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Chapter 10 "Rehearsal"

Third Person

It's noon and the lobby is filled with students. Ms. Trinket is taking attendance as Haymitch sits back and does nothing as usual. Cinna is talking to the victor girls about dress fittings. Cinna needs to take every girl to pick out their dress for the ball and Portia is going with the boys a group at a time. The victors along with the careers are going to be the first group to go. The ball is a month away.

Katniss is completely out of the conversation. Clothes and all this isn't something she really cares for, but Katniss always tries to pay attention when it's Cinna talking. Cinna's her favorite teacher after all. Johanna notices this and pulls Katniss aside.

"What's up with you Everdeen? You've been so out of it lately."

Katniss bites her lip. She didn't think she was being that obvious.

Being trapped in the hotel room with Johanna and Annie was torture for her. Annie spent most of the time with Cashmere, which would have been fine if she just told Peeta about Gale. Being around Johanna just made Katniss feel even guiltier. She can't be in a room alone with her.

"I've just been really tired lately. That's all."

Johanna's not buying it. "I think I know what this is about."

Katniss' eyes grew ten times bigger. "You do?"

"It slipped my mind completely but Cato said something about getting to you. Did something happen?"

Katniss relaxes a bit. "He flirted with me but—"

"Don't feel guilty Kat, you did nothing wrong."

Why is she being so nice to me? If you only knew, Katniss thought.

Peeta calls Johanna from the other side of the room.

Katniss can feel her stomach tightening. Whether it's because she feels guilty or jealous, Katniss isn't sure.

"I guess I better go see what Peeta wants. Please Katniss, loosen up a little." Johanna leaves to the other side of the room.

Katniss takes a seat on one of the couches in the lobby and waits for Ms. Trinket to tell her what table she'll be sitting at.

"What do you want, Peeta?" Johanna asks rudely. Peeta notices.

"Why so grumpy? Wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?"

Johanna rolls her eyes, unamused. She can't stand him right now. Not seeing him for a week should have cooled her down, but being with Katniss 24/7 didn't help.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Johanna tries to ask as calmly as she can.

Peeta's confused. He has no idea what Johanna's referring to. "Tell you what?"

"That I was all over you." Johanna snaps. "I asked you if I did anything stupid while I was drunk and you said no."

Peeta sighs. "I didn't want to remind you about it. Just forget about it."

"No, I can't just forget about it, Peeta. You lied to me."

This isn't the first time Peeta's keep things from Johanna. Peeta thinks he's protecting her, but she doesn't see it that way. The way Peeta treats her sometimes, it's like she's stupid and doesn't know want she's doing.

"Did I do anything else stupid you didn't tell me about?" Johanna nearly shouts.

Before Peeta can answer Johanna's question Ms. Trinket is at his side.

"Why Miss Mason, we aren't causing trouble, are we?" Effie has her hands on her hips.

"No, Ms. Trinket." Johanna says.

"Good. Now come with me, I'll give you your table right now."

Johanna wordlessly follows Mr. Trinket away. Peeta stands alone unsure of what to at the moment.

He looks across the room to Katniss. She meets his eyes for only a second before turning her head away.

Peeta looks to his right and sees Finnick standing alone too. Peeta doesn't know whether to go talk to him, or just stay here. Things are bad when they don't even need to be. Peeta has no feelings for Annie other than those of friendship. There have been a few interactions with Annie, but Peeta hasn't mentioned them to anyone. Innocent little things, nothing too serious. Annie's flirted but Peeta never flirts back, at least not on purpose. There's been a few times Annie's misread his words.

"Mellark." An almost friendly voice says.

Peeta turns to his left. "Clove." She's wearing an old pair of jeans and a black tee. "You look nice," he adds sarcastically.

She smiles. "Alright I'm going to cut the chit chat and get right to the point. I know what I want you to do for me."

Peeta looks around him before responding. He doesn't want anyone to know. "What's that?"

Clove shakes her head. "Oh Peeta. I can't tell you here. Too many ears."

"Then why would you bring it up?"

"To leave you in suspense, of course."

Peeta rolls his eyes. "Whatever, Clove." He pushes past her. He only stops when he hears Clove ask what his table number is.

