So remember at the beginning of our story when Katniss was dared to ask Coin's gender? Well here it is! Let me just say though, this chapter was written by my amazing (real life and fanfiction) friend, Mikey Jacquez! I recently had an opportunity to write a bonus chapter for his story so I let him write one for me! He is absolutely brilliant and I cannot be happier with how it turned out! You should all certainly check him out after this!
MiaBelles: Well, next chapter I am going to unload even more crap onto her... just a warning... Thanks for the cookie! It was yummy! Aww thanks! The story in front of this one has 500 something, but because you all review so awesomely I know we will get there :)
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Guest: Ehhh... Dramady, but that was the Drama part of the Dramady...
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Bonus Chapter- Coin's Gender (Written by Mikey Jacquez)
Katniss
As we all gather around in a circle, after a long day of our first day of school, we had decided to play truth or dare. I don't see the reason why though, so I look at Jo—it was her idea to play it in the first place. "Jo, why are we going to play truth or dare?"
It's strange; Jo really doesn't seem this excited for anything or this suspicious. I can tell by the way she has a smirk on her face. Maybe this whole thing is a setup or something like that, because what she answers with isn't even the best lie she's ever told. And I know how good Jo's lying is.
"I just feel like it would be a good way to unstressify after school. Besides, senior year completely blows. I haven't been able to call seniority once!" she says.
We get into a circle quickly before we're all positioned and Jo's eyes meet Peeta's. "Peeta," she says, "Truth or dare?"
Don't say "dare." Don't say "dare." Who knows what Jo will dare him to do?
"Truth." He says it quickly.
Thank you.
"Who is the least favorite teacher you got this year?" asks Jo and we all look at her. I didn't expect her to ask that. I thought maybe she'd ask something embarrassing, something that would make everyone in the group remember Peeta's answer. But Peeta's lucky; his answer is the easiest you could ever think of. In fact, you don't even have to think for a question like that—the answer is right on the edge of your head right after you listen to the question.
Peeta and exchange glances before we both turn to Jo again.
"Neither of us liked Ms. Coin, our English teacher."
Finnick laughs after Peeta's answer. "You got Ms. Coin? Dude, I'm sorry but your year is going to suck."
Well, I think I'll have to agree with Finnick. When we went into her class yesterday, she told us to respect her when she wouldn't even respect us. I didn't say anything to her though, but she did get on to me for not having a pencil. I can already tell she hates me… and it's only the beginning of the year!
Finnick gets asked afterwards and he chooses to tell the truth, saying that he's got nothing to hide. But what if he does?
Before I know it, I'm asked by him, "Katniss, truth or dare?"
Nobody has even picked a dare—all of them have chosen to tell the truth. And I've got nothing to hide as well, but I guess I have to be the first one to take a dare, no matter how big of a dare it is. It can be a dare to jump off a building, or a cliff. I don't care. It's something.
Before I answer, I give Finnick a smile. "Both of you have been wusses. I'm going to pick dare."
Finnick smiles at me, giving me a strange smile which I can't describe. I just know that this dare may be a good one. "I dare you to go up to Coin when you get to class tomorrow and ask her if she is a chick or a due. You have to say chick or dude."
That isn't much of a big dare. There is nothing to worry about; Coin is a living witch whom I'm not even afraid of. Besides, Peeta is in the same class as me, and he can prove to the group that I did my dare. He can simply record it, but if he doesn't, he could simply tell them. Peeta's not even a big liar anyway. I got this, I think, Alright, Finnick, you through me this simple dare? I'll do it just for you.
I bite my lip as Peeta and I walk into English class the next day. I see Ms. Coin sitting by her desk, writing something down and then moving on to the computer for a few seconds before the tardy bell rings. I should do the dare right now; I should do it right at the beginning of the class. I touch my braid for a moment when Coin stands up and begins speaking.
"Alright, Class," she says, "Today is the second day of school. You guys didn't behave too well yesterday, and I'm hoping for an improvement today."
Improvement? It's only the second day of school. People don't just change overnight; if they did, my mother would've gotten over my dad and her depression the day right after he died. It's impossible.
