I wake up and yawn and look around my bedroom I grunt and roll over to see the clock on my bedside cabinet it's 7:15. Next to my clocks a picture of me and my friends. I never part with Katniss; I'm always at her side. We have been best friends. My friendship group consists of me, Katniss, Gale, Madge, Glimmer, My half-sister Delly and Foxface and Sometimes Katniss's sister and her best friend Rue but they are younger, so not always around. I roll out of bed and get ready for the day ahead.
I stand outside Katniss's front gate, waiting for her. All my friends live on the same street, also the street as our schools on, my mum and katniss's mum are teachers there. Most people have gone into school but we could get away with murder at our school – just because our mothers work here, so we arrive late all the time. I peer round at my school. A pair of arms fling around me, I know it's Katniss, so I spin her round before carefully placing her down. She laughs.
"I'm in a good mood today" she says cheerfully, pulling out her timetable.
"Right first we have your mum for maths, then my mum for English, then Spanish, followed by art, then finally PE." Katniss explained, she looked over it before sitting on the curb with a loud groan.
"I know it's a shit day right. And your mums gonna tell us off for being late, eh Peeta." Madge looking at me accusingly.
"Good morning to you too, where are my manners?" Katniss said sarcastically, I looked at Katniss. I thought she was really pretty. She had beautiful grey eyes and a perfect nose, dark brown hair that I really wanted to run my fingers through.
"snap out of it" Said Madge snapping her fingers in front of my face, Katniss laughed. I had been staring at Katniss, oops.
"looks like he has a thing for you Katniss" Laughed Madge. That struck something inside me and Katniss, we both looked up, shocked and stared at Madge.
"jeez guys you are totally creeping me out! I'll shut up" Madge said. We stood their awkwardly.
"Hey guys" Shouted Gale approaching us, breaking the silence, we all look around.
"Hey Babe" Madge said planting a kiss on each of his cheeks, leaving pink lipstick marks. I was jealous of Gale. He had sexy floppy brown hair and huge muscles and a handsome face. It was rare to see Gale without his top off, showing off his sexy six pack, every girl liked him. Madge was beautiful although her face was caked in make-up, her skirt was hitched up high, so you could see her crutch slightly and her hair in a messy bun, she was born popular girl, Madge and Katniss have been best friends from the start of reception, but I proudly have knowen Katniss since I was a baby. I have always thought, and still do think, Katniss is far to good to be my friend, let alone girlfriend. I come to my senses to see them all talking, Madge holding Gales hand, although Gale keeps sending flirty looks at Katniss, who pretends not to see. I step forward to join there chat and Katniss rests her head on my shoulder, I put my arm around her waist, this seems like a girlfriend/boyfriend act to others but me and Katniss just do it as friends, sometimes we even hold and Delly come skipping out my house. I look at my half-sister Delly, she is nothing alike to me. She just looks normal, she never really bothers with make-up and I don't blame her, but her skirt is hitched up, but not to far. I don't like my sister and I don't like her best friend even more, Glimmer, she is covered in more make-up then Madge and her hair has been straightened and her skirt so high, she might as well not bother wearing it. Glimmer just try's to be cool and sadly she's into me, she seems to think we're going out. Glimmer struts out, Winking at me then blowing a kiss to Gale, hitching her skirt up even futher. I tut. Then I see Foxface waddle out. Foxface is friends with Delly and Glimmer, but they're not very nice to her as she is quite fat. "so lets go!" said Gale and strutted down the street hugging Madge in one arm, Glimmer in the other before freeing them. Madge drops back to me and Katniss while Glimmer goes over to Delly and Foxface. Gale takes the other side of Madge.
We finally arrive at maths lesson and argue over who's going in first. I lose. I knock and look around the door, bracing myself.
"hey mum!" I say quietly.
