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Peeta POV

I really feel bad for Katniss, I know how she feels because there is always rumour going around the school about me. But I never let them get to me; life is too short to care about the little things. I just hope she knows that. I don't want her to block herself out from the world because of some silly lie. I really do care for her and want her to be happy. I want her to be happy with me. I want her in my arms. I want to protect her. I want to love her. But how do I show her that I won't hurt her? I leave the classroom to go back to my friends in the lunchroom. I see Katniss sitting down with her group of friends and I think about how I wish I could sit with her andbe close to her without her thinking I was a freak. I look over at her and give her a smile and she looks away so that she doesn't have to repay me with one of her sweet smiles.

"Hey Peeta, what were you talking to Katniss about? She looked pretty mad when she came out" Crucis says as I reach our table.

"We were just talking about our assignment."

"Bullshit, you guys were probably having sex again!" Crucis yells so that practically the whole room can hear him.

"Shh, I told you we never had 's just a rumour"

"So I guess the bet is off now that you two engaged in sexual intercourse" he says totally ignoring my last comment.

"Crucis we never had sex! End of story!"

"Alright calm down, but why are you denying it? I thought you wanted her."

"Yeah I do but I'm not going to lie about us having sex in the shed because it never happened, Now Katniss is blaming me for this whole fiasco."

"Why is she blaming you?"

"Because I'm always having rumours made up about me. She said she thinks it's best if we don't talk to each other for a while so no more rumours start up again"

"Oh bad luck, well I guess if she doesn't want to talk to you anymore you won't be able to finish our little bet."

"I don't care about this stupid bet! I only care about her!"

"Wow, it sounds like you have actually fallen for her"

"What, No I'm not falling for her I-I just care about her. I don't want her to get hurt because of me."

"Maybe it is best if you stay away from her so she doesn't get targeted for these stupid rumours."

"Yeah you're right, but I can't stay away from her. I just can't."

I look over to where Katniss is sitting and I think about how it would be so much easier if we were out of this place. Just so it could be me and her,together. Why does this have to happen to me? Just as I find such a nice girl that I want to be with I have to stuff it up somehow. I can't just let her go like I did. I love being with her, but she doesn't want to be around me. Should I move on and go back to my old ways since she clearly doesn't want to be around me? Or should Ijust tell her my true feelings about her? Would she forget about people possibly spreading rumours about her? What if she rejects me? I'll have no way of going back to her then. She will probably think I'm a jerk for even thinking that way about her and probably won't believe that I would be faithful to her. I decide to go home early from school because I really can't be bothered sitting through another one of those stupid history classes and I don't want to be at school anymore it just makes me think about her. Once I get home I'm greetedby my wonderful brothers both giving me a hug.

"Ah, what's this for?"

"We heard about you fucking Katniss in the school shed. I am so proud!" says Wade.

"How did you hear about that? I thought only the people at school would know about that."

"Word travels fast little brother and everyone knows everything here" says Jaymes. He's the other member of the Mellark clan. He is best known for having sex with Penelope Thistle one of the hottest girls in the district, also in the school shed when he was in school. He's still famous for it today and that was a couple of years ago.

"I guess it does. Well I'm off to my room."

"Ah, not so fast. Is it true? Did you really have sex with her?"

"No. You would know that she wouldn't do anything like that Wade!"

"Yeah I guess so, but I just wanted to know if it was true. You never know, the Mellark charm could have gotten to her."

"I want to meet this girl and see what she is like. Wade told me she's a sexy little thing" says Jaymes, frustrating me. I hate them thinking about her that way, she is not a 'thing'.

"Well you're not going to meet her, because she doesn't want to talk to me for a while which might be forever."

"Well let's change that" Jaymes says pulling me towards the front door.

"What do you mean?"

"We'll catch her while she's walking home" says Wade.

"Ah no, we will not! She doesn't want to talk to me!" I say pulling back from their grasp on my arms.

"Come on all you have to do is charm her and she's all yours. It works every time" he says pulling me forward again. I don't put up a fight because I know that with both of them by my side I'm not going anywhere.

It's quite embarrassing walking through the streets with both your brothers holding onto both your arms like your some crazy person about to lash out and kill someone. As we get closer to Katniss's house I see her walking with her sister and Gale who must walk home with them every day. She spots me coming closer to her and my heart starts pounding as I think about what I'm going to say to her. She must be telling her sister to go home because her sister starts walking in the opposite direction towards her house and Gale follows her probably making sure she gets home safely while Katniss walks towards me.

"She is a bit of a knockout isn't she? Nice going Peeta I can see you have finally got good taste in the ladies" Jaymes says loud so that Katniss can hear him and she starts to blush. God I love it when she does that.

Katniss stops just in front of us and crosses her arms probably wondering what the hell we are doing. My brothers let go of my arms and I reach out for Katniss and grab her hand pulling her away from my brothers so I can have a conversation with her privately.

"You can do it Peeta!" both my brothers say sticking their thumbs up at me.

"What is this about? Have you told your brothers about the rumour!" she says with an angry look on her face.

"No, I swear. I haven't they didn't say who they heard it from, but they did say the rumour is travelling."

"What! I cannot let my mother find out about this!" she saysputting her hands to her face probably wanting to cry.

"Don't worry, it sounds like its only travelling between the teenagers, but I can't promise that she won't hear about it." I say giving her a hug "But I wanted to tell you since you walked out of the classroom before I could say anything is that I'm so sorry for this whole rumour thing to happen to you and I understand if you don't want to talk to me because of this. You shouldn't be the one having rumours made up about you. So I promise I won't talk to you or come near you for a while even if I really want to spend some time with you. Because I know how it feels when everyone looks at you differently because of some lie and it could get worse than this. I don't want you to feel that way."

"But what about the assign-" she says before I cut her off.

"Don't worry about it I can do the rest of it. I want to finish it"

"Thank you Peeta, I really appreciate it" she says pulling herself away from my hug. I see on her face she has a tear running down her face. I don't know if it was from what I just told her about her mother finding out about this rumour or my speech for her. I wipe the tear away from her face andshe quickly leans into my face to give me a little kiss on the lips and straight away walks back to her house. Not even letting me have time to kiss her back and even process what just happened. I stand in the same spot for a couple of seconds baffled by what she just did. Did she just kiss me?

"Dude she kissed you!" says Wade as I start walking back towards them. He's probably astonished at what she just did.

"I know, I was the one who was kissed by her."

"I know, but I didn't think she would be the one to do that. Ever since I met her I've thought that she is going to be a hard one to crack but you did it. You're a genius" Says Wade bowing up and down in front of me.

"Oh stop being an idiot" I say giving Wade a playful push.

Jaymes picks me up and throws me over his shoulder and we start walking home. This kid has mega muscles so I don't even bother trying to make him put me down because it won't work. I think about what just happened. Katniss kissed me for the first time and it felt amazing. Even though it was short it still felt amazing to kiss her again. The jerk thatmade up the rumour must pay for me having to completely cut myself off from Katniss. I wish just once that I could be with the girl that I loved, without there having to be something to block me.

Next chapter will be up in 3-4-5 days this time because I'm going to be super busy doing my assignment that is due at the end of this week and I'm only half way through so yay for me and keep guessing who you think made up the rumour and I have some really really good ideas for future chapter so keep reading to see what they are :)