Heeey :) It is me! Again! NOTE:The Task in this book is not to get out of the school, It's to bring down Glimmer! Ok?
After Rue is finally done dragging me through hallway after hallway of this stupid school, we finally reach a white door. I scrunch up my nose with distaste at the peeling paint, and the scratched gold plaque, engraved ROOM 401. Rue smiles at me and pushes the door open. She runs in and flops onto her bed, sighing. " I missed you baby."
She murmurs into her pillow. I giggle, and to my surprise, so do some other people. I look up, and see three other girls, sitting on their beds, grinning at me. A girl with flame red hair, the colour of that annoying chick's hair from Victorious, walks towards me . I study the top of her hair carefully. You can tell if their hair is dyed by the roots. Their always darker.
( I don't actually know if this is a fact :P) But nope, this girls hair is all Natrual. She smiles at me. " Hi. I'm Foxface.". She sticks out her hand. I raise my eyebrows, and gently shake her hand. " FoxFace?". I question. She sighs. " Yup. My real name is Evie Hens. But, after these guys,". She gestures to the group of girls behind her. " Found out how good I was at smuggling ice cream from the kitchens downstairs, they christened me with this name". She smiles. " I did it! ". A thin girl with long dark hair adds. She starts to walk towards me, and I get a good look at her. She's quite tall, unlike me, because I am kinda average height. Her long, brown hair is naturally wavy,
and it shells around her tanned face. She has hazel eyes, and full, pink lips. She sticks out her hand, more abruptly than Foxface. Just by the way she looks, and acts, I can tell I'm going to like her. " Johanna Mason." She says proudly. I shake her hand. " Katniss Everdeen.". I say back. She smiles, and the last girl comes forward.
She has black, long, curly hair, and fantastic green eyes. She is VERY pretty. She smiles at me, and sticks out her hand. " Annie. Annie Cresta.". I shake her hand. " I would say it was nice to meet you, but I want to go home so,". I shrug. Annie laughs, and looks at Johanna. " I think we've got another Rue on our hands". She giggles.
Johanna smirks. " Shut up!". Rue shouts, her voice muffled from her pillow. Everyone laughs. Johanna takes a step forward, until her face is up in mine. " I expect you want to get out, right?". She asks me. " More than ever." I tell her. She sighs, and turns to Foxface and Annie. " Let's go. I think Rue needs to talk to Kitty Kat over here".
I wince at the nick name.
That was what my mother used to call me, when I was little. I sigh. The three girls make their way out, and Rue sits up, and smooths her hair back.
I walk over to the window next to my bed, and sit in the window sill. I stare into the white, cloudy sky. There's only patches of blue in sight, but it's not a stormy, rainy grey either. I think about back home. The sky was a piercing blue, with a huge, golden sun. Here, the sun is no where in sight. Sighing, I smooth my hair back.
This is my new home.
This is England.
When I look up, I spot Rue looking at a photo, that was placed on my desk. My heart skips a beat. I recognise that photo. That's my photo of my mother, with out old dog Sammy.
After Mom died, Dad gave it to the pound. Realisation hits me. Someone moved it. Anger fills me. Rue looks up, her chocolate brown eyes meeting my silver ones. They shine with excitement. " Is that your mother?". She points to the photo. I give a small nod. " It would be so cool if she came to visit! My mother would love to meet her. They could chat, and get to know each other! My mother loves people. She and your mum would be like best friends!". I can't keep the tears from spilling over my cheeks. I turn to look out the window, praying she'll stop talking.
But she doesn't.
" You could come over to our little house, in Alaska!". She says. " Your mothers with a dog who looks exactly like our dog, Choccie. She would love him! I bet she would have lots of fun! We have great shops down there. A shopping trip where I live should be at the top of the mother daughter activity list. And we could go to the Alaska ranch-".
" My Mom's dead, Rue!". I'm hysterical now. Rue freezes, her expression shocked. " She died in a car crash when I
was eleven!". I cry, tears falling in the carpet. " A car crash I was in! That gave me these scars!". I turn around, and lift up my long blonde hair, and I hear her gasp, as I show her the messy, horrible pile of scars on my neck. " And you know what? You and your Mom may go shopping, and eat out together, and do the whole ' Mother Daughter experience" thing, but the nearest me and my Mom got to that was me, holding her in my arms as she died!". I'm sobbing now. My eyes are blocked with tears, and my head is in my lap. I hear the door swing open, and Annie gasp. " What happened?". She says. Rue goes over and quietly explains the whole situation to me. I'm still sobbing, hard.
After a minute, four pairs of arms wrap around me. I cry harder. " She died in my arms,". I whisper. They hold me tighter. " I'm so sorry,". Rue whispers in my ear.
I just let them hold me.
An hour later, we're sat in a circle in our pyjamas, and I swear, I've never laughed so hard in my life. They helped me stop crying almost instantly, and we have played some ... games.
An Intresting game of truth or dare, which involved Foxface calling a boy called Marvel, and telling him how much Glimmer loved him, and Rue telling us how she stalked Taylor Lautner while he was in Alaska, a touchy feely version of Blind Man's buff, A would you rather? game, where we now know that Johanna would rather rip up a sacred poster of All time low than parade around all of her celeb crushes naked ( good choice ), and surprisingly, I would rather wait and fall in love, than get married to the next hot guy I meet. Now we were onto spin the bottle, tell the truth.
Johanna takes the empty water bottle, and spins it around the circle. It lands on Foxface. She grins. Foxface then spins the bottle. It lands on an annoyed Rue. Foxface rubs her hands together in glee." Have you ever kissed a boy?". Foxface asks. Rue bites her lip, and I giggle. She looks Foxface in the eye, and says, " Yes". Foxface grins. " Who?". She asks. Rue throws her hands up in the air. " You asked your question!". The bottle moves on to me, as I'm sitting next to Foxface. I watch it fly round, in a blurry circle, and laugh as it lands on Rue. Everyone goes silent, until I say,
" Who?".
