A/N: Sorry for not updating! School is my excuse once again!

Shout-outs!

ClovesThrowingKnifes- Thank you for reviewing! And I'm glad you found that chapter funny.

Anbeedomo- I split up chapter 2 and 3 to make the chapters shorter, but they are still slower paced. Tell me what you think.

Thomas Roche- This chapter is continuing where chapter 2 left off. The Movie night will be next chapter, but this chapter is quite important.

I walk out the door and head down to the first floor. Once I get there I go to Mr. Abernathy for attendance and to get my gym clothes. He says all the clothes are washed and I've seen some clothes being washed in the locker room, but I still feel weird wearing them. Everyone else is in same clothes so they probably have the same feeling. I go to change like yesterday, But I don't see Gale anywhere. He's not in the gym yet and he's not changing. I wonder if he came to school today. Come to think of it I also didn't see Nick anywhere. I finish changing and go out into the gym. Like yesterday Nick is in the corner texting away. I walk up to him.

"Hey Nick."

"Hi Peeta!" He says.

"How did you change so fast? I didn't see you in the locker room."

"I use the girls locker room...did you expect me to change in front of all those boys? Would. Never." That doesn't make sense, but I ignore it.

"So I found out Cato asked me to go to the movies with him and his friends." I guess I could consider them my friends too.

"Not just you guys?"

"Nope I guess not." I answer.

"It has to be a good sign that he asked you though, but Gale didn't?"

"Speaking of Gale I haven't seen him all day. Some girl in my math class came up to me and told me to stay away from him!"

"The girl had brown hair and it was in a braid right?" Nick asks.

"Yeah! How did you know?"

"That's Katniss. She has the same hair style every single day. She's also crazy about Gale. Like Psycho crazy."

"Why?" I ask because Nick must know about her.

"Well Katniss and Gale were going out for a couple years. They use to be a really cute couple. Then one day Katniss's dad died from a car crash. After that Katniss started acting weird. Then like a month later Gale broke up with her. He says he couldn't handle her acting crazy every day." Nick says.

"That's sad about her dad." I say. I don't really know what to say to that.

"Yeah it is, but Gale is still single. That is the true misfortune. The sooner he comes to his senses that he can have me anywhere at any time the better it would be for both of us."

"I thought Gale was straight?"

"Shut up." Nick sounded kind of serious when he said that.

"ALRIGHT EVERYONE TIME FOR WARM-UPS!" Mr. Abernathy yells.

"Ugh here we go again." Nick tells me.

"At least we are being active. it's better than sitting doing nothing and getting fat." I say to Nick. I honestly don't mind these warm-ups.

"No Peeta. I'd rather be fat than do fucking push-ups."

We do the same warm-ups like yesterday. I'm sore from doing the ones from yesterday. So doing these were almost unbearable. Once we got on to the baseball field we got into teams just like yesterday, but this time I was on Gale's team. Maybe now I can finally talk to him. My team is out in the field first so I'll have to wait until we get into the dugout to talk. I'm in the out field. I guess that is kind of good. No one on Nick's team looks good enough to hit it out here. Gale is on first base and he always catches the ball when ever someone throws it to him. My team is taking this game a little to serious. They are throwing the ball so fast I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes on it. Not even five minutes have gone by and we already have three outs. My team heads towards the dugout. When I get there I sit right next to Gale.

"Hi Gale! I haven't seen you all day." I'm a little happy I'm finally talking to him.

"Yeah...I was a little busy today." He says in a weird tone. I don't think he wants to talk to me.

"Is everything alright you sound-"

"Yes. Everything is fine." He says a little harshly.

"Katniss told me that I should stay away from you today. I'm a little confused why."

"Yeah, I know. Katniss still isn't feeling well. I'm up next."

Gale gets up and walks toward the entrance of the dugout. I see that my team has all the bases filled up. When Gale steps up the the plate he waves the bat around. I guess to check its weight... who knows why this game is confusing anyways. Mr. Abernathy is the pitcher for both of the teams which seems fair to me, but he seems to throw the ball slower for those who are bad at this game. When Mr. Abernathy goes to throw the ball for Gale it has to be the fastest I've ever seen a baseball move. Gale swings the bat just as fast as the Mr. Abernathy threw the ball. What's more incredible is that Gale actually hit the ball! I see fly up in the sky and way past the fence that is surrounding the field. Everyone on my team cheers for Gale. The rest of the game went like that. My team being really good and Nick's team being really bad. I didn't put much effort into the game, but it was fun watching.

Once the baseball game ended it gym class was almost over. Mr. Abernathy told us to get changed and we could leave early. I did as he said and got changed. I left the gymnasium and went to the cafeteria. I sat at the same table like yesterday and I stared to eat my lunch. The only people who were in the cafeteria were my classmates from gym. So the room was quite empty even though there was about 100 kids in gym. Three minutes go by and I'm almost done with my lunch and that's when kids from other classes are released. The lunch room fills up very quickly with students. It was nice to enjoy some of my lunch alone and when it was semi quiet. Then Cato comes and sits down. He sits in the same spot as yesterday also.

"Hi Cato! Where's Clove and Glimmer?"

"Hey Peeta. They both changed their classes today and now they don't have this lunch anymore. Do you know where Gale is? I know I've seen him today." Cato starts to eat his lunch.

