A/N: Okay, I'm sorry okay, I know it's been MONTHS and MONTHS and yeah. It won't happen again, but your reviews kept me going, WOO! And plus it's school holidays now so!
BTW: Strong themes, in this chapter.
CATOS PoV:
When I wake, it's to knocking on my door- most likely an Avox, so I disregard the noise. There's another knock and I let out a groan slipping my legs off the side of the bed ignoring the chill that runs through me as my bare feet make contact with the ice-cold floor.
I make my way to the door and am startled when it's none other than Clove who is there, not the snobby escort or an Avox, but Clove. Beautiful- Clove.
"Hello?" She snaps her fingers infront of my face as I am whipped out of my own mind. "Hello! Sorry I was just,"
"Okay whatever." She snaps, getting impatient.
"Alright, so you've missed breakfast, sleeping- which doesn't surprise anyone in the slightest because boys are like that-"
"HEY!"
"-And so you're going to have to wait for lunch which is in about an hour- by the way were in the Capitol." A smile crosses across her lips as I come to the realization that I missed arriving in the Capitol, but why would she be happy about me missing it?
I groan as she steps inside pushing me aside. "Okay, so get ready and then were outta here and guess what?" She questioned.
"what?" I ask clearly not caring, I'm already annoyed enough considering they've already arrived in the Capitol and nobody bothered to wake me up.
"WERE DOING TRAINING TODAY!" She exclaimed clasping her hands together. Her attitude has certainly improved since yesterday, I bluntly noted.
I nod twice before motioning for her to leave. "So what are you going to go or do you want to see me naked?" I ask with a smug smirk spreading across my lips.
This doesn't impress her in the slightest and her face is overcome with a glare. It startles me slightly in how someone who looked so happy just a moment ago now looks so vicious and aggravated. She steps on her heel and turns to leave, slamming the door behind her.
"Welcome to the Capitol; where everything is just a push of a button where you can do anything you want- within exception that is!" Antoinette Flowers; the escort exclaimed excitedly.
I roll my eyes as we are brought up into an elevator to the second floor, coming from District Two our rooms and everything we need, apart from well the training centre, obviously is on the second, then the third will belong to District Three up until District Twelve who will have the top floor, being the last District to still be in existence.
You see, the thirteenth district was obliterated, because when the hunger games were brought into existence, they wouldn't comply so they killed the lot of them.
Each district specializes in something, for example District 1 being the richest district specializes in Luxury, whereas District Twelve being one of the more run down- disgusting, districts they specialise in Coal, or something like that, I tend not to pay attention to school.
I walk out of the elevator and stare around the room, there's stairs that lead into a dining room, the chairs are probably one of the most unusual things I have ever seen, they're a bright green, and oddly shaped curving slightly at the back- I guess it's not unusual for the capitol people.
Our district is probably the closest mutually to the Capitol, and I'm not saying that everyone in District Two knows everyone in the Capitol, but I'm just saying that we're probably the people who mostly appreciate what they do for us, in Panem.
"- Cato?" Antoinette looks at me and I'm yet again snapped out of my daze, I look over and see Clove, she's rolling her eyes, clearly not gotten over my 'joke.'
I nod before she continues. "Cato, this will be your room and just down the hall Clove that will be your room, and I'm terribly sorry about not having a towel for you Clove, we'll make sure you do now!" Clove nodded, a short stubborn nod.
"You will find all your bags- well the small bag that you have chosen to bring with you- though I don't believe Cato you brought anything?" I shook my head, "okay well that's fine. I could never do that, I have to bring bags and bags can't forget my make-up, can we?" She nudged Clove, and slight chuckle escaped my lips, and Clove sent a death stare my way, which caused me to shut up.
"Thanks." Is all I say before I disappear into my room, my mind filling with ways that I could potentially convince the girl of my dreams –I know how cheesy- to get with me, okay maybe not so cheesy anymore.
I collapse onto my bed before the ideas flooded into my head.
CLOVES PoV (yay):
"Clove, could I have a word?" Lyme asks, and I turn to face her. "What's up?" I question carelessly, though she seems to be more alert.
"Clove, you need to watch out for Cato," I peer over toward his room, and then back at Lyne confused. "Why?"
"Well you know, boys and the horm-" I let out an exasperated breath and a strangled laugh leaves my lips. "Please, I wouldn't go near that- that thing." I laughed rolling my eyes.
But when I look back at Lyme I can see the look of concern in her eyes, it's the same one as what my mother had when I started seeing my first boyfriend.
"Clove come and take a seat, would you." I understood it was more of a statement rather than a question so I followed her order; she was sitting on my bed, a doll of mine in her hands.
Her eyes look troubled, like something's been bothering her for a very long time.
