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Disclaimer: I do not own The Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins is the owner of this amazing trilogy. This story is mine, although the characters are not.

Chapter 3

Katniss' POV

The whole week Peeta and I had had little conversations. We talked about everything, family, school, friends, the bakery. I had found out a lot of thing about him. Like, his favorite color was sunset orange. He always double-knotted his shoelaces. And he always slept with his bedroom window open.

Not that I looked at his window a lot..

I went to Biology and waved Peeta over. He smiled and walked over to me. This was one of the other many classes we had together. He sat down next to me, but before he could say anything, the teacher started talking.

"Attention, please. As you know, you have to hand in a project in 3 weeks. By next Tuesday you all have to tell me who you will be working with." She said.

I looked to my right to see Peeta looking at me expectantly. "So.. who are you working with?" He asked. I shrugged, "Don't know yet, you?" He shrugged as well. "I don't know yet either. Hey, do you wanna be my partner?" He asked smiling. "Sure" I nodded.

We began talking about the project and what we were going to make. It was going to be a big project, so we were going to have to start making it soon. "Do you wanna come over to my house tomorrow? Then we can begin the project." He asked. I could feel my cheeks go red. Katniss, stop blushing, I thought to myself. I think he saw me blushing, because he started grinning. "Okay" I finally said. We both smiled.

When I had my break I told Madge that I was working on the project with Peeta. She raised her eyebrows and I just looked away. She still didn't believe I didn't like Peeta. Then again, I was starting to doubt it myself as well.

I later got home and looked in the postbox. There was a letter from district 4. It was Gale. With everything that happened this last week I had actually forgotten to post him a letter. I'd have to apologize later. I opened the envelope and read the letter inside it.

Dear Catnip,

How are you doing? Everything is fine here in District 4. It's a lovely place. We live in a house right next to the sea. And it's warm all the time. I've had to buy more shorts and t-shirt!
How is everything in District 12? Is everybody doing okay? I do still miss everyone. I wish I could just go back and go to the woods with you. There are barely any woods here in District 4. I'm going to have to find a new hobby..
Until then, I'll keep myself busy by writing letters to you, hehe.
Anyway, say hi to Prim and everyone for me. I really miss you.

Love,

Gale

I read the letter and felt sad. Gale liked District 4 with it's sea and warmth. Soon he would forget all about District 12. He would forget all about me.

No, surely he wouldn't. Prim walked in and saw my face. "What's wrong?" "Nothing," I said, "Gale says hi." "Oh, say hi to him for me!" She said. I nodded and Prim walked away.

I grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and started writing.

To Gale,

I'm doing fine. I'm sorry my letter is so late. It's great to hear you like District 4. It must be amazing there.
Everybody here is doing fine. You haven't missed out on anything, not a lot has happened since you left. I miss you to. I feel really lonely when I go to the woods on my own. But I suppose I'll have to get used to it.

Say hi to your mum, Rory, Vick and Posy for me.

- Katniss

I put it in an envelope and sealed it. I would post it later. I decided I wouldn't tell him about Peeta yet. Maybe in a week or so.

I grabbed a drink and went upstairs. I closed my bedroom door and sat at my desk. Peeta wasn't in his bedroom. Shame.

I realized that since Peeta had moved here I went up to my bedroom a lot more often. Prim apparently noticed to, cause when I came back down after a few minutes she asked me what I was doing in my bedroom. "Sorry, didn't know I wasn't allowed to go to my bedroom anymore." I said sarcastically. Prim just shook her head and did her homework again.

I grabbed my drink and went to sit on the bench that stood in front of our house. It was a small, old bench, but I liked sitting there sometimes. I sat down and looked around. I saw Mr. Mellark outside, mowing his lawn. He smiled at me as I walked over to him. "Hiya Katniss. How are you?" "I'm fine thanks. How about you?" I said. "Great, great. Just mowing the lawn. My sons will never do it for me." He said jokingly. He pretended to look sad but quickly smiled again.

I liked Mr. Mellark. He was really friendly. I saw him waving to someone behind me and looked around. Prim was skipping towards us. "Hi Mr. Mellark!" She said. "Hi Prim." "Could you thank Peeta for the cookies he gave me?" Prim asked. Had Peeta given her cookies? "Sure Prim, did you like them?" "Oh yes, they were delicious! Peeta's a really good baker!" She said happily. "I'll tell him that, I'm sure he will be really glad to hear it." Mr. Mellark said and smiled. "I'll see you later girls!" He said and walked away.

Prim and I walked back in to the house. "I know what you're thinking," Prim said, "You're wondering why Peeta gave me cookies aren't you?" How did she know? Was I that easy to read? "Well Peeta and I were talking and we just clicked. He's very nice you know." She said. Oh I knew. "So anyway this afternoon he brought me cookies, because I told him I had never tried chocolate chip before. They were delicious!" She said, her eyes looking dreamy.

Mr. Mellarks POV

Peeta had been talking about her since the first day of school. "She's amazing" He had said. And every time he talked about her, his eyes got even brighter than they already were, and his smile wouldn't stop growing. He hadn't admitted that he liked her yet, but the time would come. I just hoped Katniss liked him as much as he liked her. His heart would be irreparable if she didn't.

Prim was a lovely little girl as well. She had big blue eyes, a bit like Peeta's. But in Prim's eyes you could see something had happened to her. Something she'd never forget. I felt sorry for the girls. I hadn't even met her mother yet, although we had already lived here for over a week.

I hadn't ever seen her father. I had heard from somebody that he hadn't been here for 2 years, or something like that. Who knows what happened to him. I could only pray Katniss' and Prim's mother loved them enough so that they didn't think about their father to much. That just wouldn't be fair.

Katniss' POV

I went back upstairs and went to my bedroom. This time Peeta was in there. He was probably drawing again. After a few minutes he saw me. He smiled and opened his window. I opened mine as well. "Hi" He said loudly. The houses weren't that far apart, so it wasn't that hard to hear him."Hi" I said, smiling. "I heard what Prim said about me. Can you thank her for me?" He asked. "Of course."There was then an awkward silence. "Um, I'll go tell her now. See you tomorrow!" I said. He grinned and closed his window. I closed mine as well.

I went downstairs and walked over to Prim. "Peeta says thanks." I said. Prim raised her eyebrows. "You just came from your bedroom. How did you.." Prim must not know my window is across from his. "Katniss, will you just admit you like him? I won't judge you, really, I think you-" "Prim, I- I don't like him." She grinned. "Yeah, not yet."

Author's Note: What did you think about Mr. Mellarks POV? I wasn't planning on doing it, but I suddenly thought it would be cool to try. Hope you liked the chapter, and don't forget to review! Next chapter will be up by Sunday night, maybe even before that. Again, thank you to everybody who added this story to story alert of even favorite. And an even bigger thank you to all the people that added me to their favorite author or author alert! If only written three chapters and you already favorited me.. You're all amazing :) x