A/N: In Annie's POV
Beach Day!
"Mommy what are you rubbing on me?" He asks.
"Suntan lotion so you don't get all burned." I say and rub some on his shoulders.
"Does Daddy wear this?" He asks.
"Yes he does and so does Mommy so you're just like us." I say.
"I'm just like you!" He says excited.
"Yes." I say.
"Yay!" He says.
"Okay sweetie close your eyes so I can put this on your face." I rub it in "Okay sweetie you can open them."
"Okay let's go now Mommy!"
Finnick, Nick, and I are going to the beach today for most of the day. This happens frequently but, the excitement never fades for our son.
"Nick we have to wait for Daddy and pack the lunches."
"Mom-eeee I wanna go now'"
"Well you have to wait a little bit." I say.
He crosses his arms in frustration.
"Sweetie it will only be a few minutes."
He sighs and heads to the couch.
I shake my head and smile.
"Okay are we all ready?" I hear Finnick ask as he comes downstairs.
"No." Nick says annoyed.
"What's with the tude?" Finnick asks and walks over towards him. He sits on the couch and places Nick in his lap.
"Mommy says it's not time to leave yet because she has to pack lunches." He says.
"And you're upset about this?" Finnick asks.
Nick nods arms still crossed.
"Well did you consider if you helped Mommy we could leave sooner."
"No." Nick whispers and looks down.
"Well you could've done that." Finnick says and kisses his forehead.
"But Daddy-
"No, now Nick the world does not cater to your every need. I think we can spare a few minutes from our beach day. Besides if Mommy doesn't make our lunches we will get hungry and have to come back."
"I guess." He mutters.
"Do you have anything to say to Mommy?" Finnick asks.
"I'm sorry?" He says like a question.
Finnick nods.
"I'm sorry Mommy."
"It's okay sweetie, we are all set now anyways." I smile.
"Really!" He says excited.
I nod. I don't know why he is so excited we go to the beach all the time we usually don't go for the whole day maybe that is why.
Finnick stands up carrying Nick and they walk over here.
Finnick is smiling at me.
"Daddy why are you looking at Mommy like that?" He asks.
"Like what?" He asks and kisses his forehead.
"Like you're really happy."
"Because Mommy makes me really happy and she looks really pretty." Finnick says and I smile.
"Are you gonna kiss her?" Nick asks.
"Maybe." He says and comes closer to me and kisses me.
"Okay, we are ready what do you want to do at the beach sweetie?" I ask.
"Build a sandcastle!" He shouts with excitement.
"Okay." I say. I take him from Finnick. "Well we can do that easily." I say and kiss his forehead.
"Let's go" Finnick says and takes the beach bag.
The beach isn't very far from the house their is a private one in Victors Village. Which is what we go to not just because it is close but because it means less people and less stares.
Even though it's been around five years since it all ended people still stop and stare because Finnick and I are two out of the eight victors left. I don't understand what the appeal is. You shouldn't be staring, I remember the school asked when they were teaching about the Hunger Games if we would go in and talk about it. I understand why they asked but I don't think any of the victors would want to talk about it. I said no but Finnick surprisingly said yes because he wanted people to know how terrible it was. Besides his speech of being owned is in the text books and everything.
We get to the beach and set down the blanket and put up the umbrella. I set Nick down and he goes on the sand and starts to head to the water.
"Nick come back here!" I shout and he does.
"What?" He asks confused.
"You don't go in the water without me." Finnick pauses. "Or Mommy." He adds last minute because I don't usually go in the water. I only do when Finnick isn't here. I don't stay in the water very long but Nick still loves it.
"Okay." Nick says.
"Besides, I thought you were all about the sandcastle." Finnick says.
"You need wet sand Daddy." He smiles.
"That's right you do." Finnick says remembering.
"Daddy forgot how to build a sandcastle." I say and kiss Nick's forehead.
Finnick smiles.
"Well I'm not as smart as you two." He says.
"I'm smarter than Daddy, Mommy." Nick says with joy.
"I guess you are." Finnick says. "Okay we are all ready if you want to build your sandcastle."
"Let's go." Nick says excited. I get the molds and pails.
"Where do you want to build this baby?" I ask.
He runs close to the water right where the waves stop coming in. It's low tide right now.
He runs to a spot and jumps.
"Right here!" He shout
"Someone is very excited." Finnick whispers.
"Well he gets the hyperactiveness from you."
Finnick smiles and puts his arm around my waist.
"You look really nice Annie." He whispers and kisses my cheek.
"It's the swimsuit isn't it?" I ask.
"You always look nice but it is helping." He says.
I roll my eyes.
I'm wearing a teal bikini and have a white see through lace cover up. It isn't anything fancy. I wear this almost all the time when we go to the beach.
Finnick leans in and kisses me.
"Hey, not in front of the kid." I say when it breaks.
"I like you." Finnick says and smiles.
