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Thank you all so much for the continuos reviews ;) Here comes chapter 7 done in a hurry, some part might be random, just try to ignore, and yeah. ENJOY! REVIEW! :D
-From, Buttercup \^O^/
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Shadow boy POV:)
"Peeta, I'm not sure if it's a good idea for me to take a shower at your house. Plus, I don't have anything to change into." Katniss says unsurely. I said,
"Katniss, you'll be fine. I'm sure my parents will be able to find you something."
Actually, my parents were going to give a gift to both Katniss and Prim, since they had an idea about letting me into the public. I'm not quite sure what the gift is, but I heard Leeva saying that it's two fine dresses. I handed Katniss a towel and I left her to deal with all the other procedures. I walked downstairs preparing our dinner table. Katniss says she's allowed to stay for dinner. Leeva waved at me from the kitchen, he said, "Jed's coming home for dinner!"
"When's he arriving?" I asked excitedly. That means he'd be here with us, and my friend Katniss, maybe Prim and her mom too. Leeva smiles and answered,
"He's arriving seven o'clock right on!"
"What time is it now?"
"Peeta, the closest clock that's near me is right on top of you." Right! The clock is on the wall behind me. It says 6:30pm. I jumped down the stairs to our dining table. Leeva said, "No. Peeta, you're supposed to give Katniss her gift."
"What is the gift?" I asked curiously. He called mom to the dining room. We waited for a while until mom came. She held out two bags and said,
"The green one's for Katniss, and the pink one's for Prim. Make sure you don't mix them up, ok?"
"Ok. What is it though?" I took the bag as mom answered,
"There're two dresses. The green one's for Katniss that she can wear to prom, the pink one is for Prim that she could wear anytime."
That sounds interesting. I know Katniss would never agree to go to school proms or dances. The same thing anyways. Prim would probably wear her dress since she's more like a girly girl. Leeva's phone beeped. He said,
"Jed said he's going to stop at Katniss's house to bring Prim and her mom to the dinner. That means, Peeta, you should get Katniss to start dressing up."
"Leeva, why do we suddenly have a dinner party tonight?" I asked. There actually isn't any reason we should have a dinner party. A formal one. We usually have a dinner party like this when other governors are over. This day is all full of random things. The dance with Katniss on the hill, and now, the dinner party. I mean, honestly. I walked upstairs again, to the same hallway, the hallway just outside where Katniss's taking a shower. I listened. There're no sounds of flowing water. I think Katniss's probably done taking her shower. I knocked on the door,
"Katniss? Are you done yet?"
"Yeah. A nice, hot, steamy shower. I never had a shower like this before." She talked loudly from inside the bathroom. I asked awkwardly,
"Do you mind if I come in?"
"What do you mean? Of course not… I don't even have anything to change into."
"That's why I asked. There's a dress that my family gave to you, and they think you should put it on for the dinner."
"What? I dress? What does it look like?"
"I'm not quite sure actually. Apparently it's a long gown that's appropriate for the school dances and proms."
"Wow. That's nice of you."
"So, do you mind if I come in and hand the dress to you?"
"Yeah ok. Wait a sec." She stopped talking and opened the door with a towel appropriately wrapped around her body. I handed her the green bag for her to dress into. She slammed the door shut and said,
"You stay outside and wait for me, ok?"
"I'll do whatever you want me to do."
"Oh wow. This thing is absolutely beautiful… Thank you so much Peeta." She gasped. I couldn't hear anymore sound so I guessed she's probably overwhelmed with the prettiness of her dress. I can't wait till how well the dress would fit on her when she walked out.
Kind girl's little sis POV:)
Jed picked mom and me up to go to the Mellark's mansion. I can't wait to go there again! I'm absolutely in love with that crystal chandelier that hung above their living room. I rung the doorbell and Leeva greeted me in a black suit and he held the door open. I can't wait to see Peeta and Katniss dressed up formally! Leeva whispered,
"If you want to see Peeta and Katniss, they're just upstairs on the hallway."
"Ok! Thank's Lev!" I gave him the nickname. Actually, Peeta allowed Katniss and me to call him Lev. He smiled as he give me the direction and I dashed off, kicking my pink boots off. I ran up the stairs and found only Katniss standing lonely in the most gorgeous dress I've ever seen. It's in the color of fern green, strapless and sleeveless. The dress falls until the ground, creating a fern green curtain, and decorated with crystals, and maybe diamonds. A dark sash goes around her waist. She said happily, "This dress is gorgeous, isn't it? Oh yeah, do you mind just helping me tie up the sash?"
"Yeah sure." I walked over and tied a bow. I patted the finished bow and said,
"There you go. Hey, where's Peeta?"
