Johanna gets out of her car and immediately gives me a big hug. "Hey Jasmine," She greets me by ruffling my hair.
"Aunt Johanna! What are you doing here?" I ask excitedly
"Well, I'm moving over here to District 12. I miss being around my true family," She states while taking her suitcases out of the trunk of her car. "Hey, where's your mom?"
"She's out visiting the mayor," I say taking one of her suitcases. We walk inside of the house and I gently put her suitcase by the front door.
"Well, I'll go put my things in the guest room," She reaches in for a hug again. "We have some catching up to do," She ruffles up my hair then leaves to go upstairs.
"Hey, honey," My Mom kisses my forehead. She puts her bag down on the kitchen table. She takes off her jacket and hangs it up on one of the chairs. She notices Lexi walk in the room.
"Lexi! I haven't seen you since yesterday!" My mom says sarcastically
"Hey, Mrs. Mellark," Lexi calls out while reaching in the refrigerator to pour herself a drink
"Mom, Aunt Jo-" I start to say by Johanna interrupts me.
"Well if it isn't Katniss Mellark!" Johanna rushes down the stairs. She hugs my mom and gives her a big pat on the back.
"Jo!" My mom exclaims, shocked seeing Johanna here. "What are you doing here?"
Johanna sits down on one of the kitchen chairs. "I missed you guys. Plus I have some things I need to talk about with you and Peeta," Her face changes to a pained look.
Mom looks up and realizes that she shouldn't talk about the subject. "Oh, well we'll talk about it when Peeta comes home," Mom says
I hear the front door slam open. Jake runs into the kitchen rushing to get some water. Mom stops him by blocking the refridgerator.
"Whoa Jake, I need you to stop running," My mom warns him
"Yeah, yeah, Mom," Is all he says before he retreats upstairs. My brother is a nuisance.
Lexi looks down at her to check the time. "Looks like it's time for me to go," She sighs. She gets her things from the living. I follow her to the front door.
"Hey, I'll come over tomorrow, so we better do this homework tomorrow," She narrows her eyes, trying to give me an intimidating look. I laugh at her and push her out the door.
"See you later Lexi," I wave as she sprints down the street. I notice my Dad's truck comes into the driveway. I notice he has some boxes in his truck, so I walk over to his car.
"Hi, Dad," I greet him giving him a kiss on the cheek. "What are those?" I point to the boxes
He smiles. "Just some cake orders that I want to complete tonight," He responds and picks one of them up. I help him with some of the other boxes and bring them inside. My dad sets the boxes down on the table and gives my mom a short kiss. He knows how to keep it PG in front of us.
He notices Johanna sitting down at the kitchen table.
"Johanna? What a surprise," He reaches to give her a hug.
"Well, I'm staying here for a while Lover Boy," She states. "Hurry up and fix dinner Katniss! I'm starving,"
Dinner was eventful, Mom and Dad talked to Johanna about multiple boring adult topics. I was focusing on eating my food as quickly as possible, while Jake was focusing on texting his friends.
"Jasmine, I've been meaning to ask you this," My mom starts. "How are you feeling about starting up gymnastics again?" She asks
I shrug. "I want to take a break from that for now. I rather wait for the season to pass and think about it when I turn 16," I tell her
She nods her head. My mom loved when I did gymnastics. I love doing it also but for now I want to take a break.
Soon, I'm finished with my meal. I walk upstairs to my bedroom and close my door. I change into my pajamas and brush through my hair before putting it in a simple bun. I grab my laptop that was under my bed and go onto a social media website that my friends and I use. I see that Lexi is online, so I click on her name to video chat her. After a few moments, her head pops up on the screen.
"Hello, hello," She waves
"Hi, Lexi," I smile. I adjust my laptop so I can see her face properly.
"Guess what I heard?!" Lexi buzzes with excitement
"What?" I ask while getting comfortable on my bed. She takes out her cellphone and taps away on it. I wait patiently for her to continue on, hoping she'll get to the point.
"Ok," She continues. "On Twitter, I saw that Chris tweeted about going to your dad's bakery today. I think he might be looking for excuses to get to know you a little better," She winks at me
My face gets really hot and I can only hope that I'm not blushing. Chris is my crush. I've liked him for a while, but I doubt he really notices me. Sure, a friendly wave in the morning, and a small conversation in class is nice, but we rarely have a moment where we just connect.
"I doubt that Chris would even consider dating me," I shake my head. "Yes, I like him, but I'm pretty sure he just went to my Dad's shop to get one of my Dad's delicious pastries," I shrug her thoughts off.
"Jas," She shakes her head. "Chris would be an idiot not to like you," She insists. I watch as she brushes her hair while she explains to me why Chris would be a complete total idiot if he didn't like me. She hasn't proved her point for if he does like me or not.
"Look I have to go to sleep, my dad's gonna come in my room any minute," I tell her hinting that the conversation is now over.
"What about me?" My dad asks leaning on my door with folded arms. I immediately shut my laptop, knowing that I don't want him to ask questions about what I was doing. I forget about Lexi. She'll probably start texting me when she realizes that I hung up the video chat.
"Oh, nothing," I shrug it off hoping he'll catch the drift that I don't want to talk to him about my love life.
He narrows his eyes at me, trying to figure out what my motive was. Eventually he relaxes and walks towards me. He gives me a kiss on the forehead.
"Goodnight kiddo," He says turning out my light. "Get some rest, you know you need it,"
Hello lovelies, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I wanted to update a little earlier because I'm never good at holding off updating when I have a chapter ready. So I think I'm going to be updating either Wednesday at night or Thursday in the morning before school and all that fun. The next chapter will come soon after I write the Author's note. So make sure to leave a review telling me what you thought about the chapter. PM me if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. Next chapter is being updated as quickly as possible :)
