You Are The Only Exception
(Chapter 2)
"Can we be partners? I don't really know anybody else here.." Blue-eyes starts with a huge grin. I swear he did this on purpose.
In Science, we need partners for a school project. I knew I was in trouble because I would be the only student without a partner, but blue-eyes here is probably the only chance I'll get.
"Sure.." I start, a bit scared of whats coming up. We need to work on it after school, so that means hanging out.
"We'll have to work on it after school, so you can come over to my house if you want." He says, a little nervous and practically reading my thoughts.
"C-cool.." I stammer out, feeling nervous as well. I'm not the most fun person to hang out with. Plus, I'm a total clutz. If being socially awkward wasn't enough.
"Well, I drive here so I can just take you to my house afterwards." He says after a bit of an awkward silence. Except, it wasn't as awkward as it should've been. We were just happily staring into each others eyes. But I found it nice. I like silence, and staring into his eyes, man I can do that all day.
"Okay." I say and smile. He smiles back and nods, his gaze slowing dropping back to the paper in front of him.
He folds his arm covering it, so I can't see what he's drawing. He's hunched over slightly, leaning on the table and using his pencil to scribble down stuff. His blond curls fall just over his eyebrows on his forehead and his tongue is sticking out slightly. I smile to myself, he looks so adorable. Then his head pops up and he looks at me with a grin. I was staring. Damn it. Way to go Katniss.
"Like what you see?" He asks cheekily. I frown and shake my head.
"I was just curious as to what you're drawing that's so secret.." I say nodding to his notebook. He looks down and slams it shut and smiles at me.
"Nothing, just taking notes and stuff.." He says, with a nervous tone again. This time I laugh and shake my head.
"Oh, okay. Notes. Right." I say rolling my eyes. He chuckles a bit and the bell goes off. He grabs his things, and I do too. Not that I noticed what he was doing or anything. Ugh. Katniss! Pull yourself together.
"Ready?" He asks, smiling. God, his smile is so cute. I just love it. I nod and he starts walking and I follow him. "I have to talk to someone, that's my truck. You can wait there for me." He says, and I nod walking over to his truck.
I lean on it, looking around. A few minutes later I see a blonde girl, extremely skinny, with a skirt, and a low cut blouse hugging him. He smiles and waves goodbye. He starts walking towards me and the girl glares at me. I roll my eyes. I should've known, he has a girlfriend. Wait. Why would I care anyways? Oh god, here he comes. I swallow hard and climb in his truck with him.
"Sorry, that's my old friend Delly. I haven't seen her in forever." He says smiling as he starts to drive. Right, friend.. I nod and look out the window. "So, where do you live?" He asks, after a little while of silence.
"Oh, I live on Seam Drive." I say, and he smiles.
"Really? I moved in the house on the corner." He says and I smile.
"Oh, I haven't seen any body move in there.." I start and he nods. I know damn well that's the house, right next to mine.
"Well, my dad bought it in the summer. We had people move in our stuff slowly. I lived in District 4, so it was a bit of a drive. Our stuff was moved in like two weeks ago." He finishes with a smile. I love how he can make conversation and not find me boring. How he keeps his eyes on the road but acknowledges me every time I speak. So nice, so caring, so sweet. That's just the way he is.
He pulls into the house next to mine. He stops the truck and gets out. I grab my bag and somehow he's at my door, opening it for me. He smiles and I climb out, almost falling but he catches me.
"Sorry." I say, with my hands still on his chest and his hands on my hips, to keep me steady. Our faces are really close now, just like when we met a few days ago. I don't pull back though. Neither does he. We just stand there, looking into each others eyes for what feels like hours because I easily get lost in his eyes. He slowly takes his hands back, and I retrieve mine as well. He smiles at me and turns to walk inside. I just follow him, looking around.
"My brotha!" Someone screams and jumps on Peeta, knocking him to the floor. They both laugh and I just realize how attractive this guy is. He looks just like Peeta but is shorter, and is a little more fat. He is muscular, but not as much as Peeta. But, Peeta is way more attractive than him anyways. Not that I noticed. He climbs off of him and they both stand.
"Oh, hey there gorgeous. Peety, who's this fine young lady belong to, eh?" He says taking my hand and kissing it with a bow. I snatch my hand back and glare at him. He looks shocked and Peeta glares at him as well.
"Rye, leave my friend the hell alone. You don't have to flirt with every girl you lay eyes on you know." Peeta says, coming to my rescue. He puts his hand on my lower back, escorting me to the other room. I get an electric shock at his touch. Butterflies fill my stomach and I feel like I can't breath. We sit on his couch and he smiles to me, apologetically.
"Sorry about him. He's my older brother and yeah.." He says and I laugh.
"It's fine." I say. We sit there in another kind of awkward situation. We stare at eachother, just smiling. His eyes are blue, like really blue. Like the sky, and they sparkle ever so slightly that makes my stomach knot. His lips are curved upward, in a half smile. His hair is falling just over his eyebrows, and he has his hands on his knees.
He clears his throat and looks down, then back up at me. "Sorry, it's just, you're really beautiful.." he whispers but I catch it. I freeze. No one, not even Josh has called me 'beautiful'. I feel a warm blush flood my cheeks and I smile slightly.
"Uhm, thanks." I say, looking away and trying to hide my red cheeks.
"I'll get us something to drink." He says quickly and bolts out of the room. I sigh and look to the floor. He was so cute, funny, sweet, smart.. No! Katniss, he is just a friend. Not even. A guy who you'll probably never talk to again. Just a guy who has to work with you on a project. He has a girlfriend. Ugh.
I sit there, trying to find excuses. I will never marry. Why would I? It would just end up screwed, like everything in my life. Marriage is good for people who can make life work. Who can live happily. Who can love without being broken, or hurt. I feel like I've messed up, with love, and love has messed me up. No one will ever really love me, and I won't care. I don't care. Peeta is not going to be apart of my life, just a friend, maybe. I like him, yes. But I can not let him like me. I want him to be happy, have a happy life. Because no one can be happy with me.
I wish he wouldn't be so amazing. Then it wouldn't be so hard to not like him.
A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews! Sorry 'bout the mistakes that I don't catch. I've decided to stick with this story. The next chapter should be up soon, and it will be more focussed on her family and Prim. Please review, tell me what you think. Thanks, ~Bekylou4jc
-I most certainly do not own The Hunger Games or these amazing characters. Just this story,(which is most likely not original)-