Author's Note: First of all, not a songfic to Here's To The Zeros by Marianas Trench. I've just been listening to that song on repeat for almost a month now. As you guys probably already know, my mind likes to wander down the rabbit hole and bring the weirdest ideas up. Think is the most recent one. Last night there was a street dance in my home town so, as usual, I was hanging out at home. I can't even remember what I was watching but I couldn't focus on it. All of a sudden, I just sat straight up and screamed this story idea out. Now, here we are. I finally got a new desktop background for my computer of me and a bunch of my friends from outside of my home town. It's honestly so exciting. Okay. I'm still struggling to focus on anything right now. Send help. Here's the first chapter of Here's To The Zeros.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Hunger Games or anything else you recognize.
Chapter 1
Clove POV
Head down.
Try not to get noticed.
That was my life. Key word there is was. Head down and avoid the crowd. Avoid people at all costs because these people don't want to be near me. I was dubbed a loser. An outcast. By whom? The Donner twins. Glimmer and Maysilee. (A/N Yes, I know Glimmer isn't a Donner but go with it. This is very important to the plot.) They dubbed me, my best friends, and all of our boyfriends losers. They've dubbed probably a third of the people in the school losers and of course everyone always listened to them. My goal, like always, was to get to class unnoticed and sit in there until the bell rang. I had skipped that morning due to a lack of sleep and most people hadn't even realized I wasn't there. That day, however wasn't my day. I was trying to find my new favorite song on my phone to play it for my friends when I collided with someone. I knocked their smoothie all over them.
"Oh my God," I freaked out. "I'm so sorry.
I looked up only to see Glimmer scowling at me.
"Wait a minute. Never mind. I'm not sorry at all.
"Ugh! You're such a bitch, Sevina!" Glimmer screamed at me. "You are so paying for my dry cleaning."
"Oh just throw it in the wash. It's clearly just a knock off."
Glimmer's entire posse, including her twin gasped at me. (A/N I think this is the moment I tell you I picture Stefania Barr as Maysilee in this.)
"How dare you? I'll have you know this is a genuine-"
"Oh just shut your fucking trap for the first time in your life. By the way, if I texted the designer a picture of this and said you think this is a genuine Cinna creation, he would bawl his eyes out at your stupidity."
Despite the fact I was declared a loser, I was still richer than anyone at the school. Where Glimmer's jacket was a knock-off, mine was a Cinna creation. He actually sent me his entire new collection early as a gift for bailing him out when one of his models got sick right before a show. I had just received it a week earlier. I stormed past Glimmer and made it into Mr. Latier's science class. I took my seat beside Foxface.
"You took longer to get here than usual," my boyfriend, Cato pointed out. "What happened?"
"I ran into the bitch queen in the hall," I explained.
"What? How did you get here alive?" Peeta demanded.
"Told the bitch off and pointed out her jacket isn't a genuine Cinna creation. That reminds me-"
I cut myself off to dig around in my backpack until I came across the fabric I was looking for. I pulled the articles of clothing out and threw the black denim jacket at Katniss and I handed Foxface the white hoodie.
"I finally got a chance to dig through all the boxes Cinna send me and I thought you two would like these."
Katniss' jacket was black with a flame pattern stitched around the bottom of the jacket, the collar, and the end of the sleeves. I was trying to make a pun on Katniss' nickname, The Girl On Fire. Back before Glimmer and Maysilee turned into bitches, we were friends and were at my family's cabin. Katniss went inside during truth or dare one night and Marvel dared Glimmer to catch The ends of Katniss' jeans on fire and make it look like an accident. The situation got out of control way too fast for us to contain and Katniss' jacket and shirt caught fire. As soon as we manged to get the flames put out, Cato made a bad pun but it stuck with her.
Foxface's hoodie was a pull over jacket with fake gems forming a pattern on the pocket. I wasn't quite sure what the pattern was supposed to be but I knew Foxface would love it.
"Could you have gotten me anything that would be worst for camping?" she joked.
"Just don't wear it while your family is playing Mantracker and you'll be fine. I know you hate sending things to dry cleaning."
"I wasn't planning on it. So riddle me this. Is your entire outfit designed by Cinna?"
I stood up and spun around so my friends could see my outfit. I was wearing a purple tank top with ruffles all down the front under a black leather jacket. The jacket had gold and silver studs along the end of the jacket and along the end of my sleeves, both in a checkerboard pattern. The entire jacket was a button up but I had only did it up half way. My skinny jeans with dark blue but had a stone washed finished and were ripped along the front of them. My flats were black and had gold spike covering the toes.
