I'm try to write longer chapters like some readers requested but its hard to manage three stories at once so i take turns to write them so please be patient.
Disclaimer: I do not own hunger games.
Plot: Katniss Everdeen is a head strong student who is pretty much doesn't even bother about love but when a new boy comes, why does that all change? How exactly will this fairytale dream end with fangirls, Careers and of course the Capitol, the school snobs.
-HG-
Chapter three: Losing Annie's Mind
The rain was pouring hard, the murky wet sand was unpleasant to step in but this was a funeral and I didn't care, I was here because I needed to be here. Annie needs me and that's all that matters right now, I saw her in the very front as she wore a black dress, the dress she wore when he came to her first talent show and she won.
It was such a happy time but this type of event just washes it away leaving emptiness behind.
On the floating boat, laid the lifeless body of Joseph Cresta, Annie's grandfather had passed just last night. Gale, Cinna and Madge stood by my side we were all invited by Annie, Clove and some other Careers turned up since they respected Grandpa Cresta, from the corner of my eye I spot Finnick Odair standing by an elderly lady. I don't know who it is though or why he came.
Annie broke onto her knees and clutched her hand to her ears "He's not dead" I ran to her and hugged her, many people tried to hold her back as she tried to grab for her grandfather's leg "He's not dead" her eyes filled with tears as she pushed harder, I hugged her as tight as I could. Gale and Cinna comes through the crowd and helps me hold her down.
"He's gone Annie" I hold her in my arms as she cries, tears rolling down. She stopped struggling and hung on to me, Grandpa Cresta's boat floated away as everyone threw their rose into the water to pay their respects, the colour mattered, Red for 'You were great', Purple for 'You'll forever be in my heart', Black for 'How could you leave me' and Pink for 'I respect you'.
Gale, Cinna and Madge threw a pink rose into the sea, I waited for everyone else to finish as Annie still cried on my shoulder. My dress was muddy from the sand but still, it didn't matter, I watched silently as Finnick and the elderly stepped forward, they both threw a red rose, my brow raised, i anxious to know why.
"I m okay now" Annie's sea green eyes were circled with red, but I didn't think so. I watched as Annie threw a single black and purple rose into the sea, everyone was silent, Annie stood there, her back facing everyone as she yelled so everyone could hear her "How could you! You were my only family you fool and now you just leave me like that? You're just as low as they were!" Annie was referring to her parents who left her when she was only 4, if Grandpa Cresta hadn't found her that day, Annie would have become a nun.
Gale puts a hand on her shoulder "He's in a better place now" Annie drops to her knees and resume crying, I grab a purple rose and threw it into the sea, I made a vow that day and I intend on keeping it.
My eyes watched Grandpa Cresta's boat drift farther away "I'll watch her for you", I closed my eyes and went back to Annie and whispered to her "I'll protect you Annie".
Madge added "We all will" she referred to Cinna and Gale "We'll always be here for you Annie".
"Thank you" Annie weakly sobbed through her tears, my mind wander off to the night that Annie's world broke, it was the night we were working in the dinner it all happened.
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"They want some Tomato fried and boiled Shark" Annie snorted, I continued telling her the orders "Trident fried squid" The girl in front of me rolled her sea green eyes and I announced the last order "Lemon and ginger squeezed fishes, 20 fishes" I snap close the notebook and looked at the brown dark haired girl.
Annie was thinking and that grinning face doesn't suggest anything good, she's up to something "So this is all of them?" She was asking about Finnick's, Peeta's and Johanna's family, I nodded as she scowled.
I laugh softly "What do you have in mind?" Annie was too predictable "Poison Finnick?" she nodded before rushing to the fridge "Alright, I'll leave you to cook" I pass through the doors of the kitchen to behind the counter, I make all the drinks in a breeze "Madge" I call out as she comes out wearing a specially made apron "Okay.." I say to her.
Gale comes in with bags of ice "How do they do it?" he asks before refilling my ice lemon tea drink"This thing weighs a ton, Grandpa cresta must work out a lot?" I chuckle and shake my head. He turns to look at me weirdly "What?" he asks.
"You really don't know, do you?" I begin guffawing, I attract the attention of everyone, even Annie who's staring through the door "It's nothing" I tell her, I stand back up and say "Annie carries the ice you weakling" I watch as Gale's jaw drop "No joke, Grandpa Cresta does the cooking remember".
More costumers come in as Cinna prepares the tables and Madge takes the orders, Annie rings the bells as their first dish rolls up, tomato fried and boiled shark, I grab the dish before Madge could serve it up to the Odairs, Mellarks and Masons as I into head to the kitchen.
