It's here. The chapter I have wanted to write since the very beginning! I hope you like it.
Thanks to my amazing beta Windsongspringheart again!
Lies
PPOV
Damn it. That was not meant to happen. Annie was meant to find out in a better way than that. Maybe if I had told her ages ago, and hadn't been so worried about her having a normal life, then she wouldn't have reacted in such a way. I was so stupid.
"I am so stupid," Sophia muttered as she paced the room, throwing her hands up in frustration.
"You couldn't have known she would react like that. No one could have," I reasoned, trying to calm her down, though the words felt like they were to me too.
"What I don't get is how she knew. I know you think you gave her enough clues but you really didn't. Also, she knew that me and Katniss were being called telepathically when you called us," Johanna pointed out from where she was leaning on the wall opposite with her arms crossed in front of her. This immediately stopped Sophia's pacing, choosing instead to to turn to face Johanna, her face pale.
"And you are still taking the serum?" she asked slowly, as if talking to a child.
"Yes," Johanna replied, equally slowly while nodding her head as she did. Sophia's head sank into her hands as she sank into the chair next to her. The room itself was one of the many conference/dining/what-ever-the-hell-they're-called-rooms littered around the place. This meant it had the typical long table which was surrounded by chairs, and like the rest of the place, it was a drab grey colour.
"What is it?" I asked, worried by her sudden reaction. If she thought this was strange then something was definitely wrong.
"Annie's power has developed more than we could possibly think. It's bypassing the block," she explained, her whole body slumped. No. No, this couldn't be happening. She would find out everything and I don't know what that would do to Annie, let alone Finnick. It would probably kill him to see her find out the truth.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Jo cried, standing up fully now. "You want us to help your daughter. You want us to help her and now that we have, you are disappointed!" she yelled, walking closer to Sophia with every word.
"Jo, think for a minute," I said, praying she might actually realize what this meant.
"Think about what for a minute?" Katniss asked as she closed the door behind her, her eyes flitting to each of us.
"Annie can now read our minds despite the block," I explained, hoping she might take my side in all of this for one. Her face was filled with worry when I said those words. Thank god, I thought. She's going to take my side in this. Only the next words out of her mouth weren't supporting either side.
"Finnick's with her now, and he doesn't know."
APOV
As soon as Katniss left, Finnick stepped awkwardly into the room, filling her absence.
"Are you okay?" he asked. He kept moving his hands as if he was unsure of where to put them as he stood with his back to the closed door.
"Not really," I replied, forcing a sad smile. At that he walked over to me, sat down next to me and wrapped his hand around my own.
"I know," he said quietly, rubbing his thumb over my hand.
"It's just, she thinks after all this time, she can just waltz in here, thinking everything will be okay but it's isn't," I explained, my green eyes meeting his.
"Come here," he sighed sympathetically, moving his arm to allow me to slide up close to him. Everything felt right as I sat with my head resting on the side of his chest. I could almost forget about everything. Almost. It still lingered at the back of my mind, like a tiny maggot, worming it way into my thoughts. As I let myself relax, something changed. I suddenly felt the barrier between my brain and Finnick's thoughts breaking. Okay, that wasn't anything to worry about, I thought as I tried to stop it breaking. Come on Annie, you can stop it, I told myself. But I couldn't, and soon his thoughts began to leak into mind. I pulled away from him when this happened, pushing my hands up against the side of my head, trying to block them out.
"I can't do this," he thought as the barrier finally collapsed. What did he mean? Was I that horrible that he couldn't be around me? "I'm going to lose her," he thought. He wasn't going to lose me. Now I was really confused. I searched for more thoughts that would explain this, but all his thoughts now were centred around my well-being, as were the worried words coming out of his mouth as his hands rested on my shoulders, gently shaking me.
"What do you mean you can't lose her?" I asked, snapping my head up so my eyes could meet his. His face looked shocked and scared as he ceased shaking me. He opened his mouth to speak but was stopped by Katniss opening the door.
"Finn, outside. Now," she nearly yelled, panic present in her voice. She didn't seem to register my state immediately, but when she did, her need to get Finnick out only became more urgent as she walked over to him and dragged him up.
"What's going on?" I asked, turning my head to face her.
"Nothing Annie," she replied as she pushed the door closed.
"Tell me! I'm not a child!" I shouted as I pushed the door back open to see Peeta and Johanna also outside. "What's happening?" I demanded. How dare they think that I didn't matter enough to tell something to. Something that was obviously important. Anger began to take over, pushing down all the barriers down, allowing all of the thoughts into my brain. What flooded in made my blood run cold. No, it couldn't be true. I began to slowly back away, fear taking over. They had put me in danger. I had been in danger all my life thanks to him. And would be as long as I was near him.
"Annie, calm down, we will explain," Finnick pleaded, seeing my state of distress.
"Can it Finn. She knows," Johanna stated, her eyes still fixed on my shaking form.
"Annie, please," he begged, his eyes filling with water as he took a step towards me.
"NO!" I yelled, backing away quicker, my body now shaking madly. "Get away from me!" I screamed at him as I turned and ran, no clue where I was going.
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