"Six."

Clove nods and walks away. Now Clove knows what table the career girls and victors need to have. Pretty soon phase two of her plan will be in motion. Phase one was the Peeta and Johanna photo. It was only sent to Annie and Gale but that's all that was necessary. Clove doesn't need nosey people getting into this and messing everything up. So far everything is where Clove wants it to be. Annie thinks Peeta and Johanna have something going on. Things between Katniss, Peeta, and Johanna have gone sour by the looks of it. That's exactly what the picture was supposed to do. Clove makes a metal note to thank her generous little helper, Cashmere.

Clove pulls out her cell to text Glimmer the table number and next thing Clove knows she's being pulled towards someone, Finnick.

"Ease up of the grip, Odair." Clove pulls her arm away from him.

Finnick starts talking, but Clove isn't listening. She notices Peeta has gone to talk to Katniss. Clove's got to admit, they're pretty good at hiding the relationship. Clove wouldn't have found out if Katniss wasn't drunk Friday. That part of the plan turned out to be useless. Katniss was no help. Cato will just need to take a different approach on Katniss. Maybe...

Clove smiles as the idea pops into her head.

"Clove are you even listening to me?"

"No, not a word." Clove answers honestly. Finnick sighs. "Sorry, Odair, I have better things to do right now."

Clove starts to walk of to find Cato but—

"Clove, wait."

She turns back to Finnick, "What?"

"You didn't answer me question."

What question? Clove thinks, Doesn't matter. Does not matter.

"Odair, I wasn't even listening. How would I know what your question even was?"

Finnick shakes his head. He's not really up for asking his question again. Asking it the first time was hard enough. "Forget it."

Clove nods, she's half way through a turn when something comes to her mind. Something she wishes hadn't. She turns back hesitating at first.

"Finnick, you and I aren't friends. Friday there was no one else to talk to. Just because we were getting along doesn't change a damn thing about us. Don't act like you didn't do anything to me. You leave me alone. Start treating me like you always have, crap. I promise I'll be doing the same thing."

Than she's gone leaving Finnick absolutely stunned. The words began to echo in his mind. What did he ever do to Clove? Finnick doesn't know what she's talking about. Finnick never treated her like that, did he?

Katniss and Peeta are still talking together on the couch when Ms. Trinket gives Katniss her table number.

"Six. Same as Peeta here." Ms. Trinket smiles and runs off to find the next person on her list, Marvel.

"We got the same table, great. Now maybe this rehearsal won't be such a drag." Peeta says.

"Who else has number six?"

"All I know is Cato and Gloss have six."

"Other than Cato it seems like a great table." Peeta smiles at Katniss' comment.

"Katniss, why haven't we talked much?"

"Um, maybe because we were on lock down. Remember?" Katniss is confused by his sudden question. "We've talk."

"Yeah on the phone, once. That's not an excuse. I'm not trying to be the annoying clingy boyfriend here but are you mad at me? Did I do something wrong?"

"No, Peeta." Katniss her hand over Peeta's gently. "Why would you think that?"

Peeta moves his hand. Katniss moves back, a little hurt by that.

"Cause you've been avoiding me."

Katniss doesn't know how to respond. She hadn't realized that she's been distancing herself from Peeta. Peeta's right, it was no excuse. Cashmere managed to keep talking to everyone. There wasn't a night when she wasn't on the phone or on her webcam. Things were just so much easier for her. That's what Katniss thought, but she couldn't be more wrong.

"Hey guys." Katniss froze. She knows that voice. She knows it better than her very own. Gale.

Katniss turns her head to him and away from Peeta.

"Hi Gale." Katniss breathes out.

Peeta simple waves and Gale returns the wave.

None of them say a word. Katniss is freaking out so much that she's forgotten how to talk. And then there's Gale and Peeta who have had problems with each other since homecoming freshman year, which was Peeta and Johanna's first date. Even though neither of them referred to it as that, it was no doubt a date.

"So," Peeta says awkwardly. "What table are you at?"

"Oh, um…one."

Katniss couldn't be more relieved.

"You?"

