Chapter 1

"Katniss!" Prim calls from the kitchen. I stare at the blank wall, thinking. "KATNISS!" she throws her book at me. I look at her, shocked. "Snap out of it!" she says. "You've been like that for days! Look, I know you miss Gale, but we'll be going home for Christmas next month, and you'll see him again."

"You're right," I say. Prim and I moved into our new apartment last month because after father's death, mother died completely on the inside. It was a rare site to see her take care of us for once, so we left her to my best friend Gale's family – his father was also dead – to take care of her while me and Prim stay here to study. I miss all the fun we had with Gale and his brother Rory – and Prim knows it.

"What's for breakfast?" I ask. She stares at me in disbelief. "You think today will be different? Cereal, as always," she answers. I get up. "I'm going to go get some cocoa powder for us, Prim, to make hot cocoa," I say. She nods and I grab my jacket and rush out. The minute I lay my foot on the snow, my feet sunk in. It was almost an inch deep. God, I hated winter.

As I walk towards the grocery store to get the cocoa powder, I pass the bakery. A guy from my school, Peeta and his family own it. He was at the counter, giving fresh pastries to everyone. I glance up at him and he smiles. I wave and then make my way to the store.

I think of home. I have some other friends from my earlier school back home. One's Finnick – bronze hair and sea green eyes – then there's Annie, who Finnick had a huge crush on. He's been waiting for her his whole life. There's Johanna – the leader of everything. And then Gale. Gale's dated almost everyone in high school – except, well, me. He's girlfriend now is this girl named Glimmer. Her boyfriend Marvel dumped her for this girl named Clove, but she was already with Cato. I think love is a weakness. You'd do anything for the one you love, and I think it's crazy. Love is a waste of time.

I walk into the grocery store, grab the powder, hand the money to the cashier, and head home. On my way home, I pass the bakery again. Peeta's still there. School was cancelled due to the snow. I look to the front of the road while passing the bakery, I see her. How is she here? Johanna. She's here. Right in front of me.

"Jo!" I run towards her and hug her hard. "Jo, I missed you!"

"I barely missed you, Brainless," she says. I grin at the use of my old nickname.

"How are you here?" I say, pulling away. "Vacation," she says. "Oh," is all I can utter. It's already vacation week. Not for us, though. I see Peeta watching us, smiling, from the corner of my eye.

"Seen any cute boys?" Johanna says. I laugh. "I don't care about boys," I say. "Where are you going then?" she rolls her eyes jokingly. "Home," I say. "Well, let's take Prim a little treat then," she says, dragging me towards the bakery.

"We'd like three cherry turnovers, please," Johanna says. Peeta goes to get them and Johanna grins. "You think Prim would like those?" she asks. "Yeah," I say. Peeta comes back and Johanna grabs the bag and hands him the money. "Hey, Peeta," I say. "Katniss," he smiles. I smile back. Johanna watches us, smirking.

One the walk home, Johanna grins at me knowingly. "I thought you said you don't care about boys?"

"I don't," I say. "He's all yours."

"He likes you, you know," she says. "Jo, you know he doesn't," I say. "Right," she says in a tone. I roll my eyes.

"Prim!" I call out, walking in. "Guess who I found!"

She comes running. "Johanna!" she beams. "Hello, little Rose," Johanna says. She hands Prim the bag and she opens it. "Turnovers! Thanks!" she smiles. "Jo's idea," I say and she beams at Johanna. We take off our boots and jackets and Prim goes to make the hot cocoa. Johanna sits down on the couch. I go to help Prim and Johanna turns on the TV. Some old song starts playing.

In a couple of minutes, Prim, Johanna, and I are sitting on the couch, sipping hot cocoa and munching on the delicious turnovers.

"You boyfriend is a great baker," Johanna grins. I roll my eyes. "Shut up, Jo!" I nudge her. "Boyfriend?" Prim grins. "Yeah. Peeta, the guy from her new school," Johanna says. "Jo!" I groan. "He's the baker's son, right?" Prim says and Johanna nods. I hate it that they both are talking about some guy from school as if he's my boyfriend. "What a great couple," Johanna grins. "I wish!" I roll my eyes sarcastically. "Did you hear that Prim? She wishes!" Johanna says. "It was sarcasm," I say. "Yeah, right," Prim says.

What are these two thinking? I barely know Peeta! Well, maybe I do know him….just a little.

So what did you guys think? More chapters coming soon! Also, I might not post new chapters of this story too much in the next couple of days because I'm working on my story Are They Real? You can go and check it out while waiting for this story. Please review and PM me any questions as always. Thanks for reading!