The Boy With The Bread

Chapter 2

Algebra goes by very quickly since we are mostly just talking to each other instead of actually paying attention. I mostly talk with Annie. She tells me about herself and her life. She's actually kind of interesting. She mentions Finnick a lot though. "Wait, Annie, are you and Finnick like, together?" I say. The whole table stops talking. Finnick is now staring at Annie, his face is bright red. I look at Annie and her face is a similar shade. Cato and clove have little grins on there faces. Peeta just looks at me with a shocked expression. Finnick speaks, but its not in his normal loud voice. "Ummm," Annie is now looking down at her feet. "I, umm" says Finnick. That's when the bell rings. We all walk out of the room in silence. Me and Peeta share a concerned look.

We all walk into Advanced World History and sit down. They desks are in pairs so naturally Finnick and Annie happily sit next to each other (despite the awkwardness from before)
and Cato and clove sit across from them. The rest of the desks surrounding Them are already filled up so I head to the back of the room were I suspect I will be sitting by myself. As it sit down I see Peeta walking over with a grin on his face." Well there are no more seats open so I guess I will just have to sit here." This is clearly a lie. There is a seat next to a lovely looking girl with yellowish blonde hair. The girl That said Hello to Peeta when he walked in. She is now staring at me with and evil look. She looks at me for a few seconds then looks away. Why would Peeta want to sit next to me over a girl he clearly knows well already. "I guess so," i say back to him almost emotionless. "Peeta?" I say. He looks back at me. His eyes twinkle and shine as he stares deep into mine. "Yes" he says. "Why are you being so nice to me?" I say. This question must confuse him because he answers with a "Umm I don't know, I just want to get to know you better." His answer makes me smile. Know one has ever really wanted to "get to know me" before.

This class goes by extremely slowly compared to last class. I decide to glance over at Peeta to see what he is doing. Peeta is intensely focused on his notebook. I realize he is drawing something. It looks like a big beautiful bird with the most amazing wings. Its colored different shades of black, blue, and gray. I recognise it as a mockingjay. We have them back home. "Peeta that's amazing!" I say with out thinking. He looks up at me. "Oh Thanks." He says. He looks at me for a moment and smiles. He goes back to drawing. Every once and a while I sneak a look at Peeta. He looks so handsome as he draws. His eyes sparkle. I study his face. His lips look soft and sweet. They are a very light shade of pink I look up to see that Finnick and Annie are staring and giggle at me. Finnick gives me a look and i stare down at my hands and blush.

The classes are not that great but i have fun getting to know everyone. I didn't think i would make any friends the first day but it seems like i have.

The classes pass fast and soon it's lunch time. I go get in the lunch line I make a nice sandwich and grab a bottle of water and set it on my tray but it topples right off and falls to the ground. I bend down to get it but a hand with olive colored skin has beaten me too it. My eyes follow it arm all the way up to the face of its owner."looks like you dropped something." He says. His hair is dark brown and looks a little ruffled as if he had been running his hands through it. His eyes are a very dark brown, almost black, and he is wearing a dark grey sweatshirt made out of thin yarn like material. His voice is deep and grungy. Unlike Peeta's soothing calm one, or Finnick's loud humorous one, or even Cato's casual straightforward one. "Oh, Ya, thanks" i say almost emotionless. I turn around and continue with my lunch but his hand touches my shoulder. "Hey, your the new girl right?" He says. I turn around. He is getting to be pretty annoying, I don't like being touched nor do i like when people I don't know help me . " Ya, I just got here today, Why?" I say with a slight tone of annoyance. "Oh i was just wondering. So have you made any friends yet?" He says. "Yes actually I say." I see Peeta staring at me from across the lunch room. "And there's one of them right now!" I say waving at Peeta. "Mellark?" He asks disbelievingly. "Ya, why not?" I say. Peeta has made his way over to us. I haven't seen him since second period and i have forgot how beautiful his eyes really are. "Hey" says Peeta and to my surprise he pulls me into and hug. I cant believe how muscular he is. I feel safe and warm in his arms. I close my eyes never wanting it to end. When we pull away he is staring at us with a raised eyebrow. "Well I got to get going, my friends are waiting for me" says the guy with the dark eyes. He stares at Peeta for a second suspiciously and walks off. "Who's that?" i ask. "Gale Hawthrone" says Peeta, "He's quite the trouble maker actually. Why was he bothering you?" He asked clearly alarmed and somewhat defensive. "No, not really." I say. Me and Peeta smile at each other, get our lunch and sit down. We sit with our group of friends. Halfway through lunch Peeta gets up " I'll be right back guys I need another water. I stare at him as he walks away. His hair flows perfectly when he walks. "Katniss?" Finnick says. I come back to reality. The whole table is staring at me and giggling. "Katniss do you have a thing for Peeta?" I feel my face get hot. "No, what makes you think that?" "Oh Mabey the fact that you have been staring at him like he's some kind of majestic god." Says Clove with a laugh. "Its OK if you do, we were just wondering." Says Annie calmly. "Well I don't" I reply. That shuts them up. The go on talking about some TV show. Do I have a thing for Peeta? No, or at least I don't think so.

The rest of the day goes by quickly and we are getting ready to go home. Cato and Clove leave together and Finnick offers to drive me home. As we are leaving I hop in the back seat of his car because Annie's in the front. Before we pull out Peeta slides in the back seat and smiles at me. "Hi Katniss" he says. "Hi" I say back as I blush awkwardly. We all sing to the radio as we drive to Peeta's house. "Thanks for the ride Finn!"he says. " My pleasure Bread boy" this confuses me, why would Finnick call Peeta bread boy. "oh ya! Katniss can I get your number, You know for like help with homework and stuff..." He trails off as soon as I look up at him. His face goes red and so does mine. "Sure" I say. We exchange phone numbers and he hops out of the car. " Bye guys!"

Finnick drives me to my house while the radio blasts on full volume. Annie turns around in her seat. " hey Kat, i know this might feel a little weird but I think you and Peeta would be great together. I blush bright red. "Oh" I say with a giggle. "Well he is really nice." I say. "He's the nicest guy you will ever meet." Says Finnick. I laugh. "Ya I bet he is." I say without even realizing it. I'm thinking about Peeta and his gorgeous eyes and muscular body. Annie and Finnick giggle and share a look.