Hey guys! Sorry I didn't update yesterday... I was only able to get Gale's part of this chapter done. I heard you all wanted Gale, Finnick and Peeta's POV, so Peeta will be next chapter, but who do you want to see with him and what else do y'all want to see? Please tell me in a review. Also, almost 100 reviews! My goodness guys! Y'all make me so happy! Please keep it up :)
TARDISRose: I'm glad you liked the way I did that! I was kind of worried about that, to be completely honest.
Fire Kitty 12: I got that recipe out of the Unoffical Hunger Games Cookbook actually :D
TheWomanWhoCodesAndWrites: No problem! You inspired it :) I'm glad you liked the Katniss section and stuff. I had fun writing it. I would like to go ahead and put them together, but I feel like it is, alas, too soon... I wanted to put an actual villain in the story, but I didn't know how to do it. It isn't like I could've added a serial killer this time. I guess I could have, but it would have been not right for this story. A tycoon seemed like the better option. She was locked in there to have her eating disorder sadly. Well, I did as you requested and put a Finnick chapter! I hope you enjoy!
MeaganOneDirection: Well, I'm not quite sure what is going to happen to Graceland yet, but I have a few ideas. If you have any, please tell me :)
mysparklingbutterfly: Nope, he needs to go die in a ditch! (Sorry if you don't get that. It was an allusion to my other story... lol. Basically, everyone dead showed up in a ditch)
MiaBelles: I am sticking to these 6 POV's so I don't get confused, but Toby and Jo sounds like fun and a birthday does too! I'll be sure to add one in :) Thanks!
MahoganyMagic12: Silly string is so much fun! I may add more in for the heck of it. Snow and Coin should die in a ditch, not a hole... lol. (Sorry if you don't get that. It was an allusion to my other story... lol. Basically, everyone dead showed up in a ditch) I'm glad Finnick and Annie are an item. It was fun to pair them :3 Yay for your cousin! It will be a few chapters before Gale makes a move... I don't want to clutter and overshadow relationships.
hungergamesgirl999: I'm glad you like it! I love writing it :)
axes tridents and snares: I added some Gale in for you :) I hope you like it.
MewWinx96: Your review made me laugh, honestly because I completely forgot about the whole Gale makeout thing. I think I will eventually add a bonus scene where Katniss does ask her gender, and we will see all the details. I'm excited :) That thing with the one bullet reminded me of "If I had Hitler, Bin Laden and you in a room and a gun with two bullets, I'd shoot you twice." I wouldn't shoot you in particular, that is just what that reminded me of XD No Buttercup! Don't fight hugs! It's fine! I love long reviews!
MewWinx96: Lol guessed as much
Y.O.L.O So do it right: I'm glad you liked it! I wish there were emoticons too, but then they would be all over my story and it would be badddddd...
pumpkinking5: Is it sad that asking Jo to get revenge is Annie standing up for herself...? Oh well XD
pumpkinking5: I want to get them together, but I had no idea how. Thanks for some ideas! That is messed up, right? Them trying to take the house! I'm glad you liked how he heard it. I'm glad you liked the little Jo and Kat thing going on. Aww thanks! I wanted them to have a relationship, but their friend too.
Guest: Thanks for the ideas! I appreciate it! He is the most okay because he doesn't remember what really happened. The only time he ever got hurt by his mother in this really was when he lost his leg. It's like when your mom hits you or yells at you. It isn't like you remember every time that happens, you just move on with your life, (unless only my mom hits me and I am just weirdly okay...?)
SparksFly'SkyHigh: I am glad you like it! I'm sorry about your mom... I hope she is okay. I hate when people bully Gale. He is such a cool character and people make him out as a villain! I'm glad you like all the interactions. When her and Gale do get together, it will add something to their relationship for sure! I am actually really close to Annie in this story and my most personal emotions end up pooling out of me and into her. For Finnick, I'm going more off the book. He was sort of abused in that way in the book and is still incredibly outgoing. I think he also uses his outgoingness as a mask... Gotta love a sexy and awkward Finnick! I may write them going on a date soon... I actually have the hardest time ever writing as Katniss, so that may be the problem, but she is also comfortable around everyone here. If Cato or Clove asked her anything, she wouldn't say a word.
SparksFly'SkyHigh: My choices weren't well thought through at all. I based Annie's team off of my Soul Silver team. I adore the bug types in the games, so I added those in there. (Ironically, I hate bugs in real life) I am a huge fan of bird Pokemon so I added that in. The eevee thing was actually a little pairing hint (if anyone caught it) Annie and Finnick had Vaporeons (cuz they are district 4) Katniss and Peeta had Flareons (girl on fire) and Gale and Jo had Jolteon because they are spiky people (I think so at least). I did add another little section in here where they play pokemon and did include something I hope you'll like.
