The first time Haymitch Abernathy met Arabella Rose Baird was when they were ten years old. He'd been with his friend Burdock Everdeen in the woods surrounding District 12. That's when he first saw her. She'd been sitting perched upon a branch in an apple tree with a book in her hands, humming a soft tune. In that moment, Haymitch fell in love with that beautiful creature in the apple tree. They soon became sweethearts and Haymitch's love for her only grew as they got older.