Katniss:
Around 2?
Peeta (; :
Alright I'll pick you up tomorrow.
I hope he agrees to be Cinnas model too.
Effie came by today to help us with our manners. I was actually kind of pissed off when she said that I needed to be more lady like. Lady like my ass! She even made us walk with high heels on. I'm 20 years old I'm very capable of walking in 5 inch heels.
It's 1:50 and Peeta should be here in about 10 minutes. I go into the restroom and change from my work clothes into something more comfortable. I put on a black t-shirt and some tight skinny jeans and slip back into my flats. I head back to the bar to give Johanna my car keys when I see Peeta with a smile on his face. With that simple gesture my heart speeds up, and I smile back.
"Hi, Kat." he says and he gives me a hug.
"Hey, Peeta." I say and hug him back.
"You ready to go?"
"Yeah, let me just get my purse and we'll head out." I say and head to the bar.
"I saw that brainless." Johanna says. I roll my eyes.
"So? Cant friends hug?" I ask.
"Yeah, but when there as hot as bread boy over there, it usually means that they LIKE you."
"Whatever! If you don't shut your face I won't give you my car keys." I say matter-of-factly.
She huffs. "Whatever brainless, now hurry up! Your making lover boy wait." She says and takes the keys away from me.
"Okay, let's go Peeta" I say
Once were in the car I smell something familiar in the air. I look around the car until I see what I'm looking for.
"Cheese buns!" I say very excitedly. Not very Katniss like, actually.
"I thought you'd want some." He says and hands me the bag.
I open the bag and find about a dozen cheese buns mocking me. I grab one and take a bit out of the small bread. I feel the cheese melt on my tongue and I moan.
"Oh, Peeta." I say and realize that kind of sounded inappropriate especially since it came out as a moan but I act like nothing happened. I turn to look at him and see his face is slightly pink and I smile to myself, I don't really know why though.
"So, where is this place?" he asks.
"The mall actually … and I kind of have to tell you something." I say and he turns to look at me and turns back to look at the road.
"What is it?" he asks.
"Well, uh-ikindofacceptedbeingamodelforCinnaandsinceyourm ydate youramodelnowtoo." I say and catch my breath.
"You what now?" he asks bewildered.
"You're going to have to be a model." I say very quietly.
"Oh…are you going to be with me the whole time if I accept being this model?"
"Well I already have to be with you since you are my date." I tease.
"Well as long as you're with me I'll do anything. So, what are we going to have to do exactly?"
"I think we just have to take some quick pictures here and there and we have to be with Cinna for a while too." I say and remember I have to be with Haymitch too!
"Oh my gosh!" I say and burry my face in my hands.
"What's wrong?" he asks.
"I have to be with Haymitch too Peeta! I'm so going to get fired." I say and sigh.
"Don't worry Kat, you can be with both of them can't you?" he says.
"I mean I could, but the whole dress thing is supposed to be mysterious. I only accepted because my face would be hidden, and if I sit with Haymitch they'll know it's Madge, Johanna, Annie, or me."
"Then we'll talk to Cinna and Haymitch. I'm sure they can work something out." He says and smiles reassuringly.
I can only smile back and hope he's right.
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"You must be Katniss' date!" Cinna exclaims.
"Yes, I'm Peeta Mallark, nice to meet you Cinna." Peeta says and takes out his hand to shake Cinnas hand. Well Effie would have been extremely happy if Peeta was working with Haymitch, I think to myself.
"It's nice to meet you too Peeta. Let's go to the back so we can talk and have you try on the clothes."
We head to the back and I take the time to look around. He has what looks like millions of dresses in this room. And there all beautiful.
"So, has Katniss has explained you everything." Cinna asks
"I did, but there's going to be a problem Cinna. My boss, Haymitch well he's going to be there too and he wants me needs us to be there with him. But I won't be able to be at two places at the same time." I say
"We can work something out. I know Haymitch actually, were close friends. His wife Effie loves to buy my dresses."
I nod. "Well I don't know what to do? I haven't really talked to him about it."
"Don't worry well work something out. Now if that's it, I want you to go with Portia, Peeta. She has your tux already and everything you'll be needing. I want everything to be a surprise so you won't be able to see Katniss until Saturday." He says and he walks to the room I'm guessing Portia will be in.
