Author's note:
Here's the next chapter! Summary: I'm Katniss Everdeen and I'm 16 years old. Until today, I was home-schooled. Then, it was good-bye District 12, and hello high-school. Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the Hunger Games. The entire amazing trilogy belongs to Suzanne Collins. I don't own anything from Mean Girls either. All of it belongs to Paramount Pictures Corporation. I've also used the same dialogue as the film. Enjoy!
Clove Thomas's P.O.V.
That weird kid, Marvel, barged into our English room and passed out candy canes. I was positive that I was getting tons.
"Alexa Waterfire? Two for you," he said passing them to her.
"Steve Oslan? Four for you, Steve Oslan. You go, Steve Oslan," he said and passed four candy canes to Steve.
"And, Katniss Everdeen. Do we have a Katniss Everdeen in here?"
Katniss raised her hand. "Here."
"Oh, here you go, Katniss." I raised my hand just above my shoulder and was going to ask for mine, but Marvel said, "And none for Clove Thomas, bye," very quickly.
Katniss was examining her candy cane. "Who's that from?" I asked.
"Thanks for being such a great friend. Love, Glimmer," she read. "That's so sweet!"
She had to be joking. I grabbed her candy cane and read the tag. It was what she read. I was in complete shock. I was Glimmer's oldest friend in our group. How could she send one to the newest member? Or, maybe just her, because Katniss is very nice. Maybe Foxface didn't get one either.
It was time for the annual winter talent show. We all got changed into our little red dresses, that had white fur along to top and bottom, and a thin, black belt, tied along the middle. We also had to wear a Santa hat. Foxface, Katniss and I sat in front of our makeup mirrors. I combed out my long, brown hair and started putting on my makeup. I learned that Foxface also got a candy cane from Glim.
"I mean," I started to say, "why would Glim send you guys candy canes and not me?"
Foxface said, "Maybe she forgot about you."
"Yeah," Katniss agreed. "Glimmer has been acting kind of weird lately. I mean, is something bothering her?"
"Well," I said, glossing my lips, "her parents totally don't sleep in the same bed anymore, if that's what you mean." I gasped. "Oh my god, don't tell her I told you that!"
When me and Katniss were alone, I said, "I mean, no offense or anything, why would she send you a candy cane? She doesn't even like you that much. Maybe she feels weird around me, because I'm the only person that knows about her nose job." I gasped again. What was happening to me? "Oh my god. Pretend you didn't hear that."
We were getting in our positions when Glim told me, "Clove, switch sides with Katniss."
"But I'm always on your left!" I protested.
"That was when there were 3 of us and now the tallest go in the middle."
"But, the whole dance will be backwards. I'm always on your left."
"And right now you're getting on my last nerve. Switch!" I had no choice but to switch with Katniss.
After the dance, Foxface hugged Katniss and said, "That was the best performance ever!"
Peeta came and put his arm around Glim. "That was awesome," and he leaned down to kiss her but she stopped him and said, "Lip gloss!"
Finnick came and said to Katniss, "Hey, good job, District 12!"
She turned red and said, "Thanks!"
"Katniss is blushing," I said. "Oh my god, you totally have a crush on that guy!"
"No, I don't!"
"That's why you wanted to join mathletes." Peeta looked confused.
"Mathletes?" he asked. "You hate math!"
"Oh, look how red she is," I teased. "You love him, and he totally complimented you. That is so fetch!"
Glimmer glared at me. "Clove, stop trying to make 'fetch' happen," she snapped. "It's not going to happen."
Katniss Everdeen's P.O.V.
In History, we were going to read out our reports on the Romans. Clove went first.
"Why should Caesar get to stomp around like a giant while the rest of try not to get smushed by his big feet! What's so great about Caesar? Brutus is just as cute as Caesar, Brutus is just as smart as Caesar. People totally like Brutus just as much as they like Caesar. And when did it become okay for one person to be the boss of everybody, huh? Because that's not what Rome is about. We should totally just stab Caesar!" Clove read. She read it quickly and shrieked the last parts.
