Katnisses pov
"do you Katniss j. everdeen, take Handsome amazing Peeta Mellark to be your loving amazing fab cute husband?" said Delly standing in white robes in the church.
"Hell yeah!" I said
"Peeta kiss your bride!" Delly said. I looked up into Peetas eye as he bent down and kissed me, I kissed him back hungrily…
I woke up with a smile on my face and I sighed, thinking about Peeta, he was so dreamy. I rolled out of bed onto the floor. I had been a week since he had slept round and I was falling more for him every day. We hadn't made any more moves, he was to shy and so was i. But I made sure it didn't show that I was to shy, I acted like he was my friend. I was often good at hiding feelings and I knew Peeta was getting confused about my feelings. I looked around my room and look into the mirror. My grey eyes met my reflections grey eyes and my scruufy dark brown bed hair looked like an afro, I pulled myself towards the bathroom to shower.
I lazily slouched into my place at the dining table in the kitchen and pulled over a bowl of coco-pops. Prim comes in.
"hey there sis!" Prim says
"hey there sis" I mimic. Prim face darkens. She sits on the seat next to me and tucks into her coco-pops, stuffing the spoon into her mouth and spraying milk and coco-pops everywhere.
"your gross" I said, edging away from her. She grins at me and I see all the food in her mouth. I turn away disgusted. My mum walks through the door and Prim immideatly snaps into innocent mode.
"morning mum" Prim says.
"morning angel, morning Katniss" my mum smiles at us and turns her back to us to face the coffee machine, I turn my head to look at Prim. She sticks her coco-pop ridden tounge at me. I look at my cereal. I push it away and rest my head on the cold table.
"Are you finished Katniss dear?" My mum asks. I grunt.
"have you actually had any?" my mum says peering into my bowl. I grunt again.
"Speak English Katniss, you know mum doesn't understand grunt language. Grunting is so unladylike. You only ever act like a lady around Peeta" Prim says. My head jerks up off the table and I look at her. She pulls me an innocent puss-in-boots face but I can see the glint of trouble in her eye. I get up and pick up my bag.
"I gonna go school mum." I say kissing her goodbye.
"ok darling, Prim let me get your bag and you can go and knock for Rue." My mum says before walking out.
"okay mummy." Prim said
Prim walked over to the front door and stood in front of it.
"move." I grunt.
"no." prim said.
"why?" I say glaring at her.
"why are you leaving so early lately? Is is the see Peeta?" Prim teased.
"why are you being such a bitch latly?" I say. Prim smile dropped and tears came to her eyes.
"Mummy Katniss, she, Katniss, called me a, mummy? Katniss called me a-" Prim voice ttrailed up th stairs, stuttering though tears. Now would be a good time to leave.
I pulled the door shut behind me I could hear Prim through a open window.
"and then she kicked me and punched me and push me to the ground" she cried dramatically. I ran to hide behind the bush so I could have some think, as Prim was right, it was way to early for me to go to school. I decide to head to Madges.
"Hello sweetheart! If your looking for Madge she upstairs darling. Ok? Do ypu know the way to her bedroom?" Madge mum says. I nod and run past her to the stairs.
"Katniss! You have to knock!" Was the first thing I heard when I entered Madges room.
"Soz Madge." I say and collapse on her huge double bed and begin to text Peeta my location.
"I mean look how hideous I am, I haven't put my make-up on yet." She said whilst curling her hair.
"you look hideous with and without make-up so I wwouldnt worry" I said throwing her pillow at her.
"how can you say that looking at youself? I mean, like, you don't wear make-up and that huge hideous spot on your forehead is visable to everyone." She was only joking, and so was I, but eiter way I looked at her bedside mirror. It was only a tiny whitehead. I gave it a squeeze.
"Its tiny, you bitch. And anyway who cares about spots?" I say. Putting savlon on my now sore spot.
"Peeta cares." Madge said. I sat up.
"does he?" I ask staring at her, trying to read her face for something. She chuckled.
"you know, you do an excellent job at hiding your feelings from Peeta. But not to everyone else. Soon someones gonna tell him you know." Madge said whilst chucking an eye pencil in the bin. I blushed. So everyone knew how I felt? I looked for a way to change the conversation without being too obvious. Luckily at that moment Glimmer came in.
"I cant believe Delly. How dare she be ill on the day of our English presentation! I'll have to do it alone." Glimmer cried and touched her forehead dramatically as if she was about to faint. Me and Madge exchanged looks then tried to keep ourselves from laughing. Until Madge stared at my forehead in horror.
"Oh. My. God. Did you squeeze that spot you had?" Madge said unable to tear her eyes away from my forehead. I nodded grinning.
