I know that you are all ready to kill me for not updating, but I am updating now so you don't kill me. And trust me, when you read this chapter, you are going to be like "OH MY GOD I WANT MORE!" I am purposely trying not to make this as long as one of my usual chapters. We all know I suck sometimes at making chapters under a certain length. We shall see….and as you all should know by now that I don't change my author's notes after I write the chapters, so I am not going to change anything, no matter what happens in the chapter. Also, just a warning, I don't think that this chapter will be nearly as good as the last chapter. And also, I know the whole Finnick thing might not have made sense, but feel free to PM me and ask me questions. I love answering people's questions. Think up as many questions as you want. Also, I am going to have the wedding dresses and plans and everything in the next chapter….so if you have recommendations for a GORGEOUS, and I mean completely not cliché dress that has been seen before, send it to me over e-mail. My address is on my profile. I think I know what dress I am going to pick, but all the links for them are going to be on my profile after I put up the chapter after this one. Ok, authors note done. Chapter starting. Have fun…..
"Let go of me!" I shriek as the Peacekeepers pick me up from the floor and drag me out of the party, guests and everyone looking at me. My parents come and try to collect me back, but the Peacekeepers simply push them away. Even my mom, who let me tell you, was not very happy at all. She screamed some profanities I had never even heard of at one guy when he pushed her back into my father particularly roughly.
"At least read her the rights." Effie squealed.
"Elizabeth Rue Hirsch, you are hereby under arrest for treason against the Capitol under the relations of kissing another man who is not your fiancée,"
"Bull shit! Miklisho kissed me!" I interrupt.
"And you allowed him to." The other Peacekeeper interjects.
"You are sentenced to either 10 months in a Capitol approved jail center, or 50 blows of the whip. You are to decide by tomorrow morning. You will spend tonight in a jail no matter what decision you make." The first Peacekeeper says extremely loudly.
"I refuse to go with you." I state.
"We are authorized to use force, Ms. Hirsch. If you will not go with us willingly, we have guns." The second brags.
I roll my eyes and continue to walk forward. I hear screaming and yelling coming from Luke behind me, but I don't turn around. I am so embarrassed. Not for me, but for him. He can't think I actually wanted Miklisho to kiss me, can he? I really hope he doesn't, because I did not want that slime ball's tongue all over mine. At all. Like, not at all.
Why I let him kiss me was a simple matter of giving up. I had tried to get it to him that I didn't like him, but maybe he was coming after me because he thought to do the opposite of what I wanted…..so letting him kiss me would maybe make him stop. That plan didn't work out so well, as you could tell.
I finally just give up. I might as well let these barbarians carry me away. I look down at myself, seeing that I'm still wearing my dress. My hair and makeup is still on flawlessly. Alright. Now I'm embarrassed for myself.
We're standing outside the building now, where Snow and Miklisho are standing. Snow has a smirk on his face, and Miklisho looks like he is positively ready to die. God I hate him.
"President Snow, if you are trying to make a point, please enlighten me so I can know about it. I've done nothing wrong. Your little man whore kissed me, in case you didn't notice." I stammer.
I don't want to beg to be let go, because I'm sure that is exactly what he wants me to do, but at the same time, dragging me out of that party was something I didn't want at all, and Snow made quite the display taking me out of there like that. Publicly.
"I'm making an example of you, Elizabeth. Miklisho here is my employee now, and he does what I tell him to. I don't like you, . And I don't like you and Luke together. I am going to make your wedding a misery, or I am going to make you want to kill yourself rather than marry him. And when you don't want to marry Luke, you'll marry Miklisho. Just break off the marriage, Elizabeth darling."
"No. I would never break off my marriage with Luke. I love him. And he loves me. And we're getting married. Just like you have required us to do. Are you going back on your requirements, President Snow?"
He glares at me through his cold, hard black eyes, the white rose in his lapel catching the shimmer of the moonlight. He says nothing, but motions to one of the Peacekeepers, who comes and grabs me, pulling me into a limousine.
