Well, I got the urge to start another fanfic. So here I am. This story is simply that. A work of fiction (my part) using Suzanne Collin's characters. My other stories are "Every Rose has its Thorn" and "The Battle for Love" so please check them out! Love you all, and enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: Sadly, THG is owned by Suzanne Collins, not by me. I'm working on it.

Life at PHS

Chapter 1

(Clove's POV)

To everyone else in this hateful world, there isn't a whole lot to me. I'm just a seventeen year old girl. No one takes the time to get to know me. They just assume things that aren't true and then take matters into their own hands.

I've been bullied at school for as long as I can remember. Mostly by this one girl named Glimmer. She's the epitome of "perfect" to everyone else in this world. But not to me. She's a blond-haired, blue-eyed, short-skirted, crop-top-wearing, 5'2" demon straight out of you-know-where. She takes every opportunity to tease me, calling me names and hurting me in every way she can think of.

And it doesn't even get better when I get home. My father is always drunk and physically abuses me, attacking my back with a belt often. My mother died when I was ten years old and I have no siblings.

I have no friends. My life is simply going to school and then staying away from home until I want to go to sleep. Sometimes, I even sleep outside my house on a bench.

I self-harm as well. I have cuts on my wrists, but of course nobody notices. No one cares about me. Nobody at all.

(Katniss's POV)

"Katniss, wait up!" call Annie and Johanna, my best friends, as they make their way out of class.

I roll my eyes at them jokingly and slow down. "Come on, let's go to the mall."

"Sure," Johanna replies, without missing a beat. Johanna doesn't care a whole lot about school or her family. Not that I blame her. Her mother is dying of lung cancer and father is always drunk.

Annie thinks about it. "Okay, that sounds fun. I have nothing else to do today."

I elbow her and she laughs. Other girls stare jealously at us as boys gawk. Annie, Johanna, and I are the most popular girls in school. Everyone says we're the prettiest, but we always downplay it. We don't ever want to come off to people as stuck up or rude. But anyways, we were walking outside when Gale walks up to me.

"Hey, cutie," he winks at me.

"Shut up, Gale." He disgusted me. He was always telling me how hot I looked or how funny I was. He has had a crush on me since fourth grade and I'm desperate for him to move on.

Johanna, however, looked up at him, interested. I'm pretty sure that she has a crush on him although she refuses to admit it to Annie and me.

Gale has tried numerous times to woo me, one time even trying to kidnap me so that he could get what he wanted. I kicked him so hard in the stomach that he was still bent over in pain as I rounded the corner about a hundred feet away.

Everyone thinks my life is perfect. But it's far from it. There's that Gale issue, of course. But there's also my mother. Ever since my father died in a severe car accident, she's been a mess. She doesn't even acknowledge Prim and me most of the time, and I've had to take care of Prim ever since she was nine and I was fourteen. And I can say from experience that it's hard to be a stand-in parent at the age of fourteen.

(Annie's POV)

As Katniss, Johanna, and I walked out to Katniss's convertible, I caught a glimpse of Finnick talking with Peeta. I have a gigantic crush on Finnick and I have since the fifth grade, but I try not to show it. I'm pretty sure that even Katniss and Johanna don't know. Besides, it's not like he likes me or anything. I'm just plain, old, Annie Cresta.

(Finnick's POV)

As she walked by Peeta and me, I could feel my jaw dropping as I stared at the most beautiful girl on the face of the planet. She was wearing the prettiest yellow dress. Against her strawberry-blond hair and fair skin, the dress popped. And so did my eyes.

I hope she didn't see me gawking though. She would never have a crush on someone like me. Even though I've been voted "sexiest guy in school" numerous times, I'm pretty sure that she thinks I'm shallow.

Only my close friends know that I like her because I try not to make it obvious. It would be so embarrassing if it got out and she ended up not ever wanting to talk to me again because it would be awkward. Annie is one of those conservative girls, one of the traits I love about her. But, she isn't a pushover; she stands up for what she believes in.

I hope that one of these days I'll have the courage to talk to her; maybe even ask her out!

(Peeta's POV)

I'm pretty sure that most of the boys at PHS (Panem High School) have crushes on Annie or Katniss, two of the most popular girls in school. Not that I blame them. Personally, I like a girl named Delly, who I grew up with. I started dating her a few months back and I think that we fit well together.

But, boy is Katniss hot. She's the prettiest girl I've met in my life. And the sweetest. Wait a second… what does that make Delly then? Could I maybe have a crush on Katniss?

I've always had trouble sorting out my feelings and making decisions. But now it was necessary. My choice could change my life.

(Johanna's POV)

As Katniss told Gale off for harassing her, I wished, not for the first time, that I was her. Gale was such an amazing guy and I didn't understand how she couldn't see that. I am so not a girly-girl or anything, and I would never admit this to Annie or Katniss, but I have a big crush on Gale.

I watched him try to woo Katniss, to no avail, and I felt a burning feeling in my chest. It was something unfamiliar to me. But then, all of a sudden, I knew.

It was jealousy.

And I wanted Gale.

(Glimmer's POV)

I wish I was friends with Katniss, Annie, and Johanna. Even though I'm decently popular, they're on top of the popularity pyramid. And the worst part is that I don't even think they notice or care that they're popular. They could live without the spotlight. They didn't need it. But I did. I was desperate.

My only escape from my desperate need of popularity was bullying Clove. "Clover!" I taunted her. "Come over here!"

She shook her head and turned and ran.

But I caught up to her and dug my nails into her arm. "Make me popular."

And the little witch, she— she— spit on me and then ran away.

I laughed. I would get her later. I would get her good. Then, I tossed my golden locks over my shoulder and flounced away.

(Third Person POV)

For all these people, it was just another typical day at PHS. But it wasn't. Everything was about to change. Drastically.

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