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Happy 2017 everyone! The new year is upon us, time to make some resolutions.
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Katniss POV
Ever since my little 'incident' with Gale, I do not want to go near him.
Usually, I would hang out with him and work with him, but now I hate him.
I hate him for embarrassing me, I hate him for what he did. Now, I'd choose Peeta over him in a heartbeat.
At least Peeta is nice, he would never do something like that.
I am unsure whether I should talk to Gale or Peeta about it.
I don't really want to talk to Gale, because he might do what he did again, embarrass me in front of the whole school.
I have now decided, I want to talk to Peeta about it. He will probably give me some good advice. He can help me.
All this is going through my head on the walk to school with Prim.
"Are you having problems Katniss?" Prim asks as we wait for a traffic light.
I really want to tell her everything, about what Gale did, about Peeta, everything.
"Just some small problems, nothing for you to worry yourself with little duck," I say.
"Don't call me that Katniss, I'm in sixth grade!" She says and I laugh.
"No matter how old you get, you'll always be my little duck," I say.
We cross the road. "Really Katniss, you can tell me. I want to know," said Prim.
"I'll tell you this. If you think anything's more complicated than high school love, you're wrong."
"Tell me more," she says and I can't stop.
"When you're a pretty girl, all the boys like you, even if you don't like them back."
"Is that really that bad though?" She asks. I want to tell her, I really do.
"It's worse than you think, as sometimes boys can do silly things."
We walk on in silence.
"Do you like Gale?" She suddenly asks.
"Um, that's a complicated question," I say.
"Okay, I know. But do you?"
"No."
"No?"
"No," I say
"But, I thought..."
"Alright, Prim. Something happened that made me hate him. He's so annoying. I officially hate Gale."
"But, I thought you guys were best friends,"
"Not anymore. I don't really want to talk about it."
We get to school and go our separate ways.
I enter homeroom. My friends haven't arrived yet. I see Gale waving at me across the room from where we usually sit. He blows me a kiss and I give him a disgusted look.
I find an empty seat next to Peeta and sit down in it. Gale frowns at me.
Gale comes up to me. "Is there a problem Katniss?"
"Yes, actually,"
"What is it?"
"Listen, Gale, what you did yesterday wasn't cool. It was embarrassing and horrible, and I hate you for doing it."
"Katniss?"
"Gale, I don't want anything to do with you. I do not have any feelings for you, okay?"
"I thought-"
"Well, you thought wrong," I say, rummaging through my bag to hide the tears that are starting to fall.
I don't know why I'm crying for Gale, it just came automatically.
Gale puts his hand on my shoulder. "Gale, please," I say, "Take your hand away."
He does that and walks back to his chair. I brush away the few tears that came and sit up. Peeta had been listening to the conversation the whole time.
He doesn't say anything, he just went back to his drawing. I look over his shoulder at what he was drawing.
He is drawing a beautiful girl with long brown braided hair. She seems oddly familiar.
Then I realise who it is. It is a drawing of me.
"Wow, Peeta," I say, rather stunned.
"Do you like it?" He asks and I nod.
"But, your drawing shows a much prettier version of me. I'm not that pretty."
"Yes, you are Katniss. To me at least."
I cannot believe he said that. I cannot believe that he managed to muster up enough courage to tell me that.
"Thanks...Peeta," I say, unsure of what else to say.
"Sorry to interrupt your moment, but can I sit here?"
"Yes Tris, sit," I say, snapping out of my trance
"How are you?" Asks Tris
"Fine. Still recovering from yesterday,"
"Oh yeah, yesterday. Gale."
"Gale."
"Peeta, is that Katniss? That's really good."
"Thanks Tris. It took me a while to get it perfect."
"I can imagine," I say. "It must be hard to get it to look right, I cannot do it."
"Maybe I can teach you," suggests Peeta. "I'm sure you'd be able to do it."
"Probably with lots of practice and a great teacher. You could probably do that," I find myself saying.
"Probably," said Peeta while Tris starts laughing.
"You know, you guys would be so cute together. I can just imagine you two, eating together, Peeta giving you-"
"Okay, stop it Tris. It's not funny," I say, feeling my face go hot.
"Alright Katniss. But I'm serious, you guys would be great together."
Percy POV
Harry, Jason and I are chatting together on the bus when we see someone new get on.
"What's your name?" Harry asks.
The new guy seems pretty grouchy. "Nico," he says.
"Well I'm Harry, he is Percy and he is Jason."
"How come we've never seen you before?" Asks Thalia. "By the way, I'm Thalia, Jason's sister."
"I just started taking the bus. Before my mother would take u- I mean me."
"Dude, why so grumpy?" I ask.
"Don't want to talk about it," he mumbles.
"You ca-"
"Leave him alone Percy. We've only just met him," says Jason.
"Jason's right Percy, leave him alone," says Harry.
"Fine," I say.
The rest of the ride was unusually silent, usually we'd be making lots of noise, laughing and shouting.
We get to school and I see Annabeth at the gates. I wave to her.
"Hey! Annabeth!" I shout and she spots me.
"Hello Percy," she says. "Ready for the math test this afternoon?"
"Wha-"
"We had a math test, remember? Algebra?"
"Oh yeah, algebra. When do we have math?"
"Period six, so you have time to cram in some information."
"I need your help Annabeth," I say.
"I can help you," she sighs.
I cannot wait any longer. I pull her into a kiss, wrapping my arms around her waist.
Annabeth puts her arms around my neck and I rub her lower back.
We continue for a few more moments, when suddenly, the bell rings.
"We're late! Come on!" Annabeth says after breaking off the kiss. I follow her to our class, holding her hand.
Tobias POV
I cannot believe that Tris also has feelings for me.
To tell the truth, I've had a crush on her since I met her.
When I saw her, it took me a while to realize how beautiful she is. Everything from her eyes to her personality.
Going into homeroom, I scan the room for Tris and I see her sitting with Peeta and Katniss. I go and sit next to her.
"Hi Tobias,"
"Hey Tris," I sit down next to her.
"Where's Abernathy? He should be here," I ask.
"I'm wondering that too, I mean, I know he's unreliable, but at least he should show up."
Suddenly, Mr Dunn enters. "Mister Abernathy is sick, so I'm covering.
"Sick? Probably very drunk or hungover," I say, making the others laugh.
"So, before th-" he said before being cut off by the second bell, the bell that signals the beginning of class.
"Oh well, get your teacher to do it, we don't have time," says Mr Dunn.
Now I have history with Tris.
"Come on Tris, we have history," I say.
"History is kinda boring," she says.
"I agree. Our teacher isn't even good."
We walk to history. "Alright class, I would like you to split into pairs and I want you to do research on the French revolution."
"Tris, shall we work together?" I ask.
"Okay," she says, "As long as you actually work, and not spend your research time looking at me,"
I laugh. "Okay," I say.
"Right, let's get to work."
And that's it for the chapter, the first one in 2017!
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