Chapter Two

Buzz Buzz Buzz

I groan and pick up the phone.

"Yes?" I ask.

"Did I wake you up?" I hear Finnick ask. I turn to the clock and see it is ten thirty.

"A little." I mumble.

"Yet I was the one partying all night." He says.

"You don't even sound hungover."

"I didn't really get drunk. Peeta did though. I like drunk Peeta."

"How did that happen?" I ask. Peeta isn't a big drinker.

"Played lots of beer pong."

"Well with Beercules as his partner."

He chuckles.

When I first went to a party with Finnick he said he was the beer pong champ or rather his alter ego Beercules was. I wasn't dating him at the time. I did find it slightly amusing though.

"I wasn't his partner and you're never gonna forget that name are you?" Finnick asks.

"No I won't. It's too amusing." I say.

"I guess. I'm not too fond of hungover Peeta." He says.

I smile.

"Well hungover Finnick isn't very pleasant either." I say.

"Hungover Annie just throws up." He says and I can tell he is smiling.

"This is true." I say thinking of the time I puked on Finnick.

"Do you want to get breakfast?" He asks.

"Yes can we go to the Pancake House?" I ask.

The Pancake House is one of the well know places around campus. Not just because it is close but because they have really good pancakes. Lots of students also like to go there to cure their hangover. I however don't understand that because it can be noisy .

"I thought you would say that." I can hear the smile in his voice.

"They have good pancakes Finnick." I defend.

"I know, so should I come over now?" He asks.

"Come over in twenty. I need to wake up a little." I say.

"Okay." He says.

"Can you bring my dress and shoes when you come?" I ask remembering I left them at his apartment.

"Of course." He says.

"See you soon." I say.

"Bye." He says.

"Bye." I say and hang up.

I take a shower and get dressed. I put on a touch of mascara on. I don't bother with my contacts and just go for my glasses. I put on Finnick's hoodie that I stole. There's something about guy hoodies that are more comfortable. I think it is because they are bigger. I grab my favorite pair of jeans and head to the kitchen.

I start to braid my hair. I don't see the point in drying it because braiding it is much simpler.

I walk out and see Katniss still sleeping on the couch. I don't see a trace of vomit which makes me feel happy.

I look to my fridge and see my grocery list. I should go shopping. Maybe I can convince Finnick to go with me after breakfast.

I hear a knock on my door. I look through the peep hole and see it is Finnick.

I unbolt the door and hear Katniss groan.

"Ready?" Finnick smiles.

"Shh." I say as he walks inside.

"What?" He asks.

I motion towards the couch.

"Is that Katniss?" He asks intrigued.

I nod.

"She came over late last night… Johanna ditched her at a party they went to. Katniss wanted to stay here."

Finnick nods. He doesn't have to ask if the party was in the area Finnick knows.

"Hey Finnick?" I ask as I get my purse.

"Yes?" He asks.

"Can we go shopping after breakfast?"

"What kind?" He says amused.

"Grocery shopping. Not clothes." I say remembering the time I needed to buy a dress and Finnick had to take me because my car was in the shop. We weren't dating long so Finnick didn't want me to drive his car. Although I think he was regretting it because we were at the store for two hours.

"Yeah sure. I need groceries too." He says and kisses the tip of my nose.

Katniss moans.

"Let's go." Finnick says.

I grab my purse and my keys.

I lock my door.

I see the neighbors from across the street are outside getting their mail. These people always look high as a kite. They also shout loudly at one another.

Finnick wraps his arm protectively around me and leads me to his car. He opens the door for me.

"Thank you." I say and sit down.

"No problem." Finnick says and gets in the car.

Finnick drives and we are soon there. We could've walked here but considering we are going grocery shopping later it doesn't matter.

I look around and see a decent amount of people. It is usually busy on Sunday morning.

Finnick and I get seated quickly.

I look around and see the crowd of people. It is mostly college kids. Lots of college students come here. One because it is walking distant from campus and two because lots of college kids come here when they are hungover.

I motion towards the corner.

"Who's that?" Finnick asks as we look at the menu. I already know what I will be getting. I get the same thing every time strawberry cheesecake pancakes.

"That's the guy I was tutoring the other day." I say.

"Oh...you want me to kick his ass or something?" He teases.

I scoff.

"No... I was just letting you know to see if you knew him because of the whole hooking up with Katniss thing."

Finnick looks back over there. Cato is snuggled next to a blonde haired girl. They both still look drunk.

Finnick shakes his head.

"Nah besides I thought we established we don't really know Katniss." Finnick says.

I nod.

"So where did you go last night?" I ask.

"We went to Mike's place. It their were a decent amount of people too." Finnick says and I nod.

Mike is one of Peeta and Finnick's mutual friends. He's alright.

"His girlfriend was there too. His pet name for her is foxface."

"What because of the red hair?" I say through a laugh.

Finnick shrugs.

