Hi everyone this is my first fanfic of the hunger games so i really hope you enjoy. all you need to know is that its based 16 or so years after the rebellion and katniss and peeta have 2 children. Willow (age 15) and River (age 5). (some extra info. finnick never died in mockingjay in my fanfic) they are all living in district 12 in the victors village and Katniss and Peeta's are in their mid 30's. hope you enjoy. i know its a really long chapter but i prefer long chapters but is you want me to write shorter ones just let me know. i will be posting at least once a week and all constructive criticism welcome. Please review!

Willows POV

i woke up early today so i could look my best for the first day back at school after the summer break. i hate school. i really do. i think its completely pointless and there is no point in going to a building where people we don't know tell us things that we will never need in life! my mom is always telling me to suck it up and that i will get to leave soon enough if i get the grades. emphasis on the word 'if'!

My mom there are so many things i can say about my mom. she's loving and caring and an all round good mom but there is something that she has never told me. i know this because every time i mention something about history of Panem she flips out and has to leave the room. My dad tries to reassure me that it just brings up bad memories for her but they will never tell me why. honestly i'm kindov over it. they keep enough secrets from me already. i don't care.

i sweep my hair to the side and do it in my usual side braid but instead of it being a mess as usual i try to make it perfect. i'm going to be a junior at my school. no more stupid freshman or softmore days where everyone who is older looks down on me. il admit everyone knows my name, i am what you would call the 'IT' girl in my year. everyone loves me and wants to be my friend. i plaster on a fake smile and act friendly to everyone. I will be the Willow Primrose Mellark that everyone knows and loves.

Katniss POV

"Willow are you up yet?" i called on my daughter. i still cant get over saying that. My daughter. it almost sounds unreal but its true.

"yeh mum i'l be down in a minute!" unfortunately my daughter Willow has my very stubborn ways. she's just like me which can be a good thing or a bad thing. however she doesn't look like me. at all. she has her fathers blonde hair which falls to just above her hips. not that you would ever know because she always braids it like i do. and she also has her fathers gorgeous blue eyes. honestly thats what i wanted. but every time i look at willow i can only think of my little sister. willow has a lot of my facial features so along with her blonde hair looks exactly like prim did.

i still cant get over the fact that my little duck is gone. she was too young, to gentle. just like rue. but i swore to myself that day and for every day after that, that my children would never ever go through such horrors in the world. i became the mockingjay because i wanted the children of the future to know nothing of this. thats why i have never told willow or little River. and there i nothing i want more than to believe that they will never find out. but i think we all know thats not true.

I slowly walk down the stairs to the kitchen, where i already know peeta will be making cheese buns. my favourite. I came to the realisation 16 years ago when peeta and i got married that it was him, its always been him. he was always the one who loved me through everything and no matter what he always will. just as i always will.

"morning" i walk over to him and give him a quick peck on the cheek and smile. he can obviously see through my smile. can see the worry and panic in my eyes, just as the start of every school year when once again i'm terrified that willow will find out about the games and about what peeta and i did.

"morning gorgeous!" he says and smiles in return "don't worry its gonna be ok." he says reassuringly as he strokes my cheek.

we are interrupted by willow stomping down the stairs and dumping her bag and the bottom. she trudges over and plonks herself on one of the stools at the table. he looks at the both of us. "whats with the weird looks?" she asks with half a cheese bun in her mouth.

peeta chuckles and looks at me, "just like her mother." he comments and i cant help but chuckle as i pick up a cheese bun and stuff it in my mouth. at that moment the phone rings, i quickly make my way to the corner of the kitchen and pick up the phone on the wall.

"hello" i say politely

"hey there sweetheart!" says the biggest man in my life, apart from peeta of course. haymitch "just calling to talk to my favourite little girl!"

"oh haymitch i'm flattered" i say coldly. i know for a fact that he isn't calling to talk to me. he wants to speak to willow. haymitch thinks of willow as a granddaughter in one way or another, she thinks of him in the same way. they have a bond that i had with my father and i love that.

"yeah, yeah love you too sweetheart! not stick my other favourite girl on the phone!" he says sarcastically. willow comes round the corner immediately her face brightens as i hold out the phone to her. she rushes over and quickly takes it from me.

"hey you big old drunk!" she says sarcastically and i can hear haymitch chuckle at the other end of the phone. i roll my eyes and walk through to the living room where little river is. my son river, he's only 5 but i can tell he's going to be just like peeta. he's the exact opposite of his sister. he looks like me, with the grey eyes and the dark hair but he has peeta's personality. he is loving and caring and patient. everything that his sister and i are not. its quite funny.

