HI! This is my first story and I hope you like it my updates might be a bit late sometimes but I'll try my best to update! So enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own the hunger games the amazing Suzanne Collins does.
Chapter 1: New School
I walk very slowly down the steps of my apartment building. I hate it here. Absolutely hate it. Everyone has something that's either Prada or Gucci and I have my old book bag my mom got me for my birthday last year. I mean it's not ugly it just feels weird to be walking down the streets of California in jeans, a t-shirt and my book bag. And school… I don't know anybody, and I probably won't have made any new friends by the end of the day. You see I'm not really a people person so it takes a long time for me to make friends. That's why I was livid when I found out we were moving. My parents build weapons they are actually the owners of the "Weapons for Everyone" company… yeah I know weird name but anyways naturally because I am around weapons so much I know how to use them every single one of them in the store. The reason we had to move is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. One of the stores (my parents have several stores for their company) has been robbed and so my parents decided we needed to move there to help it get back on its feet. I mean can't we just send some extra money? My parents said the managers of the store that got robbed have a son the same age as me, and he has been trained with weapons also. I could take him. I may sound stuck up but that's how I was raised my parents always said "The worst person to underestimate is yourself" so I have lived by that rule forever. We also have to meet the family over dinner. I've been thinking for a long time so by the time I reach the school I am late. I run up the steps, to the doors, and then to the main office to pick up my schedule. In the office there is a middle age woman I'm guessing, dressed in all pink. The sign on her desk says .
"Um hello Miss… Trinket I'm Clove Holloway. I'm here to pick up my schedule" I said quietly.
"Late on the first day…" she mumbled.
"Pardon?"
"Oh nothing dear here's your schedule" she says while handing me a blue sheet of paper.
I swivel around while looking at the sheet and find my first class is science. Oh joy. I start sprinting down the hallway until I'm at the science room. I peek through the door and find there's no teacher there yet so I go through the door and sit in the only empty seat; next to a blonde boy with icy blue eyes.
"Hey" he mumbles.
"Hi" I say in barely a whisper, right before a man who I'm guessing is the teacher stumbles in.
"What's up with him?" I ask the blonde boy next to me.
"He's drunk he always is" he replies bored. "By the way what's your name?"
"Clove, Clove Holloway and you?" I reply.
"Cato Hirsch"
The teacher finally gets fed up with everyone talking and tells us if we shut up we don't have to do any work for a week. So practically everyone in the class takes their phones out and texts till the bell rings signaling second period. I'm about to stand up when Cato grabs my schedule right from my hands.
"Hey what's your problem!" I ask furiously.
"We have all the same classes" he says while handing me back my schedule and walking towards the door. "Well come on then don't want to be late for second period on the first day."
I follow him reluctantly.
The rest of the classes fly by and before I know it everyone is flooding the hallways. I decide to stay in the classroom that I'm already in until everyone gets to the cafeteria. When I'm about to head to the cafeteria I notice Cato sitting at his seat. I sit in the seat next to him.
"Hey" I say.
He looks up slowly from his phone. "Oh hey."
"So what are you doing?" I ask curiously.
"Texting my mom, there's this family I have to meet today. They're my parents bosses."
"Oh"
He suddenly stands up and walks towards the door. "Well come on" he calls "lunch is only half an hour."
I follow him out of the room and when we get to the cafeteria I realize I have nowhere to sit. I watch Cato head towards a table with a lot of people but then he suddenly turns around in a circle looking for someone and stops when his eyes land on me. He motions me forward and I head over to where he is. I sit down at the packed table quietly.
"Guys this is Clove" he says loudly over everyone's voices.
"Hi" all of them say together.
"Clove this is Glimmer" he says while pointing at a blonde girl "Marvel" while pointing at a boy with slightly curly light brown hair who is quite tall even while sitting. He then says Katniss and I look at a girl with a braid. He lists the rest of the people at the table. Johanna, Gale, Peeta, Finnick and Annie.
"Hi" I say while waving slightly.
We continue eating lunch in silence , but only for a few minutes. Five minutes later everyone's talking about after school plans. "Hey Clove do you want to come?" Johanna asks.
"Come where?" I ask confused.
They all start laughing while I stare at them confused. "I asked if you wanted to come and hang out at my place after school" Johanna repeated.
