My second ever FanFic! R and R, let me know if you want to Beta, but please note I also have my LoZ FanFic so I may be juggling them quite a bit.
As the bell rang for homeroom, Katniss scanned the hallway for her friend Gale. He was supposed to have walked to school with her and her sister Prim, but he hadn't shown up. He was in the year above from her, in his senior year, but they were inseparable outside of class. Katniss couldn't see Gale and in the end gave up and went to homeroom, as the late bell went. Her friend Madge waved her over to where they usually sat.
"So, what's new?" Madge asked nonchalantly.
"Nothing, you saw, like yesterday remember?" Katniss reminded her. Madge rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, but yesterday didn't have a new guy joining our school." Madge squealed. This time Katniss rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, great. What are they serving in the cafeteria?"
"No, listen. Apparently, he was an awesome football player and he is moving here because he hurt his back in a game, so he lost his scholarship at CA." Katniss glanced up Capitol Academy was the school to go to. If you got a scholarship you had to be amazing. But if you messed up, you were out. It must have been tough for this guy.
"What does this have to do with us?"
"He's in our homeroom. And ohmygosh he is lush!" Madge was practically drooling and Katniss reluctantly turned around to see what was so special about him. And then her jaw dropped. An Adonis stood in the doorway. He had bronze hair, a deep tan and two incredible green eyes. He was very tall, obviously over six foot, but not in a lanky way. He was muscular and his football background had given him a nice athletic figure.
"But," Katniss reasoned with herself, "He's probably never going to say a word to you, and if he does, he'll just be another one of those handsome, sporty douche bags who couldn't string a sentence together." But she was proven wrong when he strolled over to the empty desk next to her.
"Is this seat taken?" He said his voice just as manly and hot as his figure.
"Not if you sit there." Katniss said, keeping her cool as he slipped into the chair.
"Finnick Odair." He stuck his hand out at her and it took her a few moments to realise she was supposed to shake it. She shook it, and told him her name. "Katniss Everdeen. What a beautiful name for such a pretty person." He laughed as she scowled at him. "You should be called the Girl on Fire because after that look, I think I'm going to burst into flames! Anyway, I am pleased to make your acquaintance."
"Likewise." Katniss glanced at Madge who was practically drooling onto her designer clothes.
"And that's Madge. At least she will be when she wakes up out of the coma that you inadvertently put her in."
"That's okay; I have that affect on people." He laughed as Madge appeared to shake herself awake.
"Hi, I'm Madge Undersee."
"Finnick Odair. Pleased to meet you Madge."
"The pleasures all mine." Katniss rolled her eyes as Madge started really obviously flirting with Finnick. She glanced at him and saw he was holding back a smirk.
"So, Finnick, why'd you come to the crummy old District school?" Madge asked, despite already knowing the answer. Katniss saw his easy going smile fall for just a second, like he was wearing a mask and then flicker on again.
"I was playing a game of football and then this guy just flat out knocked me over. It put my back out for a few weeks, but I missed the State Championship so Principal Snow kicked me out. But I don't care. Everything was easy. People pay me to help them with their homework." Madge gaped.
"Wow, you must be loaded!"
"Oh, I haven't dealt in anything as common as money for years."
"Then how do they pay you for the pleasure of your company?" Katniss was intrigued. Was he some kind of pimp?
"With secrets. ... What about you, girl on fire? Do you have any secrets worth my time" He put on a seductive face and Katniss smirked.
"Nope, I'm an open book. People know my secrets before I do."
"Well then, I must try to find them out. Madge, any secrets I should know before she kills me with her fiery gaze?" Madge looked please he was speaking to her and responded enthusiastically.
"Well, she hates her sister's cat, the cat's called Buttercup and her sister's Prim, and she pretends she hates school but secretly she's a huge nerd. Oh, and she sleeps with a teddy. That she calls Mr Whiskers." Madge stuck her tongue out at Katniss while Finnick roared with laughter.
"Mr Whiskers? Seriously? And I thought you were a sensible, mature person." He collapsed into laughter again and Madge was giggling like crazy. They were starting to attract attention from the other people in their homeroom.
