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Chapter 2 FPOV

As I sit down next to Katniss I ask the question that's been on my mind for a little while now.

" So Katniss… Are we friends?" I ask as my hand comes up to my neck. It's a nervous habit of mine. She starts to think about it for a minute then says,

"You promise you wont leave me if we become close?" She says uncertainly. I understand what she is saying. You promise you won't die if I become to care for you.

"Only if you do to." I say as I see the corners of her mouth lift up the slightest.

"I promise." She states so I do the only thing I can think to do right now to get that smile to show. I stick out my pinkie finger. But I got a lot more than wheat I was hoping for. She laughed. It was so melodic and beautiful and you can tell she's not used to it like other girls in the way it sounds. But beautiful all the same. I crack a smile and laugh with her. It's been so long since I have laughed and it feels so good. I look at her and realize that I want to be with her for as long as my life will allow.

"Okay class.. Your seeing this too right?" The homeroom teacher asks. They all nod their heads then she speaks again.

"Good I'm not as looney as people tell me then." She states then sits back down in her chair. She falls to sleep then she starts to fall off her chair when Katniss runs up there and catches her. She is incredibly fast! Effie snorts then wakes and thanks Katniss. She walks back with a slight skip in her step back over to me then we decide to learn more about one another.

"Ok how old are you?" Katniss asks.

"16. You?' I ask.

"16. What do you like to do for fun?" She asks again.

"Tie knots. What about you." I ask. She thinks for a moment then whispers back to me.

"Promise you won't tell a soul?" I stick out my pinkie in answer and we both crack a smile.

"I love to hunt." She answers in a whisper so no one can hear.

"But that's illegal." I say. She nods and says,

"I used to but now I don't have a reason and I get to weak to pull back the string. I am well fed now so I just go out to see all of the wildlife." She says. I look back to her.

"Anyways.. So when did you get it?" Katniss asks. I look at her confused but then I realize what she is taking about.

"I got it January 5th." I say as I look down at the desk.

"That's when I got it too…" Katniss trails off. I look up and see her face is twisted into a painful one. She must be thinking of the night she got her cancer. I get those all of the time. So I do the only thing I can think of doing. It always comforted me when my mother was here. I hugged her. Right when the bell rings too. We head out for our break and I take us to a large tree with lots of branches. I guide us through and when we reach the trunk I can see that the leaves cover us completely. Not that I wanted to hide. I take Katniss and hug her whispering that I am here and nothing can hurt her now. It's not truthful. Another part of her family could die or if she does get fond of me like I have her I could die any given second. She stops shaking after a while. I brush the tears off her face and we just sit like that staring at each other until I break the silence.

"Thank you for being my friend Katniss. And if you ever need anything just come to me. I promise I'll always be with you no matter what." I say looking into her amazing steel grey eyes. She just nods her head and buries her head into my chest.

"Finnick?" Katniss asks.

"Yeah?" I say.

"You smell good." She says and I hear her take a big sniff. I smile.

"Well that wasn't weird at all." I say.

"No I mean it's not too strong. Not enough to make me sick like all of the other guys at school. When they walk by you would think they would have dumped a whole truck load of that nasty shit on them." She shivers in disgust.

"Well thanks….. You smell nice too?" I try. She laughs.

"You haven't even smelled me how would you know?" She states.

"Well I'm sorry it just never crossed my mind to smell you." I state sarcastically.

"Okay. You got me." She hangs her head in mock guilt. We both start to laugh. She brings out this side of me that no one else has seen. I don't want to let go now that I have met her. Then the image of that Cato guy pops up into my head and I feel disappointed. Her jacket even had his name on it.

"Hey Katniss?" I ask getting nervous.

"Yeah Finnick?" She asks.

"Umm that Cato guy… is he your boyfriend?" I ask. She jumps up and yells in shock,

"EWWW NO! He is my step-brother! Ewww…why?" She asks. I am flooded with relief.

"Oh well your jacket had his name on it and I don't want to get beat up if I took you out here." I lie smoothly.

"But why are you wearing his jacket?" I ask

"They are big enough and my mom feels the need to get me skin tight clothes. So I just wear Cloves clothes. Which are normal. And I wear her clothes with either Marvels jacket or Cato's." She states coming closer to me.

"Oh ok…. Sorry." I say. She nods her head telling me it's no big deal. Then her phone starts to ring. She looks at the caller ID and grunts in frustration.

"Ugg … This number keeps calling me and I have no clue who it is." She says staring at the phone

"Here let me see it." I say. She hands me the phone and I click speaker phone. I clear my throat and make the best imitation I can of a sales person.

"Joe's whore house. You got the bow, we got the hoe!" I say in an exiting tone that I have had practice over the years. I used to get these type of calls all of the time.

"How may we help you?" I ask.

"Uhhh… Uhhh." The person on the other line says then we hear a muffled scream of what sounds like a woman telling him to do his chores.

"I'll call back later." He whispers into the phone. Then hangs up. Then Katniss bursts out laughing and so do I. I have never gotten a reply like that!

"That was hilarious! Did you hear the kid say that he will call back later!" She says through a fit of giggles. I smile then we hear the bells from the inside of the school ring.

"We better get going we both have Mr. Abernathy next." She states as she grabs my hand. I enjoy the newfound warmth. While Katniss drags me to the next class I start waving to people with the biggest smile I could muster. They all laugh and get to their classes. When we get to the room I find that the teacher is a notorious drunk. Katniss and I take a seat in the back. Katniss takes out a pen and a note book full of paper and starts writing something down.

So after school do you want to go to the meadow with me so we can finish our homework?

I take the pen and write back,

Yeah sure is anyone else going? It wouldn't hurt to make new friends.

I give her back the paper. She thinks for a moment for writing back.

Yeah I'll ask Cato, Clove, Marvel, and Prim if they want to come with J

I read the paper and smile to myself. Maybe this new year won't be so bad after all.

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