I am suddenly hugged by a pair of strong, tan arms that belong to none other than The Finnick Odair. I scoff in disgust and push him away. Who does he think he is? He frowns momentarily, but when I blink, he smirks at me and pops a sugar cube into his mouth.
"I have never seen someone reject you Fishboy!" Haymitch exclaims, taking another swig of alcohol. The smell of alcohol hits the air and I somehow relax at the familiarity of the smell. Finnick chuckles lightly and glances over at me, "That's cause nobody ever does." Is he a jerk all the time? Or is it just me? I excuse myself and go into my bedroom, hoping to get peaceful sleep.
No Peeta! What are you doing? "Come to save your boyfriend Fire Girl?" Cato asks, tightening his headlock on Peeta. Peeta winces at this and mouths I'm sorry. Peeta! No, don't leave me! I try to shout at him but somehow I can't speak at all. Before I know it, Peeta pushes himself and Cato off the Cornucopia and onto the ground with the mutts.
"Peeta!" I scream. I wake up to find myself drenched in sweat and my throat sore. Great, I must have been screaming. I slide off my bed and walk into the living room, with just my silk night gown and slippers. An Avox comes by and gives me some hot chocolate and I smile and thank him gratefully. My feet lead me to the balcony and I sit there thinking of how I have changed since the reaping. Not long after that, I find myself crying silently with my head on top of my knees.
"Katniss?" A voice asks, but I couldn't care less. Peeta's gone and it's all my fault. A pair of strong arms wrap me in a tight embrace and I subconsciously hide my head into his chest and sob.
"It's going to be alright Katniss." The voice says soothingly, and I find the crook of his neck and nuzzle my head onto it. I feel his chest vibrate, caused by him chuckling. I inhale his scent, thinking that it would smell like alcohol, but only to find the smell of the sea. I've never been to the sea, but if I did, I'm pretty sure this is what it would smell like. Wait, the sea? On that note, I pull back from the embrace to see Finnick smiling at me.
"Finnick? What are you doing here? I thought you were Haymitch!" I explain, not wanting him to think that I knew it was him.
He frowns and quickly covers it up with his usual annoyingly handsome smirks. No, it is not handsome, Finnick is just one of those annoying jerks who breaks women's hearts in the Capitol.
"Oh, come on Kat, give me a break! I saw you crying and I decided to see what was wrong." He says while pouting. I snort which I knew was unladylike, and if Effie saw, she would most definitely scold me for doing such a thing.
"Stay away from me. And do not call me Kat!" I shout, crossing my arms over my chest when I notice what I'm wearing.
"Fishboy! Over here!" Haymitch shouts from the living room. I decide that I better get back to bed, before Haymitch nags at me for something stupid.
"See you soon Girl on fire!" Finnick shouts from behind me, when I walk away from him. Why is he always here? I wish Peeta was here to comfort me. I fall back asleep thinking of my boy with the bread.
"Up, up, up! It's time for a big, big day!" I hear Effie say from behind my door. I groan wanting to fall back asleep, as if knowing my plans, Effie barges through my doors with my prep team.
They all bombarded me with questions and Cinna comes in with an apologetic smile. I am soon turned into the Girl on Fire once again. When everything is done, I go down to the training floor and find myself near the bow-and-arrow section. Then a door catches my attention, That wasn't there before? I turn the handle and find a massive swimming pool inside. There's someone swimming. I quietly walk in and sit on the bench near the pool. The person swimming notices me and comes to surface. It's Playboy Odair. Oh it's him, just my luck. I stand up and start to walk away when Finnick grabs ahold of my hand. I turn to face his dripping wet figure, shirtless, he shakes his head and looks at me.
"Wait up Kat! What's the hurry?" he asks, his lips curling into a smirk and I scoff in disgust.
"What's wrong? Don't have Capitol women to flirt with?" I retort back, glaring at him with fierce.
"What's that supposed to mean?" He asks, furrowing his brows in confusion.
"Oh, don't act all innocent Odair. I've seen you on TV, with all those Capitol women. You disgust me." I scoff and pull my hand away from his tight grip. I walk away and find Haymitch outside, surprisingly sober.
