Author's Note: See you all at the bottom..
Disclaimer: I don't own the hunger games or it's characters. All credit goes to Suzanne Collins. And I don't own the last song. All credit goes to Nicholas Sparks.
Katniss's POV
I place the last of my clothes in the drawer and close it.
There's a light knock on the door.
"Yeah," I mumble.
"Dinner's ready," Prim says in a barely audible voice.
"Coming," I reply as I undo my messy braid.
I take off my boots revealing my black socks.
I change into some black yoga pants and a pajama shirt of one of my favorite bands.
I head outside and smell something good. My stomach growls in approval.
When I get to the kitchen, I see that there's a table suitable for six people.
There's three plates close to one end of the table served with food.
I grab a plate and scoot to the far edge.
Prim enters the room with a big smile but it lowers when she sees where I'm at.
She looks like she's in pain for a second but recovers. She walks over to her seat and sits down.
Mom enters the room wearing pajamas and sits down as well.
I start to eat and mom says," So Katniss, how has high school been?"
"I graduated months ago," I mutter and shove pasta in my mouth.
" No, I know I just wanted to-" She begins.
I drop my fork on the plate and look up.
"It doesn't matter how high school was, drop it." I glare at her from across the table.
She looks shocked but gives me a small nod.
I go back to eating my food and ignore them both.
They start talking about a festival happening tomorrow.
"Are you going, Katniss?" Prim asks me in a polite tone.
"Anything to get me away from here," I mutter and get up.
I place my plate in the sink and grab a water bottle.
I march towards the room and slam the door shut. I jump on the bed and drink water.
I lay back and think of everything that happened today.
In the middle of my thoughts, it gets interrupted by a knock on the door.
"What?" I growl.
"Its me," Mom says," Can I come in?"
"It's your house, you don't have to ask," I roll my eyes.
She comes in and closes the door behind her.
"If you're angry take it out on me, not on Prim," She states.
"Protecting the wanted one," I mutter.
"What?" She asks.
"Nothing." I roll my eyes.
When my parents were divorced, they both had the option to pick one of us. Dad and Mom both wanted prim but Prim decided to stay with mom so Dad got stuck with me.
"I heard that you've been stealing for the past three-" She begins.
"Will you just leave me alone?!" I yell at her.
"No, because I care!" She yells back.
"Oh, you care?" I laugh coldly." When did the caring about me start, huh?"
"I've always cared about you!" She yells with tears in her eyes.
I roll my eyes and say," You can stop playing the victim."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Mom sniffs and tries to hold the tears back.
"Get out," I mutter.
"No-" She begins.
"Mom, I want nothing to do with you," I growl," Just get out and leave me alone and it'll be like I'm not here the rest of the summer."
"But I want you to be here," She says in a small voice.
"Well I don't," I mutter.
The Next Day...
I wake up to the sound of a blender.
I groan and use a pillow to cover my ears.
The sound gets louder by ever passing minute.
I growl and get up.
I march into the kitchen and see that mom is making a smoothie.
"SHUT IT UP!" I yell at her.
She turns the blender off and says," It's one in the afternoon."
"I don't care!" I yell.
Prim enters the room wearing a dress and a nice pair of shoes. She's wearing a light amount of make up and her hair is curled perfectly. She looks beautiful and I hate her for it.
"Aren't you excited?" Prim giggles." The festival is today!"
"Yeah," I mimic her voice.
"Katniss, be nice," Mom says.
"Whatever," I roll my eyes and make my way over to the fridge.
"The Mellark's are coming over in an hour, we'll be going to the festival together," Mom informs.
"Oh, great!" Prim squeals.
"Who are the Mellark's?" I ask.
"Oh, they just moved to the district a couple of years ago. They run the bakery." Mom says.
"You know, Peeta just a year older than you," Prim wiggles her brows.
"Shut up," I glare at her. Her small smile immediately disappears.
"Katniss," Mom says.
"No, she has to learn to shut up," I mutter and walk out the room.
I enter the bedroom and slam the door.
...
I put trace my eye several times with the eye liner.
"Katniss, I want you to meet some people!" Mom calls.
"I'll be out in a minute!" I growl.
I grab my eye black shadow and place it on my eye lids.
When I'm done, I look at myself in the mirror.
I have on a black t-shirt, with a pair of skinny jeans and knee high black boots. I decided to put my hair up.
I grab my coat and head outside.
There's lot of talking in the living room but I hear it silence when everyone's eyes land on me.
The Mellark's all have blonde hair and blue eyes. There's a set of blue eyes that stand out, out of all of them.
"This is my daughter, Katniss," My mom introduces me.
"Hi, Katniss," An older man says," I'm Christopher Mellark."
I look at him and then at his hand.
I walk out the house and walk towards town.
I don't want anything to do with mom, Prim, and their fake friends.
...
When I get to the festival, I see that there's a lot of little kids running around.
I grimace and walk towards a slushee stand.
"Hi," A girl with a pony tail greets.
"Hi," I give her a tight smile.
"What would you like today?" she asks.
"What's under five bucks?" I ask her.
