Healing Scars

Chapter Fifty "Special Edition Chapter"

Chapter Fifty ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

KATNISS'S POV

I sit on one of the rocks that are near the lake, with my body damp and dripping from my swim in the lake. My undergarments stick to my skin and my wet and dark hair shines in the morning sun.

It's Peeta and my 8th Wedding Anniversary... And it makes me smile thinking about it, us being married for so long, we've been together for 16 years literally. I'm lucky to have him as my husband. Then I feel a hand go to my shoulder that I know do well. "Did you go swimming?" I twist my neck to the side and see Peeta's soft blue eyes and smile, kissing his lips slowly.

"Yeah I did for a little bit." I say with a smile. "You look extremely sexy right now." He murmurs, leaving soft kisses down my neck. "Stop flattering." I say with a scoff. "It's the truth!" He says with a grin. I kiss his jaw and smile, resting my four head against his cheek.

"How's the Anniversary Party decorations going?" He sits next to me and moves me into his lap. "Well, Effie is running everyone crazy over on how the Decor needs to be perfect and Johanna is about to chop off her head with her axe." I laugh and he smiles. "Why so?" "Oh you know Jo, always wanting to be the one in charge and Effie's just driving her crazy."

"How the kids doing?" "They're helping out too." "Oh really? With what?" He kisses the top of my head. "Well you are just going to have to figure out tonight." He says with a chuckle. Oh the surprises Peeta gives to me.

PEETA'S POV

"Well you go and continue to swim I have to get going." I kiss her lips slowly and then walk away with a chuckle. When I get back to the Hobb there are beautiful lights swaying in the summer breeze, the man with the fiddle, playing some old folk songs, the scent of freshly made cake and other foods wafting to my nose.

I see Effie and her red, curly wig on with a dress made out of fake red roses. Johanna who is muttering under her breath about stabbing Effie with one of the roses thorns. Effie grins. "Oh Peeta! Look at you!" She hugs me and then looks at my clothing. She scrunches her nose.

"You aren't wearing that tonight... Are you?" "I was planning on it." She shakes her head. "No that certainly won't do Peeta, Flavius can you please get Peeta dressed appropriately for tonight?" Flavius looks up from some drawings of dresses of Cinna's.

"Effie I need to get Katniss's clothing ready." "Actually Effie, Katniss and I kinda just want it to be relaxed, and we just want to wear what we usually wear on a normal day... And besides, it's going to be a little kids friendly because of all the people we invited they have plenty of children, and we just want to dressed relaxed."

"Well Peeta, being the one in charge of this ceremony I say you dress nicely." "Would you just shut the fuck up!" We both turn and the fiddle player stops his calmly tunes. "Look Bitchy Trinket, this is there Anniversary and they can do whatever they fucking want! For god sakes they could just go home, drink wine until they are drunk as hell and have sex all day! It's there day, it's been eight long years, hard ones at that and if you can't stop treating them like your little victor puppets then you shouldn't be here!"

Effie looks shocked at what Johanna said and Johanna clears her throat, brushing a tear from her cheek. "And stop dressing like a fucking clown, the Capitol fell, dress like everyone else... And loose the accent." Johanna walks out of the Hobb and I quickly follow.

When I find her she is sitting on a box with tears rolling down her cheeks and I stand in front of her. "Jo? You okay?" She looks up and brushes her tears away quickly. "Yeah I'm fine Mellark." "Why did you blow up on Effie like that?" "I know you and Katniss love Effie, but she needs to stop treating you like victors or the kids that she controlled before the games."