Lily didn't know how long she sat at the edge of the pool, tears streaming down her face, cursing herself for trusting the cold hearted boy from district two. She couldn't say how long she sat there before Finnick entered the room silently walking over and sitting on the edge beside her.

"I've been looking everywhere for you Princess," He said gently as Lily wiped her face.

"How did you find me?" She said staring at the reflection of herself in the water of the pool.

"I remembered this is where I came before the games. I wanted to be home and this is the closest I could find in this whole building,"

"The smells wrong," Lily mumbled "I can't smell the salt."

"I know what you mean." Finnick chuckled. "Lily… I…" Finnick began but was cut off by Lily.

"Please don't say goodbye Finn, I don't think I could handle that on top of everything else,"

"I won't say it Princess,"

"Will you miss me?" Lily finally asked, she wasn't sure why, it hurt her to think about not coming back but it was something she had to know.

Finnick didn't say anything for a while he just wrapped he's arm around her and pulled her close kissing the top of her forehead gently. "More then I should." He breathed. "What's got you this upset?" He asked.

"I trusted someone I shouldn't have and they threw it back in my face. God I've been so stupid Finn."

"The boy from two?" Finnick asked quietly.

Lily turned to look at him in surprise, "How did you know?"

"I saw the way you looked at him after the interviews when he stopped you."

"I'm sorry." Lily said leaning back into Finnick.

"You don't have anything to be sorry for," Finnick said strongly but Lily could hear something in his voice that said otherwise.

"Finn…" Lily started looking t Finnick again getting lost in his sea green eyes before looking down at the water.

"It's time to go." Finnick said before standing up and holding out a hand and helping Lily up.

The walk up to the apartment was silent. Lily went straight into the shower. Lily let the water was over her body washing away all of her worries and stress. She needed to concentrate now, her life depended on it.

Finnick escorted Lily down to where Jed was waiting for her. Lily smiled lightly at Jed who winked at her and pointed at a dressing room which held her arena outfit for her to change into.

Once Lily was changed she sat in a chair and Jed began to brush her hair.

"You'll be great Lily." Jed smiled as he began to braid her hair into two small fishtail braids that met up into one big one.

Lily looked at Jed through the mirror, and was quite surprised at how fond of Jed she was in such a short amount of time but then again she was quite fond of Finnick and Cato too. "Thank you for such beautiful outfits."

"Thank you for making them so beautiful." Jed smiled down at her finishing off her hair. "If I could I've place all my bets on you." Lily stood up and through her arms around him.

"10 seconds,"

Jed placed Lily's coat on, "It's made for all types of weather, heat, rain, snow you name it," Lily smiled up at him. Jed rolled up the left sleeve a little revealing Kai's necklace sewn as a bracelet on the inside of the arm.

"Thank you," Lily gushed with gratitude as her heart swelled. "If…" Lily stumbled. "if I die will you make sure Kai gets it."

"I promise," Jed smiled tearfully.

"5 seconds,"

Lily took a breath and headed towards the tube. She was about to step in when the door burst open and Finnick stood in the doorway looking out of breath.

"Finn..." Lily gasped.

"3 seconds,"

Finnick strode forward without a word and took Lily's face in he's hands before Lily could respond he pulled her forward and placed a soft kiss on her lips. It lasted half a second but Lily felt as though it lasted a life time. She felt her stomach erupt with butterflies and fireworks go off in her head.

"Come back to me Princess." He breathed pulling away fingering the end of her braid before pushing her into the tube. The tube closed and Lily lifted her hand up against the tube, Finnick pressed his own hand on the other side of the cold glass. Tears formed in Lily's eyes as the tube started to lift upwards.

Lily's mind was a blur, as she rose up into the new atmosphere of the arena. Lily squinted as her eyes adjusted to the blinding glare of the sun. After her eyes adjusted Lily took in her surroundings. The first thing she could see was the Cornucopia with supplies, weapons and backpacks scattered around. Lily instantly spotted a few sets of knives in a belt and swords in every size available. The podiums were set up in a half moon order in the middle of the field, which was encircled by glorious trees. In the mouth of the Cornucopia is a countdown clock on a large black screen. Lily's heart began to hammer as the countdown began.

A/N: There you go, sorry it has taken so long but I have a few chapters already written out which I just have to type up so expect some regular updates. I'm so excited to be back on track with this story because it is one of my favourites. Please review and let me know what you think or if anyone is still reading it