A/N: Again, sorry for the long wait, but try to enjoy this late chapter!
Nobody Compares To You
Life pretty much sucked for Finnick. But it was all his own fault, that's what he thought.
He and Emily had been going out for two years now, ever since the day when Emily had came to meet Finnick when they were fourteen. Finnick was not sure how it had happened, but before he noticed it he and Emily were the 'it' couple in school.
Finnick didn't think it was a good idea at all. Sure, Emily had showed him more sides of her, she was not at all that bad as he assumed. No, she was the kind of girl Finnick would maybe want to spend the rest of his life with. She just had never showed that side of her.
Finnick could've loved her. He tried, but he wasn't able to. Everytime he looked at Emily, he couldn't help but think of the girl with grey eyes and beutiful smile, and notice how alike she and Emily were, but still they were the polar opposites.
Finnick knew his heart belonged to the girl with grey eyes and beutiful smile. Emily could never take her place, no one could, even though Finnick had never met the girl or knew for sure that she existed.
But he had to believe. The only way he survived trough the day, was the idea of her. He still didn't knew her name, but he didn't need to. He will someday.
Katniss wasn't dealing with life much better either. She was annoyed by the half of the male population of Washington, who were trying to make a move on her, even though her heart was taken by the mystery boy in her dreams.
Katniss had started to work at the local little diner with Madge. Madge had her eyes on Thresh, one of their co-workers. The one other co-worker they had was Peeta Mellark, who Katniss had found a loyal friend from. Peeta wasn't bad to look at, no not at all, and he was probably the nicest person ever walked on this planet. The girl Peeta was going to marry some day was the luckiest girl ever; she would have the most amazing husband ever.
Katniss would have considered about asking Peeta out, if her heart didn't belong to someone else. It was a shame though, Katniss could love Peeta. She knew she could, it wasn't hard to like him, it couldn't be so hard to love him either.
Peeta and Thresh were best friends, like Katniss and Madge. Katniss found it quite funny. Thresh and Peeta were the first person's Katniss let in her life after her father's death. Well, if you don't count in her family and Gale and Madge, but they had always been there.
Thresh was kind of intimidating, dark skinned, yet quiet guy. Katniss couldn't be more grateful of his existence. The boys(and sometimes the old men) always tried to hit on her, but Thresh always scared them away. She loved Thresh for that.
"... Run baby run, don't ever look back, they'll tear us apart, if you give them the chance..." Katniss was humming her favorite song from We the Kings on one late Friday night. She was cleaning the table nine, while Madge was sweeping the floor, Thresh cleaning the counter and Peeta doing the last dishes. Gale was sitting behind the counter, waiting for them to be ready, since he was their ride.
"I'm telling you Everdeen, go to X-factor you'll win for sure", Thresh laughed as he washed his hands. Katniss rolled her eyes and washed her own eyes.
"Can't. I'm too scared of Simon Cowell", she smirked.
Many people had noticed how rarely Katniss smiled. Sure she smirked or grinned, maybe sometimes even let out a chuckle, but she never sirencely smiled. Maybe in the presence of Prim.
"Then the voice, I don't care", Thresh said and leaned to the counter behind him and observed Katniss. He, like every other guy in the universe, found her extremely attractive. Her straight raven hair made you want to run your fingers through it. Her olive skin looked as smooth as silk. Her plumb lips were practically screaming to kiss them like no tomorrow. But what made her so appealing was her eyes. They were as dark as storm, as shiny as a blade of a sword, as grey as ash. Nobody could ever have eyes like hers, they were impossible to copy. Peeta had tried drawing them, but had not succeed. They were way too beautiful.
Thresh might've been attracted to her, but he did not have any kinds of feelings for her in a romantic way. And even if he had, he would force himself to forget about them. Katniss could never love him back. It was obvious that Katniss did not date, but it was just as obvious that she was in love with somebody. The way she would zone out sometimes, she stared in distance, and a genuine smile appeared on her flawless face. She was thinking of someone she truly loved with all her heart. Who this mystery person was, nobody had a glue.
