Disclaimer: Remember, I just write this for fun. I don't own any rights what so ever; the hunger games and all its characters are property of Suzanne Collins. Also, the idea of an exclusive high school with a gang of four boys ruling it, is from the manga Boys over Flowers, or Hana Yori Dango.

Balancing on his left foot in pain, Cato could only watch as Katniss fled the room as fast as she could. That damn bitch! For a moment he was tempted to run after her, but after a few steps he decided against it. After all, he got what he wanted anyway. Although she had not admited it so bluntly, he had seen the fear in her beautiful ash coloured eyes when he had threatened her. Yes, she would just be like all the others. It would not be long before she would beg him for a one way ticket out of school.

'Ms Everdeen?' Crane entered the room again, but when he saw Cato, he stopped in his tracks. Looking stern as ever, Cato wondered if the good man ever smiled, except for that arrogant smirk of his of course. As Crane scanned the room for a sign of Katniss, Cato said dryly: 'You've just missed her.'

Crane just raised a brow. 'I've noticed.' Closing the door discreetly behind him, he simply ignored Cato as he strolled back to his office desk, seating himself into his chair.

'Why did you let me send for that girl in the first place? Mind you boy, like I've mentioned earlier, I don't want to get involved in your little games. You're giving our school a bad name. The things I had to do to cover up your latest escapade with Mr. Connar-'

'This is nothing like that,' Cato replied angrily, snapping his head to Crane as he paced back and forth the room. 'The girl has no right to be here. I've looked her up you know. She's just a daughter of some real estate manager. She's no one of importance. And yet she has an attitude as if she is the queen of Spain! Did you know she dared to stand up to me the other day?'

'Well I'm shocked,' Crane said, shuffling some papers; it couldn't have been more obvious that he was not impressed.

Cato banged his fist hard on the hardwood desk, demanding his attention. 'Can't you work something out? After all, you're the head of this school; your word is law here. Is there no way you can ban her?'

Crane sighed as he leaned back into his chair, making himself comfortable. 'Of course there are ways; there is always a way. But why would I do that? We've never had any problems with her in the past. I've been looking through her school records; they are ideal. So tell me, why would I rid myself of a perfectly good student?'

'Because she doesn't belong here! She is an eyesore!' Cato bellowed, not being able to keep his temper any longer. He grimaced, running his fingers though his spiked hair in his frustration. 'I will not rest until she is out of here, understood?!'

'Look, I'm not saying you have to stop what you are doing. Just…be a little more discrete this time, ok? You've already given me a lot of trouble in the past. I don't need another scandal.'

'Then help me. All you've got to do is find a way to get her expelled. Not a big thing for a man in your position.'

Crane didn't respond right away, instead only met his glare. But when he finally opened his mouth again, his voice was hard and businesslike. 'No Cato. Not this time.'

Gritting his teeth, Cato raised himself onto his full height again. It was clear he fighting the angry words that wanted to leave his mouth. 'I see. Alright. But remember, if you're not going to back me up, I'll do this on my own. And I won't allow any interruptions.'

And with that he paced out of the room, slamming the door with force behind him.

Have you seen the intranet already? Feeling very uncomfortable as she was trying to figure out the meaning of the question, she noticed the scrutinizing stares of the other students, even her own classmates, as she was walking towards her next class. Was it her imagination, or were they all casting dirty looks at her? But why on earth would they want to do that? Yes, she was dressed a little bit differently today, but what's the big deal with that? She just didn't get it. What was going on here?

She shivered. Maybe it was a good idea to skip class and find a computer first. Maybe she would find something that could explain a few things.

Taking the stairs towards the library, she tried to block out the upsetting whispers that followed her. Slut. Common trash. Look at that outfit. She never should have been here in the first place. She gulped. She knew that somehow Cato had to be behind all of this. It was probably some payback for her mingling in the cafeteria. But the only question was, what had he done?

Suddenly someone from behind placed an arm around her shoulder, pulling her towards a hard body as the boy followed her pace. She yelped in surprise.

'So Katniss, you're looking hot today. Would you like to meet me after school?' he asked cocky, his eyes checking her out from top to bottom as his other hand groped her ass. She instinctively smashed her elbow into his rib in reply, surprising him completely; as he bend over in pain, his hand on his painfull stomach, she turned to face him.

'Jerk! Who do you think you are? I don't even know you!'

'You bitch! What was that good for?' He was already retreating when she heard a female voice call out to her. 'Katniss! Oh, thank goodness.'

Katniss turned her head to see Mage rushing over; she also saw the terror on her friends face. 'You're never going to believe what I just found. Look!' Holding her ipad in front of her nose so Katniss could read the text on the screen, she patted at the little message at the right corner. 'I'd just logged in on our school network when I read this. Someone somehow must have published it on the intranet this morning.'

