Mystery Voice

by BreadBoy

This story is not connected to Fire Daisies or Panem High.

Katniss is very OOC.

Peeta's POV

I went into total secretly-happy mode when Katniss Everdeen and Gale Hawthrone ended it.

Gale and I are Katniss' best friends, and Gale and Katniss tried dating a few months back. They broke up yesterday, and both of them are still friends. Katniss told me 'I think we're better off friends' over the phone last night.

Good, good.

District 12 Academy is a boarding high school. I'm rooming with Beetee and a new guy named Finnick from District 4 for Sophomore year, this year. I heard Finnick's girlfriend Annie is rooming with Katniss and Johanna. Gale is rooming with two guys I don't know, because his dorm is on the senior floors towards the top of the building.

I only live one floor below Katniss.

I don't know when I'm going to work up the nerve to ask Katniss Everdeen out. Soon.

"Your girlfriend is here!" Rye, my annoying older brother screamed. I rolled my eyes automatically. He did anything to embarrass me. I checked myself in the mirror again and rolled my luggage out of my room. Katniss and I were travelling to the Academy together. Gale has to catch a different train for Senior Orientation.

Katniss was standing in the doorway, her chocolate hair in a usual braid and a black backpack on her back.

"Katniss," I greeted, smiling. She turned around and her face brightened a bit when she saw me.

"Peeta!" she squealed, and gave me a big hug.

This was very unusual.

I hugged her back anyways, because I wasn't complaining. Rye gave me a questioning look.

"Bye, Rye. Say bye to the rest of the family for me," And I shut the door in his face.

As we walked to the train station, Katniss was smiling the whole time.

"What are you so happy about?" I nudged her frail arm playfully.

"Oh, it's just that I'm glad you aren't rooming with Cato and I'm not rooming with Clove or Glimmer. You know, Johanna isn't as bad as them."

Cato.

My smile faded a bit. I hated Cato. He was the biggest player in the grade.

"I'm glad too."

The platform came into view, and we handed our tickets to the woman there. Soon the train noisily arrived and Katniss and I sat next to each other. I wanted to hold her hand or something, but that would be going too far.

"Peeta, we're friends, right?"

"Of course!" I exclaimed. Such a random question. "Why?"

"Oh, because you were acting funny when you saw Gale and I trying to make it out as a couple." she said quietly.

Katniss knows.

Chapter 2 to come soon!