Into Your Arms

Chapter 1

"Finnick!" Annie squealed as she ran into my open arms. I pulled her close and buried my face in her soft, dark hair, taking in the smell of home. Time apart was hard to endure, no matter how short it may be.

"I've missed you" I whispered into her ear.

We pulled apart and I looked deep into her beautiful sea green eyes. Right now, I love her more than anything on Earth; I would do anything for her. I would die for her. I haven't always felt this way about Annie though, she crept up on me. It took awhile for me to realise the feelings I had, how they changed me as a person. I'm sure she didn't think it was love at first sight either. This is our story.

I'd always been a popular kid in school, since I stepped through the doors, everyone wanted to be my friend. I knew everybody and everybody knew me. I was, after all, Finnick Odair. A God in the eyes of some girls. But I'll admit, my perfect bronze hair, green eyes and a body any guy would kill for, isn't very hard to fall for.

I was seen as a bit of a ladies' man, but I've never really hurt any of the girlfriends I've had, I just kept realising they were not what I was looking for. As for the flirting, it comes naturally, it's a part of how I interact with others. I can't help it. I don't even realise it half the time. And when girls are practically throwing themselves at you, what can you do?

But it was when I thought I had seen every type of girl, seen every shade of hair, every shape of eyes, Annie transferred to our school. I heard about her from various people, saying she wasn't anything spectacular. They were right, she wasn't.

Well, that's what I thought at first. I kept an eye out for her, intrigued by the newcomer. She seemed to be making friends and no doubt had they told her about the hottest guy in school. Me. She had only ever looked my way once, I caught it in the corner of my eye, when what seemed to be her new best friend, Delly Cartwright, pointed me out in the hall. I was dumping some books into my locker and I noticed I was being watched. When I looked over, her eyes quickly fluttered to the floor and they turned and left, Delly giggling like a fan girl. She probably was. I just looked over at her and she seemed as though she was going to hyperventilate or something.

I thought nothing of it, being looked at by girls was an everyday occurrence in my life. I'd gotten used to it.

I slowly walked to my next class. Panem History. Hooray. In case you didn't realise, that was sarcasm. It's tediously uneventful. I really do not care what happened in the past, what can we do about it now? Nothing, that's what. I can think of a million other better things to do right now than sit through that awful class. Like introduce myself to Annie. Huh, that was an unexpected thought. There's something about her that I just can't place...

I walked through the door and went to my usual seat, at the back of the class, next to my best friend Gale Hawthorne. We get along well, me and him. Always a bit of banter to be had. We like to think ourselves as class clowns, which seems to be pretty accurate when Gale pulls out a spit ball and aims it at the girl sitting in front, Katniss, his best girlfriend. Friend that is a girl, of course. They have this weird brother/sister relationship that no-one understands but them. He fires.

"Gale!" Katniss turns and smacks him on the head with a ruler.

"Sorry Catnip" Gale teased. Then they started laughing. I always found the nickname he had for her odd, oh well, his life. It seemed like the whole class had arrived by now so Mr Undersee was about to start the lesson when Annie walks through the door.

(A.N. I know Finnick and Gale and Katniss wouldn't all be in the same year/grade at school but it is focused on Finnick and Annie so it just made it easier for me to write it like this :D I know this is kinda short but i'm a bit new to this whole thing. Hope you liked it!)