"Let's go Katniss!" Squeals an excited Primrose.

"Yea, yea, yea." Katniss is quite displeased to be starting school again. It means 5:30am wake up time to catch the stupid bus. She often wonders why she doesn't just go with her dad, he is the music teacher. It would really save a lot of trouble for her.

"I want to be there early so Rory and I get good seats and can compare schedules!" Prim is practically out the door already, so Katniss just drags behind her, "Why aren't you excited to see Gale?" Prim's frowning, and she doesn't frown often.

"I am," she tries to sound convincing but it's hard when the person you love is with another. By the look she receives from Prim, she's not buying it, "I really am… I promise." Katniss looks away to be sure Prim can't see through her lie.

"So Kitty," this is what Prim called her sister, "Thinking of adopting a freshman?" She giggles and Katniss can't help but laugh a little herself.

"It depends if there's anyone as great as you!" And with that they're finally at the bus stop right on time. They just make it on. Katniss finds a seat at the back, behind Madge and Peeta. Prim finds a seat waiting for her next to Rory.

In the very front are Rue and her best friend Jason. The smile and talk about all the different classes and how they wonder what music will be like. Both are quite good for a young age of 14. There only seems to be the 4 freshmen on this bus, which makes them all a little uneasy.

...

"Yoooo-hoooo!" Glimmer yells in a sing-song voice, "Galeykins!" Gale shudders when she yells the last part. Why of all things to call him did she choose 'Galeykins'? "Hurry up buttercup!" She's waiting in a car full of people. Cato driving, Clove next to him and Marvel in the back seat. There's one seat left reserved for none other than Gale himself.

Gale runs out the door kissing his sister's cheek in a whirlwind and is in the car before he knows it. As soon as he's in Glimmer is already on top of him, straddling his hips, "Hey to you too." He murmurs to her half smiling.

She leans in brushing her lips over his, "Hey there Galeykins." She runs her fingers through his dark brown hair and grins.

Before he can utter another word, Glimmer attacks his mouth with hers, forcing her tongue into his mouth and trapping him against the seat. The whole ride all she does is suck his face and neck and undo his belt wishing no one else was there.

The others scoff and Cato and Marvel hoot and holler out the windows as they pass the 'bus losers' as they call them.

Katniss and Gale catch sight of each other, but she won't look at him for long, and he hates it. He couldn't understand why she refused to even look at him now-a-days when they did everything together a few weeks before. He knew it was best to wait for her to come around... Or he thought it was at least.

...

The music was blaring outside Drew's window, and being the amazing dancer he was, he had to know why. He looked out the window to fun the two people he was expecting to. Natalie and Theo. Natalie was dancing around with absolutely no rhythm, while Theo sang terribly along to the son playing. All Drew could do is laugh and run outside to join them.

"Drewski!" Laughed Theo and they high fived still laughing at nothing at all, "What a pleasure to have you join us!" The three laughed and Natalie and Drew hug.

They were all babbling about the music club on their way to the school. The music club was run by Mr. Everdeen himself and practiced every day after school. They were all so excited for it, wondering how they'd look this year.

"Hey Nat, are you going to adopt any little freshie?" Drew was poking her and teasing, he knew her and Theo both planned to do it.

"Well duh!" She laughed and poked him back.

"Hey! Am I going to have to separate you two?" Joked Theo as the three walked into the school.

This was their senior year, and they couldn't wait to start.

...

This is it Ellie. It's your first day of school, well high school anyway.

Ellie drew a small flower in her not book that ended up flourishing the whole page while she was supposed to be eating. She wasn't really hungry for anything but to sketch in her book, so she left for school.

She walked through the park because she had a lot of extra time on her hands, and she wondered how school would be this year.

She was about to cross the parking lot when all of a sudden a bright red car sped up and would have crashed right into her if Marko- someone from her old art class- hadn't seen her and pulled her back.

"Ellie! You have to be more careful with those things," he scolded her as try heard the 'populars' laughing at her.

"Thanks Marko." They smiled at each other and then he continued to walk. Ellie just stood watching to see who came out of the car, she noticed only one boy who was different from before. The boy was tall and muscular, and she had seen him before, she just wasn't sure of where. Oh well, she figured she might as well get to class before all the seats are taken.

She walks with the little bounce in her step that only she had, and she was smiling too. Well… until she bounced right into the one person that could turn her smile into a frown. Marvel.

She couldn't stand Marvel, not in the slightest. All he ever wanted was to be popular and get girls. Oh and don't forget the football player dreams.

"Watch where you're going brat!" He muttered before he realized who it was, "Oh, it's you." And with that he walked away from her.

"Sorry.." She muttered under her breathe. She'd known him since they were kids, and she knew that the rest of her day could only go up from here.

...

Lucy, Lucy, Lucy. This will be her first year without Thresh to help guide her through the days. She loved having him to help her out when she first got here. It's only been one year and she's still not sure where everything is in the school, but she's determined to find everything on her on.

She gets dropped off at the school, only able to think of Thresh and how college could be going for him. She scurries into her homeroom before anyone else gets there and writes about Thresh leaving and how it made her feel because she knew Mr. Crane would like something good for the first day back in his English class.

...

Peeta couldn't be happier with Madge by his side. He smiles at her and has his arm around her. She just smiles back and then makes a funny face at him and he laughs. She can always make him laugh.

Madge and Peeta have known each other practically since birth, being neighbors and all. They've been dating since Madge's freshmen year, and they're the perfect fit. No one could argue that they shouldn't be together, because they knew each other better than any other.

He kisses her nose lightly and they talk about their classes. They seem to have the same lunch which is really all they need.

Madge smiles but he could tell her thoughts were consumed with something else.

"Maddy?" He pauses to make sure she's looking at him, "What are you thinking about?"

"Umm..." She knew he would see through any false answer because he knew her better than the back of his hand, "I was just thinking." She sounded cool, but she knew it was suspicious.

"About...?"

"Kat." She sighed.

"She's a trooper. I'm sure her and Gale will work it out."

"Not if Glimmer has anything to do with it. She's somehow got then to stop speaking to each other Peeta, and I'm worried Kat's going to close up and stop talking to us."

"You know that won't happen. And no matter what Glimmer says or does, they'll talk. Stop worrying, and have a little faith." She nods at him and lays her head on his shoulder silently.

Just as their conversation has finished, Katniss walks onto the bus sitting behind them. Madge had been slightly worried she would just skip today since it's really just to meet your teachers. But she couldn't be happier to have her best friend show up with her.