After her rebirth by Cici

Chapter 57

Felix stood there, kinda dazed, his eyes flicking over to the kitchen door. Through the frosted glass, he could see Katniss hustling around, her slim figure moving non-stop.

"If she was out to get me, why'd she tell me someone was messing with my meds?" Maximilian's voice was all cool and detached, but his eyes had this sarcastic glint. "If it weren't for her heads-up, I'd probably be six feet under by now, thanks to that poison."

Felix's face went pale in a heartbeat.

"Don't jinx it like that," Felix said, frowning hard.

For a sec, he was genuinely freaked out.

Katniss whipped up a small pot of coffee pudding, set aside two bowls for Felix and Maximilian, and packed the rest into some plastic containers.

She shoved the leftover ingredients into the fridge.

No way she was taking them home. Her family never got to taste any of it. Anna probably gave it away or sold it, which ticked Katniss off.

After wrapping up, Katniss said her goodbyes and headed to the coffee shop with the coffee pudding.

Even though it was almost finals season and students were cramming, the coffee shop was still hopping.

like a dozen seats, but now they had outdoor seating

Tons of people were grabbing their drinks

another spot. This line's insane!" The guy outside the shop was already

got this new drink, and I already bragged about it to my friends. If I show up empty-handed, I'll look like a fool! Are you waiting with me or not?" "Alright, alright,

joined

students who came later noticed that besides the usual crowd, there were now some

killer new drink after another, totally outshining the

was

but Amara's place had already made a name for itself. Drinking coffee from her shop was

of the line. One of them frowned at the new server and asked, "Where's Katniss? We want her

server, who was new and kinda clueless, said, "Katniss? Sorry, but we don't

looks and quickly snickered, "With her clumsy self, she probably got canned by Amara. No way they'd keep someone like her." They giggled and placed their

you open a coffee shop, we wouldn't have to wait in these crazy lines." Laura Evans sneered, "Our tea shop caters to high-end clients. How can you even compare it to this lowly coffee joint? Besides, how much money can you really make from it? It's just popular with regular folks. You think they can open a chain?" One of the girls, hearing Laura's snobby tone, kept quiet. She scooped up some of the soft pudding and thought to herself that this coffee shop seemed to have a lot of

here just to mess with Katniss. Last time, Laura even threw ten

girl nudged Laura's arm

not only skipping the line to enter the shop

face instantly turned

that server? Didn't she say there

counter. "Didn't you say

had been there a few days longer and knew Katniss, quickly tried to smooth