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.

originally had like a dozen seats, but now they

people were grabbing their drinks to go, forming a long

This line's insane!" The guy outside the shop

it to my friends. If I show up empty-handed,

joined

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

new drink after another, totally outshining the other coffee shops. The coffee elsewhere just

was the new hot

was that other coffee shops were trying to come up with something new too, but Amara's place had already made a name for itself. Drinking coffee from

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

said, "Katniss? Sorry,

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 orders. As soon as a table opened up, they

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?"

just to mess with Katniss.

another girl nudged Laura's arm

the line to

instantly turned

with that server? Didn't she say

you say there's

a few days longer and knew Katniss, quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Excuse me, ma'am.