Clove rushed upstairs in the dark, though cautiously and trying to make as less noise as possible and didn't turn on the lights to make herself visible. Thanks god that she didn't met her dad downstairs, and as far as she could see, he wasn't here either. Ha, maybe she would get a way to get out of it today. She simply opened up the door of her room, and locked it behind her. Her eyes stitched around the room, but he wasn't there. Totally satisfied with the fact that she got out of it today. No beating, no new bruises. It was already 2 am by now, so probably he was just already asleep.
She stripped off her clothes, dumping them on the floor and put on her pyjamas. Lying down in bed, her phone vibrated. Basically giving a sign of life, not something she really needed right now. Though she unlocked the screen and glanced over the message, from Cato.
Hey, yesterday might have seemed a little awkward
because of the whole thing between Katniss and Gale,
but do you want to meet up somewhere?
She had to keep herself from freaking out again. Forget it, friendzone. She replied immediately, though not too fast because she would seem a little pathetic then. Still afraid to do something wrong.
Yeah sure, time and place?
He responded;
Just at that basketball field again, and uh, around now?
She thought about this one for a few seconds, she just laid down in her bed and she was tired as fuck. Getting downstairs would be a risk for her to meet her dad again, and once she said yes there was no turning back, even not when she would get a thousand bruises came there because of her father. Meeting a boy she just met for no longer than one hour, after freaking midnight. While there was actually a murderer around this place, who would lay a doll down in the hands after murdering someone. Seemed legit to just go.
That's okay, but would you mind picking me up?
The lakeshore strangler… you know.
Not sure if she did something right to make this choice, she always went inside the wrong paths of life. There simply was a question and an answer by your opinion, but you couldn't control the consequences of these decisions. Seriously, what the fuck would be going on in her head to say such a stupid answer. Who knew what would happen? Love was just blinding once again. While actually she wanted to blame it on love, to hide her own stupid mistakes. But ah well, now it was just time to face these consequences.
Then another message showed up on her screen,
Oh yeah, that guy.. I'll be there in a quarter okay?
Okay.
{/\/\}
A freaking quarter? She hopped out of bed immediately, had to get dressed quickly. While actually she wanted to spend time to decide what to wear, she just grabbed a black pair of jeans and an oversized grey sweater. Brushed her hair, and put it in a messy bun. Though a messy bun had to be perfectly messy. She had to go for the don't care look because she barely had any time left. God, it went so quickly. She had to get downstairs before Cato would be there. A doorbell at 2 am wouldn't do any good, that was for sure.
Two am, the only thing Clove knew about that time was that nothing good ever happened after two am. Well, she was fucked up by saying yes to this boy. She made a winged eyeliner, then cautiously opened up her door again. As she tiptoed down the stairs, her eyes stitched around, making sure she would be surprised by a fist against her head or something. But there was no one, and she finally could release her breath again.
Quietly she headed through the living room, feeling more stupid by every step she took. How could she say yes, not even knowing what the consequences would be. This whole mistake could get her into a life threatening situation, who would know? What if he would have called a whole group of boys who were already sitting at that basketball field and well yeah, she was the only girl, nope that couldn't be really save.
Just when she became more insecure about going, a black Audi was being parked in front of her house. She swallowed, then grabbed the doorknob and opened it. Outside it was colder than she expected, but she knew that there simply was no way of turning back.
Her heart was pounding once she opened up the door of his car, then took place on the seat. Actually she was more afraid of that he would see how nervous she really was, than about the fact that she really had no control over what was going to happen.
{/\/\}
But before she could even say hi to him, her phone rang. Katniss was the one who was calling. So she picked up.
''Clove where are you?'' Katniss voice spoke through the phone.
''I'm in a car.'' She shrugged, why the fuck would she ask about her location?
''Cato's car?'' Katniss asked.
''Yeah.'' Clove answered.
''Get the fuck out of there.'' She told her. ''Things aren't what they seem like, he's-''
Katniss got interrupted once Cato grabbed the phone. ''Katniss, first go fix your own damn problems before starting to talk about mine.''
''Uh-'' Clove mumbled.
She heard Katniss' voice through the phone, but couldn't hear what she was saying. She was already sure that it wasn't something positive what Katniss had to tell her, it more sounded like a warning. But now she didn't know what for. At least, could Katniss have finished that damn sentence? She did told her to get out of this car, and that things weren't what they seemed like. But in Clove's opinion there was nothing what seemed like anything, and if it seemed like nothing, it would be something if what Katniss said was true. But if anything would seem like something, she still knew nothing about what was going on. No clue, no conclusion yet. So no judging either. She simply stayed in the car.