"You are so gross." She whinned. I grined. There was a sob from the corner. We turned to look at Glimmer, who was standing by Madges window, looking up dramatically at the sky and letting the tears run from my eyes. I buried my head in Madges pink duvet to stop my self from crying with laughter at her dramaticness and need for attention.
"Glimmer, why are you crying?" Madge said I could hear the threat of laughter at her voice.
"My life has been turned upside down since… he left me." She said.
"Who left you?" Madge said not really paying attention any more as she was to busy sorting out her lip gloss.
"P-p-p-peeeeta!" The sobbing grew louder as she said Peetas name. My hands curled into fists at the sound of his name.
"Hate to break it to you love, but you and him were never together." Madge said placing her lip gloss on the shelf and turning to look at her. Glimmer turned around to.
"WE WERE! WE WERE IN THE HAPPIEST RELATIONSHIP EVER. WE WERE SO IN LOVE. BUT THEN SHE"-Glimmer pointed at me- "RUINED IT ALL" I jumped off the bed and looked at Glimmer, she looked pathetic, make-up smeered all over her tear ridden face and her shaking finger was pointed to me.
"I didn't do anything!" I said crossing my arms and raising my eyebrows at her.
"YOU DID BITCH. AND YOU KNOW YOU DID, YOU KISSED HIM. YOU KISSED MY BOYFRIEND." She bellowed. I pretended to yawn. She ran at me and I panicked and ran out the madges bedroom door. I slammed it behind me and bumped into Gale as I ran down the corridor. I fell back but then he caught me. He lifted me up. He smiled and flicked his hair back. Fab, now he thought we were having a moment. I pulled back but it was to late, his slobbery lips smashed into mine and he put his tounge in my mouth. It was horrid and tasted gross, I doubt he had actually brushed his teeth. I resisted and resisted scared I was going to be sick but he was too strong. Eventualyy he let me go, I bent over, catching my breath. I turned to leg it down the stairs but Peeta stood in my way. His face was the saddest thing I have ever seen, he didn't she the whole thing he just saw the kiss. I felt my face fall as I realised.
"Peeta-" I stuttered and he ran off down the stairs. I burst into tears and ran just as gales arms stretched out to pull me into another one off his 'kisses'.
I opened madges front door and looked left and right. No sign of Peeta. I could hear Madge and Glimmer arguing though Madges open bedroom window. I ran away to get away from it all.
I sat in English at the laptop, switching the slides of our presentation. Madge was explaining about shakesphere. I was bored, I looked around the class. Peeta was sitting in the front row, his head on the desk turned away from me, he was as bored as I was, and probly as sad.
"Katniss! Its your turn to take over." Madge said. I pulled myself out of the chair and up to the interative board. Madge took her seat at the laptop and turned onto a different slide. That bitch Glimmer had joined our group as Delly wasn't here.
"Plays that shakesphere wrote." I mumbled, Glimmer turned and started to read the long list aloud to the class. I tuned out. I looked at Peeta who was facing forward but staring into space, he had tears in his eyes. I imaged this moment if things were normal. He'd be pulling faces at me and I'd be trying not to laugh. I peered over at Gale in the back row, his feet up on the desk, his top half hanging off. He was clearly checking me out. I began to feel self-conscious and started to tug my skirt downwards and started to worry about my standing position. I was slouched so I pulled myself upwards so I was standing unnaturally tense. I felt even more awkward, I didn't realise it was turn to speak so Glimmer punched me unneccicarily hard in the arm.
"Bitch, it's your go, I'm not reading all of it as its your powerpoint." Glimmer murmured to me.
"Sorry, bitch" I murmured back and poked out my tounge at her. I turned back to the class, and smiled casually. They all looked back at me but th only one I could truly focus on was Peeta. His eyebrows were raised and you could tell he was trying to hide his smile but when he saw me looking he turned away ans started talking to Foxface, who was next to him, her bum bulging off the edges of her chair.
"Sorry everyone." I said and turned to the board to see what I had to read.
"OMG. How am I supposed to read that, it's clearly copied and pasted off wickipedia." I hissed at Madge (but everyone heard). Madge shrugged.
"Right you can read it yourselves, tell me when your done." I saidto the class and slouched against the wall. Madge and Glimmer stared at me in disbelief. The teacher stared at me angrily.
"Right I think we've heard enough girls, go back to your seats and see me after class." The teacher said. I ran back to my seat next to Madge in the corner by the window.
I sat there and waited while the rest of the class filed out the classroom. All that was left n the class was now me, Glimmer, Madge and the teacher (Mrs Hedley).
