Cooey! How are you? Sorry I know I said every Friday, so here are two Chapters to make up for me being swamped at work :( Hope you enjoy! I know in the books Annie had darker hair, but I like to write my stories based on book and what the character looks like in film too, and Annie has sort of copper ish hair in the film, so I incorporated it into my story too :) Hope you enjoy :) xxx
"Oh for the love of the Capitol, wake up!" I heard a shrill voice shout, and I groaned and cuddled into Finnick some more. "Wake up" I heard the voice call again, and this time Finnick groaned too and pulled the duvet over our heads, encasing us in our own world. "We are 15 minutes away from the Capitol, I have let you sleep long enough" the voice screeched as Finnick snuggled his forehead against mine.
The duvet was suddenly ripped from our grasp, and sunlight poured onto my face, making me groan again and hide it in Finnick's neck. "Finally Finnick, you are awake" Fiora whined, and Finnick picked me up off the bed and carried me over to the dresser. I pouted and kept my eyes closed, and felt his lips against the side of my cheek. He chuckled and started to brush my wild hair, and Fiora tottered over to the wardrobe to pick out my dress. "Here, wear this" she said, and gently placed a dress in my lap.
I opened my eyes and looked at the pink monstrosity below, and Finnick snorted at my face in the mirror. "Oh, darling" Fiora suddenly cried, and she left the room swiftly. "She can't be serious" I said, and Finnick stopped brushing my hair. "You'll work it, you would work a garbage bag" he said, and I smiled up at him. "Now, get dressed. I will be back in a minute and I want you ready by then" he said, and I nodded. I sighed as he left the room, sitting on the vanity chair, and looked at my reflection.
My sea green eyes clashed with my copper hair in the light, and I pulled a face at the dress I had to wear. I sighed and stood up, pulling off Finnick's shirt and replacing it with the hideous dress Fiora chose. Finnick was right, it didn't look too bad. I pulled at the fabric until it was sitting perfectly on my body, and walked out the door straight into Finnick's arms. He held me close, with more strength than normal. "We're here" he whispered, his hands gently cupping my face.
I held onto one, bringing it down as I looked behind him and outside the window. I walked over and peered out, seeing a mass of colours waving at me. Luca joined me as we stared out the window, and Finnick softly pulled away from my grasp as he went to the door. "Suppose we ought to head out..." I said softly, and Luca entwined his fingers with mine. "We'll be ok" he said, and I nodded. He pulled me behind him as he walked to the door of the train, and we walked into the circle of peacekeepers waiting for us outside the train.
I heard everyone calling out lots of different names as we walked down the length of the platform, and caught sight of the different tributes I would be dealing with. "Keep moving" a peacekeeper said to me, and I gripped Luca's hand as we walked towards a huge building. It was massive, and grey with the Capitol sign plastered on the front. No one could miss it. I walked in through the sliding doors and down a long corridor, where a number of curtained off beds lay waiting.
"In here" the peacekeeper said, and I stood in a small curtained cubicle waiting for the prep team I had to arrive. I looked around at all the different instruments that were laid out on a cabinet, some of them more terrifying that I thought they would be. "Darling, darling hello" a man sung, walking in with two women behind him. He was short, shorter than me, with bright red streaks in his dark hair and orange on his eyes. "I am Falvia, this is Cartitia and Paritia. We are your prep team this year" the man said with a flick of the wrist, and pointed to the women behind him. One had bright orange hair and silver painted on her eyes, and the other had huge eyelashes.
I tried not to stare, but it was hard – I wondered how she kept her eyes open with those things pulling them down. "Now my sweet, if you could just remove this and put this on instead" Falvia said, pulling at the dress I was wearing. I peeled it off, glad to have the thing off, and held my hand out in front of me for the gown he was holding. "Just a moment dear, we need to see what we're working with" he said, and I had to resist the urge to cross my arms over my chest as they stared at my naked body. "Alright, here you go" Falvia said and handed me the robe. "Thank you" I replied, and pulled it on, sighing as it barely covered me anyway.
"Now, just lie down here" Cartitia said in a strange Capitol accent, and I lay down on the bed in front of me. "Good, now relax. We'll be prepping you for your stylist" Cartitia said, and I relaxed onto the metal underneath me. My legs were suddenly covered in water, and I heard them all praising the fact I wasn't as dirty as they thought I would be. I felt them drip something hot onto my leg, and I wiggled under the feeling. "Stay still please" Paritia said, bending over my eyebrows and pulling at them with tweezers.
"Ow" I groaned as someone ripped the hairs off my legs, leaving them red raw and feeling very cold. "Now, now, stop fussing" Falvia said, and I took a deep breath in and relaxed. I winced every time they stripped my legs of hair, and after a while, the agony subsided. "There, that wasn't so bad" Falvia said as he wheeled me off to the room where my stylist would be. I looked around me but could only see the walls of the inside of a room, and I stayed lying down on the bed until I heard the door open.
"It's nice to meet you" a man's voice rung out, and I sat up, dangling my legs over the edge of the bed. "My name is Caius, I'm your stylist" he said, holding out a hand. "Annie" I said, shaking his hand. He had purple rims around his eyes, but other than that he looked relatively normal. "Now, tonight we have the tribute parade, where your sponsors get to see you for the first time. I have no doubt you will have many sponsors, especially with Finnick on your side. But we're going to get you more, and really make an impression" he said, and I nodded.
