In case any of you were paying super close attention, it said they were going to steal hunger game tapes this weekend, I think it's going to be next, maybe.

Previously on Lost(jk this is I Guess That's Life): He pays no mind and pulls me in closer. His words grow extra tender, "Prim, will you marry me?"

Chapter 11

Nick's pov:

Three women are surrounding me. I let them talk; occasionally I will pretend to laugh at one of their comments, but right now, Prim is my main focus.

Who is that man? Could it be Josh? She has said he's gotten obsessed. He says something in her ear. Something is very, very wrong. I try to read her lips to see what's going on, but she's not saying anything. She excuses herself to the bathroom. As she leaves, her eyes flash across the room to meet mine. I wait a minute, at least I think it was a minute, "Excuse me ladies, I promise, I'll only be a minute or two." They all groan as I walk away.

I go upstairs and knock on the bathroom door. Almost immediately, it's opened and I'm pulled inside. Prim automatically buries her face in my chest and starts bawling. I've seen her cry before, but never quite like this. I wrap my arms around her tenderly and stroke her hair.

After a good twenty minutes, she has quieted herself enough to talk. I think she might have actually just lost the ability to produce anymore tears. She looks up at me, "Let's go Nick."

"Back to the party?"

"No, I mean let's go. Let's leave. We'll run away."

"Prim, your family."

"I don't care, I don't care." I'm quite shocked that she had said this. After a minute or two, I think she understands what she did just say, "We can go get them. We'll get on the train, go to 12. We'll warn them to leave."

"Ok, we'll go, but why? What brought this on so suddenly?"

"Josh," she starts crying over his name, "He wants us to get married."

I grow tense, I want to find this Josh guy and punch him. In fact, I might. Somebody knocks on the door. I hide in the shower and Prim opens it. Josh walks in, "Aww, Prim. I know it is very exciting. We're getting married! But please, can you save the waterworks for the big day? It will guarantee good reviews from the party guests."

"Josh, I don't think I'm ready for marriage."

"Nonsense, of course you are."

"I'm too young, how old are you?"

"Twenty-seven."

I clench my teeth. "Josh I'm fourteen. I'm not even out of school yet."

He holds out his arms motioning to everything around him, "In the Capitol, age doesn't matter. Sure it might seem awkward at first, but as we grow older, I can get surgeries to make me appear closer to your age. We can be eternally youthful. Never grow old. We will be together forever."

"Josh I don't want to marry you."

He dropped his total 'everything is going to be fine' act, "Well, quite frankly dear, I don't care what you want."

She starts crying. "How much did you have to pay?"

"Excuse me?"

"How much did they make you pay so you could marry me?"

"Price isn't important dear."

"So they're actually ok with this. I mean they're actually ok with me being exclusively yours?" It seems funny. The words sound like a dream, belonging to only one person, but Prim sounds absolutely disgusted.

"The Capitol can't argue with love." I come out of the shower and tackle him to the ground. I punch him repeatedly in his jaw. He tries to put his hands in front and protect himself.

"Don't you understand? She doesn't love you! Can't argue with love? Between you, it doesn't exist!" I keep punching him until his face is slippery with blood and I can feel my fists starting to bruise. I grab Prim and we run out the door. We head for the exit. I know Sanders has seen us. So has Thereasa.

"Nick, the Capitol. They'll take them. They'll torture them to try and find us." I nod and put her down. We get to work. Soon we round up everyone that normally rides in our train car plus Kenyan. We start for the door.

Josh appears at the top of the stairs. He is still bloody. He points to us, "Stop them!" he yells. The party guests grow confused by what he has said. "Stop them!" he repeats. A couple of people try to grab us as we run for the door. All fail.

Soon we are outside and just running. I lead the way, but I never let go of Prim's hand. We run the streets for over an hour. The Capitol was huge! We find the train station. I want to board but Prim shakes her head, "That's going to be the first place they look," she says. I have to nod, she's completely right.

We start running parallel to the train tracks. When we are nearing District 1, we slow and start walking. Everyone is exhausted and they have no idea why they followed us. We stop and sit down to catch our breaths.

"Why are we doing this?" Sanders asked.

I feel uncomfortable and slightly selfish in my answer, "Josh wanted to marry Prim."

Thereasa groans, "Aww, come on. We left because you couldn't suck it up and marry a guy? This is ridiculous, I'm going back."

Prim speaks up, "Do what you want but just know, when they start looking for us, they will go to you for help."

"So?"

"My father was their help when they looked for my mother. They tortured and brain-washed him."

Thereasa stands there for a moment, trying to decide if Prim is bluffing. Finally she sits back down, "So why wouldn't you just marry the guy?" she is still angry but her words sound just a little bit more casual.

Prim grabs my hand, "I'm in love with Nick. You can't expect me to marry a guy when I love some one else."

"So we left in the name of 'Love'?" She looks as if she might leave again.

"Yes, we did."

"I think it's kind of sweet," Lilac says.

"Yeah, like something out of a story book, " Lily agrees.

Sanders looks slightly upset, "I think it was stupid we left, but we can't really go back now."

I nod at him. He's right, we can't go back.

Thereasa is still fuming. Walking back and forth, trying to sort her thoughts. For what feels like the first time, Kenyan speaks up and says something serious. "I think… I think it was irresponsible for us to leave. But I do believe in love, so I know it's worth it."

We all sit there in silence. He's the third person that's been completely right since we left the Capitol.

Kind of corny, but I still want reviews!