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It rained all of the next day as well but I really didn't care, we spent the whole day in our cave snuggled together in the sleeping bag using each other's heat for warmth. As I lay there I couldn't help but think of Finnick, he hated any guy who looked at me and never let any of them besides Toby near me. Heck he even gave Toby this huge lecture when I first brought him home after school one day when I was 13.

As soon as we walked through the front door he was on us.
'Who's this then? Hmmm?' he raised his eyebrows and gestured to Toby whose eyes grew huge.
'This is Toby; I met him at school we're supposed to do a project together on the effects of a fishing decrease on the Capitol and outlying areas.' I mumbled, I still wasn't used to Toby yet I usually just nodded when he talked to me.
'Why don't you make the two of you a snack so I can have a chat with Toby? Man to man.'
'Okay' I ran into the kitchen leaving Toby glued to the spot looking more scared than I'd ever seen anyone and he had a reason to be, he had seen what Finnick can do with a trident and they weren't that hard to find where we lived.

I leaned against the door and listened to Finnick, I could hear him pacing in the next room and Toby sounded like he was breathing heavily.
'What are your intentions with my sister?'
'Intentions? We're just doing a project together. I swear!' his voice sounded high pitched and squeaky like mine did whenever I was forced to talk in class.
'My sister is all I have and I care about her more than anything. I don't know who you are or what you're capable of but you know me and you sure as hell have seen what I can do when I'm angry. You wouldn't do anything to make me angry now would you?'
'N...n...n...no sir.'
'Good because if you hurt my sister you'll wish I treated you as nicely as I did to those I killed in the Hunger Games. Got it?'
'Yes sir.'
I heard footsteps and leapt towards the cupboard and grabbed some crackers smothering them quickly with peanut butter. From that moment on Toby and I were inseparable, I have no idea why I think he was initially just nice to me so that Finnick wouldn't kill him but after a while it became more than that and we were the only people that we could talk to.

'What are you thinking about Blondie?' His voice pulled me out of memory and back to the misery of the cave and my impending death. In those few moments I had forgotten I was going to die but now looking into Thresh's face that was all I saw. One of us dead and the other alive, I knew it would be the two of us but I had no idea which one either way we would lose.
'Nothing. I just don't want to lose you. If I win that means you die and that doesn't feel like a win to me. I kinda think that I need you with me now, I don't think I can live without you, you're my rock.'
'Are you making a joke about my size?'
'No I'm being dead serious and if I was going to make a joke I would call you a mountain. Now what are we going to do without each other?'
'In all honesty I don't want to think about it. When I got here I knew I would do anything to win and that I wouldn't make an alliance because I didn't think I needed one. But then I met you and it made me think that maybe there are some things that are better than living, like you for example. You mean more to me than living and I didn't want to think about losing you because I know I would say that I would do anything to keep you alive but I might not be able to keep that promise. You know what I mean?'
'Absolutely, but we're nearing the end you know. We could die any day now for any number of reasons, starvation, dehydration, blood loss. I just would hate it coming down to us two and then we're forced to kill each other.'
'Well I promise I won't kill you if you promise not to kill me.'
'We may not get that choice.'
'Please Blondie promise.'
'I promise.'

The days seemed shorter, we still didn't know what had happened to Rue but we still looked for her every day. Wherever she was she was probably holding on for dear life but we still couldn't find her. It put Thresh on edge, like he used to be before we found her the first time, he just wanted to protect her, to make sure that he could at least control something that was happening here. But that just like everything else was ripped away from us.

The rain had stopped after two days and my leg was getting better though I was still limping along, Finnick sent us plenty of food and I couldn't think about how pissed those in the Capitol must be at us. We had a near perfect life out here, we had each other and we had plenty of food and nothing to worry about except someone finding us but that wasn't very likely to happen again plus the game makers had never sent us a trap. It was only when we left our paradise that anything bad ever happened to us. Until today.

I swam around in the cool water with the sun beating down on my back whilst Thresh sat on the shore dangling his feet in the water watching me.
'You know that's really creepy.'
'You know you're beautiful.' I splashed him full in the face and he dove in head first and grabbed me by the waist and threw me over his shoulder.
'Put me down, put me down' I yelled through giggles.
'As you wish.' He threw me face first into the water and I came up steaming.
'That wasn't very nice.' I said pouting.
'I'm sorry; here let me make it up to you.' He leaned over and pulled me close to him slowly letting his lips meet mine. 'How's that?' my laughter turned into a shriek as the tentacles shot from the water and wrapped themselves around his neck and dragged him under the surface.

'THRESH! THRESH! OH MY GOD! THRESH!' I swam to the bank and pulled myself up to the surface, sprinting towards the cave. I ran inside and grabbed the closest weapon I could find; Thresh's axe. I sprinted back to the water and dove in head first and came face to face with the most horrifying thing I'd ever seen. Thresh had turned blue and was being dragged further under by giant greying tentacles squeezing him within an inch of his life. He was slumped over and a trickle of blood was running down his face and mixing with the water, turning it a crimson red.

I swam towards him but was smashed against the wall of the lake, one of the tentacles pinning me there, making it hard for me to move. I tried to wriggle free but the thing was twice my size, I couldn't see if it had a head, it could've been just the tentacles which made it even more frightening. I knew this was a trap set because the game was moving slowly, if I could just save him then maybe they would leave us alone for a while. I jabbed the axe into the slimy arm holding me to the wall and green blood started to gush out all down my front, I kicked off the side and shot to the surface gasping for air before going back under to save him. I dodged between the tentacles attempting to grab me and drag me down and hacked at any that came to close, I stabbed at the one holding Thresh, it recoiled in pain and let go long enough for me to grab him.

I tried to drag him to the surface but he was heavy and kept dragging me down and I did not dare to give up on him, after what seemed like forever I finally pulled him up on the bank his lips had turned blue and he wasn't breathing.

I lay him on his back and began to do an everyday activity of District 4, CPR. I pumped at his chest, in an attempt to start his heart and pressed my lips to his breathing deeply into his lungs.
'Come on baby, don't you give up on me now.'

Oh my gosh, I'm sorry it took so long but my internet was down because my computer was infected by a virus called security shield which is a piece of shit that locks you out. But I'm back now please don't hate me. Please review, rate and favourite, It means alot :)