Disclaimer: I do not own the Hunger Games or the characters.

A/N: I'm back!

Cato POV

Give me a reason not to…

Those 6 words were clouding my head. Is that her way of telling me to fight for her? This is crazy. I cannot be distracted by this girl from District 12. Back in 2 I had so many girls chasing after me and at least one was always willing to help me clear my head, so why not here? I decide to look for one of the District 3 girls, at least they are uncomplicated.

Katniss POV

As soon as those words left my mouth I knew Griffin would not be able to contain himself, but is that what I want? Hot guy plus hot tub equals distracted Katniss, which is exactly what I need after all that has happened in the past ten days.

I slip into the hot tub and the water is exactly what I needed. After I sit, I lay my head back against the top of the tub and let out a deep exhale. I open my eyes to see Griffin less than a foot away from my face.

"You obviously have never had one of my massages," states Griffin.

"You would be correct. Why? Am I missing out on something?"

"Just my magical hands."

"I look at him with a devious smile and say, "Well I don't believe you. I guess you need to let me experience it for myself."

Griffin lights up to this idea and slips right behind me. His legs straddle me and his muscular frame rubs against my back. He begins by just massaging my shoulders and stretching out my arms. I accidentally let out a little moan when he moved to my neck.

As soon as he hears me he says, "Looks like I've found the sweet spot Superstar."

Of course he found my sweet spot… Having my neck massaged automatically turns me on. If he plays with my hair, mmmm. Griffin is turning out to be the perfect distraction.

He continues to work his hands around my body, when all of a sudden i felt lips on my neck. I let out an even bigger moan, much throatier. I guess that's the response he was hoping for because something started to grow hard on my backside. I look over my shoulder and he looks a bit embarrassed.

"Why are you blushing?" I ask teasingly, hoping for some banter to put me in the mood.

He opens his mouth to speak but no words come out.

I try again to see if he will bite, or if this is just innocent, "What? Am I too much to handle?"

With that, a smirk appears on his face. Not quite as devilish as Cato's but… Wait, why am I thinking about Cato? I focus back on Griffin and his smirk is too much for me to handle with my back turned. I whip around so that we are face to face but in the process, I accidentally hit his tip with my leg. Griffin crumples in front of me and I have officially killed the mood.

Cato POV

I come across Gina first. She seems to be the oldest of the group from 3, but she is just as in love with me as the rest. I would think even more so after today's paintball war.

"Hey! Jenny right?" I know her name is Gina, but I need her to feel important. That is all part of my charm, the confident ones need to be knocked down a peg so I can build her confidence myself. Gina is about 5'6", super toned with a killer tan. I never thought of District 3 as having any redeemable babes, but Gina was the type of gym beauty not every guy can appreciate.

"Actually its Gina…"

She is already feeling self conscience? This is going to bore me. "Of course it is! I can't believe I called you the wrong name, especially after the paintball war. You looked really good."

"Well you don't look so bad yourself Cato. So tell me, what are you doing for the rest of the night?"

Maybe this could be fun, "I was going to go for a run and then see if I could take a quick swim, but I'm not sure if the fishboys will share their pool."

"It's unlocked actually. During designated training time they have it privately, but all other hours are fair game. I could use a swim myself. I'll grab my stuff and meet you there?"

Perfect! I can "run into" Katniss and flirt with one of the babes from 3. Time to go to the pool!

Katniss POV

"I am so sorry!" and mortified and humiliated and embarrassed and every other word that could make me want to go crawl in a hole.

"Just help me out"

I help Griffin out of the hot tub so he can breath easier and he just rolls to his side in the fetal position. Gale told me one time that it hurt worse if a tree branch whipped him rather than getting punched in the groin area. Gale compared it to cramps but all of them at the same time centralized to one location. I cannot believe I just inflicted that pain on Griffin.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" I admit, I don't know much about guys and their parts. The closest I've gotten to one is bathing suit. To be honest, I've never actually seen a hard penis. I just act like the girl every guy wants because I get treated like that. I know how to induce a boner, that much isn't hard. The difficulty comes with the next step, actually doing something with the boner.

"Can you get me a towel?"

"i'll be right back"

I go back inside because our the towel rack is next to the pool, but as I walk in, so does Cato. I have never been so happy to see him because he definitely knows what to do about Griffin's issue.

"I know things were weird when I left the living cart earlier, but I need your help" I tell Cato.

He seems stunned but he follows me after I grab a couple of towels.

"I accidentally injured Griffin", I tell Cato as I bring him to the still slightly groaning guy now sitting up.

"Why don't you go grab some waters Kat, he'll be okay" Cato tells me, and with that I venture back inside with no idea where the waters are kept in the pool.

Cato POV

I was stunned when I saw Katniss. I knew she had a rocking body from all the training, but she made a one piece look sexy. I didn't really register what she was saying until I followed her out to the hot tub where Griffin seemed to be in pain.

When she said she "accidentally injured Griffin", I had no idea what I was walking into, but I sent her away anyways.

"What happened man?" I asked after Katniss ventured inside.

"You don't want to know, but I'll be okay. Look, while its just the two of us, can you just tell me what's up between the two of you?"

I had been trying to push that out of my head since she told me to give her a reason, but to be honest there wasn't really anything other than good friendship and flirty banter. Katniss challenged him in ways he didn't know could exist outside of his family.

"Hey man, if you have a thing with her just tell me. I am not trying to be a part of any drama on this trip. When we get back is a different story, but not this close to the competition."

Griffin had a point. None of this was worth getting distracted over, but here I am, getting distracted. Father would be furious if he knew what I was up to. I need to refocus and Gina was going to help relieve some tension I have building up, but I guess that has to wait too.

I help Griffin to his feet and say, "Nah man. That's too much to think about right now, but if you think you can handle that kind of balance this close to the competition, go for it." I partially mean it.

"No, you're right. We have to think of the team, not ourselves. Sorry if I'm throwing you off your game by messing around with Katniss. I just wanted to have some fun."

Dammit. He had to actually say her name?

I get in front of Griffin before we go back into the pool. I have a good two inches on the guy and I am much stronger than this fish. I restrain myself as much as I can, and tell Griffin, "Look, Katniss may not be anything more than the closest thing I have to a friend on this trip, but I swear to you, I will end your journey if you try to do anything else with her. Got it?"

He respectfully nods and we walk into the pool like nothing happened, but something did happen. I just staked a claim on Katniss Everdeen, and she will kill me if she ever found out.

Katniss POV

I finally found the water cooler. It was on the opposite side of the locker room entrance and on the adjacent wall to exit to the hot tub. I grab three waters because I guess Cato might be thirsty too. I turn to see one of the District 3 girls walking out of the locker room and the guys coming in from the hot tub.

The District 3 girls is inconsequential She probably just wants to relax in the pool or the hot tub. I walk over to the guys and give them water.

Now is as good a time as any to see if I can get under Cato's skin. "Griffin, I am such a klutz. Can you ever forgive me?"

He looks at Cato first and then replies, "It was an accident. You don't have to apologize. I'm a big boy, I can handle myself."

That was weird. We have been flirting all night and he kissed my neck.

Sometime while I was lost in thought Griffin went to the District 3 girl and they made their way to the hot tub. Is that his MO? Was I just another girl to pass time with? Now I'm pissed and I need to go for a run or something. Anything but stay in this pool.

I turn to Cato, "Do you want to get out of here?"