"Clove I understand, that you're seeing Chris Longsweep, is that true?" Oh no, I though oh no oh no oh no. She does not need to start on Chris, he's really the best, he makes me extremely happy and we've been together for six months at-least.
I nodded once and she continued. "Well you've been together for a while now, and when you're together for a while, people- particularly boys will start to ask certain questions involving things that the other person may not necessarily be ready for-" Here we go…
"Mom, I can take care of myself okay?" I snapped, before getting up and walking out of the room, but how wrong I was.
How wrong I was to not listen to my mother because less than a month later, Chris asked the question, the goddamned question.
"Clove, darling, are you ready? To do it all, to have sex, are you ready?" He asked lying on my bed, again his question was more of a 'you-don't-have-a-choice-in-this' I shook my head. I was only fifteen at the time, and he was three years older than me there was no way I was going to give it up that easy.
"Oh come on baby, it'll be fun." He says crawling over me, I stared up at his eyes, but before I could start to argue his lips were on mine, hard and forceful, not like our usual sweet kiss, this one was filled with strength and ferocity, my stomach flipped and I pressed my hands up against his hard chest. "Chris," I breathed, "Chris no, please- please Chris get off."
But no, he didn't he kept kissing me his lips felt like someone was rubbing sand paper up and down them. I head started to hurt and my heart was pounding, no no this cannot be happening.
"CHRIS!" I snapped, but before I could continue shouting his hand was over my mouth.
I tried everything I could licking it, biting it, but he wouldn't budge.
I felt something slide down my waist and I squeezed my eyes shut, there is no way in hell this is happening, no way ever in- just no.
Tears well up in my eyes, threatening to flood out. I squeezed them shut even harder, before jerking them open when I felt my shorts as well as my underwear being pulled down.
I screamed as loud as I could but being cut off by Chris' fingers shoving down my throat causing me to gag. He looked up at me his eyes filled with fire, it scared me, it genuinely scared me his eyes were one of the things that made me fall for him but now it was like he was being abducted like being controlled by a devil.
"Shut it, otherwise I'll cut off your air." I squeezed my eyes shut as hard as I could, no this is not fair, not fair, not fair, not fair.
Before I knew it my pants were down and so were his, head was pounding and my body was trembling.
My whole word blanked out around me as his hand wrapped around my mouth again, to stop me from screaming, he started to push into me.
This is it.
This is the end
The end of the joy and happiness he would make me feel.
The end of all the joy I would feel again.
The end.
I chewed as hard as I could on my cheek to distract me from the pain in the lower end of my body.
Finally in what seems like forever, he climbed off of me, his eyes still looked ferocious. He pulled up his pants and glared at me.
"By the way, I never liked you- you were such a bitch. We're through!" He snapped before going out of my bed room and running out side going to his house I suppose, I really didn't care.
I sat up a strangled cry escaping my lips, my chest hurt, my eyes hurt, my cheek hurt, everything hurt.
It felt like my whole world was being ripped to pieces, that everything happy was disappearing. I looked down to find blood all around my legs, thighs, and my sheet.
I screamed, as loud as I could- having no one home I could do that.
I just want everything to go away, for everything to be okay.
"Clove- sweetheart, it's okay." I looked up at Lyme, and that's when I realised I was crying, I put my hand up to my eyes and rubbed them before Running into my room slamming the door behind me, collapsing on my bed.
I grab a pillow and screamed into it. This is one of the things that really gets to me, the one thing that makes me distraught. I lay crying for a good half an hour before running to the sink and throwing up whatever breakfast I had.
I changed into the clothes provided and lay on the bed my eyes feel red and puffy- I'm not a very pretty crier, my face goes pale and my eyes go red.
I hear a knock on the door, and I assume its Lyme, coming to check on me so I call out that they can come in.
But no it's Cato.
"Hey Clove-" He finally saw me and ran over to my bed, his eyes filled with concern, something I'd never thought I'd see in his eyes.
"Oh, Clove what's wrong?" He crawled up onto the bed and I shook my head, no. "Please don't" I whispered, barley audible.
He shook his head and crawled up to me, wrapping his arms around me.
It was odd, I had just met this guy yet it was somehow soothing that his arms were around me.
I let out a choked cry as he kept his arms around me, tight and protective.
He continued to soothe me. It was nice, not that I'd admit it, but to have someone hold me like this, not even Chris or my mother would hold me like he did right now.
"Thank you." I Cried as he held onto me tighter.
A/N:
Okay so this chapter was short, and probably not what you expected, but hey? Life's full of surprises. I guess now you know why Clove was kind of angry at Cato for making his joke about being naked, but trust me, she won't be soon *wink wink*
Anyway, review and I'll update quicker!