"Right, Madge, you should know better. Finnick I've known you barely five minutes and you know more about me than Madge did for five years after we first met."
"Oh, I'm special!" He had calmed down a bit, but he was still smirking at her.
"No, you really aren't. You're just lucky Madge is here, to blurt out my private business."
"I don't think that first one counts as private."
"No, but the other two are. That's why I am in the top group for everything." Katniss allowed herself to boast. She had worked hard for those grades and she wanted to show it. Sadly, it seemed to spike Finnick's interest even more.
"Really? So am I! I guess we'll have classes together."
"Oh crap." He cocked an eyebrow at her.
"Is that a good oh crap or a bad oh crap? Because I really hope it's a good one."
"It's a bad oh crap."
"Oh crap!" he exclaimed and Katniss smirked at him.
"See, if you're doing this to get into my pants, it isn't going to work. Gale would kill you before you even touched me."
"Who's Gale?"
"My best friend. He's like a brother to me. This is just as well as he stops unwanted attention."
"Well then, I'll make sure to tell the unwanted people to watch out."
"When Glimmer gets her hands on you, you will want someone like Gale as well."
"Who's Glimmer?"
"The school whore. She has slept with practically every guy in school. I can count on one hand the guys that she hasn't slept with." Madge cut in, practically desperate to join in the conversation.
"And who might they be?" Finnick asked, smiling lazily at her.
"Well, you, Peeta Mellark, Gale, Thresh and Martin."
"Who are they?"
"You've heard of Gale already so we can skip him, Martin is well, mentally disabled, everyone treats him as a sort of pet, Thresh is this big brute of a guy even Glimmer is scared of him, and Peeta is the guy Katniss has been ogling at since seventh grade. Glimmer has turned on the charm with him but he has this crush on Katniss. They know that it is a mutual attraction but Katniss wants a tough guy, that will let her fight her own battles and Peeta wants to coddle her. So now they don't date other people but then kind of wait for the other one to make a move." Madge explained and Finnick smirked again.
"It seems I have some competition."
"Excuse me?" Katniss was shocked. Had he been flirting with her? Did he think she had been flirting with him?
"You heard me; I have competition for the fair maidens' hand. I must work hard to gain your favour!" He said dramatically and Katniss struggled to think of a response. Luckily the bell rang, signalling the end of homeroom. She grabbed her bag and bolted out of the room, running down the corridor towards her first class. She found her class and slipped into a chair in the middle row. Gradually the room filled up and Finnick ambled in with Madge trotting after him, like a love struck puppy. He sat in the seat to the left of her and strangely Madge didn't sit on her other side. She instead sat on the left of him. However that didn't last because Glimmer and her cronies entered, saw Finnick and actually shoved Madge out of the seat. Finnick went to say something, his brow furrowed in anger, but Glimmer beat him to it.
"Hi, I'm Glimmer. You don't want to sit next to her she's a prude. But, I'm like totally available and way more popular." She said, as she ran a hand over Finnick's chest. He pushed it away.
"Thanks, but no thanks. Madge and Katniss are my friends." Glimmers pretty little face crinkled in disgust.
"Those freaks? Why sit with them? I can show you a good time. Better than those losers ever could."
"Well, actually-"Finnick started to say but Katniss cut in.
"Actually, Finnick used to go to CA, but because he can't play football anymore he came here. He's been assigned as my tutor though because my grades are slipping in Chemistry."
"Fine. But at least I don't have to be stupid to sleep with guys." Glimmer sneered before stalking off to sit in the back row. Madge sat back down in her chair as Finnick laughed again.
"Chemistry? What about biology? Or are you saving that for later?"
"Shut up." Katniss mumbled as the late bell rang and the teacher walked in.
"I want to talk to you at break, all right?"
"Fine, douche." Katniss grumbled as the last person in the class arrived. It was Peeta.
"Sorry I'm late." He said, breathless from running to be on time.
"That's okay, there's an empty seat next to Everdeen. Be on time next time." The teacher pointed to the chair to the right of Katniss.
"Oh shit." She mumbled as Peeta sat down.