before you start, I know that Madge died in catching fire, but I felt sorry for her cos she wasn't in the movie
Gale keeps trying to visit me. Peeta won't let him. I don't want him to. It all works out quite perfectly if you ask me. I don't want my kids near someone like him.
Peeta comes into the living room, a handwritten letter in his hand.
To Katniss and Peeta,
There seems to have been some sort of misunderstanding. Meet me for dinner at Justice Building. I haven't seen you since the quarter quell and would like to catch up.
Madge xx
Why now? Madge and I haven't spoken in twenty years! she doesn't know I have children. How does she know Peeta and I are together? Did she guess? It was probably very obvious to everyone that we would be together. Everyone but me. I give the letter back to Peeta and take Prue and Cinna upstairs.
"So are we going?" He calls after me
"Sure. Why not" I answer. I dress Prue and Cinna in their favorite clothes. They wouldn't wear anything else. It doesn't bother me, but Peeta wasn't too happy about it.Prue's favorite outfit is her polka dot cardigan with her ripped, dark blue skinny jeans and her black baseball boots. Cinna's is his white creased shirt with a black top underneath and his baggy jeans with his scruffy trainers. Peeta's face is priceless when we come back downstairs. He sees me first and manages to choke out compliments about my red Calvin Klein dress. Prue and Cinna come next and stand in front of me. Peeta starts to shout about how rude it is to show up at a posh dinner wearing 'common' clothes, but is cut short by our muffled laughter. He shakes his head in surrender and goes to get dressed.
"Wow, Katniss, look at you. And Peeta, too!" Madge looks down at my children "And who are they?" She asks.
"Cinna Mellark and Prue Everdeen. Our children." I answer.
"Oh." She nodds "Well... They look... Cosy." I smile sarcastically and take a seat at the table. Cinna sits next to me and Prue next to Peeta. I hold my hand up to order, but Madge pushes it back down again.
"No. You can't order yet!" She shrieks.
"Why not?" Peeta questions
"Well, I know how upset you were after the quarter quell when Gale left, so..." Please no! Please no!
"I invited Gale. He doesn't know you guys are here." She eyes Prue and Cinna as she says that. "I invited him from District 2 telling him I had a surprise! Suprise!" I feel my face go red and I start to shake.
"I -- I just... I gotta -- bye." I run out of the dining room and pace up and down in the hall. Okay. ts not like he knew about this. He would have said no straight away if he had. And I'm really hungry... And I left my kids and husband in there.
"Sorry." I mumble when I'm finally able to force myself back. "I just needed some air. I'm okay now." I sit back down and sip a very sweet drink with a kick that's been placed in front of me. It calms me so I focus on watching the liquid going up and down through the straw. Gale finally comes and four empty glasses, of what I've found out is Martini, are sitting in front of me. As he sits down, I grab Peeeta's half drunk glass and start to drink out of it, too. He turns as if to say something, but my look silences him.
"Um, Katniss, Peeta. Hi" The silence was painful. I kick Peeta, signalling for him to say something.
"Um, Waiter "He calls "Can I get three more Martini's, please?" The Waiter nods and Peeta smiles at me.
"Well, speak, you two" Madge urges "You haven't seen each other for twenty years!" The glass is empty. Where are my other drinks?
"Actually, We saw Gale a few days ago." Peeta corrects "When he put my wife in hospital!" His tone turns hostile at the end.
"I'm just going to check where those drinks are." I inform.
"Wow, Katnip! You're worse than Haymitch! I see he's rubbing off on you!" Gale shouts as I get up. I turn, ready to pounce on him, but Peeta stops me.
"He's not worth it, Katniss. Just go." I throw daggers at him before running after the waiter. I find him on his way to our table and take the tray off of him. Peeta tries to take a glass off of the tray when I sit down, but I smack his hand away. Gale snigger's under his breath and Madge fidgets awkwardly in her seat. I frown and push a glass towards Peeta.
The food is exquisite, as it always is. I haven't been in here since Cinna's birthday, two months ago. I order the Lamb stew with dried plums, so does Peeta. I order Prue and Cinna tomato, basil and meatballs pasta. Madge and Gale have a chicken roast. six more Martini's later, it's time to go. Just before we leave, I go to the restrooms; or at least, try to. I can't remember where they are. I come across a large wooden door, I wouldn't have stopped, but I heard my name. I lean my ear towards the door.
"Paylor has agreed." Someone says "It took a lot of tracker jacker venom, but she sees her as a threat. She agrees there's no other choice but to start them again. The seventy sixth Hunger Games will commence after a twenty year break and the Mockingjay, Katniss Everdeen will be a tribute"
"Exellent" Another voice says. Annie! No! It can't be! Finnick and I were friends! She wouldn't do that to me! I run and find Peeta waiting outside Justice Building with the kids.
"Peeta!" I cry "We need to leave! Now! Paylor was hijacked and she's decided to bring back the Hunger Games and they have a plan that's going to insure I'm a tribute! They're not going to let me live. Not this time."
"What are you talking about, Katniss?" Peeta asks "Who are 'they' ?"
"They're out to get me! I'm the Mockingjay!" He puts his arm around my waist.
"Katniss, you're highly intoxicated. You don't know what you're talking about. Lets go home." I stagger and wobble on my way back, mumbling all kinds of nonsense that helps confirm Peeta's inference.
But I know what I heard. Let the seventy sixth Hunger Games commence
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The Girl On Fire (undergoing editing)
FanfictionThis is my idea of what would happen after Mockingjay. Who says the hunger games saga has to end there?