Alexandra Jackson rocks Hades: I'm glad I made your day! :D
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Chapter 7- Camouflage Cakes
Gale
Jo is snickering as we walk into our fifth period PE Tennis class. If she laughs anymore, she'll probably wet herself. I can't hold my curiosity in. "What's up, Jo?"
Jo stops giggling just long enough to answer my question. "Annie dared me to get revenge, right?" I nod, feeling a smile creep across my face. I can tell where this is going. My suspicions are confirmed when I walk onto the court and the blonde duo do not have their golden locks, but cobalt blue ones instead. I let out a laugh and let myself be taken by the sigh. "Just wait until Annie gets here, or, at least Finn. They will die of laughter."
We wait at the fence of the court, seeking the lovely dating duo as they appear with the stream of others who have this class. The two appear about thirty second until the tardy bell rings, Finnick carrying both their books under one arm, his other hand holding onto Annie's. "Hey guys!" Jo walks up to them as innocently as possible. They get a questioning look on their face as they see how sweet she is being.
"What did you break this time, Jo?" Finnick asks, a look of concern and laughter coming across his easy-going face.
Jo points to the siblings, who both look extremely irritated. Seeing Jo pointing at them, they make their way over to our little group. We form a diamond sort of shape, Jo being the front tip and Finnick and I flanking either side of her. Finnick has Annie behind him, but not completely sheltered, so she still knows what is going on. There is a tense silence for a few moments until Johanna finally opens her mouth. "Nice dye job. The blue is a nice color on you two."
Gloss rolls his eyes and crosses his arms. His sister retaliates, getting in Johanna's face. "Admit it, Hanna; this was your doing, wasn't it?"
I see a frown cross Jo's face and speak up before she can admit to her crime, or say anything else she will regret later. "How would Jo have been able to do that? She has no idea where you two live. It's not exactly in the school directory; otherwise you would never stop cleaning up toilet paper, now would you, Crane?"
Gloss is about to say something in his sisters defense when Coach Boggs blows his whistle. "I have paired you off into partners. We are going to have a tournament of sorts and the winner will get a prize. When I call your name, find your partner. Clove, you are partnered with Annie and will be playing on Court One against Gale and Thresh." I smile. I'll make sure nothing bad happens to Annie, and it means she doesn't have to worry about playing Cashmere or Gloss right now. That doesn't mean I am going to let her win.
I don't know Thresh that well, but I know enough to know he is a good guy, and every conversation I've had with him has been interesting, but in a good way. He doesn't pity me and thinks it is cool the six of us at this school are such good friends. He knows about the house pretty well because Rue is actually his cousin, but his mom couldn't take Rue in after she was abandoned at the house because she already had four children, him and his three younger sisters. Anymore and she would have had too much on her plate.
Annie is partnered up with Clove, who is good friends with Cato. If I was informed correctly, she helped him and Jo pull the prank on the Crane siblings. She is often part of the same volunteer group that Cato is a part of, so she says she comes by the house once a month to volunteer, though I have yet to see her. I'm still pretty new to the house though. I trust her with watching out for Annie's back.
"Madge, you will be partners with Delly and will be playing against Finnick and Gloss on Court Two." The girls, Madge and Delly appear to be good friends, judging by the smile on their faces. Finnick and Gloss on the other hand appear to be completely and utterly ticked off. I only hope Johanna has better luck than him.
"Glimmer and Finch, you will be playing against Johanna and Cashmere on Court Three." I feel bad for Jo and Finn. They are playing with our mortal enemies. Even worse for Jo, Finch is the best tennis player in the class and Glimmer hates to lose. The two will probably be unstoppable.
We were required to pick team names before we started so we could bond with our partner before we start, whatever that means. "Any good ideas?"
Thresh shrugs and pulls out his phone. "What if we open one of the books on my kindle app and just point to two random words? That could be our team name."
I shrug and agree. He pulls open a book called The Hunger Games and scrolls to a random page. I point to a word and get camouflage. He scrolls to another page and we get the word cakes. Our team name is Camouflage Cakes. Oddly enough, the first person who comes to mind is Peeta. I don't even question it.
We don't have the worse team name, Finch and Glimmer have Shining Foxface and Jo and Cashmere are the Silky Axes. Finnick and Gloss have my favorite name, Fish of Steel but Annie and Clove seem to have taken time to come up with a good name, very simply, The Victor's.
Once all six team names are down, Boggs blows his whistle and we start to play. The ball goes back and forth and the game appears to be really close. We are playing best two out of three. Thresh and I win the first game, but Clove has a new kind of determination in her eyes and she whispers Annie some instructions. A smile comes across her face. We play the second game and the girls easily terminate us. Every other serve they did, they would aim either for just the other side of the net or the complete other side of the court. We didn't catch onto the pattern until the very end when it was too late. The third round would decide the winner out of our little tennis teams. Annie and Clove have caught us off guard again, and instead of switching every time, they aim for the same place. Once we catch on they are doing the same place, they make it to where it is every other place. When we catch onto that, they switch it up again. Annie is swinging for the winning score when I see her body give in. She falls to the ground in a heap.
