Annie POV
Watching him walk up to that stage for the Quarter Quell was the hardest thing I've ever done. I just stood, helpless, trying to figure out why this needed to happen. Trying to figure out what I should do.
Should I run to him? ...No, they would just drag me back and call me mental. Not that I cared what they called me anymore. As long as I have Finnick I dont need anyone else. As long as he's here everything's fine.
But, he's not going to be here anymore. He might never come back!
I watch him shake hands with the other opponent. Mags, She went for me. She didn't want him to have to fight me. He wouldn't be able to do that. I wouldn't be able to do that.
I start to panic when he leaves the stage and exits the room to another room- The waiting room. In this room you can have guests for a maximum of 5 minutes. You have to say everything you want to in 5 minutes, and there is absolutely no time for anything else.
The capitol escourt keeps talking for a bit, though I don't have the slightest idea what he's saying. I'm too focussed on getting to Finnick.
When we are all dismissed I run to the room Finnick is in. The Peacekeepers grab my shoulders and push me in the room.
Finnick's standing there, waiting for me. When I get pushed in I stumble and he has to catch me, and then he picks me up to cradel me in his arms. I hug him, My hands around his neck and his head buried into my shoulder.
"Finnick don't leave me." I cry, hugging him tighter to me.
"I have to, Annie. I have to leave you. I'll be back, though. I'll be back for you Annie." Finnick says his head still buried in my shoulder.
I whimper a bit at his words. He doesn't know if he'll be back. Why is he promising something so impossible? These people aren't afraid of him. They will do anything to win again.
He starts to kiss up my shoulder until he reaches my lips. He stops at the corner of my mouth and whispers, "Annie, I love you. Don't ever forget that."
My skin feels like it's burning. My stomach sets off fireworks. I always feel like this around him, always like I'm going to explode from all this emotion.
"I love you too, Finnick. More than you could imagine." I say, then I twist my head a bit to the side to meet his lips. He captures both my lips with his and turns his head so we can kiss more deeply. I hold him close to me, not wanting to let go, not wanting any of this to end.
We kiss passionately. After all, this might be our last. We cling on to each other like the world is ending. Which, in a way, the world is ending. Well, My world is ending. Finnick is my world.
But, the odds are not in our favor. The Peacekeepers come in and pry me off of him. I struggle in their grasp but there's nothing I can do.
"Win Finnick! Win for me! PLEASE come back!" I scream as they pull me out the door.
"I'll Try Annie, I promise! I lo-"
But, I never got to hear the rest of his sentence, because the Peacekeepers slammed the door shut and threw me out onto the street.
With one last look back at the door that's separating me from my loved one, I walk home, feeling horrible and like my heart had just been ripped out of me.