p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"The Hunger Games/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Peeta's POV/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"By obeykatniss/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Chapter 1/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"I wake up to the sound of my alarm clock buzzing telling me that it's time to go work at the bakery. I love working at the bakery. The feeling of icing cakes and knowing that our costumers are satisfied makes me so happy you would think im high all of the time. But im not, im just happy to satisfy people./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"I wash my face and brush my teeth. I change into a plain white shirt and jeans with holes in the knees. No point in dressing up until the reaping it's the way for the capital to punish us for "rebelling" on the people that feed us and take care of us. Well that's bullshit./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"More like the people who starve us and kill us in the games and the worst part of it all is forcing innocent little children into the games. Well, almost all innocent children are in the games. They also force us to live in horrible places where we are left to fend for ourselves and half of us will be lucky if we get to have half a raisin one day. I'm just lucky i live in town, where all of the shops are. We don't starve to death like the others, but we don't eat and live like kings either The people who live in the seam couldn't afford to live in town./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Like Katniss everdeen. She is fierce and smart. All I know about her is the stuff that my parents tell me, my father told me that once he fell in love with her mother but she went after a man who could make all of the birds stop singing. And my mother knows this, and hates him and her mother for it. But to be honest she hates everything. But with a little investigating I found out that her father died in a mine explosion when she was 12 and she hangs around Gale who, I think is her boyfriend. He must be the luckiest man alive. He gets to date Katniss, and I respected my most of district twelve since his father also died in the explosion./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Even though she is sixteen and he is eighteen. If Katniss was not taken, I still would never ask her out. Too shy I guess./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"As I walk into the bakery I see Gale trading my dad a squirrel for some bread. My father gives him a whole loaf. Since today is reaping day, sympathy is all around./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Even though this is his last year in the games, until the quarter quell next year since you never know what could happen. I catch his eye as he walks out. He scowls at me. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"What the hell did I do now?/em I think./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;""Good morning Peeta." my father says to me as my brothers /spanspan style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Rye/spanspan style="font-size: 20.0pt;" and Evan walk in talking about girls. I only liked one girl, even though lots of others have noticed me. "Good morning...I guess." I answer. "What's up 'Lil bro?" Evan says as he ruffles my hair. He's lucky since he is too old to be in the games. We all become silent as my mother walks downstairs./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;""Well? Aren't you going to start working? You have always been so lazy. How and why would I ever have married a slob like you and had three lazy children?" my mother demands. That was so hurtful my father shows it on his face but my mother remains strong./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"We all start doing our jobs as I begin to wonder if my mother will ever change. That's why my father married her. He said that everyone can change and he believes she can. I start icing cakes and putting flowers and little decorations on them./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"After a while we all go to get ready. I put on a white shirt with a black vest and black dress pants. My father lets me use his shoes he got from his parents for his reapings. I think of this as a father son moment but my father looks on the verge of breaking so I just hug him tight and tell him I'll be okay./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"We all head to the square for the reaping. Im praying so much that Katniss doesn't get picked. It's not like she couldn't win. She has skills from being in the woods that would help her so much. If I get picked I wouldn't stand a chance. I have no skills at all. Unless they count baking. Which they don't./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"As my family splits up to there section separated by age, I spot Katniss consoling her sister, prim. It must be her first time. The reapings start at age twelve so enjoy it while you can. I think back to my first time. I was scared as shit. As we all get into place our escort Effie Trinket seems chirpy as usual./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;""Well I am very excited to be here!" she says im surprised she is since we are one of the shittier districts. I am almost too sure she's lying. But the capital was always confusing. so you can never tell. "So before we start let's watch out honorary video!" she says. As I drown out the video which is shown at every reaping, I realize that I worried about Katniss so much I forgot about me. Which is usual because I don't like to be selfish. So I worry about rye and prims sake./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"As I tune back in I see that she has already made it to the girls bowl "Ladies first! Remember that boys!" she says. As she picks up the name I think please don't be Katniss please don't be Katniss please don't be Katniss. She reads the name and I sigh of relief. Wait. Shit! She called prims name! Wait there is no way she is going to stand for this because Katniss's family matters to her more than her own life, so I know what she is going to do and I have to stop her. Before I can say anything as I suspected, Katniss