There he was, putting books into his locker. I can do this, I thought to myself. How hard could it be, talking to a guy I really like? I've only been putting it off, for what? Five years now? He's perfectly nice; he's not going to kill me, if I talk to him. I wrote note cards, and studied them for weeks and presented in front of a mirror five times, this will be easy, compared to that presentation I did in science. I walked over to him, shaking slightly. "Hey." I said trying to be casual, but I could hear the stuttering in my voice. "Hi." There was a long, awkward, silent pause. "So, um….." I couldn't think of anything to say, so my brain just decided that stupid is better than nothing and I blurted out, "What's next period?" "It's 5th period next, you have Mr. Lawner. "Right…" There was that awkward, silent pause again, so I walked away. "How did it go?" My best friend said. "I acted like an idiot." "Figures, you always do. Just ask how your mom and dad met." "They were told to kill each other and then when my dad announced to the whole world, he loved my mom, she shoved him into a flower pot." She sighed at me and said, "He's Gale Hawthorn's son, your mom and his dad were best friends." I stared blankly at her, how does this help? "Please explain why this makes a difference." "C'mon, we have to get to math." "No, we have Mr. Lawner." She glared at me, "What's wrong with you? Mr. Lawner is our math teacher."
When I got home, my mother is waiting at the door. This scares me; she is pretty dangerous, having been in the hunger games twice. "Primrose Madge Mellark". I was named after my deceased aunt and my mother's friend who they never found after they blew up district 12. I think my mom was hinting at something when she named me that. "Yes... am I in trouble?" She shakes her head, "Why would you do this to me?" "What?" Now I am getting impatient, what does she want? "Gale Hawthorn says that his son is thinking of asking you out." "Really?" I try not to sound too eager, but I can't hide the smile that breaks out on my face. "What's the matter with that?" "Gale and I would be married, if your father hadn't come along."" When did you fall in love with daddy?" I say. I sounded like I was five instead of sixteen, but I really wanted to know. We were in a cave, and I had just explained how Aunt Prim, got her goat, and he stole me away when he said, 'I remember, it was the first day of first grade, and you had your hair in two braids, instead of one, and my father pointed you out, and said I was going to marry, that girl's mother, but she married someone else, and I said why would she want him, instead of you? And he said that when he sang all the birds fell silent.'" "AWWWW" I cooed, and then she ended with "That's why you can't date Gale's son." "You can't stop me." "I will and I'll get your father, to help me." "He's harmless." She smirked at me, "Oh, I don't know he killed quite a lot of people in that arena." I sigh, "Why do you have to tell daddy?" I bulged out my lip and gave her my very best puppy eyes. She sighed, "You know, I am an assassin." It bugs me when she says that, even though she would never kill anybody else. "I know, and it scares me." She hugged me and dragged me to the kitchen where we started dinner; we made Lamb Stew with dried plum. Ever since she learned how to make it, that's all we've been eating….Well, that and daddy's cakes.
Okay, this is my first story, I know it's not good, but I'll make it better. The quote above ^^^, I know is not the exact quote, I couldn't remember what exactly Peeta said, but yeah.. I hope you guys give me some feedback, so I can make it better. I think it's short but I don't know how long there supposed to be. I'm kinda clueless