I laugh and soon Finnick and Peeta join in. "So any friend of Annie's is a friend of mine" says Finnick. "Oh thank you all mighty Finnick for bestowing this great opportunity to me" I joke bowing my head. "Oh you are most welcome" he replies in what seems like a seductive voice. Immediately I become uncomfortable and Peeta notices this and comes to my rescue. "Hey guys as fun as this has been we should start to head back people might think we were plotting something sat here in the darkest corner of the Gym" he says smoothly and stands up offering his hand. Tentatively I take it and hoist myself up but not before 100 sparks of electricity passes between our hands. Peeta must notice and lets go of my hand once I am stood up. Finnick eyes us suspiciously as both of our faces tinted pink. "Uh...let's go"I say quietly and they nod their heads in agreement. As soon as we arrive we notice that everyone is here and the teachers start talking. I go stand next to Frankie and they stand beside me, she raises her eyebrow and I mouth 'later' to her.

"Hello Seniors and welcome to another year of Gym, today you will start with laps then rope and after that if you have been split into the upper half showcase any special ability as always those in the sports teams last year can sit out as they are already sorted into the top set". I hear Frankie snort at this and mumble something like real athletes never back down from practice or something bitterly. After they finish talking all the injured and cheerleaders (separated from everyone cause of their hair being tied back with what I can only describe as tinsel and the fact they all have green tops making them resemble Christmas trees, strange). I turn my attention to see everybody is going outside and follow them. I am stood beside Frankie again who starts questioning me. "Ok chill" at this she raises an eyebrow to say no one says that anymore, I give her a sheepish smile and continue happy that with everyone going outside there is no much noise for anyone to hear us "Peeta and Finnick are my friends, I met Peeta cause he's in a couple of my classes and is my neighbour and Finnick because he is good friends with both Peeta and Annie another friend of mine" I explain. She nods and soon I find myself outside with everyone along one side which I presume is the start line. Lining up I notice Frankie has gone into racing mode and I imitate her wanting to prove myself. We are told to run one lap and the whistle blows. One tangle of limbs later I find that I'm running with the athletes of the school and start running faster with Frankie at my heels. At the 200m line I find four of us at front leaving others to bite dust, Johanna, Clove, Frankie and Me. I notice that Frankie and Johanna are a tad bit behind Clove and me. At 100m I pump my arms more and use all my strength to try and beat Clove or come close second, she too starts running faster but slows a bit when she sees me. Only focusing on my goal I take advantage of this run as fast as I can and reach the end in a few seconds beating Clove by half of one which the PE teacher pointed out astonished. We both collapse on to the floor and stretch and Johanna and Frankie soon join us. "Fucking...hell...you're...fast" says Johanna in between panting. "You never...told ...me...you..could run" Frankie says out of breath. I shrug "I was on the athletics team in England and county as well as regional in some sports and national at archery no big deal". "Oh you're fucking kidding me" Johanna exclaims "It's no big deal I'm just some hot shot British athlete it's nothing really" she says in a British accent and I laugh, my breathing returning to normal. "Katniss is there nothing you can't do, you're and amazing singer and an all-star athlete" says Peeta as he sits beside me. I blush at his compliments and stand up and turn only to be faced by Clove and her huge boyfriend Cato. "You're fast I will give you that, the Track team mets every Friday and on Tuesdays as well for extra sessions before a match see you Friday" Clove says coldly and then turns away. "Yes we can be on Track together!" sings Frankie excited and hugs me. I laugh at her antics and we go inside. We are then tested on how fast we can climb, which with the help of all my years hunting, I do easily. After that we are separated into higher and lower and are to showcase our talents, all athletes have to sit out on this one because the teachers already know. After 15 minutes it's my turn and I go to the middle of the gym, laid out are various things we can use and I immediately locate the bow and arrows. Setting up my target I stand a bit away from it and test the bow, shooting I miss the bulls-eye because the string is tighter than the one I am used to. This causes a few snickers and me to start losing my temper, calming down I stand a good distance away and shoot. Bulls-eye. Smirking I stand further back after hearing a few lucky one offs and shoot again. Bulls-eye again. I repeat until I'm shooting bulls-eye from one side of the Gym to another. Clapping follows as I blush forgetting that they were there, the teachers come out and ask me to represent the school in archery competition and that I can use the gym in Wednesdays for practice but it will be just me as there aren't enough people good enough to make a team. I accept and go back to my friends, they all congratulate me and pat me on the back. Only Peeta hangs back because he knows I don't like crowds and can't take complements but he grins my way and it makes my stomach flutter. Funny how I know this boy so well and he knows me just as and we have only known each other for 2 days. Shut up Katniss you can't like him and most certainly doesn't like you.