"Peeta? Oh, he said he's changing, and I think he wants to see you too. He has something for you too." Something for me too? Is it a dress too? Yay! Katniss said,
"By the way, Peeta hasn't seen me in the dress yet."
"So it's going to be a surprise?" I asked excitedly, wide smile on my face. She smiled, hiding her blushed face. She said,
"Ok, well you go and find Peeta and I'll be waiting for you down in the dining room."
"Ok! I'll just go and find Peeta in his room." I walked towards his room and knocked on the door,
"Peeta? It's Prim!"
"Oh hey Prim! I'll be heading down and you go and change, alright?" Peeta opened the door and handed me a pink bag. I peeked inside and touched it. The gift is soft with a primrose pink color. He said,
"You can change in my room if you want."
"Ok. Thanks!" I walked into his room and locked the door. I took out the gift, holding it so I could see the whole thing. It's not a long gown like Katniss's, but it should be up to my knee. It's sleeveless but not strapless like Katniss's. It has a white sash that's already made into a bow on the back of the dress. The skirt is layered in pink and white, and the bottom's trimmed with lace. The sash has a dark pink rose on the side of my waist. The top part is pink, trimmed with lace at the edges, and pearls making a pattern crisscrossing from the top of the dress to the sash. The dress is absolutely gorgeous. I slide myself into the dress and put on the pink heels that came with the dress, looked at myself in the mirror, untied my braids to make my hair wavy. Someone knocked on the door,
"Prim? It's Peeta. Are you ready to come down yet?"
"Yeah, I'll be coming! I love the dress too!" I opened the door and walked down with Peeta. I asked, "Have you seen Katniss yet?"
"No," he shook his head, "she said until we're all at the dining room."
"Oh. Ok. I love both of our dresses anyways. Thanks Peeta!" I walked downstairs, although I'd say it was more like skipping.
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Peeta commented on Katniss's dress while the rest of us are just having a fun time eating. Suddenly I thought of a question. I asked,
"Peeta, how are you going to get to school tomorrow?"
"I'm not sure. I don't think it's a good idea for Leeva to take me to school since I'm not supposed to be related to him." He's got a great point there. I said,
"Ok, so basically it would be Katniss and me taking you to school."
"Yes you're right."
"But you can't do anything with Katniss. First, you're supposed to be her cousin. Second, you're supposed to have a girlfriend named Gabrielle in France."
"You're exactly correct."
"What if they asked you to show a picture of her?"
"I can always make a fake one tonight." Peeta shrugs and mom cuts in,
"Prim, Katniss, isn't it a bit late now? We should get going."
"Mom, it's a dinner party." I reminded her with a complaint. She shook his head,
"Prim, there's school tomorrow."
"Still, it's a party…" I frowned. Mr. and Mrs. Mellark laughed with Jed and Leeva. Peeta said, "Ok, ok, Prim, I think your mom's right. You should probably get going soon since there actually is school tomorrow."
"Peeta, you always just have to be on the nice side." I groaned as Katniss laughed out loud with mom. Peeta smiles and shook his head,
"Katniss and you would have to be really nice to figure out an idea for me."
"Actually Peeta, Prim came up on the whole idea." Katniss corrects his sentence. Thanks a lot, catnip. I remember how Gale used to call him. Actually, he still calls her that like he's his lover. Gale and Katniss together just gross me out. We finished the rest of the dinner with jokes from Leeva, and the university life in the capitol from Jed. Pretty fun night until we had to say goodbye.
Mom and me walked before Katniss since we both know for Katniss to say goodbye would take a long time…
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"Katniss, you should really try and sleep tonight." I warned her again as I pushed her towards her bed. This time, she actually takes my warning into a consideration.
"Fine, I'll try and sleep. But I'd still wake up if I get those dreams again." Katniss says as she climbs into her bed. I said,
"I meant just try and sleep. It's for your own good."
"Yeah ok. I'll see you tomorrow morning." She yawns and closed her eyes. I closed the door quietly in case I wake her up. I walked to my room, changed into my pjs and crawl into bed.
Kind girl POV:)
I woke up early again because of hunting and trading. I checked on the clock when I got back. 7:30am. Prim and mom are already up, making breakfast. School starts soon so Prim and me will have to be on the run.
Knock, knock.
I opened the door and there stood Peeta dressed quite formal. Prim grabbed our bags and said, "Let's go to school! Peeta, you're going to love school so much."
"Prim, it's Freddy for school days." I reminded her in case she forgets. She said,
"Oh well. You guys can get to school safely, right? Tiara's just over there with Rue, Bonnie and Eleanor-"
"Eleanor? Which Eleanor?" I asked suspiciously. She shrugs and said,
"Cartwright."
"I told you to stay away from her."
"Alright, I'll just not talk to her. Wow." She dashed off to the corner of the street to meet up with Tiara. I asked,
"Should we get going now?"
