After her rebirth by Cici

Chapter 54

Katniss was stoked to have one less exam to worry about.

Now she could whip up something tasty for Maximilian.

After saying goodbye to Brent, Katniss headed back to her old classroom to grab her books and let the teacher know.

The moment she walked in, she saw a bunch of people crowding around Juniper, grilling her about her upcoming exchange student trip abroad.

The Davis family wasn't about to let Juniper miss out on such a sweet gig. The school she was headed to was top-notch, and you couldn't just buy your way in.

This meant Juniper and Katniss were about to go their separate ways.

Seeing Katniss, Juniper broke away from the group and came over, saying, "Katniss, I'm about to head abroad."

Katniss gave her a playful pinch on the cheek and smirked, "You better go. If you bail because of some dumb emotional stuff, I'll kick your butt."

Life ain't all about feelings.

Juniper's eyes got all watery, "But I'm gonna miss you."

"Hey, if you miss me, send me a ton of postcards! And don't forget to hook me up when you get back!" Katniss said, grinning. "Oh, and guess what? I passed my transfer exam, and Professor Jenkins said I can skip tomorrow's test." Juniper's eyes lit up. She'd been so caught up with everyone else's questions that she forgot today was Katniss's big exam day!

that's awesome! Did Professor Jenkins think you were

with a big grin. "Come on,

should be the

waiting for Katniss to bomb her exam totally stunned. Did Brent really

that had to be it. Brent must not know about Katniss's sketchy past, which is why he passed

be blind to let someone like Katniss

she was

but since it wasn't their problem, they quickly scattered, not wanting to stir up

must've pulled some strings to fool Professor Jenkins. No way she

shook her head, "If Katniss passed, it's 'cause she's got skills. I'm

noticed Simon standing in

about to call out to him but froze when she saw

We need to talk," Simon said, taking

face went pale, but she still got up and followed him

found a quiet spot, Simon spun around. "Why'd you swipe Katniss's

said, biting her lip, her eyes welling up with

this time he steeled himself. "Didn't you? Clara, are you seriously lying to me? We're the only ones here. Do I need

Mad that on the day of my competition, Katniss messed with me before I went on stage, screwing

seriously blaming others for you not winning? I talked to the judges, and they showed me your competition footage. And Juniper almost got hit by a banner. Did that mess her up? In the end, it was you who weren't ready

by him and not even allowed to take the test. Did you take her pencil because you didn't want her to do well or because you didn't want her to take the exam

know Professor Jenkins was supervising today. Simon, I really didn't think it through. I'll go apologize