Chapter 4- Love will come through

We found wonderland

You and I got lost in it

And life was never worse but never better

Wonderland-Taylor Swift

3 days had passed quickly without further type of contact between Effie and Haymitch. To tell the truth, the blonde had barely seen the boy since Tuesday and didn't know if he had received her picture. With no answer from Haymitch on Friday afternoon, Effie knew she wouldn't be a cheerleader anymore. But she didn't give a damn about it because all she wanted was Haymitch. She and Seneca had broken up on the ball and the boy, angry after seeing she wouldn't accept him back, found another girl.

The students were headinh to the lawns of the football field where many rivals from the other school already were, all waiting for the game. The PHS cheerleaders were already on the field warming up and Alma smiled triumphantly to see that Effie wasn't among them, the blonde had failed in trying to convince Haymitch to play.

Effie was dressed in a set of blue and white school sweat and pants, her hair cascading down her back. She was sitting at a table in the courtyard of the school, lost in thought when she felt two arms involving her from behind, the aroma of a male colony involving her.

"Haymitch?" She asked surprise, but without the animation of always. She turned her body until she was facing him, still on the table.

"Effie, what are you still doing here? Shouldn't you be on the field?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. He ran a hand over her face, moving a blonde strand away. Effie smiled ruefully.

"No Haymitch. I'm leaving the team. You won't play and I broke up with Seneca so no need for me to be there with the others."

"Did you break up with Seneca?" He had heard something but wasn't sure. Effie confirmed with her head, biting her lip and he waited for her to say something.

"Honestly Haymitch! You know that I broke up because I like you. You ruined me." She said in an exasperated tone.

Haymitch then climbed on the table and pulled her into his lap, making her blush. He hugged her and Effie buried her head in his chest, frustrated, looking for his warmth and closing her eyes when she realized he was wearing the uniform of the football team. She lifted her head and looked at him, confused. Haymitch just smirked and said:

"Well princess, you also ruined me, because I like you." Effie opened her mouth in shock.

"Did you say you like me?" Haymitch lifted her chin with one hand, his blue eyes staring at her intensely.

"I'm not going to change Effie." He said, in a tone of warning and Effie nodded. "You know that I drink, I'm sarcastic, but also I like you and I will do everything possible to make things work between us, make you happy with me."

"Haymitch Abernathy, I never thought I'd hear such discourse from you." She said in a tone of surprise, but then she smiled softly, touching her forehead with his: "Thank you for wanting to make me happy. I don't want you to change. As I will still be the old Effie Trinket, crazy for clothes and talking too much, but I like you."

Haymitch smirked, pursing her lips once and then again, kissing her. Haymitch ran a hand through her curls down to her arm as she had a hand on his knee, squeezing it lightly, as she kissed him. His hands massaged her arms, making her smile and when they parted to breath, Haymitch kissed her forehead, before saying:

"Go put your uniform Effie, you need to shake your pompoms for me in the game."

Effie left his lap, smiling and opened the zipper of the sweater and revealed the cheerleader's uniform and straightened her hair.

"I had a good feeling about all this."