"Your choice, mademoiselle." Peeta answered as he held out his hand. I placed his hand down by his lap and said, "We're cousins, not a pair of lovers."
"Oh. Right. Ok." He grins and I grinned.
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We got to school. First block: science with Beetee. He asked Peeta to go to the front of the classroom and introduced himself. The most common question girls ask is: Do you have a girlfriend? Obviously, Peeta the great liar said: Yes, her name's Gabrielle. We sat down on my usual spot with Madge and Gale beside us. Gale smiles and said,
"Freddy, nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, Gale." Peeta shook hands with Gale. Although myself I won't really believe it, but I'm pretty sure Gale's jealous of Peeta and me are cousins. Beetee carried on with his science class, lots of girls keep looking at Peeta dreamily, lots of boys wanting to hangout with Peeta, but at the end, there's always a person that knows the truth of Freddy/Peeta, me.
Science class went by fast, and we now have French. Uh-oh, if Peeta messes up in French class, that's just going to be awfully weird. The Freddy everyone's talking about is from France. In France people speak French. Plus, most of us, I mean my classmates and me can speak French fairly well. Including Prim. I whispered to Peeta,
"You've got to do well in French class, alright?"
"I told you, I can speak French. Actual fluent French, I'm not joking. Leeva and Jed taught me French since I was seven or something. They said I have to learn how to speak more than one language." Peeta sighs and shook his head, still smiling. I said as I walked off to Madge, "Ok, you just remember to speak. I'm going off to Madge."
"Alright, alright. The teacher probably just wants me to help other people." Peeta laughs and walk towards Gale. Anyone but Gale.
I walked to Madge, she smiles gleefully, "Oh isn't this exciting? Freddy speaking his fluent French in Portia's class."
"Yeah. He's just going to sit there and not talk. That's him." I quickly lied in case Peeta suddenly forgets how to speak French. Saying this to Madge would take the risk off a bit. Madge's the teacher's pet. She's always so hard working, so sweet, and she's smart.
We got to French, sat in our usual spots, took out our textbook and Portia came eventually. She smiles,
"Bonjour mes enfants! Comment ça va?"
"Ça va bien." The class chorused as usual. She looks at Peeta and smiled, blabbed a bunch of French sentences. Surprisingly, Peeta blabbed a bunch of sentences back. Is he just faking, or no? Portia seemed satisfied and she left our table alone for the whole class. I checked my schedule: Lunchtime next. Great. Right now we're supposed to have a meeting in headmistress Paylor's office about the trip to the capitol coming up next week. Peeta teased,
"Hey Katniss, do you have any lunch today?"
"Honestly, don't tease me with the subject of food." I rolled my eyes and headed towards the principle's office with Peeta trying to catch up to me from behind. I love watching Peeta chasing me because I know he'll never catch up.
I walked beside Madge when entering the delicate headmistress's office. We sat down on the comfy velvet couch. Madge asked dreamily and excitedly,
"Is Freddy going to come to the capitol with us?"
"Yeah, he's just trying to catch up to me by running in his slow speed. Oh look! There he is!" I patted on the empty seat beside me for Peeta to sit down. He sat, Paylor stood up and started her speech to the 30~40 students in the room.
"Good evening my dear students. As you know, this trip is only for the grade 12's to attend. This trip includes risks of…" And there she goes again. Finishing fast on the different types of risks, she got into the details.
"We have a few teacher chaperons, Effie, Portia and Cinna from the capitol. They'll be making sure you don't get lost in the capitol. There's also me who'll be there with all of you. We also have a special guest who studied at the capitol few years ago. I'd like you to meet Haymitch Abernathy."
I turned to look at Peeta. His face stunned, staring at Haymitch. I looked at Haymitch, (or whom I'd refer to as 'old drunkard'), also staring at Peeta. I turned my head back to look at Paylor who's now handing out the permission form. Suddenly, the other side of the couch got heavier. I turned to look at it, he smiled at me,
"Hey Catnip. Mom decided to let me come to the Capitol with all of you at the end."
"That's great Gale." Yeah, it's totally great for him. But staying with Gale for the whole trip is not what I'd really want to do. I'd stay with Peeta for the whole trip, or Madge, or even Delly. My crush though!? No way. That's just awkward. Plus, there's also Haymitch who probably shared some secrets with Peeta. The drunk and mad man that lives in the richer area of district 12, always looking for alcohol. Why would Haymitch even be joining us anyways? Lawl. I've got to know these answers: What's the thing that Peeta and Haymitch shared together? Why's Haymitch coming with us to the capitol?
Voila, chapter seven ;) Chapter eight is in progress right now. Hopefully no more nosebleed accident. Review please :)