"Oh, food is free in every single stand, today." She smiles.
"Can I have a slushee?" I ask.
"Coming right up," She smiles.
I roll my eyes and wait for my drink.
She hands me the drink and says," Enjoy the rest of the day."
"Highly doubt it," I reply causing her smile to fall.
I walk around and eventually get to some tables by a large crowd of people who are dancing to the music.
I sit down and drink my Slurpee.
"Katniss!" I hear someone yell my name. I turn around and see Prim making her way towards me.
"Shit." I mutter under my breath.
She sits next to me and says," Mom! Mom over here!"
I look to my left and see mom making her way over with the Mellark's.
They all take a seat.
Prim sits beside me and mom sits on the other side of me.
"We're going to go get some digits!" The two Mellark boys get up.
"Make good choices!" Mrs. Mellark calls after them.
"What about you, Peeta?" Mr. Mellark asks the boy with the unforgettable blue eyes.
"I'm fine," He waves his hand and makes eye contact with me.
I roll my eyes and look away.
I place my slurpee on the table and pick up a quarter off the floor.
"I'm going to go find, Rory!" Prim announces as I sit back up. Her hand makes contact with my Slurpee and it splashes all over my shirt and jeans.
"I'm so sorry!" She apologizes.
I clench my jaw and get up.
"I'll buy her a shirt-" Peeta begins.
"I don't want you to buy me shit," I growl.
"Katniss-" Mom begins.
"No," I shake my head," I'll see you later."
"Katniss, I'm sorry!" Prim calls out but I ignore her as I walk away.
...
I grab a shirt and see that it's bright orange. I hate it. I hate this festival. I hate everything.
"It's ugly, isn't it?" The girl beside me says. I turn to her and see that she's three inches shorter than me.
She wears dark clothes like me, and has a nose, ear, and lip piercing. She has a tattoo on her wrist of skull.
"You can say that," I hide my smirk.
"Follow me, I know a place where they sell better shirts," She starts to walk away.
...
I pick out a black shirt and see that it's twenty dollars.
"For this shirt?" I say in disbelief.
"Why waste money when you can do this?" She smirks and puts the shirt underneath mine to make it seem like I'm pregnant.
She grabs my hand and we run away.
...
I go into the restrooms and quickly change my shirt.
When I'm done, I walk out and she says," Want to hang?"
"Why not," I reply. I don't feel like going back to the festival.
...
"That sucks," She throws a shell into the water.
She took me to the shore that's directly beneath a bridge that leads out into the ocean.
"It does," I grumble.
"So do you have any boyfriends?" She asks.
"No," I say.
"My boyfriend Cato has this friend who is single, you two should meet," She suggests.
"I don't know," I mumble.
"He's a performer, you're going to love him," She gets up and motion me to go with her.
...
"That's him!" She points to a tall blonde with freakishly huge muscles. He's a dancer along with a group of other people.
"He's a dancer," She explains and everyone cheers just as he finishes.
"BABE!" She yells and jumps on him.
He gives her a big kiss as I stand there awkwardly.
"Babe, this is Katniss," She introduces me.
"Cato," He smirks at me.
I give him a tight smile and cross my arms.
"Marvel, there's someone you have to meet!" Clove runs over to a tall guy.
She pulls him over to me and says," This is the guy I was telling you about."
He's wearing the same colors I am, and he has tattoo's all over his arms.
"Marvel," He sticks out his hand.
"Katniss," I shake it.
"Let's go to the beach!" Cato announces.
Marvel puts his arm around me. I'm about to shrug it off but I see mom glaring at me.
I decide to not do anything about it.
"Is that Finnick?!" I hear Cato laugh a bronze haired guy talking to Peeta.
"I don't want trouble today Cato," Finnick says in an annoyed tone.
Peeta glances my way and looks to my side. His eyes instantly fill with jealousy and anger.
He looks back at me and I look away.
"Don't be such a little punk, Odair," Clove rolls her eyes.
"Still mad about the incident with Annie?" Cato laughs.
Finnick gets up to punch Cato but Peeta holds him back.
"We're not looking for any trouble," Peeta struggles with a fighting Finnick.
"Watch out for your friend and yourself," He spits on the floor before he walks away.
Marvel and I follow shortly after; I do my best to avoid Peeta's gaze.
...
It's three in the morning by the time I get home.
"Where have you been?!" My mom yells as I enter the living room.
"Out," I reply.
"Did you pay for that shirt?" She asks me.
"That's none of your business," I reply.
She pulls on her hair and turns to me," I don't want you hanging out with those kids."
"I can hang out with whoever the hell I want," I glare at her.
"They're bad influences." She stares at me in disbelief.
"Who cares?" I hiss.
She sighs and says," You're grounded."
"For socializing with people who understand me?!" I yell in anger.
"Mom?" I hear a soft voice.
I look over and see Prim looking at us.
"Go back to sleep prim," Mom says.
"Yeah, sorry I woke you up from your beauty sleep," I glare at them both and head to my room.
"Katniss-" Mom begins but I slam the door shut and go to bed.
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