Authors Note: This is my first FanFiction so constructive criticism is appreciated! Please forgive me for this chapter, It's mostly just introducing the characters.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Hunger Games or anything associated with it. All characters aside from OC's (Sam, Dominic, Miss Jules, Jenny, and Danielle) belong to Suzanne Collins.

The bell ringed just as Peeta began to climb the steps of Dead Creek High School. He had just moved into town, and was starting his school year in February. Fucking February. Peeta figured he was doomed to be a social outcast at least until next year. Now, he sat in a cheap plastic chair, waiting patiently to get his new schedule.

"Yo new kid!" someone shouts. Peeta looks around for the kid that was shouting at him. What could they want?
"Up here" She says. Only the does he realize that it's a young woman talking to him.
"Oh hi!" Peeta offers, trying his best not to look confused.
"Yeah, hey. Anyways let's cut the crap, I'm Miss Jules, your new English Teacher. Nice to meet you, blah blah blah. Here's your schedule."
Peeta had no Idea what to say. He slowly took the schedule and muttered a small thank you. He was just about to leave when Miss Jules stopped him.
"Wait. You need a tour from someone. Do you want Barbie or Ken?"
What the fuck did she just ask him? "Um, what?"
"Barbie… or Ken?" She repeats. After a brief silence, she rolls her eyes at him. "It's not a trick question, kid. Do you want Barbie or Ken? They're students here."
"Um... Ken?" A dumbfounded Peeta mutters.
"Really? Most people like Barbie better. He's nicer, anyways," She says partially to herself before going to dial another room. "Wait, did she just call "Barbie" a he?" Peeta thinks to himself. "What kind of teacher is this?"
Suddenly, Miss Jules is speaking to someone on the phone. "Yeah could you send Finnick down to like, give this new kid a tour? Ok thanks"
"Why do you call this Finnick person Ken?" Peeta asks. Miss Jules doesn't really seem like the teacher to care about being questioned by a student.
"You'll see, trust me," Miss Jules says with a bit of a smirk. "Especially since after knowing you for 30 seconds I can already tell what team you play for,"

Peeta's jaw drops. How did she know he was gay? He was so fucked. She rolls her eyes at him. "Don't worry, kid, nobody here cares. Jesus Christ, you're in California. Finnick's gay, Barbie's gay, hell it's like straight people are the minority here." Her rude comment actually does help reassure him. Peeta slowly nods his head. Only moments later, a student with bronze colored hair and emerald green eyes walks in. Miss Jules was right, this kid is gorgeous. He wears a tight white t shirt and dark skinny jeans. Every inch of him is delicious. From his chiseled pecks, to his defined collar bones, to his plump rear, all the way to the bulge that must only be his large co- "Nice view?" Finnick asked.
"No uh... I was just uh"
"Yeah, you were" Finnick said with a giggle. Miss Jules suddenly burst out laughing.

"Jesus kid, you've got a staring issue" She sneers "Thank god I didn't bring in Barbie,"
Finnick turns to Miss Jules. "Please, Sammy probably would think something was stuck to his ass, you know how modest that kid is." he said, winking at Peeta.
Peeta couldn't follow this conversation at all. How do they talk so casually to each other? Is this Sammy person Barbie? Who is Barbie anyways? Is Finnick mad at me for staring at him? He must not be, since he's joking with me.
Once Miss Jules and Finnick finished their little back and forth, Finnick gestured for Peeta to get up.
"Hey, I'm Finnick by the way" he said, extending his hand.
"Peeta" he responded
Miss Jules sneered. "Ta ta, Peeta Bread," she said. "I'll see you in 7th period. Crap. Looks like I have my own nickname, too.
As we were walking down the hall, Finnick turns to me. "So are you a senior? No offence, but you look younger than that, and Miss Jules' 7th period is for Seniors."
"No, uh, I'm a Junior. I'm just kinda smart I-I guess" Peeta stuttered. He didn't want Finnick to think he's lame.
"Well cool, let me see you're schedule" Finnick says, reaching his hand out. Peeta hands him his schedule.
"Let's see…. We have Trigonometry, P.E., and English together. Who you'll really be seeing a lot of is Blondie. You have a whopping 7 out of 8 classes with him."
"Who's this Blondie kid? Is he Barbie?" Peeta asks
"Uh huh. His real name is Sam, though. I'd recommend calling him that, although he's too sweet to correct you."
Peeta nods his head to show he's listening, when suddenly two kids turn a corner and are walking in their direction. One is about Finnick's height and size, except Asian and with short, black hair. He has a much shorter and probably younger boy wrapped around his arm. His pure skin, blonde hair, full lips, deep blue eyes, and, due to lack of a better word, voluptuous figure only say one thing to Peeta. Barbie.
Sure enough, Finnick takes my hand and leads me towards them. "Speak of the devil! Helloo Sam. Hey Dominic" Finnick says, obviously not very interested in the older boy. Dominic briefly nods hello to Finnick and doesn't even acknowledge Peeta. Sam, however, jogs towards the duo, and starts talking to Finnick.

