THE SIREN'S SONG 𓇼 F. ODAIR

27 ~ the blessing necklace

"Carolina Seymour, everyone!" Cashmere shouted the second Carolina entered the dining room.

"The first two-time winner of the Hunger Games!" Gloss finished.

Carolina screamed in excitement when she saw her friends. It was the second week of Annie's Victory Tour, and District 1 was the stop Carolina was most excited about. Carolina ran up to her friends and hugged them.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Carolina laughed when she pulled away, pretending to wave to a crowd. "Going into the arena again was a dream come true!"

Gloss started laughing while Cashmere shook her head and walked to the bar cart, making a drink for herself and Carolina. She handed the drink to Carolina.

"I think we should toast to that," Cashmere raised her glass. "To the best trio in all of Panem getting back together again."

"To Carolina and her Diamond Dogs!"

"We did not agree on that name," Gloss mumbled.

Carolina smiled and raised her glass, but Finnick took it out of her hands before she could take a sip.

"What are you doing?" Carolina reached for her glass, but he lifted it above his head. "Finn!"

"No drinking," He said, handing the drink over to Fletch, who easily drank it all in one go. "Not after what happened in District 10."

As always, the first stop on the victory tour was District 12, home of the drunkest man in all of Panem. Carolina could handle drinking with Haymitch. In fact, she loved drinking with him. But the second stop was District 11, home of Chaff, the second drunkest man in Panem.

Drinking with Haymitch was one thing, but drinking with Haymitch and Chaff within 24 hours was too much for Carolina to handle. 

She ended up walking onto the stage in District 10 extremely hungover and ran off stage before the end of the speech to throw up. The sound alone had Annie throwing up her lunch as well, and thousands of rumors have been spread since, each one more creative than the other. Finnick and Fletch put her on a drinking ban that night.

"Oh, right! You ran off the stage to throw up," Gloss smirked. "I heard a rumor that you were pregnant."

"I'm not!"

"She's not!"

Cashmere turned to Finnick at his outburst. Her smirk was identical to her brother's.

"Did you finally pluck up the courage, Odair?" She laughed when Carolina and Finnick's eyes widened. "Took you long enough. The amount of times I have caught you staring at her at the Capitol parties is insane."

Carolina turned Finnick and turned her head in question. He only replied with a smile and a shrug, causing her to blush.

"Okay, that got weird fast," Gloss rolled his eyes, shooing Finnick away. "Go away, lover boy, she's ours for tonight."

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞

Carolina arrived at the Capitol the next morning. As always, Cyrus was waiting for Carolina with a single white rose.

She got off the train with Annie and Mags by her side. The two women started walking towards the exit, and she slowed down to wait for Cyrus.

"Cy!" Carolina waved her boyfriend over. Cyrus walked up to her, stealing a kiss and placing his hand into hers. "I don't have long. I have a meeting with a new stylist in twenty minutes."

"Can I join?" Cyrus asked.

"You want to watch me try on dresses for an hour?" Carolina asked. "It's not as fun as it sounds."