Chapter 1

Hi guess, yes this is the new version of "What if I met you before?" It is very different but still same. They are both 16 in this one and the reaping is more than a month away. Yes it is different, but please read. Also please follow, review or favorite.

"Come on man, you'll never ask her out." Say Rye. I sigh in annoyance. "Shut up, Rye." I say as I continue to knead the dough. Presently were in our family's Bakery in district 12. And yes Rye is my brother, who always annoys the hell out of me, yet I still love him because he's family. And as usually he's teasing me about my crush, Katniss Everdeen. "Common you'll never be a true Mellark if you never even try. I mean if she turns you down, she turns you down" says Rye. "Fine, maybe I'll ask her after the reaping." I say and we both know this isn't true. "Peeta, we both know that the reaping is more than a month away. If you don't ask her out soon I might." He says in a cocky way. Rye also has an ego the size of district 11. I roll my eyes as he says that.

"You thing I'm sure about, Rye, is that she'll definitely say no to you." I say as I move to the cupcakes to put them away.

"Are you joking, any girl would be flattered to be ask out by me." Says Rye as he cleans off the counter.

A single laugh comes out before I say "Well Katniss is different than most girls, which is what I like best about her. She's not super girly."

"Well if you're so confident about her saying no to me, then why don't you ask her out then?" I glare at him and respond "Fine I will!" Right after I say that I realize my stupidity. I just surrender to Rye and agreed to ask out Katniss.

"K' my shift is over, I am out of here." He says as he throws off his apron and heads to the stairs leading to the house.

"What do you mean you agreed to ask her out?" Delly says as we walk to our table in the cafeteria.

"I don't know. It's just he kept on teasing me about it and I finally cracked." I say as we sit down at the table right by the other merchants.

"Well, since when did your brother start making miracles happen?" She says when were seated at the merchant table.

"What do you mean?" I ask not understanding by what she means by a miracle.

"What I mean is that were in love with this girl since like what kindergarten and it's good that he tricked you into asking her out. I mean where you really going to wait any longer?" She explains as we continue to eat our lunch. As I think about more she right. I mean would I be able to wait any longer.

"But what if she says no, what would happen then. I just get offer then. I mean I don't think I could." I say as I hold my hands in my head.

Delly sighs and says "Peeta don't underestimate yourself, any girl will be lucky to have you. Just try to stay confident when you're asking her." As we begin to leave. I sigh and say "Yay I guess you're right."

The final bell of the day rings as everyone in the class gets up to leave. I stay seated putting my books back in my bag trying to waste as much time as I can so I don't have to do what Rye had made promised to do. Hopefully I waste so much time that she's not their when I finally get out, I say out loud in my head.

Delly sees what I'm trying to do and comes up to me and says "Stop stalling and just go, what's the worst she can say no."

"Yes, that is the worst thing she could say." I say bluntly. She rolls her eyes about how frank I'm being. "Oh, just get out there."

I finally get enough confidence to get up and walk outside. As I walk outside I see her waiting by the small oak tree for her little sister, Primrose. I take a deep breath when I start to walk towards her. She doesn't realize I'm their till I'm right in front in her. I'm not the tallest guy in school but I'm still about a head taller than her. I'm about 5'10" and still growing at the age of sixteen. Katniss is maybe 5'5" or 5'6".

As I come up in front of her my palm start to become clammier from me being nervous. As I come in front of her I Think of how stupid I look as she just looks at me.

"Um, how are doing." She says when she sees me. "Yeah, um hi, I was just wondering if… youwouldliketogoonadatewithme?" I say really fast in my wreck of nervousness.

"Wait, Can you say that again but slower?" She says while she's playing with the leather bracelet on her wrist.

I take a deep breath and say "I was just wondering if you would like to…" I look briefly behind me and turn back to her and finish with "go on a date with me?"

She just stares at me blankly at first but then a pretty blush comes across her cheeks. "Oh Peeta, um I not sure yet can I at least sleep on it." I feel a tiny bit of hope when she says this.

"Um sure, it's just I really like you and I just thought I should ask you out and…. Sorry I'm rambling on." I say feeling blush coming across my face.

She giggles and then stops herself. She then says "Um, yeah. Well I got to go, bye." She then walks behind me to meet up with Prim who is coming out of the building. After she leaves I start to walk back to the bakery.

Katniss's Pov:

"Why was Peeta Mellark talking to you?" Prim says as we head towards the Seam.

"Oh, he just wanted to know a question about class?" I say, hoping she can't see through my lie.

"I know he asked you out." She says.

"What do you mean he didn't ask me out?" I say act like I don't know what she's talking about. "Fine he did ask me out but I said maybe."

"Why did you say maybe?" Prim asks. "Well, because I panicked a little when he ask me but I'm thinking I might say yes." I say to Prim.

The whole time I'm thinking to myself why am I telling her all this. One of the reasons I said yes to Peeta was because If I said no to him it would be like kicking a lost puppy on the streets. I also couldn't just say yes right of the bat either because I've never been on a true date before. But, Peeta is also a merchant and you really don't see those matches a lot especially if the girl is from the seam. Plus his mother probably hates me. Who cares about what people think I think to myself. So what if he's a merchant he's still the sweetest and nicest person I have ever known and I will say YES!

Thank you for reading. Yes, I did change their heights a lot because Josh Hutcherson is like 5'6" and Jenifer Lawerance is like 5'10". OK goodbye everyone and thank you for reading, also please review.