Okay guys, I am officially extending Graceland! Sorry for the wait. I was out of town over the weekend and school starts Monday, so I've been getting ready for that. Well, I realized I never posted the results of the favorite character poll, so here they are. Effie, Posy, Daliah, Louis, Vick, Thea, Daniel, Toby and Rory all had zero votes, Hunter, Eloise and Daisy all had one vote, Rue had two votes, Gale, Haymitch and Prim had four votes, Katniss had five votes, Johanna had nine votes, Peeta had eleven votes, Annie had thirteen votes and Finnick had seventeen votes! Thanks for voting everyone! The next poll that is up is important too. I think Graceland is becoming too mature for a T rating, and I was wondering of you all think the same. Should I change the rating to M or keep it T? Please vote!
RunnergirlI: I'm not the only one then! Still, I only see him as Joey in that chapter. In all of the others, he is the Finnick I see in my head...
MiaBelles: I think we're number seven now, actually! Yay! They are so cute! I love them :3
Peace Love Hunger games: Well I am extending it, so it'll probably be about 60 chapters in length and I am not sure what will happen to Annie's mom. We'll just have to wait and see :)
Catching Fireflies: It won't have a sequel, it will just be extended :)
peeta and katniss 1: I'm glad you like it!
cursed to curse: I was cracking up writing it! I'm glad you like it :)
MeaganOneDirection: Omg I was reading them out loud too! I'm really glad you liked the Finnick and Annie part :)
DramioneForever123: I'm very glad you like it and the play gets a bit of featuring here... I would've loved to see them too!
ExplodingAaron: Wish granted! Extension in progress! I'm really glad you like it. Your review made me smile like this :D
TheWomanWhoCodesAndWrites: We will actually see more of her own ways in this chapter. Awesome, I really was worried about offending someone... I really didn't want to... I am actually going to use part of your idea but twisting it slightly... thanks!
Mikey Jacquez: That was just perfect! I loved seeing your face when you read that XD it was really funny! I'm glad you liked it :)
Buttons301: Me too. We only have a Harry Potter theme going on... Wait... We have a Harry Potter theme going on... I cannot complain.
TributeAndProud: I hope you aren't disappointed. I hope you like it!
pumpkinking5: I love Thea, oh so much. She is a ton of fun! Those two are, like, perfect! I really am glad you enjoyed their little "I am declaring my love for you kiss" because it was fun to write :)
axes tridents and snares: Well, I want to include the Jo thing, but I want to keep it with the morals I've already established in the story, so I hope you are not disappointed :)
hungergamesgirl999: I am very glad you liked it!
MahoganyMagic12: I am really craving a doughnut right now... Lol XD
FallenPetals712: Of course he is! That is why I am completely in love with him (as you very well know) Finnick and Annie is too perfect. Thank you very much, mini!
MewWinx96: Awesome thank you! Well, there aren't any dares in this chapter... I hope everything works out too...
ItsAllInYourHeadMyDear: I'm very glad you liked it! I hope your cheeks aren't sore anymore. Imagine how sore the Cheshire Cat's cheeks get... ;)
TARDISRose: Why would I make them really gay... lol :)
Alexandra Jackson rocks Hades: Gracie, why would you kick your mommy?! I am very glad you liked it and I too, see Gale in a new light.
.Love0103: I'll do my best to update but it really is hard because I have to finish my summer homework and get reafy for back to school. I'm fixing to start my junior year... how scary is that? I will try to update quicker, but I cannot make any promises. The story will probably be abrounf 60 chapters though, on the bright side :)
LOS2005: I'm very glad you like it! It is a ton of fun and stuff. I'm sorry you had no wifi... I hate that I have the same problem at my lake house sometimes.
nolengthoftime98: I believe they are right up there with Romeo and Juliet and Westly and Buttercup!
Sarah7821: Thank you! I am very glad you like it!
Chapter 24- Dance with the Devil (Thanks to TheWomanWhoCodesAndWrites and axes tridents and snares for inspiration)
Johanna
As soon as I walk backstage I start wiping my mouth. I want all Finnick germs off of my mouth. Someone had an idea that we were going to have sloppy kisses on stage and the idea stuck. Finnick is doing just as I'm doing. He probably feels like he has Gale germs also. Gross! That means I have Annie germs all over my mouth. We start to glare at one another. I go over to him, and start some playful banter. "Sorry, Sexy, but you just aren't as good of a kisser as Gale."
