My dad throws me a net. "Get in the water and fish! You don't want us to starve, do you?" I know he realizes I don't know how to use a net, I only make them. He walks back home, and I wade into the warm knee-high water. I toss the net out and let it sink. I am only going by what I see my dad do. I pull it quickly towards me and I look hopefully into it. My heart sinks. There is nothing there. I sink down into the water and close my eyes. The water settles and a feeling of peace fills me up. I might as well get some rest before Dad comes back.
I am woken up by the slight rippling of water. I sit up abruptly, afraid it is my father. I slowly turn and see it is Finnick Odair. He has a smirk on his face that all new victors have. "Looks like you didn't catch anything. Need help?" I cannot believe that Finnick Odair is offering to help me with fishing! "Sure. But we'd better hurry; my dad's coming back soon. He wants me to learn how to do it by myself."
"Well, then give me that net. I can catch anything." He takes the net and throws it out the same way I did and pulls it to him. It is full of fish and crab. "Wow. How did you do that?" He scoffs and says, "Well, maybe my good looks have something to do with it."
"Oh, so are you calling me unattractive?"
"Maybe I am." I run over to him and push him down playfully. "Hey. Watch it…..what's your name?"
"Cresta. Annie Cresta."
"Well, you better watch it Cresta!" He gets up and splashes me with water. "Same time tomorrow?"
"You know it." I can't believe I am going to be fishing every day with Panem's heart throb.