Prologue
Peeta Mellark is laid out on his bed, the sound of his roommate's squeaking bed keeping him up. He had banged his fist on the wall about a hundred times, asking them to please be quiet but of course, that did nothing. Peeta had to wake up early for class tomorrow, he needed sleep horribly bad. Even with both his pillows covering his ears, the loud sound seemed to make its way through all of the feathers and fabric. He knew that soon, he'd be hearing a knock on the door from one of the neighbors. He wasn't looking forward to that.
Living in an apartment with super thin walls meant no privacy, and Peeta didn't understand why his roommate Finnick Odair couldn't just do that somewhere else; like at his girlfriend Annie's house. Her house was an actual house. It didn't have neighbors that could stick their ear to the wall and hear everything you say perfectly, as if you were sitting right next to them.
Soon, Peeta does hear the loud knocking sound he was expecting, the person at the door knocks a good five times, very impatient. With a groan, he forces himself out of bed and into the living room, taking in a deep breath before opening up the door. He is rubbing his tired eyes when he hears a woman's voice, "Uh, what is your friend doing in there?" Peeta removes his hand from his face at the sound, they hadn't had a girl live in their hall in ages. The girl in front of him has an amused smile on her lips, her eyes a striking gray that he had never seen on anyone else before, and her hair in a long braid that ran down her shoulder. He thought she was beautiful.
He was thinking he probably looked horrible right now, his eyes probably show the lack of sleep he has had, his own hair probably a complete mess from moving around his bed all night; trying to block out the noise. "He's...having sex," Peeta says in a friendly voice, humor taking its part along with it. The girl laughs at this, her smile taking Peeta's breath away.
"Sounds like it," she starts; pointing towards his room where the noise can be heard from here. "Sorry to ask you this but could you maybe, uh, get him to stop? I don't like hearing them when I'm trying to fall asleep." She smiles kindly at him, her eyes flashing towards the bedroom when the sound of Finnick's yell is released into the room.
Peeta slightly wrinkles his nose at this, disgusted by the sound. "Sure, I'll try my best," He promises. "I have banged on the wall a few times, trying to get them to stop, but you see how that turned out."
She smiles, and Peeta swears he could look at her all day when she did it. It made him feel weird inside; he usually wasn't attracted to girls just from sight, but this one changed everything. Peeta has to pull himself out of the thought when he notices that he is staring, not that the girl can even tell though with her eyes locked on Finnick's bedroom door and all...
Finally, her attention moves back to the boy in front of her. "I'm Katniss, Katniss Everdeen," Her voice is soft as she speaks. "I just moved next door last week, that's probably why you haven't seen me around."
When she holds out her hand to him, Peeta instantly takes it into his, "Peeta Mellark, I've lived here ever since I started college," He steps closer to her without knowing. "Do you have a roommate, too?" He felt the need to ask since she appeared to be alone, if him and Finnick had been kept up by that sound, he swears they both would have been beating down the person's door.
Katniss smiles shyly at him, looking over her shoulder for something. "Yeah, her name is, Johanna Mason,"
He lifts a confused eyebrow at the woman, a half smirk playing on his lips for a reason he couldn't figure out, "And she wasn't bothered by the noise?" He asks; amused. "Sounds like a tough girl."
"She sure is..and a very deep sleeper," Katniss adds with a smile. "I need to get to bed, I have an exam in the morning. Please tell your buddy in there to maybe wait until a weekend for that." Peeta can't help but laugh at that. "It was nice meeting you, Peeta."
The sound of his name coming off of her lips send chills through his whole body, making the weird feeling from earlier come back. "You too, Katniss. I'll see you around," He softly yells after her as she makes her way back to her apartment. She sends him a wave over a shoulder and that is the last thing he sees before closing the door.
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