"Tolerate imperfect friends. Perfect friends don't exist."
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Masked Royalty 7-
The rest of the morning classes went by with me hardly paying attention. The only time that I actually interacted was on third period when I realized that Madge and Gale were in that class.
They were a really cute couple and were very interesting people. Even though I didn't have any morning classes with Ren or Linnea I was glad that I made friends with both Gale and Madge. Madge had a really sweet personality and was a bit quiet that made you wonder how she ended up being together with Gale, who was a bit cocky and talkative. But their personalities complimented each other's perfectly.
By the time lunch rolled by I was merely dragging myself to the long cafeteria line. I wish I had just brought lunch today but my stomach was way to empty for me to complain. I had fished out a club sandwich and made my way to Linnea's table.
I took a sit beside Linnea, who had greeted me with a warm hug, and Ren who sent a wink my way. I scanned the large group but didn't see Peeta yet. When Gale and Madge finally made it to the table and sat across from us, we talked about how Gale had first joined in their group.
"Trust me, Gale took his time. He used to hate us "townies"," Ren said flicking a pea at Gale's direction. His plan backfired when Gale had managed to catch it between his teeth and ate it. "I really think hate is too strong of a word, dislike maybe," Gale brought to his defense.
"Dislike my ass. You use to call us spoiled rich brats and sent us dirty looks like all the time," Linnea said leaning back on her chair so that it was only standing on its back legs.
"Whatever," we laughed as Gale put on a frown.
"What changed his mind?" I ask the gang.
"Well, he met Peeta and Madge," Eli said. "Gale used to like Peeta too?" I said holding back a laugh.
"Hell no!" Gale shouted as Madge told him, "It was just a joke Gale." We all burst out laughing.
"Gale had "accidentally" elbowed Madge in the face, which had caused a misunderstanding that led to Peeta having a talk with Gale, being Madge's cousin and all," Lin explained.
Peeta and Madge are cousins, got it.
"And that eventually led to Gale and Madge falling in love and Peeta becoming his best friend. And don't ask us, we have no idea how it came to that, it just did," Ren said.
Gale scowled at him again just as Peeta joined the group. He had only managed to give me a smile when Elodie started shamelessly flirting with him.
Lin followed my gaze to the two and whispered to my ear, "What a slut." I stare at her dumbfounded. "What? We aren't friends she just sits here because Peeta sits here."
"Are they together or something," I couldn't help feel weird at the thought of it.
"They used to be, but he called it off and she isn't quite over him yet. Don't worry, he's all yours," Lin smirks at me as I scowl at her and mess up her hair. She does and evil laugh and flicks her fries at me.
But somehow, I feel relieved inside.
I walk through the doors with other students zooming past me. School had just ended and students are pretty excited about that. I got pushed, shoved, stepped on and squished about a hundred times in the past three minutes of dismissal. A small sigh escapes my lips as I finally managed to escape the stampede of students and made it to the path of home.
I barely walked another step when two large hands cover my eyes. I let out a yelp and elbow my attacker. The hands slip away from my eyes and I hear a deep groan from behind me. I turn around ready to attack when I see a familiar looking Peeta. He was now bending over with his arms around his ribs. "Shit!" I immediately feel guilty and crunch down beside him, "I'm so sorry Peeta. I thought you were a bad guy or something." Peeta takes deep breaths and slowly stands up on his two feet, his right hand cradling his left side. "Ahh it's my fault for trying to surprise you," he waves his hand dismissively.
"I'm really sorry, again." I say. He laughs and stands straighter, the pain must have passed by now. I am sure that I must have elbowed him really hard. "I think you'll be the death of me Miss Rowan, literally." I scowl as he says that.
"So, how about that tour?" he cheekily smiled at me.
Peeta had already managed to walk me a few blocks into the seam. It was pretty big but most of it was just the same old, worn out, coal dust-covered houses. "Most people here barely make it," Peeta says as we pass a few skinny looking children play with an old car wheel, "Even merchants have a difficult time, how much more do these people suffer?" Peeta seemed to really care for these citizens. I mean I understand his concern. Hugh had told me that most children here die of starvation.
We continue walking on until we pass by the mines. We only make it a few meters away since Peeta says it is too dangerous. He explained that Mine explosion were very rare though very lethal. The latest one had been around ten years ago. Peeta had told me that a lot of mine workers had died on that day; one of those had been Gale's father. I was shocked to have learned that the joyful arrogant boy had lost his father at a very young age. That must have been hard for him given that I also knew that he was the oldest. I have experienced the loss of both, but I have always had Haymitch with me so I wasn't in deep trouble.
I guess the odds aren't in our favor after all.
We trace our steps back until we cross our school and head to the direction of town. Peeta showed me the few points which I already knew like the Town Square and the Justice Building, but he also showed me a few shops scattered around the square.
We came to stop at a little store that had the smell of baked bread wafting from it, the bakery. "Are you hungry? We could come and grab a bite," Peeta asked jabbing his thumb at the door's direction. "Um, sure."
