If we burn } Finnick Odair

Chapter 7 ~hallucinations~

Finnick's pov

I kept my eye on her during breakfast. She ate the fruits fine. That really made me feel a little better. She took four bites of the porridge. It's better than none. I know she's trying I'm proud of her for that.

Daphne's pov

After breakfast we go to the hospital to check on Johanna, Katniss, and Peeta. Katniss is still out. We'll come back later for her. They let us in Johanna's room.

"Hey." We say. "Hey." "How're you doing?" I ask. "It's better than the capital." She says. I nod in agreement. She's most certainly not wrong. "I'm sorry Johanna." Finnick says. "Don't be sorry Clamshell it's not your fault. Don't be the one to apologize for them."

We walk over to her hospital bed more sitting down with her. "Did they say when you get to come out of the hospital?" "Until I get off morphling and right now it's the only thing keeping me from absolutely losing my mind."

I sigh to myself.

"Mags is here. If you want when we come back later we can bring her too." I think I see a small faint smile one Johanna's face at the mention of the old woman. "She's alive?" Finnick nods. "Yeah she can't wait to see you." "That honestly made me feel a little better." We smile "You seem to being okay you're not in the hospital." "They knew I'd be worse if they kept me here is my guess." Johanna shrugs. "Fair you two being apart any longer is enough to kill either one of you" Finnick and I snicker at her comment.

"We have to check on Peeta before we have to go follow our schedule. Want us to come back after lunch or something?" "That's fine." "Alright bye Jo." "Bye D bye Clamshell."

"I didn't realize she was so bad." Finnick says. "She seemed stronger in the capital."

We walk to where Peeta is. He's strapped to the bed. Haymitch is there. "They want to send Prim in." "Why?" "He's being doing good today with the doctors they think she'll be able to remind him of home." Katniss walks up behind us along with Plutarch. "Hey." I smile. "Hey." She smiles back.

Prim walks in.

"Hey." The girl says to Peeta. "Prim." "She's too close." Haymitch says. "It's okay." "You live in District 13 now. It's a real place. The stories are true. You were rescued. "My family hasn't come to see me."

Finnick squeezes my hand. I'm confused now. Did his family not want to come?

"There was an attack on 12." What? "Yes.""My family."

It dawns on me. His families gone. I feel tears swarm in my eyes.

"The bakery didn't survive." He's shaky. I watch his face turn from innocence and concern to another side of Peeta I've never seen. "Katniss. It's because of Katniss." "It's not because of her." "Did she tell you to say that?" "She didn't tell me anything." "She's a liar Prim." "Peeta what you're saying isn't real." "She sent you here to talk to me. She know you're here now." Prim tries to calm him down. "NO YOU CANT TRUST HER!" She jumps back. This isn't Peeta.

"Get her out of there." Haymitch says. I let go of Finnick's hand walking in the direction of where the door is. They get Prim out as I slip in.
"Daphne!" I hear Finnick and Haymitch yell. I ignore them.

Peeta's still yelling. "Peeta." I say calmly. He looks at me. "Daphne." His voice is still stern. "You're alive?" He asks. I nod. "They rescued me like they did you. And Johanna." "This wasn't a rescue mission they want to destroy us!" "Stop stop. I know it's hard but you've got to stop yelling." He breathes heavily. "You can't trust them Daphne." "I know what they did to you."

He looks up at me.

"Peeta I heard your screams everyday. I know they used tracker jacker venom on you. Do you remember what that does? It causes hallucinations. I know you're confused. I know this doesn't make sense to you and I'm not gonna lie this doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. There's so much I'm yet to find out about. But you HAVE to trust them Peeta." "Katniss is the enemy." "You love her." "Maybe I did at one time but not anymore." "Give yourself some time Peeta. This is new to all of us. We have to grow together."

That's enough. He's calm right now. I walk out of the room being met by Finnick Katniss Plutarch and Haymitch. "Daphne what the heck were you thinking." "I calmed him down." "She did. Listen if you're gonna send someone in right now to talk to him send in Daphne."

Finnick's pov

Daphne takes off running when Prim gets ushered out. "Daphne!" Haymitch and I both yell. Oh my gosh. I know she isn't going there.

I'm stopped before I can reach her. I run back out with Haymitch to where we can see what's happening. I know Daphne's smart and strong but she's fragile right now. Peeta's still yelling.

"Peeta."  She says calmly. "Daphne." His voice is still stern. "You're alive?" He asks. "They rescued me like they did you. And Johanna." "This wasn't a rescue mission they want to destroy us!"

I flinch afraid he's going to lash out at her. She doesn't seem scared.

"Stop stop. I know it's hard but you've got to stop yelling." He breathes heavily. "You can trust them Daphne." "I know what they did to you." He looks up. "Peeta I heard your screams everyday. I know they used tracker jacker venom on you. Do you remember what that does? It causes hallucinations. I know you're confused. I know this doesn't make sense to you and I'm not gonna lie this doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. There's so much I'm yet to find out about. But you HAVE to trust them Peeta." "Katniss is the enemy." "You love her." "Maybe I did at one time but not anymore." "Give yourself some time Peeta. This is new to all of us. We have to grow together."

Something about that tugs at my heart strings. It proves what I've been thinking. She's scared. She's trying not to let her guard down.

Daphne turns around to walk out. I run back to that same door Haymitch Katniss and Plutarch following behind me. "Daphne what the heck were you thinking?" I ask her. "I calmed him down." "She did. I wrap my arm around her torso my hand resting gently on her ribs. She leans into my touch. "She did. Listen if you're going to send someone in there right now to talk to him send in Daphne." I've never been scared of Peeta. I'm not now. I'm scared of what he could do to Daphne especially after seeing what he did to Katniss. 

Daphne's pov

We walk back to our room for a while. Because I'm home Finnick's been relieved of his duties to take care of me. I'm fine really but any excuse to be around him I'm always down for. We'll probably hang out in our corridor until lunch in an hour.

"Were you not scared of Peeta?" I shake my head. "No not really. I know what he did to Katniss but that's when it dawned on me what they were using those tracker jackers on him for. They wanted to erase his old memories of him and Katniss and twist them around to make her look like the enemy and the rebels. It didn't help when he found out about 12 and his family. Katniss and Prim aren't going to help him. At least right now he's too lost in the hallucinations the only people he wont flip out on right now are Johanna and me." "You're braver than I could ever imagine of being." Finnick says. This makes me smile. I peck his lips.

"Do you think you could try and eat more at lunch." "Possibly. I really did try at breakfast the porridge just made me sick." "Hey it's okay you tried I know you did that's what matter." "I just want to be me again." "And you will be."

We lay back together staring at the ceiling.

"Remember when we came back on the train for the first time?" I ask. "Of course I do. I remember every memory we have together." "That's a lot of memories you have then." We look at one another and start laughing. "Why do you ask about the train?" "It was a fun time. We haven't many fun times in a while." "Random but you're not wrong." "When we get back to District 4 wanna go swimming?" He laughs again at my childlike question. "Yes, I would absolutely LOVE to go swimming when we get back to 4 with you."

AN- i'm sorry for the holdup i've had finals to study for this week so i've been having to work off and on on this. i hope you all enjoy this chapter :)