Merry Christmas fellow readers ;)
Enjoying your holidays so far? I'm just having a fun time, TYPING! To be honest, I really enjoy writing these stuff and reading them ;D
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And, um, my friend, SweeneyPotterLover
~Enjoy your day, your read, and review
-Love, Buttercup
P.S, I'm crazy enough to update on a Christmas morning... XD
Kind girl's little sis POV:)
Mom and me continued to pick berries from the forest to survive the time when Katniss's away. Mr. and Mrs. Mellark brings us things too, but mom thinks that it's kind of embarrassing… Oh, time's up, it's time for me to go pick some berries and vegetables.
Kind girl POV:)
Breakfast wouldn't be the most exciting thing if there weren't Foxface there to tell me her tale of coming to district 12. I sat down on our table beside Foxface and I asked,
"Foxface, what brought you from district 5 to 12?"
"You really want to hear the whole story?" Foxface sighed. I nodded. Foxface shook her head and said, "Fine, I'll tell you the story. I was having a hard life in district 5, I'm a smart and nice student, but my classmates hated me, and so I was being bullied, and I was suffering from my life. I told my mom, yeah, my dad died, and my mom said maybe it's a better for me to move a district instead to another town in district 5. I was hoping that I would find a friend like me when I'm living in district 12, unfortunately there weren't anyone that suffered the same thing as me but I found Clove and you."
"That totally sucks, being bullied…" I soothed her.
"I know, but everything's better now so I don't really care." Foxface grins.
"Hey, you know what brought Glimmer and Cashmere up to district 12?" I asked.
"Yep. But it's kind of a long story so I would suggest you to ask them yourself."
"Ok. That's cool with me. Hey, the train's stopped moving!"
"Oh yeah! We must be at district two!"
We ran towards the windows and peeked outside. No trees, just rocks. Of course, masonry, stone works and architecting.
"What are you two girls doing?" A small cute voice asked in a capitol accent.
Foxface and me turned our head to see who it is. There stood a sweet and small girl with blonde curly hair, pale skin, her eyes light gray. She was wearing a hot pink dress that had short sleeves, the length just a little bit pass her knees.
"Hey cutie, what's your name?" Foxface asked sweetly.
"My name is Alicia Abernathy, and I'm four years old and two months. Effie's my mommy and Haymitch's my daddy."
We stared at her in shock.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" Alicia asked.
We're still staring at her.
She giggles, "Why am I so interesting?"
"Did you say you're Effie Trinket's daughter?" I asked.
"Effie Trinket Abernathy…" Alicia corrected.
"Amazing!" Foxface gasped.
"How long ago were they married?" I asked.
"I don't know, I'm not them, go ask them!" She said, grabbing our wrists towards Effie's room. Ugh… I hate all that perfume smell in Effie's room. Just before we got into her room, we heard her shouting. Usual Effie shout, everyone's used to it.
"WHERE IS ALICIA? HAYMITCH DID YOU LEAVE HER IN DISTRICT 3? WHERE IS SHE? HAYMITCH ANSWER ME!"
"Effie, dear, just clam down. She's on the train. I know she is." Haymitch said calmly.
"Mommy, Daddy?" Alicia opened the door and walked in.
"Oh Alicia, I was so worried about you, come to mommy." Effie pulls her in and kissed her cheeks. She stops and smiled at Foxface and me,
"That's my niece, Alicia."
"Um, I thought she's your daughter?" Foxface asked.
"No, she's my niece…"
"But she, uh, told us that she's your daughter." I told her.
Effie stared at Alicia, frowning. Alicia got frightened and ran towards us, hugging Foxface on her legs because she's too short. She honestly likes Foxface a lot.
"Oh my little Alicia. Oh well, she's my daughter. You know, I went to that place, and yes. You two can finish the thought in your head."
Ewe, no, Effie, you're gross.
"Where's Haymitch?" I asked, changing the topic.
"Haymitch? Probably drunk. In the bar room." Suddenly I saw Haymitch coming towards Effie from behind. He asked, "Effie? Hey Effie, did you find Ali-?"
"Yes, yes, yes I did. Right here, our little sweetie pie." Effie smiles then she turned towards Foxface and me,
"You two might want to get ready, we're stopping soon."
"Ok, um, bye then, I guess." I walked awkwardly away with Foxface.
Dammit.
I forgot about checking in with Peeta.
Oh shit he's going to get so mad at me…
~Page break~
"Sorry Peeta…" We're standing in the middle of the hallway with me apologizing over and over again. Unfortunately Peeta's still mad at me because I left him alone without him noticing.
