This is my first story so please be nice.. Anyways.. This story takes place in Panem, but the hunger games doesn't exist. Please be patient because once in this chapter but I assure you there will be more of her in the next. But for now, please enjoy as Peeta will make his life change FOREVER! Thank you :) don't forget to review ..

Its midnight so he should be somewhere on his way here. Me and my friends started earlier without him.

"Give me some" I say to my friend, Keith (I couldn't think of a name, okay?), snatching the bottle of liquor from his hands and gulping huge amounts of alcohol down my throat. We sit in a bar with my other friends getting drunk waiting for someone to soon be one of us, well he hopes.

I am Peeta Mellark, one the most popular, hottest, and richest guys in school. That is because my father owns a 5-star restaurant that is one of the most luxurious places on this planet. He works there 24/7 since he is the top chef of that place making me not spend time with him. My mother though is working far away from us as possible. Working from one district to another because she is assigned there considering that she is a vice president of one company. But I know she only chose that job o get as far away from us as possible. I mean, who wouldn't? I have two brothers. The oldest, Ken (my favorite food is chicKEN) , is already done studying and working in one of the high company halfway around the world from here. My other brother, Terry(It rhymes with berry), probably the favorite of my mother, is in college studying law acing all the subjects. And there's me. Left in high school. Getting drunk, doing drugs, smoking, banging chicks who give in easily. Just because no one gives me that much attention at home that I only get at school. Well, how could they? My father is always in the restaurant working. My mother, in other districts. Ken, halfway around the world. Terry, always studying and telling me not to disturb him. All in all. I have no one.

Moments later, someone with Dark hair, grey eyes, and olive skin walks in the room, approaching us. Gale Hawthorne. He is in the same year as we are.

"There he is!" says Lou, another friend of mine, standing up from his chair giving him a punch in the shoulder.

"About time too." Daina adds, she is the girlfriend of Keith.

"Ready to get some action?" Keith gets up from his chair putting his arm around Gale telling him to come with him. We all follow him out the bar and I get into our car and they get in theirs. Maybe driving while you're drunk is a bad thing, but hey, we always drive drunk and nothing bad ever happens.

Meet me in the meadow. I text them as I hit in the gas driving full speed.

Knowing Gale, he would know the way to where we are destined to go this time of the evening. And that is why we decided to drag him along in our little adventure.

As we are in the meadow, Gale showed us how to get across the fence by going under it. "You do know that the meadow is not a safe place at nighttime. Better in the morning when you can see things clearly" Gale says to us hoping to stop us. "Why? You scared?" I say sarcastically as I follow him under the fence.

Once we are nearing the woods, Gale asks where we must go. "Somewhere that has water" I answer him with a thought in my mind. "Somewhere we could swim" I added. "I know a good place" he says pacing deeper in the woods.

"What are you thinking of doing?" Viola, my ex-girlfriend who decided to join us, whispers in my ears. "Trust me, this is going to be fun" I whisper back.

Moments later, we arrived in a river, and to add in my excitement, a waterfall that drops maybe 30 ft. to the ground. Giving me an idea as I strip off my shirt. The other guys do the same and the girls, since in shorts, don't really need to strip off anything.

"Do you know a way to the top of that falls?" I say to Gale in whisper. He nods and leads the way. But the others don't follow since they already seam to follow what my plan is, leaving smirks from their faces as we go up over the falls.

Once were on top, Gale inch closer to the tip of the falls. Once he's there, I give him a push that sends him screaming until he crashes the water in the end of the falls leaving me laughing. The others laugh with me but that fades away once we notice that Gale hasn't came out yet to gain some breath. Shortly later, we see some blood coming from the water that shines unmistakably by the moonlight. That's when we begin to panic.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? LOOK FOR HIM!" shouts Daina, panicking.

I go down quickly from the top of the falls and once I'm below, I dive quickly as possible looking for any signs of him. Seconds later, I sense him under the falls that crashes down quickly. I pull him out of the water knowing that he is still alive but finding his head has a huge cut.

"Let's get him out of here quickly!" says Viola running through the forest grabbing our clothes. We all follow her since she is the best in us who could memorize quickly and surely knows the way out of here. I came out of the fence last because I have a heavy Gale on my back to carry while tripping repeatedly leaving me wounds also. I already wish that I didn't drink too much because that also causes me some problem running.

The others quickly drove out of here leaving me with him. When I got into my car I realized why they are rushing out of here. The peacekeepers found us. I stepped on the gas with force not knowing that my car is on reverse! STUPID ALCOHOL! I end up crashing into the electric fence that protects district 12 from all the wild animals that wonder there.

The peacekeepers came up to me and Gale. Seeing him wounded, they remove him quickly out the car and was quickly driven by another peacekeeper to a hospital, I think. Another peacekeeper came up to me and I open my window for him to speak what he has to say but I never heard what he has to say because the time I fully opened my window, ready to listen to he has to say, I passed out.