"Peeta! You are half an hour late! You're an embarrassment! Come in find a comptor and go on my maths!" My mum says, we all go to a computer, everyone elses busy doing stuff on the computer, I sit down at one with Katniss, with Madge and Gale on the next computer next to Glimmer, Delly and Foxface. I allow Katniss to log on,
" hey guys check this out!" Gale says to us, we all look at his computer screen, he was on you tube, 'real ghost footage no joke' read the title to the video he was on we watched it. Halfway through Katniss's hand slipped into mine and I understood she didn't like it so I squeezed her hand comfortingly. I was the only one she would ever tell she was scared of it, maybe perhaps Madge. My mum came over.
"That doesn't look like my maths to me!" She said angrily "Gale you are distracting everyone! Go outside and you'll be back inside at break until you do five my maths tasks." Gale groaned as my mum shooed him out the class. I turn back to the computer screen and laugh about it, I let go of her hand to get to the computer mouse, although I don't want to let go, I never want to let go. She leans in close to my ear and I grab her hand again
"I'm not going to sleep for weeks, especially not tonight, can you sleep round?" Katniss said.
"mum can I sleep round Katniss's tonight?" I say behind to her. She looks at our hands and raises her eyebrows at me. I sigh.
"no mum, not for sex, just a normal sleepover." I sigh "ok" she says before going to shout at some poor kid.
Me and Katniss rush out of maths and wait for the others, once they are all out we start to walk away,
"come on Madge" Katniss calls.
"I'm waiting for Gale, he has to do 5 my maths tasks" Madge calls back, Katniss nods and we walk around the corner to our lockers, I get out my stuff and look around, Katniss was talking to Foxface, and Delly was still in her locker. "hey sexy" Glimmers voice said from behind me and I looked around and she's start proforming a sexual move. I look around for help as she started getting faster, I motioned to Delly who dragged her away. I sighed in relief and turned to see Katniss glaring at, she was literally steaming, I rushed over to her and patted her sholder to calm her. She jumped back and looked at me in shock.
"whats up?" I ask, concerned, was she jelous of Glimmer? Katniss leaned towards me and lightly kissed my lips, no tongues, our lips held a millimetre away from eachother while we both took in what had happened, I felt warm breath against me and I opened my eyes to see hers closed, she opened her eyes before running off round the corner giggling to Madge. Probley because she, like me, had just had her first kiss. I heard a scream behind me and Glimmer ran over to me
"WE ARE OVER YOU IDIOT, OVER YOU HEAR ME?" Glimmer shouted before running off crying. Delly ran after her and I rolled my eyes to myself. I turn around and see Katniss, Madge and Gale coming towards me. Gale was clearly moaning about my mum and Madge was nodding as if taking in his every word. Katniss was coming towards me and I didn't know what to say I was a statue unable to move. Gale and Madge passed me and Katniss grabbed my hand and pulled me along. She acted as if nothing had happened.
"Got English next haven't we? With my mum, she said today was gonna be a 'fun' lesson but teachers idea of fun is different…" Gina said. We headed to English.
The day went quick and soon enough I was knocking at Katniss's door. Her sister Prim answers
"Peeta!" she said and then Prims friend Rue came out to greet me "Peeta" Squealed Rue,
"Peeta!" mocked Katniss coming to the door.
"Katniss your boyfriends here" Said Prim, keen to get revenge. Katniss pretended to punch her in the back of the head before slipping on her pumps and kissing both Prim and Rue goodbye. I believe Rue basically lived in there house as she had truly wicked parents and siblings.
"Bye PimPim and RuRue" joked Katniss before stepping outside. I guess I and Rue got kind of close, seeing as we were often guests to the same house, I felt sorry for her as her stupid mother was my drama teacher and she was very mean.
"Bye Rue, Prim" I said hugging them both. As soon as me and Katniss walked up her path we heard our other friends down the road
"ooo, I'm that ghost from that video early" Gale said loudly enough for us to hear. Katniss grabbed my hand and I led her over to them.
"Hey guys, ready to go to the mount-tains" sang Madge. Katniss nodded.
"Who's driving?" Katniss joked; there was always an argument over it.
"I'll do it" Delly said.
