Sorry this chapter took so long! Ah, I can't even handle this story but I'm trying! Well let me just say I wrote this chapter (Gloss part) after having the worst day ever. This made me feel so much better.

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Chapter 5 " New (Part 1)"

Annie's POV

Friday after school today I go straight to Johanna's house. After begging her non-stop these past two days Johanna finally agreed to go to Gloss' party. Gale and Peeta are meeting us here, and Finnick said he'd see us there.

I read a text from Peeta saying that he is at the front door. I jump off of Jo's bed and go answer the door downstairs since Johanna's still changing.

"Hey, Annie." Peeta steps in.

"How do I look?" I gesture toward my outfit.

Peeta takes a look at me.

I'm wearing a dark blue jeans and a black one-shoulder top with gems all over the front. My hair's curled and my bangs are clipped back. It took me over an hour to do my hair like this. It looks really great and makes my dark green eyes stand out. Johanna did my make-up lighter than usually. Peeta's told me before I don't need make-up to look beautiful, but I still put it on. I'm not sure why, but I feel like I need to.

"You look nice, Annie. I think your hair looks better straight though."

I frown at him. "It's fine," I practically growl at him.

"Damn, Annie. You asked," Peeta says half jokingly.

"And I just love your honestly," I say sarcastically.

"You're welcome," Peeta says ignoring my sarcasm.

Peeta and I take a seat on the couch together and wait for Johanna who is taking forever. What the hell is she doing? She takes longer than me and that's saying something.

"Gale says he'll be here soon," Peeta tells me as he reads his text off of his phone.

"Speaking of Gale," I look back at the staircase to make sure Johanna isn't here. She's not. "Do you know what's going on between those two?"

"No idea. They're to confusing to keep track of."

He's got a point. It's down right impossible to know. I'm not even sure they know themselves.

I stare at the wall and think about Gale and Johanna being together. "I really hope they work out…whatever they are," I tell Peeta. "They'd be great together."

"You think?"

I snap my head towards Peeta and tilt my head in confusion.

"You don't?"

"I don't know." Peeta doesn't look at me. He leans back into the couch and looks up at the celling. "They're both so…"

Peeta bites his lip trying to think of the right word to use. He doesn't need to say it. I know how they are. Maybe them being together wouldn't be the best thing in the world. It's like fighting fire with fire. What good can come from that?

"Yeah, I know." Still, they should be together. "It's just—Wait a second!" Peeta looks at me from the corner of his eye. "If you don't think they'd be good together than why do you want them together?"

"Maybe 'cause I want her to be happy."

That has to be one of the sweetest things I've heard Peeta say about Johanna. It's things like this that make me wonder if they're more than just friends. I've honestly never heard Peeta talk about anyone the way he talks about Johanna. He's actually still upset with her about the whole Cashmere thing, too. Still he doesn't talk bad about her, at all.

Johanna comes down stairs, finally. Not so long after Gale arrives. For some reason they actually aren't fighting about anything. It's so weird. All they have been doing is fighting since Jo's birthday. Seeing how Peeta smiles at the two as they get along I can't help but think he had something to do with it.

We get to Gloss' place around seven and it's packed. It wouldn't surprise me if most of the school was here. Him and his sister are Careers, so who won't come?

After a while Johanna spots Cato and goes to dance with him. Gale gets beyond jealous. Soon enough he's off dancing with Cashmere. Johanna gets just as pissed as Gale was. I stop paying attention to them after that. Instead, I spend my time with Peeta until Glimmer comes and starts talking to him. Peeta completely forgets about me and focuses on her. I don't really blame him. He's smitten. It's not often Glimmer actually talks to him. I leave them and explore around the house.

Cashmere and Gloss' house is huge, like a castle. There's three floors plus the basement. They have two living rooms, four bathrooms, and around eight bedrooms. I go to third floor looking for the bathroom and accidently find a room filled with books.