"Right girls, I am sure" –the teacher was cut off by Glimmer.
"Miss, I didn't even make the powerpoint so can I go." Glimmer said, casually picking at her nail varnish. That's when I noticed Peeta by the door. Who was he waiting for? Me? Was he finally going to listen to me?
"Yes Glimmer, you may go, please note you will be presenting next lesson with Delly." Mrs Hedley Said. Glimmer rushed out the room before she could reply. I watched as she closed the door behind her and watched as Peeta greeted her, I watched in disbelief as Peeta and Glimmer walked away togetrher with Foxface plodding along behind. I looked at Madge, who looked at me surprised. Peeta hated Glimmer. Always had. Why would he wait for her? Me and Madge exchanged some shocked looks.
"Alright Miss Everdeen?" Miss Hedley said. I look away from Madge to her and nod uncertainly. I had no idea what she had said.
"yes miss." She remined me.
"Yeah miss" I said and got up her eyes folloed me and madge out the room. I pulled the door close behind me.
"What did she even say?" I asked Madge, although I didn't care. Madge shrugged, she clearly had something else on her mind.
"What the heck was Peeta doing with Glimmer?" Madge thought aloud.
"I dunno, why does it matter." I said pretending I didn't care.
"Peetas acting weird, have you guys fallen out?" Madge said looking at me suspiciously.
"Yes." I said. A straight answer. I hoped she would get the note I didn't want to talk about it. I glanced at her. She had gotten the note, but was curiuos.
"why?" Madge said pretending not to care that much. I ignored her and yawned.
"come on" I said and ran ahead to the cafeteria.
I walked in and looked at the big table in the middle. Our table. There sat Peeta, his arm slung around Glimmer. He was looking at me. As soon as he saw me he leaned onto Glimmer and Kissed her hungrily, I could see her hands slipping up his top, which make him kiss her harder and press her more into the chair. The cafeteria was noisy but all I could hear was Glimmers sighs and Peetas ragged breath, it was so loud I couldn't bear it, the sighing and breathing. I swear it was getting louder. It had to stop. I turned and flee out the room and as far away as I can get from it. I finally found an empty classroom which I ran into and sat down, Madge came in a few seconds later. I burst into tears as Madge slipped into the seats next to me. She was breathing heavily from running. Once she had stopped panting she looked at me. Looking at her made me cry harder so I turned away.
"how dare he break your heart." She said angrily and passed me a tissue, I took it but didn't use it. I let the tears fall. Was this how Peeta had felt?
"He will not get away with breaking my best friends heart. Wait here Kat. Ok?" Madge said, Getting up. She walked around the desk towards the exit.
"No wait Madge." I called out to her. She turned around in the doorway, her arms crossed, a deermined look on her face.
"Yeah babe." She said
"Don't go after Peeta." I said looking at her sternly, although she was blurred thought my tears.
"Don't feel bad babe. Look what he done to you. Why don't you want me to go?" Madge said. I looked at the floor and murmured
"I broke his heart first."
She was staring at me, her position unchanged as if she was frozen. Her eyes bulged out of her head as she stared at me sjocked. After a while she spoke up.
"what happened?" she was basically whispering. I could tell that she was now worried about Gale, and her own relationship. I ddidnt look at her. She silently came and sat next to me.
"Was it Gale?" she whispered. I shook my head. I was lying to her. Poor Madge. She deserves better.
"Oh. Who was it then?" she said, I could hear the relief in her voice. I heard the thud of running feet and Gale appeared in the doorway.
"hey babe, hey Kat." He said, his voice was wobbling, I could tell he was wondering if I had told Madge.
"Hey there baby." Madge said, she wa staring at the floor in her own world. He slowly walked in, he looked uncertain and as if he was walking in on something private. In slow motion he sat next to Madge.
I gave him a look to say I hadn't said a word and he sighed in relief and pulled Madge onto his lap.
"What happened then, Katniss?" Madge asked looking up at me ignoring the fact that she had just been pulled onto gales lap and letting him stroke her hair.
"oh look time for maths." I said standing suddenly.
"no its not." Madge said, raising her eyebrows.
"yes it is" Said Gale, standing up making Madge stand with him. She looked at him angrily.
"Gale its not." She said, rolling her skirt futher up.
"Babe, honest, we have to go." Said Gale making his way out. Madge rolled her eyes and followed him, she shot me a look saying I'd be hearing about this later.
It was maths and I was sitting next to Peeta, next to him was that bitch Glimmer and opposite me was Madge, opposite Peeta was Gale and next to Gale, opposite Glimmer was Delly. Foxface was squished on the end between Delly and Glimmer. Peeta could be like Gale if he wanted to. Normally he didn't want to. Today he did. He was eating in class when he was supposed to, eating crisps, like Gale, and occasionally flick a crisp at random people, then laughing loud making it obvious it was him.