We entered the building as a little jing of a bell echoed signaling our arrival. I get a sense of déjà vu but dismiss it as I have been to a lot of bakeries before.
"Hey Rye," Peeta greets a large man behind the counter. He had pale blonde hair and deep blue eyes, "Yo Peet, who might this beauty, be?" I scowl at Rye. "Here name's Katy, she's new," that was all he got to say before he dragged me in to the kitchen.
"Are we allowed to be here?" I ask. "Yeah it's cool. I work part time here," he says as he opens a fridge and takes out a few things, "Madge's dad, the mayor owns the business." "You bake?" I ask smiling.
"Yeah, is there anything wrong with that?" he smirks at me whilst tying an apron on.
"Nothing, I just didn't peg you as a baker," I take a sit on the counter. "What do your parents do, are they bakers?" I ask staring at him as mixes some stuff into a bowl. "You could say that. Well, they were," Peeta stops what he was doing for a moment before he continues again, "They died a few years back."
I stare at his face looking for any sign of grief, but I find none, "I'm sorry for asking." "Nah, you didn't know. Plus I was pretty young so I don't remember much. I have lived with my Uncle, Mayor Undersee, for as long as I remember," He begins to knead the dough.
"Do you mind me asking?" I say as I stand, wash my hands and help him form the bread into little buns. "Shoot." "What are these?" I ask holding up a little ball of dough. He laughs and stares at the dough, "For a second there I thought it was personal. They are cheese buns," he takes the dough from me and places a slice of cheese on top. I smile as he stuffs a cube of it inside.
Peeta gracefully takes the tray out of the oven and sets it to cool. "You're hungry," he says as he drags his finger down from his lip to his chin signing that I'm drooling. I immediately turn away and check for drool only to turn back and frown at him, "I wasn't drooling."
Peeta laughs a big hearty laugh and ruffles my hair. I swat his hand away, "Don't do that." "What this?" he does it again. I lean away from him, "Yes that."
He turns to grab a bun and takes a bite. He then stuffed the same one into my mouth, "Hey!" I yell through cheese buns. Then the taste suddenly hits me, they were so good! I moan and close my eyes as the cheese melts in my mouth. I hear Peeta chuckle from beside me and I playfully shove him.
We eat a few more buns before Peeta wrapped a few and gave them to me. The sun was almost setting so he decided to walk me home.
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That's not the end! I have decided to merge both chapters since Masked Royalty Eight is pretty short so…
"A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks."
I walked beside Peeta on the way home, but my mind in elsewhere. I keep remembering something but it keeps fading away before I actually remember it. Ugh, I won't be able to sleep tonight until I figure this out.
"Katy, are you okay?" Peeta asks. It was then that I noticed that we or I had stopped walking and Peeta was a few paces in front of me. "Yeah I'm fine, something's just bothering me," I give him a small smile hoping he drops the topic. Thankfully he does and we keep walking.
We reach the top of the hill just as the sun begins to set and Peeta drags me to the large tree just at the edge. "What's your favorite color?" he asks out of nowhere. I look at him weirdly, "Green, what's yours?" "Orange," before I could remark about how disgusting orange is he grabs my hand and bends my fingers so that I'm pointing and moves it to point at the sunset, "not the bright kind a bit more muted," he says, "like the sunset." I stare at the whirls of pink, purple, yellow and indeed orange. I focus on the beauty of the color. The soft streaks of orange just as the sun's at the horizon. Beautiful.
A smile goes to my lips as I turn to look at Peeta. The sunset makes his blonde hair more golden, but his eyes are clearer. They are gentler as they reflect the evening colors but you could see the blue in them, the bluest eyes I have seen, even bluer than… my little Prince.
My eyes shot open as I piece things together, the bakery, the blue eyes and blonde hair. That was all Peeta. I stand up suddenly and am about to run when I feel Peeta's hand on my wrist, "Hey, where are you going?" I stare at Peeta's handsome face and decide that I should make sure if he was him.
"How did your parents die?" I ask. This catches him off guard, but it doesn't faze him, "They died in a fire at our old bakery," he doesn't stop there, "I was there, too." I stared not knowing what to say but he continued, "But I don't remember anything, you see I have something like amnesia, but it's pretty mild since I had bumped my head at a very young age during the accident. I just don't remember anything before I woke up in the hospital with a man saying he's my Uncle saying that I had to move to District 12, very far from the Capitol." I can see the sadness in his eyes. He doesn't remember his parents, he doesn't remember anything, and he doesn't remember me.
I don't know what to do so I grab his hand and give it a little squeeze. He gives me a small smile.
Hours after that I am lying on my bed staring at the plain ceiling again, that was Peeta. I laugh and smile like a maniac. Peeta had been my Prince all along. But, he doesn't remember. I highly doubt he would remember even without amnesia. It's probably better since he probably would figure out I was Katniss Everdeen. I guess my fairy tale ending's not going as planned
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