Beautiful Disaster
[in which Finnick and Annie finally get married]
"Annie Cresta," Finnick Odair grinned and took off his army hat, getting down on his knee and pulling out a small box. He opened it quickly,"I love you, Annie. And I want to be with you for all eternity. Will you please marry me?" he asked.
It had been a few months since Finnick had proposed but it felt like just moments ago. Every moment they spent together felt like a dream. Now it was the night before their wedding and Annie stared at the ceiling with her cell phone pressed to her ear. "Finn?" she whispered, feeling as if she were in middle school and sneaking in a few midnight calls to her secret boyfriend (things that had never happened but she'd always fantasized, especially when listening to Taylor Swift).
"Yes, Annie?"
"I love you,"
She could hear him shift in his bed and she could feel every little breath, as if he were lying next to her. "Annie Cresta." He began, and she smiled softly. She could tell he was smiling too. "I love you with all of my heart and I can't wait to be married to you. But if you don't hang up this phone, I'll have to do it first and then I'll feel like a jerk. But it's three in the morning and I want to be not grouchy when we stand at the altar so—"
Annie laughed, then covered her mouth so she wouldn't make too much noise. "Alright, alright. Goodnight, Odair."
"Goodnight, Cresta. Now seriously hang u---"
Annie grinned and hung up, rolling her eyes and then putting her phone up. She couldn't believe that it would be just a few hours and then she would be married to this man. "I'm getting married to Finnick Odair..." she whispered to herself happily, her hand reaching up to the little silver necklace around her neck.
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"I know it's a little cheesy..." Finnick admitted as he brought out a small, square box with a red bow around it. "But I dunno." He looked at the ground sheepishly as Annie took the box eagerly and ripped it open. "It just made me think of you."
It was a simple, yet elegant silver necklace with a round and flat pendant with a single word engraved into it. "Eternity," Annie whispered, holding it as it hung down from its chain.
"Yeah. Because I think that's how long it will take for me to stop falling for you," Finnick admitted. Annie smiled and wrapped her arms around him. "I love it, Finn. It's perfect. And I think that it's the same for me. I've already fallen way too hard for you," Annie pulled a way, a mischievous look in her eyes. "Into a pool, in fact." She joked lightly, making Finnick laugh and pull her into a deep kiss.
"Happy 16th birthday, Annie Cresta," he whispered.
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The next morning, Annie woke to Alissa throwing off her covers. "Get up, sleepy head! This is what happens when you stay up 'til God knows when talking to your fiancé." She teased as Annie protested.
"Seriously, Annie? It's not like you're not gonna see the guy today," Johanna stood at the doorway, her hands in her pockets. They spent the afternoon doing many things and in all honesty it was a blur. Annie would eventually come to describe it as if it were a dream. Certain images stronger than others. For example, Johanna wearing an actual dress. Her being a bridesmaid and all.
"Annie, I still think this dress you picked makes me look like a tree, but I'll pretend I like it," was her sarcastic remark as Annie teased her about wearing a dress for the first time. "But hey, you look good,"
