Where the Sky meets the Sea

Finnick and Annie~

"Come on Annie, you need to learn how to swim, you live in District 4!" I hear Finnick say after ten minutes of silently staring at the sea. I turn my head to him and find his figure almost artificial, bright and gorgeous. That's just Finnick, I suppose. His bronze hair being hit by evening sun rays hurts my eyes and makes me want to look away, but I can't. I simply can't look away.

"So?" I ask, failing at seeming offended.

"So that you need to learn! And I will teach you"

"Pfft, you? Teach me? I don't think so…" I give him a confident look and a smile as he hugs me and we both fall to the sand.

In between laughter and small kisses, I fall into the ocean of his eyes. Just like I did nine years ago, and he rescued me.

Ever since he kept me from drowning when we were kids, we've been inseparable. The only time we're not together, is when Finnick goes into the sea, I just can't bring myself to go in there, and he knows that.

"Annie, please? For me?" He snaps me out of the spell he got me into.

I sigh. "Okay, but if I say we stop, we stop"

He smiles gleefully, like a kid who's just been given a cookie. Oh, Finnick.

We walk into the salty water, with some difficulty put up by me, of course. We get to a point where the water surpasses me knees a bit.

Finnick grabs my waist and tells me to close my eyes. I do, and let myself feel everything.

I feel the soft movement of the water beneath me, the unstable sand below my feet, Finnick's hands on my body, his lips on my neck… I'm in heaven. I let myself go as Finn leads me deeper into the water, I know I'm safe.

I twirl and float and almost fly, the grip on my waist gets looser and looser as I get more confident. I breathe deeply and let the water take me. A giggle wakes me up from my daydreams. I look around and suddenly notice I'm nowhere near touching the ground. I freak out. I begin to shake my arms and hyperventilate, when I realize it. Finnick is with me. I'm not alone. He's in the water, he is the ocean himself. I float to where he is, a place where my feet reach the ground.

I smile, satisfied, as he congratulates me with a kiss on the forehead. We leave the water without letting go off each other and we stare at each other. The sight of his features delights me. I let my hands wander around his face, shaping his nose and cheek bones, his eyes, his lips. When I reach those last, I fall into a new trap, a trap I never want to get out of.

"I love you" He whispers, overwhelming me with joy.

"And I love you" He smiles and kisses me again, more passionately this time, and together, we let ourselves sink.