"Six. Both of us." Peeta answers for them. Katniss just nods.

"Cool." Gale looks at Katniss. "Have you talked to anyone since…the lock in?" Gale asks, choosing his words wisely.

Katniss understands what he's really asking. Did you tell anyone we almost kissed?

She shakes her head. "You?"

"No one."

Peeta can't help but notice the tension between them. Something's going.

A cheerful Cashmere jumps in to steal Katniss away. "Katniss! There you are. I need to talk to you." Cashmere smiles at the boys. "Can you give us a minute?"

"Yeah."

"Of course."

Gale and Peeta leave in opposite directions.

Cashmere takes a seat next to Katniss.

"So Katniss do you…" Cashmere's voice fades when the boys are too far to hear them. "Finally. You owe me one."

Katniss blinks. "Huh?"

Cashmere groans. "Oh come on Kat. Even I could feel the tension and I was on the other side of the room. Is that why you've been acting so weird? Can't choose, can you?"

How much does she know?

"I don't—"

"Hush." Cashmere cuts Katniss off by placing the tips of her fingers on Katniss' lips. "Everyone knows Gale has a thing for you and all us victors knew Peeta liked you from day one. We aren't blind Katniss." Katniss can't help but smile as Cashmere moves her fingers. "Choose yet?"

"Cash, there's no choice."

"There's anyways a choice. Even if you don't admit it, it's there."

"What's with the sudden interest in my love life?" Katniss asks, because this did come out of nowhere.

Cashmere shrugs. "Well—"

"Cash, there you are." Annie comes from behind her and fails to notice Katniss.

"Okay, so I'll be leaving arou…" Annie stops talking when she sees Katniss. "Oh, hey Katniss."

"Hi?"

"Um, Cash can we talk for a second?" Annie pulls Cashmere up from the couch and walks away with her.

Katniss stands from the couch and watches them walk away.

"What's going on with them?" Katniss whispers to herself.

Katniss has been so wrapped around what's going on with her she hasn't really noticed anything else. Until now, what in the world is Madge doing hanging out with Glimmer?

"Attention, attention everyone." Ms. Trinket's voice over powers everyone else in the room. "You may now proceed to the dinning room."

Phase two starts now…

"Now use this time to talk to your classmates." Ms. Trinket echoes throughout the hall. She begins to walk away from table number six. "About art, literature, museums..."

"Mason being all over Mellark," Clove says with amusement. The Careers snicker.

Every victor's head expect Annie and Katniss' snap towards Peeta and Johanna who are sitting right next to each other.

"How do you know that?" Peeta asks.

"Cresta has a big mouth," Glimmer answered for Clove.

"Her and Gale where talking about in the lobby," Cato finishes for Glimmer.

"You guys are stupid. You're victors; of course we know. Everyone just loves to gossip about you six," Marvel states.

"Seven," Cashmere corrects. " And Marvel's got a point. All of us at this table are what anyone ever talks about." She takes a drink of her water.

"She was drunk." Peeta says getting back on the topic. He was getting really tried of this shit.

"So you say." Clove smirks.

"Oh shut up, Clove." Johanna says, "It was probably you would spiked my drink."

Clove gasps as if she's insulted, but she isn't. If anything Clove's amused. 'Cause so far everything is going exactly the way she wants it to. "That's just so rude for you to assume, Mason. I'll have you know I spent the entire night with Finnick."

Every victor at the table glares at Finnick, especially Annie. Finnick tries not to notice the stares, and him sitting next to Clove isn't helping at all.

"Right Finn?" Clove bumps his elbow lightly.

"...Yeah." He mumbles. None of the victors know how close Clove and him once were. Sure they knew that they hung out and everything, but they didn't realize how much they grew on each other. Finnick has to admit, he misses Clove. Why Clove chose to block him out, he doesn't know.

"Told you it wasn't me," Clove says tauntingly.

"Wow," Cato states eyeing Clove. Unimpressed. "Odair, really, Clove?"

"Shut up," Clove snaps, just as they rehearsed. She does it so well that even Glimmer and Marvel forget for a second that their break up was only for show. "Like Everdeen isn't a drop down from me." Clove takes a bite of her salad.

