Twelve hours later, the trio reached Panem University nestled at the base of the Rocky Mountains. The red brick and sandstone buildings stood in contrast to the green of the pine trees of the mountains. "KAAAATNIIIIIISS! WE'RE HERE!" Prim squealed looking around.

"Ugh." Katniss groaned sitting up as she had been leaning against Peeta who was driving. "Yeah. We're here, little duck." Katniss muttered ruffling Prim's hair. "Peeta, do you remember which dorm she's in?" Peeta nodded. They drove to the south end of campus where kids wandered the sidewalks carrying suitcases, crates, and furniture into the red sandstone dormitories. Peeta parked the truck near Prim's dorm that read Engineering and Sciences Dormitory. "Let's get your stuff. C'mon, Pete!" Katniss called.

"Yes, mother." Peeta muttered causing Katniss to flip him off. Prim took her duffel bag with her essentials and went inside her assigned dorm. A girl who had red hair pulled into a braid checked Prim in and handed her a set of keys.

"You're in 205. Your roommate Rue Washington has already checked in." Prim nodded eagerly. Katniss and Peeta followed her down the hallway as she nearly ran to her new room.

"Hi! You must be Primrose!" A girl with medium brown skin and dark brown curly hair said. Prim grinned at her new roommate who also had the excitement of her first day of college in her eyes.

"Yeah - people call me Prim. And this is Katniss my sister and her boyfriend Peeta." Prim explained as her sister and Peeta followed her into her room with her other belongings.

"He's not my boyfriend." Katniss admonished before setting a laundry basket full of folded clothes on the floor.

"Oh yeah? Well why are you always spending the night at his house during the summer?" Prim asked slyly sitting on her bed and grinning.

"Prim! SHUT UP!" Katniss yelled blushing. "You want us to help you move in or not?"

"Ok." Prim and Rue exchanged glances and suppressed giggles as Katniss and Peeta left the room to grab the last of Prim's things.

"RUE WASHINGTON! I'm not carrying this by myself, girl!" A deep voice called down the hallway. Prim followed Rue out into the hallway where a tall dark-skinned young man was carrying a bright pink bookshelf.

"I was going to help, Thresh! I was saying hi to my roomie!" Rue protested. "He's my cousin. This is his last year of college." She explained as she and Prim helped Thresh carry the bookshelf into the room. Peeta greeted Thresh and introduced himself and Katniss as they helped Prim organize her side of the room.

Prim and Rue put their clothes in the closets as Peeta and Thresh finished assembling the pink shelf. Suddenly Prim's phone buzzed indicating she had a Skype call. "HI RORY!" Prim called excitedly. "I made it to Panem University!" Rory eagerly waved back at Prim on her phone.

"I see." Rory chuckled. The view behind him was of his and his little brother and sister's room as he was using his laptop on his desk. "Where's Gale? Did he help you move in?" Prim held the phone camera toward everyone in the room.

"Katniss and Peeta helped. Oh, and this is my roommate Rue!" Prim explained beckoning Rue to her. Rue giggled and waved to Rory.

"Ok." Rory said. "Call me later?" Prim grinned and blushed a little.

"We can Skype now! I have free Wifi!"

"It's not free, Prim!" Katniss corrected after putting some of Prim's sweaters in bins under her bed. "It's in your room and board."

"But I got the premed scholarship, so it's free!" Prim responded. She smiled at Rory who laughed at their little exchange.

"Well, you look busy so I'll talk to you later!" Rory said before signing off.

"You're welcome for letting us set up all your side while you talked to your boyfriend." Katniss playfully admonished. Prim squealed and wrapped her sister and Peeta in a hug.

"Thank you guys so much! I'm so excited I'm here with you!"

"We gotta go, Prim. You have fun your first night!" Peeta said smiling. "I gotta go to a Rush meeting at the frat and drop Katniss off."

"Ok." Prim called. "Bye!" She and Rue followed Katniss and Peeta to the front entrance of the dormitory. They waved as Peeta drove away. "So, do you need help setting up your side?" Prim asked. Rue shook her head. As they had nothing to do until the late afternoon Freshmen Orientation activities, they flopped down on their Twin XL beds and chatted. "What's your story?"

"Well, I'm from Georgia." Rue explained. "My parents run a peach farm and I'm studying agricultural management. Thresh is here on a basketball scholarship. He's studying economics." Rue nodded. "I came here for change of scenery. Oh, and because I'm on a science scholarship. You?"

"I'm Premed." Prim explained. "I wanted to come here because Katniss is here studying Wildlife Biology with hunting and fishing management. Her first boyfriend Gale studied construction management and he graduated last year. Her second boyfriend Peeta is a third year studying restaurant and resort management. He wants to be a pastry chef and take over his parents' bakery back home. We're from Seam, West Virginia."

"Hold up - " Rue interjected. "Your sister has two boyfriends? I would kill my sisters if they pulled that!" Prim giggled.

"How many sisters do you have?" Prim asked curiously.

"Three. And two pesky brothers. I'm the oldest. We're sort of an old-fashioned farm family. Anyway, about your sister's two boyfriends..."

"Well - Dad died in a construction accident when Katniss was eleven. She began doing odd jobs around Rolling Green - oh, that's the mobile home park where we live - and met Gale Hawthorne who his dad also died in the same accident. Gale is Rory's older brother."

"Your boyfriend." Rue teased before Prim giggled. "Go on."

"So Katniss and Gale did odd jobs together around Rolling Green. Then Katniss got a job at the Mellark bakery and Peeta would supervise her as she cleaned the kitchen or something -"

"Uh huh. And now she got a boy on each arm." Prim giggled again. "Man, your sister's crazy. But hey, if it works for her." Rue sighed. "I don't have a boyfriend, much less two. But I bet there are some fine guys around here." As if on cue, the girls on their hallway began whistling and calling to a person walking toward Prim and Rue's room.

"Oooo! Can you fix my bookshelf?"

"Hiii!"

"Hey, Muscles, I think my bed's broken!" Prim and Rue poked their heads out the door and giggled at the sight before them. Gale Hawthorne was sauntering down the hallway, his dark blue denim jeans hugged his hips. With his construction helmet clipped to his belt, his pants had slid down so they saw the beginnings of his boxers. His shirt was off revealing perfect tanned olive pecs and six pack abs. His dark hair was tousseled and sweat still covered his body.

"Hi, Gale!" Prim called. "Katniss left already."

"I'm just checkin' on ya." Gale said entering the room. He looked around. "You said Catnip left?" Prim nodded. Gale swore. "Bet she's with Fratboy!" He spat.

"Uuuh - Peeta did say he needed to go to the frat house." Prim pointed out.

"Yeah - well - welcome to college, kid." He turned to Rue who was unabashedly staring at his muscles. "Hey. Rue?"

"Hi." Rue squeaked. "Nice to meet you."

"Yeah." Gale grunted. "Tell Catnip I'll wait for her at home." He instructed Prim before leaving the room and ignoring the whistles from the girls' dormmates.

"Oh my god." Rue gasped. "How does your sister have two boyfriends when she has that?" Prim shrugged. "Hey, wanna explore the campus?" Prim's face lit up.

"Let me get my water bottle and I'll be ready. We can't forget our keys. Don't want to lock ourselves out on the first day." Prim giggled. She already knew Panem University would be quite the adventure.