Finding the Missing Piece: Book 2

Chapter Sixteen

Katniss POV-

Bristol is coming back today for good.

I have missed her so much but I know she had to spend as much time with Brandon as she could.

He got a call back last night and left early this morning, so she will be here at the end of today.

By the sound of her voice on the phone this morning, she sounded like she was having a rough time.

Which is to be expected.

I have so much respect for her and those whose families and friends serve.

I get out of my last class of my short day and I'm notified that I need to report to the President of the college: Cornelius Snow.

I have only seen him once or twice in person and he isn't something you wanna see more than once.

He is kind of short and has snow-white hair and piercing eyes that remind me of snake eyes.

Snow is honestly the scariest person that I have ever encountered.

His secretary allows me in and as I pull open the huge metal door to his office, knocking first of course, I wonder what I could've done to bring this about.

He tells me to sit so I do.

"Miss Everdeen, I know you have been a renowned student since your acceptance to this university but it has been brought to my attention that you have been plagiarizing your school work."

I crease my eyebrows in confusion, as my heart drops.

"I'm sorry. What?" I ask politely.

"You've been cheating on your work." Snow says, annoyed.

Cheating?

I have never cheated, not once.

"Sir, I can assure you that all my work is mine. I have not been cheating off of anyone nor do I intend to cheat at anytime." I say politely, but feeling extremely offended by this accusation and even more confused by who would accuse me of it.

I know better and I would be extremely guilty if I ever even attempted it.

What would make him think I dishonestly claim someone's else's work as my own?

Who even made him think that?

"May I ask who is making this accusation?" I say, not knowing of anyone here who would want to hurt me.

"You have been accused by two of my finest students." He says.

"And who are these two fine students? Last I heard, Peeta Mellark and I were the two finest students to walk through the doors in years." I say, cockily.

He rolls his eyes and takes a deep breath.

"Well, before you and your...boyfriend, applied. My two finest students that arrived two years ago and have been nothing but delights were Delly Cartwright and Dylan James"

Delly?

That name sounds so sickly familiar but the boy, doesn't ring a bell.

Dylan James.

"I am unfamiliar with Dylan. Is he in one of my classes?" I ask him.

"Not to my knowledge."

Then it clicks.

"And Delly isn't in any of my classes. She's in Peeta's." I say.

"Well, Miss Everdeen, possibly Mr. Mellark relayed the information to Delly and she felt obliged to report it."