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Chapter 1:
Finnick's P.O.V.
As I approached the door of her house, I felt so anxious that my stomach was feeling knotted. I knocked on her door quickly, my knees trembling with worry. My hands were beginning to sweat, the sea green daisies almost slipping from my grip. "Great. This just keeps getting better and better." I thought to myself sarcastically. When I looked up from the flowers, the door opened and my eyes met with Annie's beautiful green ones.
"Hi Finnick." She said shyly. My heart was beating a mile a minute as she spoke to me. I was so stunned by her beauty my mind couldn't formulate an answer. She was wearing a blue sleeveless lace fit and flare dress I know., it's weird. I'm a guy but my knowledge on fashion is pretty decent due to my 16 year old sister, Jessica. Finally I get enough courage to say hi.
"Hey Annie. Ready to go?" I said a little too happily. Note to self: Don't make a fool of yourself.
"Um, go where Finnick?" She said in a confused tone.
"Does a picnic by the river sound okay?" I said rushing through the sentence.
"Are you asking me out... on a date?" She says, her cheeks blushing with excitement.
"Well, you don't have to go if you don't want to." I said quickly, feeling sadness coursing through me.
"Are you kidding me? The famous Finnick Odair is asking me out? Annie Said excitedly, as the corners of her mouth lifted into her signature smile.
"If you need to get ready, I'll be waiting here for you then." I said with a smirk.
"Okay, okay. I'll be right back." She said breathlessly as she turns to go up stairs.
When she comes back her hair is braided up in a style called the long braid where she braided the front of her hair with her bangs but left the rest of her hair down. and I noticed she applied a little bit of make-up making her eyes stand out and her face glow with perfection.
"Wow, you look beautiful." I said in wonder. She blushed and looked down at her shoes.
"Thanks, shall we go now?" She said in a cheerful voice.
"Let's go." I said, smiling at her brightly. She closes the door and we start walking toward the river.
"These are for you." I said handing her, her slightly crumbled daisies.
"They're beautiful."
"Almost as beautiful as you." I said softly. She looked up at my face with a bright smile and for a moment, we just stared into each other's eyes. I was the first to break the gaze.
"Let's keep going. I really want to ask you something special when we get there." I said feeling really bad that I interrupted that special moment. But I was anxious to know what her answer was going to be to my question. Before we knew it the river came into view.
"Close your eyes." I said as a smile danced across my lips.
"Why?" She asked, tilting her head slightly in a cute way.
"I have a surprise for you." I said entwining one of my hands with hers and placing the other at her waist. I felt her body tense up for a moment, but she then relaxed under my touch.
"Just let me guide you." I said gently as we start walking towards the picnic area.
We walk a few steps, round a corner and stop.
"You can open your eyes now." I said as my hands leave her body reluctantly.
Annie's P.O.V
When I opened my eyes I gasped at the sight before me. Finnick managed to already set up the blanket and food. He's so romantic. He had no idea how he made me feel. Everytime I'm near him, I feel like I'm floating on cloud nine with this blissful feeling that spreads throughout my body.
"Oh Finnick, this is beautiful!" I exclaimed happily. He smiled the kind of smile that takes my breath away.
"I'm so glad you like it! Here, come sit next to me." I followed him and we sat down on the soft blanket. Our bodies almost touching, but not quite. The river was heading upstream gently and I took a moment to just listen to the water rippling over the rocks. I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Finnick was looking at me. I blushed and looked towards him.
"Would you quit staring at me?" I said jokingly, punching him playfully on his muscular arm.
"Oww that hurt." He said in a sarcastic voice that made me giggle.
"Want a chocolate cake With a liquid center?" Finnick asked taking off the top of a plastic container revealing the delicious delicacies. "Where'd you get these? I've never seen anything like these before in District 4" I said in awe.
"I know a guy." he replied deviously
"Oh really?" I said in a skeptical tone.
He handed me one of the desserts on a plate and a fork.
I stick my fork in the pastry, cut off a piece, and popped it in my mouth. The outside part, the crust, crumbles with ease as I chew and the inside part, the cream, is as smooth as silk across my tongue and melts away in my mouth.
"How did it taste?" Finnick asked his voice as smooth as the cream.
"Like a piece of heaven" I gushed as a smile creeped across my face.
"Glad you liked it." He says mysteriously. The way he said it made me think he's planning something.
As I take another bite of the pastry, Finnick shouted "Watch out!"
I looked behind me and saw nothing, but when I turned my head back around he landed a surprise attack on me. He smeared my face with his chocolate cake, against my cheek. My right cheek was smeared with cream and chocolate cake stained my blue dress.
"UGH!" I said, touching my messy face that's now totally covered in chocolate and cream.
"Gotcha!" he laughed.
"Finnick you're an idiot!" I yelled. Finnick's face suddenly cringed with shame.
"I'm so sorry Annie. I didn't mean to upset you" he said sadly.
"This dress was brand new!" I acted. Finnick looks down in guilt and that's where I hit him with my revenge attack. When he wasn't looking I smashed the remains of my cake against his forehead.
"That's what you get for messing with a girl" I joked.
"Alright. Alright. I learned my lesson, don't mess with a girl" He chuckled as he wiped his forehead.
"Good, now that you've learned your lesson, let's clean up." I said as I got up and headed toward the stream. I stood at the bank and threw my shoes off before entering the river.
The water against my ankles was refreshing compared to the sun blazing down on us. As I bend down to wash the food off my face, the current suddenly became stronger and an unexpected wave pushed me over. I splashed into the once refreshing water and landed on the rocky bottom. Since I couldn't swim the river was now deadly to me, threatening to drown me. I thrashed around in the water struggling to stay at the surface as the current continues to fight against my urge. I heard Finnick shout out my name. I kept sinking underneath the surface, but I managed to stay afloat. Then there was this wave that pulled me under. Water forces its way down my throat and into my lungs as I scream for Finnick. It wasn't long after that until I felt his strong arms wrap around my body tightly. Finnick stumbles to the river's bank and lays me down on the grass but before he could get out himself a massive wave crashes over him. He loses his grip on the bank and gets carried away by the current. I gasp out in horror when I realized that Finnick was being carried away.
"Finnick!" I manage to choke out due to the fact that some water was still in my lungs, almost suffocating me. I desperately get up and run after him. "Annie!" he calls out already a good distance downstream. I felt so helpless when I see his head clash harshly against a rock in the middle of the river. Since I didn't have the ability to swim I couldn't dive in and carry him to shore like he did to me. Tears glazed my eyes as I started running in the same direction the river was taking Finnick. I started to lose sight of him and then the problem got worse, as I ran the river's speed increased. Out of breath and on the verge of a major meltdown I finally stopped and collapsed to the ground sobbing and blurting out Finnick's name constantly. The river had him in it's grasp and me being all useless, couldn't do anything to help him.
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