Annie frowns when she sees me "What?" she acts innocently "There's nothing wrong with the dish" she was a hopeless liar as I pointed out to a piece of revolting haggis on her chopping board "Fine" she removes the pieces of haggis she has carefully placed into the bin, I take the dish out once more.
"Anything wrong?" Madge asks as she takes the dish and goes, I shake my head as Cinna and Gale stand by my sides.
Gale spoke first "Haggis?" he asked as I nodded, Cinna cracked up laughing soon "The things she does" I agree with Gale on that point, I pass Annie the next few orders as I walk through the doors again. The phone rang.
"Hello? Cresta Dinner, this is Katniss Everdeen speaking" my voice spoke as I heard some worrying breathing.
"May I speak to Annie Cresta please, this concerns her grandfather"
My heart sank as I yell for Annie; the girl came running out as she grabbed the phone from my hands.
Annie's eyes were filled with concern "Hello?" she spoke with fear in her voice, her face dropped and soon turned white as she dropped the phone, before I noticed she was out the door.
"Hello? Annie? Hello?"
I put the phone on loud speaker so we all could hear "Um Annie left" I replied the woman on the other line "May I ask what's going on?" I hear some murmurs on the other line before the lady spoke again.
"Joseph Cresta has lung cancer and I am afraid he only has 8 hours more to live before it stops working"
My heart must have skipped a beat, Gale, Cinna and Madge had the same face "Handle the shop" I grab my coat and walk out the door breaking into a fast run as my boots hit the pavement, I had to find Annie I just had too.
She out in the wild all alone and she needed somebody to comfort her, she needed me.
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It was the first day of school since Grandpa Cresta had passed, Annie didn't come to school, and she still didn't leave her home, the dinner had been closed ever since Gale told everyone to beat it and get out.
"Miss Cresta?" the attendance was being taken and she still didn't come, I did manage to find her but it was in a very unexpected place, she was hiding inside a old broken boat but I understood why she hid there, it was their boat. Grandfather Cresta had made it for her tenth birthday.
They rode on it for days and it turned to years but I guess it was kept for other reasons when it stopped floating on the surface of the water.
Reality came back to me as the door of the classroom slide open, Annie walked in, her eyes were red from crying but other than that she managed to handle coming to school well, Capitol girls and the Careers didn't even say a thing, and they just kept quiet.
"He wants you to be here" I squeeze Annie's and smile at her; she gave a small smile in return.
She's recovering from it, and she'll get better.
Hopefully.
-HG-
"I love you" I watched from a safe distance as Madge confessed to Peeta her crush for a week now, even though she knew we had this spark, Madge still gave it a go. She's brave.
Peeta scratched the top of his messy blond hair "Sorry, I like someone else" Madge's face dropped, Jerk. He was a complete jerk, I mean couldn't he have rejected her kindly? A girl with a coloured head walked over and pulled Peeta away from the scene, I recognize her as Effie, a Capitol girl but she's nicer than the other girls.
"Smooth" Gale was standing behind me with Cinna and Annie, we had all witness that horrible sight, I walk over and give Madge a squeeze as she begins crying on my shoulder "He's not good enough for you Madge" Gale speaks as Cinna nods.
Annie doesn't speak but she agrees and silently says "There are more fish in the sea" Another District 4 quote or saying, I agree with Annie.
"Let's go for lunch" I pull Madge with me to the cafeteria, as we walked pass the Capitol table the girls stopped and snickered at Madge, I ignored them but apparently Gale, Cinna and Annie didn't let it slip so easily.
As Gale was walking by, he accidentally spilled his soup over Johanna's head and walked away, strike one, she wasn't happy but she let the fault slip away. Annie took another approach, she pushed Finnick's face into the fish and beef he was eating leaving a spread of sauce all over the nearest Capitol girls face's and all Finnick did was laugh as it was a joke. Strike two.
Cinna did the most interesting thing as a stylist, he walked up to Peeta and told him to wash his hair and everything, he practically lectured him the whole hour and when he was done, he moved on to Finnick and Johanna. Strike three, so when will the war begin.
"Thanks you guys" Madge sobbed and weakly smiled, Gale nodded and went to get another soup, Annie smiled and Cinna, he was still lecturing.
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I shut my locker door, the last bell rang ages ago as I turned to walk away but a figure blocked my way, Peeta stood there and for once, there weren't any Capitol girls around to glomp him or yell in his ear.
"What do you want?" I spoke coldly to him after what he did to Madge, I could not forgive him at all, not one bit.
Peeta smiled as stated his request "A dinner date".
-End of Chapter three-
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