Peeta's eyes dart towards Katniss just for a moment. If Peeta's already jealous because of that, this should be easy. Clove smiles in her head.

"How do we know you didn't just get yourself drunk, huh? You'd have an excuse to be all over—"

"That's what Annie should have done," Katniss mumbles as she eats.

She didn't think anyone would hear her but everyone did.

Annie slams her fork onto table, hard. "What?" Annie's had enough with Katniss' shit.

Katniss looks at Annie who's sitting across from her. Cato and Gloss sitting both sides of her. Cato looks amused as Gloss looks annoyed.

"This should be good." Cashmere mumbles beside Katniss. Finnick who's sitting on Cashmere's left, hits her elbow.

Katniss thinks for a second before responding. "We all know the only reason you snapped at Peeta and Johanna when you got that picture is because you were mad it wasn't you."

Johanna nearly chokes on her water.

The Careers feel the need to pat Katniss on the back for that. No one was expecting Katniss to says something like that to Annie. Everything those two have been holding back is about to come out.

"I'm sorry, we? Who even told you about the photo, Katniss?"

"Why are you even asking?" Glimmer jumps in. "It was obviously Johanna."

"What do you mean obviously?" Peeta asks.

Johanna's eyes widen. "Peeta don't—"

"She always tried to get me jealous when we were together, Peeta. One of her many ways to break us up."

"Many?" Peeta glares at Johanna. "I thought you stopped after the first time."

Johanna sighed and looked away from Peeta.

"She never stopped," Annie informed him. "I know why now."

Peeta ignores Annie and begins to argue with Johanna,

"Oh shut up, Annie." Finnick snaps. "Don't act innocent. I know you're trying to get with Peeta. He's my friend, Annie. That's just low."

"Like Clove and Johanna are any better," Annie stands, sounding more hurtful than before.

"Clove's fucking ten times better than you'll ever be, Cresta." Marvel barks and gets up as well.

"Since when are so defensive about Clove?" Cashmere and Cato says in unison.

"Oh calm the fuck down, Cato. You dumped her, remember?" Glimmer rises.

All four of them begin to argue, and soon they're all on their feet.

"By the way, Cresta." Clove glares at her. "I have no interest in your boyfriend so enough with death glares, it's pathetic. It's like a new born puppy trying to bark for the first time."

"I'm not her boyfriend."

"He's not my boyfriend." Annie's eyes narrow at Clove.

"Katniss," Johanna whispers, interrupting Peeta in their own argument. Unlike everyone else, Johanna and Peeta were actually controlling their volume.

Katniss turns away from Annie, Finnick, and Clove's conversation and looks at Johanna. "This is all your fault! You and Peeta just had to be a secret."

Katniss rises. "To protect you; it's always about you."

"Katniss." Peeta hisses and stands. "What the hell?!"

Johanna stands as well. "Protect me from what, Peeta?"

Peeta sighs and that's when Katniss wished she kept her mouth shut.

Gloss is the only one is sitting at their table. Everyone in the hall is staring. Delly looks away because she knows what Madge is going to do. She doesn't approve, but that wasn't going to stop Madge. Delly didn't want to fight with Madge; she decided to stay out of it. Madge is looking for Clove waiting for her signal. Ms. Trinket runs over with her clipboard in her hand.

"Settle down. Settle down." Ms. Trinket groans.

"Keep talking! I'll kick your ass right here."

"There will be no such thing!" Ms. Trinket raises her voice. "Haymitch!"

Everyone continues to argue, and Ms. Trinket turns her back to them for only a second to see where Haymitch was.

There's a whacking sound and Ms. Trinket and every other table turn back to table number six. Annie has drops of salad dressing on her shirt and Gloss had a big chuck of salad with dressing all over him.

"What the fuck! I didn't even do anything."

And suddenly food was flying all over the place.

I'm aware of the small amount of Everlark in here. I'll be changing that don't worry.

So I'll going to let you pick. Should I write the food fight part or go straight to the results of phase 2. Also random question is Johanna shipped with anyone besides Gale? I'm not talking about just my story I'm talking about over all. Review Please! :D

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