue together. Enjoy!

The schools bell chimed and the day ended so drearily that it made Gavin's heart sink. He knew when he walked into the hall that Prim would not be there to walk him home like she usually did. He wasn't going home though. He was headed to his father's bakery farther in town which seemed to be the family business at that point since his mom's family seemed to have dispersed so widely it was nonexistent - every now and then Katniss would still speak of her sister or her father; her mother's life was all a secret. It really didn't bother Gavn either way. He never grew up with grandparents and didn't need them now.

The next bell of his day was the bell on his father's shop. Willow, the German Shepherd, perked up from where he had been lying next to the cash register. In return, Prim perked up looking toward the door waiting for a friendly hello. "Hi Prim," Gavin said running through the front of the shop and setting his bag behind the counter.

"Come on Bud. You gonna help me out?" Prim asked picking him up quickly and setting him on the counter. Gavin nodded and Prim smiled as if she could see his answer. She already knew his answer though so there really was no need to say anything at all.

They settled in having multiple thumb wars and a few rounds of arm wrestling until their next customer walked in. The person was a regular and knew the drill so as she handed the dollar amount to Gavin she gave her order to Prim. So Prim took those requests and headed back into the kitchen leaving the customer there to scratch Willow's head.

When Prim was in the places she knew well she felt like she could act normal. The bakery was the one place Willow would actually allow her to move around alone since they had officially taken Willow in. Prim could move better in the tight corridors of the bakery without her seeing eye dog. Her father would hand her the box of pastries or bag of bread and then she would use one hand to carry it while her other hand glided over the tile of the small hall leading out of the kitchen. Gavin would take it from her and hand it to the customer and then the person would thank them and leave.

Prim sat down on a stool at the end of her routine with a hand on Willow head who relished at her touch. This was her life. It was slow. For the first few months, she really didn't mind at all. It was calming and gave her time to breathe. When her thoughts became dark it gave her time to regress into a dark spot where she could deal with them all by herself. Unfortunately, her life was calm and became old when she graduated from school only the end of last school year. She hadn't chosen what she was going to do exactly quiet yet, but she definitely had some ideas.

She had been starting to get some information about the connection center over in District 6 that handled emergency calls throughout all the districts which meant getting in touch with all districts. Then again she had a certain attraction to District 4 where she would be able to live on the water and swim more often then she did in the lake out in the woods. There were so many things she was going to consider though she was leaning toward District 4 where Iris and Leera were living supposedly happy.

The bell to the shop rang and Prim looked up as she always did to great to customers. They couldn't see her eyes though so it was more just a reaction. She wore dark sunglasses at all times now. There was something about Ash's words she couldn't shake and now she was just trying to keep everyone from looking away to avoid her vacant eyes. She was afraid that they would look at her and then flinch back or simply not meet her eyes because she could see that much.

"Can I help you?" Prim said in a hidden panic as the person whistled calling Willow who went willingly over to the person. She waited for Willow to return to her but her didn't and she could hear him panting as if he were being pet vigorously across his spine.

"Yes," Prim froze for a moment at the voice. It was definitely male and had a raspy quality to it. "I was actually wondering if I could talk to Peeta Mellark." Prim told him he was in the back and the man let himself by going back. She could barely hear their exchange and she strained to hear though she didn't catch many of the words at all. When he came back out to the front he leaned on the counter next to her. "So Primrose," she could hear the obvious smile in his voice as he spoke and he touched her elbow sending a chill of familiarity through her, "do you feel like taking the afternoon off so you can come hang out with me."

"Yea," Prim smiled warmly and turned to Gavin she touched his face and then kissed his forehead. "I'll see you at home later today Gavin. Bye Dad!" Prim called into the back of the bakery and heard his faint reply. The two left the bakery and headed around to the meadow where the main gates out into the woods were. That's when Prim turned to him with a huge smile and hugged him tightly. "What are you doing here Lucas?"

"Let's go out into the woods and we can talk about it." Lucas moved the hair from her face and then took her hand before he pushed open the gate and started to pull her out into the trees. His dad had told him about the spot and exactly where it was and explained how to get to it even though his dad could only give him the way around the valley in the woods. So that's the way he led her. She seemed to know the way honestly. She took careful steps and eventually they made it to the spot. Prim almost had no trouble. It was no surprise, she had been there so many times already.

It was surrounded by some stones and berry bushes, edible berries to snack on. It overlooked the valley and gave the perfect view without being seen by any wandering eyes. This was Gale's and Katniss' spot revived again. Prim and Lucas settled in and Prim noticed that Willow had been left behind when the dog's weight did not settle on her leg. She remembered her parents taking her out to this spot and how she and her mom had always strip the bushes of berries and continued to pop them in their mouths while her father would chase Gavin around in the woods. This had been their territory and as long as Prim had lived no one else had come out this far so they had the woods all to themselves.

"How have you been?" Prim asked taking his hand and squeezing it with intrigue.

