Chapter 51
I hear a knocking on my door and assume it is Finnick, I open the door and find him.
"Hello Miss Cresta how are you today?" He asks in a silly tone.
"Fine why are you being so formal?" I ask.
"Do you know what today is?"
"Tuesday?" I ask confused.
"No kind lady today is the starry night festival." He says.
"Oh right."
"This is my formal invitation." He smiles.
"I see." I say. "I've never gone to that festival-
"I know, do you want to go?" He asks me.
"I don't know Finnick." I say and look at the ground.
"Annie you don't have to, I just know you like the town events."
"I know, but don't you remember what happened at the flower festival."
"Annie that was fine."
At the flower festival this year when the petals started falling I started screaming for some reason and saw myself in the arena. I feel like the whole town was watching me.
"No it wasn't and it was worse because that's my favorite one." I say.
He touches my chin so I will look at him.
"It's okay Annie besides I had a back up plan anyways." He smiles
"What are you going to do?" I ask.
"You'll see. I will come by your house at 6:00 dress to impress Miss. Cresta." He says
"Don't I get more details than that?" I ask.
"That would ruin the surprise Cresta." He leans in and kisses me. "Remember dress to impress." He says as he walks to his house.
I roll my eyes and close the door.
"What are you up to Finnick Odair?" I smile and head upstairs
It's 5:57 and Finnick is supposed to show up in five minutes. I have been thinking all day what this back up plan might be and nothing comes to mind.
Because he insisted that I should dress to impress I put on my lavender sun dress. It isn't really that special but, I don't wear dresses very often besides I doubt Finnick will take this very seriously. I wonder what he will be wearing.
I hear a knock on the door and head downstairs. I open the door andI see Finnick and he looks nicer than usual. It isn't a suit or anything but it isn't shorts and a t-shirt either.
"You look nice Annie." He smiles.
"Well you said dress to impress."
"Well you did impress me but to be honest you could've wore anything to impress me." He smiles
"I see." I smile. "For what it's worth you look nice too."
"Good I tried. Now let's go."
He grabs my hand and starts dragging me somewhere.
"Okay now close you're eyes." Finnick says. I know where we are, we are near the pond in Victors Village. It is far away from all the houses in Victors Village it is isolated and nice.
"Close them Annie." He says and I do but he places his hand over them just in case.
We take a couple steps and I tumble a little. Then I think of something.
"Finnick if your back up plan was to push me in the pond I will be very mad." I say.
"Don't worry Annie that's not it but, maybe we could do that later." He says.
I roll my eyes even though he can't see.
"Alright watch your step." He says and I take his hand.
He adjusts my body.
"Okay. I think we're ready you can open your eyes now." Ge says and takes his hand off my eyes.
"Oh my god. How did you pull this off in a few hours?" I ask..
"Like I said I was a back up plan. I had some of it worked out already." He smiles.
Finnick has set up a table that is over looking the pond and it has a tablecloth and dinner on it with flowers as a center piece but that isn't what surprised me, it's the decorations. He put twinkle lights strands all over. Some are bigger than the others and they all resemble stars in the sky just like at the festival.
He takes my hand and brings me to the table and pulls out my chair for me.
"Such a gentlemen." I tease.
"I try." He smiles and sits across from me.
"Almost sunset if I didn't know any better I would say you planned this."
"Well I try Miss Cresta."
"It looks like the festival." I say.
"That was the goal Annie." I smile.
"Who you knew were such a romantic." I smile.
"I'm not really." He says.
I motion around.
"Finnick come on this is-
"I did it because I knew it would make you happy. I know you wanted to go to town events but you didn't feel comfortable enough to do so. I figured I could bring it to you." He says and I smile.
"I love you." I say.
"The feeling is mutual." He says.
"Now what is this?" I ask him about the food. Which is covered.
"Fish-
"I would've never guessed." I say with a smiles.
He rolls his eyes.
"You didn't let me finish because it is summer time and because I have made this for you before and I know you like. I made you." He lifts off the top from my plate "Grilled tequila lime fish tacos."
I smile. Finnick did make this for me before and I did really really like them.
"There's also salsa and some chips too."
"Okay how did you find the time to decorate all of this and make me dinner?"
"The dinner isn't that hard to make if you recall, and like I said the back up plan was already in motion." He says.
I smile.
"I still can't believe you did all of this."
"I am full of all kind of surprises."
"I believe you know." He tells me this all the time but, I never had any proof. This is proof enough.
"You know this festival is special this year. because there is actually going to be a meteor shower."
"Really." I say.
He nods.
"It's a pretty cool, don't you think?." He asks.
I smile.
"I guess." I say.
After the dinner Finnick and I move to the "viewing station" Finnick set up which is really just a blanket on the grass. I lean against him and hold his hand and watch the stars with him and for a second all the bad things seem to go away.
