A Lack of Color

If you feel discouraged
That there's a lack of color here
Please don't worry lover
It's really bursting at the seams
For absorbing everything
The spectrum's a to z

Hello lovely readers! So far, I've gotten one vote for Gale/Johanna and two votes for Gale/Madge. If you haven't voted yet, please do! Thank you so much for all of your support. So I've finally tried writing in first person POVs thanks to Ariel Leilani. I'm not too great at it yet... I'm trying though! Anyways, I think this chapter is pretty uneventful. I just didn't have many other ideas and I just wanted to develop a closeness between the group and give them something to laugh about when they've grown and decided to look back to the memories they've had. Anyways, I'm getting ahead of myself. Enjoy!

P.S. I apologize for any grammatical or spelling errors.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Hunger Games

Clove POV

I slowly opened my eyes to see Jackie and Katniss peering down at me. What the hell? What are they doing in my house? Did I even go home last night? I sit up and realize that I'm still at the beach house.

"What am I still doing here?"

"Well, after that amazing dance, you were exhausted and drank a ton of water then said you were going to rest for a little while. You laid on the couch and I guess you fell fast asleep," Jackie explains.

"My mom's going to kill me. She's probably super worried." Boy am I going to be in hot water. I get up quickly walk towards the door grabbing my phone and shoes.

Katniss says, "Relax Clove! Johanna thought ahead and used your phone to call your mother last night. We'll take you to workshops today." Yes! I won't have to face my mother's wrath. But workshops... Seriously?

I groaned. "We have workshops today?"

"Yes! We have workshops every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until soccer camp." We all turn around to see who it was that spoke up. Marvel walks over and winks at us. He them walks behind the table counter in the kitchen to grab an apple.

"Who else slept over?" I ask.

"Uh, I think Finnick, Cato, Thresh, Gale, and Johanna also stayed over."

"We should get some breakfast," suggests Marvel.

"There's no food in here though," Katniss replies.

"Let's eat out then," we turn around to see that Gale has woken up as well. We all agree and decide to wake up the rest of the crew.

I walk down the hall and peek into each room. Finally, I find Cato sleeping on a mattress on the ground. I'm guessing that Marvel called dibs on the bed and forced Cato to sleep on the ground.

"Wake up sleepy head," I sing into Cato's ear. He turns his back on me. Wow. Seriously? I get up and walk to the other side of his body and shake him gently. I did not expect what would happen next. Cato wrapped his arms around me and pulled me down next to him. He then hugged me as if I was a body pillow and snuggled his face into my hair. Cute. Marvel, who was standing at the door the entire time snickers and waves everybody in to take a look. I hear muffled laughs at the doorway and huff. I try wiggling my way out of his arms but he only hugs me tighter.

"CATOOOOO! WAKE THE HELL UP!" I finally scream. He suddenly opens his eyes to see that he had caged me in his arms.

"Shoot! I'm so sorry!" He pushes me away. By now, everyone standing at the doorway bursts out laughing. He scratches the back of his neck awkwardly and tells everyone to shut up.

Cato POV

Well… That wasn't awkward at all. After everyone leaves the room, I brush freshen up and walk out the room to see everybody patiently waiting for me. We head out to the cars. Clove hitches a ride with Marvel and I have to admit, it annoys me a bit. I guess that's my fault though. I totally creeped her out. We drive to the Hob shopping center and stop at Greasy Sae's eatery.

We all meet up inside and push two tables together so that we could all sit. I sit directly across Clove who sat in between Marvel and Annie. All of us sit in awkward silence until Madge starts up a conversation.

"So last night…. That was quite the scene," she nodded towards Clove and I.

"Oh yeah," Clove spoke up, "I almost forgot about that. Good times."

After a bit of awkward small talk, a waitress finally comes up to the table to take our orders.

Jackie POV

Sitting at the head of the table, I'm able to witness everything. A waitress with a fake tan and dyed platinum blonde hair stands by our table and places her hand on Cato's shoulder. I look across from him at Clove and she tenses up.

The waitress says in a husky voice, "Hello there mister, what would you like today?" She thrusts her chest out and slowly rubs Cato's upper back. His face immediately turns beet red.

Clove glares at her and whispers something to Marvel which causes him to burst into laughter. Cato looks over to see the two whispering and giggling together. An annoyed expression is plastered onto his face. Annie clears her throat and everyone looks at her. She rolls her eyes at the waitress, er excuse me- horny-ass bitch (A.N. Please excuse me for the language. It just seemed hilarious to add this in), and to everyone's astonishment says,

"Excuse me ma'am, if you're done whoring around, I'd like to have my order taken." Finnick snickers and places his arm around her shoulders. I look over to the other head of the table where Madge is sitting and we both raise our eyebrows.

"You're excused sugar, and it's not called 'whoring around', I'm just flaunting what I've got to get what I want," the waitress replies and winks at Cato. He scratches the back of his neck awkwardly.

I look back to Clove and it's as if smoke was coming out of her ears.

"This bitch." I hear Clove mutter. Marvel places his hand over hers to try and calm her down.

"I may be a bitch, but at least I'm not a damn ugly hag like you" Ms. 'Flaunt all you got' retorts and turns around to grab a cup of water from another table. "Melt, bitch, melt!" everything seemed to move in slow motion from here as thrust the cup towards Clove and all of our jaws dropped. The liquid splashed on Cloves face and she shut her eyes.

"Oh snap," Thresh stated.

Clove and the whore had a stare down and you couldn't cut the tension with even the sharpest knife. Johanna and Katniss both stood up and slammed their palms on the table as everybody in the diner stared. Quick as lightning, the two lunged for the waitress and tore at her clothes and hair. The waitress tried clawing her way out of this mess but the two pulled her back down. Katniss pulled out chunks of her hair, and Johanna repeatedly punched her stomach. After Katniss and Johanna thought the girl had enough, the little whore tripped Johanna and stood up. She kicked Johanna's waist and while Katniss was turned around, she yanked her hair. I watched closely as Peeta rushed to Katniss' side. She smiled kindly at him. Do I feel love in the air? Yes, yes I do. I glanced at Thresh who also saw what I was gaping at. Just as things were getting a bit better, sweet little Madge lets out a war cry and jumps onto Ms. Bitchface.

Yep. So that's that. It's pretty short... I do apologize for the foul language. It puts an emphasis on the mood of the scene. For example, it makes things seem more intense, when Clove swears, it's just hilarious, when Annie curses, it's amusing. Behold. The power of swearing. So I hope you liked it. If not... I'm sorry.. Don't forget to vote for team Gadge/team Johale! If you have any questions/concerns don't be afraid to PM me. If you have suggestions, I'd love to hear them as well. I would very much appreciate it if you'd take a few seconds to R&R!

P.S. I'm going camping with my family, so I'll be gone for a little while, but I should have internet while there, so... We'll see if I update. Anyways, thank you for reading! XXX