Clove

Cato and I walk to my first class with his arm draped across my shoulder. I am so lucky. We reach the class room and he turns to face me and gives me a quick kiss on the cheek before engulfing me into a big bear hug. He lets go after a couple minutes and kisses me again, this time a little longer. I pull away and smile up at him.

"Bye." I say, I'm still smiling. He has this half smile on his, I love it.

"See you later, baby." He says as he slowly begins his trip to his class. I contently sigh and readjust my bag on my shoulder as I walk into the music room. I wave to Mr. Everdeen and take a seat in the back. A couple minutes before the bell rings Katniss walks in. I roll my eyes when I see that she is flushed.

"Hey, kitty cat. Why the pink face?" I ask her. She shrugs. "Come on, you can kind of trust me."

"He did it again." She sighs with a content smile. I don't try to push the subject and grab her schedule and hand her mine.

Music

Room 537: Mr. Everdeen

Art/Design

Room 536: Mr. Cinna

Public Speaking

Room 321: Ms. Trinket

Home Economics

Room 526: Mr. Melark

Lunch

Homeroom: Everdeen

Math

Room 254: Ms. Donner

History

Room 524: Mr. Abernathy

Locker Number: 264

Combination: 32-28-10

"That is a crazy schedule." I say handing it back to her and turn to face the front. Mr. Everdeen introduces himself and tells us a little about how this year is going to go. Then, because it's the first day of school, he let's talk to each other for the rest of class. "So, how was archery camp?"

"It was amazing." She sighs. "I got a new bow and a lot more arrows. How about your regular, boring camp?"

"It was awesome. Except that there was this one girl. Cashmere. I have NEVER wanted to just punch someone so much." I sigh and pick at my nails. "She's kind of a worse version of Glimmer. She thought that she was all this and that."

"You did beat her up, right?" I smile and nod and she laughs. She smiles and punches me in the arm. I laugh and pull my phone out of my back pocket and check the time, I also notice that I have one new text message from Cato.

From: Cato3

Hey baby. Just wanted 2 let u know I 3 u!

~Cato

I smile and quickly text him back fast before putting my phone back in my pocket. I look up and see Katniss looking at me with an eyebrow crooked. I stare right back at her with the same expression.

"What?" I ask and look around me; I can't see anyone else I know in this class.

"Why have you been so giggly lately?" She asks as she pops a piece of spearmint in her mouth and stares me down.

"No reason." I try to lie but I can tell by the look she gives me a look that just says tell-me-right-now-you-dirty-liar. "This is the first time I have had a good and actually healthy relationship ever since, you know, Steven."

"Oh, well at least you are happy, that's good." She says and I decide to change the subject.

"How's your mom?" I ask her and she hands me a piece of gum. Her mom has a small case of a mental illness and has mental breakdowns so her dad finally decided to get her help a couple weeks before school started do that he didn't have to worry about her hurting herself when she has a breakdown during work. It has helped but she'll still having black out, where she just kind of blocks everyone out of her little world.

"She's been better. I just have to help around the house and with Prim a lot more." She tells me. Prim is her little sister that just started the 9th grade and is the sweetest little thing. I like to call her sugar, because she's so sweet.

"How's Sugar?"

"She's good. Still super sweet." She laughs when I call Prim sugar. "She helps out a lot. Remember Lady?" I nod. "She loves that thing almost as much as Buttercup." She grumbles the word Buttercup. She hates that cat. Buttercup is this ugly cat who Prim found on the street when she was 5 and Katniss was 8, Katniss absolutely HATES that cat; the feeling is very mutual between that furry beasts. Lady is her pet goat and Prim sells cheese and milk for money sometimes if money is tight. "How are your parents?"

"They are the exact same. Workaholics. "She laughs at my word to describe them. I don't see why, it's the truth. They are rarely home, so my brother, Thomas, and I are home alone mostly too. Thomas and I are super close because of that. Thomas is 11 and really keeps to himself.

"Thomas?"

"He's good too. I think the summer camp really helped him peel a layer of his shell off. I'm proud of him." Katniss smiles and we talk a while longer before the bell rings and I head to Cinna's class. I almost make it there if someone hadn't pulled me to the side. I look up and see Cato in front of me; I smile and give him a hug. He smiles back at me and pecks my lips.

"Let's get to Cinna's." He says grabbing my hand and pulling me through the pool of students.

I love him!

Madge

Gale has been acting super strange. First he has been flirting with me. He has also been staring at me, I think, when I turn around to ask him a question. Is that weird? Nah. He hates me. I don't know why though, I try to be nice to him. Sometimes I have a remark that isn't the nicest bit then I have to tell him. He laughs at that.

I'm pretty sure that he likes me.

I shake my head and start packing my bag up and turn to look at Gale who is already staring at me. See what I mean?

"So," he starts, stretching out the 'o'. "What was your summer like?"

"Terrible. My dad went on so many business trips and stuff like that, so I just hung out with my mom at the hospital. Well when I wasn't with you guys." I answer and then I ask him, "How was yours?"

"Eh. It was fine; you know it was the usual; hanging out with you guys, having to take Rory, Vick and Posy to different events, mainly Posy to daycare." He answers then asks, "How's your mom?"

"She's doing better." I answer and then continue. "The doctors still aren't sure what it is."

"What's wrong with her?" He asks. I'm pretty sure that I just answered that question.

''Gale, were you even listening?" he shrugs. "They aren't sure, at all. I don't blame them though."

"Why's that?" he asks me leaning on the desk. "Like what is going on with her?"

"She gets these massive, and I mean HUGE, migraines." I answer. He smiles sadly at me. "The only way to get them to stop is to give her morphing. It works but it's expensive."

"I'm sorry." Gale says and I smile sadly at him. "That was lame and really cliché. "

"It's okay, a simple 'I'm sorry' is the best medicine right?" I ask, trying to stay positive so that I don't break down in front of this entire class.

"I thought it was laughter that was the best gift?" he jokes and that makes me smile. There is a comfortable silence between us for the rest of class, which is only like 5 minutes but still, and when the bell rings he's seems to be startled, so startled that he falls out of his seat. I snort and help him up.

What a dork!

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