Panem High School, Senior Year

Chapter 1

Katniss pov

"Katniss, wake up!" yelled my little sister Prim. It's the day I've been dreading all holidays. The first day of senior year. I've heard people saying how great the last year of High School is but for me I honestly don't know what I'm going to do when I leave. So I reluctantly get out of bed and into the bathroom for a quick, hot shower. This clears all the thoughts I've been dreading about these last few weeks.

After I hop out of the shower and put on a forest green tank top and some denim shorts, I head down stairs for breakfast. The first thing I see is that mother isn't at the dining table, she must have left early for her shift at the hospital. So I see Prim eating a bowl of cornflakes, her hair in two neat braids and a neat, white dress that goes down to her knee. And that stupid cat of hers, Buttercup. She named it after the flower and that she think that its dirty yellow eyes look like the colour of the flower. I said to her that we could keep it keeps away from me. 4 years and it still gets in the way when I'm doing homework.

After we have eaten, I braid my hair and look around the house for my father. I find him in his workshop working on trying to fix an old radio. When he sees me he ushers me over to him. When I reach him he whispers into my ear. "Kat, you have done very well at High School so far with straight A's and Captain of the Archery club. Your mother and I have decided to give you a present."

"Really, what is it," I say in anticipation. I hardly ever get presents so I'm really excited. I stopped getting lots of presents at the age of 12, and now I'm 16. Dad leads me out into the garage and I see a big, new, shiny, red Jeep just sitting there with a Big, green ribbon on top. I scream, this is the best present I have ever gotten in a long time. I get out my phone and start to text all my girlfriends and tell them that I will pick them up. Dad gives me my keys and I'm off.

Since I live on 12th Avenue, I have to go the end of the street to pick up my friend, Madge. Madge lives in the richer part of the street because her father is a director and her mother is an actress. I have to wait for a while because Madge is still getting ready. Her excuse is ' You have to look good for the first day of senior year.' But I know what she really is doing. She is going to impress one of the 'It Boy', Gale. I think she really has a chance with him because she is gorgeous and Gale is attractive. But I've had a crush on one 'It Boy' for A LONG time. Peeta Mellark. But he probably doesn't even notice me since he has so many other girls to choose from. Like one of my friends Glimmer.

So when Madge FINALLY gets into the car I drove down the street towards Delly house. Delly also lives in the richer part of the street but she's not as rich Madge. So when Delly hopped into the car I drove towards 7th Avenue to pick up Johanna. Most of the time Johanna can be a stuck up bitch. But she's not she is a really nice and thoughtful person. So when she jumped in the first thing she said is...

"Nice car brainless, how'd you get the money?"

"Morning to you too Jo, and it was a present from my dad."

"All well, come on Kat we have to get the others or we will be late for school."

Once we've picked up Finch (but she tells everyone to call her foxface), Clove and Glimmer we head for school. I park and then hop out the car. Whilst we wait for school to start at the front of my car we see the 'It Boys' come in all riding in Finnick Odair's car. After they park and get out of the car the girls start drooling over them with their mouths hanging open. Once I see the sight of my friends I can't help but giggle at their faces. Once they snap out of their daze they start going on and on about them.

"Did you see Cato? I think he's been working out over the holidays because I can see them clear through his shirt," Clove goes on about them.

"What about Finnick, His looks even sexier than ever," Annie says with a little squeal at the end. Jeez these girls are impossible. So whilst they are fangirling over their crushes I see that Peeta is looking at me. Our eyes meet and we both look away blushing.

What I would do to get that boy

Peeta pov

After Finn Picked me he drove us to school. When we got in we saw Katniss and her friends get out of someone's car. As soon as the other boys saw them we all looked like creeps staring at them from inside of the car. Luckily Finn's car had tinted windows or they would have seen us staring.

"Look at Glim. She must have gotten more beautiful during the holidays," Marvels says to us.

"Well I don't know about you guys but I have my eyes set on Foxface," says Thresh. This caught everyone off guard because everyone just assumed that he didn't like anyone.

"Yeah well I think I will go for Delly," Thom informs us. This isn't a surprise, like many of us Thom has had a crush on one of the group's friends since we started High School. But not me. Oh no, I've liked Katniss since Kindy when our teacher asked her to sing The Valley Song in front of the whole class. She sounds like an angel and I knew then even when I was 5 I was a goner

"Well this year I think I might ask Katniss out or at least talk to her. Even if she doesn't like me," I say with nervousness in my voice. It's not hard to detect it in my voice.

"That's great man, Tell us all how that goes for ya," Finn says clapping my shoulder encouragingly as he finds a parking spot.

As we get out of the car I look back over towards Katniss. She looks beautiful with her hair in her signature braid. Then I realize I'm staring and am about to turn around when Katniss looks at me. Our eyes meet and I feel some electricity run through me. I turn around and blush. Then I turn to go to my locker. When I reach it I start to put my books into it.

"Hi Peeta,"

I know that voice from somewhere put I can't put a face to it. So I look around my locker door and I see her. Miss Katniss Everdeen is the locker next to me. I look around her to see Finn give me thumbs up.

"Hi Katniss what do you have up first?"

"Uhhhh, I think Maths what about you?"

"Same. Can I walk you to class since we both have it?"

"Sure um let's go then,"

Could this day get ANY better?