Hey everyone! This chapter is longer because I wanted to have the same amount of my original writing, and this chapter had sections of Romeo & Juliet, so copying and pasting is hardly my own work xD But I couldn't not include the sections, because they're amazing :'D so yeah, enjoy ;D
Oh, and I just got a review critising my choice on wanting to do Romeo and Juliet as the play? Does anyone feel the same about this? I could easily change her choice but I was actually quite keen to do it because we learned all about it in English and Shakespeare's a great man. I don't plan on focusing too much into the play but it's what I know most of... What do you think?
As soon as we got the script from our class the next day I started running lines with Thresh. He wanted the part of Romeo or Mercutio or even Paris.
"Okay, okay. You be the other characters while I be Juliet, and then we'll do the same for you." I laughed and we stood up.
"But this scene has both us in it, I really want to start here." He pointed to the script, pleading with me with his eyes. I rolled mine.
"Fine, let's begin." He grinned and flexed his muscles, getting his posture correct for the scene. He stared off into the distance.
"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear;
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,
As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand,
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."
He then changed his posture to speak Tybalts lines. I grinned. This scene was all the men's lines, so he'd be talking for most of this. After a few minutes my lines were there.
Thresh took my hand. "If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss"
I blushed, looking away.
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss."
He raised an eyebrow, lifting his head slightly.
"Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?"
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer."
"O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do.
They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair."
I looked away, then my eyes met his again. "Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake."
He stepped closer to me, cupping my cheek.
"Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged."
He grinned. "Are we doing the kiss now? Or should we wait until another time."
"Another time." I stepped back, breathing out. Wow. That was pretty intense. He ran his hands through his hair awkwardly, looking away.
"Um, well. That was good so far."
"Yep." I walked over to my bag and picked it up. "I've gotta go for lunch, so I'll see you later?"
He nodded. "Sure, just text me."
Since I came here, I've actually been eating much better. Unlike back in 12, I got breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as snacks throughout the day. Glimmer had complained at the start as to how skinny I was. I even noticed it on Finnick's face when we started having sex together. He'd wince as if he was going to break me, and it did hurt my feelings, so I put more on my plate and ate the lot. One time I stuffed myself too much and threw it all up in my room, and so after that I began to just eat normally like I do now.
Glimmer looked very pleased with herself. "I've been practising all day."
I grinned. "Me too. Thresh is bound to get one of the top leads, he's an amazing actor."
"Isn't Thresh that guy who was flirting with you?" Clove piped up, and I frowned. Finnick was sitting right next to me, and I felt him tense slightly.
"No. Thresh was asking about you, Glimmer." I eyed Glimmer and her mouth fell open. "I swear he likes you, not me, Clove. Everyone knows I only like one guy in particular." I leaned on Finnick and he wrapped an arm around me. "I'm unavailable to others."
Finnick chuckled. "It's always a compliment to know that others find my girlfriend hot." He kissed me deeply and Glimmer pretended to hurl.
"Great guys, trying to eat here!" She groaned. "Hey Katniss, why didn't you get the chocolate cake? It looked so good! Tasted it too!"
I looked at her tray, one small plate had chocolate crumbs on, and I licked my lips. Finnick grinned and stood up.
"I'll get you a slice, gorgeous." Glimmer smiled as he walked away, then turned to me.
"I'm glad you're no longer that anorexic 12 like you were before. Honestly, you've given me a new want to donate money to 12. I never knew how much of a struggle it was. I know Finnick doesn't say it, but I think he was really worried how thin you were."
"You should've seen the families who didn't have anyone like me to get food." I mumbled, looking down. A tear slipped down my cheek, and I wiped it away before Finnick got back. Some of the families there...it was shocking. They didn't have a chance. I munched down the chocolate cake, eating away the thoughts of my district. That night I threw it all up. Shouldn't over eat.
