One Thing Changes Everything
Chapter 1
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It's been nine years since I've first laid eyes on Katniss Everdeen. Back then I didn't know what love was. Back then I was too shy to go up and talk to her. Now that
I'm older and understand love, and I know that I am in love with Katniss. I fantasize of marrying and having a family with her. I imagine what she would look like
walking down the isle at our wedding. How gorgeous she would look in a white brides dress. Her hair pulled back in her signature braid and her eyes shining so
magnificently. I tell myself that my fantasy will never be granted if I don't build up the courage to go talk to her. But today all that will change. Today is the day Katniss
Everdeen will become apart of my life. How am I going to do this? I have absolutely no idea. In my head I talk to her all the time, but to actually talk to her, I'm not
sure if anything will come out of my mouth.
I'm sitting at a table in the school cafeteria with my best friend, Delly Cartwright, next to me. I have no appetite to eat the food that rests on the table in front of me.
I turn in my seat to where Katniss usually sits by herself reading her book. Delly notices me staring at Katniss and elbows me in the side.
"Ow! What'd you do that for?"
"Don't stare at her you idiot! You just look like a complete stalker when you do!" Of course Delly knows how I feel about Katniss. I eventually had to tell her when she
kept noticing me stealing glances at her. She thinks it's ridiculous that I've been in love with her for so many years and have never even talked to her.
"That's the only thing I'm good at! It's not like I can go to her table to keep staring at her!"
"Or, you can act like any other sensible boy and go talk to her! Do anything but stare. It's just creepy."
"Yeah, well it's not as easy as it looks. I wouldn't know what to say or do."
"Talk to her like you talk to me. She's not so much different than I am. We're both girls."
"Trust me. There's a huge difference. I'm in love with her, and you are, well…you," I say, not sure how to put it.
"Fine. If your not going to talk to her then I will." Delly gets up from the table and starts walking to where Katniss is sitting, but I quickly grab her wrist.
"I'll go! I'll go! Just not now. She looks busy."
"She's busy? She's reading a book! Go talk to her!"
"I'll talk to her later today. I first have to think of what to say to her."
"Okay. Whatever you say." Delly grabs the rest of her lunch and books and heads down to class, leaving me to stare at Katniss once again.
After school as I walk out of the school building, I see Katniss. Two older boys stand on either side of her smirking. Katniss looks frightened and on the edge of crying.
Panic washes over me and I start walking towards her. I've never seen her with that expression on her face and it makes me think something is wrong. I don't think
of what to say to her, all I know is that she needs help. One of the boys suddenly hits Katniss in the face and she falls to the ground. I start to run towards her
knowing that I need to protect her, but once I approach she has already scrambled away.
"Hey!" I say before the boys can run away. "What the hell do you think you're doing hitting a girl?"
"She got in our way so we hit her," one of the boys responds.
"That doesn't give you the right to hit a girl! Leave her alone."
"What's it to you Mellark?"
"I know better then to hit a girl!"
"Well, you should try it sometime. It's really entertaining."
"Go to hell," I say and turn around to leave. Katniss is in front of me staring wide-eyed at me, but seconds after I turn around and sees me, she runs away.