AN: Yay! My longest chapter yet! I didn't get to 10 reviews, but I think that's because not enough people are reading! :) Enjoy the long chapter! And make sure you read the author's note at the bottom
Ch 4 The Boy I Kissed
I wake up in a sweat. Nightmares plagued my sleep. But as soon as I woke up, all thoughts of those were gone, and once again I was focused on a certain boy. A certain boy that I kissed. I am so confused about the whole thing. I saw him punch a hole through a wall, and I was supposed to be in love with this brute? As if on cue, Cato knocks and peeks in. "Hello?" he asks quietly. When he saw I was awake he walked in and sat down. I turned on the television and rewound it to the scene where the girl and Cato were kissing. He blushes.
"Is that me?" I ask. He replies only with a nod. I think, then ask, "Who was I?"
Cato seems to look deep into my very soul, and he says, "You were the most perfect thing that had ever happened to me." He smiled sadly as he got up and walked over to my bed. I scooted back. I saw how quickly his mood changed last night, and I didn't want to be the wall. He looks confused, and tries to move closer. I stand up off the bed, ignoring the fact that the world was spinning, and sat myself against the wall. He walks over again, but this time sits about a body length away from me. He just looks at me, almost like I'm a puzzle piece and he can't figure out where I go.
We sit like this for maybe an hour. Just looking at each other. I finally slowly move to be closer to him. I put my hand out on the floor next to him. He gently lays his hand over mine. It was… comforting. He slowly came closer to me, until I was leaning up against him. I fell asleep like that- in Cato's arms
When I woke up, our hovercraft had touched down. "Where are we?" I asked Cato
"District 13" he said quietly. I decided not to question him. I was still scared of his mood swings. I try to stand up, but I am wobbly and slow. So I half walk, half get carried into District 13. I am brought to the front of a room, and I realize everyone is looking at me. I sit there, not knowing what to do.
Suddenly, I hear a shout. "You're not Katniss Everdeen!" Other angry shouts can be heard, along with lots of mumbling.
My eyes water up, and I run out of the room. I am surprised to see a few have followed me. I came up to a weapons room, and ducked inside. I grabbed a bow and some arrows. The mob was still following me, so I took off into the woods. I hear Cato call for me, but I don't stop running. I eventually climb up into a tree, high enough where anyone bigger than me would snap the branches. I tried to clear my head, when I spotted a squirrel jumping around in the next tree over. Out of instinct, I notched an arrow, and soon enough there was an arrow through the eye of the squirrel. I start to climb down, when I see the mob looking at me, dumbfounded. Cato stood in front of them all with a smirk on his face.
"That," he said, "is most certainly miss Katniss Everdeen" I run into his arms and he picks me up, bridal style. I realized I just ran into the arms of a cold blooded killer, but I felt safe from the confused group. He carried me back towards District 13's main base. He laid me down, and I fell asleep immediately. But it wasn't the peaceful sleep I was hoping for.
I can see him sliding. I try to get to him, but it's already too lateHis body smashes into the wall, and he is electrified. "Cato!" I scream. I keep screaming as my whole world continues to spin…
"Katniss? Wake up!" Cato says, gently shaking me, I was sweating and crying and my throat was sore from screaming. Cato has laid down next to me, and I cry into his chest, soaking his shirt. Cato strokes my hair and rubs my back. After a few minutes I had stopped crying. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked quietly.
I nodded, "It was of you. We were in the games. And," she choked a little, "You smashed into the force field, like in the games. I thought you were dead."
Cato rubbed my back, "I'm not dead, I'm right here with you" We lay silently for a moment, and then I start speaking again.
"Cato?" I whisper.
"Yes?" he says quietly, surprised I spoke.
"I remember us. Everything" I choke. He hugs me tightly, and I fall asleep smiling, and have a dreamless sleep for the first time since the horrible Hunger Games.
AN: Ok, so I need more ideas for this story. Actually, I have some, but where do you want this to go? PM me or review! :)
