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Chapter Forty four – Only Her (PPOV)
"Are you ready, Peeta?" Portia asks. I look in the mirror at myself as Portia brushes the last few hairs off my shoulders. Madge designed all of our suits and so I'm standing in her design. It's a black suit with red seams, a red tie and has red flames sewn in the ends of the sleeves. At first I wasn't entirely keen on it but now that it's on, it doesn't look as bad as I thought I would on me. I nod and she smiles, leading me into the main hall. The other guys are all waiting at the bottom of the stairs. Finnick in a similar suit to mine but with a sea green finish and without the embroidered sleeves, Gale in a black and white suit and Marvel in a white shirt and black pants; unlike us, he's not wearing a dinner jacket. They all flash me nervous smiles and turn back to the stairs.
Cinna comes down, followed by his prep team. They stand beside Portia and her team before Cinna shouts up the stairs for the girls to come down. My palms start to sweat. I don't now why I'm so nervous; it's only a school dance. Clove comes down first, in a strappy purple dress that stops at her knee, just enough for Marvel's mind to imagine the rest. She smirks at him as he stares at her legs and I chuckle. As she moves to him, he holds out his arm and she links hers through. Annie is the next to descend, in her sea green dress that makes me realise why Madge designed our suits the way she did. Finnick's charming smile is on his face like it always is when he sees Annie. Madge, in her white angel dress, floats down the stairs. I look around the room. Annie and Finnick's eyes haven't left each other, their hands intertwined. Gale has his arm around Madge's waist and is whispering thing into her ear making her smile. My heart is in my ears and I wipe my palms onto my pants. The anticipation of seeing Katniss, after seeing all of my friends happily together, is immense. I look down at my feet to try and steady myself.
Marvel coughs and nods towards the stairs. I look up and my breath catches. It all happens in slow motion. She keeps her eyes on the ground, concentrating on her footing. Her eyes look silver with the make up and her hair is settled on her shoulders, in her natural waves (due to always having to in a braid). I walk forward, never taking my eyes off her. All I can see is her. Only her. She looks up from her feet and her eyes find mine. She smiles sweetly and one spreads across my face so wide me cheeks begin to hurt, but I don't care. For the split second our eyes meet, she loses her footing and trips on the second to last step. I jump in front of her and catch her in my arms. "Sorry," she mumbles, as I set her back on the last step, the smile never leaving my face. "You're so beautiful," I breathe. She smiles, "Y'know, most people say 'you look beautiful'." I laugh. "But that would imply that you only look beautiful now." "Well," she says, "You're not too bad yourself, Mellark." And with that, I can't restrain myself any longer. I kiss her lips. She wraps her arms around my neck and I lift her off the bottom step, spin around and put her back onto the ground. We break apart and I slide her hand into mine. Cinna walks over and reapplies Katniss' lipgloss. I wipe my lip, making sure there's none on my mouth and we both blush. "No PDA for a while, ok?" Cinna teases. We both pout jokingly and he laughs. "Only until you get there. Can you handle that?" We both nod and smile like children.
After Cinna and Portia take some pictures, we all pile into two cars; Marvel, Clove, Annie and Finnick in the first car and Gale, Madge, Katniss and myself in the second. Portia and Cinna tell us that they'll meet us there just before the show to help us get ready. "How're feeling in a dress like that, Catnip?" Gale asks over his shoulder from the drivers seat. "Girly," she grumbles. "Well, not as girly as I thought I would. See, I forgot how well Cinna knew me." She lifts up the bottom on her skirt and kicks her foot up onto the seat, showing us her red Doc Martins. "I knew there'd be a little touch of Catnip somewhere!" Gale laughs. "It really works though," Madge adds.
