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-Caitlin

For the rest of the day I pretty much kept to myself, as usual. I talked to Madge in chemistry but not Gale. I'm still agitated with Gale and I don't want to say anything that would make him mad. All day I've kept getting weird looks from everyone. Jealousy and disdain from girls, intrigue from boys. It was so weird, I hate attention. Never liked it, never will.

After school I stood by my usual tree and waited for Prim. The weather was still perfect so I closed my eyes and let the sun fall on my face. A gentle breeze went through my braid and it swayed gently. I stood there for a goon two minutes before the sun was blocked. I opened my grey eyes and the met those beautiful blue ones.

"Hey Peeta." I greeted and blushed slightly noticing we was only a few inches in front of me, I could see a few freckles spread out on his nose and saw the intense sky blue of his eyes clearly. Shivers went up my spine.

"It's still alright if I walk you home?" He asked hands in pockets, head slightly titled and eyes squinted from the sun. He looked adorable.

"Yeah, just as long as you don't mind my little sister. I walk with her everyday." I explained. He smiled and nodded just as Prim came running up to us. She slowed her pace as she noticed Peeta.

"Who are you?" She asked confusion clear on her face, she's only ever seen me with Gale and Madge.

"I'm Peeta." He said smiling and waved. Prim gave a wave back and looked at me.

"Is he like, your boyfriend?" Prim asked and my eyes grew wide and blushed. I looked at him and saw he was as read as me.

"No, he's going to help me with homework." I responded looking down.

"Okay," Prim shrugged and dropped the subject. "Lest go." Prim said and walked in front of us. For most of the walk we were in comfortable silence, every once in awhile we would have some chitchat. When we got to my house Prim went to kitchen and Peeta and I went to my bedroom. We set up camp with me lying on my back with my head at the end of the bed, and Peeta was sitting up against the bed. His face is only two inches from mine, and every once in a while I would find myself gazing at him. I was amazed at how comfortable I was with someone I just met. Peeta noticed my gaze and smiled. I blushed but didn't look away. Our gazed held for a title while as we moved closer, we were just a few centimeters apart and my eyes started to closed and I felt his sweet breath on my face. At that moment my mom walked in

"Katniss I-oh. Who are you?" She asked with a suspicious tone.

"Peeta." He responded turning as bright as a tomato as I sat up in my bed. I was probably as red as Peeta.

"Okay…" My mother started and stared at us expectantly, like we were going to tell her why we almost kissed. Honestly, I had no idea why.

"We were just studying for the math quiz we have tomorrow." I tried to cover up but she didn't believe me.

"Right well wrap it up, it's getting dark." My mother said still not believing me and left the room. I looked at the clock and it read 6:30. I didn't realize how long he's been here; I turned my attention back to my notebook and saw three pages of notes. When did that happen?

"I'll walk you to the door." I stated and looked at Peeta as he put his books in his backpack. I couldn't help but notice how muscular his arms were as he put the books away. I couldn't help appreciate it either, I mean, I am a women for crying out loud.

When we got to the door we stood there awkwardly. I thanked him for helping me and he smiled that smile that all the girls like. When Peeta walked away from my house I couldn't help but feel longing for him to come back.

Peeta Mellark, what are you doing to me?

The next day in math class I thought over what Peeta taught me yesterday. He made it so simple to understand, this is the one time I actually felt confidant about a test. Peeta sat in front of me and Finnick took his spot next to him.

"So, did you have fun yesterday?" Finnick raised his eyebrows and looked in my direction. Peeta and I blushed and Gale who just got there looked a tad pissed off. Peeta told him to shut up but Finnick just whistled. I tapped Peeta's shoulder as he turned around. He was only a few inches away from me, how does this keep happening?

"Thanks for helping me yesterday, could u do it again tonight?" I asked hopefully.

"Yeah," Peeta smiled. "It was fun. Only maybe this time your mom wont think I'm corrupting you." He joked and I giggled, loudly. Glimmer, a popular merchant girl, shot daggers at me. Gale looked like he was about to punch someone. The teacher told us all to settle down then passed out the tests.

When I got mine I looked at the first question and smiled, I knew this. I breezed through the test with a smile on my face. I actually knew what to do. After class I walked up to Peeta when he was alone and through my arms around him.

"Thank you! I at least got a B!" I exclaimed and slowly moved away, still only inches apart yet again. Peeta smiled at me and I think my knees went a little weak.

"No problem, I thought today we could step it up a little with a little bit of the whole chemistry thing." Peeta informed me as we started walking again.

"Oh, yay, I love chemistry." I responded sarcastically. Peeta chuckled and we talked until we parted ways.

At lunch I was still a little giddy from my talk with Peeta. I sat at my table with Gale and Madge; she raised an eyebrow at me. "Anything you want to talk to me about?" I looked at her perplexed. "Really! Something about you and a certain baker boy?" She insisted.

"What about Peeta?" I asked.

"You know, the rumor going around that you sleeping with my boyfriend." An icy voice behind me said, and I sat there frozen.