I raced to the Cornucopia. My heart was beating fast, but I knew I could easily just get what Cato and I needed and get out of there. When I arrived, however, I saw the red-head and Katniss Everdeen. Perfect. I thought as I ran for my bag. One less tribute to mess with. I grabbed her and pinned her to the ground. "What's in your bag, Everdeen?" I asked as she tried to bite my hand. I shook it off. "I know what's in mine. Too bad you won't get to give it to Lover Boy though, cause I'm gonna kill you right here, like we did your friend Rue." I reached for my jacket. "What first? Your lips, I suppose. Better blow Lover Boy one last kiss before I finish you off though. I promised Cato if he let me kill you, I'd give Panem a great show." I drawled, slicing her upper lip.

I almost cut her lip open entirely when the biggest tribute in the entire Games picked me up. "I heard you talk about her, Rue, did you kill her? Huh?" he said, pinning me to the ground. "No! I-" I cut myself off when I saw the massive rock he held in his hand. I had no clue how to even react to this when I yelled, "Cato! Cato!" Never in my fifteen years of life had I felt so helpless.

The tribute didn't even pay attention to my cries as he lowered the dusty rock straight into my temple. It felt so horrible, like every inch of my body would collapse apon the impact. I started to see different colored spots when I heard Cato's voice just outside of the Cornucopia. "Clove!" he cried. He sounded almost as helpless as me. I heard footsteps and panting as he kneeled against my grimy body. "Clove? Who did this? Will you survive? Come on, answer me!" he demanded. "Him. The big one." I said feeling faint. "Clove, I can get him later. But for now, you can't leave me. Don't you remember?" Cato said as the moment appeared in my mind.

Cato was at the exact spot he said he'd meet me. I ducked under the low hanging willow branches that revealed Cato sitting on the brown rock. "Hey, Clove." he said. "Reaping day is tomorrow. I'll bet you're nervous." he added. "It's my first ever reaping, of course I'm nervous!" I said, kicking the small pebbles into the green pond. "Clove, I wasn't trying to insult you. I felt the same way when I was twelve." Cato reassured me. "I know. I just don't want you or me to die. What if we're both reaped? We can't both go home." I asked. "Well then, it's together or not at all." Cato firmly told me\. I nodded my head. "Yeah, together or not at all."

I grimaced as I remembered that I did promise. But with the pain I felt, I had to accept there wasn't a thing in Panem that could make me survive this blow. I was done for. "Don't leave me." He said. Pain filled his voice, as if the mere thought of losing me would make him become unglued. I knew deep I couldn't do it. I'd just have to buck up and tell the only boy I ever loved goodbye. "Cato, I'm so sorry." I said as I breathed in one last time before it all shut down.

My very first fanfiction! Thank you for reading!