"Katniss, Katniss, Katniss. You can't even keep a little promise can you? Oh well, I'll stop blaming you. Let's hop down to district two I guess." Peeta tried to smile, he did smile, but it didn't convince me he's not mad at me anymore, and I know he's still mad at me too.
Peeta walked into his room to get ready and I did the exact same thing.
I grabbed out whatever's in the closet. Effie said, Effie Abernathy said we could keep anything from the closet on the train.
I pulled on a pair of ripped jeans and a fancy green tank top. I walked back onto the hallway, realizing I forgot to put on shoes. I unlocked the door and walked back in, sliding my feet into a pair of silver flats.
I grabbed my keys and walked outside again. I realized that this hallway is quiet. The strange type of quiet. The type of quiet that would cause you to shiver and, and, be frightened. Did all of my friends left me on the train?
"Kat?" Someone called me.
"Hey Katniss, you alive?" Someone called me again. I turned to look who it is. Madge and Gale. Of course it's Madge and Gale… Who else can it be?
"Oh, what's up Madge? And you Gale?" I asked, smiling awkwardly.
"Not much, just heading towards great hall." Madge grins, tugging Gale in the same time. "C'mon Gale, let's get going!" Madge pulled Gale away, waving goodbye at me. I stood in the empty hallway alone once again.
After a few lonely seconds, I decided to knock on Clove's door.
Knock, knock.
"Who's out there?" Clove asked.
"Katniss!" I called out as she opens the door.
"Hey Katniss! Come on in! I'm just getting ready!" Clove standing there, half naked, with only her under garments on. I made my personal comment to Clove,
"Um, Clove, I think you need to put something on…"
"Yeah, I will, but I don't know what to wear."
"Ok, just chose something."
"Fine…" She went back to her closet to dig for more things.
Clove ended up wearing a sleeveless purple top, jean shorts, and a pair of purple flip -flops. We walked into Foxface's room, having the same problem with Clove. She doesn't know what to wear either.
So we ended up having her wearing a sundress.
"Should we check on Glimmer and Cashmere?" I asked. Foxface and Clove laughs and said no.
"It takes them forever to dress up. After their clothes, they still have their hair, jewelry, make-up… So on, so on." Foxface laughs.
So we ended up having to go to the great hall on our own.
When we got to the great hall, Peeta was already there, still kind of mad at me, Madge and Gale sitting on the couch, our supervisors taking attendance. I'm still glad Delly's not in this trip. I walked over to Peeta, wanting to make peace with him.
"Hey Freddy." I greeted awkwardly.
"Hey Kat." Peeta smiled awkwardly.
We stared at each other in awkward silence.
"So, um, you ready to forgive me?" I asked, grinning, awkwardly.
"Yes, I guess so. Alright, we're in peace." Peeta grinned, not awkwardly.
I miss the warm Peeta. Warm and the sunshine.
I grinned back. I said,
"I'll promise not to leave you in district two."
"Oh well, I'll never let you out of my sight anyways."
"Clove knows district 2, that means we won't get lost if we follow them."
"Kat, we're just stopping for two hours or so."
"You sure?"
"Yes, and then we're heading towards district 1. We'll be in the Capitol tonight."
"That's awesome!"
"I know! Then we get to go rest in our rooms."
"Fancier than the ones on the train?"
"Way more fancier."
"I'm excited."
"And you should be."
He brushed his lips gently against my hair. I know we're not supposed to be doing this in public, and he knows that too, but being little rebels, we do it anyways.
"Whoa Freddy, why are you kissing your cousin?" Gale teased.
"I'm not. It's just proper greeting." Peeta lies.
"Ok then… That's kind of weird." Good lie Peeta.
"Whatever. I think we're getting off the train in no time!" Peeta grabs me and we hopped off the train into district two.
"So Katniss, how would you describe district two?" Peeta asked.
"Sunny, burning hot, warm, nice, happy. The exact opposite from the dark and cold district 12." I told him honestly.
He laughs and said, "Seems real."
"It is a real fact." I told him.
He laughed again and put his arms around my neck, "Let's go Kat, to explore."
"What? I thought we're only here for two hours."
"Oh, right. We can at least go and buy some food."
"Good idea. Let's see if Clove knows anything about food in district two."
We walked over to Clove, finding her, already holding a cone of ice cream. We asked where she got it, and she led us to the rest station beside the highway in district 2. Exactly how huge is district two? You need highways to go from one town to another? This is scary… This district is huge. I've always thought district 12 is big enough, you can walk to wherever you want to, but in district 2, not even easy to walk from one town to another.
