There you go chapter 4 thanks for the review guys!
I'm sitting on Claire's car while she talks to somebody she came across with. My head is full of questions. Do i have a crush on this guy? How did Claire find out i was into guys? I never had a friend that knew I was gay, but some people found out at school and I had some trouble with it but I have no problem dealing with who I am.
I go back to real world when Claire opens the door an gets into the car. "You ready to go?" She asks me smiling. She always smiles, all day she gave me nothing but smiles. "Should i take you home or you want to eat something somewhere?" I just look at her.
"How did you know i was gay?" I ask.
"Well i could tell first of the music you listen, then there is thing that makes you different from other boys and i knew it when you couldn't stop talking about Cato." She gives me another smile. I wait her to say something else. "I promise I won't tell anyone, you can trust in me." I feel that she is beeing honest and i take a deep breath.
"I don't have a problem with people knowing that I'm gay , is just that I don't want any problems and it was my first day and i already found some.
"Relax! Besides i have good news." She laughs. " I was talking with Clove and she said we have to go to her party and we are going to go." First day and I already have a party this weekend?
"I don't know Claire. I mean Cato is going to be there."
"Of course. It's your chance to get to know him just take it easy." She says while turning up the radio.
"But I don't know if I want to know him. Besides i don't have nothing to wear." I swear i could see my life going trough my mind while Claire changes her way doing a 180 degrees turn. "What are you doing?"
"The mall is on the other way,"
After two hours of walking down the halls of hell or what people call it "The mall" I end up with some news clothes. It looked like I was going to go to this party of Clove's. but I still had hopes on my father saying no. Of course my father said yes." It is a great chance for you to meet some new people and make friends" He says while he is making dinner. "You have to go son. First day and you are already invited to a party. It must be something good." This is the time that I would love to change my father for my mother for only five minutes. I'm sure she would say no. "Maybe you can meet someone special." My brother says as he winks at me.
"Ok…I'll go."
The last few days is pretty much normal. I go to school and spend most of my time with Claire. I meet some new people, for example this blonde girl Glimmer, we have art together. I would have never tought she would be into this kind of things but then she tells me she likes to paint sometimes as a hobby. Then on PE i meet Marvel, he takes me by surprise when he picks me first to play for his soccer team. We end up winning and having a cool conversation on the changing room. And then there was Cato, we had lunch at the same time every single day, each of us taking seat on the same tables every day. I don't talk to him or say hi, but he sometimes does and I found him looking at me and Claire sometimes.
I go to my locker to get some books for my next class and when i close my locker i get the scare of my life when i find Clove standing next to my locker.
"So you are Peeta, Claire's new friend." She smiles at me, but her smile is the opposite from Claire's. "Nice to meet you, I'm Clove" She shakes my hand. "I hope you come to my party today it's gonna be a fun night." She looks at me with a questioning look.
"Yeah sure… I will be there." I try to smile at her.
"Good 'cause Marvel and Glimmer asked me if I invited you." She scans my whole body. "They seem to like you." She looks at my eyes.
"Do I like you?" I ask faking a laugh. I was getting so nervous.
"I still have my doubts." She doesn't say anyghint else and she starts walking without even saying bye.
School was over for the week and i had planned with Claire to take some drinks at her house before going to the party and get dressed there. I go downstairs ready to go wearing a pair of light blue jeans a black shirt, brown shoes and a silver watch. "I knew those jeans would make that ass pop out." Claire says taking another shot. She is wearing a light blue dress and silver high heels shoes, she looks really pretty.
"You look good too." I smile at her.
"Don't fall for me Mellark don't make things worse" She laughs giving me a glass of something blue.
"Not even in your dreams"
After some new shots we get to the party and the whole school was here. We go to the back yard to find this girl Katniss with another boy having a chat.
"Hey guys!" Claire says waving her hand." Gale this is Peetta, Peeta he is Gale and you already know Katniss she had lunch with us today."
"Nice to meet you" I say shaking Gale's hand." Hi katniss"
"HI, this party is amazing the whole school must be here." She says taking Gale's hand.
"You know Clove, she goes big or goes home." Claire says taking some drinks for us.
Nice music, good talk is all we have at the party. I end up danging with Claire and taking some shots with Glimmer, that girl can drink a hole bottle of Vodka on her own. Then i look how marvel wins an arm wrestling match at some dude that I don't know.
"You should try out for the soccer team!" He says while he grabs two bears an gives one at me. "You could give us a hand on the team."
"I will think about it. Have you seeen Claire?"
"Oh i saw her with Ethan" He says taking another beer. What was wrong with these people and alcohol?
"Ok if you see her please tell her to find me. I have to go to the bathroom" I say bye to him and i go directly to the bathroom just to find out there are five girls waiting outside to use it.
"You can use the one on the basement" I hear Clove say near my ear so no one could listen. "My parents say that they only can use this one, but it's ok if you use the other one go ahead just don't close the door or you will be locked inside."
"Didn't you have doubts on me? I ask her.
"I still have them" And she leave me alone.
I get to the basement and i start to walk down the stairs taking looks up to see if the door is still open. When i get down i see someone looking for something on a fridge. Fuck my life. It was Cato.
"Oh Hi…." He says with a shocked look. "I'm loooking for some ice downhere."
"Hi…It's ok i was going to use the bathroom but i'm going up there again. Bye."
"No wait I am already leaving don't worry." An that's when i hear the worst sound i ever heard in my entire life. The sound of the door being closed from outside. My mouth drops. We both run up stairs to see if we can open it but we give up after five minutes. Cato shouts but the sound of the music is louder than him.
We end up seating on an old couch without talking just waiting for someone to come for us. I try to call Claire but my phone is upstairs and Cato's phone has no battery left.
"Are you going to use the bathroom?"
"Do you have the need to talk to me?" I snap at him. And I can see in his eyes that he is hurt."Sorry. This just sucks is not your fault." He stays in silence without even looking at me. It takes some time for me to start feeling uncomfortable . "Do you think they are going to realize we are here?" He doesn't even look at me. "So you are not talking now?"
"You don't want me to talk to you…" He is right. I don't want but we are here stuck until someone finds out we are missing. I was going to say something but when I'm about to he gets up and sits on the floor on the other side of the room. This is going to be a long night.