Title: Flower Child

Disclaimer: I don't own THG.


Katniss:

Stanford, a dream school with perfect location and excellent academic reputation. Honestly, Katniss could not have asked for anything more. Except maybe a pick in her roommate. The thing about Stanford was that they encouraged making new friends and so, the new freshmen were not allowed to request a roommate.

So meeting her roommate had been a less than thrilling experience. And now, hiding out in the library, she had a chance to tell Peeta all about her.

"She's a hippie." She said into the phone. "A hippie."

Earlier that day...

She walked through the hall looking for room 219B,her assigned dorm. Within a few minutes, she was there. And so was her roommate.

"Oh, hey!" The girl quickly embraced her, the smell of apple cider flooding her nose."You must be Katniss!"

She nodded. "Yeah. And you're Kelly, right?"

The other girl laughed. "Call me Petal. That's my spirit name."

Katniss placed her belongings on top of the uncovered mattress. "Petal? My sheet says my roommate is Kelly, do I have the wrong room?"

"Nope!" Petal said cheerfully. "Kelly is the name my biological parents gave me, but the wood spirits have named me Petal."

"Oh." Really there was a to Katniss wanted to say about that.

The girls unpacked quietly, Katniss placed her radio alarm clock on her desk. Next, she put down her laptop, there was enough room.

"Katniss, you don't mind the plants do you?" Petal had used her desk for small potted plants, types Katniss didn't recognize.

"Um, not really. Why don't you use the desk for, I don't know, your computer?"

Petal shook her head. "I don't need a computer, mother nature imparts her wisdom through the earth."

"Okay. That's cool." Katniss replied.

"You're so understanding, Katniss." Petal smiled widely. "Hmm...Katniss...you look more like a...Rainbow. That's it, Rainbow!"

"I think I'll stick to my actual name. Thanks for the suggestion though." Katniss was suddenly very aware of the odd smell in the air. Some sort of fruity spice...

"I'm gonna go check out the, uh, bathrooms." She almost ran out of the room, wanting to get away from the crazy philosophy major.

Back to the present...

"Not to worry you, Kat, but what kind of plants is she planning on growing?" Peeta asked.

"It looked like grass, maybe it's catnip?" Katniss replied. "Either way, I doubt it's anything illegal, no one would be dumb enough to make it that obvious."

"Okay." Peeta said. "Maybe you could try and get along with her? I kinda like the name she picked for you. Rainbow. Matches your personality."

Katniss laughed. "Stop, be serious. I have no idea what to do with her. Plus, she smells like apple cider."

And it hit her, the way to make friends was through a gift.

"I'll call you later, Peeta. Love you."

That very day, Katniss headed to the nearby Target, eager to find the perfect gift, a giant bottle of Natural Essence shampoo. Because at the very least, her roommate could stop smelling like baking soda and apple cider.


I have nothing against hippies. Petal is meant to be out there, kind of like the Luna Lovegood on campus. Also, sorry about the long wait, I'm really busy nowadays. But I will keep working on this fic, there's a time-line I try to follow. I want to thank everyone who followed, favorited, and reviewed! You guys are awesome for liking this and it only had one short chapter! Thanks and I promise, I will try to update ASAP! If any of you would like to see anything in particular, feel free to let me know, it actually makes it easier to work out the time-line. :)