-Clove's POV—
"… sunny with a high of 79 for this December, folks. Now back to Caesar with the news."
I glared at the TV as if it were my mother. Seventy nine degrees in December? No way. I mean, that was probably a record low temperature somewhere in the world, but here? Not happening. A jingling of bells came from my pocket, and I pulled out my phone. It was a message from Glimmer, telling me to meet her for hot cocoa at the airport. I texted her back, saying that I would be there shortly.
"Mom! I have to meet Glimmer at the airport!" I called upstairs as I shut the front door. The airport was only half a mile away, and I had been there plenty of times. The bakery there was wonderful. My friends and I had shared many jokes over the table in the corner. However, that had been back when we were all in high school. We had long since moved on. Peeta and Katniss went off to Oxford. Marvel decided to take up a job in his family's stonecutting business. Rue took to helping local farmers, and Thresh went to get a degree in agricultural science. Glimmer and I decided to coach a local gymnastics team. Cato… well, Cato joined the military.
I turned the corner and saw the airport. Not many cars were parked there. I parked right outside the entrance and dashed inside. A few women were sitting near gate 12, probably waiting for their husbands to come home from business trips. I sat down at the café table in the corner, just in time to watch Cato and Glimmer walk around the corner, hand in hand.
Glimmer spotted me first and wrenched her hand away, but I had already begun to walk away. I didn't care if it was the first time I'd seen Cato in 2 years, I just couldn't believe it.
"Clove, wait, what-"
"One hundred four letters and eleven thousand five hundred thirty nine words wasn't enough for you? I wrote to you every week for two years. You know what? I don't care. Have fun." I snapped as Cato looked at his feet.
"I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted to-"
But I was already walking away, never to look back. The biggest surprise of my life had just come and gone before my eyes, but I didn't care. It was too late for any of that.