Okay let me just say this. There will be A LOT of plot twists in this story. You may not like some of them but I promise it gets better. Sam I told you about some of it but I want you to be surprised. Sorry for the scare. On with the story!
Katniss' Pov
I run into the girl's bathroom and lock myself inside a stall. I almost immediately slide down the back of the door and cry. I'm probably only YouTube famous because of how crappy I sounded. I'm just a joke. I can't believe that I thought that even for a second, I wouldn't be considered a freak.
I take out my phone and search up the video that Prim uploaded. I scroll through the comments and immediately see a comment from a girl named 'TheBrokenOne'. Her comment brings tears to my eyes. Well even more tears than the ones that were already falling. I don't know how much times I read the comment, but somehow it gives me hope. Enough hope to walk out of this bathroom and back to the music room with my head held high.
Just as I unlock the latch in the bathroom door, I come face to face with Cato. I should've known it was him who followed me in here. I can't help but feel a little sad that it wasn't Peeta who was following me.
Just as I'm about to run, Cato grabs my forearm and shoves me roughly against the stall door. He throws me to the floor and my head slams down on the cold tiles instantly causing me to have double vision. I need to get out of here, I think. But once I'm on my feet, I realize that escape might not be so simple. I'm dizzy. Not the slightly wobbly kind, but the kind that sends trees swooping around you and causes the earth to move in waves under your feet.
I take a few steps and somehow wind up on my hands and knees. I start to crawl away but then Cato roughly yanks my hair causing me to arch my back. "Where do you think you're going Everdeen?" He growls. "This party is only just beginning."
I try to scream for help but he must have seen it coming so he shoves his hand over my mouth. Tears roll down my cheek as his free hand slowly starts to make its way down my body. Panic begins to set in. I can't stay here. Flight is essential.
Suddenly the bathroom door bursts open and in comes Madge, Glimmer, Delly, and Clove. Cato swiftly spins me around to make it look as if I was the one coming on to him. Oh Madge is Cato's current girlfriend if I forgot to mention. (EW! I know but something big is happening)
The look on Madge's face quickly turns from shock to fury. She slowly walks closer to me. "Well, Katpiss. You've successfully managed to get rid of the only friend you had in this school." She says as she shakes her head and blinks rapidly.
"When Glimmer said that you were in here taking advantage of Cato, I didn't want to believe her but now I see it's true." What she does next, I can tell is a shocker not only for me, but her too.
I only feel the hot sting as her hand connects with my cheek. Peeta decides to take this moment and storms into the bathroom. "You pretentious prick!" He growls and lunges for Cato. He tackles him to the floor and they evolve into a full on fist fight.
I try to pull Peeta off of Cato but I am stopped by Glimmer pulling my hair. What is up with people and yanking my hair? Do they want me to be bald by the time I'm thirty?
"She's not done with you. Make her pay for it." Glimmer snarls as she, Madge, Delly, and Clove attack me.
My dad taught me how to hunt and protect myself before he died, and these are one of those moments where I wish he was here with me. Grab Delly by her arm and flip her, making her land on her but.
I kick Clove in her shins and then grab her arm and twist it behind her back military style, and then push her down on the floor. I punch Glimmer in her face using the heel of my hand, effectively breaking her nose.
I don't want to hurt Madge, she was brainwashed by Glimmer and her idiots. Peeta and Cato are still going at it and I know that if they don't stop soon then someone is going to end up dead. And from the looks of it, the funeral is going to be for Cato.
Madge attempts to punch me, but I grab her wrist and twist it lightly. She struggles in my hold. "Madge I don't want to hurt you." I say to her.
"Hurt me? You mean more than you already have?" She snarls at me and then uses her free hand to punch me in the gut. Out of instinct, I punch her in the face. All of the girls come at me, but I use the moves my dad taught me to fend them off.
"What is going on here? " A shrill voice beckons from the door way. Her voice is almost if not more annoying than Effie's, our school's secretary Alexia Pratt. Almost immediately all of the fights break up. If looks could kill, there would be a dagger in each of our hearts.
"To the principal's office, every single one of you." She says and exits the bathroom. We all know better than to disobey her. She can be kind of intense.
As we shuffle towards the office I feel a hand wrap around my wrist and I tense but then relax when I see that it's just Peeta.
"Are you okay? Did he touch you?" He barely takes a break in between questions. "If he touched you I swear to God that I will beat his ass." I cut him off by kissing him on the lips. No matter how many times I do this, I know that I will never tire of it. I could spend the rest of my life kissing him and be content.
When we reach Principle Seneca's office, he is patiently waiting for us. He leads us all into his office and gestures for us to sit down. Then he immediately gets down to business.
"I want to know who started the fight and why." He says and I swear I saw that freaky beard on his face move. Someone doesn't shave in the morning…
I was just about to speak up and tell him how it started it when Glimmer speaks up.
"Katniss started it sir. Madge was crying because Katniss was bullying her and we were trying to calm her down. Then Cato came in and he was helping us. So then Katniss and Peeta came out of nowhere and Peeta started hitting Cato and Katniss attacked us." She said in the fakest innocent voice that I've ever heard.
By the time she's done with her lie my and Peeta's mouth hang halfway open.
"She's lying sir! We were in music and after Katniss finished performing she ran out crying. So then I ran after her but then she disappeared. Then I find Cato in the bathroom basically trying to rape my girlfriend in the bathroom. So yea I roughed him up a little." He looks too pained to continue, so I take over.
"Then while they were fighting Madge came in the bathroom and accused me of hitting on her boyfriend. So she slapped me and Glimmer was like, 'Make her pay for it.' And that's how it started."
I can tell by the look on Seneca's face that he doesn't believe Peeta and I's side of the story because its 5 against 2. We are screwed.
"Okay Ms. Everdeen and Mr. Mellark, I was just going to give you a two day in school suspension, but since you insisted on telling such a humongous lie, I feel the need to expel you from this school." He says.
I see the rim of Peeta's eyes have turned bloodshot. "No. You… you can't. We're telling the truth. You have to believe us." I scream at him, but he looks unfazed. I see Glimmer and the others smirking on the other side of the room.
"Now, now Ms. Everdeen. There is no need to yell. Surely we can work something out." He says and I become confused.
"Glimmer you and your friends are dismissed but if I see you in here again for something negative, I will not be as merciful as I am now." They all nod and leave the room.
"Now, my cousin owns a recording studio in Hollywood named Mockingjay Industries. I have seen your video on YouTube, and I have a compromise for you." I am not sure where this is going. He sees the confusion evident on Peeta and I's faces.
"I am preparing to spare you and Peeta from expulsion if you agree to accept a record deal with my cousin." He says and sits back in his chair.
"Why me?" Is the only thing I can think of saying. I feel Peeta tense on the side of me.
"My Plutarchs' business is slowly decreasing due to lack of talent. So he just needs one person to help him get back up to the top."
"No she's not leaving me. I'd rather be expelled from every school in this state!" Peeta screams and stands up throwing the chair behind him.
"That can be arranged Mr. Mellark, so I suggest you calm down and accept my proposal." He says tipping his head in Peeta's direction.
I don't want Peeta to not be able to not go to school because of me, so I do the only thing I can do.
"I accept.
This is where things start to pickup. Sam you already know about this. The things that are coming will literally blow your mind. xoxo