"He's a nice guy you know. It looks like he really likes you." I blush at his statement. I don't know what kind of person would like someone like me. Someone who's crazy. Someone who has scars not just on her body but in her mind too. I just smile not knowing what to do.
"Know come, I want you to try on the dress." He grabs a red dress and I wonder if that's what I'm going to be wearing.
When he hands it to me so I can change I freeze. How could he possibly want me, out of all the beautiful girls out there. The professional girls, but instead he chose a 20 year old bartender. That must say a lot especially from a famous designer like him.
"You…you want me to wear that?" I ask bewildered.
"Yes, why? Is there a problem Katniss?" he asks
"No! No…I just-why would you want me out of all those beautiful girls out there?" I ask
"Can you not see Katniss! Those girls there not real. But you…you are. Your one of the realest people I've met." He says and hands me the dress.
"That's why it would be an honor if you would wear my dress, I'm pretty sure that if I would have just left it out there for sale one of those models would have come…and trust me there are models that are real and well all of them are beautiful, gorgeous even, but some of them are just stock up. I chose to open my store here at a mall, I know you must have wondered by now, and well I put it here because I know that you don't have to be a size zero to be beautifu, trust me! I want people, normal people to wear my clothes. Well I guess no one is normal, but you understand what I'm saying right?"
Oh course I do. People use to make fun of me in high school because I would wear the most ugliest clothes to school, and well it wasn't my fault my father had died and that my mother was in depression and started to work 24/7. I remember Glimmer, one of my classmates, well she would bully me when I was younger. I smile to myself wishing she could see me now. Katniss Everdeen, about to wear this beautiful dress. I hope she's at the Nighlock ball.
I slip into the dress and grab the shoes Cinna handed me. I quickly make my braid into a braided bun and secure the mask to cover up my face. I turn to look at the mirror and gasp. I don't recognize myself…I don't look pretty. I don't look beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.
"You look truly amazing Katniss." Cinna says
"Thank you."
"Well you will look completely different actually on Saturday, this is just the basic. My helpers Flavius, Venia, and Octavia will be doing your makeup and hair." He says and I nod.
"I need Peeta and you to come back on Saturday, about 8 in the morning that will be enough time for my team to get everything done and it will give you enough time to calm yourself down, because you will be wearing two dresses that night." He says. What does he mean two dresses?
"I-I don't know if I can do it Cinna."
"Of course you can Katniss, I believe in you and I believe you will do a very good job. Don't worry your hair will just be let down in curls so you can go with Haymitch. You'll have to make up an excuse and leave early. I'll be arriving "fashionably late" so that will give you time to come back here and my team will fix you up and we'll be ready to go" he say reassuringly. How can he be so sure about this? Has he done this before?
"Fine, but I'm trusting you Cinna, and I don't trust many people." I tell him and change back into my clothes.
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Once Peeta and I are back on the road we decide were going to go eat since we were with Cinna and Portia for about four hours and well were pretty hungry.
"So what do you want to eat?" Peeta asks.
"Have you ever tried lamb stew?" I ask. It's one of my favorite foods.
He shakes his head.
"Well then I know just the place."
Once we enter the restaurant, called The Hob, we are greeted by the owner, Greasy Sea. You could call this woman my second mother, she has known me since I was born and moved over here when she found out I was going to be moving here. Anyways The Hob is a really cozy place. You could smell the delicious food in the air and hear soft music playing in the background, there's even people dancing. Once were sat I order the lamb stew, and Peeta orders his self some too.
"Let's play a game." Peeta says which catches me off guard.
"A game? What kind of game?"
"20 questions."
"Err-okay. You start."
"Ok, let's see, what's your favorite color?" I smile at his simple question.
"Forest green. What's yours?"
"Orange" I scrunch up my nose, I would have never thought of Peeta as an orange kind of person.
He starts to chuckle and I look at him like he's crazy.
"You look cute when you scrunch up your nose like that, and I mean soft orange, like the sun set." I blush at the comment and smile.
"Ok, my turn. How many brothers or sisters do you have?" I ask
"I have two older brothers."
"Oh…ugh, cool I guess."
"What about you?"
"Well I have a little sister, her name's Primrose. Prim for short. That's who were going to go see actually."
"Oh, yeah. How could I forget? That's the only thing Finns been talking about." I smile at the comment, imagining Finn doing that is actually pretty hard.
