Katniss POV

BANG! The sudden sound of the delivery truck startled me until I was wide awake. New people moving in next door. It was fast considering our previous neighbours only moved out last week. We got on well with those ones, but they come and go all the time next door. It's easy to know why though, every night all me and Prim can hear is the sound of her sobbing.

First day back at school. Nightmare. I crawl out of my bed, with no effort to do anything. The water fell down on me, soaking me from head to toe, allowing me to wake up from my perfect dream world. The shower is the only place that seems to relax me at the moment. Everywhere else only brings me stress.

As I slip into my underwear and do up the clasp to my bra, I hear laughter coming from downstairs. It's an odd sound to hear in my house. Haven't even heard it since my dad walked out on us. He left me and Prim without anything, fending for ourselves and trying to keep mum from having a mental breakdown. I fasten my hair into its signature braid and let the damp mess fall down my back. I slide my green shirt over my shoulders, trying not to get the buttons clasped around the small strands of hair that slipped out of my braid. I also place my legs into my shorts and force the button through the small hole cut into the denim.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! My alarm clock sounds and I realise it's an hour late. I forgot it didn't even go off this morning and I assumed I had slept through it.

'Fuck!'

I run downstairs quickly, needing to have left 10 minutes ago in order to be at school on time. I grab a sour apple for my lunch, without any time to eat breakfast or make something proper to eat later on. Anyway, Mr Snow would not be impressed if I was tardy on my first day back, especially in the most important year of my school life.

I slam the door shut behind me. Mum has been taking a lot of time off work lately, even though he walked out on us 5 years ago. She's meant to be teaching music to the students at my high school. Instead, she sits at home, comfort eating and feeling pity for herself on a daily basis. It's exhausting coming home from work each day of the summer break, clearing away empty packets of food, cleaning the entire house and cooking an evening meal for me and my younger sister, Primrose. I call her Prim for short. I told you, we had to fend for ourselves.

Walking along the street is a bit of a blur this morning. I'm not particularly focused on what I am doing, until the beep of a car horn brings my senses back to life.

'What's up stranger?', I suddenly hear being yelled from a vehicle on the other side of the road from me, heading in the same direction.

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