"Maybe. We can't pull off pet names can we?" Finnick says with a smile.

"No I don't like that stuff."

"I know you don't sweetie." He says mockingly and I roll my eyes.

"It's too cutesy." I say and he smiles. I see the waitress come over to take our order.

"Annie." She says when she is in front of us.

I look at the girl and can't quite place her. Maybe I tutored her once or we were in a large study group. She reminds me of how Katniss looks. Grayish eyes, olive skin, and dark hair. She also has dimples when she smiles.

"Hi?" I say confused.

"It's Leevy remember?" She ask.

"Oh right you're Johanna's neighbor." I say remembering. I've only seen her a few times in passing. We've had small conversations.

"That's the one." She smiles. "So what can I get you two today?" She says overly excited. I'm assuming she has to to receive good tips. I doubt it is because I'm here.

I start. I order iced coffee and my strawberry cheesecakes while Finnick gets orange juice and chocolate chip pancakes.

"Your food will be right out." Leevy says. She collects our menus and walks away.

"Why do you always get iced coffee? This isn't Starbucks." Finnick asks.

"No but, it's good and Starbucks keeps getting more and more expensive."

We get given our drinks. Finnick pushes the sugar packets towards me knowing I think things extra sweet.

"Here's some sugar, sugar." He winks and smiles. I roll my eyes.

When I finally get it the right amount of sugar our food is here.

"Good?" I ask while looking at him eating his pancakes.

"Good." He says and reaches to pour more syrup on his pancakes. "Good for you?" He asks and I nod.

Ding. I hear and see Finnick's phone light up.

Finnick smirks.

"What?" I ask.

"Peeta is giving me a slue of curse words right now."

"Why?" I ask.

He shrugs.

"That I'm not there to hold his hand." Finnick says sarcastically and rolls his eyes.

"Really what does he want?" I ask.

"Aspirin. Apparently we are out."

"Good thing we are going grocery shopping." I say and Finnick nods.

"He wanted to call Katniss last night when he was drunk. But being the friend I am I didn't let that happen." He smiles and I nod.

We finish and get handed the bill.

Finnick pulls out his wallet.

"What are you doing?" I ask and he raises his eyebrows curiously.

"Paying. Unless you want to dine and dash. Although that means we could never come back."

I roll my eyes.

"Finnick I think it's-"

"Annie I can pay for breakfast. I don't think being down fifteen bucks will kill me." He says. "Besides, isn't the boy supposed to pay."

"Well-"

"Besides, I asked so you can't talk your way out of this." Finnick says with a smile.

I always feel slightly bad when Finnick pays for everything. It's not always. Sometimes we just pay for our own stuff but, still we aren't exactly rolling around in money.

Finnick stands up and leaves the tip on the table. Then we pay.

We head to Finnick's beat up Honda Civic and he starts to drive to the grocery store. I start to play with his radio which makes him irritated. Which is why I like doing it.

By the time we pull up Finnick is signing poorly to the song Centerfold by the The J. Geils Band.

"Finnick a bit of career advice." He looks towards me. "Don't become a singer." I say and he smirks.

"You're worse than I am."

I shrug.

I like grocery shopping so I am slightly happy. We finish relatively quickly and then head back to my apartment to drop off my stuff.

When I unlock my door I see Katniss standing in the kitchen drinking some water.

"Hi." She says. "I didn't know if I could eat anything." She says.

"Eat whatever is open." I say. I don't want her to eat anything new.

She nods and gets the stale Cheerios.

"Thanks for last night." She says casually.

"No problem." I couldn't turn her away anyways not in this neighborhood. "I'm surprised you remembered where I lived." I say.

"Me too." She says and gulps down more water.

I finish putting my groceries away.

"Hey Annie." Finnick says in his voice when he wants something.

"Yes?" I ask.

"Since you finished your paper. I was wondering if you could proofread mine." He says with a smile.

I roll my eyes.

"Fine but you're going to have to help me with the bio stuff nerd." I say.

"Thank you. We might have to go to my house so you can look at my notes then." He smiles.

"Fine." I say.

"I can leave now." Katniss says abruptly.

"Okay." I say and she smiles.

"Um can I ask you something?" Katniss says looking at Finnick.

"Sure." He says.

"Can I ride with you? My apartment is close to yours. You could just drop me off at your place. I can walk the rest of the way home." She says.

"That's fine." Finnick says. If it was out of the way Finnick still would have taken her but, he would've asked for gas money.

"Ready?" Finnick asks us. I grab my backpack so I can study some at Finnick's place. I won't die if I don't. I only have one class on Monday so I could study all day tomorrow.

We all pile into his car and we are soon there Finnick's house. Finnick parks the car and I open the door.

"Katniss?" Finnick asks.

"Yeah?" She asks.

"Would you like to come up for some breakfast… well real breakfast. As much as you enjoyed those stale Cheerios I think you could find something better upstairs." Finnick says. I look at him strangely. He doesn't have anything much better than I do. Except the frozen waffles he just bought.