Finnick got up with the wrong foot in the morning. If somebody tried to talk to him all day, he was positive that he'd kill them. He did not sleep all night and now he was in so bad mood that grumpy cat woud be jealouse.
"Finn!" he heard a squeal behind him. He didn't have to turn around to know it was Emily.
Finnick sighed and rupped his temple with his forefinger and thump. This was going to be one long day if she would be here, acting like a bimbo.
"Yes?", he tried to manage him from snapping at her. He wanted to get rid of her as fast as he could, and that was not going to happen if he couldn't manage himself from getting angry at her. Then she would not leave him alone in week.
Finnick turned around and met a pair of soft lips meet his. Luckily it was just a peck and Finnick could whipe the ridicilously large amount of lipstick off of his lips as soon as she didn't look.
"Are you going to walk me to my class?" she asked, biting her lip. She always did that when she wanted Finnick to do something and he gave in just because he couldn't stand her whining.
"Sure", he mumbled.
That was the second biggest mistake he did all day. The first one was waking up. Emily didn't shut up during the whole walk, no she talked about her new mascara the whole time. Finnick pretended that he was listening, but honestly he could give a damn.
But even the darkest days can turn out bright as sun. That one announcement brightened Finnick's whole week.
"Okay class! We have been talking about this before, but now it's official! We're going to go to a classtrip in WASHINGTON!" their home teacher announced and everybody cheered. Finnick was probably the loudest. He didn't know a lot of the girl with grey eyes and beautiful smile, but he knew one thing; she was from Washington. This was Finnick's chance.
The trip would last a week. Finnick had seven days to find the girl of his dreams and convince her that he was the one for her. He had seven days to show her that they belonged together.
She was his, he was hers. She would understand as soon as he would find her. And Finnick will find her.
"I mean look at him! The way his muscles flex, how he runs his hand through his hair. The way his forehead wrinkles when he's thinking... He's so perfect!" Katniss listened to Madge's jabbering about Thresh. For two hours she had gone on and on about Thresh's hair and how it had grown longer. Now he could run his fingers through it. Katniss was so interested.
"How fucking interesting, please go on", Katniss aid sarcastically and smashed her head on the counter with force.
"How can you not care?" Madge asked dumbfounded.
"Like this."
Katniss honestly couldn't give two shits. She had her own worries. She had the feeling that something was about to happen. Something big and lifechanging. She just didn't know what.
"Katniss Rose Everdeen", Madge said. Katniss looked up to see Madge and she looked quite irritated.
"Okay, Okay I'm sorry. But no offence I could give a damn about Thresh's new shirt and how his muscles tense, but it's just so tiring", Katniss yawned and didn't even notice that Thresh had just netered the room from the kitchen. He was staring at the two girls who were talking, neither one of them noticing him.
"I try not to take that personally", he said and took the meals he haled in his hands to the waiting couple who sat in the table four.
"No, no, Madge was just worshipping you, and no offence but she had gone on and on for, what three hours?" Katniss explained and didn't even notice that she had just revealed her best friends crush. Madge stood there, ridig and her entire face was flushed scarlet.
"Oh really?" Thresh asked, smirking smugly.
Then it hit Katniss. Her eyes widened and her face was almost as red as Madge's. Katniss bit her lip and turned to look at Thresh.
"Did I just say that out loud?" she asked. Thresh nodded, still wearing a very cocky grin.
"Well, look at the time! Time for my lunch break!" Katniss quickly undid the knot of her apron and ran out of the door.
Madge stayed still, looking at the door where her traitor friend just ran out leaving her alone with her not so secret crush.
Katniss was going to pay.
Finnick admired the view of Washington from the window of their bus. He was wondering where the girl with grey eyes and beautiful smile was. He hoped that she would be near.
Soon they arrived at the hotel they were going to stay in. Finnick was roomed with Marvel, his best friend. Finnick was glad that Marvel had gotten over his crush on Emily, otherwise Marvel would probably try to fight him.
And that would be ugly.
