Two in one day? Wow I feel productive! Well anyway you may notice the scene with Hailey Nick is a lot like Katniss and Peeta, you'll see when you read it, when I wrote it I didn't mean it to be, it just ended up that way, and I really wanted it to happen like that. And yea… enjoy!
My eyes open slowly and I see a different setting. I am flatly lying down on my back with my head against a backpack. I see the familiar view of a tent but when I turn my head I see a beach like setting. It's just getting a little dark; it must still be the same day. I squint my eyes and see two figures sitting side by side on the sand looking out to the water, Its Nick and Keanan, when I think of Keanan, Jace pops in into my head and I feel a pain in my heart. I picture her falling to the floor, and Keanan rushing to her side.
Then I remember Breck, and his knife going into my side. I feel a pain where I got pierced. I bring my hands to the side where It hurts. The pain is so bad I feel like my left side is going to fall off. When I bring my hands to it I feel a cloth and a big gaping hole. I bring my head up and I see my side covered in messy placed cloth and blood is drenching it, I need to change he cloth. But the sight of it makes me gasp in pain.
The noise I make makes Nick and Keanan turn around. Nick jumps to his feet right away running over to me. He sees the cloth drenched in my blood right away and is alarmed. I'm looking at him with panic in my eyes because it hits me right here, that I'll probably die from this. I'll get an infection; die from blood poisoning or anything else.
Nick is fumbling, cursing under his breath. I keep on breathing in sharply. Nick didn't know how to heal people; he doesn't have a clue, so I guess know is my chance to let him know I'm fine with dying.
"Nick." I feel the tears right away, I'm not sure if there from pain or if there from what I'm about to say. He looks up at me holding my blood soaked cloth up. His eyes are apologetic; he knows how much he is hurting me. But it's not his fault.
"Just stop." I put my hands weekly on his." He looks at me confused. "I'm going to die!" It comes out in a yell, but I didn't mean it to be, I just needed to get it out. "I'm going to die and there is nothing you can do about it." He shakes his head looking shocked.
"Hailey-" he tries to start.
"Nick, just stop I'm going to die and you need to win? Okay!" I say looking at him waiting for a reply.
"Hailey stop-" He just won't give up! I'm getting frustrated and I just want him to understand.
"Nick! No! Just promise me you'll win!" I look at him and he puts down the blood stained cloth. "Promise me-" I don't get to finish because Nick is pressing his lips against mine. I don't pull away like I did that night in the training center, I enjoy it. This kiss is so much more enjoyable then our first kiss. Its more compassionate and definitely more than just two lips touching.
I forget everything as his lips and I are sharing this wonderful experience, I forget that I'm in an arena full of people wanted to kill me, I forget the mess of blood on the left side of my abdomen. I also forget that the entire nation is watching this right now, including my parents. He pulls away and already my lips crave more of his. He looks at me waiting to see if I was going to say anything, but I don't. I let my head fall on the backpack I was resting on before and let Nick take care of me.
It hurts less because I am thinking of all the pleasure my lips just tasted. It was just so wonderful that I forget once again that my parents saw this whole thing, and dad was probably infuriated that I let Nick kiss me like that, but I've wanted that to happen since I laid eyes on him, and dad doesn't know that.
"Nick, your sponsors sent you something. " Its Keanan's voice, the first time I've heard him speak. His voice sounds so empty like he lost a part of him. He tosses a bottle at Nick and he catches it. I think it's for infection and for pain, because I feel relieved as soon as he puts it on.
Nick wraps me up in a new cloth and I feel immediately better. It's basically all dark now, and any moment the anthem will play. I notice Keanan sitting in the sand again looking up in the sky waiting for it to happen. I look up at Nick whose eyes are much more relaxed now. All I can think of is how I want another kiss.
Nick must know I want to be next to Keanan when the anthem plays and shoes Jace's picture because he picks me up and carries me to the beach, our new setting is very pretty. It's like we are actually on a beach. When Nick places me next to Keanan he doesn't stop looking at the sky. Nick who is next to me helps me sit up.
The anthem starts playing, Keanan swallows hard. We first see the face of Andric, the sight of his face reminds me of what he said, "Stop trying to be like your mother." It infuriates me. The girl from his district, Ella, also died too, I don't know how though. We see Breck from District 3. And then there's Jace. Her pretty little face, with her blond hair. Keanan buries his head in his knees. I put my head softly on his, letting him know I'm here.
There are nine tributes left. There are three Careers left, and three of us. Kyler is still out there along with two other floaters.
I can't help but think how much I love Nick. I know I shouldn't, it's totally the wrong time, but I can't help it. I look up at his face; he is looking out into the water with those grey eyes sparkling. I see the waves of the water reflecting in his eyes.
He looks back at me, I wonder if he is thinking about the kiss he gave me, because that's all I'm thinking of. He smiles and like the kiss it makes me feel like nothing's wrong. I smile back at him and rest my head on his shoulder.