HEY readers!
so this is just something that I thought up the other day.
It's kind of like your typical teenage coming of age/love/drama/a bunch of different things story except it's hunger games style ;D lol
well hope you guys like it and please review to tell me if you guys love it or hate it!
the pairings are gonna be weird, by the way, and they're gonna change throughout the story so expect that :D
ANYWAYSS
enjoy and have a lovely Sunday :)
Katniss
"He is so sexy," Johanna says as we see Finnick Odair run across the field.
"Agreed," I reply, but I'm not entirely focusing on Finnick, I'm staring at the boy running on the other side of the field, Cato. Cato Lennox. Now that was sexy.
"Yeah," Annie replies but I can see how she looks at Finnick dreamily, and I know she isn't completely voicing her thoughts.
"Too bad he's going out with that slut," Johanna says with a scoff. As if on cue, Glimmer steps onto the field to meet him. Her shorts barely cover her butt and her shirt shows way too much cleavage, not enough for the rest of the boys though, as half the soccer team has stopped to stare at her. Finnick walks up to her and wraps an arm around her waist as she stretches her neck up to kiss him. We can see him stick his tongue into her mouth all the way from the bleachers and Johanna gags loudly.
"Get a room!" She yells across the field to them. They stop making out for about two seconds, enough for Glimmer to throw Johanna a dirty look. She kisses Finnick again, mugs Johanna one more time, and starts to walk off the field. Johanna sticks both her fingers in the air.
"Fuck you too, Blondie!" She yells out at her with a devious smile. A couple of the guys on the soccer team chuckle, including Finnick, but Glimmer ignores her and leaves.
"Mason, calm yourself or I'm gonna kick your ass outta here!" We hear Coach scream from the field, walking toward the bleachers. Coach reaches us and looks at us impatiently.
"Aww, come on, Coach, it was funny," Johanna tells him nonchalantly, "She had it coming anyways."
"Mason, I've told you before I'm the only one allowed to cuss on this turf, or at least the only one allowed to scream it across the field." He says in the same tone.
"I'm not supposed to keep my thoughts censored. At least, that's what my shrink said." She retorts. Coach looks at her with defeat and smiles scornfully.
"Can it, Mason, or I'll make you do 20 extra suicides on Monday," he calls after her as he walks away.
"Woohoo!" Johanna yells back with fake enthusiasm, throwing her hands up in the air. Coach looks around, making sure there's no other supervisors, and flips Johanna off with a smile. She laughs and salutes him, then sits down.
I swear, they have the strangest relationship.
It's a hot, Friday afternoon and sitting out in the bleachers is not helping us beat the heat, but this was almost like a ritual now. Every Friday after school, we'd stay at the bleachers until 4:30, checking out the soccer team and waiting for Madge to get out of tennis practice, after we would go to the ice cream place on Hob St. (nicknamed the Hob) and then finally most of us would go home, I usually went to Johanna's house though. My house was too… quiet. Prim stayed at the afterschool program until 6, my mom got home around 5, and, ever since my dad died, which was over 5 years ago, my mom kind of just walks around the house, not talking very much. It drives me insane, so I go to Johanna's loud, boisterous house of 7 for the much needed break from the loud silence at my own home.
I see Madge coming towards us with her tennis gear, signaling that both tennis and soccer practices are over. We all stand up, ready to leave, when one of the guys from the soccer team makes his way towards us. For a second, I think it's Cato and my heart skips a beat, but then I notice the hair on his head isn't blonde but ,in fact, brown. Then I see his face and I sigh. Just Gale, my old best friend.
"Ooo who's that?" Madge says when she sees Gale walking towards us.
"Calm it, Mads, you're taken," Johanna tells her, not taking her eyes off of Gale, "Whoever he is, he's fine as hell." I roll my eyes at her comment and sit back down.
"It's just Gale, ya know, the new kid?" I tell them.
"Just?," Johanna exclaims, "Do your eyes need fixing, Nessie, or do you not see he is exceedingly handsome?"
"It's just, I've known him for so long, we're too close, or at least we used to be, so it's too late for any of that." They all look at me expectantly, well except Annie, who's still staring at Finnick.
"We used to go to the same grade school down on 12th street. We were best friends but since he was a year older than me, he left for middle school and we kinda lost touch after that."
"Why did he transfer in this year though? Isn't he like a junior now?" I didn't have time to answer her because Gale had reached our little group.
