Part 1: Katniss' First Games
I remember that morning of the Reaping. I had ran to the Mellark Family Baker in the merchants part of District 12. I picked up some fresh bread in exchange for one squirrel. always favored them, plus I think he was feeling a little sentimentle. After that I went to the woods that suround District 12 to meet my then best friend, Katniss Everdeen. I went to our usual meeting spot in. A medium sized rock hidden in some blackberry bushes. I got there before her that day. I didn't have to wait for long though.
When I had first met Katniss, we had both been young. I only thought of her as a really good friend, a hunting partener. But a couple of years ago, I started feeling differently. I felt something more for Katniss. Something more, I don't know, romantic? I guess you could call it that. But I didn't know how Katniss felt. If she felt the same way. Plenty of girls liked me at school, but I didn't like any of them the way I liked and still do like Katinss.
I remember looking up and seeing Katniss sprinting toward me. I saw the smile come across her face. The smile that she only ever had in the woods. "Hey, Catnip", I had said. Catnip. That was my nick-name for her. When we had first met, she had just whispered her name. I hadn't heard it from across the forest floor. Once there had been a lynx that had followed her around. It made it an even more fitting name for her.
When she reached our little meeting spot and sat down I pulled out my bread. I had stuck an arrow through it to get a laugh out of her. And I did get that laugh. Then she showed me the cheese that her little sister, Prim, had left for us. We put the food in the middle of us to prepare for our feast. Then I pulled out my Capitol accent and started to mimic Effie Trincket. I knew I could easily ge a laugh out of her with that. I loved her laugh. How bright her face became.
We gathered some berries off our bush and began our feast. Then I made a proposal. I said that we should run away. Run into the forest and never come back. Katniss didn't have any faith in that idea so I just dropped it. I don't know what I expected. For her to jump up and run away right then and there? Well, there's no point in dweling on that. It doesn't really matter any ,the food had been delicious. The berries sweet and juicy, the bread warm and the cheese added a burst of flavor to it.
When we had finished eating, we talked about what we should do. Hunt,fish,gather. We had a lot of options. I chose to go fishing. I always found fishing relaxing. The shimmer of the water. The splash of the rod. The satisfactory of finally catching a fish. There are no lakes to fish at in District 2. None at all.
I thought fish would be a good after Reaping dinner. I never in my whole life would have thought Katniss would be the one to go. Anyway, after we were done at the lake we did some hunting. Katniss and I were the most amazing parteners. We moved together and thought together. We had a connection. A special bond.