Clove Thomas had cracked. She asked me to go to the toilet with her and she told me, "If you knew how mean she really is," she said while crying. "You know that I'm not allowed to wear hoop earrings, right? Yeah. 2 years ago, she told me that hoop earrings were her thing, and that I wasn't allowed to wear them anymore. And then for Hanukah, my parents got me this pair of really expensive white gold hoops. And I had to pretend like I didn't even like them and…it was so sad."
I put my hand on her shoulder. She continued. "And you know, she cheats on Peeta? Yes, every Thursday he thinks she's doing SAT prep but really, she's hooking up with Gale Hawthorne in the projection room above the auditorium. I never told anybody that…because…I'm such a good friend."
Jackpot. Clove's secret had the plan back in motion. After Christmas break, we tried every Thursday to catch Glimmer in the act.
Annie Cresta's P.O.V.
"Guys, why do we think we can do this?" Katniss asked. "We're amateurs."
"No," I said, "we just have to re-group. Think outside our box."
"What are Kalteen bars?" Marvel asked.
"They're these weird Swedish nutrition bars," Katniss explained. "My mom used to give them to the her cousin to help her gain weight."
I looked at Katniss. Jackpot.
Glimmer Ryerson's P.O.V.
"They're these weird nutrition bars my mom uses to lose weight." Katniss help it out to me.
"Give me that," I said, taking a bite. I looked at the back. "It's all in, like, Swedish or something."
"Yeah, you know, it burns carbs. It just burns up all your carbs!"
"I really wanna lose 3 pounds," I said. I looked at Clove and Foxface, who were silent.
"Oh my god, what are you talking about?" Clove piped up.
"You're so skinny," Foxface added.
"Shut up," I said.
Katniss Everdeen's P.O.V.
The weird thing about hanging out with Glimmer is that I could hate her, and at the same time, I still wanted her to like me.
Same with Clove. The meaner Glimmer was to her, the more Clove tried to win Glimmer back. She knew it was better to be in The Careers, hating life, then not be in it at all.
Because being with The Careers was like being famous. People looked at you all the time, and everybody just knew stuff about you.
I was a woman possessed. I spent about 80% of my time talking about Glimmer and the other 20% of the time, I was praying for someone else to bring her up so I could talk about her more.
"She's not even that good looking if you look at her," I told Annie.
"Now that she's getting fatter, she's got big…you know," Annie replied.
I could hear people getting bored with me. But I couldn't stop. It just kept coming up like word vomit.
"I have this theory that if you cut all her hair off, she'll look like a British man."
"Yeah. You told me that one before. Hey, I'm having an art show. So, you should take a night off from your double life and come see it."
"Cool."
"What is that smell?" Annie asked.
"Oh, Glim gave me some perfume." I smiled.
"You smell like vomit."
"Thanks," I said sarcastically.
Peeta Mellark's P.O.V.
I was doing the work that Ms. Trinket set us when someone tapped on my shoulder. It was Katniss.
"I don't get this, do you get it?" she asked me.
I started to explain when Ms. Trinket handed Katniss her test back. "Nice job, Katniss!" she said. I looked at the mark. 98/100. I chuckled. "Kinda seems like you get it." She smiled, clearly embarrassed.
The next test came back and I asked Katniss how she did.
"Not so good," she replied. "You know I think I need a tutor."
"I'll tutor you, if you ever wanna get together after school or something."
She nodded. "Do you think Glim would mind?"
"No," I shook my head. "You guys are friends." I thought about something and said, "Or maybe we just won't tell her."
Katniss and I were at her house, at a tutoring session. After a while, we kissed.
I pulled back and said, "Man, um… look. I can't do this. It's not fair to Glimmer."
"Why do you like her?"
