Fanfic: So I Learned From You, Hunger Games. Some things are a great bother to deal with. Others are not. Sometimes, the two can be terribly difficult to discern. Katniss Everdeen was convinced that whoever it was in the apartment below her was, for sure, going to be the hardest thing in her life, at the moment.
Fanfiction; Romance; Fantasy. You are everything to me. Katniss, cant you see? Get notified when Katniss, You are Everything to Me.- Peeta Mellark is updated.FanFiction. Just In. 'Katniss asked me,' Peeta answered, not sure how that could have been missed. 'Do you not want me to stay?'. When a person lives in a low- rent, inner- city apartment, they have to expect a certain amount of noise pollution. But this? It was early on a Sunday morning when she heard it for the first time. Clang. Clang. Clangity clangclang. What in the fresh hell, she thought. CLANG CLANG CLANG. Br- r- r- R- R- R- INGGGG! Wiping the sleep from her eyes, Katniss looked over at her alarm clock. You have got to be kidding me! She rolled over on to her stomach and stuffed her pillow over her head. Who in Christ's name is playing piano this early in the morning? After a few minutes, the tuneless plunking subsided, but Katniss was awake. And, when Katniss is awake, everyone else had better be too. She took her dad's old guitar out of the case and began to strum away for a while before getting ready to meet her friends for their bi- weekly brunch."I'm telling you, Jo, I was fuming," she seethed as her friend poured her another mimosa. The girl next to her nodded, looking around at their group for help, not realizing what a can of worms she'd opened when she asked Katniss how her morning went. Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark. Teen Romance; Alternate Universe. Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark; Katniss Everdeen/Gale Hawthorne/Peeta Mellark. I can see that, Kat," Johanna affirmed. She poured herself a drink as well then placed the pitcher away from where Katniss's erratic gesturing might upend it."Why didn't you go down and give the parents a piece of your mind instead of letting it bug you," Finnick asked, pulling his new girlfriend, Annie, closer to him subtly. They'd been dating for two months, but it was her first time meeting Katniss and Johanna, and Finnick was growing concerned that she was going to think that his friends were nuts and split. Katniss exhaled sharply, blowing a few stray strands of hair from her face. And said what, exactly? Dude, can you tell your kid to shut up? People are trying to sleep here!'" She rolled her eyes at him. Besides, I just moved in a week ago. What if they've been living there forever and the kid's been away or something?""No," he corrected slowly, rolling his eyes back at her. I was thinking something more along the lines of 'Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you, but I work until 3 a. Would it be possible for you to encourage your kid's activity to take place a little later in the day?' And, where would the kid have been for the second week of April?""Families go on vacation whenever," Katniss answered, bordering on a groan. Johanna laughed over Katniss's response. Since when are you the tact coach?""Very funny," he said, shooting a pointedly annoyed look her way. I'm very tactful. I have to be to deal with the people who I deal with.""Telling people what they need to hear to achieve your ends is not tact, Finnick," Annie said, looking up at him. That's being a used car salesman."A wide smile crossed both of the other girls' faces. I like you," Johanna said, pointing at Annie, who smiled broadly right back. Katniss nodded approvingly alongside her."So, Katniss, where's Gale this morning?"1. April: I'm gonna shoot something. This morning it was the clanging. I got home this afternoon and it was scales. For an hour. SCALES. Who the hell buys their kid a piano and gets them lessons the very same day? Sadists, that's who. Sadists who have no respect for their neighbors' sanity. I mean, I'm all for getting your kid involved in the arts, but fucking.. Someplace far away. With acoustic paneled practice rooms. It's days like this that I hate the lack of archery ranges in the city. I miss my bow. Anyway, brunch was nice.. Six weeks went by and the kid was still working on scales. They were getting faster, Katniss supposed, but still stumbling in C major. C major, of all things! There aren't any sharps or flats, kid! All white keys, she thought to herself as she cooked dinner one night, waiting for Gale's arrival. A knock came on the door at exactly 7 p. A# that didn't belong in the 3. He's never late, is he? She undid her apron and hung it back on the side of the refrigerator, wiped her hands on the towel and went to the door. Almost there," she called out as she slid the chain across and let him in."Hey, Catnip," Gale said, kissing her lightly and following her back to the kitchen. Smells good in here. They're still at it?" he asked, nearly cutting himself off. Katniss returned to the stove, stirring the sauce for the pasta so it wouldn't stick as the pasta finished boiling. Are they? I hardly notice," she lied. She felt herself twitch a bit every time the kid missed then fell on to the submediant. Two more notes. 