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A/N: I am so sorry that I haven't been updating! I have not abandoned this story, but updates will be sporadic. I have been extremely ill this past year, enough so that I had to drop out of school and nearly had to quit my job. I'm on the mend now, and hopefully I will make a full recovery soon. Also, I'm an idiot and accidently deleted chapter 2 and 3 and had to repost them, so that's why notifications went out for those chapters even though they've been up for months.

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Chapter 4: Upset and Confusion

For the second morning in a row, Finnick woke up next to Katniss. Only this time, they were on the couch in her room and she was curled up in his arms. He couldn't help but notice how peaceful she looked while sleeping. "What I wouldn't give for you to be this unburdened all the time." Thought Finnick. "You deserve better than this." Though he had only known her for a short time, Finnick could tell the he was starting to develop feeling towards Katniss, and he knew there was no stopping it.

As he watched her, Katniss's eyelids started to flutter open as she awoke. When she seemed to have a bearing on her surroundings, she untangled herself from his arms and backed herself into the far side of the couch. Finnick wasn't sure what he was expecting, but it definitely wasn't that.

"Katniss, what's wrong?" asked Finnick, confused.

"Why? Why do you care about me?" She said, sounding slightly hysterical. "Shouldn't you love the fact that I'm sleep deprived, that I hadn't eaten? One less threat to worry about in the arena! I'll be an easy target! Better yet, you should have just let me jump!" she got off the couch and made her way to the door. Finnick jumped up and grabbed her by the waist before she could open the door. She began kicking and hitting him in an attempt to make him let go, but he was determined to hold on.

"I don't want you to be an easy target, Katniss." He said as he struggled to hold on to the flailing girl in his arms. At this point Katniss nailed Finnick hard in the side with her elbow and he dropped her. When she made for the door again, he quickly tackled her and pinned her beneath him on floor, straddling her hips and gripping her wrists to either side of her head with his hands. He held her there until she had calmed down, her chest heaving with every breath from her failed efforts to free herself. "Katniss, look at me." she turned her head to the side. He then transferred his grip so his was holding both her wrists in one hand. With his now free hand he grasped her chin and forced her to face him. "Look at me!" Finnick said in a firm tone. When she finally met his gaze he spoke again. "I don't want you to die, and I certainly won't be the one to kill you. I've told you before, and I'll tell you every day until you believe me if I have to, I'm not leaving you." He could see the doubt in her eyes, but he continued. "There's more going on than you know, but you have to hold on. Don't give up yet."

"More than I…" Katniss started to say with a perplexed look on her face. "What are you not telling me?"

"I don't know the full details yet." explained Finnick "But there's a plan to get the tributes out of the arena. Your stunt with the nightlock berries sparked a resistance, but it's been hard to communicate for fear of being discovered." By now Katniss had calmed down enough that Finnick felt he could release Katniss from his grasp without her running out of the room and drawing unwanted attention to themselves. He glanced at to clock on the wall and saw that there was still a couple hours until they had to be back in the training center, so hopefully the way to his room would be clear of people.

"I have to go back to my room and get ready before it's too late." Said Finnick. "There will be a lot of unwanted questions in people see me coming out of your room in my pajamas. Training stars in 2 hours, I'll see you down there. At least try to eat some toast before you head down." And with that he kissed her on the forehead and left, leaving behind a started and somewhat confused Katniss staring after him.

A/N: That's it for this chapter! Again, I'm so sorry for not updating. I know this chapter isn't very long, but I wanted to get SOMTHING posted for this story. R&R! It's been awhile, so let me know what you think by clicking that little button down there to leave a review!