"hey there river what you up to?" i ask him sweetly

"nothing mommy... do i have to go to school?" i chuckle. on the other hand he does hate school like his sister. i love it when he calls me mommy. willow hasn't called me mommy in years. we had a fight when she was 10, she was very mature for her age, she knew i was hiding something from her and she kept questioning me. it was a really bad time. after that fight she hasn't called me mommy since...

"yes baby... but your starting a new year isn't that a good thing?" i ask trying to brighten his spirits

"no. i just want to stay home with you" i chuckle again. he is so sweet.

"right come on" i say and pick him up "lets go drop off your sister at school." and we wander back through to the kitchen.

Willows POV

I laugh again and again. i love haymitch to pieces. he's like a different father to me, he understands me in a way that my parents don't. we have a unbreakable bond that makes me smile whenever i'm around him.

"willow we have to go!" my dad calls from the hall

" ok i'm coming" i shout back.

"sounds like someone has to go to their torture zone... oh i mean school... il catch you later kido!" says haymitch

"yeah yeah bye haymitch don't drink too much" i say before i hang up my phone and walk to the front door.

We pull up to the school, and right before i hop out my mom turns to me.

"ok willow, have fun, make friends, love you" she smiles and i smile back. my mum is a pain in the ass but i love her.

"i will" i get out and close the door of my parents porsche. i can already see people looking at me as i turn around and walk up to the school. my family is probably the richest family in district 12 some people are apparently looking in the trash for food and my parents just dropped me off in a porsche. i really hate the looks i get sometimes. the looks of envy, hatred, jealousy and some even death glares, not all the looks are bad though some of the guys i can already tell are checking me out. i'm not going to deny it, i'm pretty, its a fact and i may sound like come self centered idiot but its true. i don't like the attention though id rather just stick with my group of friends and be one of the normal kids in school.

Like the start of every year i walk to the front office with my bag over my shoulder and go up to the receptionist. i hate her. she knows my parents and she acts like she knows me too its such a pain.

"ah willow dear! good to see you here is your schedule, locker and school ID for this year." she smiles

"thank you mrs. hawthorne" i thank her and as i'm about to turn away she calls.

"oh willow iv known your mother since she was a baby! you can call me hazel." she calls and i turn around again and put on my best fake smile

"thanks hazel. i'l see you later" i turn back around and roll my eyes, and with that i walk away to go and find my locker.

I walk down the east hall looking for my locker.

"Willow! Wait up!" i hear my name and turn around to see my best friend since i was 6, Alexa Jordan Meiner. She's a bit taller than me with dirty blonde hair that is curly and is just below her shoulders. her eyes are light brown. and she has to be the person with the biggest mouth on the planet i know. i love her and i trust her, i just don't trust her with secrets, the world would know by the next day if i did. i do love that she speaks her mind though. if she hates you, he will say. if your hair is a mess that day, she will say. i love her though no matter how inappropriate she is.

"hey! you excited for another year of torture!" i ask in a very fake and cheery manor.

"yeh i'm practically exploding with excitement!" she says in the same tone. we chuckle. her locker is always next to mine because it goes in alphabetical order by last name. and because she is Meiner and i'm Mellark we've been next to each other since the start of middle school. With Alexa being on my left iv always had the same person on my right... since the start of middle school...and i hate him... with a passion! Dominic Middleton!

"hey Mellark!" he asks me casually with a big smirk on his face. i want to slap that pretty little face of his. he annoys me so much for reasons that i cant even begin to describe! "long time no see! unless you saw me in your dreams" he winks at me and i feel like i'm going to throw up!

"more like in your dreams Middleton!" i turn back to Alexa and she has a lost look on her face. she has liked Dominic since the 8th grade but he never notices her. he's to busy irritating me!

i snap my fingers in front of her face. "Alexa! stop staring at mr ego over here and focus! were not going to survive the school year of you keep drooling over...THAT!" i look at Dominic up and down, he is at the end of the hall with all his other football buddies! they are all jerks. every single one of them! with me being the most popular girl in school you would think that i would be friends with them because they are the most popular guys but on the contrary! i hate them! Apart from one of them. Jason Henderson. He is the sweetest kindest guy on the planet, not counting my dad and little brother of course! We've been friends since the 8th grade, the same day i met Dominic and they both made quite the impression.

i haven't talked to Jason all summer. he's been avoiding me. it was at Alexa's birthday party and he told me that he loved me... that was really awkward and then to top it off i caught him and Alexa making out in her room later that day! honestly i wasn't really that bothered because i don't feel the same way. I know that i need to make things right with him now so i tell Alexa that i will be back and i walk down the hallway to where he is.

