First off, I'm so sorry for the slow updates! I thought I would had time this summer, but I entered a writing tournament and I got a job, so my writing time was cut down a bit (lot). There was also the existence of Netflix and me stumbling upon the show 'Supernatural,' though that is not an excuse for not writing. Senior year starts Wednesday, though, and I hope that (between juggling college applications) I'll be able to add writing to part of my evening routine! I did try to do the everyone POV for this chapter, but it wasn't really working out, so, for this chapter (and probably future chapters) I'm going to switch back to doing two characters a chapter. With that said, guys! We're at chapter 40! Wow! I just published a new story, featuring our cast of misfits, called 'The Thing in the Forest' so if y'all have a moment check that out and leave a review there! Without further ado, reviews, then the chapter!

LivLuvHG7273: That is so sweet! I'm glad you liked it! It'll be fun to see the reactions of everyone, but this upcoming chapter is pure Odesta. I'm glad you like the pairings! I've never been able to get into Gadge... although I've stumbled upon a few GaleXAnnie stories I like, despite my OTP being Odesta. You are so incredibly sweet! Thanks a ton!

X The mad girl back home X: Oh, I'm still mad at Finnick. You're not alone. I, too, am glad she escaped the evil witch of a woman...

MiaBelles: You get to find out Annie's reaction soon... I hope you aren't disappointed. I'm glad you liked the chapter!

Captain-Sherlock-Who: That is so sweet! I don't want this story to end either, but I don't want to drag it out so long that it never ends. I'd rather give you guys a solid ending and give y'all new stories :) I'm glad you like the story!

MeaganOneDirection: It makes me wish I had a boyfriend! Oh well! I'll find my very own Finnick Odair someday!

MewWinx96: You're welcome! Thanks for the jail break, by the way! Oh, my sister would be celebrating if she was able to get away from me... Kick that butt! Finnick needs to be punished! ("My friends need to be punished..." Lilo and Stitch... Sorry, DisNerd is breaking out) Dang! I know what song you're talking about though! Finnick currently stands at -12 brownie points. Gale at 7. Poor confused Annie... Yay Katniss and Peeta!

pumpkinking5: I think Julietta is going to have brown eyes, mostly because I have brown eyes and I want the character to. Poor Annie... :( I love making little book references! Real of Not Real was too cute in the book! Thanks for the review :)

LoveFJE: Aww, that's so sweet! You're super sweet! Thanks so much!

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LSU Sarah: Yay Katniss! I'm super glad she is back, though that won't be seen much in this chapter... or at all... sorry :( but I'm glad you liked it!

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Mockingjay28: A part of me in real life wants to yell 'You're adorable' so I think I will. YOU'RE ADORABLE! Thanks so much for the review :D

TrustmeImacookie: So pull a 50 Shades of Grey? That is actually how that story got started, as Twilight fanfiction. I'll consider that! It is so sweet that you would think that this could be a real book! I'll trust that you are telling me the truth, because you are a cookie ;)

SunriseDestined: Fun story: I think I updated this story right before going on a mission trip. Where did you go? I went o Honduras and built a church! I'm so glad you like the story!

Epicness by Liv: Oh my goodness, that is so sweet! Thank you so much! :)

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Lily: Dude, I'm such a butterfly! I would love to text you! Make an account and I could pm you my phone number! Frankly, I'd probably do that to anyone who asked for it... :)

Lily: Oh, you are making an account! I'll go and send that to you, real quick! :D

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LivLuvHG7273: Sorry for the wait... :(

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Part III Chapter 3- Airport

Finnick

The plane ride was uncomfortable. There are no other words to describe it. I'm sitting in the middle seat next to a really fat, sweaty guy sitting on the aisle seat and a woman with a crying baby at the window seat. I try to ignore it. I try to ignore the painful feeling in my gut, too. You deserve this. You deserve worse than this. You're going to break Annie's heart. No way she would ever do this to you. I gulp. I know as soon as I tell Annie that she will end things between us. I ruined everything! I lean my head against the back of the head rest, putting in my earphones and blocking out the safety speech that's always given on planes.

'You seem quite nice for a girl with good looks' the ipod starts to play. I skip the song. I can't deal with it. 'Oh Darling' was the song we sang karaoke together when we won the case against Snow. That seems like a lifetime ago. This song seems like a lifetime ago, but it seems like just yesterday as well. I press the back button and play the song, like a final tribute to what was.

