Dear Readers,
I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm Katniss Everdeen and I live in Cincinnati, Ohio with my foster family. My dad died in a car crash when I was in the second grade and my sister lost an arm. Mom, well, did some stuff and we were put up for adoption. Prim lives in Tennessee with her family, she's lucky that she was a baby when we went up for adoption because she got adopted right away. I now live with Effie and Haymitch; Haymitch is a man in his 50s and had a wife who passed away around five years ago. He's usually drunk but Effie still takes good care of us. Two other sets of kids live with us, the Hawthorne's and the Maui's. The Hawthorne family has three boys and a girl, Gale who is around my age and my best friend, Rory who is Prim's age, Vick who's 10, and Posy who is 4. Their father died in a car crash, same as mine, and their mother died giving birth to Posy. The Maui's have three girls and two boys; Rue who is thirteen is the oldest, Lilac who is ten alongside her twin brother Chris, Perhe who is six and little Daisy who was three. Their parents died in a shooting one night and they're from Indianapolis, Indiana. Effie is originally from Utah, I can't remember where and Haymitch is a local. I'm from up north a little, Dayton to be exact, that's where I was born and where my family lived. I really miss them, although there was plenty wrong with them- but I don't talk about that.
I'll move on to my appearance, I have my dad's grey eyes and dark hair but I've been told my face looks like my mom's. I'm not short, I'm 5'5" but I'm not the tallest in my class either. People say I should be happy with my appearance, but I'm not. People make fun of my weight, I weigh around 150 pounds but I'm not obese, I'm just overweight. I don't get it though, I eat healthy and take my vitamins yet I'm still overweight. Gale says that I'm beautiful but I don't believe him, what else would a brother say? I asked him once if he'd date me if he could but he never gave me a direct answer, it just proves what I say more.
I get teased a lot at school; mostly by this group called the Careers. They're called that because their parents are movie stars or work in Hollywood, they come from the other side of the country. How they ended up here is a mystery to me. There is Glimmer Toth, a blonde whose parents are Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth. Clove Efron, a brunette whose parents are Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. Marvel Quaid, a tall boy whose parents are Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid. And the worst, Cato Hutcherson who is the star player on the football team whose parents are Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson. Because their parents are all-stars they get the special treatment in school yet use all their time to pick on me. They call me names like 'Everfat' or 'Catpiss' but it really gets me mad when they tell me to go home to mommy and daddy, I usually break down on the car ride home. It doesn't get physical, thankfully, but it still makes me feel really bad.
Enough bad talk, I'll talk about my friends. There is Madge Undersee; her dad is the principal of the school so she gets teased by Cato's crew a lot. I also have Johanna Mason, she's from Canada and was adopted because her parents were both in the line of duty and died. I usually tell her about my problems because she's the only one who understands, and I think she likes Gale. The last person is Annie Cresta; she's from Texas and has ADHD. She has a nice home and family but she doesn't pity me, she gets bullied a lot by the Careers as well. To them we're known as the Misfits, if you're one of us you're an outcast and no one talks to you. We don't think anything of it though; we really don't care what the other people think.
Although I have really good friends, the bullying gets really personal. As I said before, they call me 'Catpiss' and 'Everfat' but if they feel that they really need to push their luck they'll call me Seam slut. Seam is the program the foster family works for; I don't remember what it stands for though. Johanna usually tries to stand up for me, with her attitude I'm surprised she doesn't get bullied a lot more (not to be mean.) But the Vice Principal is the one in charge of punishment. V.P Coin does nothing to stop the bullying; she just complains that she should be superintendent instead of Snow. I don't like either of them, they both do nothing about the bullying, and they say it's not a big problem. YEAH?! YOU TRY LIVING IN THIS HELL FOR A DAY! No one can touch them because they're pretty much the ultimate people who if you mess with them bad things will happen to them. Because of the bullying, I didn't think I'd ever find someone who would love me with all of my flaws.
Until I met Peeta Mellark.
So what do you think? Should I keep it or discard it, feedback is appreciated!