Shaking my head to clear thoughts I take a seat next to Frankie who talks non-stop excitedly. The teachers then say out the names of who is in what set and I got in with the Athletes!

We go back to the changing rooms...sorry 'Locker Room' and change then head out to lunch. Reaching the hall I sit down at Annie's table although I guess it's our table now and introduce her to everyone. She quietly says hello and everyone engages into their private conversation, I use this opportunity to ask Annie where she was in PE. "I was at the doctor's " she replied and I nodded not wanting to pry. "But you are ok, right?" I ask concerned and she notices. "Yes of course it was just a routine checkup" she reassures and smiles soon the whole table is laughing and talking like old friends.

But soon that stops, "What does that Bitch want?" Frankie asks bitterly and I notice Thresh wrapping his arm around her shoulder tightly. We all become quiet as we see

Glimmer, Cato and Clove approach us. "Hello Katniss" says Glimmer with clear discust in her voice meaning she was forced into this encounter. Clove coughs and Glimmer speaks again but much more sweetly "We were wondering if you would like to sit with us at lunch from now on instead of well for lack of a better word the social pariahs that seemed to surround you". I huff infuriated and notice Frankie clenching her fists and Annie on the verge of tears. "I would never sit with a bunch of egotistical, fake, arseholes who think that everyone should bow down and kiss you're rotten feet" I reply my voice filled with hatred.

Glimmer looks shocked and gapes at me whilst Cato and Clove glare at me. Suddenly I hear a maniacal laughter behind them and see Johanna stood behind them. "Well somebody got there ass served" she says still laughing and sits beside me and opposite to Thresh. "Johanna what the fuck are you doing?" asks Clove angrily to which she replies "Sitting with my new best friend" and puts an arm around my shoulder and bits into her sandwich. Clove glares at her and Johanna returns it with just as much fire. Clove breaks contact and harshly whispers "You will pay for embarrassing us Everdeen". I lean closer to her and whisper "Bring it on" with a grin and they all turn and stomp back to their table. The cafeteria bursts out in applause at us then suddenly stops when they see Clove glaring at them. "Urgh thank god they are gone, I was worried you would sell us out Kat" Frankie says bluntly. "Well Franks I told you I am not that kind of girl" I say and she grins at her new nickname. "And that's exactly why I am sitting with you guy" Johanna says happily. Everyone turns to her for an explanation except Annie who says "Nice to see you out Jo" which makes us even more eager for an explanation. "Ok well let's just say I hate those Bitches but I only sat with them because all the drama they create is pretty funny to watch" she says like it's the most obvious thing in the world. We all nod and carry on the conversation but I am still unsure of Johanna but since Frankie and Annie seem to trust here I do as well. At the end everyone exchanges numbers and we head to our last 2 remaining lessons which are pretty uneventful except snide comments coming from the careers but not Peeta and Finnick. At the end of the day I get all the stuff I need and put it in my bag and the rest in my locker and wait for Peeta. Soon I see him coming but surround by girls, he catches my eye and looks at me pleadingly, I roll my eyes and nod and his face lights up. While he continues to make awkward conversation with the girls I concoct a plan. The hypothetical lightbulb turns on above my head and I know what to do. I join the girls and then suddenly shriek screaming spider, this then ensues chaos as they run around shrieking and screaming where? Where?

I grab Peeta's hand and drag him to the lockers where he quickly gets his things and we run outside still hand in hand. I blush at this and let go. He sees this and looks...a little disappointed but quickly recovers and smiles as we walk to my car. Could Peeta have feelings for me? Nah we met yesterday and anyway who would like me?!

We soon reach my car and hop in. Peeta seems in deep thought so I ask him what's wrong. "Oh nothing just thinking... Hey Katniss you know how we are good friends?" he says and I gulp not knowing where this conversation is heading and nod not trusting my voice. "Well I need to ask you something" he says as I park in front of my house and face him. His sea blue eyes look at me intensely "Would you like to be my..."