Those of you who got the joke: I applaud you. Those of you who didn't this is how it goes: This is going to be easier than I thought. Easier. Easy. Lucy's a slut. She is easy. Make sense now?

Chapter 17

Prim smiles at me like the little devil I know she is, "You know what you're going to have to do, right?"

"Prim, if I'm not going to with you, I'm not going to with anyone!"

"Hey, I never said you had to go all the way. Just some making out should do it."

I frown at her, "I don't want to."

She starts sounding like a couch pep-talking his players, "You just got to suck it up. Close your eyes go to your happy place. Pretend it's me."

I continue to mope around, "Fine."

She pulls at my arm to get me to stand up. It takes a long time, but finally I do. I let her lead me out of the house, "Which way lover boy?"

I frown and start stomping like a little kid, "This way." We walk down many streets. Finally we arrive at the large mansion.

"You never told me she was the mayor's daughter."

I shrug my shoulders, "I never told you anything about her. It's Lucy, everything you need to know, and some things you do not, she will freely tell you." I look over Prim's face. Her eyebrows are slightly peaked up like she's concerned, "You're not having second thoughts are you? Because we can always find another way."

She scowls at me, "Do not try to back out of this one. We need that car."

I sigh heavily, "Fine, go wait over there or something." Prim gladly sits at a bench in the town square.

I take in a deep breath and walk up to the huge double doors. I knock three times. Don't answer. No one's home, please let no one be home. The doors open wide after a few seconds. Lucy is standing in the door way. She's wearing flannel shorts and a tank top, I think they're her pajamas. She was holding a tub of ice cream until she saw me in the doorway, then she threw it to the side. "What are you doing here Nick?"

"Can I come in?" before she can even finish nodding her head, I am inside. The room is huge. Arches go all the way up and around the ceiling to make it like a dome. I kind of want to shout to see if it echoes, but I refrain.

"What is it Nick?"

I wrap my arms around her. I want to pull away desperately but force myself onward, "I was wrong, I want you," my words sound strange and very forced, but Lucy doesn't seem to notice.

"Good because my parents aren't home and I was starting to get bored," She throws her arms around my neck and wraps her legs around my waist. She starts kissing me. Suddenly, she pulls back, "Wait, what about your girlfriend?"

I bite my lip and again force the words to come, "What about her?"

She goes back to kissing me. She stops and leads me to another room. She closes the door behind her. I can tell it is her bedroom. Her bed is flowered in pink furry pillows. She tries to pull me to the bed but I won't move. She looks at me, slightly confused. "Do you want to get out of here?" I ask.

She continues to hold her look, "What?"

"Do you have a car? Let's go somewhere, let's leave."

She smiles. Does she think were eloping or something? "Yeah," the smile never leaves her lips.

She walks me into the kitchen and opens a drawer. She holds the keys above her head. I try to take them but she pulls them away and starts kissing me again. She grabs my hand and fingers my ring, "You won't need this when I'm done with you." She goes back to kissing me. She moves her hands up and down my chest. She pulls at my shirt. Without even thinking, I put my arms around her. I grab the vase of flowers behind her and break it over her head.

She didn't go unconscious like you see in the movies. She just took a few steps back and put a hand up to her bleeding head. I jump as she starts shouting at me, "Nick, what the? Why would you? What were you?" none of her questions seem completed.

I grab her at the waist and throw her over my shoulder. I grab the keys she dropped on the floor and a couple dish towels. I run out the door with her. I turn in circles looking for the car. Finally, I find it.

I throw her in the back seat. It proved very difficult to keep her in the car when I started it. I ended up having to drive with one hand while the other held her hands together. I tried my best to tune out her screaming, but that was even more difficult then driving.

I pull out of the driveway and into the town square. Prim stands up and hops in the car. She's all smiles until she looks in the back seat. "Nick! Why did you bring her?"

I throw the dish towels at Prim, "I didn't mean to, I'm sorry. But for now can you just get her to be quiet?"

Prim's jaw falls open, "So what? Now we're kidnapping her?"

My eyes follow the road, "Yeah I guess, just get her quiet!"

Prim looks at the dish towels then back at Lucy, she does this a couple of times. She glares at me, "I am not about to gag somebody with a dish towel!"

"Well do you have a better idea? She's going to draw attention and we're going to be thrown in jail!"

She throws the dish towels back at me, "You do it."

I don't want to do it anymore than she does. I desperately look for an excuse. I cough up a laugh at my answer, "I," I laugh again, "Am driving."

