Not Just You

Wake Up Call

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I wake up to see Cato staring intently down at me, he yells at me for sleeping in on such an important day, which leaves me confused. He must she that because his voice softens "remember we are volunteering together today it's the reaping". We were really shocked yesterday when our trainer told both of us to volunteer I was so angry I almost threw a knife at his head but Cato stopped me he calmed me down as he always does. I just had to face it me and Cato were going into the games together and only one of us was coming out and it was going to be Cato he deserved it more than me and I love him too much life would be nothing without him.

He gives me a quick kiss them goes over to my closet and starts picking my outfit it's like this every morning Cato wakening me up and picking my outfit I don't remember when it hasn't been like that. That is when I start to cry Cato has only seen me cry so many times and I think I have only cried 6 or 7 times in my life. I think that he will see me cry come the next couple weeks. He stops rummaging through my closet and sits down next to me. "shh its okay you are going to be home soon anyway you will feel as if you never left" "no except if I come home you won't be here with me". I know what he means though he will also stop at nothing to keep me alive I pretend to agree to accept his death but I am silently planning my strategy for getting him home.

I glance over at the clock 4:30 I jump out of bed, me and Cato need to be at the training center at 5:00 or we are going to be punished our trainer. Cenap does not take these things lightly specially on an important day like today. I run into my bathroom shutting the door behind me I quickly strip myself of my pajamas and hop in the shower, I am lucky to have warm water in my shower most districts have cold water or no showers at all I pity them because showers are wonderful and refreshing specially after a hard day's work.

About 5 to 10 minutes later I run into my room Cato has laid out black shorts with green knives embroidered all around it (my favorite shorts) and a hunter green sports bra. I quickly throw the outfit on and run down stairs to have breakfast with Cato and my younger sister Cecilia who is turning 13 this year.

Mine and Cecilia's parents died in a train accident when they were coming home from working as peace keepers in district 5. The train went off the tracks and exploded there were no survivors me and Cecilia have lived with Cato`s family ever since I love his parents and they always say I am the daughter they never had they even enrolled me in training at the best training place in the districts. Cato also loves Cecilia because his parents could not have any children so she is the sister he never had.

Cecilia does not agree with us volunteering for the games, she is someone who hates the games rare in district 2 where everyone is honored with the chance to represent our district everyone loves when the hunger games comes around I watch every year. Cecilia doesn't she says the games are cruel and she does not want to watch teens killing other teens. She was really upset when I told her I was volunteering for the games this year. She tried to use the Cato and me excuse saying we should wait that we can't kill each other its true we can't but I ended up telling her that I had to that if I didn't Cenap would hurt me. This had sent her screaming out of the room.

So I definitely was not surprised that when I sat across from her at Cato`s dinning table she didn't look at me or even talk all she did was stay silent and eat this is unusual compared to her usual chatty self. Cato was out with his friends when we were fighting so he looked confused but I didn't feel like telling him so when he asked I just said she was tired. He does not look convinced but he doesn't say anything else. I happen to glance at the clock at that time and I soon find myself running for the training arena with Cato at my side.

We burst through the doors with a minute to spare we both get glares from Cenap but we ignore them and go to our choice training stations me knifes and Cato swords. I am by far the best knife thrower in the training center I may be small in district 2 at 5'11 inches tall and weighing only 120 pounds but anyone who under estimates me will get a knife sizzling by their head. Trust me Cato knows.

I remember back to that day about 5 years ago Cato 13 and me at 11. He was laughing at my size I happened to have a knife in my hand and I threw it at him. If he had not of moved out of the way the knife would have hit him square in the forehead. He never said anything about my size again. The memory makes me laugh which only earns me more glares from Cenap ad a curios look from Cato.

I turn back to the dummies in front of me I didn't have to look to know I had hit the dummies in fatal areas square on. I never miss.

Training ends early today because of the reaping. Cenap starts yelling to us about looking our nicest for the reaping but I don't really pat attention because Cato will pick out my outfit he always does. Cato has a worried expression on his face so I take note to ask him later.

Cenap must have dismissed us because Cato slowly walks towards me we walk home hand In hand he won't meet my gaze as we walk and he is quiet which is weird because he is usually boasting about some awesome thing he did in training." What's wrong Cato?" I ask "well we I mean i" I cut him off with a kiss I don't want to hear him say we both can't make it that I am coming home that he loves me because I know I will start crying . I pull away from the kiss and look at his eyes he has tears silently coming down his face I wipe them away and quickly run into his house and hop in the shower.

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artist quest