''Sorry about that.'' Cato said, giving her back her phone, then started the car and drove down the road.
''What was that about?'' She couldn't help asking, although she tried to just let it go.
''Nothing.' He answered.
''No seriously, I want something like the truth.'' She defended herself.
''No you don't, you just want a comforting lie.'' He told her. ''And in that case, I'm sorry to say it but your friend Katniss is just spreading bullshit about things she don't even know about.''
''Okay..'' She shrugged, she could go and argue with him and shit like that, but she had the impression that he wouldn't tell it anyways. The rest of the road to that basketball field thing remained in silence, but not a really awkward one. Clove couldn't tell that she was sitting there comfortable, with that weird feeling inside she couldn't be comforted that easily. Let's just say that she was alright. Once Cato parked the car in a parking spot, she loosened her seatbelts and got out of the car they sat in.
{/\/\}
She glanced over the dark field, and saw just like she expected a few other boys there. Although she hoped that it wasn't true, well that hope was gone right now. But Katniss was there too, maybe she could tell her whatever she wanted to say? Without getting interrupted by Cato. His facial expression betrayed a lot when he saw Katniss standing there too. Though he didn't asked to go somewhere else, not that she expected him to be a person who would avoid people for his own sake.
But Katniss hide herself when she saw us coming, or actually it was just standing a little bit more behind Gale. There was something going on between her and Cato, that was for sure. Only it wouldn't be called a positive thing, that was for sure.
Clove's eyes stitched around, and widened when she noticed that there were two security guards, or policemen, whatever they were, down the road. Two in only this road, and on the way to this place she had seen many more of these men in black clothes. These two had both a gun in their pockets, but they were allowed to. It was probably because of all these crimes going on. There wasn't a day without something going on, no day without violence, rapes, murders. Especially that lakeshore strangler. It wasn't a really peaceful time in this town, that was for sure.
They greeted the group they were joining, standing there close to the little fence. Just hanging in the middle of the night. Clove actually wondered why and how Katniss knew about the fact that she was in a car with Cato, it would be normal to just sleep around that time. Maybe her friend knew more about things than she did.
''Clove, I really need to talk to you.'' Katniss whispered, accidently loud enough for him to hear.
''Can I borrow you for a minute?'' Cato asked.
''Uh..'' Clove mumbled, not sure what to choose. Wanting to know the truth by talking to Katniss, or just went with Cato in this thing. Although she wasn't completely sure what Katniss would say, if that was the exact truth. It was more one big lie that she was living at this point. So maybe it was better to not choose anything at all.
''Nope, I'm staying here.'' She answered.
''This is important.'' Katniss shook her head, defending her own side.
Cato just simply grabbed her wrist and tried to pull her with him, away from this group.
''I fucking said that I was staying here.'' She hissed, and pulled back her arm.
He rolled his eyes as his hand grabbed her arm again, and didn't even try again. There was no way for her to stay there, but she didn't just walk with him. As this moment continued, the negative feelings inside of her took over, hate towards this boy, but there was fear too. However she was recalcitrant, trying to step away from this, he only strengthened his grip. The rest of the group didn't even do anything.
Maybe for the first time in forever, she accepted that what she was doing wouldn't help her, and gave up. The feeling of failure wasn't feeling good. Though he loosened his grip once they walked off the field, over the street and past one of these guards. Not sure how this would look like from their side, even though they could think of something like violence or even a rape, they didn't do anything. And what if this thing they could think about, was actually the truth?
He pulled her inside one of these alleys, then let go of her arm.
''Well you have to tell me now, this whole thing is pretty clear to me.'' She told him, taking one step back. ''What the fuck are you hiding?''
''Clove listen,'' He sighed. ''It's just that I might have made a few damn mistakes in my life, but you learn from mistakes, you know. Only people don't seem to forget them that easily, including Katniss. But you have to trust me, if she will tell you anything, it's a lie. One big lie, she just turns things all around.''
A/N; Heyy lovelies, thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for all your support so far x
Do you guys believe Cato in this thing? Or do you think that he is really hiding something for her?
An even harder question would be; what do you think is going on here? ;)
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