"Now class, I'd like to show you guys a slideshow. The slideshow will show you a little bit about me," says Coin before she turns on the projector and a picture of her and her husband show up. This is it, I think to myself, Now's the perfect time to do it.
"This is me and… yes, um…" Coin notices that I raise my hand and takes a look at the seating chart for a second, "Katniss Everdeen? That's you, right?"
I don't answer her but instead say, "That's your husband, right?"
She nods.
"Oh… That's kind of awkward," I say and the whole class shatters into tiny whispers, "I just thought you seemed like the kind of dude who opposed gay marriage."
"Excuse me?" she walks closer to me.
"Listen," I stand up, "I have a question to ask you, because I've been wondering since yesterday… Are you a chick or a dude, because I really can't tell…?"
The whole class bursts into a loud laugh, including Peeta. I laugh as well while Coin tells the whole class to shut up, before she turns to look at me again.
"Get out." She says, "That is no way to talk to your teacher, or any of them."
She walks over to her desk and tears out a piece of paper from a notepad. It's an office referral. My first referral.
"Here," she hands it over to me, "Have fun explaining it to the principal."
As I gather my stuff and almost head out the classroom, another classmate asks her a question. "Aye Miss! You got any kids?"
"As a matter of fact, I do," she surprisingly smiles and that's when I know that I can hit the double jackpot.
"Oh you do?" I comment, "I thought a chunk of ugly fell out of you."
Everyone laughs even harder; I do as well and Coin doesn't even respond but goes back to her desk and puts her head down. I nailed it. I just start to wonder how I'll be able to explain it to the principal—I've never been to the office. Oh well. At least the gang will love hearing the story—I technically did two things in one; I embarrassed Coin and did it twice. They'll love it.
I take in a deep breath slowly before I begin walking to the office for the first time.
Peeta
Katniss and I take our time to get to English class. After all, we did get Ms. Coin—Finnick says that she's the worst living nightmare ever. He said that our year is ruined because of her, but I don't really care. It's just fifty minutes with her each day; it's not that bad at all.
Yesterday, we actually got a seating chart and unfortunately, I didn't get seated next to or near Katniss. We're separated by being across the classroom from each other. Katniss is supposed to do her dare today, the one where she has to ask Coin if she's a chick or a dude. She actually has to say the words "chick" and "dude." Thank goodness I didn't get that dare.
When the bell rings, Coin quickly comes into the room and sits behind her desk. I assume she's taking the role, judging by the way she's looking at us and back at her computer constantly. Katniss and I quickly exchange glances before Coin gets up and begins talking.
"Alright, Class," she says, "Today is the second day of school. You guys didn't behave too well yesterday, and I'm hoping for an improvement today."
There shouldn't be a difference between today and yesterday. There probably won't even be a difference between this week and next week. Random classmates didn't let Coin speak yesterday, by that, I mean when she talked or even said one word, someone would say something on purpose. It's disrespectful but I couldn't help it and laugh; Katniss busted out laughing hard and I hope she does the same today when she completes her dare.
"Now class, I'd like to show you guys a slideshow. The slideshow will show you a little bit about me," says Coin and I quickly put my head down. If there's something I hate about school, it is slideshows. I can't stand them, because whenever we go through them, it feels like a long never-ending road trip. A teacher changes the slide and talks for an hour before she goes on to the next one; it's always like that.
Coin turns on the projector and an image pops up on the white board. It's a picture of her and some man—I assume her husband. I notice that Katniss looks at me for a second before she raises her hand when Coin tries to explain the picture to us: "This is me and… yes, um…" she notices Katniss's hand, "Katniss Everdeen? That's you, right?"
Katniss doesn't answer the question and that's when I want to take my phone out and record this moment. Too bad, I only have my eyes right now. If only eyes could record stuff and you could store them on the computer, so you can look at them anytime you want.
"That's your husband, right?" asks Katniss.
Coin nods and enfolds her arms across her chest. I lick my lower lip and that's when I think: Here it is. Katniss is about to do her dare and may just risk huge trouble.
"Oh… That's kind of awkward," she begins to explain. "I just thought you seemed like the kind of dude who opposed gay marriage."