"Hey, Finnick! What's up?" Sam asks with a tad too much enthusiasm. Dominic instantly scowls towards Finnick. Talk about being the jealous type.
"Same old shit. Meet Peeta, he's new here. You guys have every class together except 3rd period."
Sam extends his tiny hand and gives me a bright smile. "Hi, I'm Sam. Welcome to Dead Creek high."
"Hey I'm Peeta, it's great to meet you," he replies.

When Peeta reaches out his hand, Sam shakes it enthusiastically. Sam had a much stronger grip then he expected, and tried not to cringe in pain when he pulled away. Dominic still stood several feet away, impatiently waiting for Sam to finish his conversation.
Sam noticed Dominic's annoyed expression, and quickly said his goodbyes and something about how Peeta could sit with him if he wanted. At that last part, Dominic looked like he wanted to run over to Peeta and break his neck. Once they were both out of earshot, Finnick started whispering to Peeta. "That was Sam, obviously. Probably the nicest and most innocent kid you'll ever meet. He's only a sophomore, and a bit of a super genius. The other dude was his boyfriend, Dominic. He's a Junior, so you won't see him much. Trust me when I say your first impression of him was dead on. He's kind of an ass." Finnick then starts muttering about how he doesn't deserve Sam and how he doesn't treat him good enough.
"So anyways, this is your 2nd period. Tell Sam I said hi, ok?" Finnick says, with a surprising amount of insecurity. He has it BAD.
"Yeah sure," Peeta says with a smile, before walking into the Chemistry room. He is quickly greeted by a brightly colored woman.
"Hi! You must be Peeta. Welcome to Chemistry, I'm your teacher, Ms. Trinket. You can sit by at the empty chair in that table" she says, pointing to the table where Sam is sitting. Sam sits next to a girl who looks like she could possibly be related to him, and across from Sam is a tall, brutish boy who is even larger and more muscular than Finnick. His short blonde hair and deep blue eyes were very…alluring. It doesn't take Peeta very long to realize that he must be the school Jock. Surprisingly, they were all laughing and getting along.

When Peeta sits down, Sam instantly introduces group to each other. The girl is Glimmer, Sam's older sister. Glimmer gives Peeta a good natured smile, but is pre occupied by some worksheet. The brutish boy is Cato, who gives Peeta a firm handshake and a pat on the back. Sam and Glimmer seem to instantly go off into their own world, working on what must be the chemistry assignment. Cato hands me a copy and begins to get to work himself. I couldn't really focus on the worksheet because I was so busy watching Sam and Glimmer. They almost never spoke in actual sentences, and just said a string of words to each other to convey their messages. Peeta couldn't follow at all.
"It's pretty amazing, huh?" Cato whispers to Peeta, noticing his stare. Peeta tried not to blush from Cato's attention. He had to admit that he was pretty cute.
"Yeah… Do you get it at all?" he whispers back.
"Not really, maybe a bit more than you do. I've known them since 3rd grade. They've always been like that, really. I've never even seen them fight. So, how did Sam already know you?"
"Oh, I ran into him and his boyfriend," Peeta replies.
Cato nods his head slowly, his distaste for Dominic almost as obvious as Finnick's was. Suddenly, the bell rings, and Glimmer and Sam quickly wave goodbye and start walking off.

"Oh, Sam! Finnick says hi, by the way," Peeta suddenly remembered to say. Sam smiles nods before scurrying off.

Cato is about to leave too, when Peeta realizes he has no idea where to go.
"Wait, Cato!" he yells, grabbing onto his shoulder. Cato turns around with a curious look on his face.
"Do you uhh… know where the art room is?" Peeta asks, trying not to sound too desperate.
"Oh, I have that next anyways. Follow me" Cato says.
Peeta lets out a sigh of relief before following Cato down the hallway. Once they arrive, Cato takes a seat next to his friend, Marvel. Peeta doesn't really feel like bothering them, so he sits next to a smiling girl a few rows in front of them. She was actually rather pretty, with long brown hair, grey eyes, and olive skin.
"Hi I'm Katniss," She says, giving Peeta a small smile.
"Hey, I'm Peeta," He Replies.
"You're new here, right? I don't think I've seen you before,"
"Yeah, I just got here this morning"
Katniss and Peeta quietly chatter to each other for a few minutes until the teacher walks in.
"Good morning class. We have a new student today!" He says, looking at Peeta. "This is Peeta, everyone. Peeta, my name's Cinna. Anyways, today, we will be doing portraits of your neighbor. Make them look pretty" he says with a smirk. A couple people giggle.
"I'll draw first," Katniss says "Hold still," Peeta didn't really know what to do, so he just faces Katniss and gives a small smile.