Katniss eyes widened in horror as she took the ipad from her friend. Madge had opened a link, and a list had popped up. But not just a list. With horror she read the title, written in big fat letters: The top ten high school sluts. And under it was her name and picture; Katniss Everdeen, the girl on fire. O no. No wonder everyone was acting so weird.

'You're telling me every kid in school can read this?' she asked in a high pinched voice, almost in panic now; she just could not believe this was actually happening.

Madge nodded, her face as pale as Katniss. 'What are you going to do?'

'Well, we have to go to the principal. This is absurd. They have to remove this from the network at once.' Katniss closed her eyes for a moment; she would not achieve anything by losing her mind. Yes, this was definitely Cato's doing, no question about that. Damn, she would let him pay for this. If that asshole thought he could get rid of her that easily, she had news for him! 'Better not waste another second. Let's go.'

She turned, bumping into Glimmer. Where the hell did she came from?

'Let me pass,' Katniss urged her when she didn't step aside; she didn't like the gleeful expression on the girls face for one bit.

'Why? What's with the rush?' Glimmer asked her, acting totally innocent. But the sadistic glare in her eyes told Katniss otherwise. She had to watch out. 'Just get out of my way. Please,' she asked again, this time a bit less harsh in the hope the girl would obey. It was only wishful thinking; the girl was not at all affected by her plea.

'Again: why? Got any problems?'

'Please Glimmer!' Katniss looked around for some backup, but all the other students present gazed at her as if she was their next meal. Shit. This was going to be bad. She had seen this kind of stuff happening before. It was a fact now; she was the new Pariah. 'What…what do you want…?' she asked suspiciously, now taking a step back.

Glimmer just shrugged. Her face full with glee as she met her eyes, she just spoke sweetly: 'We've heard you're were feeling quite hot…well, maybe this will cool you off.' She heard some noise above her. Alarmed, she started to look up, to see what was going on there. She heard Madge shriek; at the same time she was met by a splash of ice cold water that soaked her completely.

Yeah Peeta, as if staring at your watch is going to help. With a sigh he looked up again, hoping he would get a glimpse of Katniss. Although the cafeteria was already getting crowded, there was still no sign of her. Damn. What could be taking her so long? She was coming right? She'd said so this morning… maybe she's got second thoughts? But why? He had only asked her to meet here so they could talk. It was not yet a date or anything. But he couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed when ten more minutes had past and still nobody had showed up. 'Katniss, were are you?' he whispered to himself impatiently.

'Peeta?'

Finally! Turning his head around with high expectations, his enthusiasm dropped when he saw who was calling. 'O, hi Annie.'

'What, not the one you were expecting?' The beautiful girl teased him as she took the seat at the other end of the table. 'You know, I saw you sitting here all by yourself and I thought, why not go over to him for a little chit chat? You are looking kind of sad though. Everything alright? And where's the rest of the gang?' She asked, looking around if she could get a glimpse of them.

Peeta shrugged, taking a gulp from his coke. 'Don't know. They're probably hanging out somewhere.'

'Ok.' She sighed at his gloomy tone. 'Apparently you're not in such a good mood today…what's wrong?'

He growled. He couldn't just tell her he had just been blown off by some girl. His pride wouldn't allow that.

'I just wanted to be by myself for a change. Got a problem with that?' he snapped. But when he saw the hurt on her delicate face, he regretted his harsh words. This was Annie after all. She had not done anything to him.

'Look, I'm sorry. I didn't want to snap at you like that. It's just…' He shook his head, not knowing how to continue without telling her the truth. Why didn't you show up Katniss, he asked in silence.

'It doesn't matter Peeta. You don't have to explain.' She had lowered her lashes, looking at her hands now, turning them around in unease as she shut up again. He sighed, feeling more and more terrible about himself. How could a woman ever look so god damn fragile?

Annie Cresta was absolute candy for the eye. She was one of those classical beauties, with her dark flowing hair and dark green eyes, her skin the colour of ivory. Not to mention the tall legs or the slim build of her body. He could imagine why Finnick was so completely bonkers about her. But she was timid. She was very nice, but she wasn't exactly a peoples person. Because of that, she didn't have an awful lot of friends, just Finnick and some friends she had from childhood. And the gang of course. Even mean brutal Cato would do anything for her, even thought she didn't seem to like him that much.

He cleared his throat. 'And what about you?' A grin entered his face. 'Wait, don't tell me. You're still pissed at Finnick.'

'Pissed is not exactly the right word…I'm more disappointed. I don't get him, nor any of you three.' She sighed, leaning on her elbows as she stared into the distance. 'Why are you still friends with him?'

'And with him you mean Cato?' he assumed, knowing her thoughts about him. His grin disappeared again.

'Who else? I've heard about what he did with that boy from D-12. Isn't it sad? I mean, what had the guy ever done to him in the first place?'

