Real or not real?

[14]The Big Day {p.2- I Do}

Katniss' POV
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I am not pretty, I am not beautiful, I am as radiant as the sun.

The jitters in me are all over the place and I'm shaking and sweating like you don't know. Was I ready to do this? It was a huge commitment, but I knew it was right.

Peeta's arms are the only ones I want around me the rest of my life. No one else's. All I need is my dandelion in the spring.

I was going to ride a carriage down to the meadow and then be escorted down the aisle.

On no! Who would do that? I can't walk down their on my own. I knew just who to go to.

"Haymitch!!" I yell as I pound on his door, trying not to ruin everything my prep team had done to me.

"Yes sweetheart Mellark?" He smirks. He has a fancy tux, matching my outfit. Everyone was supposed to be wearing white, basically the theme/color.

"Haymitch I have to talk to you," I  plead.

"Yes?" He asks, waiting for the question.

"You're like a father to me, you basically raised me since the first hunger games. Obviously because my real father isn't here, would you maybe want to walk me down the aisle?"

"Sure thing sweetheart," he says and pats me on the shoulder, "I'm proud of you." He says and I scurry out the doorway.

Okay, if have this correct, Effie, Johanna, Annie, and Cressida are my maids of honor. Yes. Peeta has Haymitch, Castor, and Pollux. So we're all good with that.

Ugh. I can't even remember who I invited. Life's a mess.
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"Okay you're done you're ready we must leave immediately!" My prep team says as they load Haymitch and I into a carriage.

The horses started for the meadow.

"Eh, Katniss, what do you think about me maybe, proposing to Effie?" He says with a shy smirk this time.

"I say, DO IT!" I shout and giggle.

"Okay, okay." He says rolling his eyes.

I glance down at my shaky hands and sweating palms. This isn't real. This is real. I'm so confused.
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I try not to fall over in my over- exaggerated heels and hope I don't die because of shoes.

I stare down to the ground, because I don't want to look up. But I do and I don't. And I also don't know.

Out of the corner of my eyes I see someone unfamiliar that I haven't seen in a long time. Mother.

Oh no, who invited her? Peeta probably. Or Annie.

Then I see Gale. I though inviting him was worth a try, and I guess he took that risk like me.

I'm at the end of the aisle and i finally look up facing Peeta. He's blushing, but smiling too. I'm just flat out nervous because I've ever been to/ nor hosted/ had a wedding.

The priest talks for awhile. Then we both say our handwritten vowels.

Peeta's make tear up, but not break down and cry because of our audience.

Peeta's POV
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As soon as I hear "you may kiss the bride," Katniss and I's lips are strongly pressed together.

All under the willow tree, which now represents us. I proposed here, and now we're getting married under it. Our lives becoming one, under the willow tree.

Then we just hug each other until the crowd fades out. Not that there was much of a crowd, though.
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The rest of the night included talking with people, drinking, eating, dancing, socializing, games, etc. Even Haymitch came back to drinking tonight.

My ears hurt from the repetitive "Aw were/ I'm so proud of you," or "you've come so far in life," with tears trickling down their faces.

Katniss and her mom were chatting in the distance. Her mom told me she had a job in 8 as a hospital worker and had to work so much, that it's the reason she never kept in touch with Katniss. I invited her secretly without Katniss knowing because I know she would love having her mother here watching her grow up.

They were now both hugging, luckily. I hoped this would bring them together.

Katniss came up to me, smirking at what was on her mind, "Hey, guess what." She says and bursts out laughing.

"What, and why is it so funny?" I play along laughing.

She comes close to my ear and whispers something into it. "Haymitch is proposing to Effie!!" She's cracking up full out now. I had to join her because that was a shocker.

"Woaaaah! How did you know, miss nosy."

"Well, I'm not nosy, he told me. On the way in the carriage he asked my opinion and I obviously said he should do it."

"Hah"

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The ceremony sadly had to come to an end as we said our final goodbyes for a week on our way to the honeymoon. I told Katniss she wasn't allowed to know and that it was a secret.

We're going to the beach in 4!

It all ended in "byes!" And "love yous"
Until we boarded the train.
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-Sadie