All the guys turn around and look at me, giving me seductive glares and a couple of winks but i don't look at them. i just look at Jason.

"hey can i talk to you?" i ask. it wasn't a question and he knows that so he willingly walks with me and we hear a few wolf whistles behind us. i simple keep walking, don't look back, but i flip them off to show them how much i actually don't care!

I hear him chuckle beside me. i know exactly what he is thinking 'same old willow' i roll my eyes at his comment. Jason and i have a bond, not like the one i have with haymitch, more like the bond of a brother and sister like river and i should have but we don't because of our age difference.

As we turn the corner of the hall and go behind all the lockers to our usual spot where most of the school thinks we make out in, but we don't, and i like it like that.

"hey..." he says awkwardly

"hey... so how was your summer?" i ask breaking the silence. i knew i was beating around the bush and it was going to come out at some point.

"look Jason, i love you, but like a brother, i know that you may think of me differently but i got a lot going on right now and i'm just not ready for a relationship. but i want us to stay best friends!" i say and then i smile at him. he smiles back which takes a huge weight off my shoulders.

"i get it willow, i really do! were best friends and we always will be!" he smiles and pulls me in for a hug.

his tall build makes me stan on my tip toes to rest my head on his shoulder. i can smell his musky colone. it feels so good to hug him again. iv missed it, i haven't spoken to him let alone hugged him in weeks and it feels so right! i really missed him.

we walk back down the hallway with his arm around my shoulder like old times. and Alexa gives me a huge smile and a big thumbs up. she likes Jason, but not in that way, she thinks of him like a cousin or a friend of the family, they aren't super close but they are friends. but after that little session i caught them having in her bedroom they haven't really spoken either. i really just want to get rid of all this drama and have things go back to the way they were before. He goes one way and i go the other about to head to our first class, music, Alexa and i have it together.

Music has to be the only subject in school that i don't completely hate. my mom was always a good singer and my dad is an artistic genius but i cant paint to save my life! i can sing though. i don't often because i get embarrassed, Jason and Alexa are the only people that have ever heard me sing, other than my parents.

We walk into class and everyones eyes fall on me. honestly i hate my role in school, Willow Mellark, really pretty, popular, rich. apparently i was nothing more than that.

i take a seat at the back close to the piano and i see the worst teacher possible walk through the door. Mr Wallace. i consider jumping out of the window to avoid his glare. the man gave me 7 detentions last year. 7! honestly he has it out for me. something tells me that this is not going to be the perfect year after all.

After a 1 hour and 20 minute music lesson followed by a 1 hour and 20 minute math lesson i hurry out of the room avoiding everyone as i go. its finally lunch time. i don't really eat at lunch, which is probably one of the reasons i am so skinny, but i enjoy lunch time because i get to hang out with my friends and not pay attention to everyone around us.

We have sat at the same table since we joined high school. it is in the centre of the whole cafeteria and there are 12 seats in a circle. anyone in the school would love to sit with us but they know not to bother trying. i walk over and i see that everyone is already there.

Jason, Alexa, Dominic, Ethan, Sophia, Adam, Chase, Naomi, Stephan, Savannah, Ashton and Ashley (the twins)

there is always a spot for me right between Jason and Sophia which i quickly plonk myself down in and everyone begins to greet, compliment and cheer as i smile at them. i have missed them all loads and none of us did much over the summer.

"hey Will, we were all gonna go catch a movie after school you wanna come with?" chase asks raising eyebrows in a very seductive way. i know that he's only kidding, chase is the biggest flirt i know. he's never actually has a proper girlfriend apart from savannah but no one really talks about that anymore.

"sure id love to. we could go over to my house for pizza or something afterwards?" i say and everyone begins to cheer. i take that as a yes.

After school i text my parent to tell them not to pick me up because i'm going out with friends. we split up and pile into Adam's and Ethan's car, they are both old enough to drive. i really want to drive but because I'm only 15 I'm not allowed. i will be 16 in a few months and i will be able to go and get my drivers licence.

I am in Ethan's car and I'm squished in the back with Ashton and Ashley on either side of me. they are the closest thing you can get to clones they look alike (except that ashley is a girl) and they do pretty much everything the same. it freaks us out sometimes. in the front is Ethan driving and Naomi is in the passenger seat. i swear that there is something going on between them. and in the trunk of the car is a hidden Dominic. each car only had 5 seats so someone is always stuffed into the trunk. i laugh at how squished he is back there.

