Hey, all. I'm sorry for taking too long to update the story. I admit I was getting lazy but I NEVER quit my story just because I'm lazy. And I said before that I'd write something about Seth but I didn't in this chapter 'cuz I'm still thinking what to write about him and some people dislikes him. So to make it up to you, chapter 7 is here. Have fun reading :)
I want to do all the dishes but Mother insists me to go to bed. So I kiss Prim a goodnight kiss and go upstairs. I immediately fall asleep once I reach my bed.
The next day, the bright light from the sun shines through the thin curtain that hangs over my window. I rouse myself on the bed and I sit up, stretching my arms upwards. I get off the bed and change from my tank top and shorts to a blue checkers and black jeans. Then, I grab my backpack and go downstairs. "Morning, Little Duck," I greet Prim who is sitting on a chair in the kitchen. She's holding a thick paper; the script for the play.
"Good morning,"she replies without looking at me, then continues on mumbling her dialogues.
"Good morning, Katniss." I hear my mother's voice and she appears behind the wall of the kitchen, holding two plates of eggs and bacon.
"Morning, Mother," I say and sit next to Prim. Mother puts our breakfasts on the table and makes Prim stop practicing for a while to eat her breakfast.
"Katniss, are you going to come home straight after school?" Mother asks.
I shrug, "I don't know. Why?"
"I'll be having a meeting with the nurses that are coming from District 2 so I'll be home late and Prim's going to stay over at her friend's house to practice their play. So I need you to watch over the house."
I stare at Prim and she gives me an apologetic smile. She knows that I hate getting stuck in the house, even if it's just a day. "Fine, then."
"You can bring a friend over to accompany you, you know," Prim says softly.
"Good idea but I don't have any friends," I know that I can't bring Gale over because today he has an extra-shift in the coal mines.
"What about Peeta?" She suggests.
"I'm not sure if he has the time," I disagree, munching my egg.
"Why don't you just ask him? I'm sure he'd love to."
I give her a nod.
"Katniss, if you're really going to bring him over, please, just please don't do anything stupid," Mother starts to lecture me.
"I know. I'm not going to do something like that. You know I'm not interested in things like having a boyfriend, or having a child," I cut her off.
"I know, I'm just saying. We don't know if the boy thinks the same thing."
I doubt that Peeta would do something like that but there is a possibility since he's just like any other teenagers. "Come on, Prim. Are you done?" I say, putting my fork down and stand up.
"Yesh," she answers with her mouth full, then grabs her bag and script.
"Have a nice day, girls!" Mother shouts and waves at us.
I don't bother to wave back because I can feel my sister waving back at her. We walk together to school and Prim speaks her dialogues while I hold her script to make sure she memorizes them well. When we arrive at her school, I give her a kiss on her forehead and she walks away.
I climb the stairs of my school's building and open the doors. Students busy themselves by stuffing their books into their lockers, chatting with their friends, and kissing in the hallway.
I go straight to take my locker to take my Chemistry books. After closing it, a girl stands beside me.
She has a light blonde hair and fair skin, she looks like Delly except that her eyes are green and she's slightly taller. I remember her name is Madge Undersee.
"Hi. You're Katniss Everdeen, right?" She speaks politely.
"Yes," I simply say.
"I'm Madge Undersee. You saved my sister yesterday," she explains.
"Oh, so you're her sister. Then where were you yesterday?" I sound rude but I want to know why she didn't come to save her own sister.
"I had a fever," she says, looking down at the floor.
Feeling bad, I say, "Sorry for being rude."
"No. It's okay. I should've been there to save her. So I want to thank you for that."
"It's no big deal."
We become silent after that until she says, "You're having Chemistry for first period with me, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then let's go together," she invites me and I tag along.
As we walk to class together, my mind says 'Looks like I made a new friend.' And I smile in that thought. In the lab, Madge and I talk about our routine life. I find out that her mother works as a nurse and her father works as one the traders at the Hob. I tell her that my father died in the mines and my mother works as a nurse. I ask her to come over to my house later and have a sleepover and she says okay. The class ends sooner than I expected. So this is how it feels to have a girl friend.
We leave the classroom and then we stumble onto Peeta at the hallway.
"Hi, Katniss," he greets me with a smile.
"Hi," I say.
Madge pulls my arm and whispers at my ear. "I-is that... P-Peeta M-Mellark?"
Uh-oh. Madge is another fan of Peeta? "Yeah."
"Oh? You made a friend?" He sounds amazed.
"Yeah. Peeta, this is Madge. Madge, Peeta," I introduce them to each other.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Madge," Peeta says to her, shaking her hand.
Her breath gets more rapid and she looks as if she's about to faint.
"I-it's nice t-to meet you t-too," she staggers.
Peeta smiles a big smile and comes back to me. "We have History next, are you ready to go?"
"Yeah." I turn to Madge, "I'll see you later, okay?"
"Okay," she whispers but I know she's not really thinking.
I practically dragged Peeta into the crowd so that she'll wake up from her daydream.
"Don't do that," I say, letting him go.
"Do what?"
"Making my friend hallucinate at the middle of the hallway."
"I didn't do it in purpose," he says.
"Yeah. Well, just make sure not to look so attractive in front of her again," I tell him.
"I'm not sure if I can handle that," he jokes and I glare at him. "Okay, I'll try."
I smile as we enter the classroom.
So there you go. I finally added Madge into the story. I hope you like the way I wrote about her. Since we don't really know about her in the books, I decide to do something about it, for example I added that she has a sister but she actually doesn't have one.
I don't know if you guys tried the Facebook game: Hunger Games Adventures. But I wish you did. And if you didn't, you should try it, though the game makers are still trying to improve the game and get rid of the bugs. My character is now on level 27 and I'm so proud of it.
