AN: Hey guys, happy New Year, hope you had a great Christmas. Sorry we haven't updated since last year but we did warn you that one of us was going away. We are back together now and are ready to start writing again. So here is chapter 4…R&R ;)

Summary: Katniss is now attending the college of her dreams after graduating from high school. She is only going to college to learn because she thinks that love is just another emotion. What happens when she meets the blue eyed boy who changes her mind on the first day? And what happens when the gang all go out to Peeta's Family Cottage for summer and forgotten memories occur? EVERLARK OCC!

Disclaimer- We do not own the Hunger Games in any of the characters in this story.

Chapter 4

Peeta's POV

There is this feeling inside me telling me that I should trust Katniss. But I have only known her for a day. I guess you could say she is different…

'Peeta, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to,' she says, knocking my thoughts into the back of my mind.

I look up and join our eyes and when I see hurt and guilt in her eyes I know I have to tell her, she deserves to know.

'I…when I was younger, around 10, my Mother…she used to get very depressed and when me or my Brothers did something wrong we used to s-set her off. She used to-to…' I struggle through tears that are threatening to spill.

She leans closer and I forget everything that I was saying when I feel her soft breath tickle my cheek slightly from the closeness we are. I sneak a look down at his lips and see that they are red and kissable that my mouth waters.

I lick my lips to feed the dryness, but it doesn't work.

I try to breathe slowly, but end up getting flustered by what is going on. When I suddenly feel myself leaning in and watch as she doesn't hesitate to do the same thing.

I am about to close my eyes when a thought pops in my head.

Ohm goodness! We are about to kiss, did I bush my teeth this morning? Yes I did, or was that yesterday? Oh no, maybe I should stop. WAIT NO! This might not happen again otherwise…

I am on the verge of closing my eyes when I hear a cough and feel my heart leap out of my chest and run away

I lean back quickly and look up to see what the interruption was.

I suddenly feel my cheeks go bright red when I see that it is Finn and Annie.

Fuck! I'm never going to hear the last of this…

'Um…Annie forgot her backpack,' Finn says awkwardly, looking between me and Katniss with a small smile on his face.

I turn to Katniss to she is watching me and I look down and blush even deeper. I take a hand a rake it through my hair. This is what I do when I am worried.

'KATNISS!' I hear Annie yell and look up to see Katniss staring at Annie with confusion on her face.

'What?' she mumbles, her face still dark red.

'You're sitting on my backpack,' Annie says, pointing to the backpack that Katniss is in fact perching upon. She must have sat on it when she shuffled closer when I was upset.

I was upset; I nearly told her what was wrong. Oh no, she is going to pity me now. I guess I was caught in the moment. I shouldn't tell her.

I look up and notice that Annie is pulling Finn away from us, out the door, but I catch the small look that he gives me as he walks out the door. The sort of 'you-got-it-bad-bro' look. I can't help myself but nod slightly, knowing that he is right.

I turn to Katniss and see that her blush has finally died down, and I mentally beg that mine has too. I watch as she looks up slowly and joins her eyes with mine.

I feel myself starting to back away from the terror of telling the truth, but the hurt in her grey eyes urges me to say something.

'Katniss...I-,' I start but don't have a clue what to say. 'I-I...' and then I know that I am embarrassing myself when I catch someone watching us from seats to our left and a guy by the pool table is snickering at my actions. And I know that my next action will be even more cowardly but I run. Run and don't look back because I know that the hurt in her eyes will be even harder to face.

Katniss' POV

The cool breeze whips hair into my eyes, causing me to bring up a shivering hand and swipe it away, tucking the hair neatly behind my ear.

I am walking back towards my dorm after having walked around the whole campus, exploring where I will be staying for the next 2 years. And mostly to clear my head about Peeta and everything that happened today.

I can't help but admit to myself that I like Peeta, but everything points to mysterious when he was telling me about himself. I need to figure out what is going on between us...

I push open the door to our block of dorms and walk towards the elevator that is being held open by a girl around my age. I smile and thank her, press floor 4 and watch as the red numbers change on the side of the wall.

I hear a high-pitched noise a see that we have arrived at floor 4, so I walk out and head towards my dorm, rummaging through my pocket for my key.