The circle erupts in giggles, and Rue's hiding her face in her hands. After a minute, she looks me in the eye, and says quietly, " Marcus Andrews". Everyone starts to wolf whistle, and Johanna, seeing the confused look on my face, sits up, and grabs, ' Panem Academy School For Boys And Girls Yearbook 2011'.
" Woah, I thought this was an all girls school? That's what the website said ". They laugh and shake their head. " We have classes with the boys, but they stay over there.
The website hasn't been updated in years! ". She points to the large building out of the window. I nod, and after a few minutes, they excitedly point to a picture of a boy,
holding three gold medals. " He won them for running", Annie tells me. The boy has floopy, shiny brown hair, and big brown eyes. He's actually pretty gorgeous. I walk over to Rue, who looks up at me, nervously. I grin. " Hi five girl!". I say. She laughs and we slap hands together. We are all about to sit in our circle again, when the door opens. I look up, and my eyes widen. This woman, has green hair, pulled back in a tight bun, a white powdered face, and a Chinese silk dressing gown on. She looks so out of place here. Kind of like me. But with more... Tackiness.
" Hello Matron Effie". Everyone murmers. She nods. " I'm here for your mobile phones." I have to suppress the urge to laugh at her accent. I watch as everyone goes to their suit cases. I sigh and do the same. " Oh, Rue, I think your slippers might be over at Katniss's bed." Johanna yells, her voice strange. Rue nods, and scampers over here.
She bends down next to me, and whispers, " Give her this phone. These are our decoys." She hands me an old looking blue phone, and I nod. " Not over there...". She murmurs as she gets up. We all go and drop our phones into Matron's cardboard box, and she nods. " Lights out now Girls!". She yells. We all groan and climb into bed. It is only then I realise how tired I am. The girls start to chat quietly, but I begin to drift away, and honestly, sleep has never felt so good.
" Oh god. Do you guys always get up at this time?". I groan. We are walking in the hallways, down to breakfast, and it's 6:30! Everyone giggles. " Yah, Katniss. This is the time normal people get up" Foxface pats me on the head. I slap her hand away. " I just did my hair" I growl. Johanna groans. " Oh dear god." she moans. Annie laughs. "At least she's not as bad as Rue. Remember when she first came here, and you touched her hair, and she nearly broke your arm.". I laugh. Johanna nods, and shrugs her shoulders. " Kids small, but she's strong". I nod. I feel pretty awesome, even if it is 6:30. I suppose having friends ain't as bad as I though it would be. I take a few steps forward, and suddenly, Rue grabs my arm. " Stop! Glimmer's coming!". She whispers, sharply. I raise an eyebrow. " So?". I tell her. " Yes!". Johanna yells. " Finally, someone who is brave enough to defy the princess her own lane in these corridors.". Johanna puts her arm around me. I smile. " Let's get that bitch,". I nod in approval. She salutes me.
I laugh. Walking forward, I look over my shoulder, and see Glimmer and her two minions coming towards us. " So, Katniss, how are you enjoying the school?". Johanna says loudly. I give her a big bright smile. " I LOVE it. Everyone's so nice, and selfless. I mean at my last school, the head girl, needed her own lane in the corridor,". I tell her, matching her tone. This is a complete lie of course. Johanna gives me a look of outrage, and I have to holdback a laugh. " What? That's so silly! Not how a head girl should AT ALL." I nod in agreement. Johanna gives me a small nod, which means Glimmer is behind me. I turn around, and give her a huge fake smile.
" Hey Glimmer!". I say sweetly. " Johanna and I were just talking about the head girl at my old school.". I tell her gravely. I hear Rue start to have a ' coughing fit'. Johanna comes to stand beside me, and places a hand on my shoulder. " Her head girl had her own lane in the corridor. No one could walk in front of her." She shudders. " It's all very sad.". I cover my mouth, and give a small cough. I was about to laugh!
Glimmer gives me a small glare, then gives us a tight, small smile. " How sad.". She says through gritted teeth, and walks around us.
After she's dissapeared around the corner, Johanna and I start to high five.
" Victory!". We chant, as we start to walk again. Annie rolls her eyes. " Oh god. I knew you would bring the worst out of her Katniss!". She gives an exasperated sigh. Rue raises one eyebrow. " Your talking like we just got her down for her nap,". Rue shakes her head. I laugh. " Aw, baby Jo!". Foxface runs up and hugs her. Johanna sighs. Foxface steps back, a grin on her face.
We turn the corner, and slip through two open doors, made out of sturdy wood. We join the queue of boys and girls in smart uniform, and await our breakfast.
Five minutes later, I'm sitting next to Johanna, a plate of buttery pancakes in front of me. I dig in, and Rue laughs. " That good?". I look up at her, and roll my eyes into the back of my head. Everyone laughs except from Annie. She's staring over at the table of boys in the corner. I follow her gaze, and I drop my fork with a clang, making some people stare at me . The boy I was staring at turns around, and I blush. He laughs, and gives me a small wave. I'm too stunned to move. He turns back around. " Who was THAT?". I ask, eyes wide.
And I'm ending it there! I'll try upload again today, but, as I said, that little review button always helps. ;)
This took a little longer to publish because I typed it up on my brothers computer, that wouldn't let me upload, so I had to wait until I could get on my Dad's pc to upload D:
But it's here now! And Cindy, sorry I left you hanging :) I'm evil! ;D
Plus, A little note, all the sleep over games I have expierienced my self.. *shudders*
Also, Chapter 1 has been fixed! So go check that out now! :D