Thanks to everyone who has reviewed and Finnick is gonna get some action in this chapter… since it's in his POV but oh well, you get the point :)
Finnick's POV
I wake up to the sound of waves, crashing on the beach. It's not like I haven't heard that before, being in District 4 and all. Today I have to hurry and get ready to go to 12 because apparently Haymitch became younger. I don't really believe it but Katniss sounded serious. I get out of bed a walk downstairs to see Annie making something in the kitchen.
"Good morning beautiful." I say to Annie and kiss her quickly. I take a sugar cube and pop it into my mouth and am about to go upstairs when I hear Annie call my name.
"What's the hurry?" She asks. Oh yeah, I haven't told her yet.
"Katniss wants me to come to District 12." I say and find my bag holding my trident. You never know when you'll need it. As I get dressed, I hear Annie ask a couple of questions.
"For how long?" She asks. I shrug my shoulders, grab my bag, and hug her.
"I don't know, she didn't give me much detail. Hopefully not to long." I avoid telling her about the Haymitch part.
"Well," She pauses and goes back to whatever she's making. "be careful." Is all she says.
"I will." I say and give her a wink. I quickly go to the train station and bored the train to twelve. After the rebellion, people have been able to go from District to District. I get on and wait to reach my destination.
It takes a while to get there so it was a bit boring. I let out a huff and look up. I'm startled because there is a girl staring at me with a smile on her face.
"Hey," I say and the girl just smiles a bit wider. I try to ignore it but it gets distracting after a while. I look at her again and she has a dreamy look on her face. "I'm married, just to let you know." I say and her dreamy expression fades. She turns away and it looks like she's about to break down and cry.
She lets out a couple sobs and I'm starting to feel guilty. Just as I'm about to apologize, the train stops and I hear the conductor say that we've arrived in District 12.
"Here's my stop, nice meeting you." I say to the girl and quickly get off. I walk into what they call the Seam and look around. It's been rebuilt and it's not filled with soot and coal dust. People notice me and I get a few waves. I walk out of the Seam and walk into the square. It too has been rebuilt and it's livelier. Just as I'm about to go look for the Victor's Village, I see a candy shop. I walk in and quickly find the sugar cubes and buy a pack. I might need these I think.
After I buy the cubes, I walk out and quickly look for the Victor's Village. I finally find it and look for houses that look like they might be active. I see only one house that looks like someone is actually awake so I knock on that door first. After I knock on the door, it opens and Katniss is standing in front of me.
"Finnick!" She greets and welcomes me in. I walk in to see two other people in the living room. It's Peeta and Gale. Both of them greet me as well and Gale looks at my bag.
"What's that?" I open it and show him my trident.
"Why would you need that?" Peeta asks.
"You never know." I say and put it back. "Now where's Haymitch? I mean, he's the reason I came."
"Well he might still be sleeping." Katniss says.
"Okay." I say slowly. Peeta catches this and starts to talk.
"We were waiting till you came before we woke him." He says.
"Well I'm here now let's go." I say and we walk out the door.
"Hey, I might go visit my family instead." Gale says.
"Why?" Katniss asks.
"Well," He begins, "I guess it just feels like I don't fit in." He says scratching the back of his neck. "I'm the only one that's not a victor and besides, I haven't seen them all year." That seems like a weird reason to leave but we let him go anyway.
"Awkward." I hear Peeta mumble and I agree. We walk up to Haymitch's house and walk right in. I learned from Katniss that he never locks his door, good old Haymitch. We walk upstairs and go up to his bedroom door.
"You ready?" Peeta says jokingly. I shake my head yes and he opens the door. I see Haymitch under the covers, facing the opposite direction with one arm over his head. Katniss walks over and takes the blankets off him. I can't believe it, Katniss was right. He is definitely younger, sixteen I think, just how he looked in his Hunger Games.
"Wake up you lazy bum!" Katniss yells. Haymitch shifts and I see him clutching something in the other hand.
"Just a couple more minutes." He mumbles, half asleep.
"Jeez Haymitch, even when you're younger you're always sleeping." I laugh. He props himself up against the end of his bed and rubs his eyes.
"Finnick?" He asks now fully waking up.
"The one and only. Here," I find my bag of sugar cubes and toss him one. "Maybe this might give you a little energy." I say sarcastically. He examines the cubes and puts it in his mouth.
"Yep, you're Finnick." He says then gets out of bed.
"Man, I thought you were lying." I say to Katniss.
"Nope, why would I lie about Haymitch?" She says rolling her eyes at Haymitch. Haymitch gets up and goes to his closet and grabs a sweatshirt.
"Now can you explain why you're in my house?" He asks.
'I told you yesterday, he came to help." Katniss points to me. Haymitch keeps his expression on his face but lets out an "oh".
"Now how am I going to change back into forty-one?" He asks raising an eyebrow. We think about it until I think of something.
"You did say that a Gamemaker put some sort of vaccination into you right?" I ask.
"Yeah, from what I remember. Where are you getting at Finnick?" He asks. No one will really like my idea but I say it anyway.
"Well if the Gamemaker did this to you," I gesture to Haymitch and pause. "Then maybe the antidote lies within the Capitol." Everyone's eyes go wide and they look at each other for a while then Peeta opens his mouth.
"Let's go to the Capitol."
Road trip! Remember to review.