"Clove, how can you memorize the mapping of the whole city?" I asked.
"I only know this town, and my hometown which is the district center." Clove smiled.
"Impressive… Hey, where's our ice cream?"
"If you can't stop asking questions, we'll never be able to get the ice cream."
"Then let's stop talking and get our ice cream! Race you there!" I was about to run, but Peeta pulled me back with Foxface and Clove screaming no.
I asked curiously, "Why can't I run?"
"You can't just run through a highway, you'll get hit and then, um, you'll probably get injured badly or die." Foxface explains, and Peeta looking at me like I'm an idiot. I shrugged and said, "I'll follow the rules then. Clove, you lead the way."
"Ok, you better follow me."
So Clove led the way, Foxface and Peeta standing beside me like my guards. I groaned and complained, "Stop treating me like I'm something dangerous so I have to be kept in a cage!"
"We're trying to keep you safe in case you haven't noticed." Foxface hissed.
I groaned, letting them guard me.
~Page break~
It felt like a long walk getting to the ice cream store, although right now, we're walking on the same trail heading back to the train since an hour already passed. Clove sighed once we got to the train, "You've got lots to learn when you're in the Capitol country kid. You've never been to a busy city have you?"
"Of course not. I'm from district 12…" I agreed easily. Peeta's also from district 12, but I know he's been to the Capitol couple of times. So I guess he can use those knowledge to convince people he's a city kid from France…
We boarded the train easily, Haymitch trailing behind us, muttering,
"Just in time. We would've totally leave you in district 2, and I doubt all of us would be happy we don't have to take care of extra four people anymore."
I didn't quite hear that properly, I guess he's saying he doesn't want us and he rather lose some kids on the trip…
"So, how about chilling by the swimming pool?" Clove suggested as she tossed her wet napkin away. Foxface nodded a yes, Peeta said sure, and me, a no.
"Come on Katniss! Say yes, Glimmer, Cashmere, Madge and Gale will be there too!" Clove urged as Foxface nudged her and whispered, "And Cato."
"What? Cato's on this trip too? How come Clove wasn't hanging out with him?" I gasped loudly. Clove laughs and shook her head,
"It's not like Cato doesn't have any friends! He's hanging out with Marvel most of the time on this trip."
"Whoa… I never knew they were both on this trip."
"Gloss, Cashmere's brother, is also on this trip too."
"I never knew that either."
"You don't know a lot of things Katniss."
"Thanks a lot." I rolled my eyes.
"So, are you going to agree to the pool, or no?"
"Fine Clove. We'll go with your idea."
"Thank you very much Katniss Jenna Everdeen (Sorry if you're wondering why her name has changed or maybe hasn't. I have NO idea if I mentioned her full name before. Anyways, we'll go with this name from now on. And you should have an idea why this is her name :P)"
"Where should we meet?"
"Great hall. See you all there! I'm going to get going first." Clove walked away, casually, followed by Foxface happily skipping away, leaving Peeta and me.
Peeta sat down on the couch, relaxed. I asked him,
"Aren't you going to get ready to swim?"
"Doesn't take boys that long. You got a swim suit?"
"Yeah, my only one."
"That means you're going to go insane shopping tomorrow."
"Hey, aren't we stopping off at district one?"
"No, Haymitch said we're missing the stop."
"Oh. That's a shame."
"It's fine, we'll be stopping in district one when we come back from the Capitol."
"Yes, yes, Peeta knows everything. See you later in the pool!" I walked back into my room, leaving Peeta behind. I pulled out my key-card, swiped my door open and walked in. Went through the closet to see if the train provided me any swimsuits. There actually are swimsuits, but they're unfortunately, bikinis… I DON'T wear bikinis, I like one-piece, and my limitation is tankinis.
At the end I decided to grab my own swimsuit out. A black and plain one-piece.
I pulled on my cover, slide into my flip-flops and walked to the swimming pool.
"Katniss! Hey Katniss!" An excited scream came after me. I turned my head to check. Of course the scream came from Clove, how could I not guess that?
"Hey Clove! You ready for a swim?" I asked, as friendly as I can.
"Duh! Let's see your swimsuit!" Clove unwrapped my towel, which is my cover up. She let out a long sigh and shook her head.
"Katniss, why, explain to me 'why are you still wearing a one-piece'?"
"What? I like it this way."
"Don't you have those other fancy bikinis in your closet?"
"I do have them indeed."
"Why didn't you wear them?"
"I hate bikinis."