volunteers for her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Peeta's POV/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"By obeykatniss/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Chapter 1/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"_/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"I wake up to the sound of my alarm clock buzzing telling me that it's time to go work at the bakery. I love working at the bakery. The feeling of icing cakes and knowing that our costumers are satisfied makes me so happy you would think im high all of the time. But im not, im just happy to satisfy people./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"I wash my face and brush my teeth. I change into a plain white shirt and jeans with holes in the knees. No point in dressing up until the reaping it's the way for the capital to punish us for "rebelling" on the people that feed us and take care of us. Well that's bullshit./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"More like the people who starve us and kill us in the games and the worst part of it all is forcing innocent little children into the games. Well, almost all innocent children are in the games. They also force us to live in horrible places where we are left to fend for ourselves and half of us will be lucky if we get to have half a raisin one day. I'm just lucky i live in town, where all of the shops are. We don't starve to death like the others, but we don't eat and live like kings either The people who live in the seam couldn't afford to live in town./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Like Katniss everdeen. She is fierce and smart. All I know about her is the stuff that my parents tell me, my father told me that once he fell in love with her mother but she went after a man who could make all of the birds stop singing. And my mother knows this, and hates him and her mother for it. But to be honest she hates everything. But with a little investigating I found out that her father died in a mine explosion when she was 12 and she hangs around Gale who, I think is her boyfriend. He must be the luckiest man alive. He gets to date Katniss, and I respected my most of district twelve since his father also died in the explosion./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Even though she is sixteen and he is eighteen. If Katniss was not taken, I still would never ask her out. Too shy I guess./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"As I walk into the bakery I see Gale trading my dad a squirrel for some bread. My father gives him a whole loaf. Since today is reaping day, sympathy is all around./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Even though this is his last year in the games, until the quarter quell next year since you never know what could happen. I catch his eye as he walks out. He scowls at me. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"What the hell did I do now?/em I think./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;""Good morning Peeta." my father says to me as my brothers /spanspan style="font-size: 20.0pt;"Rye/spanspan style="font-size: 20.0pt;" and Evan walk in talking about girls. I only liked one girl, even though lots of others have noticed me. "Good morning...I guess." I answer. "What's up 'Lil bro?" Evan says as he ruffles my hair. He's lucky since he is too old to be in the games. We all become silent as my mother walks downstairs./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;""Well? Aren't you going to start working? You have always been so lazy. How and why would I ever have married a slob like you and had three lazy children?" my mother demands. That was so hurtful my father shows it on his face but my mother remains strong./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"We all start doing our jobs as I begin to wonder if my mother will ever change. That's why my father married her. He said that everyone can change and he believes she can. I start icing cakes and putting flowers and little decorations on them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"After a while we all go to get ready. I put on a white shirt with a black vest and black dress pants. My father lets me use his shoes he got from his parents for his reapings. I think of this as a father son moment but my father looks on the verge of breaking so I just hug him tight and tell him I'll be okay./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"We all head to the square for the reaping. Im praying so much that Katniss doesn't get picked. It's not like she couldn't win. She has skills from being in the woods that would help her so much. If I get picked I wouldn't stand a chance. I have no skills at all. Unless they count baking. Which they don't./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"As my family splits up to there section separated by age, I spot Katniss consoling her sister, prim. It must be her first time. The reapings start at age twelve so enjoy it while you can. I think back to my first time. I was scared as shit. As we all get into place our escort Effie Trinket seems chirpy as usual./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;""Well I am very excited to be here!" she says im surprised she is since we are one of the shittier districts. I am almost too sure she's lying. But the capital was always confusing. so you can never tell. "So before we start let's watch out honorary video!" she says. As I drown out the video which is shown at every reaping, I realize that I worried about Katniss so much I forgot about me. Which is usual because I don't like to be selfish. So I worry about rye and prims sake./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"As I tune back in I see that she has already made it to the girls bowl "Ladies first! Remember that boys!" she says. As she picks up the name I think please don't be Katniss please don't be Katniss please don't be Katniss. She reads the name and I sigh of relief. Wait. Shit! She called prims name! Wait there is no way she is going to stand for this because Katniss's family matters to her more than her own life, so I know what she is going to do and I have to stop her. Before I can say anything as I suspected, Katniss volunteers for her./span/p