Today was the last day the boys were allowed to ask for a date to the dance. I have been avoiding Gale because he was probably going to ask me how I should ask Katniss to the dance. I haven't seen Katniss today well today is a busy day. When it was time for lunch I sat at our table and I saw Gale coming towards me with a big smile on his face.

'Why are you so happy about?" I ask.

"Katniss said yes to being my date to the dance" he replies back to me

I swear my mouth could've reached the floor because when he said that my mouth just dropped open and my eyes were practically the size of saucers I sat there gaping at Gale like an idiot. No! No! My nightmares have some true. Katniss and Gale will end up together. I knew it!

I ate lunch quietly then Katniss arrived and apologized for being late. Out of all the lunches we've had together this is by far the worst and the most awkward because I sat there in the middle of them while their chatting about the dance and what time they should meet.

If I wasn't Gales' best friend I would've punched Gale for asking Katniss to the dance but I was so I kept calm through out the whole lunch. And the teachers made this lunch longer because today is one of the teachers birthday. Today was nothing but hell for me. I got a bad mark for my maths test, I got in trouble by my teacher for sketching, Gale asks Katniss to the dance and she said yes and I got Madge as a date for the dance.

When the last bell rang I didn't wait for Katniss and Gale I was too angry to wait. Instead I helped Madge with her English. her father was mayor Undersee so she lived in a big house. her room was really organized the wallpaper was a light lavender colour with neat tidy bookshelves and her bed was on the corner and her desk was on the other side of the room. we sat on the floor and i helped her with her English. Madge introduced me to a game i have never heard of before.

"close your eyes" she whispered in my ear

i did what i was told. i wonder what's she's going to do. then i feel her leaning towards me, i could smell her breath which smelt like strawberries next thing i knew her lips were on mine and i sat there too shocked to move at last she pulled away and by my shocked expression she apologized straight away.

"sorry I-I have to go" i told her and i ran out of the room. leaving Madge sitting on her bedroom floor by herself. i ran all the way home and i went up the stairs to my room and shut the door. I was still very shocked that Madge tricked me into closing my eyes and then she kissed me. what am i going to tell Katniss I thought. no I'm not going to tell her.

I went down to dinner then i remembered my mum and dad invited Katniss' family to dinner with us tonight. I didn't feel like going down so I turned around and started going up the stairs.

"hey Peeta" i heard a voice say behind me

I stopped and I turned around there on the bottom of the stairs was Katniss. she was wearing a very pretty shade of green like the forest her hair was not in its usual braid it was curly and it hang loose all the way to her elbows. if i wasn't holding onto the rail i could've fallen down the stairs.

"Um h-hi Kat-Katniss" i stammered.

"are you okay?" she says

"yeah I'm fine" i reply.

I can see Katniss moving up the stairs and suddenly she's standing next to me. she grabs my hand and pulls me to the dining table. while my parents and Katniss' parents talk Katniss asks me "Madge told me you came over to her house today"

"i stop eating and I turned and looked at her "Um yeah" I say nervously oh no what if Madge told her we kissed i mean what if Madge told her that she kissed me

"so what did you guys do?" she asks curiously

" I um helped her with her English"i told her truthfully.

"thats cool" she says

For the rest of the night Katniss was really quiet this wasn't her usual self.

"IKISSEDMADGE" I blurted out

Katniss sat there for a minute before saying "took you long enough"

"Wait your not angry?" i ask

"what no! you can go kissing people and i won't care because I'm not the boss of you" she replies.

for the rest of the night we played with Prim who was 12. then the Everdeen Family had to leave. When i lay down on my bed i could only think about how Katniss said she didn't care who i kissed. I kept on thinking about it all night and finally i doze off.