"I'm not sure. Gale was in my gym class and I tried to talk to him but he sounded angry and didn't want to talk." I watch him eat. He looks at me watching him and I turn red.

"Aren't you going to eat Peeta?" He asks sounding innocent.

"I already ate. I got out of gym a few minutes early." He must think I'm some kind of freak for watching him eat.

"So how are your classes going so far?" He asks when he's done chewing and goes to take another bite of his pizza.

"Really boring except art class I like that class."

"Oh you're into art? What do you like to do?"

"A little bit of everything, but mostly I like drawing. I don' think I'm any good though." I say.

"Every artist says that I bet your really good. Do you think you could draw me something sometime? You don't have to if your busy." He asks sounding quite innocent.

"Yeah sure. What would you like me to draw?"

"Anything. I'm sure it will be great."

"Alright!" I think I'll give him the picture I'm working on in art.

"Hey Peeta I got to go talk to a teacher about an assignment before lunch ends. If you want I can give you a ride home after next period."

"Sure! Should I meet you at the student parking lot?"

"Yeah I'm sure I'll find you. Ok see you later Peeta!"

I'm a little sad once he leaves the lunch room, but I'm also excited about him driving me home. Mainly because I get to see him again and also I don't have to ride the stupid bus. Since there is only 10 minutes left until lunch is over I leave and go to the art room. I see that there is no class in there right now so I walk in. I see Mr. Odair again I wonder why the real teacher isn't here.

"Hello." Mr. Odair says.

"Hi is it alright if I'm early? I just got out of lunch." I hope he doesn't mind.

"Yes of course. I'm just watching the news I hope it won't be to distracting for you. I noticed yesterday that you were very concentrated on your drawing."

"No it won't distract me." I sit down at the same seat like yesterday.

I take out my drawing and continue from where I left off. A few minutes go by and I hear something from the computer that caught my attention. I hear a female talking about making gay marriage in the country legal. The voice doesn't sound familiar.

"Uh... Mr. Odair who is that talking?"

"That's the president! How do you not know?" He asks looking very surprised.

"I don't care about politics to much."

"Oh. Well President Coin is talking right now about all the changes she is going to make if she gets reelected. It's a little silly if you ask me. The past 11 presidents have been democratic so I'm sure she is going to win. The other person running for president is Senator Snow. He has ran for president quite a few times. The southern parts of the country vote for him, but the northern side out-populates them so we win the election." Mr. Odair informs me.

The bell rings and a few students get here right away. Mr. Odair stops watching the news once the other kids start coming in. I get back to drawing I want this to be really good for Cato. Class goes bye fast like yesterday and the announcements for the end of the day come on. I look back at my drawing and I hardly got anything done only some shading. The bell rings and it's finally time to go home. I leave the art room and make my way to the closest door. Once I get outside I start walking towards the student parking lot. I look around for Cato, but I don't see him. I continue to walk to the parking lot when Cato catches up to me.

"Hi Peeta!"

"Hi Cato."

"How was art?" He asks.

"It was good. I didn't do much."

"Did you get to draw anything today?"

"No I didn't get the chance. I watched the two presidential candidates talk. Did you know that President Coin is going to allow gay marriage." I feel bad lying to him, but I want to surprise him.

"Oh that's cool. Where do you live?"

"What?"

"Where do you live so I know where to take you." He clarifies.

"Oh! Do you mind if you drop me off at my dad's bakery?"

"Oh yeah I forgot you had to work today, sorry"

"It's ok. So wheres your car?" I ask once we enter the parking lot.

"It's the black one over there" He points to a black BMW. I don't know a whole lot about cars but it looks pretty new.

"FAGGOT!" I hear someone yell in a familiar voice. I turn around to see who it was and so does Cato.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP GLOSS!" I hear Cato yell. I look at him and can tell he's furious.

"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO!" Gloss walks closer to us. Is he really trying to start a fight with Cato?

"Just stop Gloss." Cato stopped yelling, but he still looks angry.

"PEETA IS DISGUSTING AND YOU ARE TO FOR BEFRIENDING THAT FAG!" Gloss is acting like I'm not even right next to Cato.

The second Gloss finishes yelling Cato punches him right in the mouth. He must have punched him really hard because Gloss falls back on the pavement. He gets back up after a second and looks at Cato.

"Fuck you!" His mouth is full of blood. He turns and walks away.

"Come on Peeta lets go." Cato says attempting a softer tone, but he's not doing a good job. We both get into his car.

"Sorry you had to endure that." Cato says.

"What the part where you basically killed him in one punch or the bloody mess afterwards?"

"Haha. No I meant seeing me get angry." He seems to calm down after what I said.

"It's no big deal. Nice car by the way." I wonder how he has this kind of car.

"It is a big deal though. No one should be made fun of, especially for being gay." He starts the car and starts to drive away.

Cato turns on the radio to make the silence less awkward. "Sweet dreams" by Beyonce is on. I wonder why this song is on it's a little old. Now that I think about it it, it fits perfectly in my life right now. Maybe I'll dream about Cato again tonight. Before the song ends Cato arrives at the bakery and he turns off the radio. I look at him.

"Thank you for defending me" I say in my most sincerest tone. Cato and I just look at each other. for what seems like forever. I start to blush.

"I should go. Thanks for driving me." I get out of his car and walk into the bakery.