Chapter Four
Rory's POV
We pulled up to the small island after about an hour. "Willow, you can let go of me now!" I say, turning around and laughing, "We're here."
She opens her eyes and let's out a sigh of relief. Finn is already running around on the secluded paradise and shouting for us to hurry up. So we jump off the jet ski and onto the hot sand following Finn through the palm trees to a small hut next to a pool of shimmering, clear blue water. "You'll find everything you need in that hut," Finn says, "People come here practically every day and they always leave stuff behind. I'm gonna swim back so the adults don't get even more suspicious, we've already been gone for at least a couple of hours."
Fin heads in the direction of the water so me and willow take a look at the hut. Finn was right, there's everything in here, including tv's! And I mean proper tv's, not the transparent ones they used to have when dad was younger, not that he could afford a good one anyway. He was extremely poor before he became famous in the war. "What are you thinking about now?" Willow asks.
"Oh nothing," I reply "Its just nice to be alone for once, no one watching us all the time, you know?"
"Yeah, I know..." She says dreamily " So what do you want to do?"
"Just sit here, anytime spent with you is as valuable to me as a gold bar willow..." I say
She looks at me and then simply says "I love you Rory."
"I love y" but before I can finish my sentence, I'm staring into her beautiful blue eyes an our lips lock. We sit on the plush red chairs for ages, just staring into the sunset through the glass window.
Willow's POV
"The sunset is so pretty, isn't it Rory?" I say happily "It'd make a great picture, you know?"
"Go outside and take one then princess, I wanna be able to relive this moment forever..." Rory replies. I love him, he's not boisterous like any of the other boys I know, he's calm and gentle and always says the most thought provoking and often cringiest things ever...
After I've taken a picture, I see Finn running up the beach and go inside to tell Rory that we need to go, but instead see Gale, with the sternest look on his face that I have ever seen. Uh oh, we'd been caught.
We get back to the beach to find everyone packing their things away and heading back up to the house.
"You lot, go to your rooms the minute you get back inside that house, do you hear me?" Gale says sternly. We all nod our heads in a subdued response and start walking back up to the house.
Rye's POV
Once everyone gets back to the house, Gale is sending Finn, Willow and Rory straight upstairs. Oh god I think What have they done now? But I have more important things to think about, so I go into the kitchen to find my dad making some bread, it smells amazing! When he hears me (it's kind of hard to go unnoticed on crutches...) he turns around and embraces me in his arms. "I'm sorry Son," he says
"Don't be." I reply "I know you can't help it." This time he accepts it and I don't know how long we stand like that, but it feels good to have my dad back again.
Finn's POV
After Gale sends us upstairs, and my dad has had a massive yelling match with me, seriously, its like verbal boxing, I walk across the hallway to Willow's room and knock on her door. She calls for me to come in, so I open the door slightly so it doesn't creak and jump onto her bed. She's cuddled up with Rory reading a magazine against the wall. Her long, dark hair is cascading down her shoulders and her piercing blue eyes are focused on the magazine, must be some boring article about fashion or something like that... Boring.
"Sorry for getting you guys into trouble," I say " I thought they didn't know about the island."
"It's ok, at least we got to spend a bit of time together, it was nice, cheers mate" Rory says.
"Anytime!" I say " It gives me a bit of attention anyway, usually Tyson hogs it all with his pranks..." I roll my eyes.
"Oh no, is that Katniss coming up?" Rory asks.
"Yep," Willow says, "I'd know my mum anywhere, bat ears she says I've got, go hide in the closet!"
Looks like Willow was just in time with her sixth sense because just after we shut the door, Katniss walks into the room and sits on the bed with Willow.
Katniss's POV
"Willow," I say, "You know you can talk to us about anything right? Me and your father?"
"Yeah..." She mutters back.
"Well, why don't you tell me what persuaded you to leave the beach without telling us sweetheart, we were so worried when Johanna came and told us!"
"It's kind of embarrassing mum..." Willow says, tucking her silky, dark braid behind her ear.
"Sweetheart, just toell me," I plea "Would you prefer it if the boys weren't in here?"
Her face take on an impression of utter amazement. "How did you know?!" She says.
"Impulse sweetheart, you and those boys are inseparable, since birth you know. You always used to play together, you'd be the mum and you'd boss them about..." I say laughing. Those were the good old days... "Oh yeah, almost forgot, boys out the closet and go to Rory's room."
Once they've left the room Willow speaks up again in her sing song voice. " I just wanted to spend some time alone with Rory without all of you breathing down our necks."
"Is that it?" I ask in disbelief "Just tell us sweetheart, it's not like we're going to track you 24/7! You're old enough now, I'm happy to give yon more freedom."
"Thanks mum." Willow says, breathing a sigh of relief.
"You're welcome darling, just remember to always tell us where you're going first, yeah? Come on, your fathers made a lovely fish pie, a real treat!"
"Yummy!" Willow grins.
I smile back at her and we make our way downstairs, the boys close behind. Just brefore we get into the dining room I whisper in Willow's ear "If you want to sneak out, mind the bottom step on the first floor."
She grins and we settle down at the table to eat.