I don't know when I fell asleep, but the sudden pressure change wakes me up from my sleep and I find my heart quickening in my chest. Trinidad. I'm going to see Annie. I rub my face with my hand, trying to wake myself up. I think of the good things that are going to come out of this. I'm going to see Annie. Annie will be safe from her mother once and for all, I'll make sure of that. I swallow the bile that feels like is rising in my throat. When we hit the ground I grab my carryon and prepare to get off the plane as fast as I possibly can. I squeeze pass the fat, sweaty man and let one though consume me. Annie.

This is Annie, for crying out loud. Annie, the most beautiful person I've ever had the pleasure of knowing, inside and out. She realizes people's mistakes and forgives them. She thinks the best of people. If I screwed up, and she won't take me back, it's my own fault, and I cannot blame her. I screwed up big time. I doubt she will take me back. Still, I had a fantastic time with her and I'll regret everything I did to lose the best person I have ever known. If, by some miracle, she takes me back then I'll spend every moment for the rest of my life proving myself to her.

I walk through the airport, the thought of seeing her face, kissing her, touching her soft hair giving me the strength to face my mistakes. I feel my backpack, filled with a change of clothes, two of Annie's favorite books and a new one I think she will like, and a hundred dollars. I turn the corner and see a typical airport store that sells various magazines and packs of gum when I notice a small group of flower bouquets in the corner. Acting on impulse I grab the prettiest bouquet I see. The flowers look like they have started to wilt, but that doesn't matter. Annie will love them, I know it. "Girlfriend?" the woman behind the register asks.

I nod. "I haven't sen her in seven months."

She looks at me strangely, but gives me a smile. "I'm sure it's tough having a girl that goes to college away from you."

Of course that is what conclusion the woman would come up with. No one in their right mind would come up with the truth. I just nod and go with it. "Yeah."

I leave the store and find myself running through the airport, backpack bouncing on my back, excited to see Annie. I get to the waiting area of the airport and see a girl, five foot four in height, brown hair falling straight and silky just past a pair of shoulder blades. I stop dead in my tracks. "Annie!" She turns around.

There are some changes to her, a new haircut showcasing bangs that cover her forehead and a few more scars on her arms, but it's the same person. It's Annie. She looks at me like I'm an illusion. Everything is in slow motion. I see only her. She sees only me.

She runs to me and I stand there, flowers at my side, backpack slung over one shoulder, breathing heavy since I just ran over the majority of the airport. She kisses my face, holds me in her arms, and I enclose her in my arms. It's one of those movie moments. I halfway expect the other people to start clapping. We break apart from our embrace and we have the eyes of almost everyone. There are young girls looking at us dreamily, teenage girls looking at us with envy and adults looking at us with glares. Still, there is an older man and woman watching us with smiles on their faces, approving of our reunion scene. I give Annie the flowers, a bunch of daisy's I think, and she looks like she had never seen anything more beautiful in her life. With that, we walk away, going back to security. We just were going to wait at our terminal until our plane the next morning. Considering how late I got here, it wasn't worth getting a hotel room, so we opted on staying here. Once we got through security we went to find a restaurant for dinner, deciding on Chili's. We then wander the airport aimlessly, hand in hand. I buy us a pair of travel pillows, a black one for myself and a pink one for her, and walk back to the terminal. I plug my phone into the charging station and pull out my earphones, giving us each an earbud. She puts her travel pillow around her neck and leans on my shoulder. "Finnick?" she asks, "what was it you were going to tell me. I know you never actually told me what it was."

I feel like all the wind had been knocked out of me. "Annie," I start, "I just want you to know I love you."

Annie

Despite the perfection that was Finnick and I roaming the airport, I have had this feeling I couldn't shake. I know Finnick never told me what he was going to tell me. What if he doesn't love me anymore? What if he found someone else? He loves you, a part of me says. He wouldn't have come. He wouldn't have bought you those flowers if he didn't. This calms me some, but I still cannot shake the feeling that he is not telling me something. I lay my head on Finnick's shoulder and put in his earbud. "Finnick?" I ask, "what was it you were going to tell me. I know you never actually told me what it was."