"Boys, don't let me kick your asses today. The spikes on these may not be sharpened enough for my liking but they are real metal," I warned.
Cato and Marvel instantly threw themselves off the top of their desk and into their seats. Peeta, on the other hand, just backed slightly away from me.
"Okay girls," Marvel said in a girly voice. "Who remembered to bring hair ties for this class?"
Katniss and Foxface showed their wrists to him but I gave him a blank stare.
"What? We aren't doing anything with chemicals today. Why would we need hair ties?"
Everyone in the group looked at me and gasped. Then Foxface looked like she remembered something.
"You weren't here yesterday, were you?"
"No, I was at my Aunt's wedding. I mean, who has their wedding on a Thursday in Spring? Why not wait until the-?"
"Clove, they're revealing Prom Queen nominations today. Remember? For the last two weeks, everyone's been voting for their choice of queens. Nominations will be revealed today. It's after lunch so they should be revealed during this class. As tradition, all senior girls pull their hair into ponytails and only the court gets to take their hair down," Katniss reminded me.
I groaned. Prom. It was in two weeks. Our group was talking about skipping it but we didn't set any plans in stone yet. I was the only one still pushing for it. For some reason, everyone turned all hush hush on me and started suggesting that we should attend. To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me if they all already bought tickets without telling me. It's been a week since any of them brought Prom up.
The bell ringing is what brought me back to reality. The class started flooding in. Marvel placed a hair tie down in front of me. I picked it up and gave him a look.
"Why do you of all people have hair ties?" I demanded.
"Bitch, I have an entire pocket of hair ties," he laughed.
"That's not what she asked. She asked why. To be honest, I'm curious why my boyfriend has a pocketful full of hair ties in his backpack when his hair isn't even long enough to use them."
"I have them for you girls. I known you three don't always have them but you need things when you don't have them so-"
"Mr. Stone, if you could stop rambling on about nothing, I would like to start class," Mr. Latier said with a sigh.
Everyone tried to stifle laughter. It was always Marvel that was the reason a teacher couldn't start class. Marvel had a tendency to ramble on about pointless things and could ramble for hours. Just as Mr. Latier reached the board, a chipper Junior's voice filled the speaker system.
"Hello everyone! It's 1:10 and you guys know what that means. It's time to announce the five Prom Queen Nomination that will be chopped down to three tomorrow due to the votes that will happen over the next twenty four hours. Alright senior girls, put your hair in those ponytails," she announced.
While I pulled my raven hair into a ponytail, I tried to place the voice. She sounded like Flint but I wasn't sure. I let my ponytail fall down my back, knowing that my hair was going to like that all day.
"Okay. Nominee number one is Glimmer Donner."
I watched as Glimmer whipped her ponytail holder out of her hair and she fixed her blonde curls. I never watched to rip her bleach blonde hair out of her scalp more. The extensions would come out with the rest of her hair and nothing would make me happier.
"Nominee two is Maysilee Donner."
Maysilee took her hair out of it's holder gently and just pulled all of her hair over her shoulders. I always preferred Maysilee to Glimmer. She had always been less bitchy and over dramatic.
The twins took that as their chance to exchange a smile. Even though I would need to hurdle Marvel and Cato's desk, I wanted to smash both their faces against their desk.
"The third nominee is Madge Undersee."
I knew Madge. She was quiet but she wasn't an outcast. However, she was naturally beautiful and her nomination made sense. I could hear cheering coming from the gym so I assumed that was the class she was in. No one could hate Madge no matter what.
"Nominee four is Annie Cresta."
"Crazy Cresta?" Foxface asked me, confirming we heard the same name.
I nodded. Annie was dating the captain of the swim team, Finnick Odair. Unlike most popular people, Finnick was kind to everyone, popular and outcast. He was also a major flirt. Annie didn't mind because he literally flirted with anyone, male or female, but he remained loyal to her.
"Finally, the fifth nominee is Clove Sevina."
The world stopped moving for a few seconds. I wasn't going to take my ponytail out because I thought is was a joke. I felt Foxface take the holder out of my hair and it fell over my shoulders carelessly. I couldn't help but notice the glares I got from Glimmer and Maysilee.
"Congrats, Clove," Foxface whispered.
I didn't pay attention to the nominees for Prom King, I could do that tomorrow. How the hell did I get nominated for Prom Queen? That's impossible. I looked at all of my friends for any sign of shock. All five of them were acting like they mknew it would happen. They couldn't unless-
Son of a bitch! What did they do?
That's all for tonight. Since I know there will be questions, Flint is the District 8 girl. Please review and favorite so I know you guys like what you read and please give it a follow so you know when I update. Be back some time in the future. Bye! Love you guys!