I slung my backpack over my shoulder as I walked into school. I yawned. I hadn't slept well lat night, I was helping prim with homework.

""Katniss!" I turned around to see Rue jogging up to me, a smile on her face.

UI smiled back, "Hey Rue. What's up?"

"We're at school, it sucks," she said, shrugging and then went on, "Did you see Glimmer's posters?"

"Posters?"

"Yeah. You know, for prom king and queen."

oh right. I had forgetten completely about that. Prom king and queen was such a big deal at our high school. The posters and the campaigning and the nominations. Gag. Today was when the nominations were announced, we all voted today and the end of the school aday they announced them.

We walked into school and I immentidely saw the posters. Huge glossy posters of Glimmer posing cutely in different dresses, with "vote for me!" under them in glitter. It's absurd.

"Is she kidding?" I mumbled to Rue, who chuckled.

Rue was campaginging too, but her posters weren't so silly and stupid.

"I'm never gonna get nominated."

"Don't be so hard on yourself, Rue. Enough votes will get you nominated, then you just have to campaign...again."

Rue laughed and we went off to our classes.

At english class, Cato was doing some last minute campaigning for prom king by passing out cupcakes.

"No thanks." I said and he scowled at me and walked by.

Peeta passed on the cupcakes too and looked over at me, raising an eyebrow. I had to laugh. Peeta was the best baker I knew. Cato's cupcakes were probably dirt compared to peeta's.

During lunch, the campainging did not stop. Clove passed out cookies, which rue and I tossed out because peeta was sharing cheesebuns with us. Gale sat next to us and made a face.

"I can't wait till this is over." he mumbled, digging into the disgusting school lunch.

I nodded in agreement, taking a bite out of the bun, "Tell me about it. It sucks. If I have to see another cookie or cupcake or whatever, i'm going to gag."

Rue laughed, "I liked giving out my flowers though."

I smiled, "Yeah, that was different at least Rue."

I looked over at Gale and peeta, "You sure you guys didn't want to run?"

"No." they said in unison.

"I don't know, you guys are pretty popular, you could get in on popularity alone."

"I sure hope not." Gale hissed, chucking Clove's cookie behind him.

I could see Marvel hitting on a bumch of girls, trying to impress them into votes. Could this get any worse?

The middle of the day we all voted. I voted for Rue and just for fun I put peeta down for king. Why not? Marvel and Cato annoyed me and I didn't know Thresh enough to vote for him.

At the end of the day, Effie Trinket, our prinicpal, came over the speaker in the classrooms.

"hello students!" she said, "I'm here to announce our nominates for the prom king and queen race. After much campaigning from hard working students, here are the nominates." I sighed. Whatever. "For the boys, Marvel, Cato, Thresh and Peeta." oh my god, peeta?! For the girls, Glimmer, Clove, Rue and Katniss."

I froze. Wait, WHAT?!