Hey guys! I am loving all the reviews and positive attention this story is getting. If we make it to 60 reviews tonight, I'll update again! Anyone who reviews this chapter, I'm going to review one of their stories as well! Just my way of saying thanks :) I'm planning on doing this for random chapters, so keep your eyes peeled. Now, please don't hate me in this chapter... Some of you might hate me by the end...
TARDISRose: Aww thanks! I love opening my email and seeing reviews like this. It makes me very happy. I have enver written in Jo's POV, so it made me kind of nervous, but I'm glad you liked it :)
MiaBelles: Yeah, Gale had it slightly easier, but he also had to leave the life he knew his entire life behind at such an old age, I feel bad for him. Finnick does and always will love Annie :)
TheWomanWhoCodesAndWrites: I love the too! They are so cute... :) Jo is really tough, to the point where she tries to hide her weaknesses from herself. She won't admit she is will see something along these lines in this chapter and in an upcoming chapter. Thank you for pointing that out though. It gave me a lot of inspiration. :) I said in an earlier chapter that Peeta did therapy with baking, and he vents out his feelings through that. I'm sure he has the occasional nightmare, but it isn't nearly as often as the rest of them.
SecretsandSugarCubes: So Johale may or may not be coming up. I can't exactly tell you... spoilers... I'm glad you love it :D
MeaganOneDirection: That means your hair is exactly like mine too! I based her looks actually completely and one hundred percent off me. My friend actually has me in her phone as Annie Cresta (or Odair... I forget what she put) I thought you would like it! I always listen to them to make me feel good about myself... and I just love them XD
pumpkinking5: I'm glad you liked how I did it. To be completely honest, I was kinda nervous writing that... I was worried it would turn out badly...
Y.O.L.O So do it right: You remind me of my mini me... she says YESHHH a lot. I'm glad you like it :)
Y.O.L.O So do it right: Thanks a lot for the explanation! That makes me really happy :) They are a big family... even if they are related by blood. Oh WHALE (I really liked that :D )
Alexandra Jackson rocks Hades: No problem! It's my pleasure. I feel so bad for those kids. I hate writing the sad stuff, but at the same time, it is the most fun to write.
Y.O.L.O So do it right: Aww thanks!
Y.O.L.O So do it right: I'll do my best! I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for all the reviews :)
axes tridents and snares: Well. we learn more about Jo in an upcoming chapter... but not yet, really. I'm sorry you know about all that first hand :( makes me sad
Mikey Jacquez: Aww thanks! I was wondering when you would pop up and review ;) I've only been texting you about this story since I published it! Lol :) I'm glad you enjoy it
Mikey Jacquez: Well, we get more of fun Jo in this chapter... Yay! I love writing the Finnick and Annie scenes too! It's a ton of fun :)
Chapter 4- Little Mermaid, Sexy, Bread Boy, Axe, Brainless and Handsome
Annie
I didn't get through the entire night without waking up, like I hoped I would. I hate having to wake Finnick up in the middle of the night, but he is the only one who can calm me. I was able to sleep in my own bed though. I liked that because it means he doesn't have to see me in the morning.
I step on the scale and see the numbers. One hundred and twenty-eight point four. The clothes I am wearing add two pounds, so I'm probably more one hundred and twenty-six point four. My clothes are mostly medium with a few larges and the two extra large t-shirts I own. My pants are all sizes four to eight and never look good on me.
Katniss and Jo don't have this problem. Katniss is probably around one hundred and ten pounds, not exceeding a size three. Jo is probably only one hundred and fifteen pounds, because of her height, and can fit into a size zero or one easily. It's not fair. They say I weigh more because I have a medium bone structure and have bigger boobs and better hips. I don't care about that. I want to look good and be skinny.
I look at my stomach from the side in the mirror. I hate it! I can see it! It doesn't protrude past my boobs, but it is still there, all the same. I look at the toilet. I've never done this before to lose weight, but I have done it to fake being sick. Making myself sick once a week can't hurt anything, right? It would make me prettier. Mother always wanted a pretty daughter. I shove a finger down my throat and stand over the toilet like an idiot for five or more minutes. I seldom throw up even when I am sick. Just as I am about to give up, the contents of my stomach suddenly make a return appearance in the toilet. I am satisfied and flush them away.
