(Katniss)
Peeta speaks in a voice trying to convince me:
"You know you can come with me if you want."
"I know but I just wanna sit down in silence and not be stared at by a bunch of teenagers for a while."
"Okay" he says in an upset voice. I kiss Peeta gently before he walks out of the teachers lounge leaving me alone. He seemed excited to go to Levinia's art class earlier today. He's obviously an amazing artist and he loves to see his children taking after him. When he walks out Mrs. Stines walks in with another lady.
"Mrs. Mellark. This is the 6th grade history teacher Mrs. Brewer."
I smile politely and take her hand thats out waiting for mine for a welcoming hand shake.
"Hello, Mrs. Mellark! It's such a pleasure to finally meet you. You're an amazing inspiration and I admire you so much."
"Aww, thank you, and please call me Katniss." We start a little small talk at the little round table in the center of the room. There's a vending machine right next to the entrance with a long counter top and sink running along the other side of it. On the other side of the entrance are 2 bathrooms for men and women. A few feet away from the table is a small red 3 seater couch. I'm not too good with people but luckily these two turn anything I say into an even bigger conversation. I begin to get a little hungry so I dismiss myself to the vending machine as they carry on their conversation. Looking at all the options makes my mouth water. Why am I so hungry? I ate only an hour ago. I pull out the $10 Peeta left me just in case I got hungry. They're all in ones though since nothing in the machines are over $1.50. I choose a bag of small chocolate chip cookies and sit down.
"So, Katniss where's Peeta?" asks Mrs. Stines
"Oh he's with Levinia in her art class."
"Oh, I've seen her artwork. It's amazing how much talent a 13 year old can have."
"Yeah, well she does take after her father" I say opening the bag of cookies as eating one slowly trying not to look so hungry or make myself look fat.
"Well, Mrs. McCloskey is always talking about what an amazing artist she is. I would say she's the favorite."
I'm surprised by what I'm being told. I mean Levinia isn't a trouble kid, she's kindhearted and caring, and a straight A student. But Mrs. Brewer breaks my train of thought.
"Well, the bell will ring any minute now. Nice meeting you Katniss, and I will see you later Mrs. Stines."
Mrs. Stines and I walk back to her class room. When we reach her room the bell rings. I get a sick feeling in my stomach. Am I gonna hurl again? No. Please don't! Katniss, hold it together. Luckily the feeling goes away. Am I really pregnant. No I can't. Well, I can, but I really don't want to be. I know Peeta and I wanted 1 more, but I don't want to go through the pregnancy stuff again. Right then Peeta walks in calm with a huge smile.
(Peeta)
Once the bells rung I take one last look at the artwork Levinia and I worked on. It looked perfect. We had finished it in that one class period which incredible cause were both perfectionists. Everything must be perfect when it comes to art. All that's left is to paint the background but that's something Levinia agreed she could do alone. We walk out of class together. I have my arm around her shoulders. Most girls her age would be embarrassed to walk around school with there parents, but Levinia wasn't like most girls. She stood out, just like her mother did to me. I walk her to her class and she gives me one last hug. Her class room is just down the hall from Mrs. Stines so I'm there on time. I walk in with a smile that I just can't seem to get rid of. I was always the happiest when I'm bonding with my family. Katniss looks at me like a weirdo.
"What?" I say still trying to stop smiling.
"Nothing, you just look a little too happy."
"They were doing an art project today."
"Really? What was the project?"
"They had to tell a short story through art and guess what story our daughter chose?"
"Hhmm?"
"The story of how I fell in love with a beautiful girl." I say taking her hand and stroking the back of it with my thumb.
"I bet it looks beautiful. Did you help her with it?"
"Yeah, she did all the sketches and drawings before and all that was needed was to paint some color into it."
"Did you notice she gets that exact same concentration in her face as you do?"
I laugh at this because its true. She does. "Yes, I did notice."
Right then the bell rings and we begin with the same old routine. Luckiy there's only 2 more classes until schools over.
After the last class of the day Katniss and I wait for Levinia outside of Mrs. Stines class cause she had a meeting to attend. Levinia comes up to us and tells us how much everyone loved us. Before we can leave we make a trip to her locker which is just around the corner. The lockers are purple in honor of there school colors purple, black, and white. She opens it after she's done her combination for the lock. Her locker is decorated neatly. She has 2 shelves with books and papers. She has drawings of her name on both sides of her locker. She has drawings of music notes along with the word "MUSIC" on the inside of the door floating around all over with other drawings on it also. There's drawings like, a guys legs from the knees down and a girls in front of him on her toes, a picture of a gymnast on her hands doing a double stag pose on a beam, a picture of a blonde 6 year old with grey eyes says Peete at the bottom, and another picture of a girl and a guy kissing. They both look a little beat up, this reminds me of something.
"Levinia, is this..your mother and I?" She smiles and nods her head.
"Yeah, back in that cave." Katniss' eyes get a little teary. I hold her by her waist as she says:
"It's beautiful. All of them are. Especially the one of Peete. Wait, Peete got out of school an hour ago!"
"Calm down he has rehearsal for the class play untill 5, its only 3:50." I tell her in a gentle voice. We all walkout and get into our car. Its a small black one since we have a small family. We drive to the pharmacy and arrive 10 minutes later. I can see worry in Katniss' face. I grab her hand and intertwine our fingers and give her a comforting smile.
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