I DO NOT OWN THE HUNGER GAMES! I hope you enjoy my second story. Sorry they are supposed to be 16 so don't listen to the part when I say that they are 14.

New Beginnings

I walk to school with my brothers for the first time in months. Rye and Graham are twins. They are both 17 and are in their senior year of high school, while I have 1 more year after this one. My brothers are the most popular kids in school, while I have 1 friend who sits across from me at lunch and a bunch of books I keep in my bag for school. I usually carry 5 and read them during class when I'm bored. Madge Undersee is the Mayor's daughter, who is the other girl who sits with me. She is quiet and super kind, I enjoy her company. Like me, she prefers reading classic novels during lunch, rather than watch the other kids at my school suck each other's faces of. We always discuss our books during lunch and share them with one another.

I walk into art, my favorite class, and sit down at the stool in the back that faces the window. Art is my first and favorite period, with music, since I sing and play the piano. Drawing helps me wake up in the morning. I pull out my pencils and sketchpad to finish the assignment I started yesterday. I decided to sketch the fountain I found on the edge of the border line a few years ago. The moon illuminates the water, and sparkles the top of the gushing water coming out. I usually go there to think and sketch what's happening around me. I start to sketch the running water when Peeta comes to sit on the stool beside me. He pulls out his sketchpad and starts to draw the tree outside the window.

"Why are you sitting here?" I ask. I go back to my drawing and start to erase the extra pencil marks before I color it.

"I just wanted to okay," he says agitatedly. "Could you tell your mom that Prim won't be over, she's sick." He whispers the last part of the sentence so quietly that it's barely audible. I look shocked, Prim is so fragile.

"My mom will probably visit and give her something to help," I tell him. We continue to draw in silence until the bell rings. I stuff everything in my bag so quick and rush out the door. I didn't want to talk to anyone on the way to my other classes. Once the lunch bell rang, I went to my table with Madge. We were both reading Anna Karenina one of my favorite Tolstoy books. I looked over to Peeta and Gale's table when I finished the chapter I was reading. My eyes couldn't believe what they saw. He was sucking Ari Grayburn's face off. I couldn't help but get angry. I then realize that I shouldn't be, because I don't own him, but I can't help but feel possessive. Madge gives me the eye.

"Feeling jealous?" she teases. I lightly bonk her head with my book and she starts to laugh. "It's okay, I get it." She is quiet, but when she speaks, it's always helpful and comforting. She is the only person who understands me and makes me feel like I'm not alone in the deathtrap called school. I was finally relieved when the lunch bell ended and they finally stopped. I walk past them as fast as I can to get to my last 2 periods. Music is my last period, yet another class I share with Peeta. Thankfully, Madge is also in my class so I have someone to talk to. We both have been playing the piano since we were little so, we sit on the grand piano as the others play different instruments. I try to avoid Peeta's stares as he watches Madge and I finish our project. We were working on a duet for our class project. Since I have been playing longer, it was easier for me compose a piece. I thought that it was perfect for a very slow song and we decided to turn it in. After we finished our project, our teacher dismissed us and Madge and I walked back to my house.

"Hi Mom," I say as I see her in the apothecary room.

"Hey baby girl," she says to me and hugs me. "Hi Madge." Madge waves and says hello to my mom.

"Prim got sick, Mama, we should give her some medicine when I finish with the cake," I say. She nods and agrees with me. I walk to the bakery kitchen.

"Hi Daddy," I say. I have always been a Daddy's girl. He loves to spoil me all the time. He greets both Madge and I. We walk to my room, which is right above the bakery. I painted it myself. I painted the sunset peeking over the trees that diffuses from a soft orange to pink and then to blue. "What does Peeta like in Ari?" I ask. I stand up and look at myself in the mirror. I am definitely not as skinny as her, but I am not fat. My hair is wavy and blonde, while hers is dark and sleek like Peeta's. She wears hers in a braid, while I pin mine back on the side or put it in a ponytail. I have blue eyes like my parents, but they resemble my father's most. Ari's eyes are a stormy gray color, darker than Peeta's steely ones, but they are still super beautiful.

