Okay here's chapter 2! Let me know if you like the direction the story is going, and if you want more. Not sure if I want to keep going very long with this story, so def tell me if you'd like more! ^.^

"Hey, you're Katniss right?" I glanced up. Peeta Mellark stood before me. Not two feet away in the tiny elevator.

"Yeah... Hi Peeta." I shifted my bag on my shoulder.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, imagine running into you so far from home." He smiled.

"Yeah... Small world I guess, right?" He chuckled and nodded. The elevated dinged and we parted to go to our separate rooms. After dropping my bags in my assigned dorm, I went down again to get the last of my stuff from my car. I recalled the cupcake he gave Prim as I caught sight of the sturdy, broad-shouldered blond lugging his suitcase down the hall opposite mine. I found it odd that he was going to the same school as me, one that happened to be a couple hours out of town. But I was quickly swept up in the rest of the settling in process as began my freshman year of college.

Entering my own room, I nearly tripped over a box directly in front of me.

"What the heck?" I shove it away with my foot and dumped my stuff on my bed. The tiny girl swiveled around and faced me.

"I assume you're either lost or my roommate."

"You must be Johanna Mason."

She grinned, "Guilty as charged."

"So... Um. I'm Kat Everdeen."

"Good to know. So, what do you think of all these hunks parading around our dorm?"

"They're... They're hunky."

"Gosh, you're no fun..." She turned back to where she was making her bed, peeling off her tshirt and throwing it in a corner. She had nothing underneath. I roll my eyes. Just get through the semester.

"Hi, Jo!" I jumped at a male voice in our doorway. "Aren't you going to introduce me?" I look over my shoulder at the gorgeous bronze haired dude smirking at me.

Johanna didn't even try to cover up, shamelessly turning to grin at the guy.

"Hi Fin, this is my prudie-excuse me-roomie, Kat." Fin leaned in, holding out his hand to me. I took it, scowling at Jo.

"Sorry I remain fully clothed in front of other people..." They both laughed.

"Finnick Odair. Nice to meet you, Kat."

"Hi Finnick..." I am very uncomfortable with these two, who ooze confidence and apparently have no qualms about invading personal space or nudity. Two things that I dislike. And they're not even together...

I poked my bottom lip absently with the back of my pen, balancing a complex chemical equation in the library. I was pushed out of my concentration as someone set down two coffee cups and slid into the chair across from me. My eyes lifted to meet the bright blues of Peeta Mellark.

"Um, hey.." I wondered what he was up to.

"Hi Katniss, you working on chem?"

I nodded, glancing down as he pushed one cup to me.

"I got you a coffee, mind if I steal a little of your time? I feel extremely awkward and out of place here."

"What, is the famed popular lovable Peeta Mellark lonely?" I gave him a half-smile and he grinned back.

"Lovable?" He chuckled. "A little, I admit. There's nothing like someone from home when you're in a brand new place."

"Right..." I popped open the top of the coffee cup and dumped in half of one sugar packet that he plopped down.

"How are you getting along with your roommate?" I glanced up at his query.

"Eh... Fine, she's a little... Too much I guess. By the end of the semester I'll either hate her passionately or be best friends with her. She spent most of Sunday topless in our room with the door wide open. But we have different schedules so that helps. I think she'll drive me crazy."

He chuckled, the sound making me smile. His happiness was irritatingly infectious.

"She sounds colorful. Yeah, mine walked in introducing himself as 'Finnick Odair, ladykiller and part-time sea god.'" He did a spot on imitation of Finnick's sexy confident voice which we both laughed at.

"I met him! He's friends with Jo."

"Really? I'll have to meet Jo at some point."

"Don't feel bad if you don't-you'd be escaping."

He laughed again.

"Is Finnick always that... You know...?"

"He calls himself 'ladykiller and part-time sea god.' He never gives it a rest. It's ridiculous because he's actually right."

"About which?"

"Both. He's obnoxiously perfect and it makes me hate him, except I really can't hate him which makes it worse..."

"Yeah he's awful!" I laughed. I didn't realize how easy it was to hang out with Peeta. I guess it's because I never gave him a chance, he was always one of the wealthy kids that I disliked for being more fortunate than me.

"Peeta?" I heard a quiet voice behind me draw Peeta's attention up behind my shoulder. I turned to see the girl.

"Hi Annie, this is Katniss, sit down and join us!" The willowy redhead smiled shyly and took the seat Peeta offered her.

"Hi Annie." I'm not sure what to think of this girl, is she Peeta's girlfriend? Crush? Friend?

"Annie and I are in the same math class. She's a lot smarter than me, so she's been helping me out." Peeta smiled.

"I'm not smarter than you! I'm just... Better at math..." Annie's cheeks were pinkish at his description.

"Okay Annie..." I giggled at Peeta's expression, showing Annie he obviously didn't agree with her but would humor her for now.

We spent half an hour chatting, and I really like Annie. She's very normal, she's sweet and quiet, and she keeps her clothes on. Unfortunately, Finnick plopped himself down in the fourth chair at the table grinning widely at me. I scowled back.

