Thank you for all the nice reviews I have gotten and thank you to those who are following my story :) Sorry it took me a little while to update I had a HUGE English project and This chapter is a little bit longer than the previous ones and as the story goes on the chapters will get longer. Hope you all enjoy this chapter :D
CHAPTER 4
"Ma- Ma- Marry You?" I stutter trying to speak but my tongue is tied, "of- of course I…will." Once I was finally able to get my answer out , Cato slipped the diamond ring on my finger and looked up at me with the biggest smile I have ever seen. He got up off his knee, wrapped his arms around me, and kissed me like he has never kissed me before. That's when we heard a shot, a shot that sounded like it came from where we were headed.
"Run" Cato said in a barely audible whisper. We ran and ran and ran until we reached the fence surrounding the district. We both made it over the fence in record breaking time. Once we were back in the district , the realism of what happened a few moments ago hit me, not the shot, the fact I was… engaged. I, Clove Parkerson, the strongest 17 year old in district 2, the girl who is destined to be a ruthless killer, is engaged to be married. I know I should have gone home to tell my parents the news of my engagement to Cato, but I couldn't stand the thought of being away from him , when the reaping was so close.
"So, since we're stuck in District 2 until after the reaping, what do you want to do?" asks Cato. I know his parents are in District 3 learning about all the new technological advancements and won't be back till about an hour before the reaping, so my mind automatically tells me that's where we should go.
"Let's just go back to your house, I need time to relax and let this all soak in plus its getting later and we're going to need somewhere to stay." I say hoping Cato doesn't force me to go home and tell my parents what happened today.
"Ok, whatever you want to do, as long as we're together I don't care what we do." He says happily and leans down to kiss my forehead. We start walking back to his house and when we finally reach it, it's around 6pm and so we decide to make some dinner. Cato would never want anyone to know but he is actually a very good chef, and makes the best balsamic chicken in all of District 2. Once the food is done we both sit at the small dining room table in Cato's house, his house is larger than most because his parents work very closely with the Capitol. When we are done eating, we wash the dishes together which ends up in a wet t-shirt contest that, yes, I won. Since it was still early when we finished cleaning the dishes, Cato led me up the staircase in his house to the trap door that leads to the roof. On the roof of his house is a small telescope and a blanket with 2 pillows, this has been our hide out for years, even before we were dating. We both take turns looking through the telescope hoping to see something interesting, something to celebrate this momentous day. We see nothing so we decide to lay back on the blanket and just look up at the sky until we are both shaking from cold. We get up and head back down stairs, we're both cold and tired so we decide to head towards Cato's room.
"Comfortable?" Cato asks once we are both tucked in under the blanket on his bed.
"Very, and Cato, I love you." I say before I kiss him.
"I love you too." He says and kisses my forehead then my cheek, then my lips. When our lips met again, the kissing became more intense, passion and lust threatened to take over and now I wasn't afraid to let them, like I was before. Cato broke our heated kissing only for a moment. He knew I was hesitant to give myself to him completely, both physically and emotionally.
"I love you, Clove and I will wait as long as I have to." He says lovingly.
I wink at him and whisper in his ear, " Looks like the wait is over."