Hey so this is one of my old stories, and I decided to post it again, but I'm changing somethings from last time to make it better!

~Katniss~

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I turn sixteen years old tomorrow. I have a sister named Primrose Everdeen. She is eleven. my dad died in a car crash when I was eleven, so did Gale's. Gale is my cousin, we've been best friends practically forever. My family and Gale's live together, when our dads died, money became an issue so my mom and his mom decided it would be best to split the rent. We live in a two story with four bedrooms. I share a room with prim on the bottom floor. Gale shares a room with Rory on the bottom floor. His mom, Vick, and Posy share the master bedroom upstairs. My mom has a room upstairs. Gale is like my big brother instead of just my cousin, and Gale loves me like a sister, so I don't tell him everything Glimmer says to me because I know he will go overprotective-big brother on me. He is a year older than me. I am a sophmore at pearl high school. My friends are Johanna, Annie, and Madge. Gale's friends are Finnick, and Peeta. Technically we're a big group of friends since we always hang out together. Finnick and Annie have been dating since elementary school, you would think it doesn't count but they have been together since then. Peeta has been dating Glimmer for the past month, and for the past month she's been calling me "fat, and ugly, and telling me how I can't get a guy, and making fun of me because I'm still a virgin" she only says shit to me when i'm alone or when the boys aren't around. I don't tell Peeta about it though. When I turned fourteen I got a job as a cashier at a clothing store. We aren't rich but we aren't poor either.

When I wake up, it takes me a little while for it to kick in. It's my birthday. I'm officially 16. I get out of bed and look at Prim's bed, she is fast asleep. She's a pretty heavy sleeper, the only thing that wakes her up is her nightmares, the alarm clocks, or fireworks going off on the fourth of July. I get up and go shower. When I finish showering I put on my robe, blow dry my hair, and go to my room. I'm surprised to find a package on my bed. I look to Prim's bed, but she's already up and I can hear her in the kitchen. I open the package. Inside lies black tights,a short-sleeved burgundy dress that is shorter in the front and longer in the back, and pulled in around my mid-stomach. I put the clothes on and turn to my bed. Inside the package there is also black leather boots, and a Southside Serpent Jacket. It's a replica of Jughead Jone's jacket from Riverdale.

Happy Birthday Katniss,

We know how much you've wanted this jacket and how much you love the show so we got it for you, we want you to enjoy your special day!

I can't help but feel self conscious, and I ask myself the question I used to find ridiculous, does this dress make me look fat?

Prim walks in with a huge smile. She walks over to my drawer and pulls something out. My bracelet. Its a bracelet made of tiny golden arrows. My dad gave it to me for my tenth birthday. She walks over to my and puts it on me.

"Thanks Prim" I say and I hug her.

"Happy Birthday Katniss" she says.

"Thank you, I love you little duck" i say.

"I love you too" she says. I grab my bag and head to the kitchen. My mother is already in there, she looks at me.

" Aww you look beautiful" she says and she gives me a hug," Hazel had to go and take Rory, Vick, and Posy to school but she told me to wish you a happy birthday."

"Thanks" I say. I grab a piece of toast and eat it. When I'm finished Gale comes out of his room.

"You ready Catnip?" he asks me.

"lets go" I say. He sings happy birthday the entire walk to school, It's a nice thing to do except Gale couldn't sing to save his life. He goes to meet up with Finnick and I go to the main quad where Johanna, Annie, and Madge are waiting for me. They all say shriek "happy birthday" except for Johanna who throws an arm around me and says, "One year closer to death,"

"Always so dark and gloomy," I say back to her

"Only for you brainless," Johanna says, I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn to see Peeta

"Happy Birthday Kitty-Kat" He says, I scowl at the nickname and he laughs, he holds out a necklace with a locket attached to it

"Oh its beautiful." I sigh, I turn so he can put it on me, then I turn to face him again.

"Thank you" I say.

"It wasn't just me, we all chipped in for it. Open it" he says. I open the locket to find one picture spread across all three panels, the picture is the one my mom took the day after Christmas of me and my friends together,i close the locket.

"Its perfect" I say. I hug Peeta, when I hug him he holds me tighter than normal and I feel him nod at someone behind me. I hear Johanna whistle and footsteps approaching. Peeta lets go and I am being hoisted into the air. It takes me a moment to realize I am on Gale and Finnick's shoulders.

"This isn't funny put me down!" I say scowling. Then all my friends start singing happy birthday, when they finish i am laughing at how awful they sang on purpose.

