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Chapter Nineteen- By The Sea

(Katniss)

I stand on the platform of the railways, waiting for the train to come that will lead Peeta and I to District four for a whole summer. My heart pounds and my hands shake, I feel distressed and overwhelmed to leave home. The last time I left, I was sure I'd never come back.

"Why are we doing this again?" I ask Peeta.

"It's a vacation. Come one Katniss, it'll be fun." He says halfheartedly. Neither of us are looking foreword to this very much. We could stay in the small confines of 12 for the rest of our lives and be just fine with it. But this isn't about us, this is about Annie.

The train rumbles in, blowing exhaust through our hair. We hesitantly step on to the train we are all too familiar with. Plutarch insisted we have the same train that led us to the capitol when Peeta informed him about our summer adventure. He said it would make us more comfortable, but honestly it just makes me queasy and anxious.

The train starts up again and I look out at the seam for the last time, this summer. It's along time but Peeta leans next to me and fiddles with my hair, "This is different. We're coming back." He whispers.

Apparently we will reach District four early tomorrow morning, and then a car will takes us to Annie's house.

Diner is the same old capitol food that makes us slightly sick to our stomachs, so we head to bed early.

It's horrible to be back in my room on the train, so we decide to sleep in Peeta's room.

"Different." He says as we crawl in bed.

"What is?" I ask.

"Us sleeping in my room."

"Oh, yeah." My cheeks heat up, we never really talk about the fact that we always sleep together.

"It's nice." He says with a bit of a laugh.

"Just to many nightmares in that room. Long, long nightmares." I croak.

"Long nightmares that have ended." He adds.

"But I can't tell myself it was just a dream." I say.

He sighs into my hair and we slowly fall asleep, only managing the night with the each others arms.

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Peeta loves the ocean, he spends most of the day searching for shells or sitting on the beach. Annie and I sit on the beach a lot of the day and I watch her do these complicated knots that eventually make a net. She does them so fast I can barely see her fingers move. I hold baby Finn in my arms so she can do her work.

"The nanny left for the summer, to visit her family. It's so nice of you all to come. So I'm not alone, and so I can work and know Finn is okay." She stuttered out the first day we arrived. It's strange; Annie seemed so much better and normal through letters. In person, you can really see why people call her mad.

Annie's house looks just like Finnick, in every way a house can look like a person. It's right on the beach, with a huge porch and high ceilings. But Annie's description of it being "large" is a bit of an exaggeration.

There is a large living room, small kitchen, and three bedrooms all crammed into one small floor. Annie has one, but she usually sleeps on the sofa. I think it's too hard for her to sleep without Finnick by her side. I would never be able to go back in my room if Peeta wasn't there. Finn has a small room, with trident wallpaper and bright blue bedding. Then there is a room Peeta and I are staying in, it's small and cozy with light blue walls.

Every morning we wake up and eat some breakfast that Annie and Peeta cook together. My job is to wake Finn up. He is small little boy, that looks so much like Finnick it hurt the first time I saw him.

Then we usually go to the beach, mainly because Peeta wants to and Annie says she does her work better there. Most of the time I go with them, but I'm not a huge fan of the beach. I just like the swimming. When I don't go Finn and I stay back at the house. I swear I'm never having kids, but Finn has made me see why people do. Peeta's eyes light up a little bit every time he see's me smile because of Finn. This trip seems to have given him more hope, I don't know what for, but he just seems more optimistic.

I don't know what this trip has done to me; I don't think it's changed me at all. I think I'm too stubborn to change anymore. I just know that I'm glad to help Annie, and I like to spend time with Finn.

So as you can tell, I am not done with this fanfiction. I have been busy and if you're reading this I salute you, you are quite the dedicated reader and I thank you so much. When I stop I will say it very clearly and you will know. I'm so, so sorry for it taking me so long but on top of school I got a job. (I'm a nanny! Haha, there was a nanny in this chapter.) I will update soon. I hope you liked this! PLEASE REVIEW!