Hey guys. I have read up the handful reviews for chapter 3 and I think it was time for me to change my direction a little to dedicate this to the readers who supported my story.

Pretty bumped to see a lot of traffic for my story but it did not reflect on the reviews, favourite, follow I have received. Just wondering is the story really bad? Sobs~

Anyway, here you go, Chapter 4 (way shorter than the previous chapters because I was de-motivated with the response received). But nevertheless, I appreciated for those who continued to show your support! You are the reason I posted this new chapter in a short time span.

R&R!

Chapter 4

"I see someone is feeling down," Madge broke the silence.

Peeta looked at Madge and gave her a small smile.

"I am assuming silence means an agreement," Madge paused a while to study Peeta's expression but she couldn't read his mind.

She leaned in closer to Peeta while locking her gaze to Peeta's eyes, "Are you interested to befriend with Katniss, the girl on fire?"

Peeta was still not responding to Madge's question. He was looking at the empty space in the cafeteria as though he was in a deep thought.

Madge was pretty agitated with his rudeness where he ignored her completely. As she finished off her last bite of spaghetti, "You are such a jerk, no wonder Katniss snapped at you," she snarled and stood up from her seat.

Before she left her seat, Peeta held her hand and pulled her back to the seat. Her eyes and mouth widen but nothing was coming out from her mouth as she was surprised with his action. Peeta looked at her and asked, "Don't you remember me, Madge?"

"Yes, I remember you staring at my friend non-stop ever since we walked into Mr Seneca's class," Madge answered him sarcastically and rolled her eyes.

"No… actually it is ever since I was 6," Peeta sighed and looked at Madge's jaw-dropping expression.

"Katniss! Wait up!" Gale was shouting while running to Katniss' direction to catch up with her.

Katniss looked behind her shoulder and saw it was Gale. She stopped her pace and waited for him.

When he reached Katniss, he was out of breath. Panting heavily and at the same time trying to regain his composure, "Wa…it… let me co..ol down."

Katniss let out a small chuckle, when she saw Gale's expression. His back was drenched with sweat and he kept on airing his yellow pocket roll up polo shirt with his left hand and another hand was on his right knee. As she saw him almost regaining his composure, she crossed her left arm with his right arm, "C'mon, we will be late for our lecture."

The lecturer for the Principles of Biology and Lab was Miss Wiress Plummer. She is in mid-forties and has dark hair and ashen skin. The lecture was only 1 hour because it was a session on the overview of the whole semester.

When the lecture ended, Gale took out a fresh pair of training attires from his backpack and looked at Katniss, "Ready for Athletics?"

The question startled her because she almost forgotten about the selection of members for Athletics. In Capitol University, not everyone was entitled to join this team as it was one of the prestigious co-curriculum activities. Only the strongest and finest people will be selected to the team.

"Yikes! I have forgotten to bring my training gears!" Katniss closed her mouth and looked disbelief at her own forgetfulness.

"Catnip, maybe you can call Madge whether she can lend you hers since she is staying in the campus and the session will only start in half an hour time," Gale held her shoulder while looking at her grey eyes.

Katniss' eyes were litted up when she heard Gale's spontaneous brilliant suggestion. She dialed Madge's number.

"Hey Madge"

"Hey, Katniss, are you done with your class? My class got cancelled and I am in my room now."

Katniss' face was glowing when she heard the news from Madge,

"Madge, I need your favour. I will be going for the selection of members for Athletics in 30 minutes time and I am wondering whether you're able to lend me your sports attire?"

"Sure thing, my room number is 320. Just call me when you are here!"

Katniss ended the call and was smiling at Gale.

Without exchanging words as if they have mutual understanding that they will see each other later, Katniss ran to Madge's room.

When Katniss reached Madge's room, the door was slightly open. Katniss gave a light knock and Madge was already making her way to the door.

"Here are your clothes. By the way, what's your shoe size?" she handed Katniss a red sports bag which contained the clothes.

Katniss slapped her forehead as she totally forgotten about borrowing a pair of running shoes, "Size 9."

"You are in luck! Same size as me. Aren't we a twin or something?" Madge giggled while looking for her shoes in her shoe rack.

"Ahah! Found it. Take it and go!" Madge ushered Katniss to the door.

"You are my savior! I will return to you after I clean them," Katniss gave a hug to Madge and left Madge's room.

"Anytime, dear. Call me when you are done!" Madge yelled at her. Katniss smiled and ran to the changing room.

In the changing room, Katniss quickly slipped into the training gears. She was wearing a white Stella McCartney Tennis Performance Tee which is tight-fitting and has a scoop neck. She paired the top with a black Stella McCartney Three-Quarter Run Tights. As Madge came from a wealthy family, she had all the designers' clothes. Katniss looked at the mirror and made sure everything is in place. She checked her braids and they were still intact. She put her casual clothes in the locker and headed to the field.

As she was approaching the field, she saw so many students were already stretching themselves. In her observation, she saw a lot of buffed guys and toned muscles girls. She felt threatened at what she observed as she might not make it to the team. Her mind slowly wondered to her high school years where she used to represent her school in archery and athletics where she brought triumph to the school. She won almost all the competitions which she participated and people used to call her girl on fire as she was unstoppable. She regained her confidence when she recalled the moments.

"Looks like Catnip managed to get herself the sports attires after all," Gale patted her shoulder from behind.

"Stop calling me Catnip!" she glared at him over her shoulders.

"Greeting to my fellow students!" announced with a loudspeaker by a man with dark brown skin and golden brown eyes.

"I am Thresh Okeniyi, coach for Capitol University Athletics. Without further introduction, we shall start with the selection. May odds be ever in your favor," he put the loudspeaker on the ground and jogged to the end of the track field.

He stood easily over six feet tall and was very well-built and was wearing a white-collar cotton top and a pair of red track pants. He signalled his assistant to proceed with the selection.

"Okay everyone, you will be split into 2 teams. I will call out your names and the team number. Team 1 will be here while team 2 will go to Thresh. Are you with me?" the assistant instructed with a serious face.

Everyone said yes in unison.

She took out the list of names and started to read out the name one by one. Katniss was zoning out while hearing the names faintly in the background.

"Clove Fuhrman, Team 1"

"Glimmer Rambin, Team 2"

"Marvel Quaid, Team 1"

"Johanna Mason, Team 2"

Katniss was lost already by the fourth name and the names were still being called out …

"Katniss Everdeen, Team 2"

She glanced quickly at Gale whose name was not called yet and walked to Thresh.

"Michelle Rogen, Team 1"

"Gale Hawthrone, Team 2"

Gale winked at Katniss when he walked over to her side. She just nodded to acknowledge his presence. They were busy checking out their current team members to observe their strengths and weaknesses and did not pay attention to the names subsequently. But it was interrupted when she heard…

"Cato Ludwig, Team 2"