Forever a Safe House

Chapter 14

<Johanna's POV>

Chase follows behind me holding my purse and the groceries. I check the time on my phone as I near the door. Exactly eleven o'clock. Opening the door nonchalantly Sam comes running yelling mommy. I open my arms and my little boy jumps into my grasp. I can feel Chase's stare on my back as I hold my child. Sam pokes my cheek and then points behind me. "Who dat?" He asks with furrowed eyebrows. Chase waves awkwardly as I glance behind me.

"That's mommy's helper," I tell the little boy, "although he causes more harm then good," I mumble.

"What?" Chase asks from behind me.

"Nothing!" I call back as we reach the kitchen. Quickly I get to my job of loading the dishwasher as my crazy friends run around the house. Glimmer is complaining on the couch as Marvel lays next to her snoring. Peeta is running towards the kitchen to start making the hangover concoction with the new groceries. Katniss is sitting outside with the sliding door leading to the porch still open as she stares out at the barn where Glimmer and Marvel got married. Annie is already sitting at one of our many desks working on the wedding plans. Prim and Rue are watching some television show that is much to loud. Clove is nowhere to be seen, but Cato is watching Annie plan her wedding so he has an idea of what to do for his wedding with Clove. Finnick is also not in my sight. Rose or Foxface is eating pancakes she must of made for herself as she talks on the phone to someone. I'm assuming Chaff. The dishes clang around as I place them in the machine effortlessly.

Peeta runs up to Chase and grabs the ingredients from him that he needs for the hangover concoction. Not once does Peeta even process that Chase is a stranger that he has never seen before. Chase stands awkwardly in the kitchen as my friends yell to each other happily only causing the ones with headaches to yell at them to shut up which makes Prim turn up the volume on the television so she can hear it which can aggravates Sam who hates loud noises. He starts screaming and I pull him back into my arms as Peeta starts the blender. "Prim turn it down babe!" I yell from the kitchen. She listens to my order and eventually the yelling reduces to a slightly volumized argument.

"Hey what am I supposed to do with these?" Chase asks as he holds up the box of tampons. I roll my eyes.

"Clove!" I scream.

"What?" She yells from upstairs.

"Tampons!" I answer her. I hear a thump and then loud footsteps trampling down the stairs. I hear a crash and see Clove peel herself off the floor quickly as she races to get the box. She snatches it out of Chase's hand quickly and kisses his cheek.

"Thank god! I can only use toilet paper for so long!" She exclaims happily as she rushes to the bathroom. Chase widens his eyes in surprise and takes a step back. I almost laugh, almost.

Finnick appears from the other room with a book in his hand and glasses resting on his nose. His eyes catch sight of Chase and being the man he is he furrows his eyebrows. With his cane in one hand and the book in the other he limps over to Chase and intimidatingly places the book on the counter a little harder than necessary. The glasses are flicked off his face and placed on the counter. I see Annie roll her eyes from the desk and I know what's coming. The big brother talk, the father talk, the 'I will ruin you if you ruin her' talk. Whatever you want to call it, it is about to happen. Everyone quiets down as they know what is happening as well. Chase keeps his face is placid as Finnick takes one more step closer. Finnick rests the heals of his hands on the handle of the cane and leans forward a bit. "Hi," he mutters, "hey Jo cover Sam's ears," he says with a sweet smile on his face. I roll my eyes, let out a sigh, and cover my sons ears. He nods happily and keeps that sickly sweet smile on his face as he asks Chase the first question he thinks of. "Who the hell are you and what the fuck are you doing in my house with my family?" Right when he finishes the question the smile magically disappears from his face. Chase gulps.

"Hey man, I didn't mean any harm, she just-"

"What the hell did you just call me?" Finnick hisses. Chase gulps again and blinks rapidly. I face palm and debate wether or not to join Katniss outside.

"Um sorry, I'm Chase," he says with a shaky voice as he holds out his hand. Finnick takes the outstretched hand and I see his large swimming muscles bulge. His knuckles turn white.

"Hi Chase I'm Finnick, this is my family, you are in my home, you can only be accepted if you do not smoke, you drink respectfully when we are drinking that is if you last that long because well from the looks of you, ya may not make it. There is no sleeping with her before you know her full name and story which I imagine will take a while considering she didn't tell her last lover her name until a year later. If you get to sleep with her it will be where she wants and when. I hear one negative thing about you and I'll break your neck. I may look weak but I promise if you bruise her literally or God forbid figuratively, I will snap you in half like you are a piece of celery, so I suggest you do well... Chase." With every word Finnick tightened his grasp on Chase's hand more. Chase cringed, but made sure to listen to Finnick. Chase nods.

"Yup got it," Chase promises. I scoff and laugh a bit as Finnick smiles and lousily walks away outside to see Kat.

"Hey Finnick, he isn't my lover!" I shout at the back of his head.

"That's what you said about Thresh!"

A/N it's really short and shitty but I liked it so here is a lousy update.