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Katniss and Peeta are getting alittle closer and soon Everlark paring shall commence!

(Peeta's POV)

I catch a little of what Katniss signs. "I think she had to go home and she said goodbye and thank you," I tell my parents. The shrug and finish their meal. Why did she have to go? We were having fun and she kissed me. I leave the table and head back to my room. Her phone lay on my bed blinking rapidly. I pick it up and unlock her phone. A calendar reminder pops up. 3:30- Get Home. GET HOME! That sounded urgent. I slide her phone in my bag and aim to give her the phone back tomorrow. I start my homework and end up falling asleep in the process.

The next day I wait by her locker and tap my foot to a weird beat. Finnick Odair and his group come by and stop by me. "So, heard silent girl came over to your house? Did she write the whole time?" He tries to joke.

"What? Just go away," I say. They stay there.

"We might just stay here until silent girl comes to her little locker." They all laugh. I set my bag on the top of the lockers and deck Finnick.

"Fine. We'll leave, dickhead," he murmurs as he leaves. I wait for another 20 minutes until first period starts. I guess she's not coming. I leave her locker and to my first class.

After school lets out I say goodbye to my friends and walk to the Seam hoping to find Katniss. I remember her address 246. I knock on her door and she opens it. I can see purple around her eyes and on arms. Bruises, purple, green, and blue.

"Hi," I sign Katniss. She claps her hands and smiles.

'Good. Why are you here?' She writes.

"You left your phone at my house," I say handing it to her, "Why weren't you at school today?"

'Thanks Peeta. I have to go, I'll see you in school tomorrow,' she tells me, avoiding my question. She shuts the door and I turn around. That was oddly strange. She had a hint of nervousness in her 'voice'. She didn't get those bruises from tripping on a rock; they looked like they were from a hit, many hits. I knock back on her door and this time Cato answers it.

"Can I talk to Katniss?" I ask with a stupid grin on my face.

"She's busy. Goodbye," he slams the door in my face and I hear screaming. It's obviously Cato screaming at Katniss. I hear clapping and foot stomping, that would be Katniss. The something hits the wall. Should I burst in? That would be rude, I think. I just call my friends to hang out tonight.

I wait by her locker again the next day and this time she appears.

"Hello Katniss," I say smiling. She doesn't even look up at me.

"Katniss? You okay? Are you mad at me?" I ask tapping her shoulder. She doesn't sign or write me anything, she just walks away into the crowded hallway. Before she does I see a bandage stretching from the corner of her left eye down to her chin. I run after her, "Katniss, what happened?" I block her path. She briefly looks up, 'Nothing.' She signs slowly. She darts around me and disappears in the fray.

(Katniss' POV)

I try to avoid Peeta the whole day. What am I going to say about the cut, or the bruises for that matter? I'm not going to tell him that Cato beat me after I came home late or that he threw a knife and it barely missed my eye. I would be taken away from Cato and he would be sent to prison. Then where would I go? Probably to the place in the Capitol where they make Avoxes, that's what Cato says to me when he's mad at me or anything. I guess he's right, mother told me that Cato is always right before she sent me away with him. During lunch I search the giant room for a seat and Peeta's eyes catch mine. He sits with a group of friends. I avert my eyes and go sit in the corner. I eat my lunch in solitude until Peeta comes to sit next to me. I tilt my head away from him.

"I don't care if you're mad at me but are you okay? That bandage, what happened?" He says touching my shoulder. I jerk away and pass a note, 'I want to be alone'. He mumbles something and leaves. I just pushed away my one and only friend. At the end of the day I slide a note into Peeta locker and hope he finds it.

'Peeta, I need to apologize to you and tell you something. If you can meet me by the school at 10 to tonight that would be great. Thanks, Katniss'.

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