Two days after I started attending school again because my injuries need to be attended and it seems to be that I have broken my arm while hitting the fence. When I get in school, everyone started looking at me, but not the way they used to look at me before with so much praise. This is different because word got out that I destroyed the fence. Now the people who live there would mostly be attacked by unexpected things since there are horrors that live in the meadow, they look at me with great disgust. But I know that would go out of the fence may only be rabbits and a few wild dogs since all the bears and such live deeper in the forest since we haven't encountered any two days ago.

While I am sitting in cafeteria eating lunch with my friends, I see her glaring at me. A girl with dark hair always tied into a side braid and olive skin. She is one of the poorest people here in school and she works in a fast-food restaurant and on Sundays, she would go into the woods to hunt and go trade in the black market that we call the Hob.

Katniss Everdeen.

Of course she would glare at me. She is Gale's cousin who is still at the hospital recovering.

I met her two years ago. She was a transfer student that time and that was also when my brother, Terry, graduated from high school leaving me to be on my own. We were both sophomores that time. My first encounter with her was when I ACCIDENTALLY tripped her while she was on our way to first period on her first day of school. Everybody laughed at her but I felt a pang of guilt and made sure to apologize to her before we will be dismissed. But that was the day that also made me be recognized by the other students leading me to be the most popular kid in school today. That day was also the day that I lost my best-friend, Delly, because I failed to apologize to Katniss making her think I am an ass. Today, she is best friends with Katniss. They sit together every lunch with Madge Undersee, the mayor's daughter.

Ever since Katniss transferred here, we always have the same classes together by some coincidence. So, I know her very much by her actions. And we quarrel a lot. Even though her misfortune of unpopularity, she is very smart. And when I say very smart, I mean VERY smart. She is on top of every class but sadly her talent is only singing and acting. She is also good at climbing trees since I saw her once climbing the old apple tree in our backyard once. She was being chased by my dog, Hunter, since she was trick or treating a year ago, and you could see how she manages to climb to the top swiftly and safely. Out of reach from Hunter. My father always complement on the squirrels to about her hunting.

Okay, I may seem like a stalker by now, but believe me. She's not my type.

After lunch, I was sent to the principal's office. Great, what did I do? It is answered by none other than the head peacekeeper itself, holding a letter from the mayor.

"To Mr. Peeta Mellark, Two days ago, you have violated some of the most important rules here in district 12. One of that is that you were driving drunk in the middle of the night. Another is that you were seen going over the fence that is also prohibited. And last but not the least; you destroyed one of the most important properties of district 12 which is the electrical fence that keeps us from harm from all the horrors that is in there. These while most likely punishable by going to jail. But since you are still in school, you are expected to do some community work. Every weekend, you would be cleaning the Town Square from 9:00am to 4:00 pm picking up litter." I begin to protest but he quickly cuts me away. "This is your punishment for going under the fence of district twelve!" He says forcefully. "Next, since we all know you're a good painter, you would paint anything and sell it at any price that fit its design. You must earn up to a hundred thousand dollars to fix the part of the fence that you managed to destroy." He continues. "Wait, can't I just pay for them right now?" I ask. "No. When you pay for them now then you won't have any punishment and gain lesson from it. Mayor's order." He says impatiently. "Is that all then?" I ask irritated. "One more thing." He says. "You are asked to play in a part in a drama named 'Amnesia' that is written by one of your schoolmates. It is a fundraiser for the sake of the children in the 'District 12 Orphanage for special boys and girls' to have enough to go for school." He adds. "That is all." He says leaving the room before I could protest.

I stand up and turn to my principal and ask if I could leave now. "One moment" She says.

I sit back on the rather comfortable chair. "I have noticed that you have been failing on almost every subject Mr. Mellark. I remind you to study more if you want to go to college. Okay, you may leave now." She said quickly as I heard the school bell ring telling us to go to our next class.

I quickly leave the office headed to chemistry lab. Great, what will I tell my mom and dad now? Well, I'm already grounded. The least they could do is take my life away.

Once in chemistry lab, our teacher, Ms. Trinket, told us to pick out a lab partner for the whole semester. She hands out a couple of paper slip and I take one.

"Once you've got the paper slip, read aloud the name of your partner and go next to him or her" she says in a very high pitched voice.

I slipped the paper open to read aloud the name that took time to register on my mind.

"KATNISS EVERDEEN"

I read aloud that everyone turned their faces on me and I see her now probably burning with rage. She's surely still mad about me about Gale. And the humiliation I gave her on her first day here. And the fact that I forgotten to tie hunter leaving her on top of our apple tree for hours. And probably giving her the worst day of her life in her singing competition when I went upstage and to give her a big tap on the shoulders but stumbled on her leaving us lying on the floor just because I was drunk that night. Okay, maybe I have been a bit mean to her in accidental moments, but hey, they are accidents.

Once I get to the seat next to her, I remember the things that our school principal said.

"Hey" I start. "I know that we may not have been getting along before, but could you tutor me sometime?" I say in my most seductive voice.

"What?" she says in shock with the look of disgust in her face.


So there ends my chapter one .. Please review so I would write more .. THANKS :)