I then go to my closet and look for a top that will hide everything. I pick a flowy cream floral top that is slightly too tight across the chest. I don't care; it makes my stomach look smaller and my boobs look bigger. To make it more conservative, I add a flowy cream sweater thing over that goes halfway down my thighs. It also only closes by being tied in the front, so its function is to add sleeves and be cute, not to be warm. I also choose some dark navy skinny jeans and pair them with some knee high brown boots. It's a little hot for a beginning of school outfit, but I don't want anyone to see my scar covered legs. I don't want them to see my face either, but that can't be avoided.
I then brush my small teeth, reminding myself I need to save money to get them bleached, and put on my daily make-up, pumping half a pump of scentless lotion to put on my face and let it sink in. I pull out my powered foundation and place it on my acne and acne scar covered face. I put on a little bit of pale purple eye shadow that compliments my eye and skin tone. I line the bottom of my fake brown eyes with liner to make them pop. Brown is at least a natural color that is said to look good on me. I wear mascara to make my eyes look bigger and put on loose minerals to make my face look smoother. I then put on pink blush and put a clear lip gloss on my lips. The only thing I really like about my face are my lips.
I proceed to twist the back of my hair into a side ponytail, hopefully looking cute. I then walk out of the bathroom nervously. I was sure to shower the night before so I could have ample time to make myself look presentable, as I always do.
I walk down the flights of stairs and am not surprised to see no one moving. I am the last one down, as usual. Finnick starts to pass me an empty plate, but I refuse. I grab a glass cup from the table and pour some of the creamy chocolate milk that Effie buys for me. That is all I usually have for breakfast. If I don't have that, I have nothing.
I go to the fridge in the kitchen and start to look around for my lunch. I grab lots of ice packs and my lunch bag and grab the Portobello Beef Lean Cuisine with a water bottle. The entire meal has two hundred calories and I can ask the drama teacher if I can heat the meal up in her room. She always lets me, when she is in there. I am sure she will be there the first day.
I start to zip up my lunchbox when Finnick stops me. "Is that enough to eat, Ann?"
I nod. "It's about how much I ate last year."
I start to grab my backpack when Finnick grabs my shoulder, gently. "Annie, you would add like ten baby carrots or two cookies last year. You used to love those little soft cheese triangles with the crackers. Why aren't you getting those? You aren't getting enough food."
"Finnick, I just can't eat as much as the rest of you. That doesn't mean I'm not getting enough to eat.
Seeing he isn't going to win the argument, he starts to pack his own lunch. I get my stuff perfectly organized in my backpack, and see Finnick hasn't done the same with his zip up binder. I organize all his things into it and sit in the front room until he joins me. "You didn't have to do that, you know."
I smile. "I wanted too."
"Annie, listen I-" He gets interrupted by the sound of fifteen other people, and Haymitch and Effie entering the room. Effie is carrying a camera.
"First day of school pictures 2013!" She says in a chipper voice. She decides to go by age, letting an unwilling Haymitch carrying a sleeping Hunter go first. They take him to a day care while the rest of us are at school. She then takes a picture of Louis, then Posy then Daliah, then all four of them, and Haymitch, together. She tells them to wait by the rest of us while she does the other floors. She takes a picture of Toby, then Daniel, then Vick then Thea, then all of them together. They are told to wait too. She then has Rue, Prim, Eloise, Daisy, who are sporting matching outfits in different colors and Rory take their pictures before having the five of them stand together. She then calls Katniss then Peeta to take their picture. She calls me next and tells me to smile big. I do my typical, but girly pose then she calls for Jo. Finnick is older than Jo, but is a grade below her for my sake. She then calls Gale and finally Finnick to take their individual shots before having the six of us take our group picture.
She then tells the youngest kids to sit crisscross on the floor with their hands in their lap. They do so. The next group is told to be on their knees behind them. The group of twelve year olds is told to put their hands on their knees and then the six of us, and Haymitch holding Hunter, are in the back. She clicks the camera and sends us off for our first day of school. Haymitch takes the group of twelve year olds to their school while Effie takes every kid younger than them. Finnick takes the third eight seater van and we all pile in, ready as we'll ever be, for school.
Johanna- *This section is dedicated to MiaBelles for the idea for this scene*
We arrive to school early, as we all usually do. We have to arrive early because the younger kids have to be at school earlier and Haymitch and Effie want us all to be at school at the same time the younger kids are. We don't really mind though. We get an awesome parking spot because of it. "Guys," I start to say as we pile out of the van, "We're going to meet here for lunch, don't doddle so we can make it to somewhere good for lunch."
No one objects but Katniss is smirking. "What's so funny?"
She lets out a complete smile. "Did you just say doddle?"
I smile and smack her on the back of the head. "Yes I did, brainless. Now let's go."
