A day later, I have officially made Cato my ally. Now I'm onto clove. Obviously Marvel and I have been allies from the start, but I don't talk to him much now. The only time we do is at meals or when Gloss, our mentor, talks to us about games strategies.
As I stand in line for a mind-challenging test in the training center, Cato walks up to me. He just finished with a 13 out of a possible 15. I'll beat his score easily.
"It's not that bad," he says sympathetically.
"I know, you just can't control your brain," I tease, trying to get him mad. He is really funny when he gets mad.
"And you can't control your mouth!" He says, pinching my lips together.
After him letting go of my lips I ask, "Where is Clove? I haven't seen her yet today. Don't all tributes have to be at training?"
"Yeah, she is in the break room, she hasn't really left that room all day." He states.
"I'm going to talk to her after this test. Want to come with me?" I ask, hoping he'll say yes.
"Sure, I'm going to go kill some dummies, find me when you finish. Trust me, you won't beat my score," he says adding his famous smirk.
"Go have fun!" I say.
After waiting in for another 10 minutes, for a test I have no interest of doing, I finally get up to the podium. It seems very complicated, but I can probably handle it. Considering our teachers in district one taught us very well in math and science, I think I'll do well.
The test is actually very simple, but the capitol makes it look more complicated then it really is. All you have to do is find the item on the screen that matches the one you are looking for. But, knowing the Capitol, they have a twist on it. You have to find 7 of the item in 10 seconds. The items are leaves, which look exactly like each other except for minor details. I bet the girl from 5 would be good at this.
I end up with a 13.5 out of 15, better than Cato. He'll be surprised.
I look around the training center for him and can't seem to find him. Then, over by the smaller dummies in the corner, I spot him talking to Marvel. Wait. They talk to each other? Well, at least my two allies are talking.
By the time it takes me to get to the other end of the training center, Cato and Marvel are already seeing who can hit the target the most times. I put one hand on Marvel's shoulder and one on Cato's, and say "Hi!" in an excited voice I almost never use. Then, almost synchronized, they both say "hey" at the same time.
"Who's winning?" I ask, acting like I actually am interested.
"Me," Marvel says.
"Yeah, he's actually not that bad. Dead-on aim," Cato adds
"Look who's growing up," I say to Marvel.
"Funny," he says sarcastically
"Okay, mirror," I comment, he always copies my sayings.
"Funny," he says again. This is really aggravating.
"Glitter, come with me before you get even more annoyed," Cato says to my rescue. Marvel and I usually end up fighting, but we're great fighting partners. Him with his spear, me with my bow. We are unstoppable.
"Thanks," I say once we get away from Marvel.
"No problem, let's go check on Clove."