I do not own the rights for this just the plot. The characters are Suzzane Collins. Otherwise, Peeta would have been Gay, and not had stayed with Katniss.

Act Twenty

Madge blankly stared at the paper, Effie Trinket (prom coordinator/sponsor) had given her and Clove. Many things still needed to be done, she groaned in complaint.

Decorate the Gym.

Buy balloons ( red & white)

Call the chef, to prepare the menu.

Hire a professional photographer.

Decorate the background for the prom pictures.

Send out invitations.

Start selling V.I.P reservations.

Do banners with prom theme.

Hire a DJ.

Hire Security.

Start nominations for Prom King and Queen.

Finally, nominations must be in by next Thursday.

Madge read the list, one, twice, and it still made her feel uneasy, as if something bad was going to happen. A short list of duties, but it still annoyed her; Professor Trinket was a pain in the ass, when it came to perfection. She had been given the task of sending out the invitations and nominations.

Professor Trinket had already given her the list of the top three male and female winners of the preliminary nominations for prom. Madge tore open the envelope.

Prom King Prom Queen

Cato Grahame- Glimmer Shimmer

Gale Hawthorne- Clove Manson

Thresh Sullivan -Terry Wilson

Madge rolled her eyes; of course they all had to be Barbie's and Geeks, to make the competition more interesting for the exception of Terry. Terry a brunette, who had no chance of winning whatsoever, Madge used to talk to her when they were together in a class the previous year. The girl could be annoying at times.

May the odds be in their favor, Madge thought. She knew the competition was strongest for Prom King, Gale and Cato both strong nominees. Madge felt a pair of eyes on her; she turned to the far side of the Gym and saw Clove staring at her. The other girl had been assigned banner duties, and the sale of the tickets. Madge smirked at the petite short girl, this would be fun, Madge thought.

Clove eyes were not super laser eyes, or else they would have burned the-Madge girl into a crisp, only a pile of ashes left of her on the floor. Clove hated helping the prom committee. All the students here were nerds, lower than the Geeks, or students trying to fill in another student activity for college applications. It annoyed her being part of this, she would have preferred cleaning the restrooms, than being stuck on this dumb duty.

Clove turned back to inspect what the losers were painting on the banners. 'Arabian Night, fly on your magic carpet, it read. Could the school come with a lamer theme? Last year senior's prom theme had been Hawaiian night. Every year the themes were lamer, Masquerade, Under the Sea, themes assigned by the principal. That brain of his had little imagination, Clove thought. "Wrap it up you people; those posters will be on the school before the end of first hour." The only beneficial thing out of this, she got to skip class with a legible excuse.

Peeta rose that day early from bed, to see another empty bed next to his and another note with a red rose next to it, thorn-freed.

Peeta struggled removing the covers from him. Last night he had stayed up till one in the morning waiting for Gale, but the other boy never arrived. He must have come while Peeta was asleep and either just changed clothes and left again.

He grabbed the rose and put it under his nose, smelling it. It smelled beautiful, full of new life. He placed the rose on his drawer, and then open up the note, his boyfriend had left him.

Sorry for not letting you know in person. I saw Gerald, I hope you're okay. Call me if he tries to do anything. I will be gone from school today; I have to run some errands for mom. Try to stick with the others, never alone.

Love, Gale.

Peeta ripped the note in a million pieces, and threw on the waste basket next to his bed along with the rose. Gale had ditched him again, for his mysterious errands. He didn't believe his boyfriend, not a single word he had written on that note. Gerald was back, and Gale instead of staying here, to protect him, was off somewhere else.

Peeta clutched his IPhone from its charge and hit the speed dial number seven, Gale's moms' number. She answered on the fourth ringer.

"Hello," the voice of his second mother said.

"Sorry for interrupting Ma'am is me Peeta."

"Oh Peeta is no problem, I was just going to the Hair Salon, I need to finish a treatment to look radiant for Gale's graduation next weekend. Tell is anything wrong."

Peeta stayed silent, he needed to play this smart, or else he would make Gale's mom suspicious. The women could be as intuitive as his mother. "Gale asked me to run some errands for you tomorrow…"

"Sorry, errands, I haven't asked Gale to run any errands for me since two weeks ago."

Peeta mentally cursed Gale with all the bad words he could think of. "My bad, I must have heard him wrong, maybe he was asking me to help him run some errands here in school. Sometimes I tend to forget things."

Gale's mom laughed. "Don't worry and I know, I remember that time you forget your hamster on the park, and you thought he was still on his cage." Peeta laughed, said his goodbyes to Gale's mom and hanged up.

He was furious; Gale was not out there running errands. He took the quickest shower on his life, and changed into his uniform. Ran outside and bump, into another hard masculine body.

This time it was Cato, whose piercing cerulean eyes were starting at him.

"Peeta…" Peeta ignored the taller boy, and continued down the hallway.

I apologize for mistakes, I wrote this in a hurry before going to work. Enjoy and review.