1 June: How long do they focus on scales for formal lessons!? God, I'm so glad I taught myself guitar. I'd've gone batty. I hope they move on to something else soon. Pro tip, kid: WHOLE WHOLE HALF WHOLE WHOLE WHOLE HALF. Even Gale seemed put off by it tonight and he wouldn't know a pentatonic scale from a tectonic plate. He's still sweet, though. Tonight, he.. Katniss and Finnick sat cross- legged on her floor like they did every time he stayed with her until The Hob, the bar where she worked, closed and walked her home, especially when Greasy Sae, the manager and possibly Katniss' favorite person outside of her group of friends, would let her play a set or two. It seemed that the young, pretty bartender- sometimes- performer had developed a following of the skeeviest men in the city. Usually, they'd get pizza and a six pack. That night, though, since the strains of Chopsticks could be heard flowing through her apartment all morning, she'd been craving Mei Fun all day, so it was Chinese and Vodka. It's hardly something new," Finnick stated plainly, taking a vicious bite of a spring roll and spraying bits of cabbage into the air. She stared at him dumbfounded. Did you not hear me? Gale wants a key." She pushed the noodles around in the container angrily."Yes?""To my apartment," she waved her chopsticks around, gesturing at the room as though he needed reminding."Well, I figured, since he already had the one to your heart." He leaned back against the couch and smiled smugly, taking a swig of his drink."Shut up, Finnick," she said, landing a light kick to his knee. All he could do was shake his head at her for a moment. I'm serious! You guys have been together over six months."Six months? That was long enough for a key for Finnick? She'd had things in the back of her fridge longer than that. Hell, she'd waited longer than that to buy her guitar, and she was sure she wanted that forever from the moment she set eyes on it. Not so much with Gale. She took a bite of her food and chewed it carefully before responding. You don't just ask a person for a key to their apartment. I've never given a guy a key. And I've never wanted a key from a guy."Finnick rolled his eyes. But we're not kids anymore, Katniss."That much was true, she supposed, but she wasn't aware that her early twenties were the time to be settling down. She was pretty sure that her twenties were designated pretty much for getting her shit together. He'd been a final year grad student when she was in her last semester of college. She was one of the only people in the class completely disinterested in him, which he truly appreciated. She'd sit in the back of the room and they'd talk every chance they got. Over time, he became the big brother she'd never had. In the years since they'd graduated their respective programs, they'd become even closer. He'd introduced her to Johanna, a friend of his from home who was nearer Katniss' age than him and the pair had quickly become best friends. Still, she thought, sometimes it was really clear that he forgot that he was 3. It wasn't much in the grand scheme of things, but it was certainly enough to put them in different places. They weren't kids, sure, she conceded, but she wasn't ready to be a full- fledged grown- up yet either. Katniss tried taking his comment to heart. I know that, which is why it's even more important to think these things through.""Do you think he's the one?" Finnick asked, too casually, as though it was the simplest thing to answer. She responded with the only thing she could honestly say. I don't know.""Katniss.." he said, voice bordering on condescension. She froze up, putting her food on the table and climbing up on to the couch and away from him. I don't know, okay! God! Is Annie the one?""Yes." A quiet fell on the room. She'd never have expected that response. How could he be so sure so soon? She mused on it for a minute. Then, ever the one to know when to drop a subject, Finnick asked, mouth full of food again, "Why'd you want Chinese, anyway? You hate this stuff."Katniss groaned. You don't want to know."2. June: IT'S HALF NOTE QUARTER NOTE IN THE 7. TH BAR, NOT DOTTED QUARTER EIGHTH QUARTER! READ THE MUSIC IF YOU HAVE IT OR GO LISTEN TO THE SONG, DEAR GOD. CHOPSTICKS IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT. That was probably harsh. I mean, they're probably figuring it out by ear like most people do. Fireworks were booming overhead from the riverfront Independence Day Celebrations as Katniss emerged from the seedy club's stage door into the adoring arms of her friends. Johanna, Finnick, Annie, and Gale They cheered for her before parting their cluster to reveal her little sister, whose visit they'd arranged and kept a complete secret. Primrose rushed toward her sister. You were seriously great tonight, Katniss. Did you hear the crowd?"The appearance of the younger girl knocked her thought process completely askew. She hugged her tightly and babbled, "Not really. I mean, yes, but.. I wasn't that great.. It's just a little downtown club it's not..""Katniss, it's huge," Prim said, looking up at her big sister at arms length. You're really doing it. Your songs, your voice, it's all out there." For the stark contrast in the girls' appearance, an outside observer might not have even realized the girls were related unless they'd heard the exchange.
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