I've decided to lighten things up a bit with this chapter. I think you will like it (even thought it's a filler). Due to the fact that I'm still on my hunger strike for the ones who won't make it for dinner, I'm literally living off of reviews now. That's all I'm going to say.

You change your mind

Like a girl changes clothes

You PMS like a bitch

I would know

Katy Perry, Hot n' Cold

Chapter 12- The Unexpected

Gale

"What the heck are you wearing?" I ask Delly as she enters the kitchen. I say "heck", because the rest of my family is sitting around. It's turning out to be a strange day. Even my mom has to look at Delly a second time.

"It's just, different." She says flattening her tutu. Yeah. Delly wears misty purple nylons, a black tutu, a lime green tank top, and some sort of mesh see-through star-patterned shirt on top. Her hair is half pulled back with a black ribbon.

"I think you look hot." Rory says. Mom slaps his shoulder and he goes back to drooling over his bacon rather than Delly.

"I think you look just fine." Mom says. I scoff and she gives me a stern look. Delly sits between Rory and me. "We're all going to the mall today. Rory made it to the state soccer tournament and needs a few things. Posy needs a haircut and I've been meaning to exchange that dress of hers. Gale I need you and Delly to get Vick some new slacks. There's a team dinner for the players and their families and I'd like us to look decent."

"Okay." I shrug. "When's the tournament?"

"Tuesday." Rory says. "Since mom is on the parent staff you get to come for free. I'll be in a different room in the hotel though."

"Why?" I ask.

"That's just how it works." He says.

"You should call Madge and tell her we can't make it to this weeks' meeting then. " Delly says.

"Yeah." The reply automatically comes out of my mouth. "I'll do that later." We finish the awkward meal and pile into our minivan. I sit by Delly again, reasons why, still unknown to me.

At the mall people keep looking at Delly's outfit. A few people point and Vick hides from us a few times.

"Just put this on." I say taking off my sweatshirt and giving to her. Delly zips it up so the bottom of her skirt and the nylons show. It looks better than before at least. Vick tries on several pairs of pants until he finds ones that actually fit his skinny teenage-boy figure. The entire time Delly seems rushed and keeps glancing at her iPhone for the time. Either that or texts from Peeta. No matter which it is, it pisses me off.

"C'mon. We told your mom we'd meet her at the fountain by one fifteen." She says grabbing my wrist and leading me out of the store. Vick runs after us.

"What the hell is you problem?" I ask her when we're halfway there.

"Nothing." Delly says. She sits on a bench and I plop next to her. After a glance at her iPhone again she gets up. "Stay here. I'll be right back." Ten minutes later she's still missing. I spot my mom with Rory and Posy in the crowd. I wave them over and wait for Delly.

"Where is she?" I ask no one in particular. "She left ten minutes ago." I'm cut off when a random girl begins rapping into a microphone. Her clothes are black, purple, and green; all in a style that's "out there". Another girl comes out of a trench coat and starts singing. It's ET by Katy Perry.

"It's a flashmob." Rory says. I look around and see people videotaping. Random bystanders jump into the dance. I don't get it until I see Delly burst out of my sweatshirt and join them, along with her friend Rue. They're both wearing lots of makeup in addition to the black, purple, and green. The song morphs into Disturbia by Rihanna. A dance circle breaks out and there's everything from ballet to break dancing. Delly looks likes she's having a lot of fun, she's actually a pretty good dancer. The girl singing has a great voice and the girl who's rapping doesn't suck. The whole flashmob is pretty awesome. When the girls finish all of them come together for a bow and then break off into groups talking. A few people go up to them to compliment them and things like that. Delly's talking to Rue and the girl who was singing, she catches my eye and smiles at me.

"Hey, I'll be back in a second." She says walking away. "Once again, great job Olivia!" Delly jogs over to us.

"That was awesome." Rory says.

"Thanks." She says. "This was our second flashmob. I think this program really makes a difference."

"Program?" My mom asks.

"We're called Firework Flashmobs. I came up with it a year ago. Basically, we get a bunch of girls with problems in life and bring them to a place where we can have fun and display our talents." Delly says. "Olivia, our lead singer, used to have an eating disorder. Amber was rapping, she's a constantly teased lesbian. There are so many others, Bethany used to cut and now she's back to ballet. Sometimes we even get really young girls whose parents are getting a divorce or lost a family member. It's just a really beautiful thing to see all of these girls with problems coming out of their shells, not to mention putting on a kick-ass show." Posy doesn't say anything when Delly swears, and if what she said weren't true, I might get upset about it.

"So you started this?" I ask. Delly nods. "Wow. That's pretty amazing for someone your age to think of this."

"Thanks." She says. "Sorry I was being rude about time and all that. I had to get here early enough to do my makeup and with Libby, that can take hours."

"Well it was very entertaining and I'm glad that we got to see it." Mom says.

"Would you mind if I went with some of the girls to hang out?" Delly asks.

"Of course not, just make sure you get back by ten." My mom replies. But I don't want her to leave, I want Delly to stay. And because I want this, I get angry with myself and my mind starts to blur. I take Vick to the car as quickly as possible so I don't have to see Delly run back to her friends.

Delly

All of us go out for pizza at a local place with an Italian name I can never say right. Bethany looks completely free. Amber flirts with some cute girls. Olivia eats one slice of pizza and drinks half of her lemonade. I see Elina and Maria- both teen moms- having fun. They both have to leave early of course, but I'm glad they came. Rue hangs out with a twelve year old named Hannah, who's living with her mom after her dad left them for another woman. It's a great feeling to know that other people can have fun when day-to-day life is such a challenge. It's drizzling outside when Amber gets the number of our waitress who's actually bi. We all celebrate and we start singing Thrift Shop, we don't even have to censor anything because we're the only customers here. You can hear thunder in the distance when we all try cramming together for a picture. The lighting is clearly visible by the time the photo is actually taken. I upload it to Instagram. Because of the bad weather, we have to cut our celebration short. Rue gives me a ride home. It's dark and everyone is asleep when I get there. I strip off my costume and slip into my tank top and shorts. Then I spend twenty minutes in the bathroom taking off the glamourous-alien makeup to match the songs we danced to. It takes another fifteen minutes to brush all of the tangles out of my hair. I'm about to head to my room when I hear the back door opening. I walk over as quickly as possible and see a figure running into the distance. I check Gale's room and find it empty, I don't know why I checked; I already knew it was him. I run back over and cup my hands around my mouth.

"Gale!" I shout. "Gale!" I'm already losing sight of him. I've never been to the woods outside his house before, but what else am I supposed to do? I grab a sweatshirt and my hiking boots, putting both of them on as fast as I can. Then I run out into the storm after him.