We arrive at the school. Gale and I jump out to open the girl's doors like gentlemen. I take Katniss' hand and help her out, snaking my arm around her waist, making sure everyone knows this beautiful girl is mine. Finnick, Annie, Marvel and Clove meet us and we all walk into the school together. The Gym has been completely transformed. Streamers are strung across the ceiling, balloons of silver and black dotted around the room and centre pieces of flowers and ribbons were on each table. For lack of better words, it looked amazing. The stage was set up and the DJ was on it but our instruments where no where to be seen. "I suppose they'll set up our kit just before the show," say Clove, as if reading my mind. "Let's dance!" shouts Annie over the music, dragging Finnick into the middle of the floor. We all followed, dancing to Ribena by Pegasus Bridge. After three songs by The Script, You Me at Six and Mcfly, a song by Nicki Minaj comes on. "Oh no…" Clove grumbles. "Let's go find something to drink before my ears bleed," Katniss shouts. Madge, Annie and Clove go to find us a table while the rest of us find drinks.
"I must say, you all look very dashing tonight," says Katniss, when we're finally able to hear ourselves think. "Why thank you, Catnip," Gale replies with a wink. "All of you girls look incredible, too." "I couldn't catch my breath when I saw Annie," says Finnick. "Me neither, when I saw Clove," Marvel smiles. "Madge looks like an angel from heaven," Gale sighs. "And I'm pretty sure Peeta was drooling when he saw you, Katniss," Marvel smirks. I hit his arm. "I did not drool!" I look at Katniss and her grey eyes stare into mine. I crumble. "Ok, maybe there was a little bit of drool, but I couldn't help it!" I admit. Katniss kisses my cheek. We walk back into the hall, looking for the others. "I think I can see Madge waving," Finnick shouts.
We find them all sitting around a table talking. Clove looks at us worried. "We've got a problem." "And that is?" Finnick urges her on. "The DJ has already played half of our set." "Shit…" Gale groans. "Are there any other songs you guys have practiced?" Annie asks. "There are a couple, but they're not practiced enough," says Madge. "They're going to have to do. The whole crowd is going to get bored if we play the same songs. He's already played Tonight Tonight twice. Once more and people'll get annoyed," Clove throws her arms up in aggravation. "What songs has he played, that we need to change?" I ask. "Blow Me (one last kiss), Tonight Tonight and Kiss Me Slowly." "Ok, we still have I Knew You Were Trouble and Determinate. Marvel, go and tell the DJ to not play those songs under ANY circumstances." Marvel nods and rushes off, pushing through a gang of teenagers dancing like idiots. "We've got another problem!" say Annie hysterically. "All the lights and effects are to the other songs!" I grip her shoulders and look into her eyes. "It'll be fine. You're a wizz with technology. You can do this!" She nods quickly and I turn to the rest of the band. "Do you think we can pull it off? These songs aren't as rehearsed as the other ones. What about solos?" Madge asks, going over the new set list chewing her thumb. "It's spontaneous, right? We can improvise. And Katniss can tell us when to do solos by nodding or pointing at us while she's dancing," says Clove. "We can do this, c'mon; it'll be a piece of cake!" Gale says when Marvel comes back. "Cake? I heard cake! Where is the cake?!" Marvel shouts, looking around. We all laugh and I put my arm around Katniss. "We can do this," Katniss tell us, although I think it might have been more for herself than anyone else. "Yeah, we can," I reply, kissing her temple.
IM BACK HEY GUYS IVE FINISHED ALL MY (one) EXAMS AND MOCK EXAMS SO I'LL BE FREE TO FINISH THIS STORY
well not really because i'm starting a fitness plan, i have Grease rehearsals and i'm starting my bronze Duke of Edinburgh award soon, which consists of Volunteering at this Victorian Museum, learning Archery ((getting in touch with my inner Katniss)) and writing a story about having super powers GONNA BE A BUSY LITTLE SHITE
but yeah I hope you enjoyed that chapter and i'm sorry if i offended anyone with the whole everyone stopping dancing because its Nicki Minaj thing *cough* Oliver *cough*. ((sorry, i really DONT like her music)
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