Its like a little library, bookshelves all around, a computer, a couch, coffee table, and an actual coffee maker on the coffee table. I can't stop myself from looking around, the room is just so intriguing. I might have been there for hours just looking at some of the titles. There are so many classics and books I've heard my mom talk about all the time. Cashmere and Gloss' parents must love reading. Just as I'm about to leave I trip on a lamp cord and fall to my knees. Luckily the floor is carpet so it didn't hurt at all. Sitting on the floor I find dozens on photo albums on the bottom shelf. I can't stop myself from picking one out and opening it. It's wrong. I'm invading their privacy by even being in this room, and now I'm willingly looking at their family photos. The worst part is I don't even know them. It look be different if I was at Peeta's or Gale's because their my friends. I don't even talk to Cashmere and Gloss…he's just a guy who likes me.

The photo album I picked was of Gloss and Cashmere in their early years. Nothing but baby photos with their parents. It's so cute. They look at a lot like their parents. Their dad is gorgeous; I can see where Gloss gets it from. And their mother, stunning! I find a photo of their parents at prom. He's the king and their mom the queen. In most of the photos in here their mom has straight hair but in this picture she had waves in her hair. Just like the waves Cashmere had at lunch the other day, when I first saw her. Gloss' mom is wearing a gold dress and her crown completes that dress. Cashmere looks so much like her mom in this photo.

"Annie?"

My head snaps up and I see Gloss standing over me.

"Gloss," I breathe out nervously.

"What are you…" He trails off when he sees what's in my hands.

I jump off the floor and start to ramble. "Gloss, I'm so sorry! I didn't meet to. I-I was looking for a bathroom and the bathrooms downstairs have such long lines, because most people are in there are making out so I didn't know how long they'd take. I probably could have waited though now that I think about. I have been here for about an hour. Anyways yeah, I didn't mean to find this album and all. I'm sorry! You-you can look at my albums if that makes up for anything! Or I can tell you about the time I got gum stuck in my hair at school. So one time—"

"Annie!" Gloss cuts me off and by the look on his face he's been trying to stop my rambling for a while. I don't even know what I was saying! Like I'd really tell him about how I met Finnick. No one knows that story but Finnick and me.

"Sorry for rambling and...yeah." I hand over the album and look down at my feet. "I shouldn't have been looking through your stuff. I'm sorr—"

"Annie." I look up at him. He's looking at the photo of his parents at prom. "It's okay."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"You're not mad?"

He looks up from the photo and gives me a "What?" look. "Why would I be?"

I return the same facial expression. "Umm maybe because I was invading not only your privacy but your family's?"

"Rather that than mine."

I smile. "Makes me wonder what you're hiding, Gloss."

He breathes out amused. "You don't want to know."

I laugh lightly. He walks over to the couch and I follow, taking a seat next to him.

"If I'm mad at anything, Annie, it's that I didn't get to tell you some of the stories that go with these photos. Like this photo right here." Gloss points to one of him and his sister sharing an ice cream cone in the park. They look around four. "Cash's cone fell and mom didn't have enough change to get her another one. So I shared mine with her."

"That's so sweet." I lean in closer to him to get a better look at the photo.

"Well, I am the one who dropped her cone."

Of course.

I snort. "I guess I spoke to soon," I tease him.

He looks up and kisses me. We pull away and stare at each other blankly.

"Wow." I break the silence. "That was—"

"Terrible." Gloss reads my mind.

"I've never been so happy to hear a guy say that to me!" I exclaim without thinking.

Gloss just laughs.

When Gloss kissed me I felt nothing at all. No blood rushing to my checks or that warm feeling you get inside your stomach. Absolutely nothing. Like kissing a wall.

Thank God Gloss felt the same way. I wouldn't want some guy who I have no connection with chasing me. That would be horrible. Plus, I think I'm actually starting to like Gloss, as a friend of course. When I met him at lunch he was a bit annoying and full of himself, but now he seems totally different to me.

"So, kissing you," says Gloss. "I shouldn't have."

"No, no. It's a good thing you did. Now we know there's nothing here between us. Now we can focus on being friends."

