Femslash, student/teacher (Effniss and some Joniss). Modern-ish AU, set in a fictional America. The school is inspired by PennDesign (University of Pennsylvania School of Design).
DISCLAIMER:
I do not own The Hunger Games, the original characters or any of the songs mentioned!
Author's Note: I recently watched The Hunger Games and Catching Fire and became totally obsessed with them (going to see Mockingjay Part 1 soon). There aren't a lot of Effniss fics, I realized, and decided to write one myself. Since I have a tendency to start a lot of stories but never finish them (and hate to disappoint my readers) I've been waiting to publish this, but now it's all done! I'll be updating with a new chapter every day until New Years Eve.
Merry Christmas! (To everyone who might celebrate that tonight, I do.)
Prologue
"Peeta, I need your help," I state firmly.
He looks at me, surprised but curious.
"Of course, what do you need help with?"
"Well, there is this...person I kinda like and I wanna know if they like me back."
"Oh, I see. Do I by any chance know this person?" Peeta asks teasingly, clearly amused.
"Oh give me a break, you know we're practically enemies!"
I know he's thinking of the feisty senior Johanna Mason, who happens to be the school band drummer and as we recently discovered: a lesbian. Plus, she hates me. I don't really know why.
Peeta laughs as he probably remembers how we used to joke about me dating her when I first came out to him. As a bisexual, that is. The current target for my love, however, is not Johanna. I have reasons not to give too many clues.
"Come on Katniss, you can tell me."
His voice is warm and caring. I almost give in to the urge to let him know but stand by my decision to keep it secret. It's for the best.
"You don't need to know, I already have a plan. Are you gonna help me or not?"
Peeta sighs, knowing I can be very stubborn when I choose to, then shrugs.
"Fine, what do you want me to do?"
I give him a smug face.
"You're gonna pretend to be my boyfriend."