The next day, before school begins, I drop Prim off at her classroom, and start heading towards my own. When I get there, I head to my normal seat, in the back of the class. After I'm seated and am ready to learn, Peeta walks in the room. God, he's gorgeous.
He sits down in the front, by the window, with all of his friends, including Delly Cartwright. Ugh, I hate her. She always tries to act like she doesn't have feelings for Peeta, but it's obvious that she does. The only person who hasn't seemed to notice yet is Peeta, himself.
Once the teacher begins her lesson, I completely ignore her, and just stare at the back of his head. I love his blond, curly locks, and the way they shine when the sun hits them just right.
Time seems to have flown by as I stare at Peeta, because the next thing I know, class is being dismissed. I stand up, gather my things, and head to my next class.
I don't have any other classes with Peeta until after lunch, so the rest of the morning is pretty uneventful. Before I reach the cafeteria, my friend Madge bumps into me. "Hey" I say.
"Hi. What's up?"
"Well Mrs. Becker just gave us a ton of math homework. That must be the reason why nobody likes her." I complain.
"Oh, that stinks. Hey, did you hear about Delly and Peeta? Someone told me that he asked her out this morning after second period. I'm really sorry." She tells me sincerely.
My heart plummets to the bottom of my stomach. NO, I thought to myself. She's not right for him. As if you are? A little voice inside my head questioned. Madge was the only person I could trust with this information, so a long time ago, I admitted my feelings for Peeta to her.
"Come on, maybe some food will make you feel better", Madge offers.
It turns out that heading to the cafeteria only made me feel worse. I had a perfect view of the popular kids table, and I could clearly see Peeta and Delly holding hands. I suddenly felt very mad, so I stormed out of the cafeteria before I did something that I would later regret. I could hear Madge calling after me to come back, but I just kept walking, and then ran as fast as I could towards the woods.
It wasn't until I reached Gale and I's meeting place, that I realized I was jealous. I, Katniss Everdeen, envied Delly Cartwright. As I thought and sifted through all of my emotions, I became more and more disgusted with myself. Why am I thinking of a silly boy, when I should be worrying about Prim. After all, the reaping is in a few days, and this will be her first year participating in it.
