I'm back with another chapter! I'm sorry for the wait, I got side-tracked after last chapter. I know things are slow, it just, I don't want to hurry or anything. I may have another chapter this weekend. Once again, thank you so much for the reviews, favorites and follows. It means a lot.

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Chapter 4

Finnick and a brown haired girl comes out first. After them came a boy. Blonde hair that waves down his forehead and blue eyes. The bluest eyes I've ever seen. For a moment they meet mine and I swear, everything stopped and there was no more oxygen on earth.

"So guys, this here is Annie and the owner here is Peeta."

Peeta.

That is… such a weird, but sweet name for a baker. I can't stop myself from chuckling, breaking the spell I was in when I looked at his eyes. As if on cue, Peeta turns his head. I think I see a bit of blush, but I shrug it off to listen to him.

"F-Finnick, stop saying that. I'm not the owner and you know that."

"It's not like your mother ever comes here. You, basically, take care of this place by yourself. You're the owner and that's final." Finnick finishes by patting and rubbing Peeta's head.

He answers it with a puff "Yeah, yeah."

While Peeta filled the counter with the newly baked goods, the apparent couple came to our side and sat on the table closest to the counter. We all sat together, gathering a few tables, but even when Peeta finished arranging, he didn't come out from behind the counter. I could only see a part of him before, now I can see just a bit lower of his shoulder up.

"Peeta… Remember what we talked about?" Cashmere asked in that same sickly sweet voice.

"It won't happen."

"What?! Why?"

"You guys already eat sweets and bread here on the house. I'm not going to include whole cakes to the deal now."

"But I love cake"

"Well, I would have to use my free time to do it and that won't happen."

I'm not really sure, but it makes me so uncomfortable their interaction. I want them to stop, I have to stop them. "I like cake too." What the hell Cato. Why would you say that?

I look around and see everyone staring at me. I turn to Clove, who only seems puzzled by me, then to Peeta.

"Really? You do?" I am so thankful Peeta saved me from more embarrassment, I give him my best smile.

"Yes, our parents were very strict, Clove's and mine, but Clove's mother would sometimes sneak some pieces of cake."

Gloss raises his voices so much, it startles all of us. "So what?! I like cake too, no, actually I lo-"

"Well then, make it yourself!" Peeta cuts Gloss off and glares at him.

"Peeta!" Gloss protests.

After that, things happen fast. Gloss stands so forcefully, his chair falls. Peeta flinches and disappears, wobbly, inside the bakery. Gloss tries to follow him but Finnick shouts, stops him and goes after Peeta. Then we are all in silent.

I could feel the tension, anyone really, could feel the tension. It was thick and the only noises were the grunting coming from Gloss and my heartbeat. It seemed like an eternity passed when Annie breaks the silence.

"Let's eat. There is fresh cinnamon rolls and we made it for you." She goes behind the counter, puts a few of the sweets on a plate and brings it back to the table. It sits there with all of us watching. "It's supposed to be a 'welcome back' treat." No matter how tasty looking they were, the whole incident made their smell stale and I wasn't sure anyone would want to eat anymore.

One stretched hand disturbed the stagnant scene. The owner is, of course, Clove. Each and every one of us slowly start to eat after her, like she disrupted the hardest surface and now it was safe to dive. Soon the girls started to chat about nonsense, Finnick came back, alone, and joined in. It was definitely warmer, but I could feel something coming from my gut, it wasn't good and it was aimed at Gloss. He and Peeta had some kind of connection, just thinking about it makes me squirm uncomfortably, and he did something, I don't know what, but I don't like him already.

Everything goes smoothly, to some extent, and we leave the bakery without ever seeing Peeta again. However, when we are on our way to the school, I muster the courage, not that I needed much, to question Finnick. "What happened between Peeta and Gloss?"

"Here I thought you guys would just leave it."

Marvel was the first to comment. "Actually that was very strange."

"True. What was that?" Thresh backed us up.

"Is he alright? He didn't come back." I hope he is alright. He better be.

Finnick gives me a quick look. "It's not that big. Last year, they were together." What?! Why would Peeta be with that jerk? "But, as you guys could see. It didn't end well." Good, he deserves more. "There was a big argument, then a fight. Now it is what it is."

"And Gloss doesn't like what IT is." I turn to Marvel, wondering why he would think that. "You didn't pay any attention to the conversation after Peeta left? He definitely won't leave it as it is."

I can't believe it. Who does he think he is?! Peeta doesn't want him anymore.

Finnick breaks my line of thought with more information. "Marvel is completely right. The twins are just like that, never letting anything go, even if it's not a thing." He slowly sighs. "Anyway, Peeta prohibited Gloss to cross the counter, the kitchen is like his fortress and the counter is the wall. He just went inside and stayed there. Nothing for you to worry about. Annie lives with him so he won't be alone."

"Wait, Annie lives with him?" Marvel, don't change the subject!

"Yeah!" he answered him too quick, was that on purpose? "He rents a rooms for her and she works there too. I think it's a pretty sweet deal, they are alike in many ways so it's good they have each other and can keep themselves company."

The conversation just kept changing and changing, every time it changed I got more anxious to know more about Peeta and more bored about what they were talking. I don't think Finnick will talk more, at least today. I should talk to Clove, she knows Cashmere more than me and maybe, can tell me more about her as her brother.

Are we going to again to town tomorrow? I should ask. "Are you going out tomorrow?"

Finnick looks a bit confused by the sudden question, but quickly brushed it off. "Actually, I am going on a whole day date with Annie, I couldn't come here during the holidays. If you want to go out, ask Cashmere or Gloss," Not gonna happen "Maybe even a teacher, but I wouldn't if I were you, the last option would be walking. Busses only work from Monday to Friday."