The whole class begins whispering. I can hear the people behind and next to me whispering, "What the hell is she doing?" "What is this?" "Oh shit, this shit is about to go down."
"Excuse me?" Coin frowns and gets near Katniss. This isn't good.
"Listen," Katniss stands up and that's when I want to look away. I don't have to see it—all I have to do is listen, pretty much. The whole gang will believe me if they don't believe that Katniss actually did her dare. I still doubt that I'd be able to stand up to Coin like Katniss is about to do. But maybe I can…
"I have a question to ask you, because I've been wondering since yesterday… Are you a chick or a dude, because I really can't tell…?"
She did it. She did her dare, and now, full trouble will strike her faster than a lightning bolt. I give her plenty of credit for that; her dare, besides Finnick's, was probably the hardest one out of all of us. I know I shouldn't do this, but I let out a laugh. The whole class joins and it makes me feel better, because I'm not the only one laughing. Katniss even laughs a little too. Only two of our classmates aren't laughing—I'm willing to bet that they are the teacher's pets. I remember last year, in cooking class, I was the teacher's pet. Sometimes, I loved it but other times, it was just awful. Some people called me "Peeta Crocker." I dropped out of that class nearing the end of the year, but I'm thinking of taking it again next year. Hopefully, I won't be the teacher's pet again; however, there are some benefits to being that. I can swiftly tell that Katniss won't be the teacher's pet for this class.
"Get out." Coin points at the door, "That is no way to talk to your teacher, or any of them."
She's kind of right. But I give huge props to Katniss still. I will always be on Katniss's side, no matter what the situation might be. Coin walks over to her desk and rips out a small sheet of paper out of a notebook and that's when I know what it is: a referral. I've never had one; I'm not sure if Katniss has had one before either. The worst thing I've done is I painted on the school's windows once. It wasn't anything bad or anything, but more like writing, "Graceland rules!" everywhere.
"Here," Coin hands the office referral over to Katniss, "Have fun explaining it to the principal."
Katniss quickly gathers her stuff and just as she's about to leave, she stops and turns around when one of our classmates raises his hand and asks, "Aye Miss! You got any kids?" I take in a deep breath and again think: this isn't good—she's not even finished.
"As a matter of fact, I do," Coin smiles just in time for Katniss to reply with, "Oh you do? I thought a chunk of ugly fell out of you!"
I'm the one who starts laughing first; the whole class follows as well. It feels like my chair is tickling me and it's tickling me hard that I can't even lean back because I feel like it'll tickle my back as well. I heavily press my forehead against the desk and hit it hard, full of laughter. I don't even think I've laughed this hard since Finnick chased a horse for one single sugar cube!
When Katniss leaves, Coin isn't even talking to us but is on her phone. I look out into the hallway and decide to quietly get up and rapidly leave the room. Katniss is only a few feet away when I call her. She quickly turns around and I accompany her to the office—I haven't been to it since last year when I had to see my counselor in order to drop me out of cooking class.
"Man, you shut Coin up," I pat her on the back.
"Really?" she smiles.
"Yeah, you were on fire," I laugh.
"Whatever," she smacks my head and we finally make it inside the office. She doesn't look nervous or afraid to see the principal—she's brave. Already the second day of school, and she already has a referral. It's all on Finnick, I think. But Coin's class today was probably the only interesting day that there'll be this whole year.
Katniss and I exchange glances one more time before I say, "Go ahead, girl on fire." And she finally walks into the principal's office.
Mikey:
NOTES: This is a quick "Author's note" from Mikey Jacquez :) Juliet will explain everything else on her note, or she may have already done so… Well, I just want to say that I hope you guys enjoyed this. I had trouble writing as Katniss a little for some odd resason, so please don't judge me. I know it's not as good as Juliet but I still hope you guys liked it:) Well, onto Juliet!:D
Juliet:
Thanks Mikey! (That sounded like a news pass off kind of deal... weird) I cannot be more happy about how this turned out so please leave a review for Mikey and check out his story! Since I did decide to extend Graceland, I decided to extend it up into parts (like how Hunger Games has three parts) and this is the last chapter of Part 1! Next chapter (which is about 1/6 of the way done) will be the first chapter of part 2! I hope you enjoyed!
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