"Gale! Finnick! Put me down!" I shout after the laughter wears off.

"As you wish, birthday girl" Finnick says. They both move from under me and I fall. I scream but someone catches me, it's Peeta. This must have been a part of their plan because Peeta was in the perfect position to catch me. I put my arms around his neck, that way if he tries to drop me all of a sudden like they did I won't fall.

"Put me down!" I shout.

"Of course, you're right, but first there's something I've gotta do," Peeta says, than he starts spinning me. I am laughing and squealing for him to stop. Then I see hands cover his eyes

Someone says "guess who?" before removing their hands.

Peeta trips over a bush and we both fall to grass. Gale rushes over to help me up and Finnick rushes over to help Peeta up. When we are both up Peeta looks at me.

"Sorry Kitty-Kat" he says, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine," I say. Peeta turns to Glimmer.

"Oh Peeta i'm sorry I didn't mean for her to fall" Glimmer says sweetly, but I can tell nobody believes her.

"Listen Glimmer, the guys and I gotta go talk with coach, right guys" Peeta lies, he can spin a lie pretty easy, he's always had a way with words, if you really know him though, you can tell when he's lying.

"Yeah" they agree. They turn to us and say bye and head towards the field. Glimmer turns to me

"Happy birthday! one year fatter, one year uglier, one more year of being single, one more year of being a virgin, one more year without even a first kiss! But then again, who would want to kiss of be with an ugly, fat, brat like you?" she says.

"You can think whatever you want," I say cooly

"Gladly," She says before walking away.

When I turn to look at the girls and they start talking all at once. Johanna cursing insults about Glimmer, Madge and Annie assuring me what Glimmer said isn't true, but I'm not really in the mood to hear it.

"Hey we all know the boys don't really need to talk to coach, they are probably just playing soccer, how about we go watch?" Madge suggests.

"Yeah. I just have to grab something from my history class for later, I'll catch up with you guys" I say keeping my voice steady. They look uncertain but agree. I quickly walk to the history room and go to the back corner of the classroom and sit on the floor. I cover my hands with my face and I let myself cry. I never usually break down like this but hearing this on my birthday, I couldn't hold it in. I'm sick of all the insults, why are they suddenly actually getting to me? I take deep breaths, trying to calm down. I hear someone walk in, and I try to stay as silent as possible, but I don't look up, I feel someone slide down next to me.

"Kitty-Kat? Whats wrong?" Peeta asks. I feel embarrassment rush through me. I can't tell him what his girlfriend says to me! I could lie, but he would know right away if I was lying. I am terrible at lying.

"You know I won't tell Gale if you don't want me to. You can trust me. What's wrong?" he says. I sigh, I tell him everything Glimmer said to me. I can feel him stiffen next to me.

"Is this the first time she's said that stuff to you?" he asks me. I shake my head.

"I'm so so sorry Katniss," Peeta says and I know he means it, "I know she's not nice,"

"Then why are you with her?" I ask, confused.

"My mom wants me to date her," He explains, "She's friends with Glimmer's mom,"

"Oh" I say.

"but she can't just say shit like that to you, especially when it's not true!" he says angrily.

"I feel so stupid" I mutter

"Why?" he asks

"Because normally it doesn't get to me like this!" I exclaim. "Normally I'm strong about it! The one day I break down it's in front of you!" I say, then clap my hands to my mouth, Stupid!

"Why does it matter that you break down in front of me?" he asks

"You remember that day at school, before you and Gale became friends, I didn't have a lunch and you came and sat down next to me? You had a lunch tray and I remember there was a Dandelion on the tray. You shared your lunch with me," I say

"Yeah, I remember," Peeta says, "Why?"

"You gave me hope after my dad died, you made me strong, and you still do," I say, "I already feel weak crying, and it being in front of you doesn't help,"

"Crying doesn't make you weak, and I don't think any less of you because you cry in front of me, Katniss you're one of the strongest people I know," Peeta says, I finally look up at him and there's something in his eyes that takes my breath away, and I'm suddenly aware of how close our faces are, and I know he senses it to because his eyes darken slightly.

As if in slow-motion our lips meet, and it's soft and perfect. His hand reaches up to caress my face and I get this warm feeling. My hands slide up to his hair.

"Wait," I say pulling my face away, "Peeta you have a girlfriend,"

I think Glimmer slipped both of our minds in the heat of the moment.