"Sounds good to me. Now what was all that about gum getting—"

"Hey, tell me about that photo." I quickly point to a random picture.

He looks where my finger is. It's the picture of his parents at prom.

"That ones Cash's favorite. She has a copy framed in her room."

I can't help but say,"Awww."

Gloss smiles, "I know...Hey?"

I look at Gloss and wait for him to say something.

"Don't tell anyone this but...that's Cashmere's dream."

Her dream?

"What do you mean?"

"I mean being prom queen. Ever since we were little that's what she wanted. That dress is even hung up in the back of her closet in a white bag. She tries it on once a month to see if it fits yet."

"Does it?"

"No. Not yet."

Gloss looks back to the photo and a bright grin spreads across his face. Like he can't wait to see his sister's dream come true. There's something about they way he talked about Cashmere, his voice so soft and gentle. Like it was more than just a crown. I mean of course it is, it's for their mom, but I don't know. I feel like it's more than that.

"She's got my vote. Three years from now."

"Thanks." Gloss' eyes are still glued to his parents.

We go downstairs to dance since Gloss says there's no way I'm not dancing with him at least once. He leaves me on a couch by the stairs as he goes to get us drinks. I sit there smiling happily at the fact that Gloss and I are going to be great friends. I can already tell. I can't wait until the others get to know him better and like him as much as I do. Johanna and Gale will probably need more time to warm up to him than Peeta and Finnick. That reminds me! Where is Finnick? He said he'd call when he gets here. I check my phone but there's no messages or miss calls. Where is he?

I look up to see Cashmere smiling at me brightly.

"Having fun?" She asks taking a seat next to me.

I give an unconvincing nod and stare at the floor.

"Are you sure you're okay?" She scoots closer to me on the couch. "I know we aren't that close but you can trust me, Annie."

I look up at and have no doubt in my mind she's more than just the stereotypical, stuck up, popular girl everyone makes her out to be. She actually wants to know what's bothering me and make me feel better. And she hardly even knows me.

"It's nothing," I shake my head a bit. "One of my friends hasn't shown up, that's all."

"Who?"

"Finnick. I think I'll—"

"Wait, hold up. You mean Finnick Odair?"

I raise an eyebrow at her and nod. "Do you know him?"

"Not personally but he's all these freshman girls have been talking about lately, well him and Cato." Note to self, ask Cashmere more about Cato, for Johanna of course. "I hear some girls say he's better looking than my brother. True or what?"

"Hmm, I guess so," I say awkwardly.

"I'd just love to meet him, finally. Is he seeing anyone?"

I want to tell her to stay away from him, but I can't. Why should she, just because I like him? "Not that I know of."

Cashmere smiles, "Perfect, 'cause—"

"Annie!"

I turn away from Cashmere and see Johanna walking over here from across the room. I wave lightly than turn back to Cashmere. She looks startled.

"Annie, how are you friends with Johanna? She's just awful."

"I know she may seem bad at first but Johanna's a really great friend," I tell her somewhat defensively.

"She doesn't even know me and she's already called me a slut and told me to stay away from Peeta."

The whole thing about Peeta's nothing new. He's still mad at her too. I understand completely. There was no reason for Johanna to try and keep Cashmere away from him. I'll admit she doesn't seem all that good for Peeta, but if he wants to date her I'm not going to stand in his way. Johanna's just really protective of Peeta.

"Does it even matter? You're going to date Peeta either way."

"I was never going to date Peeta," Cashmere says with amusement in her voice.

I blink twice repeatedly. "Huh?"

"Sure he's kind of hot but I don't like him. I just say at that lunch cause Gloss was giving me crap about never dating anyone. Plus it's pretty fun making girls jealous." Now she just sounds like the stuck up girl Johanna was making her out to be.

I'm so pissed off now.

"So you just used Peeta? And what the hell are you talking about jealous? No one was jealous."

"She was."

"Annie?" Johanna, I forgot about her. "Can we talk?"

