Hope everyone is enjoying football playoffs this year. Go Falcons! Anyway, I digress...

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I intend no copyright infringement at all. The story is my own idea. Characters are owned by the awesome Suzanne Collins and all other incorporated parties.

Thanks Again.

Katniss lay in her bed cherishing the last two days before school started. She had spent the summer at camp as an advisor. She had taught archery and had given swim lessons to the younger kids. It was definitely worth while not only for the experience but for how great it would look on her college applications.

She had gotten home a couple days before and was forced to deal with a barrage of crazy texts from her friends. They were all asking her what her schedule was so they could coordinate times to hang out and who was in whose class, or how Mr. so and so was so sexy in those tight pants. It was annoying but necessary. She wanted to have friends in her class because making new ones was not her strong suit. So when she got home, she opened that dreaded envelope, sent a mass text to her friends and even posted her schedule on Facebook. She had thought it would be over. No more texts, but it was only the beginning.

She had countless likes and comments on her Facebook regarding her schedule. Too bad there isn't a dislike button. As she went through them and commented along as well something caught her off guard.

"Peeta Mellark has requested you as a friend?" she read out loud.

"Really?" Of course Prim had to be creeping in the doorway when she was reading.

"Prim! You heard nothing!"

"Really? Because I just heard the hottest guy in school friend requested you. I got to text someone." and with that Prim went running through the house.

"You do and I'll kill you and make it look like an accident!" Katniss yelled back.

Prim came back running into the doorway, stuck out her tongue and ran away. Prim was a sophomore with probably ten times more friends than Katniss which included an uncomfortable amount of the upperclassmen. Still, Katniss knew she wouldn't tell anyone. Katniss picked up her phone and thought about who to call. She stared at the ceiling for a while in thought. She thought about calling Gale. But he was a guy he wouldn't understand. Katniss also had an odd feeling that Gale liked her a little more than just friends. It was weird whenever they hung out. He was constantly looking for a way to touch her and poke her. Always wanted to pay for her when they went out. She wanted to think it was because he was a gentleman or her intuition was off, but then she wasn't the only one who noticed. People at school would ask her what's up with the two of them. He was still her friend though. Katniss thought that if she said it enough times it would go away. Nothing was going on. He didn't like her and she definitely didn't like him.

Knocking Gale out of the equation she settled for calling Johanna.

"What up, ho?" Typical Johanna.

"Good morning to you to." Katniss responded.

"So why are you calling so early?"

"Johanna, it is almost noon. It's not early."

"No school yet means sleep all day and parties at night. So are you going to tell me why you called?" Johanna asks.

"Stay by your phone. I'm going to text you."

"Wait, why don't we just talk? You already have me on the phone."

"You know how I hate talking."

"If you hang up this phone, I am not answering your texts. Geez, what is wrong with this generation. Can't even hold a conversation anymore… Good luck to our future."

"Alright, Johanna. Don't go on a monologue please. Okay, I did call you for a reason."

"And that would be…?"

"Peeta friend requested me on Facebook."

"Wow, that is an emergency." Johanna sarcastically states.

"Come on Johanna. Why is the hottest guy in school friend requesting me? I mean, we haven't talked in forever."

"You've talked to him before?"

"When we were kids, a long time ago."

"I don't understand what the problem here is, Katniss. Add him and then stalk his sexy ass on Facebook."

"Jo, what's his deal? I know he has an agenda."

"Maybe he likes you. I'm winking by the way but realize we are on the phone." Johanna laughs hysterically.

"Yea right. He can have any girl at the school and he likes me. The world really must be ending."

"Well, maybe, I mean you know how you have all those extra curricular activities for your college apps. Maybe there's one where you befriend cute lonely girls and he's a part of that. You know how important college apps are." Johanna laughs.

"Johanna you bitch." Katniss is laughing now alongside her best friend.

"Katniss, come on. What is the worst thing that can happened from you accepting a friend request from the school stud?"

"I guess I'll let you know. Thanks."

And with that 'Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are now friends.'

That wouldn't be the end of it, Katniss knew. Something had to be up. She wasn't sure if there was any man sexier than Peeta Mellark. School was first on her list so boys had taken the back seat. Still, she was a hormonal seventeen year old girl and she couldn't deny how good looking he was. She didn't know him well but she knew that he was different. Yes he was the school jock but he wasn't the typical jock. She remembered her freshmen year and how the school jock was the biggest jerk at the school. He would bully everyone and felt a sense of entitlement that he didn't deserve. But Peeta, it was almost like he strayed from the lime light. It was a known fact that he was the star athlete of the New England area and scouts came to watch him even in his early high school career. He was sure to get a sports scholarship to any school of his choosing the way he was going. He still did things to surprise her. He didn't need to beef up his college app anymore. Still, if he wasn't at practice, he would be at the soup kitchen helping on the weekends. They loved him at fund raisers and charity events. The underclassmen loved his tutoring sessions. He even went as far as to volunteer for the school child care program, where they took care of real life children during school time. He didn't need to do anything but put his name on his college app and he was in. So why did he need to do all that superfluous activity?

"Katniss, we're going school shopping. Get dressed." Her mom told her.

She would have to figure out the enigma that was Peeta Mellark later.

School starts next chapter for them so stay tuned...