"Yes, right on the head!" Gale said loudly. Him and Peeta laughed and Peeta flicked another crisp in the poor girl called Lucy's head. She glared at him, picking a quaver out of her hair. This wasn't the Peeta I knew at all. Delly wasn't here so foxface was sitting in her seat so she didn't have to sit on the end.
"Hey, fat one, foxface, got anything I can flick at people so I can show Melark over here not to challenge the awesome crisp flicker, which is me." Gale said whilst taking off his top, causing small gasps from Glimmer and Madge and a few other girls that happened to be looking. Foxface delve into her bag and pulled out a massive bag of wotsits.
"Thanks." Gale said snatching the packet. Soon there were crisps flying everywhere. Then Peetas mum confiscated the crisps and Peeta and Gale were arguing over who won.
"It was me." Gale said plainly.
"Look babe, I think Mellark won this one." Madge said. Peeta made a loser sign at Gale.
"Yeah my amazing boyfriend won." Glimmer said hugging Peeta. Something of the old Peeta flicked in his eyes. Regret maybe. Sadness? He glanced at me, then seeing I was looking his way, quickly looked back a Glimmer. I pretended not to care but pressed to hard on the paper and my pencil broke in half. It gave a snap and everyone looked at me. Madge looked as if she felt sorry for me and Gale looked grumpy still because he lost, foxface was to busy eating a chocolate bar, Glimmer was smirking and Peetas expression was unreadable. I chucked my pencil on the floor and pulled another out of my pencilcase which was supposed to be acting as a wall between me and Peeta but wasn't working at all.
"Mum!" Peeta said and threw a rubber at her to get her attention. Please don't tell me he was going to tell her I threw my pencil on the floor.
"Peeta. Bad boy, don't throw rubbers. What is it?" Peeta mum said licking her hand and patting down his newly scruffed up hair. Peeta blushed embarrassed.
"um… urm… well…" Peeta stuttered and looked at me, he smiled but then remembered we weren't friends and remembered what he was doing. He put his feet up on the table and said
"can I sleep around my angel Glimmers house tonight?"
"well I suppose" She said not really concentrating as some other kid was chucking paper out the window.
"score." Peeta said, high fiving Glimmer.
"hey Peet, I know a contest that I'll easily beat you in." Gale said smirking.
"name it." Peeta said spiking his hair back up.
"Guy with the biggest abs." Gale said flexing his big muscles, I tried not to listen to the many gasps and giggles.
"What?! Are you telling me to take off my top and get girls to vote?" Peeta said stunned. Gale nodded and everyone turned to Peeta. I grinned. That's what you get when you try to be Gale. Peeta pulled his top over his head, everyone stared. He chucked his shirt behind him and I couldn't help peeking at him, I didn't believe what I saw, what he was hiding, even Gale was gasping and I may have let a gasp slip, I didn't notice what he had before but I bet Gale wasn't so sure about winning.
I watched as Peeta and Gale went round asking everyone and I watched as they approached the last person, Glimmer said that Peeta had 13 and Madge said Gale had 14. I watched the poor girl as the boys flexed their muscles and tried to get her on their side. Her name was Anne and she was bullied by my friends, by Madge and Gale and Delly and Glimmer. I had never said a word to her myself by me and Peeta stood by and watched. Watched her suffer.
"Come on baby. How can you resist these babys." Gale boasted kissing his muscles.
"Come on Anne, you know im the nice one" Peeta said flexing his muscles. But looking at him, me nor anne was entirely sure he was still the nice one. Anne looked at Gale before pointing at Peeta timidly.
"yeah!" Glimmer screamed kissing Peetas face leaving a pink lipstick mark. Peeta blushed and thanked Anne.
"come on you haven't even won yet." Gale said. Peetas face fell.
"B-b-but… it was a tie… theres no one else to ask!" Peeta said being so obvious he was lying. Gale looked at me and then Peeta looked at me. I felt my eyes widen as the two topless boys came towards me. I backed up and found myself against a wall.
"Look there is no way"- I was cut off by Gale.
"Come on babe, you're the decider!" Gale spoke dramatically.
"Yeah Katniss its all down to you." Madge said, flicking back her hair and clutching Gales muscly arm. I sighed. I knew my answer, I thought it was Peeta, but I couldn't pick him could i?
"You already know my answer. You already know the one ive always loved." I said before whispering "Peeta" I coulnt believe I actually said that. I don't bother looking at there faces, I walk away and sit in my seat.