"Is that coffee?"

"No it's slime, you won't want it."

He swiped my cup anyway and took a long drink of it.

"Hey!" I said at the same time as he choked.

"Is it black?"

I frown.

"No...no I put sugar in it."

"Not enough! Bleh! That's awful!" I grab my cup back out of his hands.

"Then don't drink it, idiot!" Peeta and Annie are laughing as Finnick grabs Peeta's cup to try to get rid of the terrible taste left by mine.

"EUHGH! That one's worse!" Peeta took his cup back.

"That was worth the $3."

"Ever heard of sugar?" Finnick dug around in his backpack before pulling out a bag of skittles, ripping it open and dumping half of them in his mouth. Peeta was laughing uncontrollably as Fin chewed grumpily. Finally, he took Annie's hand and dumped the rest of the skittles into her palm.

"I'm Finnick, who do I have the pleasure of meeting?" Annie blushed.

"I'm Annie Cresta."

"Annie... I hope you enjoy these, do not under any circumstances drink from either of these cups, and have fun talking to these losers." He smiled sweetly, taking her other hand and kissing her knuckles before standing, swinging his backpack onto his shoulders.

"English 101, here I come!" He walked off dramatically.

"Annie has a new admirer..." Peeta grinned cheekily, nudging Annie's arm as she got even pinker and ate the skittles one by one in the order of the rainbow, reds, then oranges, yellows, greens and purples.

"He's just nice..."

"No really, Annie, I think he kinda likes you." I make eye contact with Peeta across the table.

"Well I'll see you two later, I have biology!" Annie quickly made an exit, leaving me and Peeta chuckling in her wake.

"She likes him too. We should set them up."

"Hello, I'm Katniss Everdeen, doting busybody and successful matchmaker."

"With her loyal companion, Peeta Mellark, assistant busybody and matchmaker in training." He laughed.

"So Fin said yes?" I tugged on my jeans as I clutched the phone in my other hand.

"Yeah, we're set. I'll meet you there, bye Kat." He laughed a little as our scheme started to pan out.

"Okay, see ya." I hung up as I heard a knock on my door and a timid head poked around.

"Katniss?"

"Hi Annie, come in, I'll be ready in a sec." I dug through a drawer looking for my lip gloss.

"You look pretty, who did your hair?"

"Um, her name is Mags, I'm staying with her down here. She's an old family friend."

"She did a great job, looks like something my mom would do."

She blushed, mumbling her thanks.

"So we're going to the club that just opened, it's mainly a college kid scene. You ready to party?" I bumped my hip into hers and grabbed my purse as she giggled.

"Yeah, let's have some fun!"

We headed out, taking her car to the club around the corner.

It was loud, crowded and energizing, the lights over the dance floor flashed around the room and the lights over the bar were dim.

"Everyone is crazy!" Annie shouted over the din.

"I know, let's join them!" We made our way to the dance floor, showing off our terrible dance moves and laughing as we let loose for the weekend.

Grades, bills, meals, crazy roommates and the completely different setting faded into the background as we swung our hips around and pumped our fists merrily.

"Hey, I know you girls!" We swiveled around to see Jo and her man toy, who was of course bulky and roughish.

"Oh hey look, it's my favorite roommate." I snorted.

"Good to see you to, squeeze. What are you two good girls doing here?"

"Letting loose, hun, why is anyone here?" Annie shouted. "Who's your man?"

"This is Blight. Blight, this is Kat and Annie."

"Hey girls!" He yelled. I smiled at him, wondering if he'll stick around and if I have to put up with him.

"I saw Finnick over by the bar, he was chatting up a storm with that junk that's into you, Kat."

"What? Who?"

"You know, the big blond guy."

"Cato?"

"No, the cute one."

"Peeta Mellark? He's not into me, we grew up together."

"Geez, brainless, you really don't know, do you?"

"Let's go find Finnick, Annie." I rolled my eyes and walked off with Annie in tow. Jo is ridiculous, Peeta doesn't like me...

"Fin!"

Finnick looked over and his eyes sparkled as he caught sight of the two of us heading towards him.

"My favorite girls! Hey lovelies!"

He took one of each of our hands and kissed our knuckles, and I wasn't blind to how he lingered on Annie's hand.

"Hi Kat, hi Annie, fancy seeing you guys here. Thought you didn't do clubs, Katniss?"

I grinned at Peeta.

"This is the one and only. Enjoy it while it lasts."

"Oh I intend to.."

Finnick cleared his throat.

"Want to dance, Annie?"

She giggled and nodded.

"I'd say project Odesta is working pretty well."

Peeta looked a little uncomfortable as he spoke.

"So apparently, Fin is not a one-woman guy. And he's already been with almost all the girls here. I'm... Mildly concerned for Annie."

"He doesn't seem like a bad guy though, maybe he just never found anyone he got along with long-term."

"No, he's not a bad guy. I just don't want Annie to get hurt, she's such a sweet girl."

"I'll keep an eye on her, you've ready to break Finnick's nose. And hope for it to work."

"Deal." We touched our glasses and grinned as we drank.