Ok, this is my first shot at a Fan Fic! I've come to really like the Katniss/Finnick pairing. Please read and review! I rated it M for later chapters that I'm working on.. =) Enjoy! By the way, the characters belong to Suzanne Collins and are not mine!

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. There is no District 12...

This has become my daily life- walking around District 13 blatantly ignoring the daily schedules imprinted on my forearm. At times when the memories get too overwhelming, I find my cozy coat closet and hide from the world hoping the haunting memories would leave my mind. Today has been particularly rough. It has been a month since I was rescued from the arena. A month since I had already accepted my imminent death. A month since one of the few people who really mattered to me was taken from my grasp.

I was startled when I heard the closet door open. A tall, handsome man with bronze hair and the most beautiful green eyes I've ever seen takes a seat in front of me. Finnick Odair. We have become close friends in the short amount of time that we have known each other. We both seem to share the same horrific memories, nightmares, and random fits of hysteria. Finnick is also suffering. I think back to the day that I woke up in the hospital of District 13 and he was the first person I saw.

As I opened my eyes, I saw nothing but white and bright lights. When I focused on my surroundings, I noticed I was in a hospital. I tried to think back of my most recent memory. After fighting through the fog in my head, I was able to recall being a tribute in the hunger games. Was I dead? The fog in my mind couldn't quite think enough to answer that.

Then I saw Finnick sitting on a chair next to my bed, a look of concern on his beautiful face. When I looked at him, the look was replaced with a softer smile. "Katniss? How do you feel?"

"I don't feel anything," I replied. With caution I asked him the difficult question I was struggling to understand, "What happened?"

Then Finnick told me everything- the rescue, District 13, the destruction of District 12, and the capture of Peeta and Johanna from the arena and Finnick's love, Annie, from District 4. After knowing what had happened, I was glad I was numb from the morphling that had been running through my veins. I did not want to feel anything at this moment. Finnick offered a compassionate embrace and I couldn't stop myself from accepting.

I have been out of the hospital a few days now, and the morphing has found its way out of my body. I am beginning to feel the full weight of everything that has happened. Finnick sees this look on my face. He knows it too well. We are both hurting in ways that are too similar to be considered normal. We have both lost our loved ones to the Capital as well as the lives we used to live.

I feel a tear roll down my cheek. I don't like showing my emotions in front of anyone other than Prim. Finnick knows that I'm hurting. I feel a warm hand brush my cheek, wiping the tears. I look up at his sea green eyes, full of anger, hurt, and longing. Finnick leans in uncomfortably close to my face and gives me an extremely heartfelt look that I can't help but long for.

"Katniss, I know what you've been through. Please know thatI am here for you. I am willing to do whatever it takes to get your mind off of everything."

I don't know why, but his voice makes my heart skip a beat. Before I know it, my lips have found their way to his. I feel his warm, wet lips against mine. What have I done? I myself am not sure in the heat of the moment. I start to realize the mistake I made and start to pull back. To my surprise, I feel Finnick return the kiss. I feel his tongue against my lips. I take a deep breath, and he takes the opportunity to slide his tongue through the opening in my lips. My clouded mind was trying to decipher whether this was really happening or if it was a part of my imagination.

After a few minutes, our lips separated and I looked at his intensely amazing face. I always knew he was considered a heart-throb among the Capitol ladies, but I had never taken the time to look at him in this way. No wonder the women found him irresistible.

"I- I'm sorry Finnick. I don't know what made me do that." I told him with embarrassment on my face.

"Katniss, it's ok. I actually enjoyed it." He smiled that perfect smile that just has to melt the heart of any girl that sees it. "I think anything to take our minds off the current situation will only help us. You're an amazing person, Katniss."

In a distance, I heard someone calling my name in the hallway. Haymitch. He must be trying to find me. Finding me in a closet with Finnick Odair is not something I feel like explaining right now. "Finnick, we better go. Will you be at dinner?"

"If you'll be there, I'll make sure I am as well. I will come up to your floor and meet you and we can go together if you'd like." He said with a tone that I knew was genuine, not a Capitol-made voice that made empty promises in exchange for wealth.

I nod and walk out of the closet before Haymitch sees where I have been- and who I've been hiding with. It was no secret Finnck and I had spent time together, but Haymitch always seems to see the truth in situations even if it's not obvious.

When I get up to my floor, I sit on my bed and try to get my head to stop spinning so I can fully digest what had happened this afternoon. Finnick Odair, the Finnick Odair, had told me I was an amazing person. I kissed him and he kissed me back. My mind and my heart were being torn in different directions. I decided to clear my head and take a hot shower. I was strangely looking forward to seeing Finnick again. What I was expecting, I have no clue. But I was excited about it.