"Look, I know she can be really mean sometimes, but…"
"Then why do you like her?!"
"Why do you?"
"But…"
"Look," I said, "there's good and bad in everybody."
"She's cheating on you!" Katniss said.
"What?"
Foxface's P.O.V.
We were in Glimmer's room. She was sobbing because Peeta broke up with her.
"Did he say why?" I asked.
"Somebody told him about Gale Hawthorne!" she said.
Clove eyed Katniss. "Who?" she asked.
"He said some guy on the baseball team," Glim explained. "I gave him everything! I was half a virgin when I met him!"
I tried to cheer her up. "You want to do something fun?" I asked. "You want to go to Taco Bell?"
"I can't go to Taco Bell, I'm on an all-carb diet! God, Foxface, you are so stupid!" Glim said before running away.
Clove followed her and said, "Glimmer, wait! Talk to me!"
Katniss came up to me and said, "You're not stupid, Foxface."
"No," I disagreed. "I am actually. I'm failing almost everything."
"Well, there must be something you're good at," Katniss tried.
"I can put my whole fist in my mouth!" I said. "Wanna see?'
"No. It's okay. Anything else?"
"I'm kinda psychic."
"What do you mean?"
"My breasts can always tell when it's gonna rain."
"Really? That's amazing."
"Well," I explained, "they can tell when it's raining."
Katniss Everdeen's P.O.V.
So far, the plan was going well. Peeta had dumped Glimmer and she unknownly eating 5,000 calories a day. It was time to turn our attention to the army of skanks.
"And finally, the nominees for Spring Fling queen are as followed," Vice Principal Wen said.
"Glimmer Ryerson, Clove Thomas, Annie Cresta and Katniss Everdeen."
Marvel laughed when Vice Principal Wen said, "Annie Cresta".
Annie punched Marvel. "I couldn't help myself!" he said.
In January, Glimmer had put a spring fling dress on hold at a store called 1, 3, 5. But, being Career, she needed our advice before she could actually buy it.
"Can someone zip me up?" she asked.
Foxface tried and said, "It won't close!"
"It's a five," Glimmer barked.
"Okay, it must be marked wrong," Clove said.
"Katniss, all I've been eating are these Kalteen bars. They suck!" Glimmer said to me.
"No," I protested. "This is just how they work. This is all your water weight. First you bloat and then you drop ten pound like that. It explains it all on the label."
"You know Swedish?"
"Yeah," I lied, "everyone in District 12 can read Swedish."
"Ma'am," Foxface asked the assistant, "do you have this in the next size up?"
"Sorry," the assistant said. "We only carry sizes 1,3 and 5. You could try Sears."
After Math class, I went to the door, but Ms. Trinket stopped me. "Katniss," she said. She handed me my math test. "I need your parents to sign this so they know that you're failing."
"Failing?" I asked.
"You know what's weird is that all the working out is right, but the answer is wrong."
"Really?"
"Really. Katniss, I know that having a boyfriend may seem like the most important thing in the world right now, but, you don't have to dumb yourself down to get guys to like you." How would you know? As if she read my mind, Ms Trinket said, "I know, I know, how would I know, right? I'm divorced, I'm broke from getting divorced. You know why? Because I'm a pusher, I push people. I'm gonna push you, because I know you're smarter than this."
I nodded. "Thank you Ms Trinket, and if there's anything I could do for extra credit, please let me know."
"Oh, I will."
Clove Thomas's P.O.V.
"I hate her!" Katniss said when we were in Glimmer's room. "I mean, she's totally failing me on purpose cause I didn't join those stupid mathletes. She was so weird. She was like, I'm a pusher, Katniss, I'm a pusher."
Glim laughed. "What does that even mean?" she asked.
"Like a drug pusher?" I suggested.
"Probably," Katniss agreed, "she said she works 3 jobs. You know I bet she sells drugs on the side to pay for her pathetic divorce."