They had the first day free. Tomorrow they would start and experience Washington. But now, Finnick had four hours to search for the girl with grey eyes and beautiful smile.
"Shall we go and explore the great Washington?" Finnick asked smirking. Marvel smirked back and agreed to go out for a while.
They made their way out of the hotel, and Finnick sighed in relief that Emily was no where seen, if she saw him leave the hotel, she would want to tag along. And how was Finnick supposed to find for the girl of his dreams, if his girlfriend was hanging from his arm.
The evening wind was chilly and amde Finnick pull his jacket closer to his chest. Finnick was surprised of how little of people there was walking in the streets. Only couple of homelss persons, whom Marvel gave a couple of dollars to, and some irrelevant people.
But one girl awokened Finnick's attention. She running towards them, looking back every once in a while. She then stopped to lean on a tree and took a deep breath.
Finnick and Marvel kept going foreward and stopped in front of her.
"What is a pretty girl like you running away from?" Marvel smirked. Finnick rolled his eyes to him, thinking how typical it was from his friends to make a move on every girl they come across.
"I, err, I ran away from my friend", she didn't look them in the eye, she kept her head hung low and Finnick could see her biting her lip and blushing. Of course she was effected by Marvel's meaningless flirting.
"And why is that?" Marvel asked slyly. He had a smug smirk printed on his face, and Finnick wanted to punch him for making this poor girl so embarrased.
"I embarrased her in front of her crush", she said and looked to the way she came from. She probably made sure her friend wasn't behind them, but her friend was no where seen.
"My name is Marvel and this is my best friend Finnick", Marvel introduced them, expecting her to do the same.
She lifted her head to look at them, and Finnick took a deep breath. He couldn't take his eyes from her grey eyes.
She gave them a small smile, and only once Finnick had seen a smile like her. It was the most beautiful smile he had ever seen.
"Katniss. My name is Katniss Everdeen."
Katniss couldn't take her grey eyes off of him. There he was, standing in front of her in all his glory.
Sea-green eyes, bronze hair and tanned skin. Katniss noticed that he was staring at her in awe, he looked at her like she was all he had ever wanted. A smile appeared on his flawless face, and Katniss doupted that she had ever seen anything so amazing. She was completely ignoring his friend who had introduced them.
Finnick. That was his name.
"It's nice to meet you Katniss", Finnick said with a charming smirk and took a step closer, but Marvel stopped him. Marvel gave him a glare, and Finnick answered it with his own.
"Dude, why would you flirt with her? You have a grilfriend, remember?" he said blaimingly. He had obviously witnessed Katniss' and Finnick's little 'moment'.
But this shattered Katniss' heart into million pieces. He had what? He couldn't have a girlfriend. Katniss was sure that he had felt exactly the same way she did when he looked at her. He had to know that they belonged together.
Finnick seemed to remember his girlfriend too. His eyes widened with surprise and then narrowed with anger.
But Katniss shouldn't be as surprised as she was. Of course he had a girlfriend. He was flawless! Of course he had girls throwing themselves at him, and he was a guy after all.
Katniss felt dissapointment eat her alive and she took deep breath again.
"Right", Finnick said. He wanted to rip Marvel's head off.
"Yeah, he and Emily have been dating for two years. They're so meant to be", Marvel said with a girly voice and Katniss giggled a little, even though inside she was suffering. Of course Finnick was in love with his girlfirned of two years. This was just her luck.
"You two sound like you're very happy together", Katniss tried to smile, but her voice was ragged. Finnick shrugged and looked away.
"But Katniss, you seem like a very nice girl. I would like to spend time with you sometimes", Marvel smirked, making Katniss blush once again.
"Yeah that would be nice", Katniss said smiling. If Finnick could be happy with someone else, why couldn't she?
Katniss gave Marvel her number and waved them good bye. It was time to face Madge.
A/N: So I put a lot of effort on this chapter, even tough I finished it in two days! I'm pretty satisfaced with this chapter, what do you think? And what do you think about the new cover I made?
You know what t odo loves :3