"Sure." She says delighted.

Then I realize, he isn't inviting Katniss up to have some false breakfast. He's inviting her up so she can see Peeta. Although this is a good plan I don't know how well this will work with a hungover Peeta.

We get upstairs and I am engulfed by the smell of berries

"Did you get the aspirin?" Peeta asks.

"Yes." Finnick says and throws it at him which Peeta catches. "Can I ask a question?" Finnick asks as I take off my shoes. Finnick and Peeta don't like people wearing shoes in their apartment. I think it's because of the mess.

"Yes." Peeta says.

"Aren't you supposed to be hungover?" Finnick asks surprised.

"I am." Peeta says slightly annoyed

"But you're making muffins like a good boy." Finnick says

Peeta rolls his eyes.

Peeta opens his mouth probably to say something snarky to Finnick but instead he says: "Katniss, what are you doing here?" Peeta asks dazed.

"Finnick invited me for breakfast." She says casually. Peeta looks from me to Finnick probably looking for an answer.

"You're lucky I made muffins then." Peeta says and then heads to the kitchen while I head to the couch. I turn on the television and flip through the channels until I find one I am satisfied with. It is playing the movie Scream. I notice it is playing all four throughout the day. This is the only scary movie franchise I enjoy. The third movie was terrible though.

"What's your favorite scary movie?" I hear the killer say to the first victim. That quote became a token line in the franchise.

Finnick goes to his room to get his laptop and notes.

Finnick plops down next to me.

"Am I a matchmaker or what?" Finnick whispers as he hears Peeta and Katniss talking in the kitchen.

I roll my eyes.

"It was a good idea but this could've gone horribly wrong if Peeta's hangover was worse."

He nods and turns on his laptop. I see his background picture is of me and him when we went hiking in West Virginia. The background is beautiful. We went camping over spring break. Peeta and Delly came with us. It was so beautiful there.

"Nice picture." I say and he smiles.

"Thanks." He says and opens the word document.

I look at the hard copy while Finnick explains the scientific stuff.

Katniss and Peeta have joined us and are watching the movie. They are sitting next to each other.

"I thought you didn't like this stuff?" Peeta asks.

"I don't usually." I say not taking my eyes off Finnick's paper. "But I like Scream because it makes fun of the stereotypical horror film stuff but not too much to be considered a parody." I look up at Peeta and smile.

When I correct Finnick's paper he starts typing in the mistakes.

"When is this due?" I ask knowing Finnick puts things off.

"Thursday." He says focused.

I nod.

I turn towards the television screen and see it is almost over. Billy and Stu just admitted of being the killer.

I notice Finnick close his laptop. He can't be finished yet. He didn't have a lot of corrections but it should've taken longer than a few minutes.

"Hungry." He says and stretches.

I roll my eyes.

"You could finish your correcting then get something to eat." I say.

"Nah. I have a hankering for grilled cheese." He says and I roll my eyes.

Finnick makes some for everyone. Finnick must not have been that hungry because we split one.

Finnick starts finishing his paper and I lean my head against his shoulder. I am slightly tired. Finnick kisses the top of my head and goes back to typing.

Katniss stands up and Peeta leads her to the door.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Katniss smiles.

"Yes you will." Peeta says and the door closes.

"Did you make concrete plans?" Finnick asks.

"Yes. Who do I own my thanks to?" Peeta says looking from me to Finnick.

"Me. You're welcome by the way." Finnick says with a smile.

"I'm gonna take a nap." Peeta says more to himself.

When Finnick is finished I lean my head on his lap. I should go home but I don't want to. I just want to stay here all day.

"Look." Finnick says and pulls me up. "It's snowing." He says and it is.

"Yay." I say sarcastically. I hate snow.

"Don't worry it won't stick." He says and I nod.

"I should go home." I say by the time Scream 4 starts.

"Do you want me to drive?" He asks.

"I'll be fine. It's still light outside." I say.

"Okay." He says unsure. "Call me when you get there though." Finnick says.

"I will." I say and lean in to kiss him. Finnick meets my lips and I smile. "Love you." I say.

"Love you too." He says.

"Bye Finnick." I say and open the door.

"Bye Annie." He says with a smile and I leave his apartment.

When I get to my parking lot I hear shouting. The voice sounds threatening.

"You know the terms of our agreement. If you don't have what I need tomorrow you're going to pay!"

"Relax Janko we'll have it." I hear a woman say. She says a little frightened.

"Good because I'm going to be starting with you." Janko says and leaves their house. I see him smile at me. It isn't really a smile it is a contorted face that makes my skin crawl. I just nod and soon get to my front door.

I get inside and drop my stuff of the floor. I'm pretty sure that was some drug business. I just hope these people can get their stuff together so nothing bad happens.

I also wonder where Peeta is going to hang out with Katniss tomorrow.