Two

June-15-12

5:58 PM

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Starflight12

[Peeta Pov]

I know it's too early to be baking for the occasion that Annie and I are planning for, but I really need to make sure I get the recipe right. It's just off the top of my head, and only two people have tasted it; myself included.

I pull out a somewhat large bowl from the cupboard of my compartment, and begin to throw ingredients into it. A cup of boiling water, some yeast, and now after the yeast is done rising, some flour, and time to get my hands dirty.

Kneading the dough is somewhat therapeutic to me now, ever since the hijacking. It keeps me distracted, and recently after my epiphany in my hospital room, I haven't had a flashback other than that one night a few weeks ago before SHE left.

Was it really only a few weeks ago? I wonder how their mission is going. I suppose there isn't much good news since the reports from the Rebels have been saying that their attack plan is extremely late in starting.

I keep having this nagging little thought in my head, asking me why I ended things the way I did, and I don't have a really good explanation which is sad for me. Maybe it was because I didn't want to see her hurt, which still happened, and maybe because I wasn't thinking straight. Either way, I hope that when she returns I can mend the wounds.

I sigh, and realize that the dough is ready for baking after rising during the long time discussion with my internal thoughts.

After about half an hour, the bread is done and it's ready for cooling.

Annie comes in to my compartment and starts for the loaf of bread.

"Ah ah ah! No eating the bread! That's for me and me only," I say jokingly to Annie, swatting her hand away gently.

She giggles and pretends to pout. It's actually pretty cute. So this is the side of Annie that Finnick gets to see all the time. Too bad she hides it from the world. Unfortunately that side disappears as quickly as it shows up.

I turn around to shut the oven off and my arm swings and knocks the pan with the bread on the floor, creating a huge clatter and me spewing out curse words. I haven't even checked to see if it was the same recipe.

I bend down to pick up the mess, but I'm too distracted as I hear a whimpering from my compartment.

I stand up and see Annie shaking like a leaf, covering her ears with her hands and her face covered with her hair.

"Annie!" I say, trying to catch her attention.

"They're coming! They're sending more torture! I can't stand it!" Annie says hysterically.

I race over to her and wrap my arms around her, comforting her from the imaginary demons playing in her hair. I coo to her gently, trying to ease the pain and anxiety away, stroking the long locks of hair on her head.

She finally settles down and I decide to bring her to Dr. Aurelius for some therapy to calm her nerves for now.

[Katniss Pov]

(The day when the attack was scheduled)

We're all waiting for Boggs to give us the 'okay' to go and attack the Capitol.

Finnick is rambling on about Annie and how much he loves her. He also goes on about every sweet moment they've had and that he can't wait to ask her to marry him.

"I'm thinking, Katniss, the moment I see Annie back in District Thirteen, I'm dropping the big question on her. I think she'll be—" Finnick says.

"She loves Peeta!" I blurt out suddenly.

Finnick whips his head around to me. "What?" he asks, his voice suddenly hoarse and hurt.

"Ugh. When we left last week, Peeta and I had a falling out and right before we left, I-I-" I begin to cry.

"You what?" Finnick demands.

"I saw Peeta put his hand on her back and walk her out of the landing base. I wanted to tell you right away, but I just couldn't! You seemed too happy and I didn't want to ruin your way of thinking during the attack. I'm so sorry Finnick, really I am," I reply sadly.

Finnick just gasps like a fish that was just pulled out of the water. He places his head in his hands and rubs them over his eyes.

"Why? How could I not see this coming? Why?" Finnick moans.

I sit down beside Finnick and rub his back gently. "I don't know Finnick. I'm just as surprised as you are," I say quietly, biting back my tears. I will never show my weakness ever again in this lifetime.

He nods and I think he makes a silent mission to find out why this all happened when we get back.

Boggs announces to us all that we're all ready to attack the Capitol.

Finnick and I compose ourselves for battle; him more than me. Then we leave the base and start out mission. Finnick and I are partners in this mission and we have to stick together.

We go to a empty entrance that has been checked for as long as we have been stationed here.

But as soon as we round the corner, our radio crackles to life and Boggs starts speaking.

"Retreat! Retreat! The Capitol knows that we're here! We will conduct this at a later time. Retreat! Now!" Boggs commands to us.

Finnick barks a reply and we start to turn back when we hear the click of a gun barrel.

Right in front of us is a peacekeeper. Instantly I am brought back to the moment when I lost Peeta to the Capitol. I'm not losing Finnick now, for whatever reason which may not be because he is my mission partner.

I whip out my weapon, leaving my bow and arrow for the real mission and cocking my own gun at the peacekeeper. Without warning, I shoot and a bullet comes whizzing towards me simultaneously.

Just before it hits me in the heart which is somewhat protected by the bulletproof suit I'm wearing, Finnick jumps at me, knocking me to the ground, both of us just narrowly missing the death bullet.

I hear the peacekeeper fall to the ground with a thud and I know that he will never breathe again. In some weird way I feel proud of myself for saving Finnick's life by killing another's.

I look up at Finnick who is above me, protecting me from any other predators. He looks down at me with a hint of worry coating his ever changing green eyes.

We gaze at each other for a few moments before our lips suddenly meet.

As quick as it started it ends and we look away blushing. I find it funny to see Finnick, the normally confident and cocky, smirky guy he is, get all blushy. He stands up after surveying the room from his spot above me and grabs my hand, helping me up off the ground.

He wraps his arm around me, in a friendly yet protective manner and I can't help but wonder if it's maybe more. If he is moving on from Annie even though it has only been less that a few hours. But maybe it's possible after what I've heard about his controlling and struggling past before the rebellion.

And I can't help but wonder if I am able to move on from Peeta, since I already sort of am, and maybe like Finnick a little more than just friends?

A/N: What is going on? This chapter by the way was for one of my readers who especially asked for an early update. Hopefully this works!

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