Poison berries (Larry Stylinson/Hunger Games)

Chapter 8: Thinking Out Loud

“What? Why would the game maker want to meet me?”

Lou poked me in the back. “Does it matter? Don’t worry dear, now like I said, chins up, smiles on.” We got out of the car and walked on the red carpet. There were photographers every where. We entered the Capitol Hall which was turned into a ball room. There were all kinds of Capitol celebrities attending, we met a lot of people who wanted to be our sponsors, but I’m not sure if we impressed them enough. It was already nine thirty and I couldn’t find Harry. It was very frustrating, because so many people interrupted me in my search, the same thing is probably happening to him. I finally spotted the curly haired tribute but was interrupted by some annoying ginger guy.

“Looking for someone?”

“Not anymore… Is there anything I can do for you?”

“Yes actually, I’m Ed Sheeran, nice to finally meet you, Louis.” every single word coming from his mouth felt like flirting.

“Oh, you’re this years game maker. Nice to meet you too Ed.”

“Can I buy you a drink?”

“Uhmm, I’m pretty sure that everything here is free.”

“Not everything.” He winked at me, then grabbed my hand and pulled me to bar. He ordered us some kind of cocktails. He was mostly talking and I was nodding and fake laughing to his jokes, I just wanted to find Harry and spend some time with him.

“Am I boring you?” Yes, you fucking are! I thought to myself.

“No, why would you think that?”

“You just seem kind of distant.” He paused.

“You know… I like you Louis, and more than in a friend way..”

Is this guy for real?! I mean how can we be fucking friends? In less than two weeks he’s going to have to kill me! Okay, maybe I’m too harsh on him, he seems like a nice guy but I’m not… My thoughts were interrupted when I could feel his lips pressing against mine. I didn’t do anything to stop him, it wasn’t anything special to be honest. He licked my lips asking for entry, I pulled away.

“I’m sorry… I like you too, just not in that way.”

“No, no, don’t apologize, I’m stupid, I should’ve known better than to force myself on you. I’m sorry.” He sounded really hurt, he practically cried out that apology.

“Its okay, really. I should get going, I promised someone I’d meet them tonight, are you going to be okay?” He smiled at me.

“Yes, of course, again I’m sorry about this…” I nodded and left the private part of the bar and returned back to the ball room. Harry was slow dancing with the girl from his district, now how the fuck am I suppose to interrupt them. Luckily Harry spotted me soon enough and then he whispered something to her ear, she nodded and left the dance floor. He was walking towards me. I started to feel jumpy yet a bit nervous. Wait.. what? Why am I feeling nervous? What is this boy doing to me.

“Hey curly.” I said in a flirty way for some fucking reason. I need help.

“Hiya!” He said that in the most adorable way imagined.

“Do you wanna go and take a walk with me?” I asked.

“Yes, I would love that, it’s really crowded in here.” I nodded and started to walk to the opened door, I could feel someone grab my hand, it was so soft and gentle I barely felt it. I turned around and saw Harry holding on to me like a lost puppy. He was so cute. I just smiled and held his hand tighter. It was cold outside and Harry was only wearing a baby blue shirt and some dark blue jeans.

“Here.” I said, giving him my jacket.

“No, you’ll be cold then.”

“I have a sweater I’ll be fine, come here.” I pulled him closer with my hand on his waist, I took off my jacket and put it on him.

“So, where are we going?” He asked.

“Over there, I think I saw few benches where we can sit down.” “Okay.”

“What’s your full name curly?” He blushed.

“Harry Edward Styles, and yours?”

“Louis Tomlinson, what’s your favorite color?” He was silent for awhile.

“Why are you asking me this? And why would you even ask me to come with you in the first place.” Mood suddenly changed. He was angry for some reason.

“Why do you think I’m asking you all this?” He shrugged.

“Maybe you want to use me, or be nice to me now and then go after me in the games.” I looked at him and smiled.

“I like you.” He shook his head and gave me a confused look. “What?”

“The reason I’m asking you this is because I like you, and I want to know more about you.”

“I don’t know… This could be a trap.” He said playfully. He smirked at me waiting for me to react.

“Oh really? How can I make you trust me?” He giggled.

“Show me how much you like me.” Since we were walking and at the same time we were talking I saw a small puddle that we were heading towards, so I picked him up bridal style, he wasn’t that heavy.

“What are you doing?! Put me down!”

“I’m showing you how much I like you” He laughed, it was the most adorable thing ever.

“You see this puddle of water?”

“Yeah…”

“Well I’m going to take you across it, kind of like a knight in shining armour.” I winked at him. His cheeks were so red at this moment. Few moment after I slowly put him down.

“I’m sorry for taking my frustration out on you, it was rude, can you forgive me?” I smiled at him.

“Do you like me?” I said coming closer to him.

“Y-Yes.” He said nervously. At this point we were so close to each other that I could feel his warm breath on my skin. It was cold and we were making small clouds of breath every few seconds.

“Show me how much.” I said, staring at his lips, they were almost heart shaped, plump and so red. He licked his lips one more time before getting closer to me, the warmth of his lips were now pressing against mine. It felt so good, he put his arms on my shoulders, he needed to even the height difference, there wasn’t much of a difference but at that moment I didn’t care and I grabbed him by his waist and pulled him deeper into the kiss. I licked his lips asking for entry, he immediately let me in. Our tongues were dancing together, his tasted like the apple cocktail I tried at the buffet. But this was not enough for me, I wanted more, so I picked him up and our lips parted for few moments untill I got him pressed hard against the nearest tree I could find. We got right back to where we started, our lips were crashing against one another, Harry was now moving his fingers through my hair which made me want him even more.

“Louis?! Is that you?!” At that moment I wanted to kill the person who was calling out my name. I slowly put Harry down, he was covered in red and was still breathing like he just ran 6 miles. I was even worse, just picture this, I was looking exactly like Harry plus I had a boner. Yeah. That was just perfect.

“Spencer?!”

“No it’s Alex. Oh, well hello mr. Styles, what are you doing here on this fine evening… Oh…” She looked at both of us and smirked.

“Or may I refine that question into: Who are you doing on this fine evening, but I think that the answer is pretty obvious.”