"You know what I think?" Came the voice of the annoying mentor, "I think you need a good stress buster." If any other person spoke to her in such a way, Effie Trinket would have them thrown on their ass, but it wasn't, it was Haymitch.
Sighing deeply as she pinched the bridge of her nose with the thumb and index finger of her left hand, she paced the pen in her right down upon the schedule she was checking, before looking up to find the man leaning against the door frame of her bedroom, with a smirk on his face. "I don't believe you should be aloud to think, Haymitch Abernathy" came her short reply though the unbidden upturn of her lips gave her true emotions away.
"Oh, there are so many things I can do to help that require no thinking on either of our parts." These kind of comments were a regular part of Effie's day now. Haymitch would flirt shamelessly knowing he could get away with it, whilst Effie would merely roll her eyes whilst secretly fighting off a blush.
This time however she looked up and instantly locked onto dazzling grey eyes, her heart fluttered at the softness within. She knew she was an attractive women, she had been pined after by many in her time yet none had ever made her feel like he did, none ever looked at her in the way he was now.
Clearing her throat in attempt to pull herself back together Effie looked down at the schedule and picked up her pen again, her eyes scanning the words but never actually taking them in, not when she was all too aware of Haymitch's continued presence. "Was there anything else Haymitch?" She asked without looking up fear of falling back into the depths of those eyes.
"Go dinner with me?"
Blue eyes couldn't help but shoot up then, gone was the tone of flirtation and instead a hint of sincere adoration leaked out into the room allowing Effie to inhale the feeling.
Full lips parted in a slight shock at the change of dynamic as Haymitch allowed her time to think. "I... Uhm well I..." She fought hard to find a refusal a reason she would be unable to attend but she couldn't... didn't want to... "Ok."
Grey eyes widened in surprise filling with a certain joy at the prospect.
"But this is in no way a... a date." Effie injected quickly, though it seemed Haymitch wasn't deterred as he stood up straight in the door fame.
"Oh believe me it is sweetheart." He winked as he went to leave the room "prepare for the best night of your life."
She couldn't help the beaming smile or the warmth spreading throughout her body at his words as she watched him disappearing down the hall.