"I've been good. Great in fact." Lucas began his story of the last year or so. He had spent a good chunk of it in the Capitol still sorting out many things. He helped some of the people accept the new president who looked forward to introducing final peace and expelling the Hunger Games finally. That's all the new generation could hope to do. They would keep the stadium though. The stadium would be a reminder to all of their terrible ways and how they must all reflect on the mistakes to improve. All other aspects would be destroyed including the written rules of the Hunger Games with weren't very long. All of them were burned. It was all something that the District rejoiced to. Lucas was proud to be a part of it and a helpful hand to the new person in charge.

"Oh," he added his smile growing, "I got accepted to the Peace Keeper's Academy." Prim congratulated him before he went into his excitement. He had been training for a few months at the Academy and now they were on break for a few weeks. Once he was done with the two years of training he was allowed to go anywhere to start his work in the field. They were giving him the choice.

"I guess that brings us to why you're here then." Prim settled back in her seat using her fingertips to search for the bulges of berries that she could wrap her fingers around and then her taste buds so that she could taste that tart bit on her tongue.

"I came to see how you were doing. You really dropped off the edge of the earth after the cameras left." Lucas chuckled and shoved her arm, "You always were like your mother though."

"Thank you," Prim laughed with him and they let their lingering tensions fall so that they could be completely be open with each other. "Well..." Prim started into her story about what had happened since that year had passed. While Lucas had been having a blast and traveling while doing what he loved Prim had been hanging back in the shadows. Her life had fallen apart because of the Hunger Games while Lucas' seemed to have put itself back together. She could no longer see and there had been no such improvement just as the doctor had told her. Technology had not yet advanced yet and the surgery would still leave her with a system of seeing rather than and crystal clear vision. Ash had yet to return to the district and she pretended as if she didn't care. However, she still caught herself thinking of him in a fond manner: the way he had touched her skin or kissed her lips, the way he claimed he loved her. All of that was water though, water she had cried many times over.

Then she smiled with the thought of District 4 and finally leaving District 12. "I've decided I'm going to go to District 4 and find a job. Maybe I'll stay at home or do some writing or something." The smile that Lucas saw on her lips was so pure and happiness lit her features for the first time he had met her. For first time, it was real happiness. "I think I'll do it you know? I think I might find a good home there." Prim found it so fascinating that she had finally chosen. Wondering was over! She was done with District 12 even if she visited. She would find a home on the water where she could dip her feet in the water that freed her every time.

Lucas moved closer to her and ran his thumb over the back of her hand which he still had a hold of. He slipped off her sunglasses annoyed with not being able to see the gorgeous blue eyes she had. His heart thumped and it seemed to get louder in his ears as if trying to drown out his thoughts. He wasn't really going to ask this kind of question was he? They met each other over some terrible fate. But wasn't any kind of fate, fate? It was worth it, maybe. If she said yes, it was worth it. "Can I come with you?" When it came out of his mouth it sounded worse he decided. This was the worst of things he could've said. Lucas was thinking at this point that if he had told her he needed to excuse himself to go take a dump in a hole it would've sounded better.

That's why surprise hit when she kissed him. Heat pushed through his system and after the initial shock passed he was able to wrap his arms around her protectively and pull her in closer until there was no space between their bodies. Ash faded from Prim's mind. Stupidity fled from Lucas' and it was just them. It wasn't even their minds, not really. They had their hearts, lust, and their touch which burned inside the viciously. Prim pulled away and laid her hand against his cheek.

"Yes."

On the beach in District 4 a little girl danced along the sand with bare feet and a white dress that seemed contradictory to the grey sky from the stormy day. "Baby, you're feet are all sandy now! Come on, we have to go!" Prim yelled from the door. Her vision was perfect now yet it adapted a little too well to the night time. Her hips were a little wider from pregnancy. She looks, other than that, the same.

"Are we gong to get Daddy?" The girl yelled shooting across the sand toward the house where her mom scooped her off the ground. She slid her feet in the shoes Prim was trying to get on her feet after trying to brush off the sand.

"Yes we are," Prim chuckled as her little baby hopped in her arms happily clapping her hands together. Prim carried her bundle of joy to the car and strapped her in to the car seat in the back. "How bout you sing your little song while we go Annie?"

She agreed happily and began to sing: "We're going to get Daddy, Daddy, Daddy. We're going to get Daddy and bring him home."

They pulled up next to the square where a bus was sitting with men loading out. Peace Keepers had been deployed from district around Panem because of commotion in a shantytown past District 13. Lucas had gone as the leader of the group and they had been gone for weeks, but there he was climbing off the bus. The first thing he did was hug his baby girl and then he kissed his wife. She held back the tears as he held her face in his hand. "I love you Prim."

"I love you too," Prim whispered smiling widely.

"And you love Annie," their little girl squealed as they piled back into the car.

"Yes, we love Annie too." Lucas looked between his two girls and thought back on where they were only about ten years ago. Sometimes, though the Hunger Games left him with nightmares, he couldn't help but to find a bright side to them. This was, after all, the final results of the games.

The end. Thank y'all for reading!

Sincerely,

wisegirlindisguise