"Ok your turn." I say. Greasy Sae comes to hand us our food and I sigh happily as I smell the lamb stew. Peeta just looks at me like I'm one of the most craziest person he's ever met.
"Ok, how old where you when you had your first kiss?" he asks as he starts eating his lamb stew.
"Third grade, by a guy named marvel. He was dared to kiss me by a girl named Glimmer. We had gotten into a big argument about cooties not being real, so he just kissed me right there. He ended up in the nurses office with a bloody nose and a black eye." I reply proudly.
"I feel bad for that Marvel guy, but I would have kissed you too."
"What about you?"
"My first kiss was in sixth grade with my first girlfriend Enobaria, actually. It was pretty awkward to say the least. We had stayed for a social and I had asked her to dance, and she agreed happily. I tried to lean in but, I was no expert in kissing so we bumped into each other, we tried again but it just felt weird. By the end of that week I had my first heartbreak." He replies with a smile. How can he be smiling? I feel kind of jealous actually, thinking about some other girl kissing my Peeta. Did I just say that? He is not your Peeta, Katniss.
"That is kind of awkward actually. I think I would have broken up with you that day, but hey that's just me."
"It's your turn." He says and goes back to eating his lamb stew. I wonder if he likes it.
"Ok…a simple question, why are you so nice?" I ask. I've been wondering about that since I met him.
"I don't know, my father was actually really nice, I took after him I guess. My mother on the other side…lets just say she wasn't the nicest person." I'm about to say something when Sae comes running to our table.
"Katniss, I need you to do me a big favor." She says
"Ugh, ok."
"I need you to sing."
"What? Why…no Sae, you know I can't."
"Please child. I know you don't like to, but the costumers are getting aggravated. They want music and the guy that's supposed to come sing is an hour away."
"I'll sing with you, if you want Kat." Peeta says getting my attention.
"Can you even sing Peeta?" I ask.
"Well no, but like I said before as long as your with me, ill do anything." He says and smiles. Oh god it's that smile again. The one that makes my heart flutter.
"Ok, I'll do it. But you don't have to sing with me just-just sit on one of the tables close to the stage." I say and stand up.
"Thank you Katniss, really." Sae replies.
"Its' fine Sae, really." No. this isn't fine. I'm freaking out right now, but I can't say no to Sae, she's helped me when I needed it the most.
I go up on stage and sit in front of the piano...and I start to remember about my father, about how happy I was when he would sing with me. I remember about how happy he use to make my mother and I start to get a bit nervous and worried. I felt like I was going to have an anxiety attack, so I look at the crowd and find those familiar pair of blue eyes and I smile. I start to remember how my dad use to dance around with my mother while I played the piano and sang, while Prim would record us. All of a sudden I start to remember the last time he danced with my mother and I already know what song I'm going to sing.
"Hello, I'm Katniss and I'll be singing for you tonight." I say.
I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day and through
In that small café
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut trees, the wishing well
I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
Everyone starts to clap and whistle.
I'm still looking at Peeta and he smiles, and I smile back.
That boy with the blue eyes, he's something special. Very special.
"You did great Kat." He says and hugs me.
"Thank you Peeta." I say and hug him back.
"You're welcome" he says but he doesn't understand the true meaning behind what I just said, but I hope that one day he does.
hi guys! well I just wanted to let you know that I have adopted a story from The Giggling Gummy Bear. the story is called She's Not Afraid, I actually really like this story and I found out the author is actually going to be deleting it so I thought, what the heck? I might as well get it. I'm going to start on it around next week, so if you want to see the first few chapters go to The Giggling Gummy Bears page.
I also want to mention that I will be updating this story maybe once or twice a week, I mean I do have my other story Summer at the beach, but I will be updating that one only once a week.
I know you must be wondering, like what the crap? how does she plan on having three stories at the same time? I actually have a lot of time on my hands since I don't really go out as much and I literally am at home like everyday from the time I get home from school till I go to sleep. so I will be able to manage to have all those stories updated at least once a week, but I promise if they are once a week I will make them as long as I can...but I love cliffhangers so we'll see. well that's pretty much it. [longest chapter I've written by the way : )]
I want to thank all the people who have reviewed, followed, and favorite. I really appreciate it and yall are the reason i'm still writing. C:
oh yeah, and before I forget I will be doing some Peetas Pov. real soon. I want to thank lovesfairytale actually for saying that I should make some Peetas pov, so thank you.
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