Forest

"Oh, I can." I muttered to myself and swam after her. She squealed playfully when I wrapped my arms around her and brought her back against my chest "You better work on your swimming, Winter Dawn."

"What if I let you catch me?" I asked, a bit breathless, as I stared up into his eyes.

"Why would you do something like that?" I asked, looking down at her.

"Because I wanted you to. You're the sexiest man I have ever seen Lane. Why wouldn't I want you to catch me."

"Careful. Don't tempt me too much." I said and released her out of my arms slowly.

"I tempt you?"

"Yes, tempt me. You know what I'm referring to." I smirked.

I smirked back at him. "And... what if I said... you tempt me too? In the same way?"

"We just met...is that really such a good idea?"

"I don't know." I blushed a little. "I probably just gave you a really wrong impression of me. You probably think I'm easy. I never do this. I just... I like you. And that makes me sound even worse. Maybe I should just go."

"No, not all." I reached out and took her hand, pulling her back to me "I don't think you're easy, I was just making sure I wasn't going too far."

"If I thought you were going too far, you'd know it," I said and smiled up at him.

"Alright then." I smiled back at her "Don't go just yet, stay while."

"I would really like that," I said and splashed him again. "I think I'm having too much fun to leave right now anyway."

"I could watch you swim all day."

Definitely same here. "Well I might just take you up on that," I said and moved to float on my back. "So what do you do when you're not out here patrolling?"

"Hunting, fishing, just about anything I feel like doing." I said as I swam over to her. She really was beautiful, her dark hair was spreading out and cascaded above the water...it was gorgeous.

"I love coming out here and picking flowers. I help my mom bake, and I've been helping sew clothes too. The kids, especially the little ones and the babies, don't have much. And I'm good at weaving," I said and turned my head, smiling at him. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I'm just listening and watching, sounds like you have a lot talents."

"Just things my mom taught me growing up, when she could. I didn't... get to spend a lot of time with my family."

"Why not?" I asked.

"They had to keep me safe. There was a Capitol official who was... obsessed with my mom. Made things really difficult on the family. He ended up kidnapping her and my aunt, and my cousin Tara."

"What in the hell? That's awful, is your family okay?"

"They are now. And my dad and my uncle Brayden killed him, so that helps. They just didn't want him to find out about me, in case he used me against them. So they hid me with a family in the lowest district growing up, then I got a home by myself when I got old enough. They came to visit but..." I sighed. "This is depressing, I'm sorry."

"That must have been really awful for all of you. I'm sorry."