'He had called him a beast with no heart,' Peeta remembered, not very happy with it. Cato's somewhat hash interaction with people wasn't exactly something he approved or liked, but he was his friend after all. He could not bad-mouth him.

'Yes, but after Cato had seduced his girlfriend and dumped her the same night,' Annie backfired; her tone was getting more heated. 'So basically, he only told him the truth. Because that guy doesn't have a soul.'

'Annie,' Peeta began to hush, but she didn't listen.

'I'm telling you Peeta, he's terrorising the whole school. People don't stand up to him any more, afraid of their own hide. And who can blame them after seeing what has become of those who had? I've asked Finnick to stand up to him, to at least stop him. But he refused, saying he would not turn against a friend. And now that boy is gone, like so many before him. Tell me Peeta, when will his reign of terror end? What does he have to do before you, Finnick and Marvel are going to stop him?'

'Annie, please, Don't be such a drama queen.'

She bit her lip in anger, shaking her head as she know she had failed again. 'O, forget it. I thought you had more common sense, but you are just as bad as the others.' She sighed, leaning back into her chair as she crossed her arm before her chest. Then she realised something.

'Ok, am I boring you?'

He knitted his brows. 'Excuse me?'

'Well, I'm just sitting her for five minutes and all you've been doing is looking at those doors.'

He was about to answer when the heavy cafeteria doors flew open, making a lot of noise. They both looked up to see a girl rush in, chased by a whole pack of students. Laughing as if it all was one big joke, they were throwing sandwiches, soda and other muck at her, all the while yelling obscene things. One threw an unopened can of coke, hitting her full on the back of her head. The girl yelped in pain, then slipped, falling face first on the floor. She didn't even try to get up; instead she took a defensive position, protecting her face and belly for their kicks and punches. 'Stop! Please, stop!'

Annie gasped, shocked by the absurd spectacle before them. 'Oh no, poor girl. We're ought to do something! They will kill her if they continue like this.'

Peeta was up in a blink of an eye, knocking his chair to the ground in his haste. Even though covered in all kinds of filth, he recognised her right away. Katniss! What was that group of monkeys doing to her?

'Hey, stop that,' he bellowed at them as he quickly ran towards the swarming crowd, elbowing himself a way through to get to Katniss. First they didn't even notice him, totally deaf for his protest; all they could focus on was their victim. But the more he reached the centre, the more people understood their time of fun was over. It became very quiet around him.

'Back, all of you! If anyone dares to lay another finger on her, he will meet my fist, got that? Now move!'

As the group slowly stepped back, now forming a circle around them, he squatted beside her. She was shivering from top to bottom, almost in shock. She flinched when he tried to touch her.

'It's alright. No one is going to hurt you any longer,' he soothed her as if she was a wild animal scared for its life. My god, she looked a mess.

Her grey eyes locked on his. 'P…Peeta?' As soon as she realised who he was, she looked away in shame, but gently he turned her head back so she had to face him.

He tried to smile, but it cost him an awful lot of willpower. 'Dear lord, what have they done to you? ' He saw she was fighting her tears, and a rage came over him. He stood up slowly, glaring at the spectators. 'Well, are you satisfied now? Huh? You bunch of assholes! Think you're so tough?' He stepped forwards, looking them one for one in the eye, expressing his loath over them. 'Now see how low you all have sank, attacking a harmless girl like her. Get out of my sight! Get out, before I throw you all out!'

He didn't have to repeat himself twice. One by one, the boys and girls retreated from the room, until only the three of them remained. Peeta was back with Katniss in no time.

'So you didn't ditch me after all.'

'What?'

'Never mind. Can you walk?' He asked when she tried to get back on her feet. She nodded. 'I guess so. But I've sprained my ankle,' she answered, her voice nothing more but a whisper by the pain.

He just nodded. 'Right.' Before she could say anything else, he took her in his arms, lifting her from the ground. Man, she really was as skinny as she looked like; she hardly weighted a thing.

'What…what are you doing?' she gasped in surprise, clinging her arms around his neck to hold her balance.

'I'm taking you to the nurse's office.'

'I said I can walk.'

'Not with a sprained ankle. Besides, I like to help ladies in need, so please, allow me this pleasure.

She blinked, not knowing how to respond at this. How could he ever flirt with her while she looked like this?

Okay Katniss, don't be such a dumb ass. This is what normally happens only in movies. You're laying here in the arms of a very attractive boy, who is even willing to carry your fat ass all the way to the nurse's office, which you know is located not close from here. Hello, when will you ever get that chance again?

So she struggled no longer, all the while blushing ferociously as he carefully walked with her out of the room, Annie following not far behind.

A/n: Yes, I really meant intranet. From what I know, it is a intern network were you can share information, operational systems, or computing services within a single organization. It's also only approachable for members of that organisation. Al least, that was my interpretation when I used the word.

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