"Annie?" I hear Clove say worriedly. Annie hasn't gotten up, and I realize something is wrong. "Annie!"
Finnick
"Annie?" I ignore the first time I hear her name because I assume it is something related to the court. I don't turn my attention to my girlfriend until I hear Clove sounding distressed. "Annie!"
On the ground, collapsed and passed out is the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. I feel my heart speed up and I don't even notice I drop everything. I just close the space between myself and the girl I love. "Annie? Annie!"
Boggs comes over here, not certain what to do. "Odair, Hawthorne and Mason, you all live with her. Take her down to the nurse and call your house."
I pick her up in my arms and she feels light as air. Jo makes her way in front of me, clearing the path and Gale walks behind me to make sure no one stares. We enter the classroom designated for the nurse on the complete other side of the school. We enter and there is an old woman, much older than the rest of the staff, giving a sophomore some pain killers. He is sitting on the one bed in the room, but as soon as he sees Annie, he gets up and lets my lie her down. I sit on the head of the bed and let her head rest in her lap. The nurse, Mags asks Jo and Gale what happened. "I was playing a round of tennis with her and she just fainted in the middle of the game."
Mags looks at Annie concerned. "Has she been eating?"
The two look at me for the answer. I nod. "I always make sure she eats."
Mags looks at Annie again. "Has she ever fainted before?" We all shake our head no. "Then she isn't getting enough food is the most probable case. Has she ever made herself throw up after she eats?"
I want to answer no. I want to say without a doubt she has never done that but the more I think about it, the more plausible the idea she would do that is. Mags looks at us all in pity. "I'm going to call Effie and Haymitch. The four of you will all have excused absences for the remainder of the day. Are there any more of you that attend this school?"
I zone out after that. Jo and Gale will get everything settled. I have to make sure Annie is okay. Her hair is pulled back into a simple fishtail, but the hair around her face is too short for the fishtail, framing her face. I tuck a strand covering her eye behind her ear and kiss the top of her head. The others are looking at me in pity, until the door opens and Katniss and Peeta walk in. I haven't noticed the guy that was in here when we came in hasn't left. He looks familiar. "Sorry about your girlfriend." He then walks out of the room.
Then I remember he is one of the kids they interviewed to stay at the home before they found his aunt who took him in. I am glad someone cares at least. Gale is the only other one out of all of us who can drive, so he drives us home in the van. Johanna is sitting passenger and Katniss and Peeta are on the back bench. I am sitting with Annie's head in my lap on the bench closest to the door.
When we get out I turn to Peeta and Katniss, still holding Annie in my arms. "Can you two do me a favor?"
Katniss crosses her arms, but nods. She is worried about Annie. I can tell. Peeta opens his mouth to talk for both of them. "Sure Finn, anything."
"Can you two make her a meal with fish? That is her favorite. We need to get her some food for once she comes too." Peeta and Katniss nod and head over to the kitchen, once we get inside.
Johanna and Gale come up to me. "What can we do?" Gale asks.
I shrug. "I don't know. I've never dealt with this. I guess all we can do is make sure this doesn't happen again."
We take the elevator and go up to our floor, where Gale and Jo retire to beanbags, playing their DS'. I have Annie on the couch and pull out my DS to work on my present for her. I managed to find two Eevee on my game and have been training them. There is a male I am training to be an Umbreon and a female I am training to be an Espeon. I am going to give the Espeon to Annie once it is level thirty-five. Right now, it is almost ready to evolve. It should the next level I get it up to. Then I feel her start to stir. I put my game down and let myself pick her up in my arms. "Hey beautiful."
She opens her big brown eyes and looks at me with a confused expression. "What happened?"
I pull her in for a hug and don't let her go for a couple of minutes. When I am finally able to let myself be freed from her embrace, I kiss her forehead and say what happened. "You fainted."
That is when she starts to cry. "Finnick, I didn't mean to. I- I just, just wanted to be perfect for you. I wanted you to think I was pretty and perfect. I wanted you to be proud of my like my mom never was."
"Oh, Annie." I let her tears stain my shirt and soak the fabric. Eventually, I lift her face up and kiss her tears and her lips, not caring that Jo and Gale are probably watching. "Silly girl. Didn't you know you were already perfect?"
Annie shakes her head and puts her arms around my torso for a hug. I hug her back and take her hand in mine. "Come on, Katniss and Peeta made you something to eat."
She shakes her head. "I'm not hungry." Her stomach then growls. I raise an eyebrow at her and she gives in, going to get the meal they prepared for her.
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