I use every chance I have to teach Annie everything I know, and it gets to the point where I'm teaching her at lunch. My grades are perfect right now, and finals are approaching quickly. It's only March, but still. My GPA is sitting right at four, and if it could go higher, it would.
Everyone is starting to get very nervous, and college is getting to be a more common topic amongst the seniors. Peeta, Johanna, and Finnick are filling out applications, and I'm teaching Annie the basics of piano, and how to sing properly. It's simple, and she actually has a beautiful voice. Someone taps my shoulder, and I turn around.
Glimmer.
"Don't push me away; I'm not here to be a douche. I actually um…I need your help."
I look at her in shock and she sighs and sits down at the seat next to me. "You have straight A's and a 4.0. God knows if your GPA could go higher, it would. I know I've been a douche, but I'm failing chemistry, and my GPA is sitting at a 2.8. Please help me."
I look at Annie, and I sigh. "Keep trying that song." I say. She nods. Mr. Cinna let us borrow his keyboard, and she keeps practicing it, and I turn and I help Glimmer.
It's fucking hectic in here, and after Glimmer understands, she thanks me and walks away, and I turn bac to help Annie, and a whole group of people come up to me for Environmental. I help all of them, and then go back to Annie.
She's got her song down pat, so I help teach her to sing it.
The bel rings so I take the keyboard back to Mr. Cinna's. It's his class next.
We practice hard songs for the rest of the class and I go to Chemistry and my teacher makes me help people that don't get it. Then, the last period, I have to help too.
I go home and help Annie until she has the song down, and the singing down, and she's perfect, so we take her video, and we send it.
And then Peeta shows up, and Annie leaves, and I help him with Chemistry, and it's stressful, and by the time we finish dinner, I fall asleep on the couch and don't wake up until the next morning.
….a….
The talk soon drifts from exams to Prom, which is about two months away.
Exams always get over late April, and we get out Mid May. Our Prom is May 31st, the only day that week of school that we don't have exams.
I start cramming the books, and helping people, and still help Annie with music, and I study a ton of people and it starts moving outside of school. Mama doesn't mind.
…..a…..
Exam week comes so fast that I start flipping out because I realized that I've been so bus helping others that I forgot all about me. I've had my nose in a book all day, and I walk into school on Monday, the day or first and second period exam, with the book open in my hands.
Eeta kisses my cheek when I sit down, and I just wave.
Nobody speaks. "Katniss." Peeta says after fifteen minutes. I wave him off. "Katniss." He says again. I ignore. "Katniss!" I don't respond. "Katniss, do you wanna go with me to prom?" he asks. I drag my eyes away from the book.
"What? I'm sorry…I just…"
"I said," he begins. "Do you want to go to prom with me?"
I smile. "Okay."
He smiles too, and kisses me, and then I go back to my book. The bell rings, and I wait till I have no choice but to go to class.
Technically, our high school graduation is on Saturday, the day after prom, and then seniors don't need to show up again.
….a….
I go home after the exams, which I aced, with everyone with me.
"Katniss." Mama says. Daddy's home early. "You got mail."
Her voice is casual.
Its then that I realize that Annie is here, too, and her parents are here. Mama hands me a letter, and Mrs. Cresta hands Annie one.
"Oh no, I can't open it. Peeta, you do it."
"Nope." He says. "It's yours." He looks excited.
"At the same time?" I ask Ann, and she nods.
"One, two three!" Annie says. We open them, and the room is filled with excitement and tension, as Annie and I read out letters in silence.
Katniss,
Congratualtions! It gives me great pleasure to inform you that you have been accepted to the music program of Juilliard!
I don't react, I just keep reading.
You have been assigned to study with Miss Annie Kate Cresta.
It goes on to explain how I can get in contact with Annie.
"I didn't get in." Annie whispers.
"Liar! We're fucking roomates!"
She starts laughing, and everyone starts cheering, and Annie and I hug.
"They need the official transcript with proof of graduation by July first, we need to tell Juilliard that we're going by the first of May, and it requires a two hundred and fifty dollar deposit of enrollment."
"Our dorm is C18." Annie says.
"You guys get your own dorm together?" Johanna asks. We nod.
"Awesome. You don't have to wear clothes then."
We laugh, because it's true.
…..a…..
Peeta comes rushing into school, and nearly knocks me down. "Guess what?" he asks, kissing me.
"What?" I ask.
"I got into Stanford!"
Finn hears him, and starts hooting, and Johanna joins, because clearly, they're going together.
I'm excited for college, but I'm really going to miss these dumbasses.
Yes, this story will send everyone to college.