"Excuse me for a little bit, I need to speak with Miss Jules" Cinna says before exiting the room.

After a few minutes, there's a large shadow behind Peeta.
"Yeah, Dominic?" Katniss says with slight disinterest.
"I'm here to talk to Peeta here, actually," Dominic says. His voice is deeper than Peeta expected.
"Um, yeah?" Peeta asks.
He grabs Peeta by the shoulder and spins his chair towards him. "You need to stay away from Sam. got that, pretty boy?"
"Excuse me? I'll talk to who I want too, and I don't think I'm the one you need to be intimidated about," Peeta states, sounding way more confident than he actually was.
"Who the fuck do you mean by that?" Dominic asks, fuming.
"Dominic, calm down. Remember last time you hurt someone to "protect" Sam?" Katniss asks, suddenly standing up behind Peeta.
"Still got him back. Still have him now," Dominic responds. "Now who the fuck are you talking about, pretty boy?"
Now it's Cato's turn to stand up. He struts over to Dominic and stands between him and Peeta.

"Move, Cato," Dominic snarls.
"Or else what?" Cato asks, obviously not intimidated by the smaller boy.
Just before Dominic could reply, Miss Jules and Cinna walk in together and look at the scene with curiosity.
"This isn't over," Dominic says, pointing to Peeta. Peeta could only roll his eyes at how over the top this entire scene is. Dominic then proceeded to return to his seat.
"Oh, and Dominic?" Cato adds ever so sweetly. "He's obviously talking about Finnick"
A few people giggled, but that was nothing compared to when Miss Jules blatantly laughed at the situation.
"Oh," she said "So that's what this whole scene is about. She turned to look at Dominic. Dominic, you need to stop being so paranoid about losing Barbie. Speaking of the kid, does anyone know where he right now? I have a really good racist joke that he would love,"
Peeta still hasn't gotten quite used to the overall crudeness of his new English teacher.
"He's in theatre," Cato shouts.
"Thanks. Adios," she says, and then exits the room as if nothing happened.
Slowly, everyone gets back to work. A few minutes before the bell rings, Katniss finishes her drawing.
"Done!" Katniss exclaims, obviously proud of her work. When she turns the page to show me, I'm absolutely dumbfounded.
"Whoa, this is Amazing!" Peeta exclaims. She drew him with perfect accuracy. When he looked at it, he almost felt as though he were looking into a mirror.
Cinna stops by them and looks at the painting in awe.

"Miss Everdeen! This is some of your best work!" He praises, still staring at the painting.
Katniss humbly takes the praise, and then runs off until the bell rings.
Peeta's next class is P.E., which he actually knows how to find. He walks off into the gym to find everyone sitting on the bleachers. Apparently, the coach is out sick and there's no substitute, so everyone can just sit around. It doesn't take long for him to find Sam, Glimmer, and Finnick all sitting near the top row. Sam waves Peeta over, so he runs up the steps and takes a seat next to Glimmer. Peeta nods hello to her, she nods back.
"So Peeta" Sam starts, suddenly leaning over to speak with him, "I'm sorry about Dominic. I don't know why he got like that." Peeta could tell from the look in his face that he was genuinely concerned.
"Don't worry about it, Sam. He's just a little defensive," Peeta says, trying his best to reassure him.
"God, Sam. You just have them bitches tripping over you, don't you?" Finnick adds, smirking
"Yeah, Finnick. Better get in line." Sam says, smiling.

"Oh I will" Finnick says, sneering.
"Aw fuck no!" Dominic shouts, standing behind Sam. Nobody had noticed him there before.
He grabs Sam by the wrist "Come on Sam, were going,"
Sam pulls away "I'm not going anywhere. Why don't you join us?" Sam asks, trying to ease the situation.
Dominic stares daggers at Sam. "What did you say to me?"
"I said I'm not going anywhere."
"Why?"
"Because I'm sitting with my friends. Not to mention my sister, for fucks sake," He said, pointing to Glimmer.
"I don't give a shit about her, why were you hitting on Finnick? You fucking slut!"
At this, Finnick starts clenching his fists, just about ready to kill that dude.
"What!?" Sam screams. "Fuck you, Dominic!" At this point, the entire gym was looking at the duo. They had never seen Dominic so mad, especially not at Sam. Sam was about to turn around and sit back down when Dominic suddenly punched him in the face before pushing him down the bleachers.