Peeta POV
I'm about to compliment her name, it's not like everyday I meet a Willow.
Willow….It just sounds so beautiful in my mind. Snap out of it Peeta for crying out loud!
Thankfully I am saved from my word vomit as Delly chimes in.
"This, my beautiful Willow tree, is the lovely Peeta who I was saying would look after you this lesson…" she gives me a look that says 'Don't fuck with me and do as your told'. Well I'm not about to argue about taking care of her. I mean she's new and will need a friend…right? Right.
"Of course I will Willow, you can come sit with me" Her name just sounds so perfect leaving my lips…I laugh lowly towards the floor at the stupid turn my thoughts are taking.
"Now before I go and have a nap in Languages, I shall give a brief list of conversational don'ts…." I know exactly where this is heading… "Do not talk about each other's families, you both seem to have issues there…." Well I didn't expect Delly to come out with that so casually. "Don't tell Peeta what a huge slut his girlfriend is and how he deserves so much better than her used up ass…" Ah! Here it is. At least once a day I have to put up with this speech from Delly. I love her with all my being but this crap seriously gets old.
"Delly she is not a…." I start to defend my girlfriend because that's what a guy is supposed to do right? But I can't finish as Delly cuts me off…
"Oh! Shh Peeta and look in that damn corridor!" she whispers to me heatedly. I look past Willow in the direction that Delly is staring and I see them. My 'girlfriend' is leaning with her back against the lockers with the school dickhead hovering over her, to close for any reassurance for myself. All I can do is stare when she giggles and I notice she puff out her chest further when she does so.
Not real, not real, not real…
"Oh look who it is, Katniss and Cato leaning by the locking in a purely platonic friendly manner..." Delly says to me sarcastically, looking at her nails. Smug cow…. All I can do is narrow my eyes at her.
Katniss finally notices us all looking at her and she tries to remove herself from Cato without signalling to us how close they actually were. It was far, far to close but I once again choose to ignore it. Like the idiot you are…
"Hey Pete!" Katniss squeals as she leaps into my arms. 'Pete' has never felt right coming from Katniss' mouth. It sounds cheap in the way she says it, like a rich pompous man referring to his mistress. For some reason this feels really uncomfortable…not right. I try and squash the feeling and return Katniss' flimsy embrace, somewhat awkwardly.
"So what's this?" Katniss sneers. I feel my muscles tighten at her hard tone and I'm pretty sure she does too from how she inches closer to me. She doesn't even know Willow, she has no right to judge her.
You don't know her either my boy…
I suppose this is true. I can't argue with it, the protectiveness I'm feeling is definitely irrational.
Just push it aside Peeta. Not real…
"I am not a what; I am a who, thank you very much. If you're looking for my name it is Willow" Willow replies in a sarcastically polite tone. After a pause she adds "You must be Katniss, Peetas girlfriend". Anyone else would think it was a simple and innocent response. I know better though and this brings a smirk to my face.
"Humph, whatever" Katniss mumbles and I am about to object to her tone when she turns and kisses me.
Well this is different…
Katniss grabs the collar of my shirt and pulls me towards her possessively. She pushes her lips onto mine forcefully and I can feel her tongue begging for entrance. I can't remember the last time Katniss initiated a kiss first, let alone one with this much passion, so naturally I allowed her tongue entrance. There's no point battling for dominance in this embrace, she will always win. So I let her take the lead, I can feel her tugging on my hair as her tongue swipes over my bottom lip. All I can do is bite back a groan when she nips it. I can feel my mind is going fuzzy again, This is what she does. She pushes me until I'm at my breaking point, then out of the blue she'll do something to remind me of the old Katniss, and I crawl back. It's a sad, draining circle that I can't seem to break free of.
A small giggle breaks me out of my haze of a passionate Katniss and the sound of the classroom whistling at me makes blood rush to my cheeks. I turn to see whose giggle brought me back to reality and I see a blushing Willow turning away from Finnick before I turn back to Katniss. She is looking at me strangely and I realise that it was me who broke the kiss, that doesn't usually happen. I tend to savour them as they don't come often, yet I broke away. She knows this too, I can see it in those shallow grey pools of hers.
"Bye Petie" Katniss drawls as she walks away, swinging her hips. Trying to get me to pay attention to her sex appeal again that was lost after the kiss ended. I don't pay much attention though, she never wanted a physical relationship with me, Or emotional…, so I've learnt to control my urges and repress them when it comes to her.
"OK sure, enjoy your nap" I hear Willow say from in front of me and I watch Delly leave the class, trying to swing her hips like Kaniss, except with a quirk only Delly could achieve. I chuckle under my breath and roll my eyes at her acting skills, or lack of when I hear a tiny snort come from Willow.
I tilt me head and examine her again. Her cheeks are flushed from her laughing at Delly. At least somebody appreciates her antics…
I don't understand how she does it, yet without a touch or a look I can feel my mind returning to a haze by just looking at her. She walks up to me and asks something, but I don't make out what it was. My brain has malfunctioned in the last few seconds and all I can think is what on earth is it about Willow Glade?...
Ok well Peetas POV will have to extend into another chapter. I thought I would be shorter.
Its not.
Thanks for reading
Kaylee x