Hello readers! I will probably be uploading multiple chapters today, as I have to watch my brother and will have nothing better to do, so yeah. Please review, and enjoy!
After being holed up in a bright white room all week, I am finally allowed to see my "mentor". An outfit lies at the foot of my bed, and I pick it up to get changed. As soon as I do, I drop it and start screaming. It is the same outfit I had to wear in the arena. The same skin-tight turtle neck and thick, wooly sweatpants. Big leather boots sit on the floor. I kick the outfit away from me, run into the corner and cover my ears with my hands. I am shaking uncontrollably and tears are streaming down my face. I rock back and forth in fetal position. The door opens and I see a figure coming in. I start talking to myself, telling myself that the figure isn't going to kill me, but the voice in my head tells me otherwise. It comes towards me and I dodge it. The door is still open and I make a run for it. I look back, and while I am doing it, I bump into someone and fall down. I look up and the face I see is the face of an angel. It is Finnick.
"FINN!" I scream, get up and run into his arms. He hugs me tightly. When we separate, he looks into my eyes, which I am sure look crazy and are filled with tears. His eyes fill with tears also.
"Annie, what happened?" I crack up.
"Not one thing happened to me Finn! I am perfectly fine! Don't you see? I am still the same Annie Cresta you met half a year ago!" Then I stop laughing and start sobbing. That's when I realize I am going insane. "Finn, you have to help me. I am going crazy. I just can't take it anymore. I wish that girl from Ten won. I wish I died in the Arena." I look at my bare feet, which are cold against the tile floor. He takes my face in his hands and pulls it up so I am looking straight into his sea-green eyes.
"Annie. Don't ever say that. You know if you were to have died in that arena, I wouldn't be able to live. It was bad enough when you were gone for the couple weeks you were in the arena. I almost drove myself insane. After this is all said and done, we will go back to Four and go on the beach like we used to." I smile and nod slightly.
"Can we even go fishing for shrimp and crab and make some stew?" A broad smile spreads across his face as he sees the Annie he knows emerging. He takes my hand in his and leads me back to my room where I left my outfit. "Annie, it's just an outfit. You can put it on, go meet your stylist and prep team, eat lunch, and then the rest of the day is spent getting you ready for your interview. So let's get dressed and go." He helps me put on my clothes and shoes. Then he leads me like a little girl down the hall to the elevator where he presses the "4" button. As we are going up, I start shaking. He wraps an arm around me and speaks softly to me. He comforts me. When we get to our floor, we step off the elevator and I greet my prep team. They are all very happy, but when they see my eyes and how I am acting, they stop gossiping and all silently forma circle around my and envelop me into a big group hug. My stylist steps forward and replaces Finnick's arm with her own. "Let's go get some lunch, why don't we Annie?" She leads me to the dining area where we eat a lunch of shrimp and crab stew, just like at home.