This first ones goes back to before the 74th Hunger Games.
019
Stand up for her.
It was just a regular summer day with my friends. We'd played some soccer, had a water fight, drank some ice cold lemonade, and basic had a good time.
So there we were lying under the shade of a big tree joking and messing around. That is of course until it got to the subject of girls, women , females, the people of the opposite sex. That's when my day took a sharp turn down, not at first though at first it seemed harmless.
The guys would mention different girls and everyone would say what they thought of her. It took a slightly different turn when some of the girls we hang out with showed up. The guys then asked about girls who we weren't friends with. It was all fine with me till Rye said her name.
"Katniss Everdeen." One of the girls sniffed in disdain.
"I think she's dating Hawthorne," the girl said, and anyone could hear the jealousy in her voice.
"I mean she spends so much time with him, it's sad really how she fawns over him," Another girl added. I scowled and glared at them. They didn't notice.
"She seems empty headed too. Well, she is from the seam, no wonder he stays with her," a third girl added and they all laughed. That's when I spoke up for her. I may not really know Katniss well but I spend enough time watching her(that doesn't sound creepy does it?) to know that she is none of those things.
"She's not empty headed. She got the highest score on our test yesterday. I should know I sit behind her and saw her paper. She doesn't fawn over Hawthorne either. She spends time with him because they hunt together and are obviously good friends," I state proud that I could contradict everything they said.
"Well it looks like someone has a little crush on Katniss," the first girl sneered at me. I felt my face start to go hot so I played it cool.
"I'm just standing up for her since no one else here will," I mutter before walking away.