I don't own The Hunger Games.
"Okay, I give up." Marvel walked into the main RV room, abandoning the driver's seat. "Where the hell are we?"
"Somewhere in Ohio?" Katniss suggested, pointing out the licence plate of a car in front of them. They had pulled into a parking lot just off of the highway that only contained three cars and an old truck.
"Why don't we just buy a satnav?" Peeta asked, but he was quick to shut up when Finnick glared at him.
"We don't need a satnav. We have all these maps." He explained, pointing to the stack that sat on the coffee table.
"But you need a haircut." Gale laughed, and high-fived Cato.
"And you need to get a girlfriend." Finnick shot back. The group laughed, but it wasn't as loud as it used to be. Glimmer and Clove were sat in the bedroom, no doubt talking shit about the others, and Finnick was so stressed that he had taken a three hour nap earlier that day.
"Seriously though guys, where are we? That hobo is really starting to freak me out." Marvel pointed out a bearded man sat next to the old truck glaring at them.
"Why have we stopped?" Clove walked out of the bedroom and shut the door behind her.
"We're lost." Annie sighed.
"No we're not." Clove frowned in confusion. "We stopped here last time, remember? That's Larry."
Clove pointed to the homeless man, and Finnick slapped his forehead.
"Of course! Larry! He was an old friend of Haymitch's, remember? We're, like, half an hour away from reaching Pennsylvania!" Finnick exclaimed. He pulled his shoes on and ran outside.
"Larry!" He yelled.
"Oh, hell." Annie muttered, and ran off after him.
…
"Okay. That wasn't Larry, and we need to drive. Now." Finnick and Annie stood panting in the doorway. The homeless man was throwing his shoulder into the RV repeatedly, and the whole thing was shaking.
"I'm on it!" Marvel yelled, and dived back through the doors. They accelerated out of the car park, leaving the homeless man to shake his fist at them.
"This is definitely where we stopped before though." Annie said positively. "Just, you know, with a different homeless man."
"Whatever. Peeta, we need you. Now." Clove used her finger to beckon Peeta over.
"I thought that the infamous Clove Rainer didn't need anyone." Cato smirked. Clove didn't even reply- she just threw a dart at his head. Cato ducked at the last minute, and the dart stuck in the wall. Glaring at him the whole way, Clove pulled Peeta into the bedroom and slammed the door behind them.
To say Peeta was surprised would be an understatement. The bedroom had been completely transformed, presumably by Clove. A desk was wedged in front of the double bed, though he was clueless as to when and how she had got it in there. It was already littered with paperwork and the bed and floor were covered in various different books.
"What the-" Peeta started, but was cut off when he was shoved onto the bed by Glimmer.
"We know your secret." She smirked. Peeta winced a pulled a copy of 'Law 101' from beneath his leg.
"What secret? And what have you done to this place?"
"Well, it's not really a secret." Glimmer admitted.
"And I've got to keep up with all the work if I want to be ahead when I go back." Clove answered from the desk chair.
"Anyway, let's move on to what's important." Glimmer continued, rolling her eyes at Clove. "You're in love with Katniss."
"Um…No I'm not." Peeta tried to deny it, but his cheeks were tinted pink.
"Yes you do! Everybody knows it except her!" Glimmer squealed.
"I can't do anything about." Peeta sighed. "What would Gale say?"
"Oh, who cares about Gale?" Glimmer sat down next to Peeta and took his hands. "He'll be totally okay with it."
In the middle of their freshman year, Katniss and Gale and started dating after years of being best friends. They had broken up a few months before the end of sophomore year, but they had remained close friends.
"I don't know…" Peeta was kind of uncomfortable about discussing Katniss with Glimmer, but she had always been a good friend. He would never admit it to her, but if anyone could help him out with this it was probably her.
"Trust me, he just wants her to be happy. Plus, he's still not over Johanna." Glimmer said knowingly.
"Seriously?" Peeta asked, his eyebrows raising in shock. Johanna and Gale ad broken up at the start of senior, over a year ago.
"Well, yeah. She really ripped his heart out and-"
"Let's not." Clove cut in sharply. After all, she had done the same to Cato.
"Okay, whatever. We need a plan." Glimmer addressed Peeta, ignoring Clove.
"Well, we'd better start brainstorming then." Peeta smiled. Glimmer squealed again and squeezed his hands painfully.
"Well, we're almost in Pennsylvania. Remember what happened last time we went there?"
Point State Park really was an incredible place. It was autumn, and the leaves on the trees were coloured different shades of vibrant reds, yellows and greens. The fountain was lit up, making it more beautiful than it was during the day time.
"Hey."
Peeta turned around and smiled widely at Katniss.
"Hey. Great place, right?"
"Yeah, it's pretty cool." Her braid was loose and she wore a strappy white sundress that reached her knees. She walked over to Peeta and sat at the fountain edge with him.
"Look at that." Peeta looked up, and Katniss did the same. Hundreds of fireflies flit around in the night sky above them.
"Okay. This place is more than cool." Katniss laughed. Peeta's hand found hers and she smiled at him.
"So, are you enjoying yourself?" Peeta asked.
"It's a lot to take in." Katniss said after a moment's hesitation. "But yeah. It's been good so far."
They hadn't been travelling for that long, and the group was just starting to feel like they belonged on the open road. Haymitch was doing a great job of opening their eyes up to what they should truly be feeling, and they were responding.
"I understand." Peeta nodded in agreement. "I wonder what it'll be like when we get back. I mean, missing a year of school…That's sort of illegal."
"Haymitch told them he's home-schooling us. Which is kind of true, I guess."
They sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes, content with watching the fountain waiter rise and fall.
"Katniss…" Peeta pushed a lone strand of hair behind her ear. "You're amazing."
"Ha. Thanks." Katniss laughed. He was staring at her so intensely that she felt her face heat up a little. Slowly, they leaned in towards each other-
And felt themselves hit the icy water as rough hands shoved them into the fountain. Katniss was the first to find her feet, and helped Peeta up with a scowl.
"Yes! That was golden!" Johanna laughed as she high fived Marvel.
"I'm going to murder you both!" Katniss screeched. She hopped out of the fountain, and the chase began.
"Yeah." Peeta frowned. "I remember."
"That was classic." Clove laughed from her desk. "You two were pissed for days!"
"Get back to your work, Clove." Glimmer frowned as Clove flipped her the bird.
"We have to put that together again." She continued. "It was such a perfect moment and it sucks for you that it got ruined. We have to make sure everything happens again, minus the splash-splash. Okay?"
"Okay." Peeta agreed, seeing where she was going with her line of thought.
"She'll remember how happy she was back then and the amazing times you guys had. She'll be all over you, trust me." Glimmer grinned and squeezed Peeta's hands again.
"Right, okay. Let's do it."