Switching back to Katniss' POV

Peeta's officially been out for a week, which is leaving me worried. Of course we message at night, as much as Rye will allow, but it's not the same as saying to my face that he's alright. A lot of people are coming up to our group and asking when he'll be back and why he's out. Johanna finally snapped when Delly came up to us for the fifth time in the same day, "We don't know okay! That's what we've been telling everyone and that's what we're telling you, so get you tight ass and painted face away from us!" She took offense and trotted away.

That leaves me in drama, alone. Of course no one will be talking to me after what Johanna did, not that I care. Actually, it will be a lot better without anyone coming up to me and asking about him. "Okay class, I will be assigning groups for your upcoming assessment. You're going to make a short film using only music, no dialogue. You can use any songs you would like, if they have lyrics or not is your choice. The requirements are that you need to use at least seven songs and all members of your group need to be involved. Susan will pass out the task sheet while I read out the group lists." Oh great, we'll have groups! The only person in my drama class that is my friend is Peeta, and that's because he has the exact same schedule as me. Another thing is that I have Clove is my class, a Career, and Delly who hates me with everything she has. So if I get into a group with Delly and Clove, I'll scream.

"Group 1 is Delly, Jeremy and Jack, group two is Marianna, Teresa and Johnny, group three is Michelle, Joe and Jim," Yes! Delly wasn't in my group, but I felt bad for her that she was with two of the most annoying boys in the class. "And last but not least is group eight with Katniss, Clove and Peeta. Is he still absent?" A chorus of 'yes' is heard around the room. I'm with Clove?! That's against all of the social rules of the school! No one is supposed to talk to the Misfits, especially the Careers, its Social suicide. I glance in Clove's direction and it looks like she's throwing mental daggers at Mr. Crane. "Okay, now get into your groups and start discussing what you would want to do as your project!"

I walk over to the desk next to Clove's, she must be really fascinated with the task sheet, when I clear my throat and she looks up. She sighs and puts down the sheet, "Okay, I know you've been asked a lot but do you know when Mellark will be back so we can get this stupid project done?" Just by listening to her voice, I could tell that she was really concerned about Peeta yet looking at her face you'd think she was bored out of her mind. "I don't know, he said he might come tomorrow half day but since we don't have drama tomorrow we could meet somewhere." I replied, trying to keep the confusion out of my voice and face. "Great, maybe meet up by the benches? Then we can go to the K and work." I nod my head right before the bell rings; Peeta will get a kick out of this.
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K-Everdeen: RYE GET PEETA ON THE COMPUTER RIGHT NOW!
Awesome_Ry-An: Little eager there? Okay I'll get him…
Peter-Mellark: Hey, you called?
K-Everdeen: K so in drama Mr. Crane (the one with the beard,) assigned you, me and Clove as partners to do the song-movie project… do you know what that means!?
Peter-Mellark: That it's social suicide?
K-Everdeen: Uh, yeah. How did you know?
Peter-Mellark: Word gets around; Rye told me when he got home
K-Everdeen: Oh right, your brother is a senior… so r u coming tomorrow?
Peter-Mellark: should be… if Andi doesn't say that I need to stay home again…
K-Everdeen: What?
Peter-Mellark: Oh, never mind. So I'll probably see you tomorrow?
K-Everdeen: Yeah sounds good see ya.

turned around to see Rue staring at everything that I just wrote. "Rue! Ever heard of privacy?" She looks at me and mocks me, "Katniss! Ever heard of a little sister?" I roll my eyes and ask what she wanted. "What was that girl's name that walked you home last week? The blonde that looked like the one boy that you like." I hate that she said I liked him, but no use in denying it anymore I guess. "That was Andi, Peeta's sister. I thought she went to your school since you were in the same grade." Rue looks confused for a second, "Oh we're not in the same grade; she's in eighth grade while I'm in seventh. "Well that was Peeta's sister, why do you want to know?" She shrugs and sighs, "Rory has been going on and on about some blond girl that he saw walking away from here, claiming that he'll see her again and he would talk to her someday." It doesn't sound like Rory to talk about a girl forever and ever, for him it's all superheroes and videogames. I must've said this out loud because Rue chuckles then leaves.

