Promise Chapter 37

"Beetee I only want a ring not another crazy ass trident" Finnick chuckled "You don't have to go to town on it. But I do love that trident"

"Ok, ok" Beetee took of his glasses and polished them with a cloth "I don't have any stones or anything. You want a ring? Well I'll need one of those"

"Here" Finnick pulled out Annie's shell "this bits crystallised, can't you take some of that off?"

"Well the crystals are big enough, but don't you want something more precious?"

"Well it's precious to Annie"

"I'll probably have it done in a couple of hours...or more"

"Ok" Finnick passed the shell over to Beetee.

"Hi Finn" Annie smiled entering the room "What are you doing here?"

"Oh just chatting to Beetee about- about my trident. You?"

"Beetee said he needed to measure my finger for some experiment" Annie shrugged her shoulders.

"Oh. I'll leave you too it then" Finnick kissed Annie's cheek and left the room.

Later on

"So he asked me if I wanted to try out his bed, so I told him to ask his wife" Johanna snorted

"Well at least you told him straight" Katniss praised

"Married men shouldn't be going around asking women to sleep with them. When you say your vows you mean it you know? His wife was probably shagging Finnick anyway"

"Probably, maybe he knew" Gale chuckled

"Yeah, maybe he was getting back at her" Johanna grinned "Finnick's probably better in bed than that old sod anyway. Do you know what, I've never wondered what Finnick's like in bed before. Bet he's good"

"Johanna that's disgusting" Gale laughed

"Wonder if he- Oh hi Finnick"

Finnick and Annie took a seat at the table; he still had hold of Annie's hand. "What you chatting about then?" Finnick asked

"Just some guy trying to get me into bed"

"Ah"

"I mean they're all after one thing right. Even the bloody peacekeepers were giving me the eye"

"You can say that again" Annie murmured

Peeta came and sat next to Johanna, he was shooting angry looks at Katniss.

Johanna picked up her glass of water and continued "Exactly Annie, you should know" Johanna felt like smacking herself. Why did she just say that? Annie tried to blank out what Johanna had just said but she couldn't. The words I told you not to run from me Annie and What I want I get began to echo through her mind. Annie squeezed her eyes shut but it wouldn't go away. She put her hands over her ears. Finnick shot Johanna an unforgiving look. Johanna bit her lip and then mouthed sorry "Annie it's ok, you're ok. Annie darling come back, I know you're in there. I promise I won't let anyone hurt you" Annie took her hands from her ears and raised her head. She buried her head in Finnick's chest and clung onto his shirt. Finnick kissed into her hair and put his arm around her "Sorry" She whispered

"It's ok you don't need to be sorry, you didn't do anything" Finnick smiled

"Do I have to let go of you?"

"No, I won't let go of to either, ok"

"Ok"

"Is she ok" Gale asked with one eyebrow raised

"Yeah, it's not the first time it's happened" Finnick assured

"I'm mentally unstable" Annie added

"No you're not" Finnick frowned "Annie do you want to go back?"

"Why?"

"I don't want you-"

"Finn if it will make you feel better we can go"

"You be nice to her Finnick, or I might try and take her away from you" Peeta added. Was he kidding? But his tone sounded so cold. Did he really have his eye on Annie? Katniss was fuming.

"I'd like to see you try" Finnick murmured to himself. Annie took his hand whispered "I'd never leave you Finnick"

"I know" Finnick took her hand and kissed her cheek.

Annie was worried about Finnick now; Peeta's comment seemed to have irritated him a little. "Finnick just ignore him" Annie said placing her head on his shoulder. Finnick smiled at her, she was right, to ignore him would be the best thing to do, she wouldn't leave him and he wouldn't let her, had practically just got her back. Besides Peeta wasn't himself, he had been hijacked. Finnick released his hand from hers and slipped his arm around her waist. They were nearly at their room. Finnick didn't know why but he had an urge to get Annie as far away from Peeta as possible. He didn't want Peeta to take his Annie away from him, even if he knew Annie would never leave him. Finnick opened the door. "Finn?" Annie asked

"Yes?" Finnick retorted

"Have you seen my shell? I was hoping to put it back on the necklace"

"No I haven't"

"You'll find it, don't worry" He took a seat next to her on the bed. He kissed her shoulder "I'll help you" There was knock at the door "Come in" Finnick said getting up from the bed.

It was Beetee. "Finnick can I borrow you for a moment?"

"Yeah. I'll be back in a minuet Annie" He kissed her cheek and left the room. "I've got the ring" Beetee grinned

"That was fast"

"I know. Here" Beetee handed him the ring. It was perfect. "It's silver plated" The crystals from the shell were perfectly positioned into a spiral. "Thank you Beetee it's perfect"

"So when you gonna ask her?"

"I don't know...there isn't many romantic places in 13 now are there?"

"No there isn't. I'll leave you to it, I have to be off"

"Ok see ya"

"Bye"

Finnick walked back into the room, ring in his pocket. Annie was rummaging through her draws "Where the hell is it?" She mumbled to herself

"Annie?"

"Yes?"

"Come here" Annie walked over "I don't know how to do this, I'm not into all that getting down on one knee, little cheesy right"

"Finn?"

"So- um- here it goes" Finnick took her hands in his "It's just you and me now, and I've wanted to do this from the moment we kissed, I just wanted to be tied to you forever, but I couldn't because I was a prostitute, but now I'm free from all of that and I can be with who I want to be with, no secrets, no lies, just you and me and the whole world can know about it" Finnick pulled the ring out of his pocket "Annie how would you like to become Mrs Odair?" Annie's eyes widened, she was in shock. Finnick smiled "Annie will you marry me?"

Annie smiled from ear to ear and nodded "Y-yes, yes I will marry you"

Finnick grinned with relief. Annie threw herself into his arms; she wrapped her arms around his neck and began to cry a little "Why are you crying?" Finnick laughed

"Because I'm happy"

Finnick took her face in his hands and brought her lips to his. Annie felt her feet lift from the ground. Finnick cradled her in his arms and kissed her once again. Finnick placed the ring on her finger. Annie looked up at him and narrowed her yes "My shell"

Finnick smiled "Yes"

"Oh my Finnick It's perfect; you used the crystals from my shell. Thank you it's beautiful" Annie kissed his cheek

"Beetee made it"

Annie was in awe over her ring. When the light hit it, it sparkled like the shell. Annie held it up to the light bulb and watched it sparkle. She couldn't stop smiling. "I love you Finn, I love you so much"

Finnick began twiddling with her hair "I love you too darling"

Wow I found that hard to write, but I was ok when it came to the proposal. Sorry for the huge amount of dialog. Ok I don't know if any of you guys have twitter but if you do I really want you to follow me because I love you all so much :D it's Annick_Tribute I would have put Fannie but people who don't know about the hunger games might think I'm a perv o_o...lol anyway hope you like it. REVIEW! I know there is someone reading this right now... pleaseeeeee review. Gonna play some Mario kart now bye!

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