My Sweet Little Reminder

Annie

It's her. My Annie. Whether we really are more than the childhood friends as I know us as when I think of us together, I've always thought of her as somebody that makes me into who I am. She's a part of me. And...I think I love her. I'm wondering what on earth I should say to her when she gets pushed into the room. Damn peacekeepers.
"Are you okay?" I ask,rubbing her arms and taking hold of her hands. She looks kind of dazed,her pupils dilated. She looks at me with those big,beautiful green eyes and it's like everything else in the world ceases to exist. "Finnick." She says,cupping my cheek. Tears pool a little bit in her eyes. She must see my face fall because she tries to pull herself together.
Her hand slips from my face and she points a finger at me. "Now you listen to me,Mr.Odair."
Why do I feel as if no matter what circumstances we're under,she always has to be her bossy,little sassy self?
I can't help it,my eyes crinkle with the slightest trace of amusement.
"You are coming back to me. I will not lose you."
I squeeze her tightly to my chest.
"I know you won't. I won't let you."
She breathes out a breath I didn't know she was holding. How could she ever think I'd let her go?
"Don't stay away for too long,you." She whispers. I pull away just enough to look at her face and see that teary-eyed smile. I tuck one of her ringlets behind her ear. I wipe away the wetness I feel leaking out of my eyes as subtly as I can. This,of course,does not go amiss to Annie.
Damn those watchful eyes of emerald.
At first she looks concerned and reaches her hand out towards me,but then her eyes sparkle and she drops it. There's a hint of a smile on her face that is well,beautiful but I don't understand the reason behind it.
"What is it?" I ask out of true curiosity,though finding the ends of my lips turning up as well.
"I think that's the first time I've gotten you all choked up,Finny." She says,pinching my cheek.
I laugh lightly. She's the only person that can draw it out of me at a time like this. A ghost of a smile passes over my features as I get lost in those enigmatic eyes of hers.
"Nobody knows how to make me happy like you do. You make a great friend and,you take care of your younger cousin like a sister and..."
The thought hits me finally.
"And I want you take care of my sister like that. She needs somebody Annie."
I start to wonder if I really was as good of a big brother as I could be.
She continues to look deeply at me,them murmurs, "Of course,of course."
She looks ponderous for a moment, then -
"What about your mom?"
The words hit me like a whiplash.
"What about her?" I growl.
She gasps.
"Finnick!" She scolds. "She's your mother." I try to ignore my guilty conscience that follows afterward by evading her gaze. As long as I don't have to look in those eyes....
She grabs my chin. "Look at me."
So bossy. I tease in my head.
I meet her eyes. Oh God,it's like the sun. Guilt...blinding...
"Finnick,damn it!"
Haha! She cussed!
"What is your problem? You can't take anything seriously."
She's right, I can't help but admit to myself.
I put one hand to the small of her back and the other to cup her face,looking into those eyes that I know so well. "You're right. I shouldn't be that way. I'm sorry." I say with more sombriety than even I thought I could muster,though still smiling. She blushes,and I'm not sure whether it's due to our closeness at the moment or the fact that I am, for once in my life, taking her seriously.
And it's all only because I might just freaking die. Great timing Finnick. At this thought, an intensity starts to blaze inside of me. Annie must sense it before I do because her eyes widen suddenly and her breath hitches. And then I've got her so close to me even if its still not close enough because it never is, kissing her so fervently with passion that I can feel her skin burning against mine. I won't ever let her forget me, she'll always be mine.
Always, I think as I grip her waist tighter and kiss her harder.
I feel her heart racing against my chest so I try to be gentler,and then realize the only way to do this is to stop completely. So I let her go. She's breathing hard and she won't even dare look at me, but she's all that I can see.
I can't lose her, I won't lose her. I think with longing before she's even left,kicking and screaming as she's taken away by those damned peacekeepers.
I'm not sure whether she sees the haunted look in my eyes before I steal a glance at her,but by then I see the same look in her eye that was in mine mere seconds ago. Hunger. Hunger for something more, something we can't have.
"Why the hell, She growls enigmatically in a low husky whisper.
Did you fucking stop."
The shockwave that surges through me at such uncharacteristic profanity coming from my Annie, spirals into a whole different type of sensation as she braids her fingers through mine and pins them on her hips. She kisses open mouthed kisses on my lips and down my neck that burn a fire heatedly down to my very core and make me turn my head instinctively. And then she kisses behind my ear and her teeth catch on to the lobe.
This stirs something inside me, and I just shift.
My thumbs graze her ribcage and I break away from her lips,gasping.
"Annie Cresta,you -- "
"Freeze!"
Annie and I , still in each other's arms, turn abruptly to find the source of the harsh voice.
Shit, I think with an intake of breath.
Peacekeepers.
"Break it up." One of them orders sharply.
I want to be the one to say when this ends.
"Goodbye Annie." I say,looking at the ground. I can't watch them take her away.
Before I hear the door shut, I hear a southern voice call out,
"Alright,alright. I'll walk myself out,thank you kindly."
And I smirk to myself. Despite everything.