"what you laughing at mellark?" he asks with an angry tone.

"nothing... you just look a little squished back there" i say with another chuckle. and he gives me a glare.

After the very long and boring movie we decide to go bowling. i hate bowling its really not my thing, but everyone else seems to enjoy it and were going to my house after so i just thought whatever.

"im gonna kick your ass this time Dom!" Jason says with a confident grin.

"in your dreams Jason!" he gives him a cocky grin showing off his perfect white teeth which i roll my eyes at.

we al go over to the lane and Savannah is up first. out of everyone in the group savannah, Dominic and i are the ones that aren't the closest. i used to be a lot closer with her but after her and chase's break up i took chase's side and even though it was almost a year ago she's still a bit mad at me. honestly she can hold a real grudge.

"Nice shot!" i say as she comes back after pulling a perfect strike. man i have my work cut out for me. she simply nods and sits down next to sophia who quickly gets up and takes her shot. lucky for me she doesn't hit anything and it goes in the gutter. maybe i wont be last after all.

After the game we are all a little bit hyper. we drank a lot of soda and after getting my hopes up i was last, as always. We pile into the cars and head back to my house.

"so whats the plan for tonight?" Ethan asks me

"i dont know, order pizza and chill or watch a movie for a bit im not that bothered." i say honestly

Ashley's eyes light up beside me. "We should play truth or dare!" she exclaims and i instantly know that this is an awful idea. last time we did this we all ended up half naked or half drunk or half bald. no matter which way you look at it, it was a really bad game!

"no! no way! not a chance!" i respond quickly.

"oh come on Willow! don't be such a baby! it will be fun" says Ashton with a smile. he has noting to smile about he ended up half drunk and lost his car keys last time we played this!

"fine but we will have to play it in the basement so that my parents don't hear!" i say sternly

We arrive at the house and all pile out of the car with the others closely behind us. As we walk through he door with the 11 others behind me i quickly tip toe into the kitchen to see my mom and dad talking in low hushed voices, as if they didn't want anyone to hear.

"Katniss, she will find out sooner or later" my dad tells my mom. they haven't noticed i was in the room yet

"i know, i know, but i choose later! i don't want her to find out about everything that we went through. its over now. its in the past." my mom says worryingly.

i want to hear more but i know that i will be spotted eventually so i make myself known.

"hey." i say as i skip happily into the kitchen pretending that i didn't hear anything that they just said. they quickly pull appart and look at each other and then at me. "what?" i ask with eyebrows raised.

my mom quickly shakes her head and brushes it off. "nothing, what are you doing home" she asks curiously.

"my friends and i were just going to hangout in the basement. is that ok?" i ask

"its fine, but you know the rules, stay away from that door!" my dad stays sternly. i just nod grab some snacks and drinks and head back into the hall.

our basement is huge and i consider it a second room to me. its got a huge 100 inch TV on the wall and loads of bean begs and sofas in front of it. there is a few shelves with random things onto of them. and a lot of other things scattered around the on the other side of the room under the stairs there is a huge metal door with at least 20 locks and codes to enter before you can even open it. I was always really curious about what was behind it but every time i asked i just got the cold shoulder from my parents.

we all walk over to the couches after walking down teh stairs and put all the snacks and drinks on the table.

"ok who has a bottle?" asks Ashley

"i think haymitch might have left one in the recycling il just go see" i say and i get up and go to the corner of the room and grab an empty beer bottle. haymitch only drinks beer when there is nothing else for him to drink. clearly my dad is keeping all his good alcohol hidden from haymitch.

I run back over and spin the bottle and it lands on...

Dominic

"truth or dare?" i ask with a smirk on my face and eyebrows raised.

"well considering last time you made me skinny dip in your pool and run around the street but naked screaming 'my crabs are itchy' i think this time i'm gonna have to go with truth!" this just makes me grin. now those were some good memories

"wimp!" i mock "ok... rate everyone in this room on a scale of 1-10 on hotness!" i exclaim and he goes a bit red. "what is it Middleton? you embarrassed?!" i giggle along with everyone else.

"fine... Ashley, 6. ashton, 3. Alexa, 7. Jason, 4. Adam, 2. Naomi, 7. Savannah, 5. Ethan, 3. chase, 4. Stephan, 2. and willow... 9" he basically whispers the last part and everyone bursts out laughing, even me. i knew he has a little crush on me by acting like the biggest jerk on the planet but i don't really care. Jason on the other hand looks a bit red with anger. i just roll my eyes and Dominic spins the bottle again and it lands on...

