{Panem High - Hunger Games}

{Chapter 4 - Katniss POV}

I wake up to my mother shaking me with a worried face. I smell smoke, fire. I instantly get up and run up to Prims door, father is getting her up, I run into her room and lift her onto my back. I run out the room and run downstairs. I see a glimpse of the kitchen and the stove on fire, what happened? Nobody is up this late.
I grab the keys carefully with my free hand, I look behind and see the fire is spreading fast and is halfway through the hall where me and Prim are right now. I open the door and run out the door with Prim still on my back, I see mother and father arent out yet and I start to get worried. Since Prim is still asleep I lay her down against the fence in the front yard.  

I run inside and look at the top of the stairs to see mother and father have fainted, I start to panic. I hear sirens, the firefighters are here, but I dont dare to go outside yet, I run upstairs and grab one of my father and mothers leg, I cant carry them both, but father is too heavy either way, I know what I have to do. I grab my mothers arm and rap it around my neck to lift her and I run downstairs with my mother and I  run out the door. I lay her next to Prim, who is still asleep.

The firefighters come out with my father, I feel relieved, until the paramedics come up to me.

"I'm so sorry little girl, he didn't make it out in time, your sister and mother are fine though." She says sadly.

I jolt up from my sleep, nightmare. I go into my bag and find a yellow flowery crop top and some jeans. I put on my Nike trainers and put my hair in a braid.

I come out my small bedroom to see Rue is the only one awake.

"Good morning, Katniss!" She says enthusiastically, how can she be so happy? Its morning! I have never been a morning person, ever.

"Morning, Rue." I say, yawning in the process. She giggles, are my yawns that funny? I smile at her.

"Want some cereal?" She asks, with a  bundle of rice krispies in her mouth.

I laugh "No, I'm not hungry." She chuckles.

"How can you not he hungry? I'm always hungry!" She exclaims. I hear a bedroom door open and turn to see Prim, who doesn't even look tired.

"Good morning!" She says cheerfully. I smile, Prim has always been a morning person, unlike me.

"Morning, little duck." I say with a small smile. She smiles back and walks over to the rice crispy box, She opens the box and pours the cereal in her bowl. I'm so glad she is a cereal before milk person, or else I would lose my sanity.

I go back to my bedroom and decide to look in my wardrobe for wat I'll wear today, I find a grey hoodie and some black leggings, I don't want to look like one of those psychos with hardly nothing on, now do I? I grab my trainers and put them on. I check my watch and find that its 8am, one hour until classes start, I cant wait go bowling and see Peeta, and the others. Why am I thinking about Peeta the most? Do I love him or something? Probably, if he's the same Peeta I knew before, his ocean blue eyes and ashy blonde hair, his smile, his warm tight hugs.. okay I'm getting way too caught up.

{~One Hour Later~}

Me and Thresh are walking to class, maths, with my uncle, he got the job, surprisingly. I cant Imagine my drunk uncle as my maths teacher, seriously?

We arrive and open the door, I only see a few people and I assume we're early, I see a girl with blonde hair, giving me the death stare. I recognize her instantly, Delly Cartwright. My old bully. Thresh grabs my arm and drags me to our seats, last row, phew. Not many people will see me then.

Uncle Haymitch comes walking into the room and takes his seat, surprisingly sober, staring right at me. The bell rings and a load of students come into the room. When all the students have took their seats Uncle Haymitch starts talking.

"Hello students. I'm Mr. Abernathy, your new maths teacher. We have a new student aswell, my niece, Katniss." He points to me and the whole class takes a look at me. When everyone starts working I take a glance at Haymitch, he stares at me and mouths 'sweetheart, tomorrow I ain't trying to be sober.' I chuckle and Thresh looks at me with a confused look on his face.

{~After School~}

Thresh is taking me and Foxface to bowling in his car.

I'm so excited!