The next day me, Glimmer and the rest of our class lined up for class. I noticed that my tight fitting clothes felt even tighter, and it made deep red marks on my skin after an hour. An unfamiliar woman came to do our class.
"I am your substitute teacher for today." She lifted her head in disgust. "I should have been having my lunch beak right now...however I got told last minute to teach this class. Unfortunately for you, your teacher isn't as truthful as I am. She is making a huge mistake. She lined us up and gave us dirty looks. She ordered one by one to perform a certain dance movement, and commented on them in disgust.
"Your balance is too off." She spat at Glimmer, and then she took one look at me. "Too fat."
I bit my lip. What? I looked around. I know everyone here was very slim and fit but I wasn't too far off. I wasn't slim before, I was just bones. I needed to put the weight on before I could look slim like the rest of them. She knocked my confidence entirely, and made me do the trickiest movement out of them all, and with the pressure of the 'fat' comment, I fell. She smirked at me, then moved on. Tears pricked at my eyes, and Glimmer put her arm around me. I shook her off. How badly I wanted to run out of the room. But no, I stayed where I was. I tried to improve, to prove to her that I deserved to be in this school but she didn't take any further notice of me. When class was over I ran to my room, ran to the bathroom and violently threw up in the toilet bowl. Tears were streaked down my face and I kept on crying while brushing my teeth. My period was due soon so this must've been the hormones. I washed my face to cool myself down, reapplied my makeup and made it just in time for drama. Thresh gave me an odd look when I sat down, but didn't question it. He was too busy trying to stop Clove flirting with him. Peeta wasn't back from his suspension but I heard from Clove that he was being let back as for him to not miss out on the winter shows auditions, but wasn't allowed to make contact with me.
Class ended quickly, and Clove frowned at me when she saw me heading in the wrong direction. "Katniss? Coming to dinner?"
"I'm not hungry." I muttered, but unfortunately I heard Finnick shout my name. He had come to walk me to dinner, dammit.
I didn't eat much, I stuck to salad and piled on the sweetcorn. Glimmer gave me an odd look when I turned down dessert.
"But you always have dessert."
"I'm not hungry." I ran my fingers through my hair. My stomach felt sick. I wanted to throw up, but I couldn't. My head felt woozy, but I managed to make the journey back to Finnick's room. I let him kiss me as we watched TV, but as he started to press his hands into my breasts I pushed him off. He sat up.
"What's wrong, babe? You've been off all afternoon."
"I just...I'm not feeling it tonight." I wanted to be sick. Every smell around me just made me want to hurl.
He frowned. "You're not going...off me, are you?"
I felt my eyes widen, and my mind went blank for a second. "What? No, of course not. I'm just coming to my period. I'm not feeling too well."
After an hour or so I went back to my room. Glimmer was there, looking worried.
"Are you okay?" I asked as I fell back onto my bed, putting a hand over my stomach.
"I was going to ask the same thing, Kat. You didn't believe that teacher today in dance, did you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." I muttered.
"I'd be pretty upset if someone called me fat."
"I'm not fat though." I wasn't exactly sure if I believed myself, but Glimmer seemed to sound a bit better when she replied back.
"Exactly, you're perfectly healthy. I'm off for a date with Marvel tonight, so I might not be back tonight." She winked, and I grinned at her. She was gone in half an hour.
I rolled onto my back to look up at the ceiling. I wasn't sure whether I had high chances of being something in this school anymore. Looking like this, anyway, I thought to myself. This can be easily sorted. Eat less. Eat healthy. Keep practising. Don't let the deliciousness chocolate puddings get to you.
thank you for reading!
I had this idea in the middle of the night so I hope you enjoyed it :'D
and again, the Romeo and Juliet play? Bad move?
and I saw another review from the person who wanted a fight and that really cheered me up today haha! If you want fighting, you get fighting! ;D and even if you said the story needed more dragons, I'd probably be able to sort that out too! Haha!