When I woke up the next morning I heard mum and dad talking about something that sounded important. Then I heard the word Madge so I crept downstairs to see what was happening.

"Good morning Peeta" they say

"What's this I heard about Madge" I ask

Mum hesitates then she says "Peeta Mayor Undersee has arranged a date for you and Madge today"

I stood there trying to take in what she said "Um yeah sure" I told her

Why would Mayor Undersee set up a date for Madge and I there are plenty of other boys but why did he have to choose me it was probably because my parents and him are good friends I thought.

"You better get ready the date is at 10:30am" dad tells me

I went back upstairs and picked out my best outfit I could find which was a faint blue t-shirt and black pants. I looked at the clock I still had 30 minutes until the date so decided to paint. I put on m apron and started painting on my canvas. First I painted a big tree which spreads over the sky and then the grass. When I finished I was pleased at my artwork it had 3 little kids playing in the meadow and grass that spreads across the floor and a blue sky filled with soft white clouds. I painted the day we first met Katniss.

"Peeta time to go!" shouted dad from the door.

I quickly took off my apron and hung it on the door and went up the stairs. The place where the date was going to be was in a little restaurant. Through the window I saw a girl with blonde hair sitting at table by her self. I knew it was Madge so I went over to her and sat down.

"Hey Peeta, I didn't know my dad was going to set up a date, I'm sorry" she says straight away.

"Hey it's okay" I tell her.

For the rest of the date we ate cakes, scones and had tea. I could tell something was wrong because Madge was acting weirdly. "Madge is something wrong?" I ask in a serious tone.

She looks at before for a long time then she takes a deep breath and says "My dad wants you to be my boyfriend otherwise he will…" Madge trails of.

I sat there stunned at what she said "oh um well" I trail of.

"I'll think about it" I tell her

"Oh yeah of course" she says.

I started walking back to the bakery then I see Gale and Katniss standing outside. Instead of going inside I went over to them.

"Hey Katniss hey Gale" I say

"Hi Peeta, guess what?" he ask

"What" I say

"Katniss and I are boyfriend and girlfriend, isn't it great!" he exclaims

I felt like all my nightmares come true firstly because Gale had asked Katniss to the dance and now he asked her to be her girlfriend I couldn't talk but I managed to say one word "oh that's great"

"i know" says Katniss

"I better go back to the bakery they might need help baking cakes" I tell them not looking at Katniss.

"oh ok bye" they say.

I went inside and i turned around right at that minute i saw Katniss looking happy. maybe it's best if I let Gale go with her for a while

when i went to the bakery Madge was there i bet she was waiting for my answer. What should i say i thought

"Madge of course I'll be your boyfriend" i say unexpectedly

Madge's face broke into a big smile and she hugged me saying "thanks Peeta your the best" then she left.

oh god what did i just do. I can't believe i said yes to being Madge's boyfriend, what was i going to say to Katniss. i thought.

i was dreading for tomorrow when we go back to school. i didn't want to say what happened to Katniss and eventually she will find out and it will be better if she knew sooner than later and if it was later that would be horrible and it might ruin our friendship. so i decided i would tell her tomorrow at school.

I didn't feel like sleeping now so i got out my drawing book and started sketching. I sketched the lake that Katniss showed me when we were 14 years old. it was so pretty with its big tree spread across us and the lake stretched far from us. I will never forget that day because it was her dad's and her place and when she died she hardly went back there. but one day she took me there and she didn't show Gale. i remember her saying i like you Peeta before leaving but i never got the chance to ask her what she means by that. does she mean as a friend or something more.