"Oh I can't sorry… family thing" I reply thinking of my later dinner plans.
After lunch the rest of the day passes by quickly and before I know it I'm walking back to the apartment building we're staying in. I walk to the elevator and click on the button that takes me to the 12 floor. The penthouse. I take my key out and unlock the door as soon as I'm inside I see my mom attempting to curl her hair in a rush.
"Why are you getting ready so early we're not going for like … 3 hours" I say while glancing at the clock.
"Your father said we will be going in half an hour because … because… well I'm not exactly sure why" my mother replies "so get ready."
I run to my room and take a shower. I wash my hair with my coconut scented shampoo and conditioner. When I get out of the shower I look at the clock and see I only have fifteen minutes, so I decide to just leave my hair natural because it is naturally straight. I quickly grab a short, light orange dress with ruffles on the chest and put on some black strappy high heels. For makeup I just put on some mascara because there's no one there I need to impress.
I then run to the main lobby and look for my mom when I see she's not there I run outside and see her getting into her red sports car. So I run up to her and get in the vehicle.
"When's dad going to be there?" I ask curiously.
"He's already there" she replies while starting the car and pulling out of the parking lot.
We drive about a block then we stop at a big mansion almost as big as mine back home. I know I said I was wearing jeans and a crappy t-shirt but my family is actually rich. We get out of the car and I start to jog to the door.
"Clove!" my mother yells "Slow down before you trip and break your neck!"
I roll my eyes and slow to a walking pace until I reach the door. At the door there is a mat that says "Welcome". "Mom" I say while turning around, "Should I ring the doorbell?"
She nods her head so I ring the doorbell. About 30 seconds later the door opens and I see Cato Hirsch the boy I met at school today in a dress suit… he looks awfully handsome. I didn't notice how good looking that boy is earlier.
"Clove?" he says while looking very confused.
"Yeah um… I guess my parents are your parent's bosses" I say nervously.
"Oh, well come in" he says while holding the door open for me and my mother.
I walk in followed by my mother she quickly rushes towards a room where my father's voice can be heard loud and clear. "And then he told me that it was the whole idea!" I hear him holler and, after come's laughter.
I'm walking behind my mother looking around their house when I trip, and when I'm about three feet off the ground I am suddenly lifted up by a strong pair of arms.
"You alright?" Cato says with his arms on my shoulders as I realize that he was the one that saved me from falling.
"Yes I'm fine, and thank you for saving me" I mumble because I'm not the person to give out thanks and it's not like I was going to die.
"No problem" he says and winks.
I can feel my cheeks heat up and he must notice because he smirks at me and winks again. Then he walks to where I assume my mother and father were.
We walk into the dining room and see a table covered with empty champagne glasses and bottles. I twist my face slightly because they have obviously been drinking.
"Oh hello dear" a women with blonde hair and blue eyes just like Cato's exclaims suddenly.
"Um hi?" I say nervously.
"Would you like to meet my son?" she asks.
"Well I-"
"It's the third room on the right upstairs." She interrupts "Hurry along."
I walk up the stairs and see several rooms I see only one with a door open. And that is the third on the right. I walk through the door without even knocking and see Cato taking his shirt off I stare for a moment before he turns around. He stares at me eyes wide.
"W-what are you doing here?" he stutters slightly.
"Well I kind of got invited here for dinner and…" I say taking a different approach.
"No why are you in my room?" gosh this family interrupts a lot.
"Well your mother told me to come meet you and then interrupted me when I tried to tell her I already met you" I say staring at his abs.
"Oh… " he says embarrassed of his mother then he realized I was still staring at is abs. "Like what you see?" he says while chuckling. I blush majorly before I reply with;
"Yes, yes I do" and smirk I'm about to walk out the door when he walks up to me and kisses me I back away quickly and he starts to apologize when I kiss him passionately. After several seconds I back away and wait for him to say something.
"That was rude" he says while smirking "it's not very lady-like to interrupt."
I then punch him on the shoulder and smile. "So tell me more about yourself."
We talk for hours and before I know it it's midnight and my parents are calling for me to get ready to go.
"Well bye" I say while waving gently.
"Bye" he smiles and waves back.
I run down the stairs and out the car. At home I go to bed in my dress I don't even bother to take off my shoes.