Clove and I will have a lot of time to talk tomorrow then, 'cause walking it is.

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The morning on the Saturday is full of excitement. Marvel and Glimmer have a car take them back home, there's a party or something. Finnick goes out early to meet Annie and takes Thresh, as he needs to go home visit his sister. Cashmere and Gloss disappears to who cares where and the only people who stays are me, Clove and Foxface.

It was fast and loud, but soon everyone was out and the three of us were left behind. We got together in my room and after they have settled down I start. "So… The twins. How do we feel about them?"

The girls look at each other, Foxface seems to wait for Clove to give her a sign. "'We don't feel good about her and brother." Clove started and Foxface continued.

"And he doesn't feel any better."

"Remember when I told you Glimmer got a nasty suplex?" I remember something like that. "Well, it was stupid, Glimmer hit her on the first day and Cashmere went all berserker on her. I actually thought after that, Glimmer would cower herself and try to avoid fighting, but she started training more and wants to beat the shit out of Cashmere."

"Now that I think about it, it was quite fun." I could see Foxface was reminiscing what happened. "However, Cashmere got really angry, her face distort horribly for a second. Much Like Gloss's face when he got that come back from Peeta."

"What was that about? Do you know anything Cato? Peeta seems so sweet and when we asked Cashmere she just said 'Don't worry, Gloss always gets what's his back.', then she kept muttering something about 'we always do' or something. It was a weird travel back."

Hearing what they both said I can get that both siblings are very alike. Making me dislike them, especially Gloss, even more. I share with the girls what Finnick told me and I also tell Clove how I don't trust Gloss. She is the first to comment.

"Well, what happened makes more sense now. And Cato, Gloss doesn't trust you either, the way he glared at you when you were talking to Peeta. It was ugly."

Foxface started nodding her head. "Before he burst, it looked like he wanted to kill you."

I want to see him try. We continued talking for a while, trying to figure out what happened, but then the ideas became more and more insane and that's when I thought it was enough. I didn't want Foxface to think I was dissing her, so I end the conversation saying I was going to jog and asking if Clove wanted to come too. She accepts and Foxface says she will be sleeping and that we should wake her up when we got back.

We changed and were already a few minutes jogging when Clove breaks the silence. "This jog is an excuse to go to town isn't it?"

"Yes."

"You think he is in trouble or something?"

"Annie isn't there with him, so I don't want him to be alone."

"Hmm… Yeah, of course. You just want to see him again, right?"

"We-well." Clove always see through me, I shouldn't lie to her. "Yeah, I don't know, he just. He has the bluest eyes ever and when I saw him it just… I felt something, you know."

She gives a condescending smile before saying anything. "Aww Cato. That is so sweet. I am so happy you're finally interesting in something, and this something is a person. I'm totally on board and I'll help you."

"Really? You are?"

"Yeah, of course, he is super cute and you two will be even cuter together."

"You think so? I don't even know if he likes me, we only met once and I don't even know what I'm going to say when we get there. What if he thinks I'm weird?"

"Don't worry I'll handle this. And you already like him don't you? Why would it be strange if he liked you too?"

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I really didn't think this through. We got lost on the way and ended up taking two hours to get to the bakery. Both of us couldn't stop panting and we were drenched in sweat. It felt like I was dying. I went to the empty counter and hit the bell. It doesn't take long before Peeta appears.

"Oh my god! What happened?! You guys look like you're about to fall. Wait let me get something for you." He looks so cute with that stunned look in his face. "Here, I brought some water."

I grab the glass and hold it as high as I can and drink it all. When I put it back on the counter, Peeta has a dazed look on his face. "What? Is something wrong?" Peeta snaps out, gives me and Clove some cloth to dry ourselves and take our glasses to the kitchen. I turn to Clove to get answers but only get the look, the so well-known look of hers.

"Start drying yourself and when he comes back take of your shirt."

"Why?"

"Just do it! Dry yourself or something, I want to make sure of something."

Like she said, I start drying my face, then my neck. When Peeta comes back with refilled glasses, I take a look at Clove for confirmation and she gives me a small nod. I raise my arms and grab the hem of my shirt on the back of my neck. I start pulling it up until the shirt's back is on my hair. When I pull it up more, the shirt's hem caresses the hair on my belly button sending a little jolt to my body and it instantly made my muscle contract. I finish taking the shirt off and let a sigh of relief. "Can I put my shirt on one of the chair?" I ask Peeta, but when I look at him his blue eyes were darker, like there was a mist hovering over the sea.

"Y-y-yeah…"

I leave it on the closest chair and start using the cloth to dry myself again. First I passed on my left shoulder, going down to the arm then the hand. I brought it up to my chest, changing my right hand to my left, the movement and the cloth making me contract the muscles on my stomach and arms. I raised my right hand to dry it better, grab the cloth again and finished drying my abdomen.

I pause and give a big sigh before trying to dry my back, but failing at it. I look at Clove for help, but she turns to Peeta and asks him. "Would you mind helping Peeta? I have to dry myself." She had an almost evil smirk on her face.

Turning to Peeta, I see the same mist over his eyes for a second, then, like coming out of a dream, he snaps out, the mist disappearing, and blushes until even his ears a red and runs back inside.

"What did you do, Clove?! He just went and run away!"

"Cute, don't you think?" She steals my cloth and start helping me dry. "But maybe I went too far."

"Of course, he is always cute." I try to talk quietly so he doesn't hear me. "And what do you mean you went too far."

"Nothing. But just so you know, I think you have a chance with him."

"Really? Why?"

"Just a feeling." Clove give me another look, one that screamed mischief achieved.