Sorry about the lateness of this chapter. I don't really have an excuse other than I was being lazy. Anyways some people have been confused about why Katniss is in the town and what trouble she was in. All that will be told in later chapters but that being said, the response I'm getting for this story is amazing and thank you to everyone that reviewed, favorited, and followed the story.

Chapter 3

I came to a stop at the park gasping for air and tried to figure out how to get Effie's house. I cursed myself for not paying attention to where I was going, now I was going to be in even more trouble for getting there later.

I looked around, trying to see what way to go. I could either keep going straight or right. I groaned at the futileness of the whole situation. If the rest of the time I spent here went like this, I would never leave.

I was ready to take a seat on a bench and wait until someone started looking for me when I saw a black car pull up in front of me. Great, I thought On top of it all I'm going to be kidnapped.

The windows rolled down and I was surprised to see blue eyed Peeta looking up at me.

"Hello." He said.

"Um, listen, I don't really have time to chat. I have to figure out how to get back to Effie's house."

"Well I could drive you."

I really didn't want to get a ride from him but it was 6:23 and I didn't seem to have a lot of options. "Okay."

I went to the other side and entered the car. "Thank you. Really, I appreciate it."

"No problem." He paused for a moment before speaking up, "Do you mind telling me why you're in such a rush?"

I sighed, "Well I supposed I have to considering you're helping me get there. Effie gave me a curfew. She said I had to be home by 6pm and I lost track of time. The worst part is that this means she'll tell my mom and I'll have to stay here longer."

He chuckled. "Come on this place isn't that bad."

My eyes widened realising what I just said. "Oh my god, no. I didn't mean it that way, I just really want to go home."

"Well that brings me to my next question," He said, "Why are you here?"

I gave him a mischievous grin. "If I told you, I'd have to kill you."

He laughed out loud at this. "Come on, give me a hint."

I thought about whether or not I should tell him anything. On one hand I didn't know a thing about him other than his name but he seemed nice enough. "Well I did three things and after the third thing my mom said enough is enough and sent me here." I decided to tell him.

"Will you at least tell me what one of them is?" He asked

"Nope," I told him, "You've got to earn each and every one of them."

"Does that mean I get to see you again?"

"Maybe."

Before I knew it we were in front of Effie's house. I looked at the time 6:27. "Thanks again."

"No problem. I'll see you around Katniss."

I stayed there for a few seconds before coming to a decision. "Will you come with me? Just to explain everything. I have a feeling she would take your word over mine. Please?" I added.

He sighed. "Okay."

I thanked him and we got out of the car together. I barely knocked on the door before she opened it. She was obviously mad at me but also shocked to see Peeta standing there.

"Hello Peeta." She greeted politely.

"Hi Effie." He replied, "I'm extremely sorry that Katniss was late. Prim found her in the park and brought her to the bakery and I insisted she'd try some of the cheese buns and we lost track of time. She ran out when she saw that she was late and I followed her when I realised she didn't know her way around then I gave her a ride back."

She eyed me suspiciously then turned to Peeta. "Well thank you for dropping her off. Say hi to your father for me." Then she turned to me and said, "Dinner's cold." Then left the door into the kitchen.

"Thank you." I surprised myself by giving him a hug. "She doesn't look so pissed." I entered the house. "I'll see you around Peeta."

I made my way towards the kitchen and found Effie sitting at the table waiting for me. "Feel free to microwave it if you want." She said.

I did as she said and sat down with my food a minute later. "I'm really sorry, Aunt Effie. Everything Peeta said was true, I was really trying to get back here on time. I just lost track of time and-"

Effie cut me off. "Katniss, I don't want you to feel like you can't enjoy yourself here. Your mom wants me to shape you into shape you into a lady and I'll do that but I want you to have fun. Do you really think that I want you be back home every day at 6pm?"

"Well…"

"I honestly don't. That's what your mother wants. You know me and her haven't had the best relationship and I just want her to know that she can trust me but I don't want you to be miserable here but that doesn't mean that I will let you go to someone's house and party all night, I still have to be stern with you and you still have to go back home better than you are now."

"O-okay." I stuttered

"Eat up and just so you know your new curfew is 9pm and maybe if you're good here I can move it up to 10pm."

"Um, Effie?"

"Aunt Effie."

"Aunt Effie, why were you being so cold earlier?" I asked.

"Not a lot of people take me seriously so I just needed to set a firm hand and I was having a bad morning. Haymitch told me he wouldn't be back until next Tuesday when he was supposed to be back tomorrow."

"What does Haymitch do exactly?"

I wasn't really close to Haymitch and didn't bother asking anyone what he did. All I knew is he was rich.

"He works with the government. Honestly you'd think your mother would have told you this. No more chatting," She said suddenly, "Finish eating and go watch TV or unpack."

"Okay."

I thought back on the day I had. I made two friends, one an eleven year old, and found out that Effie wants me to enjoy my stay here. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad here after all, I thought smiling to myself

I was wondering whether you guys wanted Mrs. Mellark to be mean or nice 'cause I can't decide. Anyways remember to review and tell me whether you liked it or not. Bye.