"Sweetheart, you shouldn't be so hard on fishboy over there. Just like you, he has to do certain things for his family's safety." Haymitch explains, raising his eyebrows as if hinting on something. His family's safety? All Finnick ever does is flirt and sleep with other Capitol women. Oh my god. Finnick and those Capitol women, it's all fake. Finnick did that so that his family would stay safe, I along with the rest of Panem have misjudged Finnick Odair.
"Finnick never wanted to sleep with all those Capitol people did he? Did Snow do that to him? Turn him into something he's not?" I wince slightly, reciting what Peeta told me the night before the games.
"Snow threatened to kill his family and Annie if he didn't do what was expected from him." Haymitch explains furthermore, sighing and nudging my shoulders.
"Come on, Effie's going to kill us if we miss dinner." He reminds me, walking towards the elevator. I look back at the door which leads to the swimming pool, the door which leads to the bronze haired man who I have misjudged poorly. I'll apologize tomorrow before I leave for District 12. I think before I go back to the District 12 floor of the Training Centre.
The next day was surprisingly quiet, Effie had been too busy organising the train to wake me up at 8 o'clock. Somehow I was already up, and find myself in the elevator after showering. I press the number 4 button and wait, Is it too weird for me to come and apologize to him? Hell, is he even awake? The sound of the elevator door opening brings me back to reality and I find Finnick sitting down on a beige colour couch, munching on what I think are sugarcubes.
"Finn?" I call him quietly, his head darts my way and he grins at the sight of me.
"Katniss! I wondered when you would come by to see me!" He walks up to me and leans on the wall in front of me. Really? You're still going to be a self-centred jerk?
"Actually, I came here to apologize for what I said yesterday." I tell him, his smile falters for a second and he masks it up with a smirk. That's why he's always an asshole, it's his mask for the Capitol.
"No need to apologize Girl on Fire. Everyone has their moments." He purrs into my ear and smiles seductively at me. "I thought your trains leaves today?" He asks.
"It leaves tomorrow morning, there's a problem with the engine so I get today all by myself." I explain, tucking my hair behind my ear.
"Why don't we talk? I'll show you to my room!" He purrs, wiggling his eyebrows. I laugh at his childish attitude, I wish this Finnick would show up more often.
We talk about our districts and our past before we were reaped. He told me about Mags, his mentor and how she was now a motherly figure in his life. I told him about Prim and Madge, but subconsciously left out Gale for some reason. Then he told me about Annie and how she was his first girlfriend but died in her Hunger Games because of a tribute. He teared up a little and I hugged him and tried to soothe him.
"I wish you were more like this everyday, rather than Capitol Finnick who is just too full of himself." I tell him, he chuckles and nudges my shoulder.
"I know Haymitch told you about me and my line of work." He explains, choosing his words carefully. I nod and offer him a smile which he returned. His sea-green eyes now looked dull and almost empty. Empty like Peeta's when he died. I shudder and Finnick wraps his arms around me.
"Cold? I'll warm you up." He grins cheekily. I giggle softly and feel my body giving into his warmth.
When I wake up, I see I am not in my room but a blue room with a white closet. I see someone beside me with bronze hair. Oh, it's Finnick. I glance at the clock on his wall that read 7:00 a.m. I moved to get up but was stopped when Finnick's tan arm that was wrapped around my waist tightens. Finnick groans and brushes his nose against my hair, inhaling my scent.
"Mmm.. 5 more minutes." Finnick groans, bringing my body closer to his.
"I have to get up, my train is leaving in an hour!" I complained struggling to break free from his grip.
"Shower in the train!" He complains, pulling me back and smirking. I sigh and lay back down. Stupid Finnick and his damn strong arms. Nevertheless, I smile and glance at the god-like man laying next to me. He smiles at me and hides his face in the crook of my neck, breathing heavily. I shudder and soon fll back into slumber with him next to me.
AN: Reviews are encouraged! Sorry if it's bad and chapter 3 will be up soon!