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"And the male tribute for district 2 is... Cato Sky!" -The Best of Me Chapter One
Cato froze when he heard his name being called out. 'No... no no no no no no! This can't be happening! I'm not supposed to get reaped!' Looking to Lou he silently pleaded for the other career to volunteer, but he knew the wimp would never defy the academy. Taking a deep breath he walked up next to Katniss who had put her career face on. Effie almost frowned when she realized no tribute would volunteer for the blonde. After waiting a few more minutes she continued.
"Very well, we have our two tributes for district 2!" Turning she walked back into the hall, followed by the two lovers, once inside Marcus frowned as he saw the two. Taking a deep breath he began.
"I'm sorry. If I could change the rules I would, we will discuss tactics on the train, District 10 is just now sending meat into the capitol so we will have delays." The two nodded and turned to each other. Cato pulled Katniss into a hug. The two had been trained for this, for the nerves of volunteering, and the stress of saying goodbye, but no one had prepared either of them to have to face each other. Pulling away Katniss looked at her fiance.
"I love you, and you're going to win," she whispered, Cato attempted to shake his head but she stopped him, taking his head into her hands.
"No baby, you have a family, you're going to come back, your mom and dad and baby brother, they need you to come back. I have no family, there's no reason for me to return if you die." Cato grabbed her hands as he let a tear fall.
"But I don't want to live without you," Katniss shook her head, tears escaping from her eyes as well.
"Baby, you have to... you have too." The two broke away when they heard Marcus clearing his throat.
"We must be going" the two nodded and stood up straight, eyes forward, 12 years of training, etiquette, and poise kicked in. Cato looked at the brunette and smiled, taking her hand the two walked out of the hall and towards the train station.
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Cato watched as his fiance ate. The brunette was beautiful, her hair was down, flowing freely down her back, her dress fit her curves perfectly, and her eyes, were to die for. Clearing his throat he turned to Marcus.
"How are we going to win?" he asked taking a bite of his steak, Once he swallowed he continued. "How are you going to get us into the final two? Because I'm not letting anyone touch a hair on that girl's head except me" he pointed to Katniss. The 17-year-old smiled and grabbed his hand.
I don't want to hide our love, no matter what happens this is the last two weeks of my life, at least how it is now, and I don't want to spend it pretending we hate each other or, are just mutual acquaintances." Marcus nodded.
"This has never been done before, this is good, it's an edge on the competition. The audience will either be rooting for you because you are from district 2 or because you two are fighting to keep your love alive as long as possible, then when Cato dies, you're sure to be one of most favorite victors ever." Katniss shook her head.
"We've already discussed this Marcus, I will be the one who's dying." Effie looked at all of them and frowned.
"Ok, enough talk for now, finish up your dinners dears, the recap of the reaping is in 15 minutes." The party all silently agreed and the meal finished in silence.
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Cato watched as the beautiful brunette slid onto the couch next to him, wrapping his arms around her he kissed the top of her head.
"You ready to watch this?" She nodded staring at the wall where the tv would project. Turning the Tv on Marcus sat down next to them.
The first district to be reaped was district 1. A tall brunette named Marvel volunteered before their escort could even read the name of the boy on the piece of paper. Next to the girls name was called. But this time the volunteer was a tall blonde named Glimmer.
Cato looked at the screen she had a coldness in her eyes that chilled him to the bone.
"Keep an eye out for her, she's got hell eyes." Marcus announced the two nodded and continued watching the show. Up next was their own reaping. Katniss buried her head in Cato's chest as the boy watched himself reaped. The two sat in silence as they listened to the commentator.
The next nine districts flew by, with little to no competition, district 11 had an interesting mix, a 12-year-old, and a 17-year-old male, who was big and burley. Finally the last district, district 12. Cato laughed when they announced District 12's tributes.
"They are of little threat to us. They will not make it out of the blood bath, unless any of these people are cunning, District 1 is our only competition, again. Though I would watch out for District 11's male, Thresh I believe his name was. He is built like a rock, slitting his throat or an arrow to the brain will be the only thing that will take him down, I suggest Cato distracting him while Kat you take him down from behind." The two nodded, mentally taking notes, reality was finally settling in.
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Cato awoke to Katniss sleepily hitting him in the face. Chuckling the blonde grabbed the hand and kissed it lightly.
"Babe, babe, wake up." Katniss stirred, but didn't wake. Sighing the blonde woke the brunette by kissing her lightly on the lips. He continued to kiss her till he felt her kiss back. Breaking apart he smiled, kissing her nose before leaning back on the bed.
"Morning," The blonde laughed and rolled out of bed. "Get up babe, it's time for us to eat breakfast, we should be in the capitol in a few hours." Katniss followed suit and began picking out her outfit. Cato turned and did the same. Once the blonde had selected his outfit out he put it on and turned, laughing when he realized that the couple were matching. Coming up behind her the blonde wrapped his arms around the young woman's waste. Kissing her neck lovingly Cato rested his chin on her shoulder. He smiled as he took in his fiance's appearance.
Katniss was wearing a powder blue medium length sleeveless sundress. Pulling her hair back he began to braid her hair. Katniss smiled as she handed him a hair tie.
"I love it when you braid my hair." Cato looked at his fiance through the mirror.
"Are you read for tonight?" Katniss nodded, and let the smile fall. Turning she wrapped her arms around him.
"We have to show the world our story. Cato, If we want to survive we have to." Cato returned the gesture and kissed her on the forehead. Cato hated telling people about their relationship. It took them four years of them dating before he grew the balls to tell his parents. Sighing he nodded.
"We're a team Katnip, I'll be there with you till the moment your heart stops beating." Katniss let a tear fall as realization hit her in less than two weeks, she and twenty two others would be dead, and their fiance would be the broken victor. Whiping the tear from her cheek she smiled and walked away.
"It's time to go see marcus." she said, Cato nodded and followed her.