Sophia

"truth!" she instantly screams. and Dominic chuckles.

"dont want a repeat of last time do we?" he asks with eyebrows raised. last time Dominic dared her to do 7 minutes in heaven with adam in the wardrobe and i certainly don't want a repeat of that! "fine, who in this room do you want to be in a relationship with..." he asked wiggling his eyebrows and she gave him a death glare. if looks could kill he would be dead right now.

"adam" she said bluntly and quickly spun the bottle not giving anyone much time to think it over. and it landed on...

Ashton

"truth or dare?" she asked him

"dare! truth is for girls!" he says with a grin.

"fine you asked for it! i dare you to take Savannah into the wardrobe and do 7 minutes in heaven..." she said grinning

"fine" he said not thinking much of it

"i wasn't finished!" she exclaims "chase has to be in there to but he's not allowed to get involved he just has to watch!" she says with a huge smirk

"now thats what i call payback!" screamed Stephan, he is usually the quiet one but apparently he was all for this. savannah and ashton wuickly walked to the wardrobe with chase following behind with a bright red face of fury!

when they were done they came out and everyone cheered and laughed as all three of them red in the face walked ou tand sat down again before spinning the bottle and it landing on...

Me

i knew this was not going to be good. i always picked dare. i had never picked truth. ever. because 1- i always thought truth was boring and 2- i have a little bit too much to hide.

"so willow truth or dare?" Ashton asked me in a seductive tone

"like you have to ask!" i say with a grin.

he dosent hesitate to pull the same dare as he did last time we played "i dare you to sit on Jason's lap, wearing nothing but your underwear." he says and everyone laughs. trust me to be the one to be half naked first!

i was about to pull off my shirt when i hears someone at the bottom of the stairs yell.

"jeez will! i thought you would wait for me!" he yells in a sarcastic tone and instantly a huge grin spreads across my face as i recognise the nickname and voice instantly. i haven't seen my best friend in at least 2 years after his family moved back to district 4. i missed him so much, i quickly turned around and saw everyone was staring at the person they didn't know but i knew too well. maybe i knew him better than i knew myself! i sprint forward and leap into his arms and he encloses his strong arms around my waist as he holds me tight.

"i missed you will!" he say sweetly

"i missed you too finn!" and i pull back to see his gorgeous bronze hair and sea green eyes. my parents tell me that he looks exactly like his dad when he was younger. i could feel tears forming in my eyes as i look at him. i was so happy to have my best friend, no, my brother back in my arms even if it was for just a short time.

" what the hell are you doing here?" i ask surprised to see him.

"what i cant visit my girl?!" he asked in a joke shocked tone. i giggle and wipe my tears away.

"of course you can!" i scream and hug him again. "i missed you so much" i realise that he is still lifting my off the ground i slowly unwrap my lags from around his waist. i never even realised i did that. and he lowered me to the ground putting an arm around my waist. we turn back to everyone with their mouths hanging open like fish. i giggle

"um willow..." i turn to Jason who is staring at finn with really angry eyes. "who the hell is this?!" he almost shouts clearly not approving of our affection towards each other after 2 years of only phone calls.

"i dont know who the hell he is... but i got to say that, that is the first time iv ever seen willow let down her wall." says Alexa, she says my wall separates my emotions and what i look like on the outside. iv never let anyone except finn see me cry. they were all still looking at finn questioningly. and i realised that that was my cue to introduce my best friend. but Alexa decided to but in again.

"im your best friend! how could you tell me you didn't have a boyfriend?!" she half yells at me and before i can say anything finn speaks.

"Im not Will's boyfriend. im her best friend and we haven't seen each other in 2 years!" he says and he smirks at me

"2 years too long i say!" as i mussel my face into his chest. i still cant believe he is here!

"im finn odair by the way." he says and everyone cocks their head to the side.

"odair. odair as in the famous training centre for young athletes?!" Dominic jumps up with excitement like a teenage girl at a one direction concert. i giggle

"yeh my dad owns the training centre." he says casually and shrugs but i know for a fact on the inside that he was proud of his dad and what his job was.

"Oh my god! dude your family is so cool!" Dominic is now literally jumping up and down like a teenage girl.

then it hit me

"wait... is your dad here?!" i ask with my eyebrows raised. i really hope he is. i miss my uncle finnick almost as much as i miss finn!

"yes. he said he would be waiting for your giant hug upstairs!" he says and i quickly slither out of his grasp around my waist and start sprinting upstairs with finn and the others close behind me.