A fate worse than death~~A Finnick Odair story~~

30. Full blown war

It had already been two years since my mother's passing. Two years to the day. I would hopefully be able to go back home soon, but my new position had required me to stay longer than the others for publicity.

The capital was told it was because I wanted to watch the coronation, but everyone knew that wasn't true. Because the deal that I agreed to two years ago had included a new relationship, a relationship that the capital was now trying to expose.

Our first date, or well actually second, made headlines.
The witch has made a love potion! Mystery man with the capital's sweetheart!
Date or not fake!
To name just a few.

To be honest, I didn't understand why it should be kept a secret either. He was no one special, had only told me that he was a very distant relative of the Snow family. In that case, nobody in the capital would care, let them write their articles and get the whole thing over whit.
Let it become old news.
But no!

The president seames to realy likes the idea of ​​me being chased by paparazzi wherever I go and that everyone in every single interview tries to get me to reveal his name, but I'll be damned if I do!
I will not revial a damne thing about him.
I will not give him the slightest reason to punish me. I will not give him that satisfaction.

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I was practically tackled by Ian when he noticed me. I had come home a day earlier and instead of saying anything I had decided to surprise him.

Every single negative feeling I had brought with me from the capital had been erased when I reached my balcony door and the doom painted before me. The sun was shining and the water was still, Ian jumped off the dock and forced Finnick to watch as he did tricks in the water and Melinda who had looked after Ian while we were in the capital, god bless her heart, had spread out on a sun lounger.

Finnick had noticed me first, but as you may have gathered it was Ian who was the fastest. He held me tight and whispered happy words that I was early, he made my pants wet, but I couldn't care less. This was the ultimate happiness and I wished I could just freeze time here and now. But as children often do, Ian got tired of my hug and went back to his bath. But I wasn't sad, the fact is, I couldn't have been happier. For a whole year he had not wanted to leav my side, but now he slowly but surely began to return to the old, happy and energetic boy he was before.

When Ian left my side Finnick was there. I saw in his eyes that he wanted to talk about what happened, he didn't like my agreement with Snow, but he wouldn't try to change my mind, wouldn't ever force me to say anything. I guess that's one of the things I loved most about him.

But I still knew he wanted to know, so I leaned closer to him, almost shoulder to shoulder, whispering, still with the blocks attached to Ian in the water.
"I'll tell you tonight, if you stay."
"Then I guess I'll stay."
That was all, no tender words, no kisses. Yes we loved each other, but we weren't stupid. Both of them showed that the slightest hint of feelings for each other would mean the end, after all I would be in a relationship, and he, well he was the eternal bachelor of the capital.

No we saved all the tenderness for our place. The only place we were sure we escaped the President's watchful eye.

"Izzy jump in!!"
I smiled at Ian's sudden exclamation, he had grown tired of playing by himself and now that I stole Finnick's attention, ohh that was bad.
"I don't know if I can, I don't have any swimwear!!"
"Then change!!"
"But what if I don't dare jump!"
I teased him, it was true that I wasn't quite comfortable in the water yet, but I would never admit to my brother that I didn't dare, especially not in front of Finnick.

"Well I do!!"
Without warning, Finnick had left my side, thrown off his shirt and jumped into the water.
"Come on Lizzy, or we'll splash you!!" "Yeah what Finn said!!"
When I did not immediately obey their orders, they acted on their threat, and much to my delight they happened to splash Melinda.

"Ohh hell no!! Elizabeth you go in, I'll handle them!!"
While Melinda rushed towards the boys in the water and splashed everything and everyone, I hurried inside. I wringed my clothes off and quickly pulled on a blue two-piece.

But before I went out, I also took my camera and four towels with me. Because something in me told me that otherwise I would have to wipe wet footprints all the way to the bathroom. I took a few shots of the hulogans in the water before I then put my stuff down at the beginning of the dock, ran out a bit, and when everyone's focus was on me and the steps heard against the dock, I did a swan dive into the water.

Under the water I felt the memories wanting to come back, but when I surfaced and met Finnick's gaze it calmed me right down. So without hesitation I swam closer to him.

I made it look like I was going to be super lovly, but when I got close enough my kind smile changed to something devilish and I splashed right in his face.
"Ohh ahh Ian revenge me!!"
"Finn!!"
"I'm with Melinda!!"
Then it was a full-on water war.

We fought valiantly, but in the midle of it all Melinda left me to return to her sunbathing, and later I noticed she was taking pictures too, but when Finnick got his arms around me I had to admit defeat and we went back to Ian jumping and doing tricks while Finnick and I watched, first in the water and later, both whit towels on the dock.

Every now and then when Finnick was praising Ian's dive and we were all just enjoying myself, I realized something.

My brother had nicknames for almost everyone he liked, not only for school friends, but for us too, I was Izzy, then there was Finn, there was Ann-Pan, don't ask me why on that one because I honestly don't, and sometimes I think he either mistakenly or secretly called Mags Nan, ohh and he also has Mel for Melinda, but he'd NEVER admit to giving her one. If you ask him, he hates her, but sometimes I actually think the pure opposite.

But the one thing I found most interesting was how I myself started using one of them without even thinking about it. Finn.
As if it was the most natural thing in the world.

A/N
I'm back, did you miss me;)

No, but felt we could start with a cozy chapter, believe me it won't be that for long.

I have some plans for this story, and at the moment the plan is that I will finish writing it,
but readers be warned the book will take a darker turn.

I don't know how much and how often I will write as my schooling is prio one and will come before this and all other stories I'm working on.

Because yes there are more, maybe not about Finnick, but more.

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