I jumped up to the sound of my alarm clock killing my ears. I felt cold. My back hurt. I must have slept wrong. Nothing seemed out of place. Everything seemed to stay the same. I rolled out of bed. Flexed my back and looked into my mirror. My braid was messy. I needed a shower.
I ran down my stairs to find my Auntie in the kitchen making pancakes. She was flipping them onto a single plate which was slowly creating a tower. When I hit the last step, she looked up and saw me.
"Happy first day of school as a junior!" she screamed and clapped her hands together quickly. She always got too excited over small occasions.
"Effie, why did you make me breakfast?" I walked into the kitchen, Haymitch was sitting at the table with a glass of brandy in his hand.
"Bit early isn't it?" I said and sat down next to him and poured myself a cup of coffee.
"Never too early, sweetheart." Haymitch smiled and kissed my forehead.
"Don't call me Effie. It's auntie Effie. And Uncle Haymitch. As far as anyone else in Hunger Heights is concerned. Is Peeta coming to pick you up?" Effie all but yelled. I nodded slowly. After living in the Capitol for so long, it was comfortable to come to a slow town and not as much drama. I have to pretend that Effie and Haymitch are my relatives. Although we don't look similar at all. Effie ordered me to go take a shower and dress respectively, her words were 'We don't want another Capitol fiasco'.
I heard the doorbell ring from my room. I still had my hair in a braid but it was looking like a birds nest. I dressed in my usual black pants and dark shirt and ran down the stairs to see Peeta outside my front door having friendly conversation with Haymitch.
"Hey! Let's go" I grabbed his arm but just before we could close the door, Effie was running up to us and pulling me back inside.
"What are you wearing? You can't wear you usual baggy clothes to your first day. Oh my, you can't. And your hair! I told you to take a shower!" Effie complained, straightening my clothes and quickly pulling out my hair.
"Stop it! I look fine. I have no one to impress." I said. I really couldn't care what anyone at this scool thought of me. Effie pulled out my hair till it was wavy and smooth. Though to me, it still looked like a birds nest.
"Dear, leave her alone. She looks lovely. Go have fun, Cherrib." Haymitch smiled, putting his arm around Effie. Peeta quickly said his goodbyes and we ran down to his car. I collapsed inside and rested my head against the back, inside of the usual way I sit straight and tight.
"Do they still think I don't know they're not really married?" Peeta laughed when he started the engine.
"Oh, Haymitch does. Effie is so oblivious, if Haymitch didn't pull that last move, she'd be giving him a lecture about it until I get home." I sighed. I felt bad for Haymitch, I loved Effie in a way but she can be so damn high-maintenance.