"I'd hate to give you the wrong idea Liz, but I travel by limousine, and even though you're a criminal now, you are a Victor, and I will treat you with some kindness." Snow says as he slides in across from me. Miklisho slides in on my side, and I roll my eyes.
His hand comes slowly toward mine, his fingers working them so that they intertwine with mine.
"Are you trying to get me and Miklisho together?" I shriek in horror.
Miklisho gives me a look that I have never seen before. One of pity. Pity. Here I sit, next to Miklisho Maccoll, and he's giving me the pity look. I never thought Miklisho was capable of feeling sorry for anything, or anyone.
"Miklisho, why don't you tell Liz the good news." Snow says, completely ignoring my question.
Miklisho looks at me in fear and then takes a deep breath. Whatever he says can't be that bad, can it? There's nothing this guy can throw at me to make me upset.
"Well….um…Alice….is a-alive." He mutters.
Except that.
"What?" I say. My throat is closing up, making it near impossible to breath. Miklisho looks just as horrified as me. How could I be surprised? Everything just about sucks right now, so why not just give me a smack in the face like having Alice, my worst nemesis, alive again.
I fade into blackness, knowing right before it happens that I've fainted.
The next time I wake up I'm in a jail cell. Miklisho sits on a bed attached to the wall below me, and everything is near dark.
"Where am I?" I ask, rubbing my eyes and hoping that I'm dreaming.
"Jail." He says simply. As if I didn't know that already.
"Why are you here," I snarl.
"Here to rub things in a little more?" I hiss.
"No. I'm locked up here too." He replies after a minute.
"What are you talking about? Your Snow's right hand man from what I've heard."
"I am. But Snow doesn't care much about me once he has what he wants."
"That sucks for you." I say, not really trying to put any emotion into it. I would hate for Miklisho to think that I care.
"Yeah. But I've gotten used to it." He responds, standing up and sliding up onto my bed next to me.
"So….Alice is really alive?" I ask.
He nods. "She came back the day after I did. That gun wound you gave her was pretty deep, and it took a while to heal. This was about a week after the Games, and the two of us….talked."
"Does she want revenge? Because I'm ready to cut a bitch if I need to." I say, balling my fists at my side.
"Don't talk about her like that! And no, she doesn't want revenge. She's forgiving, because she knows you were in love with Luke when you shot her."
"Yeah. Isn't she in love with Luke too?" I ask, looking at him.
He's gone pretty pale and he looks terrified.
"She did, but well….she likes someone else now. She doesn't want to break you and Luke up because she found someone else."
"I'm sure he's a male prostitute. Does she even like guys?"
My voice is bitter and rude, but I hate Alice with a passion.
"Yeah, Liz. She does like guys. And her boyfriend is….um….not a prostitute. Not exactly."
I look at Miklisho. His yellow eyes are glowing slightly in the darkness of the cell, and his hair is dyed brown, but I can already see streaks of white mixing in. Miklisho obviously hasn't given up his steroid use.
"Liz? I want to tell you something. Before Snow tells you. Because I don't want you to be surprised. I want you to be able to be silent when he tells you." His voice is quiet and raspy, like he's holding back a huge secret. He probably is.
"Fair enough." I say.
"Snow has a plan. Something to make you and me miserable. He's….well…he's forcing us to be a couple for a few days. It's supposed to make Luke not love you anymore. And if it works, you'll end up married to me."
I think it over and come up with a logical response.
"That does make me miserable. But it sounds awesome to you."
"It's not, Liz. I…well…Alice…Alice and I are dating. Well….I proposed to her two days ago, before Snow brought me here, and she said yes. Alice and I are going to be married. But if Snow's plan works, I won't be with Alice either."
"That is terrible, Miklisho! I'm…I'm so happy for you and Alice. You two seem like a perfect match."
"Yeah." He smiles.
"I have a plan though. If you're interested in hearing it, I'd be happy to tell you."
"Yes! No offense, but if you have a plan that can make it so I don't have to be with you, then fine. Lay it on me."