"Really? Well I think you should learn to like them."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Fine. Tankinis."
"Those are fine."
"Thank goodness you're fine with those. Anyways, we'll put up a poll. Team Clove and team Katniss, and the rest of them will vote."
"Sounds good to me."
"If I win, you'll need to buy a bikini in the Capitol."
"Deal."
We grinned at each other. Such a silly poll, but who cares? Life are meant to be stupid sometimes… Clove nudged me and whispered,
"Here comes Madge and Gale!"
"Why whisper?" I asked.
"Look!" She turned my head. I looked at Madge and Gale. Scanned them, top to bottom. Interesting. Did they ask each other out or something? I thought Madge crazily loves Peeta/Freddy, and Gale crazily loves me! But that means there're fewer theories to worry about. YAY!
Clove looked at me, giving a look of what's up with them?
I mouthed, I don't know, tell you later!
So we reached the actual 'pool' in silence.
Clove found Foxface in the water, swimming around, and I managed to find Glimmer and Cashmere, sun tanning.
"Hey Glimmer! Hey Cash!" I smiled. Glimmer and Cashmere sat up. Glimmer smiled and said hi, and Cash just grins.
"So, are you guys going to go into the water at all?" I asked.
"Yeah. We're going now. Hey, Katniss, where's your swimsuit?" Cash asked.
"I'm wearing it right now." I told her.
"One-piece? Oh. Well, we don't have any complains, but I'm sure Clove definitely said something." Glimmer grins and Cash just laughs out loud.
"To be honest, I don't really mind anything. But she insulted me by saying she doesn't like bikinis." Clove's head popped out of the water, defending herself against Glimmer. Cash laughs and walked towards the edge of the pool,
"Then you're going to make her like it."
"Oh yeah. She's going to have to buy them. Katniss, the voting!"
Clove called everyone towards the pool. Foxface and Clove inside the pool, Madge and Gale walking towards us, and Peeta in the pool already. I didn't notice Peeta at all! And I didn't know he knows how to swim either. Maybe Clove was right. I don't know anything.
"So. Vote for Katniss or me. If I win, Katniss will wear bikinis. If Katniss wins, she won't need to wear it. She can stay the same." Wow, Clove's taking this seriously, isn't she?
"Clove." Glimmer said.
"Clove." Foxface voted Clove? No fair…
"Clove." Cash, you too?
"Katniss. You guys have no idea how long I've been trying to make her wear one." Madge, you just spoiled a big secret.
"Clove." Gale. No. You did not just say that.
"Katniss. Since she's my cousin, and I don't want to lose my home in district 12." PEETA! I'm going to so ditch you.
Clove gagged when Peeta said that.
"Wait! There's still Cato who hasn't voted!" I reminded Clove.
Clove blushed, quickly hiding her head, bending her neck lower.
"I heard someone just called my name!" Cato smiled a warm smile, coming out of the pool. He walked over, sat down by Clove and put his arms around Clove's waist. Clove smiled, looking away from him, still blushing. Cato voted for Clove obviously. Sigh. "That means I really have to wear bikinis, right?" I sighed.
"To be honest, yes. It's part of the deal." Foxface laughs her squeaky laugh.
"I guess it's not that bad actually…"
"See, the magic from the help of friends!" Foxface grinned and dived back into water. I walked over to Peeta, because, he signaled me too…
"Hey guys, I'll be right back!" I told them and walked away with Peeta.
"What is it Peeta?" I asked, hoping nothing bad happened.
"Nothing. It's just, don't you think, keeping secret from everyone of our friends is not very fun?" Peeta, no. You didn't just say that.
"Peeta. You're not thinking about that, are you?"
"Actually, I am. I would trust them."
"Trust who?"
"The whole group of our friends."
"It would work, as long as you promise you won't spread it to anyone."
"I'd trust Gale and Madge now, they're together."
"Pfft… Should've guessed that since they started hanging out so much. But honestly, Peeta, I don't want you to die."
"And I won't. I trust them."
"No. I think we should still keep this secret."
"I think it's fine. Ok. We'll tell Clove, Cato, and Foxface. Oh, Glimmer and Cashmere too."
"Fine. But only them."
"Deal. Should we do it now?"
"I don't mind…"
Peeta's a retard, and I'm being a retard just like him. We're all retarded, to be honest.
T'is, my Christmas update. Honestly, I probably won't be able to update for quite a while (one~two weeks I'm guessing), but I might still be able to update in a few days. Not exactly sure... :P
Enjoy the rest of your holidays!
ReViEw! PlEaSe~~~~~!