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Summary: Katniss Everdeen is a head strong student who pretty much doesn't even bother about love but when a new boy comes, why does that all change? How exactly will this fairytale dream end with fangirls, Careers and of course the Capitol, the school snobs.
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Chapter eleven: Final Countdown
"We should get started, Katniss" Peeta tells me as I silently nod, we decided to go with a simple sea background for Annie's performance, Peeta mixed dark blue and light green with a hint of white together to create the perfect sea green. "I thought it would bring Annie's eyes out" He told me as he handed me a large paint brush and we began.
We were painting the waves first, then next we would work on the other buildings in the landscape, "So, Peeta…" I trailed off, why was I so nervous around him all of a sudden. I was pretty sure I would be okay since I have practiced this conversation a hundred times with both, Blight and Gale with Cinna guiding me on all the things I should say and do.
He turned to look at me with those sapphire eyes of his; I gulped deeply as his blonde hair shimmered in the ray of light that was shinning from above the stage and onto us, I never re-called switching that light on. "Yeah, Katniss?" He asked me smiling that charming smile of his, you will not fall for this trick, you will not fall, Katniss, you will never fall for that trick, you fell for the smile, his sweet charming smile.
"You have paint on your face" I say a little too quickly and curse in my head, out of all the things I could have said, I said: 'You have paint on your face'. Very nicely done, Katniss, so how are you going to tell this to the others? Cinna is going to have a really big fit over this.
Peeta touched his face; a light stroke of sea green was along his jaw line, "Oh, thanks Katniss" He smiled and wiped it away, we continued to paint in silence for a few more moments before neither of us could reach the rest of the wall, since we were too short to paint all the way to the top. "I'll get Finnick to bring in a ladder" I nodded in agreement.
I thought before bringing up another conversation "So, how did you and Johanna and Finnick meet exactly?" Peeta rested his paint brush down as he crossed his legs and patted a seat next to him to sit down as well; I obliged and rested my own brush down.
"We should wait for the paint to dry before doing the strokes of the ocean?" I nodded, we sat in silence, I thought about repeating the question again for him but he turned to reply my question, "It was a few years ago, we all lived in Africa" I stared at him, Peeta laughed and smiled "Yeah, our parents were childhood friends and all of us were traveling" He spoke with happiness in his voice.
"When our parents recognized each other, I guess we all just clicked like that and from then on, we all traveled together everywhere" He concluded as he leaned back a bit, I clutched my knees to my chest, my braid tucked into a worn out cap to avoid the paint. But my shirt wasn't so lucky, from it's fading red colour to being completely sea green.
Traveling the world, that must have been really fun for him, "But why did you guys come back here?" I asked Peeta, his expression was hard to read at first but softened into a smile and then into a chuckle.
"Finnick was behind in studies so our parents thought why not go back to where they all met" Peeta laughed "Did you know Finnick was screaming like a girl when he found out he's going back to high school" We both burst into a roar of laughter, it really was fun spending time with Peeta, even I have to admit, even Gale could enjoy this, that is if he ever stops complaining about food "We should do this more often" He tells me.
I turn and smile to him, all the nervous feeling I felt just now just seemed to melt away like that, "Yeah, I guess we should" We smiled at each other before getting up to do more painting.
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"You seriously said 'You have paint on your face'?" Cinna yells at the top of his lungs, I leaned against the counter of the Cresta Dinner; we were here again for another night of helping and serving food. "But we practiced for hours and out of all the ways to start a conversation, you say 'You have paint on your face'!" He throws his hands up in the air like a drama Queen or was it King.
Annie rolls her eyes and smile, "But you guys did get comfortable right, don't denial it Katniss, I have proof!" Annie points her finger at me, her sea green eyes gleaming oddly.
"We did, but how did you know that?" I countered back at her, she smiles and skips into the kitchen, then I realized it, the light that was shining down on us, the only way it could be switched on was by a switch at the back of the hall where it was dark and nothing could be seen, I thought I saw somebody there, "You were dressed like a black ninja weren't you!" I pointed my finger at Annie as she ignores it. "It was you?" I laughed at her but my face then turned serious.
Gale's head poked out through the back door, "I was there too!" He tells me, my jaw dropped; they were watching me the whole time.
"You guys are evil!" I tell the both of them; Madge smiles at us and cleans the nearest table.
Annie and Gale's heads poked out of two different doors as they both chorused together "Thank you!" Before poking back, my expression changes as I laugh along with Cinna, but I was still mad at them for dressing up like ninjas and spying on us when I told them not too.
The door of the dinner opened, "Can we come in?" Peeta's voice spoke, we all smiled at them.
"Sure!" We chorused together like a choir as his family piled in along with the Odairs and Masons, I walked up and took their orders, again.
Annie's voice could be heard; she was singing again, I think it was the song 'Fireworks' by another late artist from before Panem was formed, immediately me and Peeta looked at each other, we had the same idea, "Are you thinking, what I'm thinking, Katniss?" He asks me.
"Depends on what your thinking, Peeta" I tell him.
Peeta chuckles at my response, "Does it have anything to do with fireworks?" He asked.
"What are, a mind reader?" I smile back at him as Peeta looks at me, we both knew what we were thinking.
We had thought of the perfect idea for the backdrop now and I know it'll be great.
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Annie's eyes gleamed as she stared at our backdrop, fireworks shone in the sky beautifully painted by Peeta with my help and the ocean beneath it, with my help as well, "It's perfect" Annie tells us. Before I knew, I was hugging Peeta tightly but as soon as I realized it, Annie had it on tape "Isn't that just sweet?" She tells us, Peeta and I are blushing madly by now.
"Sorry about that…" I stammer as Peeta nods silently and coughs a bit, "Oh, yeah Annie, Peeta has a great idea" I tell her pushing Peeta forward slightly, "Tell her the idea we were thinking about last night" Annie looks at us weirdly cocking her head to one side. She didn't have a clue.
Peeta nods and says to Annie "We need you to change the song first" Annie passes out and hits the ground fast, "Maybe it was a little too unexpected or did we just ask to much since she has the plans already set out?" He asks me as I shrug.
"Probably both" I reply Peeta as he nods in agreement.
After a few moments of silence and Annie still didn't seem to move or budge, "So, what do we do know?"
"We'll just have to tell her after she wakes up, that is if she does" I think it out clearly, Annie's body didn't seem to be moving very much or at all. "I'll get a bucket" I huff and turn away to find a pail of water the splash over her face, you could call this my revenge for setting me up with Peeta.
-End of Chapter eleven-
What will the idea be! Read the next chapter to find out! The talent show is finally here! What does Gale have planned and what will happen! REVIEW! :) Thanks for reading!