He looks like he has just been punched in the gut. His face turns pale and he bites his lower lip, a habit he does when he is nervous or uncomfortable. I don't think he realizes he does it. "Annie," he says slowly, "I just want you to know I love you."

I take a breath. It doesn't sound like this is going to be good news. "What is it, Finn?"

I get off of his shoulder and take the earbud out of my ear, interrupting Imagine Dragons with silence. He doesn't say anything. He just looks at the ground, his hands in fists. "I ruined everything, Annie. That's what I did."

I look at him, confused. "What do you mean?"

He shakes his head. "If I tell you, I'll ruin everything. You'd hate me, Annie."

I turn his head to face me, let him look into my eyes, let him see I'm being completely honest. "I could never hate you, Finnick Odair. No matter what could do, I could never stop loving you."

He swallows and meets my gaze, his eyes rippling. "Even if I had sex with a girl I met outside a 7/11?"

I swallow. I wasn't expecting this. I never thought he would ever cheat on me. I feel like I should be angry. I should be furious, feel like I should break up with him, but I take a breath instead. I can't be mad at Finnick. Instead I grab his phone and go to his iPod. There is a playlist called Annie's Music. I scroll down until I see he has actually kept One Direction on his iPod for my sake. I pull up the song You & I and let him listen to it. I walk away, though. I go to the girl's bathroom and sit on the ground by the wall, sinking into tears.

I'm not sure how much time has passed when a woman walks into the bathroom. She looks at me, her large brown eyes full of concern. She extends a coffee colored hand to help me up off the floor and pulls me in for a hug. I don't know this woman, but the look in her eyes, I know she is trust worthy. After a while I let go of her. "Sorry," I say awkwardly.

She shakes her head and smiles, sitting on the ground where I was, patting the ground so I sit next to her. "What's wrong, baby?"

I feel tears welling up in my eyes again, but I hold them in. "I haven't seen my boyfriend in seven months and we just got back together, but he told me that he had sex with a woman he met outside of a 7/11."

The woman sighs and pats my back. "Well, sweetheart, I know there is a handsome young man out there who looks like he is ready to kill himself. Is it him?"

I shrug. "Probably. He looked like crap when he told me."

The woman gives me a small smile. "He told you, though. Isn't that better than you uncovering the truth yourself?"

I nod. "I guess so."

"The way both of you are reacting to this shows me that you two really care about each other, love one another even," she pulls a plastic tissue pouch out of her purse and passes it to me. I want to refuse. She's been too kind already. She puts them in my hand, though. "I have more, in my purse." I nod and pull out a tissue. "You know, you didn't break up with him, or yell at him or cause a scene. He looks truly broken up out there. I know this won't be something you'll just be able to get passed, but you two look like you could."

I nod and the woman stands up, holding out a hand to help me up. After that she passes me a business card. "My name is Seeder. What about you?"

I look down at the card. She is a pediatric nurse which explains the comforting feeling that came from her and the way she spoke, like everything would be okay. "I'm Annie."

She smiles. "Well, Miss Annie, call me if you ever need anything. I mean anything. Sweetie, you look like you've been through a lot. I would like to help you."

I nod. I know I'll call her. I know I'll keep in contact with the nice woman, just like how I know Finnick and I will get through this. I give Seeder a hug and freshen myself up in the bathroom mirror, attempting to get at least some of the red off of my face, before walking back out to Finnick. His eyes are red and he looks like a kicked puppy. I grab my travel pillow, put in the earbud and lay down on Finnick's shoulder. "We're not done talking about this, Finnick," I say, "but right now I know I still love you and I know I need you."

He hesitantly puts and arm around me and I hear him sniff. He puts his iPod onto Drops of Jupiter. I take it and change the song and create a new playlist on his iPod. I don't know what to call it, so I just title it 'Songs I Like.' It's not that I don't like Drops of Jupiter anymore, I still love it, but Finnick needs to earn that song back. When I play him that song again, he'll be completely forgiven. I know it'll happen, just not right now.

Does the image of Finnick running through the airport with a bunch of Daisy's make anyone else go 'aww' or is that just me? I was totally having a (and I quote Dean Winchester in saying this) "chick flick moment" when writing this. I was very sappy while writing... Seeder was based off of the nurse in 'If I Stay,' btdubs...

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-Juliet