"You're right," Peeta says and his forehead connects to mine, "But Glimmer isn't the one I have feelings for,"

"I know," I say

"But we can't do this," He finishes, "Not while I'm still with her,"

"So what happens next?" I ask

"I break up with Glimmer," Peeta says

"What about your mom?" I ask him

"I don't care," He says, "I can't stay with Glimmer if you feel what I feel for you, do you feel what I feel for you?"

"I do,"

beep

Peeta: meet me at my locker

Katniss: ok

I walk to Peeta's locker. I just got out of chemistry, none of my friends have this class with me so I head off to Peeta's locker alone. When I get to Peeta's locker he is already there waiting for me.

"I brought you a little something" he says and pulls out a brown paper bag from his locker. I take the bag and open it, a cheese bun, my favorite. I am about to grab it and take a bite when I stop to think. Calories. This is what makes me fat.

Peeta picks up my hesitation.

"Stop it! You are not fat!" he says frustrated.

"I know" I lie.

"Don't lie to me. You are beautiful and amazing. Don't underestimate yourself" he tells me.

"I'm not pretty, I know that. That's not underestimating myself" I sigh

"You are beautiful. You have no idea the effect you can have" He says

"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask. He hesitates then stand closer to me. He grabs my face in his hands. His face is inches from mine.

"You are beautiful, smart, and amazing. You are not fat. So what if you are a virgin, I am too. I can't stand watching you beat yourself up over what that slut says." he says. He hesitates and I know what about, at least I hope I do. I feel warmth spread through me. I think he wants to kiss me. I hope he does. Wait what? W hope he does?

"I want to kiss you so badly right now," He whispers

"I know," I say, "But we can't yet,"

"I know," He says and he pulls away reluctantly, "I'm going to break up with her, I want to be with you,"

"I want to be with you too," I admit, "I'm scared,"

"Scared of what?" Peeta asks

"Scared of falling too deep," I say

Peeta opens his mouth to respond but is cut off by a shriek, "What is this?!" oh no, Glimmer. She's holding out her phone, Peeta and I look at the picture on the screen, it's of me and Peeta in the history room this morning. We aren't kissing, it was taken after the kiss, it's where my forehead is connected with Peeta's, you can see the tears on my face, it looks like a really intimate photo.

"Glimmer," Peeta sighs

"No, don't 'Glimmer' me!" I want an explanation and I want it now!" She demands, "Did you cheat on me?"

"No, Glimmer," I was going to talk to you about that, I sent you a text to meet up after school. I was going to break up with you, well I guess I'm doing it now then," Peeta says

"Wait what? Break up with me?" She asks, "Why did you even ask me out if you wanted HER the entire time?!"

"Honestly, because our moms wanted us to date," Peeta responds

I hear snickering and I realize that people are watching and recording, Glimmer realizes it too and she turns red.

"I'm sorry Glimmer, but I don't have feelings for you," Peeta says, "And even if I did, I don't think I could be friends with a girl who insults my friends,"

"Whatever," She says, "Soon you'll realize how big of a mistake you've just made," she says then she walks off angrily.

I slide down and sit against the lockers, and I feel Peeta slide down next to me.

"That went well," He sighs

"Probably as well as it could have gone,"

We sit in silence for a while, then he hear footsteps approach. Great, it's our friends here to interrogate us.

"Where you guys gonna tell us?" Annie asks

"It kinda just happened today," I say sheepishly

"I'm not sure I approve," Gale says skeptically

"What you don't trust me?" Peeta asks

"Maybe?" Gale answers

"Gale I don't need your permission," I say

"How did you guys find out anyways?"Peeta asks

"This school is filled with gossip," Johanna says, "It travels fast,"

"So you guys official or...?" Madge asks

"Let's find out," Peeta says, "Katniss Everdeen, will you be my girlfriend?"

"Yes I will," I say blushing

"Alright so now we got two couples in the group!" Finnick says, "Now we gotta get Gale with either Johanna or Madge,"

Gale strides over to the two of them and throws an arm around each, "Hello ladies,"

"Fuck off Hawthorne," Jo says elbowing his stomach, but I see the slightest hint of a blush on her face. I raise an eyebrow at her and she flips me off.

Hey so this was the second story I ever wrote on here, but I ended up taking them down but not before exporting the chapters to my document manager, so I did some editing to the first chapter and here it is! Let me know what you think of it! Don't expect the chapters to be too frequent since Hidden and You Don't Own me are first priority, but I figured I could get this story out there and if you've read the old version tell me if you like this better so far and if you read Secret Couple, let me know if you want that one republished but edited to make it better! Sorry the Authors Note is so long, just wanted to get that out there, they won't be so long in the future.