"What the hell Del! You don't even have a driving licence!" I said angrily. She shrugged and got in the driving seat. Foxface went to go into the passenger's seat as no one could ever squeeze into a seat with her. The rest of us squished into the back seat. I made sure I was next to the window and Katniss sat next to me. Next to Katniss was Madge then Gale. Glimmer tried to squeeze in but that meant I was pushed against the door so much that it kept opening. In the end we told Glimmer to squish up with Foxface. Once we were all bundled in, Delly started driving. Madge started an awkward conversation.
"Katniss, why are you and Peeta holding hands? And some people said they say you kissing earlier, is that true? Are you guys together?" She babbled on.
"So basically you've been bitching about me?" Katniss pointed out.
"But you DID kiss earlier! There are too many witnesses for you to deny it!" Glimmer said in her stupid whining voice. Delly turned the music up loud. It was far too loud. Another song came on.
"ow god change radio stations I HATE this song" Glimmer said prodding all the dials with her fake nails. A slow love song came on. Delly turned it down. Gale showed off a bit. It was silent. A boring classical song came on. Glimmer moaned about Foxfaces's crisps smelling and spraying everywhere. We arrived. Delly pulled over and we all fell out the car relieved. Gale and Madge went off to have sex on some cliff, and Glimmer and Delly wandered around complaining about their hair. Katniss grabbed my hand and pulled me up a cliff. She started racing ahead, I was worried about her, but she was so quick, I could barely keep up with her. Katniss reached the top and ran along. I poked my head over the edge to watch her. I was tired out. Katniss ran over to me and hoisted me up and over.
"come on Peeta run in the cold night air it's so refreshing, I mean look at that beautiful night sky" She cried into the whistling wind, I looked up mesmerised, and smiled, I got up and ran along the edge, laughing and chasing Katniss. In the end we collapsed, out of breath. We lay next to each other panting and looking up at the sky. Katniss sat up suddenly and pointed in the sky.
"Look a shooting star!" she said, amazed. I peered over at it.
"What do you wish for?" I ask. She's quiet for a minute before saying,
"I wish to kiss you again." She said quietly.
"Me too" I whispered back and edged closer; I looked at her and kissed her. Not a quick kiss like before, a snog, we don't stop. We kiss and kiss and kiss, both of us realising how hungry we were for each other, each of our kisses getting hungrier and hungrier. Nothing could stop us. Maybe except…
"Oh my god! Peeta and Katniss! The rumours are so true, if I hadn't butted in you'd be ripping each other's clothes off!" Madge said peering over the cliff. I and Katniss had jumped apart, gasping, and shocked. We all stood there looking at the ground.
"Come on lets go, me and Gale had some great sex. I saw you running around from over there, I thought I'd come to get you." Madge said. She turned our back to us and started back down the cliff. I and Katniss avoided each other's eyes as we scrambled down after her. The ride home was quiet, we were all exhausted. When we got home Gale announced he was having a pool party tomorrow and we set our separate ways, I followed Katniss quietly into her house peering at the time: 11:03.
"Let's go straight to sleep" Katniss yawned.
I woke up on Katniss's bedroom floor in my sleeping bag. Katniss must have been scared as she had squeezed into my sleeping bag with me. I stroked her hair; it was so silky, soft. Her head lay on my bare chest. I was in my boxers; I looked to see what she was wearing: bra and knickers. I looked at her breasts, and then stopped myself. I thought about sex with her, I shuddered, and she awoke. We laid there for a bit, I was caressing her hair. She looked round and up at me, I took the opportunity and gave her a light kiss on her lips, it was supposed to be light but she pulled it into a snog.
"Let's get dressed" Katniss yawned eventually. We dressed and headed down for breakfast.
"Jeez, you two look tired, what time did you actually come home last night?" Katniss's mum said.
"9." Katniss lied.
"you couldn't have done as I went to bed at 10:30 and you weren't home" Said her mum.
"oh look time for school" Said Katniss getting up.
"since when did you care about school?" Prim said meanly.