"Um, hi" I say, trying to avoid his beautiful blue eyes. He smiles shyly at me. "Can I borrow a pencil? " he asks me. I nod and hurry to find one. I hand it to him. "you can keep it" I say and scoot back into my seat. "Thanks" he whispers before the teacher starts talking. Most of the class the girl beside me tries to make conversation, but I tune her out till I hear her whisper, "why did you talk to Peeta? Everyone knows you don't talk to the careers" I look at her shocked "who's Peeta?" I ask, a bit too loudly. "Thats me" I hear someone pipe up. I look behind me to see that it was the blonde hair guy from before. The girl beside me quickly grabs my shoulder and pulls me so im not facing him. "stop" is all she says to me before the bell rings.

"Want to sit with me and my friends at lunch? I'm Annie by the way" she smiles. No, I don't want to if her friends are anything like her. But she seems nice enough, and its better than eating in the bathroom I guess. "um, I guess" I say and follow her to the cafeteria. We buy food then she leads me to her table. "This is Madge, Thresh and Johanna" they all smile and say hi, just not one. I think her name is Johanna. "Guys this is Katniss. She's new" I notice as she talks her eyes keep drifting over to some douche. I hear people calling him Finnick, or Finn. I notice when he smiles at her she blushes. Ugh. I hate people with crushes.

I notice Peeta is at the same table, alongside some others. I eat in silence till Johanna pipes up "so, Katniss, where do you live". "um district 12 avenue". She starts laughing. "isn't that the poorest part of the city? Wow thats pretty low" my fists clench into a ball. I stand up and storm away. I knew this was a bad idea. I hear Annie calling after me and getting mad at Johanna. I'm so caught up I walk right into someone.

Its the same guy thats in math class. "you ok?" he asks. "fine" I say through clenched teeth and keep walking. "hey wait up!" he calls and follows me. Why is he doing this? I bet he is planning on humiliating me just like the others.

"Hey, wait up!" I call after the same girl who lent my a pencil. God she is beautiful. The moment she turned around, I had troubles breathing. I have never met anyone who had that affect on me. I catch up to her. "where's the fire" I joke. But I can't even see a hint if a smile. "I'm Peeta" I say with a small smile. "What's you name? Are you new here?" I ask. "Why are you following me" im taken aback. "what? I'm not following you" I chuckle. "Katniss". "katniss" I whisper to myself.

"Katniss". I state, not making any attempt to keep the conversation going. I walk outside and stand there, taking in the cool breeze. When I open my eyes, I notice peeta staring at me. He blushes as the bell rings. I quickly walk inside and to my next class.

*After school*

I sigh in frustration. I can't believe mom's car is out of gas. Prim Will be waiting for me! I guess I will have to walk. "having problems? " I hear Peeta ask. "no" I mumble. "would you like a ride?" he asks, tilting his head towards his car. "no, I can walk". "I can't let you walk. How rude would that be of me" he smiles. "I need to pick up my little sister" I say. "all the more reason to let me drive you".

"Youre a complete stranger" I say sternly.

"Hey Im no serial killer!" He laughs.

I see Johanna watching us. I scowl at her. "ok peeta" his face lights up and we get in his car.

He makes easy conversation on the way there, and surprisingly, he is easy to talk to. When we get there I hop out of the car, Peeta following. When I spot Prim, my normal scowl turns into a smile. She runs over and hugs me. "Hey little duck! How was your fir-" im cut off by prim "Katniss whos that?" she asks, looking up at Peeta.

Oh right. He's still here .

"oh, Prim, thats Peeta. He's in my grade at school. Moms car was out of gas so he offered to give me a ride". She smiles, and to my surprise skips over and hugs him. "Hi Peeta!" Peeta chuckles "nice to meet you Prim". I roll my eyes. "Come on prim" I say and grab her hand. "Thanks for the ride" I say as Prim and I start walking home.

"wait!" I hear Peeta call.