"You let it out honey," I said as I gave her the Burn Book. "Put it in the book." Katniss hesitated but eventually took the book from me and started writing.
Annie Cresta's P.O.V.
"Hey I called you last night," I told Katniss, "how come you didn't call me back?"
"I got busy, sorry," Katniss said, looking in her mirror and glossing her lips.
"So, are you coming to my art show this weekend?"
"Sorry, I have to go to District 11 with my parents, I forgot."
"Well," Marvel suggested, "wanna watch a movie tonight?"
"Can't," she said. "I'm doing major Career sabotage."
"We have nothing planned for tonight," I reminded her.
"Oh," she explained, "I planned this one on my own. Love ya," she said before blowing us kisses and leaving, just like Glimmer.
Third Person P.O.V.
Katniss's phone rang. "Hello?"
"Katniss, it's Clove. Do you think Glim's mad at me cause I'm running for Spring Fling Queen?"
"Um…wanna find out?"
"Okay…"
"I'll call her…keep quiet!"
"Okay." Clove waited silently for Glimmer to pick up.
"Hello?"
"It's Katniss."
"Hi."
"Clove thinks you're mad at her because she's running for Spring Fling Queen."
"Oh, my god, I'm not mad at her. I'm worried about her. I think somebody nominated her as a joke or something, I mean nobody votes for her, she's gonna have a total melt down, and who's gonna have to take care of her? Me."
"So, you don't think anyone will vote for her?"
"Katniss, she's not pretty. I mean, that sounds bad but, whatever. The Spring Fling Queen is always pretty. I mean, the crazy thing is that it should be Foxface, but people forget about her because she's such a slut. Anyway, I gotta go. I'm going to bed." Glimmer hung up, leaving Katniss and Clove to talk.
"Well, she's not mad at you."
"Hold on."
"Are you okay?"
"Shh," Clove said before dialing Foxface's number.
"Hello?" Foxface said.
"If someone said something bad about you, you'd want me to tell you, right?"
"No," Foxface said, dumbly.
"What if it was someone you thought was your friend?"
"What are you-. Hold on, other line."
"I'm not taking this anymore," Clove told Katniss.
"Good for you, Clove."
Other line
"Hello?"
"Let's go out," Glimmer said.
"Okay, hold on, I'm on the other line with Clove."
"Don't invite Clove, she's driving me nuts."
"Hold that."
"Okay, hurry up."
Other line
"It's Glimmer, she wants to hang out with me tonight, but she told me not to tell you."
"Do not hang out with her."
"Why?"
"You don't want me to tell you."
"You can tell me, hold on."
Other line
"Oh my god, she's so annoying."
"Who is?"
"Who's this?"
"Clove."
"Right, hold on."
Other line
"Oh my god, she's so annoying."
"I know, just get rid of her!"
Other line
"Okay, what is it?"
"Glimmer says everyone hates you because you're such a slut."
"She said that?"
"You didn't hear it from me." Foxface hung up on Clove and Katniss said, "A little harsh, Clove."
"Whatever, she has a right to know."
Other line
"I can't go out." Foxface coughed. "I'm sick."
"Boo you whore," Glimmer said before hanging up.
Katniss Everdeen's P.O.V.
"Glimmer," Clove said one day at lunch, "we have to talk to you."
"Is butter a carb?" Glimmer asked me.
"Yes," I replied.
"Glimmer," Clove continued, "you're wearing sweatpants. It's Monday."
"So?"
"So," Foxface said, "that's against the rules, and you can't sit with us."
"Whatever, those rules aren't real."
"They were real that day I wore a vest!"
"Because that vest was disgusting."
"You can't sit with us!" Clove blurted.
"Sweatpants are all that fits me right now," Glimmer said before looking at me. I looked away. "Fine," she said. "You can walk home, bitches!" She got up to leave when she bumped it another girl. "Watch where you're going, fat-ass!" the girl said as everyone roared with laughter.
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