"Alright, now I have your dress already made up for you, I just need you to stand here so I can alter it when it sits on you" he said, holding my hand and leading me to the centre of the room. "Now I am rather excited about this, so no looking!" he said, covering my eyes and giggling. I giggled too, happy I had such a lovely stylist. "Here, just step... That's it" he said, and I held onto his arm as I wobbled slightly. I felt him pull a silky material up my body, and attach it to my shoulder. "Alright, not a bad fit! Just a few alterations..." he said, pulling the sides in every so often and clipping them into place. "Well, I think we're done! I may have to beg the President to let me keep you as my model, you look stunning" he said, and I giggled again. "
It is slightly revealing... Well, very, but you have such a gorgeous body I want to show it off" he said, and pulled the binding from my eyes. The dress was light blue, and as Caius said, very revealing. It had two large shells covering my chest, with blue silk draped around my arms. The skirt of the dress came down to the floor, but fanned out longer at the back than the front, attached to the chest by 3 pieces of fabric, one across the stomach and two on my sides.
"Wow..." I breathed, a little shocked at the skin on show. "Now, just this here, and this here..." he said, dabbing something on my eyes and pinning a blue flower in my hair. "Perfect!" he said, and slipped a pair of transparent kitten heels on my feet. "Now, off to your chariot Princess!" he said, holding out his arm. I giggled and took hold, walking out down the corridor towards my chariot. Finnick looked over and did a double take, his eyes widening when he saw me. I smiled and looked down at my feet, then back up at Finnick as he walked closer to me.
"Wow..." he breathed out, looking me up and down and taking it all in. I chuckled and planted a kiss on his nose, then turned to see where Luca was. "Oh Luca" I giggled, and he grinned at me. He was wearing blue ragged shorts, like the ones the fishermen wear at home, with seaweed draped in a sash around his chest. He waggled his eyebrows at me as I clutched my stomach in laughter, and he grinned, the blue makeup on his face standing out and making me laugh even more.
"1 minute to chariots" a voice called, and we hopped up onto our chariots. I saw the other tributes, and felt sorry for the tributes from one. They had been dressed in even more revealing gold outfits than we had the two of them practically naked. The bleach blonde girl took it in her stride and acted like she was the most beautiful person in the room, which made my stomach hurt as I tried to suppress the laughter. "Here we go" Luca muttered, and gripped my hand as we made our way through the street and past the sponsors in the crowds.
We waved sweetly to them, catching flowers thrown at us and adorning our chariot with them. We stopped in front of the President, but I hardly paid attention to what he was saying to us, as I was more preoccupied with pulling the petals out of Luca's hair. The chariot pulled away and made its way back to where it started, doing a full circle.
"You two were the best looking people out there" Caius said, and Luca squeezed my hand. I smiled and hopped down off the chariot, into the arms of Finnick. He wrapped them around my waist and pulled my back into his front, pushing his head into my neck as we stood there. "Oh my dears, so beautiful...! Now, come, it is time we go to our floor!" Fiora said, and we all started to walk over to the lifts. "Now, we are on the fourth floor, but that is the nicest floor this year, I made sure of it" Fiora chirped, and we all crammed into the lift. It took us right to our floor, and Luca and I gasped as we stepped out. "I know!" Fiora shrieked, and led us to our rooms.
"Dinner will be in 5 minutes, so clean yourself up" she said, and we walked to the rooms available. "Guess this is my room then" Luca said, seeing his name next to a door. "Guess so" I said, and Finnick pushed open the door to my room. I walked in and straight into the bathroom, where I washed my face clean of makeup. "Here" Finnick said quietly, and handed me a pair of jogging bottoms and a tight vest. I smiled and peeled off my dress, pulling the other clothes on quickly.
I wrapped my arms around Finnick's neck, trying to take the sad look plastered on his face away. "I can't stay for dinner, I have somewhere to be" he said softly, and I noticed the presidential card in his hand. I sighed – this was something I always hated him doing. I hated the Capitol for selling him like this, but I knew he had to do it. "Okay" I said, and he pulled away and headed for the door. "Finnick" I called, and he stopped by the door – I hardly used his full name. I walked over to his and pulled his lips down to meet mine, locking them in a sweet kiss. "I love you" I said softly, and he pulled me in tighter, deepening the kiss.
"I love you too Kitten" he said, and I smiled as he sauntered out the door. "You ok?" I heard Luca ask, and I looked up to see him standing at the door. "Yeah... He has some stuff to take care of" I said, and Luca nodded. "Dinner or Fiora will combust again" he said with a grin, and I giggled and raced him to the table. "Where's Finnick gone?" Fiora asked, and Delphi came and sat next to me. "Work" I said, and Fiora stopped talking. "Well, dig in" She said after a while of silence, and plastered a grin on her face.
I reached over and slopped some potato on my plate, with a side of meat in gravy I had never tried before. I dug in greedily, not paying attention to Fiora's consistent shriek about the Capitol fashion this year. I finished my dinner and waited for the others to finish too, tapping my feet on the floor. "Annie, you can leave if you are done" Fiora said smiling, and I pushed the chair away from the table, pattering back to my room. It was getting dark already, and I watched as an Avox walked into my room and left my training uniform on the edge of the bed.
I got up and folded it up, leaving it on the chair by the door. I walked back to my bed and unravelled the duvet, flapping it around until it was crinkled and messed up. I pulled the pillows into a bunch and jumped into bed. Just as I was about to cuddle down under the sheets, the door opened. "Oh Finn..." I said softly as Finnick walked in, his face dropping. He was badly hurt, emotionally and physically, so much so I could see even in the darkness of the room. He walked silently over to my bed and sat down next to me, resting his head on my shoulder.
"I'm sorry" he whispered, and I leant in and kissed his forehead, lying down next to him as he rested his head on my chest. "I'm sorry Annie" he whispered. "Shh, go to sleep" I whispered back, and his arms wrapped around my stomach. He left a small kiss on my shoulder, and the both of us drifted off to sleep.