(AN: Sorry for the delay! Life has been crazy.)

Finnick Pov:

"A person's words can lie. But their actions in times of hardship cannot. Instincts take over. Lies take a backseat. That's when you know the true spirit of a person. Never forget that."

These words were my father's last words before a Peacemaker took him away from me. But, now I know that my father saw this coming and tried to teach me the important life lessons before it was too late. I owe him so much, he helped me become the man that I am today.

His words echo around me as I see the love of my life stare at me in shock. At least I know without a doubt that she cares about me. To what degree, I am still not sure.

It took a moment for Katniss to shake herself from the initial shock of seeing us. Once that wears off, she quickly charges me and tackles me into a huge bear hug. Although that wears on my broken ribs, I don't mind as I can feel the relief radiating off her.

"Ahem! Nice to see you too Everdeen. As cute as this is, do you think that you can pull yourself together long enough to direct us to the hospital?" Johanna's slightly annoyed voice interrupts our moment, although I can hear the happiness in her voice.

Katniss seems to completely come to when Johanna says this and pulls away from the hug awkwardly.

"Uh, right. Sorry. Just follow me guys. The infirmary is this way."

As she leads the way, Johanna and I hang back enough to have a conversation without being listened in on.

"Why Johanna? Why did you interrupt such a perfect moment?" I half ask, half growl. I needed just a few more moments to make sure that Katniss feels the same as me, but my idiotic counterpart had no problem interrupting that.

"God, this girl has made you whiny. Well, for starters, I was about to barf from the 'cuteness' of the moment. So, I had to save myself from that debacle. And secondly, I saw the way you were wincing when she hugged you. Don't you dare ignore your broken ribs just because Ms. Midol gave you the time of the day." Although I am looking away from her, I can feel her eyes rolling at my 'stupidity'.

I chuckle at her annoyed voice, "Well, I am glad that you are happy for me too. I know that you were smiling for a split second when she was hugging me. Thank you for that."

Johanna limps a little faster in order to prevent me from seeing her face, but I can hear the genuine joy in her voice.

"Well, I have no idea what you are talking about. You must have seen me grimace at the disgusting display. And if you don't believe that, then go fuck yourself and you are welcome."

I laugh incredibly hard at that. Not only was she trying to hide the joy and sincerity, but this is probably the most sensitive that I have ever seen her. Nice to see her open up a little more for me.

I look past Johanna to see Katniss smile genuinely at me, which increases the size of my own. So far, I can see that Johanna may be right about Katniss' feelings for me. But I will never admit that to Johanna's face, lest her ego gets any bigger.

This moment is interrupted by our arrival.

"Well, here we are. The District 13 infirmary. Go ahead and talk to the doctors. They were technically expecting you around this time anyway." Katniss says before she sees the look of confusion on our faces.

How did they expect us to be coming today?

"Oh right. You guys didn't know about the rescue plan. Coin had sent some of her best men to rescue you two from the Capitol. And… I can't imagine that they are thrilled that you weren't there. But they'll manage. Now if you guys excuse me, I'm going to get Haymitch since he can talk to Coin with the best results."

Once she says that, she almost sprints away before we can respond.

"Well, as fun as it is to stare at your girlfriend running away from you, do you think we can go in to prevent ourselves from dying? Yeah? Good. Let's go broody." Johanna interjects while pulling my arm. Even in her weakened condition, she still manages to maintain a death grip on my wrist the whole time and it is intense.

Once we enter the infirmary, the doctors and nurses freeze in what appears to be shock. They literally look like they have seen a ghost.

Before I can speak, Johanna interjects, "Yes, the people that many thought that were dead are here alive in front of you. Praise God, Buddha or whoever the hell you worship here. Now, I am going to give you 10 seconds to get your heads out of your asses and treat my best friend here before I go all District 7 on each of your asses! Move it!"

When she screams that, everyone in the room jumps in fear before sprinting to the both of us and pulling us onto operating tables.

It becomes disorienting once the IV is stuck inside of me, as well as all the injuries begin to present themselves in a very painful manner. In order to distract myself as best as I could from it, I look around me and see the different masked faces poking and prodding me. I crane my head painfully over to my right to see Johanna looking back at me with a bittersweet smile.

"So, I'm your best friend? It goes to show how few of friends you actually have." I say while fighting the pain and the desire to pass out.

I see her roll her eyes as she responds with the same struggle as me, "Oh shut up. I can't imagine that they would have moved their asses if I told them that you were some guy that I was forced to have as company."

We both laugh shortly before I succumb to the black.

See you soon Katniss.