"Mommy! Daddy! Hurry up!" He shouts. We are probably ten steps away now.
I walk over there and then pick him up and twirl him around causing him to giggle.
"Here we are sweetie." I say and put him down.
Finnick sets down the pales and molds and Nick looks at all of them carefully before picking the right ones.
Finnick gets up and then starts to walk down the beach.
"Where's Daddy going?" He asks.
"I don't know sweetie." I say confused.
I notice Finnick is picking a few things up and then he comes back.
"I got you some shells you can use for your castle." Finnick says.
"That's grrrreat! Thank you Daddy." He says. I smile, he really is excited about this. Then again I don't remember the last time he made a sandcastle.
Finnick and I help him with the sandcastle Nick uses three of the molds and pushes them together. He starts to decorate it with the sea shells Finnick got for him.
Finnick starts to dig a moat around it.
"Daddy what are you doing?" Nick asks worried that he will destroy his work of art.
"Don't worry this is gonna be really cool." Finnick says.
"Okay, but don't mess anything up Daddy."
"Don't worry I won't." He says and kisses his forehead.
He finishes the moat and the wave comes in and fills it. Nick looks very impressed by this.
"That's so cool!" He says.
"I think so too." Finnick says.
Nick looks back at our umbrella and towel.
"Do you want something sweetie?" I ask.
"We should make them all the way up to our stuff." He says.
"Whatever you want sweetie." I say and kiss his forehead.
We do. We fill a pail of water so we don't have to keep walking towards the water to get wet sand. We probably build fifteen sandcastles until we reach our towel. Once we are finished we sit on the towel and Nick admirers his work.
"Look how nice it is." Nick smiles.
"It's something." Finnick says.
"A true masterpiece." I say.
"I think so you too!" He shouts with glee.
"Okay. What do you want to do now?" I ask.
"I wanna go in the water!" He says.
"Okay plus it will help get all the sand off." Finnick says and picks him up and starts to walk towards the ocean.
"Wait!" Nick shouts.
"What? Finnick asks.
"Isn't Mommy coming with us?"
"No Mommy likes watching us better than swimming."
"Okay." Nick says.
"Have fun sweetie." I say.
He nods and Finnick walks him down to the water. Nick is making all these hand motions and I know he is excited about this.
I smile.
I probably should go in the water just for a few minutes to get rid of the sand there is quite a bit on me.
I watch Finnick and Nick in the water. Nick is having lots of fun. He can swim by himself mostly, but sometimes the tide can become too much so he has trouble. It's low tide now so that's not a problem but a four year old should not be left in the ocean by themselves. Finnick and I would never do that anyways.
After about ten minutes of telling myself nothing in the water is going to hurt me I start to head down there so I can get rid of the sand.
"Mommy!" I can hear him shout as soon as my feet hit the water. They aren't very far in.
I get probably knee length and then stop to get used to the feeling because I want to run away a little bit. They come over here and Finnick holds my hand and leans in and whispers.
"It's okay Annie."
"Mommy?" Nick asks.
"Yes." I say.
"Do you wanna see me swim." He asks.
"Of course I do." I say happily.
Finnick starts to move me further into the water while holding my hand. I'm gripping it tightly. After a few minutes of being in the water my grip loosen and I feel okay. I start to rub the sand off of me.
Nick swims over to me.
"Mommy do you wanna see me float on my back."
"Of course I do sweetie." I say and he does.
He comes up towards me.
"Pretty cool?" He asks.
I smile and nod.
I take his hands in my and start to spin him around he is giggling. When I stop he comes up and hugs me. I lift him out of the water and he leans his head against my shoulder.
"I love you Mom." He whispers.
"I love you too." I say and kiss him but I'm getting a bad feeling in my stomach. I need to leave the water.
Finnick senses this and takes him from me.
"Daddy?" He asks confused.
"I'm gonna go back to the beach baby, but you can have fun with Daddy."
"Okay." He says.
Finnick is still holding him and Nick is still very excited about something.
I get back to the spot and start to dry myself off before I sit back on the blanket.
I watch them in the water and smile. They come back in, probably an hour.
I see Nick run up here getting sand everywhere.
"Mommy." He says and hugs me.
"Are you having fun sweetie?" I ask and he sits down.
He nods.
"Yes but I'm hungry."
"Lunch break?" I ask and look at Finnick.
"Lunch break." Finnick says.
I hand out the sandwiches.
"Does it taste good sweetie?" I ask."Nick. I made him a PB&J.
He nods and takes another bite.
We finish lunch and I make Nick put on more sunscreen so he doesn't get burnt because I know that won't be fun because it has happened before. Usually when he goes out just with Finnick he gets burnt.
I put more on me too and we both convince Finnick too as well.
"Do you want to go back in the water?" Finnick asks.
He shakes his head.
"I wanna go for a walk." He smiles.
"Okay." Finnick says.
We do and Nick runs ahead of us but not too far he his just enjoying this and still blowing off his energy.
