Real or Not Real? By Olivia Isbill
Chapter 7
"Good morning Sunshine." I hear Peeta say when I wake up. This is it. We're getting married today.
"Morning Peeta." I say. My eyes barely open. I'm so tired. But I sit up and go downstairs. Peeta made Blueberry pancakes. He's Happy. I mean, why wouldn't he be? We are getting married! When Peeta finishes making the pancakes, he sets two plates down on the table. I come and sit in a chair and he sits in the one next to it. We both eat our breakfast. With one of my hands using the fork to scarf down the food, and the other resting on the table, intertwined with Peeta's. I feel more comfortable with my hand in Peeta's. The first time we ever held hands was when we were in our chariots at the opening ceremonies. Cinna thought we should. I remember his hands being strong then. His hands are soft, and more pleasant now.
"Oh Katniss, I almost forgot! I will be right back." He says letting go of my hand. He runs upstairs. I have no idea what he is doing. He is on the stairs a few minutes later. He doesn't leave the staircase yet.
"Close your eyes." He says sounding excited. I can tell it must be big.
"Okay." I say and close my eyes. I hear him move closer telling me not to peek. I don't, I want it to surprise me.
"Open!" He exclaims. I open my eyes and see a beautiful wedding dress. My beautiful wedding dress. The one Cinna made me. Tears start to fill my eyes. I rush over towards Peeta, and wrap my arms around his neck.
"Thank you Peeta." I say and give him a quick kiss. Because the door bell rings. I let go of Peeta and he head towards the door. It's my mother.
"Hi Mrs. Everdeen." Peeta says to her.
"Hello Peeta." She says greeting him back. She walks over towards me and see's the dress sitting on the table. She gives me a hug.
"Katniss, you have one of Cinna's dresses!" she says, she seems very excited about it.
"Yes, Peeta found it. Can I start getting ready?" I ask her nicely.
"Sure, but wait. I brought something you might need for that. "She steps back outside. She comes back in a few minutes later. Nothing seems new. Then I see Octavia, Venia, and Flavius walk in.
"We're here!" They all say as if on cue. I run over and hung them all. I haven't seen them since I was last in district 13. I missed them a little. No, I missed them a lot. I let go them and we almost immediately get to work. Flavius makes Peeta go back to his house, because it's bad luck for the Groom to see the bride before the wedding. I'm getting my hair done when Annie and Johanna come in. I say hello to both of them and Venia hands them both a dress. Annie is my Maid of Honor and I asked Johanna to be a bridesmaid. They both have light blue dresses. They match our color scheme for the wedding. White and light blue. Octavia puts my hair up in a bun type thing. Venia gave me a burette that is studded with light blue crystals. It's perfect.
"All you need is something old, and borrowed." Johanna says.
"Right you are." Says my mother. She comes over to me and gives me a necklace. It's a little silver locket. She said my father gave it to her on her their wedding day. So all I need now is something borrowed. We kind of forget about that and start to get ready again. I put on my shoes, these perfect white heels. About a 2 inch heel. Not too tall. After I put on my shoes, Flavius and Venia finish my face with a little makeup. I walk into the bathroom and look in the mirror. I look stunning. My dress is magnificent. My hair looks pristine and my shows are just gorgeous. I feel so much more confident. We all go back downstairs and there's a knock at the door. It's Plutarch.
"Well, look at you?" He says. It makes me smile. I haven't seen Plutarch in a while either.
"Hey Plutarch!" I say.
"I have a question Katniss, Paylor wanted to know if you wanted the wedding to be televised?" he asks.
"Umm…" I say. I don't really know at first, but then I think Everyone will see how much I truly love Peeta. I decide, Why not? "Sure." I tell him.
"Okay, I'll see you at the wedding!" he says, and exits my home. Octavia sprays a quick layer of hairspray on my head and we all walk outside. There's a car waiting for me, to drive me over to the justice building. When we make it inside the building everyone leaves to take their seats. I wait in a room to walk down the aisle. Since my father is no longer with us, Haymitch gets the lovely task of walking me down. I hear the music. My heart is pounding. I feel like my whole body is throbbing. I bet Haymitch can hear my heart beat too.
"Any advice?" I ask him.
"Yeah, don't worry about everything else. Focus on why you are here." He says. He must have thought this was pretty big thing for him. I think he's actually sober. The doors open and I see Peeta. He has a black tux, and a little blue primrose sticking out of the upper pocket. I want to start crying automatically, but I know I can't. This is it.
Haymitch and I walk slowly down the aisle. Mine and Peeta's Family and friends all sitting in the rows of chairs. I look at Peeta again; I want to cry again, I see his is crying. Lightly, but he sure is crying. We reach the Altar and the priest begins to speak.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…etc." He goes on and then we get to the part where me and Peeta say "I do."
"For richer or for poorer." The priest says. Peeta repeats him.
"As long as you both shall live." The priest says, and Peeta says "I do."
I do the same after I repeat the priest. And before I know it, the priest says.
"I now pronounce you, husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride."
I stare in Peeta's eyes. And he kisses me. I kiss him back. Every kiss I have with Peeta is wonderful, but because this is our wedding. It's even more wonderful.
We turn to the audience and walk back down the aisle. We both have huge grins on our faces. And we go to another room in the justice building for the after party. We all dance and eat and have a great time. I was dancing with Peeta when someone taps me on the shoulder. It was Gale.
"How's the newlyweds?" He asks us. Me and Peeta both smile.
"Great, Gale." I say and turn to give him a hug."Did you like it?"
"It was wonderful." He says. "You look rather beautiful."
"Thank you Gale." I say and turn back to Peeta. "I will see you soon Gale!" He turns and walks away.
"Well, Mrs. Mellark." Peeta says with a grin.
"Yes, Mr. Mellark?" I ask him, giggling.
"It was perfect " He says.
"Better than perfect. " I say. The music starts to stop and I have to go up on stage to tell everyone that the party is almost over. Everyone makes a kind of sighing, groaning noise when I say this. But I just laugh a little and say I'm sorry. About thirty minutes later me and Peeta are back at my house. Everyone went home. I'm so happy. Me and Peeta are officially married. I took off my dress and put on some sweats and a T-shirt. I walk back downstairs and run over toward Peeta. I give him a huge hug. He wraps his arms around me.
"Tonight was amazing." He says. I nod my head and give him a kiss. When we let go of each other, I tell him I'm tired and we both go upstairs to bed. We have both had a long, but amazing day.
I wake up the next day and Peeta is still asleep. I go downstairs and sit on the couch and just sit. Thinking. What if we ever had children? I always said I never wanted to get married. Or have children. I'm only 19 and I already broke one of those rules. I think about it for a while. I was always scared If I had a child, I would be so scared that she or he, would be reaped and be sent to the hunger games. But that's all over. So, Would I want a child?