I nod and walk away from Cashmere after some cold looks are exchanged between the two of them.

This is so unbelievable. Stupid Cashmere. It's all her fault Peeta's mad at Johanna. Poor Peeta, I'm not sure if Peeta actually liked her, but still. Cashmere's crazy; Johanna wasn't jealous. Like I said, she's just overprotective of him. That's all.

"What's going on?" I ask Johanna.

"Finnick's not coming."

I can feel my stomach sink a little, "Why?"

Johanna's eyes shift and she won't look at me anymore, "I don't know." Now she's looking at me. "He won't answer his cell."

I know she's lying. "You can tell me the truth, you know."

Johanna bites her bottom lip. "I don't think I can."

"I understand if he's tired or just doesn't feel like coming. Just tell me Jo." I can handle it.

"You really want to know?" I nod almost immediately. "I've heard he's on a date."

My stomach sinks even deeper.

"...Oh."

"You okay, Ann?" Johanna asks caringly.

"Yeah," I nod. "I'm fine. I just—" I walk away with out another word to her.

Finnick's POV

There goes my phone ringing, again.

"Again." Clove says so annoyed.

I told Johanna I wasn't going to the party. Why would I go? I don't even know who the hell Cashmere and Gloss are. I'd much rather spend time with my new friend, Clove. I've been in school a week and so far I've been asked out at least once a day. I told all those girls the same thing; I'm not looking for a relationship at the moment. Most of them took the hint, others not so much. After school today I ran into Clove by her locker. She was on her cell and she looked frustrated. When Clove saw me standing right beside her she snapped her phone shut and asked me if I had plans today. I honestly thought she was asking me out so I told her what I told all the other girls. Halfway through she stared laughing hysterically. Turns out she asking as a friend. After she made fun of me for that, we made plans to go to this ice cream place in town.

I shrug pretty annoyed myself and grab my cell to see who's calling this time. I'm about to put the call straight to voice mail until I see it's not Johanna calling me this time, it's Annie. I answer it.

The first thing I hear is faded music in the background than Annie's voice.

"Hey, Annie."

"Finnick, why aren't you here?"

Figures Johanna wouldn't tell Annie I wasn't coming.

"I'm just…" I look at Clove and she smiles lightly. "I have a lot of homework to do, that's all." I lie and honestly I'm not sure why.

Clove scrunches her face up than proceeds to eat her ice cream.

"Finnick, don't you know anything? Friday and Saturday are your days to relax than when Sunday comes you wait until the last minute to do all your homework."

I laugh a little. "Sorry, Annie, I'm trying to actually get good grades this year. First impressions mean a lot you know."

"Oh yeah," Annie says sarcastically. "Like how I first meant you when you threw gum in my hair."

"That was an accident!" I blurt out and Annie laughs.

After a moment of silence I tell Annie I have to go and hang up. I look at Clove and she's smiling widely at me.

"Wha—?"

"You like her," she blurts out.

"I d—"

"No, no, no!" Clove starts waving her hand in front of me. "Don't deny it. You didn't answer any the other calls but that one and you lied to her about being with me because you don't want her to think something's going on between us. If you didn't like her you would have just told her the truth instead of giving some lame excuse. Honestly, who does homework on Fridays? That's just a horrible excuse. You couldn't have said you were grounded? Or sleepy or something…"

That's where I stop listening. Clove goes on for about five minutes going back and forth from my horrible excuse to me liking Annie. If Clove had let me finish my sentence she would have saved us some time. I was going to tell her I do like Annie. Why do I trust Clove who I'm just getting to know? I really don't know.

"Are you done?" I asking after she takes what I think is a pause.

"Yes."

"First of all it was not a lame excuse." Clove rolls her eyes. " And yes, I do like Annie."

"Then what are you doing here hanging out with me when she wants you at that party?" Clove gets up and puts her coat on.

"Where are you going?" I ask complete ignoring her question.

"I'm going home and you're going to the party."

I flat out say, "No."

