On Guard
Chapter One
Cato
A/N: This was inspired by clovexcato. This is kinda like my other story; Kickin' these rocks. This time it is modern time and there are no districts. Don't own the Hunger Games, still wishin' on a star. ;) F.Y.I Katniss and Clove are sisters.
It was a Monday morning; I was walking to school with my best friend Gale Hawthorne and his girlfriend Katniss Everdeen, along with her young sister Clove. Gale was the school club leaderfor the group Wires. Wires was the school club for the class rebels against our lovely principle; Mrs. Trinket.
He had dark brown hair and stormy gray eyes. Katniss could pose for his cousin; she had the same olive skin and dark hair. They could be look-a-likes, if you don't look at Katniss' forest green eyes. She was captain of Archery Club. If you would have look at us you probably notice me first. I was the tall, pale blonde headed kid that kept stealing glances at Clove. I am the one with blonde hair and bright blue eyes, the extremely tall one? Yeah, that is me. Gale, Katniss and I are juniors in high school. Poor Clove is a sophomore at our public high school in upstate New York. As we neared our seven-hour prison, I asked Gale "You staying for Weapons Class today, dude?", "You bet!" he replied excitedly. "Same here, Gale and I are planing to see that new movie later" added Katniss. I turned to my other side to see Clove. She had her ear buds in and was listening to some song, judging by the way her head was bouncing. She was the kid who always sat at the back of the class, never answered questions for teachers, but was very smart. She had dark hair like her sister. Clove didn't have her sister's olive skin or her green eyes but she had violet eyes, which people made fun of. I thought her eyes were pretty cool. But people are rude and call her; 'Mutt' behind her back.
"So Cato, you going" Katniss asked snapping my train of thought off of Clove. "Huh?" I replied. "Are you to the fall dance this Friday?" she answered. "Nah, I am not going." I stated. "Oh, come on! The Capital Heartthrob has to go, beside I net you got your ring already." she answered looking at me crossly. "FINE, I am going to ask a sophomore, okay!" I replied crossly. "So you do have your ring?" Gale asked. "Yeah." I replied pulling it out of my pocket. It was a nice ring; the band was solid sliver and had flicks of violet in it. The stone was a light blue with a sword across it diagonally and a knife going the opposite direction. The ring was custom made, made for someone with really small fingers, like Clove.
It is customary at our school: The Capital: for the boy to give his date to a dance a ring. The ring represents a token of passion. It is supposed to represent the guy's weaponry of choice, to mark what is rightful his. Before you ask, our school trains us in weaponry, ranking from knives to swords. There your future is decided.
"So who are you asking?" Katniss asked. "I told you; a sophomore." I replied crossly. She WAS NOT finding out, my crush on Clove, Oh crap. I just admit it did I? Suddenly I heard someone scream "CATO!" I looked behind me, there was Glimmer Hedge, the blonde prep, was running as fast as she can in her nine-inch heels. "CATO" I heard her yell. "Run." I heard Clove whispered in my ear. She must have taken out her ear buds when she heard Glimmer scream "Good idea." I replied taking off to a sprint. I grabbed her wrist, tugging her along with me.
Glimmer screamed my name again, this time she sounded close. I looked around, trying to find Gale and Katniss, only to see them fair up ahead, laughing at us. I looked back at Clove; she was stumbling all over feet. "You're too slow." I huffed as I stepped behind her, picking her up bridal style, and taking off to a sprint. "CATO" She screeched. Suddenly a tremendous downpour of rain suddenly began. I realized one thing, Clove is gonna get wet. I stopped, let her down and draped my letterman jacket over her, before she could say anything and pick her up again. It was still raining, when we arrived at school. I gently placed her back on the ground, earning bunch of stares from the other kids. "Here your jacket, Cato" she replied keeping her head down. "I don't want it back, you can have it" I answered. She looked up stunned. "Ok" she replied after few minutes of silence. Suddenly the bell rang signaling the beginning of school.
"Well, I guess I got to go." She stated. "Yeah me to" I replied. She looked at me, with a look on her face, saying she wanted to tell me something but she just turn her back towards me and made her way towards the door. I rubbed the back of my neck and thought 'How can I let her know that I love her without her letting me in?'
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