Life Through Sea Green Eyes - A Hunger Games Fanfiction

Part 3: Chapter 5

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Life Through Sea Green Eyes

Part Three: The Crazy Girl Back Home

Chapter Five

          It’s hard to fit back into my normal life now that I know there really is a rebellion and, even better, that I’m a part of it. This excitement isn’t so much that I get to be a part of some greater, humanitarian cause, but that I’m finally one step closer to getting revenge on President Snow and his corrupt government for the horrors they’ve put me and the people I love through.

          When I get back to District 4, I spend sunny afternoons lounging on my boat with Natare, Annie, and Mara. I find it hard to listen as they drone on and on about boys and clothes and all the other meaningless things they find so important. My mind swims with thoughts of the Capitol burning to the ground, of Snow being beheaded in the center of City Circle, of the looks on peoples’ faces when they learn that they’ll never again have to send their children off like cattle to a slaughter.

          These dark thoughts are momentarily pushed aside one afternoon, however, when the girls start to talk about Blake, Annie’s ex-boyfriend. Or so I thought. It turns out, once I pay attention to their conversation, that Annie never actually did break up with Blake like we’d discussed.

          “I thought you broke up with him,” I interject, not bothering to wait for a lull in the discussion.

          Natare shoots me an annoyed look. “Why would Annie break up with Blake? He’s only the sweetest guy in the world.”

          “I thought I was the sweetest guy in the world.”

          “You’re the cutest guy in the world,” Mara corrects. “The dreamiest as well. But Blake doesn’t have a sordid history of Capitol affairs, so he’s the sweetest.”

          I bite my tongue before I say something I’ll regret. Turning to Annie, who is looking very uncomfortable all of a sudden, I say, “I thought you were going to break up with him.”

          “Are you jealous?” Natare gapes at me. Then she scurries over to me and hisses in my ear, “You never told me that you liked Annie!”

          “I don’t!” I snap. “Annie, what...?”

          Annie gives an almost imperceptible shake of her head. I eye her meaningfully, as if to say, we’re going to talk about this later whether you like it or not. She nods slightly, and I relax and jump to my feet. “Never mind,” I dismiss. “I thought I heard that they’d broken up. Stupid rumour, although Annie’s way too good for him. Who wants to go for a swim?”

          Mara perks up. “Oooh, me!”

          Annie elects to stay on board the ship, no doubt preparing her argument for why she came crying to me one afternoon about how she didn’t like Blake and was going to dump him, and then went completely against her word. So Mara, Natare and I swim around in the water for a while, laughing and splashing each other. Once a sufficient amount of time has passed, I point out a pod of dolphins swimming nearby. As Mara and Natare splash off to investigate, I clamber aboard the ship, grab a towel to dry myself off, and catch Annie’s eyes.

          “Well?”

          She looks down miserably. “I wanted to do it, but I just couldn’t! You know how I live with my aunt and uncle? When they found out I was dating Blake, they were... more excited than I’ve seen them since my parents died. They’ve been worried about me – and no small part of that is because I’ve been spending so much time with you.”