I get to my door, but still haven't found the key. I look down at my pocket and carry on fiddling through it, when suddenly; I hear a cough and look up.

I instantly blush and look down again, dropping my hands to the side, when I find the owner of the noise.

Peeta.

'Hi...um, I want to a-apologise about b-before.' He says slowly, causing me to look up and see that he is scratching the back of his neck nervously.

He looks so cute...

I try to smile through all my confusion. 'Its fine, are you...ok now?' I say uneasily, not sure how to put it.

He blushes and brings his hand down to his side again, along with his eyes.

'Oh...y-yeah. I just had to um...finish an assignment.' He tells me, sounding more like he is assuring himself as well as me, and adds a little shrug.

I nod slowly then a though pops into my head. 'Wait, but we only started classes today...?' I question, knowing I must have caught him out by the way he suddenly blushes a dark, deep red.

'I know, um...just wanted some extra tuition so started early, you know?' he says in an unusually high voice.

I sigh. 'Peeta...what's going on?' I ask him, sick of the lies and excuses.

He looks up and gives me a guilty look. 'W-what do you mean?' he asks dubiously.

I look down and shake my head.

Just leave it Katniss...he doesn't want to tell you...

'Right, well...we'd better get inside.' I say in a cheery voice through clenched teeth and the lump in my throat.

I watch a slash of hurt and guilt flash through his eyes, but it is only for a moment before it turns back to the usual starling blue that I can't get out of my mind.

'Yeah...we should.' He says quietly, looking down.

As I reach for the knocker located on the front of the door next to the number, it swings open sharply and Jo is standing there with a confused and guilty look on her face.

'Oh...hi guys, just wondering when you were going to arrive,' she says in an unsteady tone, the guilty look still in her eyes.

I watch as she looks between us and give me a look as if to say: 'what-is-going-on-you-are-telling-me-later'.

I just smile through the hurt and walk past her, into our new dormitory. I hear footsteps behind me and guess that they are following me inside, as I walk over to the bed and drop my bag onto it with a sigh and throw myself onto the couch.

I see that Jo has taken up the seat next to the table, leaving Peeta standing awkwardly in the doorway.

'Um...' he says, looking around.

'Sit there,' I say, pointing at my bed.

He blushes, but walks towards my bed, slinging his bag onto the floor before proceeding to sit on the edge of the covered bed.

He then looks up and we meet eyes for just one second before Jo's voice interrupts our glance-fest. But the way he was looking at me tells me that what happened before was way more blown to proportion than I thought.

'So...me and Kat were thinking that I would draw you, you would draw her and she would draw me?' Jo says, gesturing the triangle.

He nods and looks at me for a moment before agreeing.

'Yeah, sounds cool.' He mumbles in that boyish tone of laziness.

I nod to Jo and she smiles. 'Ok then, shall we get started?'

We all look to each other and nod, directing a 'yes'.

'Ok, I think that Kat should do me first, and Peeta can take notes on the different steps she takes to do it and the different sketches that join up the whole piece in the end.' Jo subsides. We nod.

'Ok guys. Stop nodding and 'uh-huh'ing. It's really annoying. What is going on between you? Why do you keep sharing these little looks, and blush when you connect eyes...huh?' Jo says, making the moment so awkward that I glare at her.

I don't dare look at Peeta so I look down at my hands and fiddle with my thumbs, suddenly becoming interested in my fingernails.

'Well...this is awkward. Shall we get drawing?' Jo whistles, with a small chuckle.

I look up to see that Peeta is staring at the door, and has just turned to Jo like me. I stand up and go to the table.

'Sure...' I mumble.

I sit in the chair beside Jo and watch as Peeta sits beside me, causing my heart to flutter from the heat that has suddenly rushed to my cheeks and sides.

'Right, so I'm taking notes, right?' he asks. Me and Jo both nod and I turn to her.

'Where are the canvases that Cinna gave us?' I ask her, looking around trying to seek them out.

She turns in her seat and stands, and then drags the chair to the wardrobe, before placing it in a standing position. She stands on it and leans into the wardrobe, disappearing from our view. Then she appears with three canvases in her arms and wobbles on the chair and hops down landing on her square feet.

