Chapter 6: Welcome

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Chapter 6

Katniss P.O.V.

Ugh. Today I have to take Mellark home. I've tried to postpone it for a while now. But if we are going to get the short novel done in time, he has too.

It's going to be a nightmare. Prim is going to be home.

By the end of the school day, I'm really starting to reconsider the teachers offer. Or treat, of letting me fail the class instead of being Mellark's partner.

"I promise I'm gonna behave good", Peeta says as we all walk over the parking lot.

Finnick cracks up and don't seem to be able to stop laughing.

I take up my keys and lock up the car.

"Just get into the damn car", I hiss and he does what I tell him to do.

Once he's in the car and closed the door, I turn to the others.

"Can you guys stop with this?" I ask irritated. "I don't like him, accept that!"

"Sure when you accept that you do", Finnick says.

"But I don't! That's the thing, and just because you have a crush on him doesn't mean I have to like him too!" I hiss at him.

I turn around and walk to the drivers seat of my car.

I turn on the engine and the radio pops on. I can't believe this. A Mellark song.

As I pull out of the parking spot I sigh frustrated as I switch channel. But yet again another Mellark song. How can he be this popular? I let out a frustrated sound as I pull out of the parking lot and switch channel again. Another Mellark song.

"Really?!" I burst.

I can hear Mellark chuckle and I look at him. He shuts right up and I switch channel again. A Mellark song.

"This is just getting ridiculous!" I say irritated and switch channel again. Finally. Not a Mellark song.

I lean back in my seat with my eyes on the road.

"What did I do?" Mellark asks after a few minutes.

"What?" I ask.

"What did I do to make you hate me?" He asks.

I sigh.

"Okay look, it's not that I hate you", I say. "I just dislike you".

"Why?"

"You know, everyone in this world doesn't like you", I spat at him.

"Oh I know that", he mumbles.

"What?"

"Nothing", he mumbles.

Alright?

I pull up on the driveway outside my house.

I turn off the engine and turn towards Mellark.

"I have to warn you though, I don't like you, but my sister... That's a whole other story, she thinks you walk on water or something", I say. "She's twelve and has her pink walls covered up with posers of you, you can't even tell that the walls are pink anymore, I just know they are because they were before she put up those damn posters".

Mellark chuckles and I open my car door to go out.

I haven't told Prim that I'm bringing Mellark home today. She wouldn't have gone to school if she knew.

"I've warned you", I say as I open the door. "I'm home!"

We walk into the kitchen first. I dump my school bag on the kitchen island when passing it while walking up to the fridge and open it while Mellark stands in the entrance of the kitchen.

"Don't stand there like a statue dude", I say looking at him from behind the fridge door and he smiles.

He walks in a few steps.

"Do you want a Coke, lemonade, sparkling water or still water?" I ask and turn to him again to find him stand like a statue beside the kitchen island. "Seriously man, you're freaking me out, act human!"

And so he puts his school back on the kitchen island and starts to dance. A goofy dance. I bite my lip not to laugh.

He bows.

"And I would very much like a still water miss Everdeen", he says.

"Okay that was more of like a clown", I say and take out two waters out of the fridge and close the fridge door with my foot.

I put the water bottles onto the counter of the kitchen island.

"You are gonna have to work on the being normal dude", I say and toss him his bottle.

He chuckles.

"Maybe", he says. "But first, I'm gonna make you like me".

I snort.

"Than you'll gonna have to try for a very, very long time", I say.

"Katniss", Prim says and I can hear her come this way. "Who are you..."

When she sees Mellark she freezes. She screams the loudest scream I've heard her scream in my entire life. My ears bleed.

"Primrose!" I say.

She stops screaming and looks like she's gonna faint.

Mellark looks at me and I give him a what-did-I-say look.

"Prim this is Mellark eh... I mean Peeta", I say. "Mell... Peeta this is my little sister Primrose aka Prim aka little duck".

"Katniss! Don't say that in front of him", Prim says panicking.

"I think that's really cute", Mellark says and walks up to Prim. "It's very nice to meet you Prim, I'm Peeta".

"Oh she knows who you are alright", I say.

"Don't embarrass me Katniss!" Prim hisses at me.

"We have to go and start on our short novel", I say and take my bag. "So bye Prim, you can talk to Peeta soon".

Mellark follows me up the stairs. When we pass Prim's room I just have to open the door.

"I thought you were joking", Mellark says as he sees the walls, were every millimeter is covered in posters of him.

"Nope!" I say popping the p.

"Wow", he says.

"Yeah whatever, we should start working now", I say. "So you can go back to your fancy life".

He looks at me and frowns. I'm not gonna apologize. Forget it.

I show him the way to my room. I can't wait to get this over with so I can get rid of him.

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