Finnick and Annie

Feelings (Annie's POV)

I waited on the platform for Finnick to arrive, along with his parents. There was nobody else though, because the excitement had died down and bit and it was also very late. The train arrived, just on time, and Mags and Finn stepped out.

Finn greeted his parents and then turned to face me. It was kind of dark, but his smile was still bright and perfect. He hugged me tightly, and I hugged him back and for a while he wouldn't let go.

"Everything alright, Finn?" I wondered.

"I missed you, Annie," he said.

"I missed you more."

"I doubt it," he chuckled.

Though I didn't understand it completely myself, there was a reason I'd been so upset two weeks before. Finnick thought I was being irrational, and I probably was, but I had a reason. I was used to getting bullied. People thought Finnick and I were more than friends, and they loved reminding us that Finnick could do so much better, which was true, but I had never really cared before. Lately, however, it was getting to me.

It was all so confusing! I used to make fun of Finnick because of all the attention he got from girls; it was pretty funny. Lately, however, whenever I saw one of those airheads flirting with him, it made me so mad! I just hated how they looked at him; they didn't know him, and they cared about nothing but his looks and his fame. I knew Finnick was very handsome, his face, his hair, and his body, everything about him was perfect, but there was more to Finnick than just good looks. It bothered me that while some of those girls were in fact very pretty, prettier than I would ever be, they didn't deserve Finnick. Not the Finnick I knew and loved.

"Stay at my house, Annie?" he asked. I would have refused but then I saw it in his face, he needed me.

"Alright," I sighed.

Our parents were already used to it. I would spend a lot of nights with the Odair's. I even had some clothes in the guest room for those occasions. We all walked back home to the Victor's Village, and Finnick summarized the Victory Tour in one sentence. "It was boring, and I'm very hated... except at the Capitol."

"And here," I added. He smiled.

I would usually just wait for him to fall asleep before heading back to my room, but when I fell asleep in his bed his parents didn't really care, since Finnick and I were like "siblings." But when I walked into his room, he wasn't there.

"Finn?" I called.

"Out here, Annie," he answered from the balcony. I found him on his hammock, watching the sea.

"What are you doing out here?"

"I need to start swimming again," he said.

"Alright..."

"I've stopped swimming, and I think that's a problem. Maybe it'll help me sleep better," he said.

"Great, maybe you should."

"Can I teach you how to swim?" he asked.

"Absolutely not," I said.

"Aw, come on, Annie, please. I promise I won't let you drown!"

"Finn," I sighed. He needed distractions. He needed to stop thinking of the arena all the time. "Fine," I groaned.

"Thanks, Anne! We'll have fun, you'll see." He turned his attention back to the ocean and I watched him from the doorway. "Come here," he said, and made some room for me on the hammock. I sighed, but lay with him as we swapped gently back and forth. The breeze and the movement made me drowsy, and soon, we were both asleep.