Hey readers! I know this chapter is really short but I haven't had much time because I'm on Spring Break!

Chapter 4

"Again!" Haymitch commanded. Beads of sweat tricked down my neck as I strained to do another one armed push up. According to Haymitch, if I was to surf again I needed to be in the best shape possible. I am in good shape because of surfing and I have done one-armed pushups before but never this many. "Again!" This time I nearly collapse. Haymitch sneered, "Getting tired, Sweetheart?"

I lift up my head so I'm facing him, "Well I'd like to see you do it!" Though he once was a great surfer he looks old and wasted, plus he's getting drunker by the minute.

Instead of looking discouraged, Haymitch looks amused. He sets down his bottle and gets to his knees. Then to my utter amazement, he starts to do quick, disciplined, one-armed push ups. After about thirty, Haymitch stops and stands up with a triumphant smirk on his face, "For your rudeness you'll do twenty sit-ups, now!" Mentally fuming I begin my sit-ups. I'm on my seventeenth sit-up the door swings open and Effie bustles in.

"Times up!" Effie squeaks. "Just call your mother to pick you up, seeing that you're in no state to drive and you don't have a car." I nod and pick up my phone.

Katniss: Mom can you pick me up?

Mom: I'm so sorry sweetie but I can't, can you ask one of your friends?

I tried Gale, Annie, Clove, and Johanna but none of them could come. I was about to text Madge when Johanna suggested that I ask Peeta. I debated it for a little bit then decided to try my luck. I clicked on his contact and was very careful about getting everything I wanted to say just right.

Katniss: Hey Peeta, it's Katniss. I'm stuck at the hospital if you have the time do you think you could maybe give me a ride?

Peeta: Sure! I'll be right over :)

Katniss: Thanks so much you're a life-saver!

I wait in the lobby for a bit until I get a text from Peeta saying he's hear but that also that there's a huge crowd outside. That's odd, I wonder why.

I step outside and soon find the answer. Dozens upon dozens of reporters press in on me, "Katniss Everdeen! Tell us, how do you feel about-"

"Over here, tell me-"

"What has to be-"

Instead of answering I do something a bit more instinctive, and stupid. "PEETA! PEETA!" I search wildly around for a mop of blonde hair.

"KATNISS!" I breathe a sigh of relief when I see him pushing through people to get to me. He gently grabbed my arm and began to lead me out of the crowd. Even in all of my panic I almost flinch back when I feel sparks where he touched me, it's a strange feeling, unlike any that I've felt before but a nice one all the same. With a charming smile and an easy-going manner he told the reporters, "Katniss is tired, maybe some other time."

After what seemed like an eternity but was probably only a minute or two we reached Peeta's car. With another charming smile Peeta opened the door or me and I climbed in.

For a moment, neither of us talked as we caught our breaths. I eventually broke the silence with a lame, "Thanks!"

Peeta smiled again, I swear he never stops smiling. "Anytime, you have quite a fan club."

I chuckled then said sarcastically, "Yes, care to join?"

For whatever reason Peeta seemed to take this a bit more seriously than I meant it, "I think I'll pass, how 'bout a friend?"

"I think I'd like that," I say.

His smile widened. "Great!" He said with enthusiasm. "How about we go get some ice cream, my treat? I know a nice little shop near there."

I nodded excitedly, "That would be fun."

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A bell chimed as Peeta and I entered a small ice cream shop called Leeg's Ice Cream. At the counter were to girls I would guess to be about twenty. There name tags read: Leeg 1 and Leeg 2. At first I though they were completely but when we got closer I noticed that Leeg 1 had weird yellow flecks in her eyes whereas Leeg 2 did not.

"Hello," Peeta said with his signature smile. "We'll get a chocolate ice cream and…" He looked at me.

"I'll have chocolate as well." I say. Leeg 1 nodded but I notice her eyes stray a bit to long on my missing arm. When she meets my gaze I stare back at her with defiance, daring her to say anything. But instead she looks apologetic and goes to get out ice cream.

In a few minutes Peeta and I are seated near the window snacking on the delicious treat.

At first I'm worried that there will be awkward silences but Peeta's laidback friendly mood keeps the conversation going. We start asking each other random little questions.

"What is your favorite color?" Peeta asked me.

"Hmmm," I'd never really though about it before. "Probably green, what's yours?"

"Orange."

"Bright orange?"

"No more like a sunset."

We talk for nearly an hour when our pleasant conversation is interrupted. A tall, utterly gorgeous girl with lush golden hair strolls in. With a silky seductive voice she turned to Peeta, "Peeta, what are doing here with… this." She gestures to me. I boil inside for being referred to like that but I keep my mouth shut.

Peeta stands up, "Glimmer, I'm just having a little talk with Katniss. She needed a ride and I offered her ice cream." I hold back a snort when I hear her name, Glimmer?! I nod hello but she just stares coldly down at me.

Peeta seems oblivious to the tension, "Katniss, this is my girlfriend Glimmer."

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