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Katniss' POV
When I hear the door bell ring I go down stairs, "I'LL GET IT!" Prim screams. She bounces over to the door and opens it. I hear her greet Johanna and her family, "Hi! You must be our new neighbors! My parents said our neighbors are coming over for dinner, so that must mean your them! I'm Prim, by the way. Come in, come in, I'll introduce you to everyone else!" she leads Johanna and her parents into the house, as she passes me she says, "That's my older sister Katniss, she's 16," she informs just like a tour guide.
"Oh Johanna is 16, aren't you Johanna?" Johanna's mom says`.
"Yeah..."
"Anyway!" Prim passes Gale next, "This is Gale, he's 18, and Katniss' best friend. Only her best friend. Him and Katniss are inseparable. So he begged his parents to move here with us. And I think my prents are upstairs... let me go get them!"
Prim flies up the stairs, and Johanna wanders over to Gale and starts a conversation with him. Her parents come over to me, "Your sister is so cute. Sonice and... talkitive." I give them a smile and Prim comes back down the stairs, my parents coming after her. She babbles about something to them but they just wave her off and make their way to our neighbors.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," my father greets. The adults shake hands and we all head to the dinning room.
"Oh! I wonder what's for dinner! I'm starving! I could eat a whole pig! No a horse! No, I could eat a whole COW!" Prim giggles. She nabs a seat at the table and keeps on talking about how hungry she is.
For dinner we have chicken, mashed patatoes, salad, and some steamed veggies. When we finish our dinner Prim starts talking about desert, "Yay! Desert time! I wonder what we're gonna have! I hope it's ice cream! Or cake! Or BOTH!"
Johanna leansover to me, "Prim is a little talkitive for my taste."
I laugh, "I know... it's just the way she is."
When my mother comes out with chocolate cake, and vinalla ice cream Prim squeals, "YAY! BOTH!"
Just then the door bell rings, "I'LL GET IT MOM!" Prim screams even though we're all in the same room.
Prim runs to the door freeing us of her chatter. My mother starts to serve desert and I hear Prim say to who ever is at the door, "Hi I'm Prim... Hey do I know you? You look fimiller..."
"Oh... are you the little Primrose me and your sister would bake cookies for when we were younger?" I hear Peeta say... PEETA! Oh god... but... he said he didn't remember... did he lie to me?!
"I'm not little anymore! I'm a big girl! I'm 12 years old! So... who are you? And how do you know me? ...And my sister!?"
"I'm Peeta Mellark. Can I talk to your sister?"
"Sure! One minute!" Prim runs back into the room, "Katniss someone wants to talk to you!" She sits down in her seat and starts to dig into desert.
I get up and walk to the door, and Johanna and Gale follow. When she gets a look at Peeta she whistles, "Wo... Are you sure he's here to see you Katniss?"
Gale and her laugh, "Hey catnip, it's the boy across the street you were gawking at!"
"Gale!" I sneer at him. Him and Johanna laugh and go back to eat desert. Then I turn towards Peeta. "What?" I glare at him. He lied to me, if he remembers or not. If not: He said he would! If hedoes: He said he didn't remember me!
"Katniss... I'm sorry. I remember you now! I'm so happy you're back!" He gathers me in a hug, and I push him away.
"Don't. You lied! You said you didn't remember me!"
"No, no, no! I do now."
"So you lied?"
"No! I-"
"If you do remember me now, I'm not going to take you in with open arms!" No matter how much I want to...
"I know Katniss but... can we talk outside?" I step outside and close the door behind me.
"What?"
"Katniss, I'm sorry! I remember you now and I found the necklace... see?" he shows me the necklace and my breath hitches.
I fight back my unwanted tears from spilling. No Katniss, no! I take a deep breath then speak, "Uh..."
"Katniss we can still try to be friends still... uh, what's your cell phone number?"
We exchange numbers and he punches mine into his phone as I do for his. It's strange... a second ago I was so mad! And now I'm-"
"I'm sorry I forgot. And lied. And called you crazy..."
The more he says, the more mad... and sad I get. I fight back my unwanted tears from spilling. No Katniss, no! I take a deep breath then speak, "Peeta... um, I-I don't know if we can ever be best friends again, you lied to me... your forgot about me." I whisper the last part and turn my head as a tear trickles down my cheek.
"Katniss... I'm sorry. I know I lied to you. I'm sorry. So, so, sorry!"
"No... no. You lied... and forgot... and, and, and... ugh! We can never go back! You forgot and moved on! I didn't forget, but I moved on! And I would think about you every day! But I bet you never gave a damn about me!"
"No, Katniss, that's not true!"
"Of course it's not!" I say with sarcasm dripping in my voice.
"Yes it is!"
"Really? Then how did you forget about me?" He's spechless. "Huh? See! You never cared after I left! Ugh... I'm so stupid! I thought you would remember me! And... now... I, just, ugh!"
"Katniss-"
"No! Shut up! Just... shut up! Oh god..." I refuse to let my tears fall. "I, I need to go... bye Peeta..."
"Katniss..."
"No! Bye."
I walk inside and leave him standing in the summer evening air.
At night when I'm lying in my bed, that's when I cry. And cry. And cry.
He forgot...
Peeta's POV
Oh god... Later that night I kept calling Katniss. Voice-mail... again.
If she would just let me in, and let me explain...
I wonder why she wont let me in... what happened? We were best friends...
"Were, being the key word!" A voice screams in my head.
Yep... Were being the key word...
Katniss' POV
Peeta keeps calling and calling, I let it go to voice-mail everytime.
At night when I'm lying in my bed, that's when I cry. And cry. And cry.
I can't believe he forgot...
A/N: Sad chapter... I almost cried... sorry for the long wait. Please review, favourite, and follow!
Oh! And I need some advice... I want to tell my crush I like him...I'm not very shy, but I'm still nervous, and I don't know how to tell him... please PM me, or leave advice in reviews! BTW he's my friend, so yeah...
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