We walk into the eighty year old building that I personally think was designed to make my life as unhappy as possible. There are lists posted all over the school saying where we should go to receive our schedule. All the rooms appear to be in the five hundreds. Katniss and Peeta haven't attended this school; since they are only sophomores and the freshman have their own campus. Gale has never been here at all. We explain to them the one hundred are the theater, orchestra and choir rooms in the little hallway we entered. There are also some one hundreds down the hall underneath the staircases. The two hundreds are the second floor on this half of the school. The three hundred are in a completely different building across the walkway, but no one has any classes there, so we don't stress about it. The four hundreds are skipped entirely and the five and six hundreds are in the new building. It is called the new building because it is only about twenty years old, but it is still out dated. The name the new building just never went away because of old teachers.
We see that Annie is put in the room furthest away since her name is first in the alphabet. We decide to walk her to the room so she can receive her schedule. We are told she has to stay there until the bell dismisses her to first period, so we tell her goodbye. Everdeen is next and is paired up with the E-G category so we tell Katniss goodbye. Gale is next door to Katniss so we find his room easily. Peeta and I are put in a room halfway down the hall, so we say by to Finnick there.
The teacher, a woman in a wheelchair, asks us our names. "You had me last year for History? How could you already have forgotten my name?" She looks up at me and takes me in.
"How could I forget you, Miss Mason? Go take a seat in the corner over there and try not to cause trouble. Here is your schedule." She passes me a little sheet of paper that I look at carefully. The only teacher I recognize is my theater teacher, because I have had her the past three years. Somehow Annie convinced all of us to take Theater Productions, also known as Varsity Theater. It is probably the most dramatic class student wise and consists of the most grueling hours. All of us love it. It is also one of the few classes who take freshman in.
Peeta comes and sits down beside me and shows me his schedule. "Recognize any of these people?"
I look down his list and smile. " is cool. You talk about hockey and watch YouTube more than anything else in there though." I can feel my phone vibrate through my jeans and see the six of us are on group text with Finn.
Sexy ;): Do I match anyone?
He sent us his schedule and I compare them.
Little Mermaid :3: We match. Signed up for same classes as you though.
I take a picture of my schedule and send it.
Axe :D: Do I match anybody?
Finnick is the next one to text back.
Sexy ;): Looks like we have last period Theater and fifth period PE Tennis together.
Brainless :?: I sent a picture of my schedule. Does it match?
Bread Boy :P: You match me, Kat. BTW, I'm look over Jo's shoulder at our names. She makes us sound like freaks! Finn=Sexy ;), Ann=Little Mermaid :3, Jo=Axe :D, Kat=Brainless :?
Little Mermaid :3: Rly? OMG lol!
I do actually have to stop myself from laughing at that. Peeta is giving me a look. "Bread Boy? Really?"
"Hey, you are what you eat." I say with a wink.
He chuckles. "So you eat axes then?"
I smile. "Every day for breakfast. I have to make sure I get enough iron in my diet."
Sexy ;): Peet, what ur name on Jo phone?
Bread Boy :P: Rather not say…
Handsome :): What am I? You left me out! :(
Bread Boy :P: Cuz this is the first txt you sent. You're in as Handsome :)
Brainless :?: Come on Peeta, tell us what you are! Can't be as bad as my name… :/
Bread Boy :P: Not sayin it.
Axe :D: He is in as Bread Boy :P
"Aww! Jo! Why'd you tell them?" Peeta looks at me with a playful pout.
The bell then rings, dismissing us. We catch up to Finn who is waiting at the end of the hall for all of us to gather. "Sexy with a winky face, huh?"
I smirk and push him playfully. "You know it."
As everyone else catches up, Annie looks very distraught. Finnick is the first to her aid and he counsels her as we walk. I basically got some people were bullying her in class again. None of us will stand for that. We'll get our revenge, eventually.
Gale and I have matching schedules, Like Katniss and Peeta and Finnick and Annie do, mostly because we planned it that way. Gale looks extremely pissed. "What's eating ya?"
He looks at me with narrowed gray eyes. "How could someone bully someone else when they know they have had a rough past?"
I sigh and shake my head. "I honestly don't know. People can be cruel."
More nicknames! (Even though these were introduced in the last chapter...) What do you think of their school? I've always wanted to write a High School Fic, but I didn't want it to but I wanted it to stand out from the other stories! It will not be focused around school, I just wanted to add some drama. Please don't hate me for Annie's situation... Well please leave a review :)
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