I think there's a lot of drama in this chapter; I promise the story won't be all about tragedy. Katniss and Finnick will begin to overcome their losses with the passing of time, just be patient.

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"What?! Why?!" I ask surprised. "I thought you were forever."

"I… I don't want to talk about it right now." he mutters and looks away.

"I'm sorry, Finnick." I whisper, he takes a deep breath and smiles; it is as if he had put on a mask or as he had lifted the wall that hides his emotions.

"I'll be fine." he says smiling.

"Promise me." I tell him.

"I'll be fine." He repeats. "I want to go swimming…"

"Then you should go swimming." I say smiling.

He gets up and walks towards the lake; he stops at the edge and looks at his reflection. I smile, run towards him and push him into the water; I laugh when I see his expression, he wasn't expecting that.

"That was very funny, Katniss." He complainsfrowning.

"Yeah, it was... I finally had my revenge" I say and smile playfully. He looks angry. God, did I screw up?

"Can you help me to get out?" He innocently asks. I know he'll try to drag me down, so I shake my head. "Okay, I can do it myself…" He mutters as he gets out of the water.

"I knew you could get out by yourself." I mock.

"Yes." He walks in my direction and opens his arms "Let me give you a warm hug." He says with a smile. I laugh and slowly walk backwards.

"No, thank you, I'm fine." I say grinning.

"Oh! Come on, Katniss!" He reaches my hand and pulls me close to him. He looks me in the eyes and flashes me with a seductive smile "Won't you let me hug you?" He whispers close to my lips. My heart starts racing, and my mouth suddenly feels dry; I step back and notice I was holding my breath. I shake my head.

"No." I say smiling.

"Okay…" He pouts and I laugh at his expression, he looks like a little boy. "Then, I won't." He lifts me on his arms and walks to the lake.

"Put me down!" I scream laughing.

"Okay." He agrees laughing too, then he drops me into the water. "You asked me to put you down." He shrugs and dives.

"I didn't tell you to drop me into the water." I grumble.

"You were not quite clear about that…" He replies with fake innocence.

I splash him, and smile. We swim and goof around the rest of the afternoon, and head back when the sun goes down. We eat dinner and then go to bed.

I lie down and smile at the ceiling. It feels good to smile again, the pain and the guilt are still inside of me, but in this moment I don't let them get to me. Maybe it's because I didn't think about them in the whole day, and Finnick was the one who helped me. I enjoy being with him, it's like he's kind of a super-glue that puts all my pieces together; and it's impossible not to have fun or smile when he's around, he makes me breathe and feel complete.

I spend the next two hours tossing in bed, I can't sleep, I don't know why… Even though I'm happy, I feel like if something were wrong… I get out of bed and walk along the halls, going nowhere. Maybe the confinement is ending my sanity. I look around and notice that my feet have just dragged me to Finnick's door; I knock without hesitating. Nobody answers; maybe he's asleep… Actually, the fact that I'm awake does not mean that he is. I turn around, and when I'm about to start walking away he opens the door.

"Katniss?" he asks. "What are you doing here?"

I don't know what to answer, I really didn't come here conscious. I stay quiet and look at him, he smiles, but despite that, he looks gaunt and his eyes are red and swollen… Has he been crying?

"Are you okay?" I ask worried. God, I feel so stupid, he told me he didn't want to talk about what happened with Annie, Why did I insist again?

He hesitates and doesn't say anything, after a few seconds he looks at me in the eyes and sighs as he shakes his head. I feel the need to hug him and tell him that everything will be okay, but I'm really not certain of that…

We sit in his bed and he stares at nothing.

"What's wrong?" I ask looking at him; it hurts to see him like that… I mean, he's always smiling, mocking at everything and strutting around… I've never seen him fall apart like that.

"Annie…" His voice cracks. "She…"

"What happened?"

"She… She killed herself." He mutters with his voice cracking.

The news leave me speechless. I hug him tightly, and once again I don't allow myself to tell him that everything will be okay, because we both know that's a lie.

"I'm sorry, Finnick…" Was that what he meant when he told me that they were not together anymore?

"I… I don't know why she did that… She didn't leave a note, she only left… She abandoned me…" He babbles.

I know exactly how it feels to lose the one you love… We're both wrecked up. We both lost someone we thought that would always be with us. I can bet none of us ever imagined this: Finnick losing Annie, and I losing Peeta.

"Would you spend the night here with me? I don't want to be alone…" He asks shyly.

I nod. I don't want to be alone, either or go to sleep just to have more nightmares about losing Peeta. I smile sadly when the memory of him telling me that his nightmares were about losing me comes to my mind; I'm in the same situation, except that I did lose him. I sigh. I can't allow myself to be depressed; I've got to focus on Finnick, he needs me.

I hug him again.

"We'll be together in this, like told me." I whisper and tighten my arms around him, like if I could reattach the pieces we broke into back together. "We'll get through this, it may be hard, but we'll make it, I promise."

He steps back and smiles crookedly at me.

"Whoa, Girl on Fire, you do know how to cheer someone up." He whispers mockingly, but still sad.

I snort; Finnick Odair is a complete mystery to me… One moment he's depressed as hell and a few seconds after he's mocking about everything; maybe he's as insane as I am… Anyway, I admire the way he covers up his pain.

"Yeah, I can also cheer you up by setting your butt on fire with my flames." I try to sound threatening while I say it, but instead of that, I sound like a pyromaniac psycho. We laugh.

"That would be awesome!" He jokes.

"Okay, let me go get my lighter."

"Oh God, what an honor, Katniss Everdeen is about to set my butt on fire."

"The pleasure is all mine."

We laugh and stare at each other. I look into his eyes; even though they reflect his sadness, they shine with his green-blued color as usual; I've got to admit that they're beautiful and sometimes they even leave me breathless, so does his crooked smile. He bends close to my face and smiles nervously. He touches my lips with his and then kisses me softly; I kiss him back, I feel his warm and soft lips against mine, and his sweet breath intoxicates me; my heart starts beating faster; I run my fingers through his cheeks and then through his hair. He wraps his arm around my waist, we both smile while we kiss. I can't think clearly, all I can think about is this moment and the feeling of his lips on mine.

We lean back, take a deep breath and look at each other. I don't know what that kiss meant but I regret nothing, maybe I'll do later, but right now, I don't.

Finnick stares at me and I hold back a smile, he opens his mouth as if he were about to say something, but he stays in silence.

"Whoa…" I rustle as I take a deep breath. Finnick looks at me like if I had just said the funniest joke he had ever heard.

"You've just had the best kiss of your life." He whispers in my ear. The sensation of his breath in my ears gives me chills.

"Do you call that a kiss?" I joke and cock an eyebrow.

"You've just lowered my self-esteem." He says offended.

We laugh and he kisses me sweetly.

"Better?" He asks.

"Better." I reply smiling.

I pull him close to me and kiss him again; we don't step back, just to catch our breaths.

We spend the night talking about our favorite things, our districts, family, everything that came to any of our minds until we fall asleep; we talked about everything, except about Peeta and Annie.

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