Madge stands behind me and says, "Kat, you are the most beautiful girl in the district. You shine every time you walk out, and you smile so brightly it's contagious. Also, when you sing, the Mockingjays stop to listen." I feel a little more confident when she tells me this, but it doesn't help much. I walk downstairs and Madge and I help out in the bakery. She puts the cookies on display, while I frost them. After we finish the cookies I start to decorate the cupcakes, making them look like a meadow. I see 3 small Seam kids outside the bakery. I bring 3 cupcakes outside and hand them one.

"Thank you Kat," a little girl named Violet says. She is missing two front teeth and has a purple flower in her hair.

"No problem," I say and stroke her head. When I look up I see 2 tall people standing in front of me. As I look to see their faces, I realize that it's Peeta and Gale. "Oh sorry, I'm blocking the door." I move out of the way and let them go in. I trail behind them and go behind the counter. "I believe that you want my dad," I say. "I'll get him."

"Thanks Katniss," Peeta says. I don't know why he insists on calling me by my full name, I prefer Kat, but whatever. I come back with my dad.

"Hey boys," my dad smiles, "What have you got today?" I go back to my decorating station with Madge. She nudges me to go talk to him, but I ignore her. Gale does the trading as Peeta walks to where I am frosting. As I'm finishing the flowers on one cupcake, Peeta comes and talks to me.

"Hi," he says. I look at him and nod and go back to adding flowers on a cupcake. "You're really good at it."

"Well it's all I've been doing since I was 5," I tell him. I get another piping bag, and start to frost the chocolate cupcakes that I decided will be ocean waves. I think he can tell that I didn't want to talk anymore and he starts to leave. I remember that Prim was sick and go to my mom to get the medicine. Right before they leave I ask them to come back.

"Wait!" I call out. Peeta turns around and comes back in. "Here's some medicine for Prim, tell her that I hope it helps." He takes the pouch from my hand and puts it in his game bag.

"Okay," he says and leaves. My dad goes back to baking the raisin and nut loaves that we ran out of an hour ago. Madge leaves the bakery 20 minutes later and I'm left to frost alone. After I finished the last cupcake, I take my bag and go to the fountain at the border and sketch the forest during sunset. I walk out of the door and make my way to the edge of town. I decided to wander a bit before walking to the fountain. I am hit by someone who is running the opposite way than I am, and I'm knocked down to the ground.

"Katniss, I need your mom's help," I hear Peeta's voice he sounds helpless. He lifts me up and dusts me off. "Prim's fever is getting worse and she is looking paler than usual." Peeta is so close to crying.

"Don't worry, we'll get her help," I tell him. I get my mother and she brings a bag of supplies that will help. When we walk into their house, all I see are pictures of Peeta and Prim, and a few of their father. My mother and I walk into Prim's room and my heart drops at the sight. My mom shoos Peeta and I out of the room as she takes care of Prim. His mother looks at me with disgust, but I shrug it off. Peeta sits on a small chair in the living room and starts to cry. I sit next to him and rub his back and try to calm him down. "Don't worry, my mom is the best healer," I say. "Prim will get better; I'll stay with you here."

He looks at me with puffy gray eyes. I give him a hug. "Promise?" he asks. I take out my pinky and grab his with mine.

"Always," I say. He stops crying after 20 minutes. I sit there holding his hand for another hour until my mother comes out of the room.

Peeta gets up and rushes towards her. "I finally broke her fever," my mother says. "She should get better in a week, until then, giver some of this every day." She held up some medicine she made. "Make sure she gets rest, I'll be back every day until she gets better, let's go Kat," my mother calls. Just as I am about to leave the house I go back and kiss Peeta on the cheek and leave.

I get back home and eat with my family. "How's the little girl?" my dad asks.

"She is going to get better," Mama says. "Kat was very brave and helped Peeta calm down today." She looks at me and I start to blush.

"Ohh Baby Kat's got a crush," Rye says. Both Rye and Graham start to laugh.

"Grow up will ya?" I tease. This just makes them laugh even more. It's not like they don't have crushes. I just saw Rye kissing Delly last week and I didn't say anything, and Graham has been dating Emma, the florist's daughter, for two years.

"Just make sure he treats you right," my dad says. "If he hurts my little angel, I swear I will come after him."

"Don't worry," I say. "I doubt that'll ever happen." I start to play around with the rest of the food on my plate. After another minute, I get up and clean my area, Peeta already has someone and I couldn't care less.