Prim unbuckles and starts climbing over my seat, "That's not good enough for me." she pushes at my face and unbuckles me. I swerve out of the way of mailboxes, light posts, and yes, a couple people.

Prim finally has the wheel and pushes me aside. I climb into the passenger seat. I look at the towels then back at Lucy much like Prim had before. "I don't want to do it."

Prim mocks my words, "Well do you have a better idea?"

My face grows dark in frustration as I try to think of something, "Lucy, if you don't shut up, I am going to kill you."

Lucy shuts her mouth but now Prim is screaming at me, "So now we're murderers? This day just keeps getting better and better!"

I frown and turn back to Lucy, "Just kidding, I'm going to cut your leg off," I turn back to Prim, "Is that better?"

She pretends to focus on the road but says out of the corner of her mouth, "Yes, slightly."

We reach the edge of District 4. "How do I turn it into a flying thingy?"

I have no idea. I look back to Lucy. I jump back a little at her frightening face. Her eyebrows are knit together in anger and her jaw is clenched tightly. Her voice is rough and hard, "If you think I am going to help you kidnap me by telling you how to make the car fly, you have another thing coming."

I stick out my lip and make a puppy dog face, "Please?" she shakes her head. I shrug and sigh heavily, "Okay, well, I guess I can always cut your leg off."

"It's that lever right there!" She shouts as soon as I finish my sentence. I am awesome at bluffing! I should start poker.

Prim pulls the lever and the car goes up into the sky. She makes a sharp left turn. "Nick, maybe you should tie her up or something."

"I thought you were against this."

"I am. But since she's already here, tie her up."

"Prim, we're a hundred feet in the air; I don't think she's going anywhere."

Prim takes on an angry tone, "Look, if we're kidnapping her, we're going to do it right! Now tie her up because that's how they do it in the movies!"

I sound childish next to her aggressive tone, "But Prim…"

"TIE HER UP!"

I start rummaging through the car and look for rope or something. I mumble to myself about how I couldn't fall for a normal girl. No, instead I have one that wants to kidnap some one "the right way". "Prim, all I can find is floss."

"I guess that'll have to do."

I crawl into the back seat. Lucy struggles against it, "Prim," I say, "Where's my knife?" Lucy stills herself. I tie her hands together behind her back. I do her feet next. Lucy rolls her eyes at me and breaks the threads. In frustration, I do it again but layer the floss several times around so she can't break it. I grab her shoulders to make her look at me, "I really am sorry about all of this."

I crawl back into the front seat. "You know before all of this, your boyfriend and I were making out."

Stupid Lucy. She thinks Prim doesn't already know. Prim pretends to be shocked. She starts up her fake tears, "You cheated on me?" She sticks out her lower lip.

I play along, "I can't control myself. I am a man of high demand."

"Not this weekend." Prim and I both laugh. Lucy just looks confused. It's weird to have someone around who doesn't know about the Capitol.

Prim ruffles my hair with her right hand and leans in to kiss me. I meet her lips. We're interrupted by Lucy's screams. I turn around, "Do you really want me to cut your leg off?"

But then I hear the words in her yelps, "Birds! Birds!"

I look at Prim. She's looking back at Lucy. "Prim!" I shout, "Birds!"

She swerves the car to dodge the flock of birds but it's too late. We hit several. Blood covers the wind shield. Prim makes a disgusted face and turns on the windshield wipers, "Oops."

I climb over the seat to take the wheel, "Prim, you can't drive."

"Can't drive, can't cook. There are very few things that I actually can do. But the things I can do, I can do."

I frown at her. She is smiling mischievously. I know she means Capitol work, "Do you really have to say stuff like that?"

"Yes, yes I do. Why, are you jealous?"

I nod, "Madly. Just tell me why you have to say it."

"I've told you before and I'll tell you again, it makes me feel pretty."

I tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, "What if I tell you I think you're beautiful every day. Will you stop?"

She nods. "Can you guys get a room? Gag me with a spoon."

Prim turns back to Lucy, "We don't have any spoons, but we have plenty of dish towels."

Lucy quiets. She doesn't say another word the whole car trip. We reach District 12 in the late afternoon. I look over to Prim. She bites at her nails nervously. I put an arm on her shoulder, "What is it?"

"He probably thinks I'm dead. What will he think when he finds out I didn't die, just abandoned him."

"Prim, don't say that. I'm sure he'll be happy to see you."

"Ok." She turns away and continues to bite her nails. It was obvious that she didn't believe me.

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