Seducing the Careers

Swimming

"Well, I'll leave you two to it. It was great meeting you" she says, quickly walking away.

"That girl was so sweet!" I whisper to Johanna.

"I haven't been out in the Capitol much since I won. I guess I didn't realize that they weren't all rich assholes" I say, making her laugh.

"You're cute when you're all happy" she says, giving me a little nudge.

"I'm just glad something good came out of me winning that stupid game" I say, slightly blushing.

"Well there's always the fact that you got to room with Johanna Mason, the best person ever" she jokes.

"Right, how could I forget that?" I chuckle.

We reach the pond and stand next to it.

"Wow, that's a nice view" I say, in awe. I'd never seen a pond before.

"Yeah. Pretty lake, huh?" she agrees.

"Who said anything about a pond" I tease, with a wink.

Johanna rolls her eyes and laughs. It was a cute laugh.

"Right... so, teach. Where do we begin?" I ask.

"Well, probably with this" she says, shoving me into the pond.

I stand up in the pond, completely drenched in water and brush my hair out of my face in annoyance.

"You asshole!" I yell, making her laugh.

"You could've at least waited for me to take my clothes off.

"Yeah, but where's the fun in that" she says, slyly.

"You little—" I splash her with a lot of water.

"Okay, okay. We're even" she says, with a chuckle.

"How are we even? You're barely even wet" I say, getting out of the pond and grabbing her so I could drag her in.

"No, no, Toni, okay. I'm sorry" she apologizes, trying to resist my force.

"Thanks, but I'm already committed to this" I say, finally succeeding in getting her into the pond.

She groans in annoyance and stays in the pond while I strip down to my undergarments and join her.

"My eyes are up here, Jo" I say with a smirk, catching her staring.

She rolls her eyes and gives me a little splash.

"Okay. Take your clothes off and then teach me" I assert.

I see her hesitating.

"Is the Johanna Mason getting all shy on me? I can help, if you want. You know I've got plenty of experience with this sort of thing" I say.

"Shut up" she splashes me.

I gasp dramatically. "Are you blushing" I tease, causing her to splash me multiple times in a row.

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry" I laugh, clearing my wet hair off of my face.

**time skip******

"I don't know how you do it. I can't even keep my head above water for ten seconds" I complain.

"I think we finally found something that Golden Girl isn't perfect at" she teases.

"Here. Grab onto the bank and start kicking" she instructs.

"Ew. That mud's not even stable. I'll slip and drown, and then you're gonna have to give me mouth-to-mouth, which I'm afraid you'll enjoy far too much" I joke.

"Alright, Hart. Would you rather grab onto me?" she asks, rolling her eyes.

"Yes I would, actually" I say, putting my hands on her shoulders. I hear her gulp a little. Cute.

"So how is it?" I ask, kicking my legs.

She tilts her head to the side to look at my legs.

"And keep your eyes off my ass" I tease.

She chuckles. "Straighten your legs"

"I'm trying" I groan.

"Sorry about yesterday. By the way" she says, making me look up at her.

It made me realize how close our faces were. I must've stopped kicking, because my feet were on the ground now.

"I shouldn't have pried" she says quietly, looking into my eyes.

"It's okay. I'm glad you care" I say, my stomach fluttering at our closeness.

She looks down. "What happened to the kicking?" she teases.

"I guess I was distracted" I whisper.

"Yeah?" she asks. I hum in affirmation.

"Do you think I could maybe..." she trails off, her eyes flickering to my lips.

"Maybe" I whisper in response.

I don't really know who initiated or who leaned in first, but my eyes close and our lips connect.

My hands shift from her shoulders to her head, and we kiss until I break away for breath.

"If you wanna swim, we need to work on your breath-holding" Johanna teases, making me chuckle.