"Hey, I'm Gale," He says to all of us, but it's obvious he's directing his greeting at Johanna. He smiles at us expectantly, waiting for us to introduce ourselves.
"Madge Undersee, nice to meet you," She says rather politely, probably trying to contain her hormones. She already has Peeta so no point in flirting with Gale.
"Madge…," He says, drawing the name out "I've heard it before. One of the guys-"
"Peeta Mellark, right?" Madge says, interrupting him. Gale snaps his fingers.
"Yeah, baker boy," Madge frowns at the nickname. Gale catches it, and quickly says, "the punk's good at wrestling, I'll admit that"
"Yeah, well he's my boyfriend," she says proudly. Gale nods.
"He must be good in the sack; very controlling," he says bluntly. Madge turns beet red and I bite my tongue to stifle my laughter. Johanna, on the other hands, laughs loudly while Gale looks at her amused. Madge leaves with a huff, saying she's going to take a shower then she'll meet us at Hob later.
Johanna finally calms down enough to introduce herself.
"I'm Johanna Mason, and what did you say your last name was?" She asks him. He lets out a good natured laugh.
"I didn't say but it's Hawthorne. Gale Hawthorne." He tells her.
"Hawthorne, huh.. You mind if I call you that?" She says flirtatiously.
"If I can call you Mason, it's all good," he responds, playing along with her. Johanna lets out a nervous laugh, which is extremely rare in her.
"Anyways," he says, "I just came to tell you that what you said to Glimmer was pretty hilarious,"
"What can I say? I just love to flip people off and yell sarcastic remarks" She says with fake proudness.
"I like that." Gale responds with a million dollar smile. Johanna can't seem to find any words but she is saved by one of the other soccer players.
"Hey Hawthorne! You coming or what?"
"Yeah, yeah I'll be right over," he yells back to who I now realize is Finnick.
"So I'll see you around, Jo?" Gale says as Finnick keeps screaming at him to hurry up.
"Yes, definitely," Johanna replies, sounding like a little love struck school girl.
"Oh, wait, I never asked you your names" Gale says just as he's about to leave. He waits expectantly for an answer from Annie but she's staring off into the distance. Just then Finnick comes running up to us and socks Gale playfully on the arm.
"Now I see why you're hanging around here, Hawthorne. Lots of pretty ladies," He says, winking. Gale kind of rolls his eyes as he can see Johanna is falling all over Finnick. He's probably pist Finnick stole his spotlight. Boys, go figure.
"I'm Johanna," she says and shakes Finnick's hand, looking kind of dazed.
"Katniss," I say indifferently. I mean sure, Finnick is attractive but I got my eyes on someone else. I notice Gale is staring intently at me, probably try to remember who I am. With any luck, he won't.
Finnick finally turns to Annie and, when she looks up, he seems shocked.
"Annie," she says quietly.
"Nice to meet you, Annie," he says sincerely, holding on to her hand, and her cheeks flame up. Everything seems to stop around them until Johanna clears her through loudly.
"Well, we gotta get going ," Gale says, still staring at me.
"Yeah…" Finnick says distractedly.
"See ya around boys," Johanna says smoothly as they turn and walk away.
I catch both of them looking over their shoulders, Gale at me (or Johanna) and Finnick at Annie. I chuckle and shake my head.
"You lucky bitch!" Johanna exclaims toward Annie.
"What?" she responds shyly.
"Finnick fucking Odair couldn't keep his eyes off of you!" Annie just shakes her head, denying anything.
"It's true, Annie," I say gently. "You guys had, like, a moment."
Johanna nods her head vigorously and Annie finally cracks a smile. But just as quickly, it goes away.
"It's pointless anyways; He has Glimmer,"
"Fuck Glimmer!" Johanna says loudly.
"Why would he even want me? I mean look at Glimmer. She's sexy, blonde, has a great body. I'm fucking horrible next to her." Annie says dejectedly, tears threatening to over flow her amazing eyes. I sit next to her and Johanna sits on the other side.
"You are GORGOUES Annie, ya hear me?" Johanna says softly, "And I'm not only saying that because you're my friend, I'm saying that because it is completely true. Sluts like Glimmer don't have anything on your natural beauty."
"Yeah, Annie. Johanna's right. Finnick Odair would be one lucky bastard if he ever could have someone as good as you." This gets a smile out of Annie and she lifts up her head.
"Thanks, guys," Annie says "And for the record, Gale was totally flirting with you Johanna."
We both laugh and Johanna shoves Annie lightly.
"Come one, girls, let's get to the Hob."