Sonya Hawthorne

My dad seemed extremely pissed.

Crap! Did he see me and Nick?

"Do you want to apologize for something?" Dad asked.

Apologize? For what? Kissing Nick?"

"I'm sorry?" I said, not meaning it to sound like a question.

"What did I tell you before we got here?"

I frowned trying to think. When I didn't answer he explained "I told you to stay in the victor's house."

My frown deepened "So what? Are you telling me I'm not allowed to have lunch and supper?"

My dad sighed, "No, I-."

"Whatever." I waved my hand and walked towards the house that would be my prison for a few days.

Anastasia Mellark.

"We should go swimming." Daniel said excitedly.

What's with this boy and water? I'm fairly sure he would sleep in it if he could. I love it!

"Sure." I smiled. We continued down the pathway into the forest.

It seemed like it was the hottest day in District 12. By the time we got to the lake I was sweating.

"Turn around." I ordered to Daniel.

"Why?" Daniel asked. Then he realized "Oh never mind." He turned around while muttering "You're ruining my plans Anastasia."

I like that way he says my name. Smiling, I turned around and peeled off my sweaty clothes leaving me in my undergarments. I quickly ran into the murky water. The water was bone chilling making me gasp out in surprise.

"You okay?" Daniel asked.

I gritted my teeth. "Yep."

I took a deep breath and dived in. I stayed down there for as long as I could, feeling the lake plants that were deep down in the water.

Something grabbed my waist though pulling me up to the surface.

I squinted my eyes to see a half-naked Daniel. I immediately blushed. "What was that for?"

He stared at me in disbelief "You were down there for a long time!"

Really? It seemed like only seconds I was down there. "Are you sure?"

Daniel nodded "You can hold your breath longer than a few District 4 citizens."

I beamed at that. "Can I hold my breath longer than you?"

He winked at me "Well let's see."

I started counting down "Three… two… one!" We both took a deep breath and went under.

I wasn't sure how Daniel was doing, but I felt like my lungs were shrinking. I didn't want Nick to win though. He was nowhere to be seen in the murky water. So I came up to the surface, Daniel wasn't up yet. Damn it! I lost. I waited up there for minutes. Where the hell was he? I started to panic and moved around it the water. "Daniel?" I called up.

I treaded the water feeling around for him.

Something grabbed my ankle and I shrieked.

Daniel popped his head up. "Holy sh*t!" I splashed Daniel and he gasped and pointed to his wet ears "These are virgin eyes Anastasia!"

My heartbeat was finally coming back to normal "Don't do that!"

He smiled cheekily "Do what? Scare you? Or come up for air."

"A little bit of both." I muttered.

Daniel swam closer to me "So what do I get? I won."

"Who said you'd get a prize?" I asked.

"Me." He smiled again.

"Fine," I whispered "You can get this." And I kissed him.

Yes, I was well aware he was pretty much naked. I was also aware of me being half naked too.

Kissing Daniel was… nice. Heat radiated off of him even though we were in a middle of a freezing lake. We broke off and I realized "Almost forgot! We need to go get Haymitch some liquor!"

Daniel frowned and I did to "What? Am I that bad at kissing?"

The corners of his mouth twitched "No I just love how you remember things when you're kissing me."

I laughed and started swimming back to the sand. I stood up and realized that Daniel could see me so I fell back into the water. He laughed and stood up, knowing very well that I could see him. I blushed and looked into the water. He put on his clothes. Acting rationally I ran out of the water and quickly tried to put my clothes on but I fell.