this takes place four days later…Christmas…

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Chapter 27 – Katniss's POV

I woke up to something on top of me, but I didn't open my eyes to see what it was. I felt to the sides of my bed and there was nothing there. "Good morning." Peeta whispered. Then he leaned down and kissed me hard on the lips. "Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas to you too. Now can you get off of me so I can wake up Prim?" I knew she would probably be up looking in the living room.

My mom left me and Peeta to decorate and she left us some money to buy presents. We had a small tree with pretty much only lights and homemade decorations. There were about three presents for each of us, but Prim got the most.

Peeta rolled off of me and got up. I uncovered myself and went into Prim's room. To my surprise, she was still in there. "Prim, do you want to wake up?" She shot out of the bed.

"I've been up for a while, but you don't like me going downstairs. It was hard not to just wake you two up."

Peeta stood in the doorway. "Thank you for that." He yawned. We had been up late wrapping the gifts. After he yawned, he said, "Let's go downstairs." When we got downstairs, Prim was in the kitchen. Her jaw was open. I walked in and found out why. "I made breakfast by the way."

"You did more than that! There's a feast here!" He made pancakes, eggs, bacon, and muffins. He and also gotten juice, coffee, and hot chocolate. "Is that why you were already up?"

"Yes, and we can start now and open presents later."

"That would be amazing!" Prim grabbed a plate and started to serve herself. Peeta and I did the same.

After we ate, we all put the food away. Then we went to the living room. Prim got an iPod, a journal, and a gift card for iTunes. I gave Peeta ingredients for cake and frosting, hoping he would put that to use; and an apron. "You see Peeta, I'm tired of washing out stains from your clothes, so why not wear one of these?"

"Thank you very much Katniss."

"There's more. It's from Prim." He looked into the bag and found it.

"Canvas and paint!" He looked really happy now. "Thanks babe, and Prim." He kissed my forehead.

"She gets babe and I'm just Prim?"

"Yep. Unless you want an uncomfortable nickname." Prim shook her head. "That's what I thought. Now you two." He pointed to me and Prim.

I unwrapped the present he got me. It was in a box. I opened the box. Inside was a laptop. "Holy shit Peeta!"

Prim looked in hers. "Oh my God."

"They have webcams so you can talk to your mom." I set it down and threw myself at him. He put his arms around me. I started to cry.

"Thank you so much, I would give you a hug, but Katniss is in the way." I got off of him and Prim hugged Peeta.

"Peeta, now I feel like I need to get you something else!"

"Don't, please don't. I love what you got me."

Prim looked down at the laptop. "And all I got you was paint stuff."

"Don't be like that." He went over to Prim. "This is for Christmas, putting up with me, and letting me stay here."

"I guess you're right. Can we go to Rory's house now?"

I said to Prim, "No, you're going over there for dinner." Just then the phone rang. Peeta got up to get it. Within two minutes, he was back. "Who was it?"

"You're not going to like this."

"Peeta, who was it?"

"Haymitch. He told you and I to come over to his house for dinner."

"No!" I buried my face in a pillow. "I'd rather it be him than Gale, and I know that's weird to say. But I guess Prim's going to Rory's and we're going to Haymitch's house."

We spent the whole day watching Christmas specials on TV. My mom had gotten cable for us when she left because we were going to get more money. When it was about four o'clock, we got dressed. I just wore jeans and a green shirt. Peeta had jeans and a red dress shirt. Prim was the worst with an actual dress. It was pink, but had touches of yellow sparkles at the bottom. It made her look older. "Prim, do you have to wear that dress?"

"Yes. I bought it to wear didn't I? It's not a 'look-at' dress." I thought it should be. The straps were only a half inch thick and it was a little too low-cut around her chest for my liking. "Don't worry, I have a sweater."

"I wasn't going to let you outside without one." She stuck her tongue out at me and put on a white sweater.

We dropped off Prim and some gifts at Rory's house. Peeta drove us to Haymitch's house, at least following the directions that he gave us. When we got there, we could see him through the window in his kitchen. "Ready?" Peeta asked.

"I wish I could say no." We got out of the car and knocked on the door.

Haymitch opened it. "Hello you two! How's it going? Come in!"

"Fine, how are you?" I asked. Something strange was going on.

"Great, absolutely great! Merry Christmas!"

I looked to Peeta, he seemed to be as confused as I was. "Quit the act, what is going on?"

"Okay, thank God. I just wanted some company and I didn't want to make you feel awkward coming to a teacher's house"

"Yeah, you failed at that." I managed to say. I wanted to change the subject. "What's for dinner?"

"Steak." My mouth began to water when we got into his kitchen. It must have been the steak that smelled so good. He had already set the table and put food on the plates. Peeta and I sat next to each other and Haymitch was on the opposite side of the table. We just looked at the food. "You can eat now you know." We shrugged and started.

Haymitch got up and got something. I didn't look up to see. He put down two glasses and filled them with a red liquid. "What's that?" Peeta asked.

"Wine. You can have a glass, it's fine."

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