"Ms. O'Brien!" Mr. Hopkins voice startled Katniss, breaking her from her daydreams. 

"Yes, Mr. Hopkins?" Katniss tried to ask politely. She really hated him. No, hate is an understatement. Katniss despised him every inch of him. Why she hated him was a story for another day.

" How fun is the sun from our earth and how many minutes does it take for the sun's light to reach us?" He asked in a single breath. His question infuriated Katniss. All of her teachers knew about her XP but Mr. Hopkins had taken this too far.  

"Are you seriously asking me about the sun? Wow, you're unbelievable." Saying that, Katniss stormed out of the room. Dylan's eyes followed her out the door. She didn't know what caused her to lash out in front of everyone but everything was infuriating her. Katniss entered the bathroom and looked in the mirror. She looked really bad. With the dark bags under her eyes and a pimple that had grown under her eye, she looked unlike her sweet-loving self. 

"What is wrong with me?" Katniss slammed the door of the cubicle behind her.

"Ugh." Then, something clicked when she remembered what Dr. Renesmee had told her the last time she saw her.

                                                                      ***Flashback***

"You will be getting mood swings frequently. It will be because of your disturbed hormones. If or when you do, hold your head between your knees and take deep breaths. It will calm down your nerves." Katniss didn't reply.

"Sweetie. I understand that it's difficult but you'll get through this." Katniss lifted her head.

"Now, lay down so that we could perform some tests on you." That is the last thing she heard before she blacked out.

                                                                 ***End of Flashback***

So, Katniss did what Dr. Renesmee had advised. It helped her a lot so when she was feeling better, Katniss went to her locker to get her things for the next class. She was feeling better but that didn't mean she will go back to Mr. Hopkins class.

After a few tiring hours, Katniss got to go home. So, she pulled her backpack over her shoulder and left the building. Instead of taking the shortcut, she took the long way home. Katniss walked past the park. It was empty at this time of the night. She was almost home when someone from behind hugged her. 

"Omg...Katy. I heard what happened. How are you feeling?" Katniss' best friend, Victoria, said. Katniss didn't reply. 

"Well..of course you aren't feeling good but you aren't alone, okay?" Katniss just nodded in reply. 

"So, Tawni is throwing a party  at midnight and you, my friend, are invited." Katniss snatched the invitation card from Victoria's hand. She was pretty surprised because this is the first time someone invited her.

"Whoa, me? Why though." Katniss asked, smiling.

"Beats me." Victoria shrugged. For a few minutes, they walked in silence but then Victoria jumped in realization, causing Katniss to yelp.

"We have to go shopping!" Katniss widened her eyes. She never went shopping. Pretty surprising, but she had never been shopping. Her mom just bought everything for her. Vic didn't give Katniss a chance to speak rather pulled her the other way, towards the nearby mall. Katniss went along but then stopped dead in her tracks.

"I have to text my mom. She'll be worried as to why I haven't reached home yet." Katniss said, remembering her last argument with her mom. After a short text telling her mom about where she'll be that night, Katniss and Vic went shopping.

After a lot of try-outs, Katniss finally found what she wanted. It was a beautiful royal purple dress reaching her knees along with black heels and a black handbag. Vic bought a black dress and black pumps. They decided to go to Vic's house to get ready, as it was nearby. They rushed home and got ready, each taking turns showering and one applying makeup on the other. Satisfied with their looks, Katniss took a picture of them and sent it to her mom. 

It was almost midnight when they reached Tawni's house. It was looking beautiful. Tawni wasn't the type to throw a party with alcohol so they were pretty much safe from drunk guys and girls throwing themselves at each other. They were a few people there but they all look astonished to see Katniss walk in. As soon as she entered the house, everyone looked towards her and gasped. She was indeed looking beautiful. Katniss smiled shyly at everyone and sat down near the snacks. 

"Hey. You look beautiful." Katniss heard a familiar voice. She, at once, knew who the voice belonged to.

"You don't look so bad yourself, Dylan." Dylan was wearing a black shirt with white pants. Katniss stood up and offered him a glass of lychee juice.

"How did you know that this was my favorite? " Dylan asked, gulping the juice down his throat in one sip.

"That is the only juice you get from the school cafeteria, not to mention the jug of juice you had kept on your table." Katniss laughed as she stated the obvious.  Dylan laughed and they talked about their likes and dislikes. While they were talking, they didn't notice a man coming towards them.

"Ah, Dylan? It's has been a long time son. Who is this friend of yours?" The man asked Dylan. Katniss shifted uncomfortably as he put his hand on Katniss' shoulder.

"No one of your concern." Dylan spat. As soon as he said that, he took Katniss' hand and pulled her towards the door. Katniss screamed asking him to slow down. Taking her outside, Dylan came to a halt.

"What the hell, Dylan?" Katniss asked, panting and rubbing her arms.

"Look, you have to go home right now." Dylan said that and headed inside. Katniss ran after him and pushed him around to face her.

"No. You give me a proper reason why. I need an explanation." Katniss demanded an explanation. Tapping her foot, she stood there waiting for Dylan to respond. Instead of replying, he took off the other direction and disappeared in the crowd. Katniss cursed under her breath. There was no way she'd go back. For the first time in forever, she was finally enjoying herself. She actually felt normal and now she wasn't going to let a stupid boy get in the way. 

Victoria had abandoned her so Katniss decided to get a sprite and some chips and went to sit down on the porch. She was eating while thinking about life. Her phone started buzzing in the her purse so Katniss took it out to see 5 missed calls from Dylan and 20 messages. She opened the messages and all of them were asking her to go home asap. She deleted the messages and tried to dismiss the thought of Dylan. Keyword: Tried. Something about his attitude changed when he met that man. 

It was getting late and people were leaving so Katniss went inside looking for Vic. She wanted to tell her that she was going to head home. Despite the emptiness, she still couldn't find her. 

"Looking for Victoria?" Katniss turned around to see the man who they met before  with Dylan.

"Uh yeah. But she probably went home so I'll get going. See you around." Katniss spoke in a rush, eager to get out of here. Observing his face, she could tell that this man was bad news.

"No. She is waiting for you at the back." The man took Katniss' hand and pulled her. Katniss tried pulling away but the man was too strong. She knew that she was being taken somewhere else, somewhere she wouldn't wanna be. 

"Please stop. You're hurting me." She cried in agony but the man didn't stop. Proving her assumptions correct, the man threw her inside a van and sat in the driver's seat. Another man at the back of the van duct taped her mouth so that she wouldn't scream. She was looking out the window, her eyes pleading for help as she saw people walk by but no one looked her way. The man in the van didn't tie her arms so she took advantage of that. Katniss started making noises by banging the window to get someone's attention. 

"Shut her up." The man who abducted her ordered. 

"With pleasure." The other man replied. That was the last thing she had heard before she was injected with something making her head go fuzzy. Black spots clouded her vision and sleep kept pulling her in. Giving up, Katniss let the emptiness swallow her into darkness as she fell unconscious on the floor of the van.

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