Disclaimer: All the people you recognize are Suzanne's

A/N: Writer's block sucks. Annie's goodbyes aren't all that exciting.

Chapter 25:

Annie POV:

Arza came in after Finnick and gave me quick but strong hug before pulling away.

"You have to win Annie," she commanded. I looked at her like she had grown two heads.

"Wha-"

"I can't lose both of you, I just can't." She cried hugging me again.

"You'll find out later. Just promise me one thing," she paused to look me in the eye.

"Anything," If she was telling me she wanted me to win over Thom I was willing to do whatever she wanted.

"Promise me you'll stick with him until the end and once he's gone, win."

"I promise."

"He'll try his best to make sure it's you but you have to help him." What the hell was she talking about?

Crying is all we were both doing until she sighed heavily, her breath shaky, "I need to go and see him," she pulled away and headed for the door.

My father came in next and squeezed me tightly. "Munchkin, you have to try, you're smart and you can make nets. Don't over think it. You can do this." I just cried into his shoulder, "I love you daddy. Thank you for always protecting me and loving me no matter what."

"I love you so much, you'll always be my baby girl even though you'll make it out of this and live to be an old lady, but damn it Annie, fight. Fight until you can't anymore."

"I will dad."

"Time is up."

"I love you! Come back!" My father called after me.

I didn't get anymore visitors.

Thom POV:

I knew exactly who would be reaped before Chrysanthemum pulled my name out of that bowl. Even before Finnick told me. I knew at some point I would have to pay for my hand in Orion's death, the reaping was Snow's cleanup session. I was around enough secret revolution talks to know that. Thats how I got the inside scoop on who was volunteering. Every week before the reaping there are meetings held late at night on the boats in the docs, people from all over the district that believe strongly enough that the games are rigged and wrong meet in the South Sector to discuss another uprising. Snow knows about this because he knows about everything. I hadn't been to meetings the last few reapings because Arza asked me not to.

Anything she asked of me I'd do in a heartbeat. She's the only person that I would do anything for besides my grandmother. She made me a better person and didn't take my shit. Any of it. Damn I would miss her.

Her parents came in first, followed by Lizzie, her baby sister. "Where's Ar-"

"Annie," was all her father said. Her dad who was a tall man, with a quiet protective demeanor hugged me, "You're a good guy, Thom and you make my daughter happy please come back so you can keep making her happy."

"I'll try," I swore, shaking his hand and looking him in his eye.

Her mother just hugged me tightly and told me how I was like a son to her, but her little sister had me crying. She was the spitting image of her sister just in a munchkin form of five years old.

"Hey Lizzie, don't cry alright you're a big girl remember," I knelt down to help wipe the tears and snot off of her face.

"I know but I will miss you," she whined.

My chest clinched, " I will miss you too, sweetie but you gotta be strong for mommy and daddy and Arza okay. Can you do that for me?"

She nodded, her pigtails bobbing.

I smiled. "Good, you elbow swear?" She grinned and nodded we as we did the infamous elbow swear. I kissed her cheek before rising to my full height. "Time is up." Another round of hugs before they left for good.

The door opened to reveal my grandmother wobbling into the room. I quickly rushed over to engulf her in a hug. "I'm sorry Gran, so sorry. I shouldn't have gone to those meetings," I apologized into her hair as I tears stung my eyes. Who would take care of her after I was gone?

"Hush boy, I damn near created those meetings, its in your blood to fight the power. Besides, Arza is here and she takes better care of me than you anyway," she joked, squeezing me even tighter than I thought she ever could.

"I love you so much, Thom. You are strong and smart. I want you back here and not in a damn box. Fight hard. I love you."

I held her so tight I felt like I was crushing her and I didn't care one bit. This woman cared for me and loved me she no one wanted me and called me trash and worthless. She was there always there telling me to hold my head head and to never quit. That if she was gonna claim me as her own I better not be a fool. She gave me the warmest hugs and the best food. This woman was amazingly wonderful and I owed her everything for the person I'd become today.

"I'll fight for you Gran. I love you so much. But if I don't come back and only if I don't come back, tell Arza to take you to the docs and she has something that I made her promise to keep safe for you in case anything ever happened to me," she looked as if she was going to stop me but I held my hand up before continuing, "it wont be much but I hope you'll remember me by it. I love you Gran." I kissed her forehead and she kissed my cheek.

"Time is up," a random peacekeeper called.

"Come back Thom," I guided her to the door. "I will," I promised. I would come back I just knew it would be in a box, but I wouldn't tell her that.

Next the most beautiful girl in the world entered the tiny holding room, tears streaking down her gorgeous brown face, it made me want to sneak out of the room and run away with her and never come back, but I couldn't. We both knew that. She knew all of my secrets, everything. She knew Snow wanted me dead. I told her everything because I wanted her to know that at some point this moment would come and she still stood by me because she said everyone deserved to be loved and it was too late because she already loved me.

"Thom, lets just leave, if we left right now we could get away," she tried to convince me.

I shook my head, " You know if I could I would, Angel. Don't cry, please for me," I asked of her, selfishly I didn't want my last memory of her to be of be crying no matter what was going on.

She wiped her face, "You're right, I have to hold it together until you come back. Tell me you'll come to me Thom, promise you'll come back to me. Alive." Her chocolate eyes swam with a passion and fire that rivaled anything I'd ever seen like she didn't know the truth.

"Angel, I will do everything I can to come back to you and do all the things we do now." I wasn't lying. "She got a playful glint back in her eyes, "Like what?" "Like spending everyday together, like spending the night on the beach, like sneaking in your room at night to hold you," she rolled her eyes at that part," among other things," I added with a wink, " like kissing you, like us reading together-"

"Kiss me Thom, please kiss me one more time before I can't touch you again." I did just as she asked and kissed her. I kissed her warmly and passionately and lovingly and longingly. This is what I wanted our last moment to be like no matter when it was, so if that was now then so be it.

"Arza you're my everything in this life and the next. I love you."

"I love you too and don't you ever forget it. I will tell our baby how great and wonderful of a man their father was everyday." Sheets of tears covered her face and I dropped to my knees to day goodbye to my child I sobbed into her belly and my tears soaked her dress.

"I love you, Peyton or Bolton, whichever you turn out to be. Be good for your mommy she's perfect, I'll be watching." I peppered kisses all over her stomach and rose to my full height and kissed my angel again. "I love you." We said in unison. "Time is up." She wrapped her arms around me tightly and I held her close until the peacekeepers had to come in and take her away and I had no choice but to let them.

A/N: Yall don't know this but I'm a sucker for romance and in my mind I really love Thom, like a lot and I dont want to kill him.. there's so much to reveal about his character so that makes it even harder to write his pov but this chapter made me sad because I don't like killing ppl off and I don't like sad endings and I like I said love Thom's character. But anyway enough of my talk... Next chapter Is the train ride! Review please :D xoxo