The next day Peeta comes right before the last bell, probably just to get his homework that he missed. Johanna sees him first and runs up to him, "Peeta! Thank god we thought you died!" Really, leave it to Johanna to say that. "It's good to see you back Peeta, we were getting worried." Madge says. Annie starts to tear up and walks toward Peeta, hugging him as she sobs. Finnick comes up and gets Annie to let go of him after some convincing, she welcomes Peeta back before she and Finnick leave. Gale finally gets out of class and sees that Peeta's here, he runs up to us and slaps Peeta on the back. The pain is evident on his face and he arches his back, but listens to Gale anyways. After he gets welcomed back by our friends and other people we meet Clove by the benches. None of the Careers are with her, which is surprising, and she has her laptop ready. "Hey guys, welcome back Peeta, now are you ready to go?" she asks, we all nod while River trots in front of us.

When we go and sit down she gets straight down to business, "So what are you guys thinking of doing?" I'm taken aback by how straight forward she is, yet Peeta is just as forward, "How about we listen to songs on each other's iPods then find if any would go together? That way it'll be a little easier to find a plot." We both agree and pull out our iPods. I got mine a couple of years ago, it's a first addition iPod touch I got when Gale got his iPhone. Clove, nonetheless, pulls out her iPhone 5 (although it only came out two weeks ago,) and Peeta says he has nothing, he doesn't need it. We suggest he just says a song that comes to his mind, he agrees. Clove nods and asks who will go first, I volunteer since I haven't done anything yet. I play the first song on my iPod when it's on shuffle, and it's Mine by Taylor Swift. Peeta records it while Clove goes next, and it's I'm Just a Kid by Simple Plain. When Peeta goes it's This is War by He is We. "Okay, that round didn't go that well. Let's try again." Peeta suggests. Mine is Delete You by Ashley Tisdale, Clove's is Bet on It by her dad, and Peeta's is Cooler than Me by Mike Posner. "This is going to take a while" Clove says, and she's right.

We go through five more rounds and none of the songs fit together at all. "Argh, okay let's try one last time." Clove says. Everyone is getting frustrated and we don't have our plot yet. Peeta goes first and it's Eye of the Tiger while mine is Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne. Clove sucks in a breath as she presses the next button on her music, and it's the exact same song that Peeta had. "Finally we have a match!" Clove says. Looking over at the list, I find that maybe there are a few that we could use. Before I suggest anything Clove's dad comes into the shop door. Of course everyone looks up and is silent; some girls are snapping photos of him with their phones. He sees Clove and walks over to our table, "Hey you weren't answering your calls, I got worried. "He says not yet looking over at Peeta and I's side of the table. Clove smiles and starts talking to her dad about our project, just watching them you can tell that they have a great relationship. "Oh and dad, this is Katniss and Peeta, there my partners for this project so you might see them around the house." He looks over at us and shakes our hands, "Nice to meet you, Clove says so much about you-" She cuts him off and says that they need to go and she'll see us in drama.

After they leave Peeta and I start walking to our houses, the only sound coming is River's leash on Peeta's wrist. When we're about at where we separate Peeta stops, "Katniss, I want to ask you something. Don't take it the wrong way okay, I don't want this to affect us. Wait- never mind. Okay, Katniss, will you-"
"Peeta!"
I turn around to see a woman in her late 40s walking towards us. She's short and her brown hair is coming out of the bun she has tied on the back of her head. I could see Peeta tense when he heard his name, "Hello Mother, so sorry that I didn't call but I left my phone in Naan's car." She waves it off, "Its fine, I was just worried about my little boy! Who's your friend?" She says. "I'm Katniss, Katniss Everdeen." She nods but her smile dims. "Nice meeting you, but Peeta needs to get to his homework. He'll see you tomorrow!" She scurries him off, I watch as they go down his street.
Wait, did I just see her hit him?!

Oooh, Katniss is discovering more and more about the Mellarks, will she crack the code?! And what will say about Katniss?
Thank you so much for your reviews! We have reached 34 reviews in 6 chapters!
I decided that I will be doing something for the fiftieth reviewer (not saying we'll reach that today or tomorrow or the next) but whoever is the fiftieth reviewer will get to decide how Katniss and Peeta's first date will go! So the sooner we get to fifty reviews the sooner we get to see Peeta ask Katniss out :)