Peeta beside me claps, making us laugh, lightening the mood and lifting some tension. I look at him and see he is watching me so look back to Jo and make sure that the blush on my cheeks isn't too obvious.

Jo walks back towards us and drops the canvases in front of us on the round table, then makes a dash back to the chair, pulling it back along with her, then plumps herself on it and breathes out.

'Done.' She says and leans back in her chair.

I laugh at her unfitness and turn to Peeta who is pulling a notepad out of his bag that is now on his lap.

I want to be that bag...

I suddenly blush at the thought and looked around quickly making sure no-one heard me. I know it was a thought but you can't be too careful.

I see that Jo is watching me with amusement in her eyes and she is smiling at me mischievously. She then looks to Peeta quickly then back at me, winking at me. I shake my head quickly then look back up towards Peeta and see he is watching us.

'Hi,' I say then mentally scowl at myself.

He lets the confusion wash off his face and humour replaces it. 'Hi,' he says back before looking down at his pad.

'Okay, so I'll just watch Katniss draw you and write her plans and stages of the structure to drawing you, Jo?' he asks her.

Jo nods then turns to me and smiles widely at me, making me sort of freaked out.

'What?' I say and lean back.

She stops and looks at me confused, and I hear Peeta chuckling next to me.

'Why what?' she asks, looking between us.

'Why were you looking at me like that?' I ask her, looking to Peeta to see if he had the explanation but he was just bent over laughing so hard he wasn't making any noise.

'I was smiling at you,' she says as if it was obvious.

I burst out laughing and watch as she glares at me then Peeta as I hold onto him for help. 'My-my...t-t-tummy...' I say through hard laughs.

Peeta looks at me and nods jittery through his hard laughs as well.

'When you are done being hag-bitches, I'm waiting for you to draw me.' She says and looks at us with hurt expression.

'Don't worry, Gale will like it.' Peeta says and smirks.

I laugh and watch as Jo stands up and walks towards Peeta.

He yelps and jumps us and runs away, really making me fall of my chair in full-on laughter. I think I laugh for about half-an-hour before I feel strong arms come around me and lift me off the ground. I open my eyes and see Peeta close and blush, feeling his heat against my body.

He is looking down at me and smiles, with dark red circles on his cheeks as well.

'When you guys are almost done, Peeta has to leave. Dorm rules.' I hear someone chuckle.

I look up and see Clove standing by the door with her arms crossed, watching us with raised eyebrows.

'Oh um...right.' Peeta says and lets me go gently but rapidly.

He looks at me once more with a glint in his eyes before he runs out the door waving behind him to us.

I turn to Jo who is lying on her bed.

'We didn't even do anything though.' I complain, upset he's gone.

She turns to me and laughs. 'Whilst you were bawling your eyes out on the floor, I was drawing Peeta and taking notes all by myself,' she informs me.

I look down and wonder how I could actually laugh that long.

'What's the time anyway?' I ask anyone really.

'10:00.' Annie chirps in, walking out of the bathroom with a towel turbaned around her brown hair.

How can anyone laugh for 2 hours?!

'We better get some sleep. It's our first night here and you don't want to break rules and have a bad reputation.' Clove informs.

I nod and walk towards my bed and flop down on it.

I suddenly smell a strong scent of cinnamon and remember this was where Peeta had sat this evening. I suddenly blush at the thought of my head being where his bum is, but I couldn't force myself away from it.

I know that is kind of peedofiley but...well he does smell nice.

So I decided not to change and I just pulled the covers around me, letting myself fall into a cinnamon filled rest. And with this first day over I could have one good rest before having to work out everything that happened today.

And where this will all take us...

AN: Hey guys, hope you liked that chapter. So sorry again for the late update but you were WARNED. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, like and LOVED our story. Please if you haven't, check out our other story 'letting loose' that has finished now, but still holds you at the edge the whole way. Review ideas for this story on how we could improve and what you like about it. LOVE YOU GUYS I just love this session we have every week, with every single one of you. I think we could all become one big group of best friends, who's with me:DD. I'm only joking; I just sound like a desperate, young gurlll. Anyway...:/...see you soon on the next chapter. Bye everyone. R&R ;)