When you wish upon a star (An Everlark fanfiction)

Chapter 20: Head held high

Chapter 20

Katniss P.O.V.

After we're done telling everyone, they all just hate Peeta's mother even more then they already did.

Clove is furious. But she's just being an overprotective cousin. Like always. I love her for that.

"You should've just told her no", she says.

"No because then she wouldn't have gone after me, she would have given Kit her lecture", Peeta says, and I can't help to feel the warmth in my body when I hear him use my nickname. "And trust me, they aren't pleasant".

The others looks at him.

"You've got a mother from hell dude", Johanna says.

"Tell me something I don't know", Peeta says.

Yeah he knows he has a mother from hell. Just like everyone else. I don't like that she's in the bakery when Kaia is there. I'm just glad that Mr. Mellark is there to protect little Kaia.

We walk into the classroom.

I sit down at a table and this time, when Peeta sits down beside me, I don't sigh. I look up at him and smile at him.

"During all these years, I've missed your genuine smile Kit", he says as he sits down.

"And I've missed hearing you call me Kit, you gave me that nickname remember?" I say.

It was him. He told me that my name was beautiful but that it was long and I needed a shorter and cute nickname. He told me that half if my name is Kat, so he wanted to call me that, but didn't like it, so as the smartypants he was, he told me he loves Kit-Kat's, so he took Kit, and I actually liked it. So it stuck and everyone started to call me by my nickname. Then everything went downhill though.

After the lesson we have lunch. As we walk into the cafeteria someone throws water at me.

"Hoe!"

That's it.

I take the girl who splashed the water on me and push her up against the wall.

"I am not a whore!" I yell at her. "And I'm not gonna take this anymore! Delly Cartwright is the most insecure and self absorbed girl in the whole world, and she make a living of going around and make up rumors about me because of reasons that she things are good enough for destroying someone's life! Yeah I have to deal with this crap every day now because of her! But you are going to stop right now or else I'm gonna smash your head into the wall, you got it?"

She looks at me with terrified eyes. I think I got her respect at least.

Then I notice how quite it is in the cafeteria. I look around without letting go of the girl. Everyone are looking at me. Some of them looks impressed and others surprised.

I let go of the girl.

"Just go", I say and she runs away.

I run out of the cafeteria as I feel tears fill my eyes.

I don't get this aggressive often, and I don't like to be. But now I really can't take it anymore. This is all way too much to handle. They are giving me a harder and harder time and I can't deal with it anymore.

I run into the bathroom and just stand and look into the mirror before I take up the piece of mirror glass I have in my purse.

Just as I'm suppose to dig it into my arm, the door open and I hear someone scream my name.

"Katniss!"

I stop in my move and turn around. I see Peeta come running towards me.

He stops when he arrives by my side. Peeta takes a grip of my arm and shake it until I drop the piece of mirror and it breaks. I can no longer use it.

"Peeta! Why did you do that, I needed it!" I say angrily.

"No you don't! Stop with this Katniss, don't harm yourself because if these stupid human beings!" Peeta says.

"But what if the things they say about me are true then?" I ask in distress. I hate this. Maybe they are right about me.

"Katniss they are not right about you, don't listen to them, don't give them the pleasure to continue", he says.

"I just can't deal with it anymore!" I whisper, but still keeping my tears away.

"Yes you can, you're the strongest girl in this school, you keep coming back here even though you know what happens if you do", Peeta says. "But that is gonna stop today, people really absorbed what you yelled at that girl in the cafeteria, and they agree with you".

"They do?" I ask in disbelief.

"They do", Peeta nods.

He pulls me into a hug and I feel the warmth from his body surround me. Now I feel how much I shake.

"Calm down Katniss, it's all gonna be okay, you'll see, it's gonna be okay", he says.

I pull away from him and nod.

I walk out if the bathroom.

I hope Peeta is right. I hope everything is going to be okay, I hope that I can get a better time soon.

Peeta walks beside me.

I want to tell him how I feel. But I can't. He doesn't feel the same way. So if I do tell him, I will ruin our new friendship, and I can't do that. I need his friendship. I never realized how much until I got him back. So I can't ruin it. I can't tell him that I have feelings for him.

"I want to come visit Kaia sometime", I say.

"She would love it if you did, I'm sure of it, and dad, Sebastian and Fredrick as well", Peeta says. "Although I can't say the same about my mother".

"Oh hush you, if I can handle going to school right now, I can handle your mom", I say and laugh a little.

Peeta makes it so easy for me to laugh. He has that effect on me, even when we were kids.

"Yeah, you're probably right", Peeta laughs.

"Of course I am", I giggle.

And with that I walk into the cafeteria with my head held high.

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