"I'm writing a letter to Alice. You write one to Luke. We'll send the letters to them, and they'll know that we're faking our relationship. I have paper and a pen right here. Want to do it with me?"
He seems genuinely…genuine about wanting to end this.
He hands me a piece of paper and a pen, and I start to write my letter. In the end, I end up with this.
Dear Luke, I want so badly to tell you that I will be coming back to you soon, but in truth, I probably won't see you for a few days, but to me that will seem like decades. We're in love Luke, and I want you to always remember that I am passionate about you.
Snow has taken me to a Capitol jail, and Miklisho is here too. He is forcing the two of us to become a couple in order to break us up. I want you to know that it's all an act. I only love you, and both me and Miklisho are opposed to this idea.
And another thing- Alice is alive. She and Miklisho are engaged, and that is the reason that Miklisho is opposed to the two of us being together. I am happy for them, and I hope that you will be too. Until I see you again I want you to keep me in your mind, and in your heart. Hide this letter however you can, and please, when you are in the utmost secrecy, show it to my parents, and only my parents. I really am not allowed to write this to you, and Snow has no idea what Miklisho and I are doing, rebelling like this. But I had to write to you. Tell you not to worry. I promise, I will always be thinking of you, and if you'll still have me when I am released, we will still be married. I've decided that for my punishment I am going to go with the whip, so I can still be married to you in a month and a half. The whip may hurt now, but it would hurt even more if I wasn't able to be married to you. I love you.
-Liz
Miklisho nudges me, and hands me his own letter, written to Alice. Curiosity gets the best of me, and I read it.
My Beloved Alice, We have only been in love for a few months now, but I love you. And I am so sorry for what I have to do. Snow has abducted me. That "little job" he had for me was to take Liz, and he jailed the two of us. Yesterday he told me of his plan. He wants to have Liz and I date for a few days in attempt to make you, and Luke, fall out of love with us. I want you to know that Liz and I are not in love like we are. We're being forced to do this, and if I don't do what he says, he'll kill you, and he'll kill Liz's family. Everyone you and I know, along with everyone that has ever known Liz and Luke will die as well, and I won't let that happen.
Please, I beg you to stay in love with me for as long as this lasts. I promise that everything I do with Liz is fake. I don't want you to think anything otherwise, no matter what Snow or anyone else tells you. I'm not cheating on you. I want to be married to you, and I will do everything it takes to keep our love alive. Do everything your told to do, or things will get worse. I will see you soon.
Snow expects the reunion between you and I and Luke and Liz to be a bad one, where both of you say that you hate us, and don't love us. I hope that when we meet again, you'll still love me. I would do anything for you to love me. Even stop using steroids. I promise. If that's what it takes to keep your love for me, I will do it. I had to write to you, to make sure you know what is going on. Hide it away, and let nobody see it. Please. I'm begging you. I'll be thinking about you every second of every day I am without you. –Miklisho.
The two of us look at each other, and Miklisho pulls out two envelopes, putting the letters in, writing Luke's name on my letter, and I write Alice's name on the other. I stick my letter down my bra, as Miklisho instructs me, and his goes down his pants, so they are securely hidden. Two Peacekeepers come to collect us, and as we are lead down the hall, Miklisho distracts the Peacekeepers, and I drop my letter into a mailbox. Then I try and kiss one of the Peacekeeers, causing the other to get me off of him, and out of the corner of my eye I see Miklisho deposit his. We're safe now.
And we are lead back to our cell, where Snow is waiting with a garment bag marked "For public sight."
Great. He's got things planned out this fast. It's fine. Miklisho and I will have a plan soon enough. And we're getting the hell back to who we truly care about.
I look at Miklisho, and he looks back at me, and simultaneously, we burst into tears.
I hope you liked the chapter. I loved it. Sorry it's a bit short. I have to go now, but I just HAD to update. Review and tell me what you think. Look at my profile, because Randomteddybear and I are making an SYOT, and it's going to be really cool. Please send me a tribute by PM. Thanks so much!