He rolls his eyes. "I beg to differ. Annie says I'm a brilliant kisser." He sticks his tongue out at me and I roll my eyes.
"Who has Annie kissed besides you?" I stop and wait, wishing I could take the words back. We know Finnick is Annie's second real boyfriend, the first one made her go even crazier. She lost her first kiss to him, tried to please him and did everything she could to make him happy, yet he just sat there and accused her of cheating on him, when he cheated on her, tried to get her to send topless pictures to him, which she never did and had sex with a girl while they were talking. He asked her out on a date a day or two after he finished with the other girl. It wasn't fair to either of the girls. At one point in their relationship, she dropped six pounds in two days because of the stress he put on her. "Forget that I said anything Finnick."
I walk away and go sit in the hallway behind the stage, where many people relax between scenes. There are many people flooding the back hall. I still have about twenty minutes before my next scene so I decide some air would be a good thing. I step out into the air, the humidity making me sweat, but the air is surprisingly cool. The layer of sweat on me is easily ignored because I am so used to it.
I sit on the steps outside the school in my costume. I do not want to be disturbed. I feel like a jerk for saying those things to Finnick. Why would I do that? I've never been that cruel. At least, I don't think I have. "Hey, girl!" I look up from my feet and see a man, brown hair and blue eyes, muscular, about twenty years old and good looking, if you were into that. Heck, I am into that, but I am not attracted to him because I love Gale. "Hey girl, I'm talking to you!"
I flip him off, not the wisest thing for me to do because he grabs the collar of my dress and pulls me up to his level. "That isn't very nice, is it, girl?"
"Whatever. Just let me go. I have to be on stage in about fifteen minutes." I shove him but he doesn't budge.
"Girl, you're smoking." He leans in close to me. His breath stinks of cigarette smoke and beer. "Why are you wearing such thick, stupid looking clothes though?" He grabs the sleeve of my dress and exposes my shoulder. The sweat on me is starting to increase. I'm nervous. This man makes me feel like my dad and his molesting friends made me feel. I start to push him away.
"Let me go. I don't even know who you are." He pulls me close to him lightly and I run but am unable to get very far. He grabs the skirt of my dress and causes me to fall, plummeting and landing face fist on the concrete outside. My face is stinging and I can feel blood coming from my chin. I start to let out a scream when he puts a hand over my stinging mouth.
"Now now, can't have that, can we? You're my new little plaything and for the next few minutes, we are going to have fun." He rips the corset off the front of my costume, letting the strings come loose and expose the white undershirt I am wearing. He then pulls away the bright colored skirt. When his hand leaves my mouth I start to scream again, but he slaps me. "Don't make this worse for yourself." Tears start to prick in my eyes. I keep trying to fight back but this stranger is too strong. I manage to blink away a few tears just long enough to see a man standing in the shadows. He has shaggy dark auburn hair and a look of a drunken mountain man. This man, without a doubt, is my father, and he brought this man here to rape me in revenge for leaving him years ago.
The man makes quick work of his business. He strips away my dress, undershirt, athletic shorts, bra and underwear quickly, violating me, causing me to scream, cry and do my best to escape, to no avail. He then leaves with my father as suddenly as he arrived, leaving me naked on the sidewalk just outside the doors to the stage. I am there, in my humility, all pride stripped and stolen from me. The door opens from the stage and I hear a familiar voice. "Johanna?"
I don't process anything. I just sit there, staring blankly. "Johanna!" Arms enfold me and I feel slightly warmer, since all the warmth has left my body. "Call off the show! We can't do it!"
There are voices all around me and sirens overpower the voices with their blaring after what is probably minutes, but feels like years. I can see everything, the worried faces and looks of confusion, the bloody torn costume on the ground and the punches thrown at a brick wall by a dark haired, gray eyed boy. I don't say anything though. These are just pictures. Nothing around me can really be happening. That man who violated me broke me. I will allow myself to be broken for now, but it is only a matter of time before I come back. I promise I will come back.
Gale
"Has anyone seen Jo?" I go around asking everyone in the hallway. I always meet her during this break because neither of us have a scene for a while and it is a nice time for us to talk. I look over at Finnick and see him staring at his hands, knotting a rope we use in the first scene over and over in his hands. "Have you seen Jo?"
