Chapter 2 – Clove
I'm in the training-center with the other tributes. I look a bit around at the others before I go to the knife throwing-post. There are a few weaklings here and little kids. They'll be easy to take down since they probably don't even have the brain to live in an arena. Though there are a few people here who – in an ambush attack – would be able to kill me, wich worries me a bit.
A bit.
I look over at Cato, who has already started training. I didn't get any sleep last night, because of him. He lied. He promised he wouldn't be mad at me, but still he ignored me. I know we had a deal about me not being a tribute, but I couldn't let Mary go here! I had to take her place!
I decide to ignore the others, and start my training. I throw knifes at dolls first. I hit the heart every time. Of course I do. The trainer for this post comes over to talk to me. He wants me to move on to the next part of this post. It has dolls that lights up, telling me to throw at them. I don't miss any of the dolls here either. Of course not. Why would I?
At lunchtime, we go into a little dining hall. I sit down on a table, thinking I'm gonna be sitting alone, in peace and quiet.
I was wrong.
First Cato sit down in the chair next to me, then Glimmer, the girl from District 1, comes after him. She's been drooling after him ever since she saw him for the first time, in the training-center. God, how patetic. Marvel, the boy who came here with Glimmer, sits down with us after a while. Glimmer and Cato are having a conversation.
''Did you know, that my neighbor is this really funny fat woman? She's like hitting on my dad, like every time she sees him?! It's kinda gross.'' Glimmer says.
Cato answers with a nod. That's all he does. Just nods or laughs at what she says.
''Like, once she was...'' Glimmer continues, but i don't bother to listen, cause I'm trying hard to keep the laughter in, and apparently, so is Marvel. I decide that I'm not hungry, and go into the training-center again. I look at the spear-post, and slowly I walk over to it. I garb a spear and throw it at a doll. I miss. I only hit it in the stomach.
Fuck this.
I go back to the knife throwing-post again, and start throwing at the dolls. This is where I belong. The others use about thirty minutes to finish eating. I keep throwing knifes until we're done for the day.
When we get to go up to our apartments, Cato gets in the elevator with me. It's a fucking wonder Glimmer dosen't get in it with us. She's been following him like a puppy all day.
You think I'm jealous? Of course I am! He's my boyfriend, but dosen't do anything to even acknowledge me around her! I'm mad at him, too. He looks at me and stroke my arm a bit. I look at his hand on my arm, and I have to admit that I like it. I always like it when he shows his sweet side. But then I imageine him and Glimmer, and suddenly the little happiness I just felt, goes away.
''What, isn't Glimmer enough?" I say sarcastically and glare at him. Just then the elevator opens at our apartment, and I walk out and straight to my room, without even looking at him.
I lock my door and drop down on my bed. I try to keep it in, but the tears come out, one after one. Suddenly I realize that someone has been knocking on the door, and for quite a while.
"Who is it?" I shout.
"Me," Cato's voice replies.
"Go away!"
I don't want to talk to him. Or, I do, but I'm so mad I don't know what to say to him. He starts knocking on the door again. I let out a sigh and walk over to the door. I open it, and he walks in and looks at me. He smiles before he leans down to kiss me. I try to turn my face away, but he holds my chin. He presses his lips against mine and kisses me. I don't have the strenght to resist, so I just kiss him back. He puts one hand on my chin and he other on my back. For a while, we just stand like that, kissing, before he withdraws from my lips. He looks at me.
"Sorry, babe." he says. I look at him, but I don't say anything to him.
"Sorry for talking and being nice to Glimmer."
I start to glare at him. "You're more than just nice to her. And you just ignore me!" I yell at him. Did I forget to mention how mad I am at him right now?
"You have nothing to be jealous about, Clove!" he says, with a little smile on his mouth. I want to slap him. Or kill him. Or just kick him in the nuts. I hate the fact that he's enjoying this situation, me being jealous.
I look down at the floor, away from him. He sighs and kisses my forehead, then puts his arms around me. He knows I love being held. "Can I come to your room tonight? I get lonley at night," he says in a little-boy voice.
"No. I think I wanna sleep alone tonight."
"Oh…"
He's just about to say something else when we hear our escort coming up the hall. He says it's dinner. I let out a sigh, and go to the dinner table. I sit down, and food pops up in front of me. It looks good. Cato sits down on the opposite side of the table. We eat, and I actually eat quite a lot. After dinner I go straight to my room, and take a shower. Afterwards I lay down on my bed.
I must have fallen asleep, because when I wake up, I see Cato standing in front of me.
"I know you want to sleep alone, but I really missed you, and thought a good night-kiss might help? If you're not to mad, of course," he says, and looks at me with his signature smirk that could make any girls heart melt. Including mine.
I sit up and look at him. I roll my eyes and grab his hands. He pushes me back, and kisses me. I like it when he does that.