The Mockingjay Lives On

Chapter 8

Hey Guys! I told you I was updating a lot today! My story is already pre-written and I'm editing as I go along. I have 4 more chapters in this notebook I wrote it in. I hope you all are enjoying the story. I took plenty of time to write this. I've already had over 30 views since I posted the first chapter I published today. Please enjoy and thank you again for reading!! ~Krissy

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Peeta POV
Three Months Later

It's Katniss's 23rd birthday today. I've spent the majority of the day putting the finishing touches on her cake and trying to keep her occupied. Gale has her out in the woods today helping me keep her away from the house. Annie, Jo and Charlie along with the kids are at the house preparing everything that I'm not able to do right now. Haymitch and Mrs. Everdeen are picking up Plutarch and Effie from the train station. They're the only ones who can make it who don't live in Twelve. Its been kept under wraps that Plutarch was going to be here to avoid any unnecessary attention from reporters. 

I call Hazelle, she's been my eyes today around the house. "Nope, they're still out in the woods Peeta," she tells me. "Rory is at the fence and Vick is with them out in the woods to give a signal to Rory, it's fine Peeta, I swear. Everything will go as planned!" she finishes. "Okay, good!" I say cheerfully. 

I hang up with Hazelle, and look at Pollux and Delly. "You guys ready?" They nod. Pollux has the cheesebuns, we made earlier, and Delly has the pastries and I have the cake.

We make it to the house undetected, yes! Inside I find Posy keeping Noah busy and Hunter in his rocker, while everyone is getting the finishing touches done. Hazelle, Plutarch, Effie, Haymitch and Mrs. Everdeen walk in ten minutes later. After exchanging pleasantries with Effie and Plutarch, we finish up. All of a sudden we hear the front door open and Rory running in, breathing hard. "They're... they're..." he's gasping for air. "they're almost here!" he finally spits out. Everyone goes and hides, except for Posy, Noah and Hunter, obviously. I can always say Posy wanted to visit the boys while I was watching them. 

A couple minutes later, Gale, Katniss and Vick walk in the door. "AUNTIE KATNISS!!! GALE!!" Noah squeals running up to Katniss. "Hey Little Goose! Hi Posy and how's my little boy doing?" I hear Katniss saying to Hunter. 

"Katniss out here in the living room." I say. She walks into the living room with Gale behind her giving me the signal. I get up and wrap her up in my arms. "Happy Birthday Beautiful," I whisper in her ear. I back up a step and give a convincing cough and before she can react to the cough, everyone runs out and screams "SURPRISE!"

It scared her because she screamed, not expecting it, thankfully. However, the look on her face was hilarious. 

Katniss POV

Oh my God! Everyone is here. I turn to look at Peeta and see him and Gale laughing and so is everyone else. Peeta must have planned this. I smile. "Thank you everyone for coming!" I say. I cannot believe Peeta planned this, and I had no idea. Wait. I just thought about it. When did Plutarch and Effie make it here? I never saw a hovercraft show up. I look to them, "when did you guys get here? I never saw the hovercraft!" "Just a little bit ago," Effie starts. "Peeta knew you would know something was up if you saw the hovercraft." she says as if I should already know. Which she's right. I'd know because anytime a hovercraft came, Plutarch would let us know so that neither of us freaked out. "Well Peeta, as usual, was right!" I say. 

I go around hugging everyone and thanking them for coming. As I hug Plutarch, I see Peeta walking up with a box in his hand. "For you." he says. Reminding me of when he gave me the pearl in the last arena. I my chest tightens at the memory and I shake it off. I open it up and its a necklace with a pearl. The memories start swirling again. Wait. I look at it again. Is that the pearl he gave me? It can't be, that's hidden up in the nightstand drawer. I look to Peeta. "I know what you're thinking, and yes it is that pearl." he says to me. "But how did you know where it was?" I ask curiously. "A couple weeks ago after your nightmare when I had the last episode, I heard you get out of bed and I watched you pull it out of the drawer. Though, at the time I didn't know what it was until the following morning. I knew I had to do this with it, so you can keep it near your heart." he says smiling.