He lets his shoulders move up and down in a shrug. "I don't know. She brought up something from last year that really hurt Annie and walked out, feeling bad."
I let myself take a seat next to him. I haven't heard this before. "What happened to Annie last year?"
He continues to knot his rope. "Annie dated Gloss. He made her crazy for a while. She liked him for most of the school year until January, when he finally asks her out so of course she says yes. She was so happy. She was always light and bubbly around Graceland and for a while, the nightmares went away. Then Katniss, Jo, Peeta and I heard about him cheating on her with another girl in a town a couple hours north of here. He has a reputation of being a man whore, so we thought it best to tell her. We did and she refused to believe it. You could tell she did, but Annie being the person she is, wants to see the good in everybody."
I shrug. "Yeah, that sounds like Annie. I don't get what is so bad though."
"Well, after that, he started to emotionally abuse her. During our spring show he was put into the cast and Annie was put into the crew with Peeta and me. We were friends and talked a lot and stuff. The thing is, Gloss and I used to be best friends, but we were enemies by this point. The fact he saw Annie talking and laughing and having fun with me pissed him off to no end. He took his anger out on Annie, accused her of cheating and was being incredibly hypocritical. This made her want to hang out with me even more because she became stressed out and didn't want to deal with him. Katniss and Jo were both in the cast of the show and backstage, Gloss would often flirt with Katniss. Katniss was often completely oblivious to this and saw him as an older brother. From where Gloss was and where we were, it looked like extreme flirting. Annie, disheveled and confused, continued to turn to me because she had nowhere else to go. I helped her out the best I could but he still manipulated her, told her she was being manipulative and being a bad girlfriend when all she did was try to make him happy. She lost six pounds in two days because of the stress, lack of food and hardships he put on her. Yet, she still didn't break up with him. She tried to make it work and make it better, but he broke it off. When she finally started to get over him he started to ask her out again. He used her to get over the suicide of one of his friends. She felt awful for this death and wanted to help him, but when he asked her out again, she declined. He threatened suicide if she didn't get back together with him. She was crying about this and went to a woman at our church for help. We learned from his other ex-girlfriends he often says this and never means it. She was finally able to be angry with him and is not able to stand him anymore."
I look at Finnick. "Wow, and he still thinks he is right, so he tortures Annie and the rest of us because of it?" He nods. "Are you mad at Johanna?" He shakes his head. "Then what is the matter."
"I just wish I could've prevented all of that from happening to her." He lets out a sigh and continues to knot the rope.
"I'm going to find Johanna and tell her you aren't mad at her." I start to walk to the door leading to outside. Maybe she went to get some air. "Johanna?" I open it to see a girl, naked on the concrete, crying. I know it's Johanna. "Johanna!"
I run over to her and hug her close to me. I see Finnick start to walk outside. I wave over to him. "Call off the show! We can't do it!" I pull out my phone and dial 9-1-1. I do my best to answer the questions, but end up having to pass my phone to Peeta. Katniss and Finnick are holding everyone back, trying to make sure they don't hurt Johanna anymore and Annie is beside me, trying to help cover Johanna.
Eventually the paramedics arrive with an ambulance and Johanna is hauled away. As soon as she is on the gurney I go to the wall and start taking my anger out. Why didn't I know something was wrong? Why wasn't I able to protect the girl I love? Finnick has to pull me away from the wall so I don't break my hand. I just fall to my knees and look around, shocked. Who would do that to her? She did nothing. I then blink a couple of times and uncharacteristic tears start to fall. I just wanted to help those I love. Something bad happens to all of the people I love. Dad died. Mom slipped into drugs. Rory and Vick had to watch their mother disappear. Posy never got to have a real mother. Johanna was just violated within one hundred feet of me and I had no idea. This is not why I came to Graceland.
I feel arms around me. I look up from my spot on the ground to see Annie wrapping her arms around my shoulders. "We'll be there for her, Gale. We'll go see her soon. She needs you." I allow myself to return her hug and cry even more.
Well don't you just love it when you can add real life stories into your fanfictions? The story with Annie and Gloss is a true story and it happened to me (I was Annie in that situation...) and I feel like something like that could have happened to Annie. I hope you all liked that section, as well as the major plot twist.
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