She crosses her arms over her chest in disappointment. "Why? And don't give me that crap about you haven't even met Cashmere and Gloss why would you go."

I sigh. Clove's known me for a week and she can already tell when I'm being completely honest with her. What I told her was completely crap. The real reason why I don't want to go is because I know Gloss' into Annie. From what I've heard it sounds like she likes him too. I honestly don't want to spend my night seeing them together.

"She's there with another guy," I mumble under my breath, hoping Clove doesn't hear me. But she does.

"So you're just going to let the other guy get her? Without a fight? Real smart Finnick. Now put your fucking coat on, you're going."

I lean back in my chair, cross my arms over my chest and stare at Clove. She puts a hand on her hip and stares back. She isn't going to back down, she's determined. I like that.

"One condition."

She raises an eyebrow at me.

If I have to go to that party so does she.

"You're coming with me."

"Oh Finnick. I told you, you aren't my type."

"You know what I mean. Why don't you want to go? You gave me that same crap excuse I gave you."

She bites her bottom lip and stares at me for a moment before turning her back to me. "I'll be waiting out front."

She walks away and not a second later I have my coat in my hand and I'm following her out the door.

We get there in no time. It's really full and there's hardly anywhere to sit. Clove and I decide to go sit on the stairs. I text Annie that I'm here but there's no reply. While I look for someone I know in the crowd of people Clove goes off to the bathroom. It's not long until Johanna finds me.

She sits on the stairs with me, "What are you doing here?"

"Sitting."

Johanna shoots me an unamused look.

"Annie called me, alright?"

"You answer her phone calls right?" Johanna teases me.

"Shut up."

She laughs.

"So who's the girl you were on a date with?"

How the hell did she know I was out?

"It wasn't a date."

"Sure it wasn't."

I roll my eyes.

"Just please tell me you didn't bring here her."

"What If I did?"

"Well Annie's already upset you weren't coming. She's be ten times more if you brought some slut—"

"She isn't—"

"Who the hell you calling slut, Mason?" Clove appears out on nowhere.

Johanna's shocked when she sees that it's Clove talking to her. Then she rolls her eyes annoyed. Wait a second, do they know each other?

"Wow, Finnick. Clove? Seriously? You can do better." Johanna may be looking at me but I know her words are meant for Clove.

"Like who? You? Oh wait a minute that's Peeta who you're so desperately trying to keep away from anyone for no reason what so ever. Stay out of people's business, Mason. It's not everyone else fault you can't get a guy."

"Shut the fuck up, Clove." Johanna says balling up her fists.

"Or what? You're going to call me a slut again? Huh? Bitch."

Johanna gets up about ready to launch herself at Clove, but I quickly get in the middle of them. Both Johanna and Clove try to get me out of the way but I hold my ground. There's no way I'm letting these two fight, especially over something as stupid as this.

After a while Johanna finally storms away. Clove smirks. I look at Clove pissed off as hell.

"What?"

"What the hell was that Clove?" I ask. "You can't just talk about my friends like that—"

"Excuse me." She cuts me off. "Did you not hear what she said about me?"

I was going to defend her, but she came before I had the chance to. "Still Clove. You—"

"Oh, I can't talk about your friends like that, but you can talk about Glimmer with your other stupid friends behind Mellark's back, right?"

I completely forgot about her and Glimmer.

"I've never said anything about her," I lie.

"Right. Don't be such a hypocrite Finnick." Her eyes flicker to something behind me. "Good luck with Annie. You didn't tell me the other guy was Gloss."

I look over to where Clove was. Annie and Gloss are dancing together and look all too happy.

"You don't stand a chance." That's the last thing Clove say before she walks away still angry at me.

The photo will be brought up again later. Just saying. Also I thought this might clear things up as to why Annie isn't going after Gloss in Trip To the Capitol. Sorry Glannie ships (dont kill me) No one told me they haven't read TTTC so if you haven't tell me in review so I don't spoil anything! Also Clove and Finnick history since I do have some Clinnick shippers. Don't worry Clato.

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