"You okay Annie?" Finnick asks while holding my hand.
"Of course."
"Okay." Finnick says and kisses me.
Nick starts to get too far away.
"Nick, let Mommy and Daddy catch up!" I shout but he doesn't stop.
Finnick then shouts it but still doesn't stop.
"Finnick stay right there until Mommy and Daddy come to you."
He shouts something but I don't hear him.
"What did he say?" I ask.
"I don't know." Finnick says.
We get to him and he smiles.
"What did you say sweetie?"
"That I wasn't being bad." Nick says.
"What?" I ask confused.
"You called me Finnick but I wasn't being bad." He says. I only call him by his full name when he is doing something bad or in trouble.
"Sweetie you weren't listen to Daddy or myself and that isn't good." I say and push hair away from his eyes.
"Mommy and I are worried something might happen to you." Finnick says.
"Okay." He whispers.
"You can still run and play but you gotta stay closer." I say.
"Okay." He says and smiles.
He does still twirl and run but eventually he starts to just walk and then sits in the sand. Finnick and I sit next to him when we catch up.
"You okay buddy?" Finnick asks.
He nods.
"I just got tired." He says.
"Okay." Finnick says and kisses the top of his head.
Finnick places him between his legs and Nick leans against his chest. Nick's eyes are starting to get heavy.
"Nick." Finnick says.
"Mmmh?" He asks confused.
"Can you stand up so we can head back to the towel." Finnick smiles.
Nick does and then Finnick picks him up. He leans against Finnick's chest and falls asleep quickly. We probably walked a mile down the beach so we probably have a good thirty minutes before we reach it.
"I think he had fun." Finnick smiles.
"He ran out of energy." I smile and ruffle his hair.
"I think it was the sun too." Finnick says.
I nod.
"Did you have fun Annie?" Finnick looks at me and smiles.
"Of course I did. I like family time. It's because I get to be with the people I love most." I smile.
"I love you." Finnick says.
"The feeling is mutual." I say.
"You know Annie, you did a nice job in the water today." Finnick says he sounds proud.
"Thanks I like being with him in the water because he loves it, but I can't stay there long." I say.
"Well he liked it anyways. He talked about you quite a great deal." Finnick smiles.
"He talks about you when you're not there too." I smile.
"I guess he loves is equally."
"Finnick stop thinking he loves one of us more."
"It's fun though." Finnick smiles and I roll my eyes.
We get back to our supplies and I start packing it up so we can go home and Nick can finish his nap.
We head home and almost as soon as we get home Nick lifts his head from Finnick's chest and looks confused.
"How did we get home?" He asks.
"You fell asleep baby." I say.
"Oh." He says and yawns.
"Besides it was getting late and we needed to make dinner." Finnick says which his the truth because it is six already. We were at the beach all day.
"Okay." Nick says.
"You should get changed back into normal clothes." Finnick says and heads upstairs. So do, I shouldn't stay in a slightly damp swimsuit.
I get to my closet and pick lounge clothes I get in my underwear when I hear the door open.
"Finnick?" I say making sure.
"It's me." He says and comes towards the walk in closet. He comes behind me and press me to his chest and rocks me back and forth and he kisses my neck.
"I think you got sun burned Annie."
"Why?"
"I can feel heat radiating from your shoulders." He whispers.
"Well I just hope Nick didn't get sunburnt." I say. He let's go of me and I start to get dressed.
"Yes but, if he did that means you can't blame me anymore." Finnick smiles.
"I know you don't put sunscreen on him." I say.
Finnick smiles.
"I do sometimes." He smiles.
I roll my eyes.
"I should start dinner. Do you want anything in particular?" I ask.
"I don't care maybe you should ask Nick." Finnick says and I nod.
I head downstairs and see Nick at the table coloring.
"Sweetie?" I ask.
"Yes Mommy." He says.
"What do you want for dinner?" I ask.
"Pasta." He smiles.
"Okay." I say which I'm glad because it's easy.
I sit next to him.
"Did you have fun today baby?" I ask.
He nods.
"I like going to the beach with you and Daddy." He smiles. This happens quite frequently but he doest go to the beach with Finnick a lot.
"I do to sweetie."
"I just love you both." He smiles so big it is almost splitting his face. "Mommy?"
"Yes sweetie."
"Next beach day can we go fishing?" He asks.
"Whatever you want sweetie." I say and kiss his forehead.
Finnick comes downstairs and starts to talk with Nick. He is making him giggling and I smile at the nice picture. I smile because I'm so lucky for what I have now. I love them so much that I think if I did anymore my heart would explode.
"Annie?" I hear Finnick ask.
"What?" I ask.
"You were staring pretty intently, are you okay?"
"I just love you both so much." I smile.
"We love you too Mommy." Nick smiles.
"Good, I'm glad." I say and kiss Finnick and then Nick loving the two men in my life.