A/N: Okay, so I noticed that some people are worried that this might be a Galeniss fic, but it's not. I'm not a huge fan of Galeniss, no offense to you galeniss fans out there, and I'm Everlark all the way! Everlark will happen!

If any of you like to read stories about the actual Hunger Games, then I would suggest reading either "The Aftermath" or "Let the Games Begin" by sadiemayk13.

And now I'm listening to Live While We're Young by One Direction!

Enjoy!

Chapter 7- Gloss

Cato-POV

We walked through the door to English class and took our seats beside one another at the back of the classroom. We started chatting about what we have for our next classes when Peeta suddenly stood up.

"Something wrong Peeta?" I asked him.

"Where's Katniss?"

He's right. She's not here. Strange…

"She was with us at the door" Annie put in.

"I'll go look for her." I suggested and got up.

I walked out the door to find Katniss face to face with another guy who was talking to her.

"Katniss?"

Katniss-POV

I was just about to walk through the door when I felt a light tap on my shoulder.

I turned around to find a guy with blonde shaggy hair.

"Uh, hi?" I said, kind of confused.

"Hi Katniss." He stuck out his and I shook it. "I'm Gloss."

"Uh, hello, I'm Katniss." I mentally face palmed myself once I finished the sentence, for of course he knew my name.

Gloss smiled. "Yeah, I know. Listen, I was wondering if you would like to go to lunch with me? I hear there's a new pizza place on campus that just opened up." He reached out slightly, as if to grab my hand, but thought better of it, and retracted his arm.

I pulled my hand back a bit and said, "I'm flattered and all, but no thanks. I was actually going to eat with my friends."

"Are you sure? I mean, it's just one lunch, and if you enjoy it, maybe we could try it again sometime." His eyes had a desperate sort of glint to them and I subconsciously took a step back.

"I- I'm sorry, but no thanks."

"Katniss?" I heard Cato in doorway to the classroom and immediately looked beyond Gloss' shoulder and over to him.

Cato walked over to us and stood beside, giving Gloss a questioning glance. "Who are you?"

Gloss looked shocked for a moment before responding. "I'm Gloss. And you are?"

"I'm Cato. What do you want with Katniss?"

Gloss looked taken aback at the question. "I was just asking Katniss if he would like to join me for lunch today."

"And I said no thanks. I'm sorry, Gloss," I replied.

Gloss' eyes darted away from Cato's and back to mine. "Please just think about it?"

Cato stepped in. "She said no, now leave her alone." His tone was defensive.

"Look man-" Gloss started, but was cut off as Cato stepped forward and pushed him into the lockers. "Hey!" Gloss yelled.

Peeta and Annie ran out of the classroom and looked shocked at the scene that was taking place before them.

Slowly, they made their way over to me.

"What's going on?" Annie asked.

I was still staring wide eyed at Cato and Gloss, but shook my head and faced the two of them. "Gloss wanted to take me to lunch today, but I said no and he kept asking until Cato pushed him up against the lockers."

There was a small flash of anger in Peeta's eyes, but it was gone as soon as it came. "Give me a second," he said before walking over to Cato.

Annie was just standing there behind.

"Guys," Peeta said as he reached the two of them. "Just leave it alone."

"Get him off of me first," Gloss replied, attempting to shove Cato off of him.

"Cato, come on." Peeta grabbed hold of his arm and was about to pull him off when the teacher came around the corner and stood shell shocked.

"What on earth is going on here?"

For a moment, I took a good look at the scene and realized what it must look like. Gloss up against the lockers, Cato holding him there, Peeta's hand on Cato's arm about to pull him off. It looked like they were having a fight.

My heart fell at that moment, knowing what was most likely about to happen.

"Principle's office! Now! All of you!"

I groaned. Yup, I knew it. The five of us walked down the hall and over to the Principle's office.

We were all silent during the walk over, and when we entered the room, Effie put down her pen and looked up from her paperwork. "What now?" She sighed.

"Mr. Burg sent us," Cato mumbled.

"Well then, I'll get the principle."

With that, she walked out of the room.

Annie and I occupied the two seats against the wall as we waited.

A couple minutes later, Effie showed up with Principle Snow trailing behind her.

"Principle's office on the first day of classes, not good," Mr. Snow said, clucking his tongue.

"Sorry sir," We all replied at once.

"I'll give you warning, but don't let it happen again," He stated, giving each of us a firm look. We all nodded, showing him we understood.

"Now go to your classes."

We exited the room and Gloss set off down the hall on the right while we went to the left.

When we entered the classroom the class fell silent and stared. We just went to our seats and brought out our books.

-Lunch Time-

Gale, Madge, Finnick, Marvel, Glimmer, Clove and Johanna sat down at the table and stared at us silently.

I got a bit uncomfortable, so I asked, "What?"

"Everyone knows you guys got sent to the principle's office," Madge stated. "What for?"

"We got in trouble because some guy named Gloss kept asking Katniss out to lunch, but she wouldn't agree," Cato replied solemnly.

"Oh." Is all they said.

Annie-POV

Katniss stood up and said, "Well I've got to go to math now. Any of you have math?" Only Marvel raised his hand.

"Well come on then." He smiled and got up, then walked away with Katniss, earning some glares from the rest of the guys.

"You guys okay?" I asked.

They all shook their heads and said, "Yeah," then glared at each other.

Really weird.

"I've got Socials class," I said as I stood up.

"Me too sis!" Finnick said, getting up from his chair.

We said goodbye to the group and made our way down the hall

About 4 pages long. Hope you enjoyed it!

-mellarkfan121 :3