Nothing Lasts Forever

Chapter Fourteen - A Goodbye

When I awaken, the other side of the bed is empty. Ash has left. I feel my gut wrenching inside, I wish he could've stayed at least till I woke up, but maybe it's better this way, I dont think Felicity would be very happy if she found out Ash spent the night in my room.

I head to the dining room for possibly my last ever Capitol breakfast. I've feared more throughout the past week than I have this morning. When I was growing up I always thought the last two days would be the hardest to cope with due to fear anxiety but im barely nervous at all. I feel like if I put my mind to it, I could possibly win, and if not, Ash will.

The careers will be having a hard working morning with their last day of training but Felicity, Nora and Igual think we should have a relaxing morning, and to that, I certainly have no objections! The breakfast table is full, as per usual but I stay away from the greasy bacon and eggs, can't be having a stitch as soon as I start running in the arena, although I do try to fill myself up with porridge and oat cakes. Maybe if I eat enough today I won't have to worry about food untill tomorrow.

The games don't start till 12am and its half ten just now, giving us roughly an hour to enjoy the Capitol, and as much as I hate it, I do want to explore.

"Since we have an hour, there's something I want to show you!" Ash says, a little too excited and a little mischievous.

I smile and shake my head and he drags me through the hall and down the elevator to the 14th floor then turns me around, facing me to the opposite side of the elevator doors.

"close your eyes!" he orders in a hyper tone.

I do as I'm told and he directs me through the building, then suddenly I feel a warm breeze blow past me. Where on earth has he taken me?

"Okay... open!" he says with great enthusiasm.

my eyelids flutter open and i cant belive wants infront of me. There's a massive garden right before me with humongous trees everywhere, Pine, Cedar, Oak, Yew,  Almond, so many i can't even name! on the ground, right through the whole garden is about a million red and pink roses with small marigolds planted beside them. It's so quiet here as I guess it's quite early and Ash and I are the only people, and im glad.

"This is so beautiful" I breathe, realising I haven't said a word since we came in.

"Beautiful place for a beautiful girl" he said smirking. "Oh and..." he says while removing his hands from behind his back revealing a single red rose.

I can't help but grin uncontrollably at him, I've never had a gesture like this in my whole life, and there's no denying its made any day ten times better. He stands in front of me and takes hold of my hands. To this I'm shocked, but I certainly don't pull away, and hold his hands back, with the rose still in place.

"Soo... do you like it, or did I waste my time?" he asks, with a smile still glued to his face.

"Yes, I love it... thank you." I say giggling shyly while looking to the ground.

He lets go of one of my hands and pulls my chin up, still smiling slightly and looks deep into my eyes, then at my lips... his smile fades slowly and his face gets closer to mine. His hand lowers and holds my waist instead, pulling me in closer to his body. Slowly his lips press against mine passionately. Fireworks shoot off between our lips and this twirling sensation evolves within my stomach. I've never thought of kissing Ash before but now it's happening I never want it to stop.

He pulls away slowly, but doesn't let go of me, he rests his forehead against mine and leaves me longing for one more kiss. I stay frozen with my eyes still closed and the lingering taste of his lips still intact.

"I've been wanting to do that for so long." he whispers, gazing into my eyes.

I don't know how to reply. I had never thought about Ash this way and I don't know my feelings for him. All I know is that, that kiss was magical, and those feelings I was having certainly weren't friendly feelings. I think I finally know what to say. I open my mouth to pronounce my thoughts and feelings towards Ash, but as soon as I start to speak, Felicity bursts through the door.

"There you two are! Its almost eleven o'clock, you have places to be!" she says aggressively, pointing at both of us.

We mutter apologies as she drags us by our arms back to district fives apartments. I turn towards Ash, smirking and he rolls his eyes, pretending to cut his throat. I have to turn away, controlling my laughter, scared I'll burst out laughing, and wind up Felicity even more.

We get split up, and thrown into different rooms away from each other, where Nora is waiting on me. I catch one last glance of Ash and he looks like he's trying to say something. I don't catch on to what he's tying to mouth and the door's slammed in his face, as in mine.

That's the last time I'll get to see Ash before the arena. No goodbyes, no good lucks, not another word said to each other.

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Hello! I hope you've enjoyed these last few chapters, the next chapter the games begin are you excited???

Please tell me what you would like to see or see more of in the games and I'm sure I can fit it in!

I was watching pokémon earlier on today and I totally forgot that the guy in it was called Ash haha! He looks exactly like a cartoon version of how I imagined Ash, and I didn't do it purposely at all! I haven't watched Pokémon in ages and totally forgot about him!

But anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter and the kiss!! Keep reading and don't forget to vote and comment!