Chapter 5 Falling head over heels
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I change into my sports uniform and leave the locker room. As usual I'm the first out. Seriously how can girls take so long to change? I sit on the bleachers and tie on my track shoes. They're a little too small for me and I really should get some new ones but we don't have the money now. I stand and bounce on my toes a little before I start to stretch. Clove and Melissa come out of the locker room coughing and retching. I raise an eyebrow at them and they run over to me.
"Jesus! Have you smelt Glimmer's new deodorant? It smells like aerosol slut." Clove says scrunching up her nose.
Melissa and I laugh. We call Clove the girl with the knives because her insults sting like knives. "Did she have to drown herself in it?" Melissa says with a smirk.
I roll my eyes at her and stretch my calf muscles. "Nice to see you guys to. My punishment? Oh I just have to follow the hottest guy in school around…" I murmur under my breath barely audible.
Melissa's head snaps up. "Are you serious?" She asks with her jaw dropped.
Clove looks confused. "Wait what?" She asks.
"Nothing!" I say brushing them off. Melissa narrows her eyes at me. Damn nothing gets past the fox… Melissa has very acute hearing allowing her to catch even the smallest of whispers, which is why we call her 'Foxface.' That and her facial features resemble those of a fox.
She smirks. "Katniss has to follow Peeta around." She says smugly and Clove grins.
"Yes! Now's your chance to finally try and get with him!" Clove says a bit too loud for my liking. I shove her in the stomach.
"Shh! Could you be any louder?" I hiss at her. "Plus he has a girlfriend. Or did you already forget? Remember, Delly? The teacher's pet?" Delly Cartwright, fully fledged bitch and suck up. I hate her with a burning passion…
"What does he even see in her?" Melissa asks. "She's just one of Glimmer's slut crew. She's such a suck up." She says with hatred.
I sigh and turn to where Peeta is exiting the boys' locker room. We lock eyes for a moment and I actually feel my heart stop in my chest at the sight of his crystal blue eyes. He smiles slightly and turns away. "Oh my god!" Clove says. "He totally just looked over at you! He likes you!" She teases.
Then Delly the bitch has to ruin everything by coming out of the girls' locker room with Glimmer and Cashmere. She squeals and runs over to Peeta and wraps her arms around him. She stands up on tiptoes and kisses him and I swear I feel my heart shatter into a million pieces. When I see Delly practically shove her tongue down his throat I tear my gaze from them with unshed tears in my eyes.
Melissa and Clove both give me sympathetic looks and I harden my resolve again. It's quite obvious that that's never going to happen so I may as well get over it. I think to myself. I decide to go for a warm up run to release the anger that I'm now currently containing.
"Time me?" I ask Clove and she nods. I get ready at the start of track.
"Ready? Go!" Clove yells and I take off down the track.
The wind whips through my hair and my legs move fast beneath me. I push all my anger into my legs and can feel myself moving faster. I keep my breathing even and close my eyes. Twenty metres… forty metres… I hear someone running beside me, I turn and see Peeta grinning beside me. I scowl back at him but I feel my heart flutter inside my chest. Finally decided to stop sucking face with your girlfriend? I think as I pump my arms and legs even faster, lurching ahead of him.
Sixty metres… eighty metres… I hear a scream behind me. Everything goes in slow motion. I take another step and feel myself stumble. Fuck! I look down and briefly see the shoelace that I had tied up only a few minutes, now undone and hanging in mid air. I place my foot down again but I'm at an awkward ankle and I hear the sickening crunch as my right ankle comes down on the track on its side.
Pain shoots up my leg and a bloodcurdling scream that sounds somewhat like me rings through the air. I collapse on the ground and hear the shouts coming from where the others are stretching. "Katniss! Fuck! Someone help her!" I hear Melissa scream above the crowd.
I feel the stinging from my knees where the long grazes from my fall are. I immediately grip my ankle, close my eyes and grit my teeth. There are footsteps fast approaching and along with it I hear a voice. "Shit! Katniss! Katniss? Are you ok?" If I tried I could probably distinguish the voice but the pain in my ankle it too much to bear.
I groan and roll onto my back. "Does it look like I'm fucking ok?!" I yell clenching my hands around my ankle.
Someone sits over me and blocks out the sun. "I need to take a look at it Katniss, so I can tell whether it's broken or not." The voice says again. The pain is now a constant, sharp pain that resonates up my leg. I open my eyes and see Peeta sitting next to me concern etched over his face. If my ankle didn't hurt like a bitch I'd probably take in the way his sports shirt was perfectly formed over the muscles in his arms.
My breaths come in short rasps and I manage a light nod. I can briefly hear an ambulance approaching in the distance. I move my hands away from where my ankle is and can feel the blood drain from my face. My ankle is twisted in an awkward angle and I feel like I'm going to throw up at the sight of it. Then I black out.
:3 Cliffy! I know I know! You guys hate me! XD Did you like my little trick title at the beginning? Falling head over heels? Haha I just had to. Thoughts? Delly's a real bitch isn't she? What do you guys want to happen next? Please gimmie some feedback! It's like a writer's drug… O.o gimmie my meds! XD next chapter soon!