Panem High

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katniss

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He seems to recognize me too because something registers on his face.

"That's fine," Annie says, "We were just saying all our names." She gestures toward me, "Katniss, please continue."

I don't want to talk at the moment, but Annie leaves me no choice. I swallow and say, "Katniss Everdeen, Twelfth floor."

Annie points at the boy, "You next,"

"Peeta Mellark, Twelfth floor."

"Alright, now that we're all introduced, we can start the tour," Gale says.

"Yes, we will be on the tour from 8:30 until 10:40, at which time you all will start a 'normal' day at the school but of course, it will be shorter. We want you to get a feel for things."

We all nod, showing that we understand. Gale and Annie begin to lead us inside. They point out classrooms, teachers, and just normal things that you'd expect for the tour. I'm zoned out for the majority of the time, but catch onto a few things, where the gym is, where the volleyball courts are, where my English classroom is, the pool, just simple stuff like that.

I stare up at the tall ceiling right as Annie starts talking again. "Alright, everyone, I hope you enjoyed our tour, but it's five minutes until the bell rings, and Gale and I need to get to our classes the same as you." With that, she and Gale head in the opposite direction as us, and we all stare blankly.

Clove and Cato leave up the stairs, saying they have Ms. Aris' homeroom. Glimmer follows saying Mr. Gates is right next door. Everyone soon begins to go until it's just Madge, Peeta, and me.

"Which homeroom are you in?" Madge asks Peeta.

"I'm in Abernathy, but I forgot where the classroom is." He says shyly. I can't help but think it's kind of cute, no katniss, not cute!

"That's alright," Madge says, "You can come with Katniss and me." He looks between us, a bit unsure as to if he'd be invading our space somehow, but eventually nods.

The two-minute bell rings and we quicken our pace. Once we reach our classroom, I look around the room. Most of the classrooms we've seen have single desks, but these have desks for three people. All the others are full and close to full, so Madge and I sit at one near the back with another girl.

Peeta looks but unsure again, he seems to do that a lot. Not that I've been paying attention... Or anything, but I think he's just nervous. He glances around the room until he finds once with a stop and quietly takes his seat.

"Hi," The girl sitting on Madge's right says, "My name is Delly Cartright,"

"I'm Madge, and this is Katniss, Katniss Everdeen." I look up and wave but don't return the girl's wide smile.

"First days are hard. I was a little worried I would get lost!" Delly exclaims. she opens her mouth to talk again, but is interrupted by our teacher.

"Hello, Everyone, my name is Haymitch Abernathy, you can call me whatever you want as long as it doesn't make you sound like an idiot when it comes out your mouth." He writes his name on the electronic board with a pen, "I teach freshmen history, and a bunch of you probably have me this year. This is Homeroom, as you'll notice, all of your kids are from the 12th floor. I hope you like your seats because you'll be there all year. I'm not taking the time to change them."

Peeta looks a bit shocked. Not that I was looking at him... Or anything.

Mr. Abernathy yawns, "Anyway, I want you to get to know each other, homeroom will serve as your family for the rest of the year and we should break through the ice quickly as possible." He yawns again, "So I want you to learn a fact about every single person in this room because in 30 minutes I'm going to call you one by one to the front to tell me a fact about a random person I pick. Choose not to participate, and you'll have detention.