Katniss walked up to the door, Peeta following closely behind her. When she didn't move, Peeta asked what was wrong.

She turned to him sheepishly, blushing. "Um, what do I do? If I knock or ring the door bell, Annie can't hear it. But Finnick can. That would be a hearing thing to do. What do I do?"

"Just be you."

She grimaced at him and he laughed.

Knocking on the door lightly, Peeta laughed. "Even Finnick wouldn't hear that."

Scowling, she kept her eyes on him and went to knock again, this time determined for it to be louder, only to hear the door open right before her hand made impact, and Finnick cry out in pain.

"Arrrgh!"

Katniss stilled her hand. Peeta was trying very hard not to laugh.

Slowly she turned to see Finnick glowering at her, a hand over one of his eyes.

"Sorry?" She tried, signing as she spoke.

Finnick reached out with his free hand, painstakingly slow, and lightly rapped it on her forehead. "Yeah, yeah. You're something else, Everdeen." He couldn't sign with only one hand, so Peeta signed what he said to Annie who stood behind Finnick, making her laugh.

"Can we still come in?" Katniss asks timidly.

"I guess," Finnick said in a mock pout, stepping to the side to let them in.

Annie embraced Katniss immediately, and Katniss was surprised she hugged her back.

I've missed you!

"It's only been a few hours!" Katniss spoke as she signed for the benefit of the hearing around her.

So what? I'm not allowed to miss my friend?

"I'm your friend?"

Annie made a "duh" face so overly dramatic that Katniss laughed. Finnick was right. You are something else, Everdeen. But her genuine smile as she spelled out her last name told Katniss she was playing.

Looking around she saw several other faces, none that she recognized.

Finnick walked back into the room with a bag of frozen peas held against his eye and shook his head at her as he walked by.

"Let me introduce you, I guess," he huffed, but both he and Katniss smiled. He asked Annie to sign for him so their guests knew what was going on.

So they're all deaf? Katniss thought as she looked at the smiling faces.

Pointing to the person closest to her, Finnick said, "This is Gale Hawthorne, Annie's friend."

Gale turned to her and held out his hand to shake. Nice to meet you, he signed quickly after, smiling a wide smile, which only grew when Katniss returned the sign.

Pointing to the next person, Finnick introduced him as Pollux. Pollux waved a small, shy smile and signed nice to meet you.

Before Finnick could continue, the last person surprised her by speaking while he signed. "Hi! I'm Castor, Pollux's brother. He was born mute, so he can hear you, just can't answer."

Katniss smiled. "Thank you. That is very interesting. And your names, aren't they-"

Pollux smiled but covered his face as he nodded.

"Yes," Castor laughed. "Our parents were hippies."

Katniss laughed. "Hey! It's okay. I'm not judging. My name is Katniss, and my little sister is named Primrose, so I know the feeling."

You have a sister?! Annie was very excited.

Crap. She had let that cat out of the bag. "Yes." She struggled a smile.

Oooo! Tell me all about her, please! I always wanted siblings!

Before Katniss could answer, there was a knock at the door. Annie looked at it, confused.

"How'd you know?" Katniss asked.

The vibrations.

Katniss nodded as Annie went to answer the door, and looked back at the group just in time to see Pollux sign, She's beautiful! You think? to which Castor smiled and signed, Yes, making her blush.

She caught Finnick's eye and knew he had seen it, too. His smile was unsettlingly large.

Looking back over at the door, she saw that Gale had joined Annie, also curious who it was. Waking over to where Peeta was leaning against the bar of the kitchen counter, they had a perfect view of who was outside the door when Annie opened it.

And then slammed it.

Cato and Jo. So that's who she was wanting to talk to.

Gale opened the door and stalked outside, Johanna slipping past before it was slammed again.

She walked right up to Katniss and started signing and speaking a mile a minute. "Brainless! Oh, thank God you're here!"

"Yes, yes I am. The question is why are you here?"

"I met Cato today in the library and he asked me out to coffee this evening. I said sure. But instead of going to the coffee shop, he took me here. I had no idea! And Gale is here!"

"Wait. You know Gale?"

"Yeah! He's the guy I wanted to talk to, but he never seemed very interested, so I said yes when Cato asked."

Finnick waked over and swung the door open to see Cato and Gale signing away. Katniss was surprised they didn't hover above the ground the way they were flapping their arms in exasperation. That was most of the conversation, actually. Each one flailing their arms in large whys and stupids thrown in sporadically.

They were going so fast, that was all Katniss could make out.

Finnick shut the door after seconds, the bag of peas still held to his face. "Just let them get it out."

"Hi, I'm Peeta," Peeta offered his hand to Jo, who looked at him with a hungry look that made Katniss defensive.

"Hi, I'm Johanna."

Peeta seemed uncomfortable under her stare, so Katniss stepped between them. "Jo. No. You already have two boys outside. Go fix your mess before you break something of mine."

Jo huffed and went outside, slamming the door for the third time behind her.

Peeta tapped her shoulder, causing her to realize what she had said.

Something of mine echoed around her head, especially the last word.

She turned to him, finding a smirk on his face. "So I'm yours, huh?"

"Would you rather be Jo's?"

"Don't scare me like that."

Katniss snorted as Peeta grinned in triumph when Finnick walked up, no pea bag this time, but a beautiful shiner starting to form.

"I am so sorry, Finnick. I was trying to knock louder and you have really bad timing."

Finnick shrugged. "Eh, it's alright. I'll live." He turned to Peeta. "Don't ever make her mad. She packs a mean punch." Both men chuckled while Katniss scowled. "And that is just downright frightening," he continued, pointing at her scowl, causing it to deepen and his grin to grow. "So, KE-"

"'KE'?" She questioned.

"Easier to spell your initials than your whole name until you get a sign name."

She nodded.

"So, KE, any secrets worth my time to sign?"

"Katniss!" They heard Johanna yell through the door.

In two strides Finnick was at the door and swinging it open to Jo covering her mouth with both hands and Gale punching Cato right in the eye, signing a quick, Piss off, when Cato looked up at him dumbfounded.

Gale grabbed Johanna's elbow and pulled her inside, softly closing the door behind him, and looking around to be greeted by dumbstruck faces.

What? Gale was puffing from the tussle, but wore a look that was unphased. He was rude.