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I dream an endless, repetitive dream. Images of Glimmer flirting with Cato flash in my brain and swirl around my head. I remember the good times I had with Cato before the games. The constant competition between us in training. I would throw knives, he would get bored and throw spears. We got into a habit of trying to dodge eachoters attacks, often with disasterous outcomes. The first injury I sustained was a spear in the shoulder. Cato got a knife in the thigh. But we were from District 2, we didn't complain, we fought through the pain.
My head must have nodded forward in the night because I wake up with a bad neck. I rub it, sadly, knowing that today isn't going to get any better.
I'm about to step out of the wardrobe when I hear footsteps on my room. It's not Brutus or Enobaria, they stomp, and it's not Silver's delicate, light footsteps.
It's Cato.
He's come to look for me.
"Clove!" He yells
"CLOVE!" I can hear frustration in his voice.
"Cato." I whimper
The footsteps come closer, and he opens the wardrobe.
"Clove? Why are you in there?" He asks
I might as well take this chance
"Glimmer knocked me out, and must have stuffed me in here." I whisper
"Why didn't you tell me?" He sounds sad
"I just woke up." I lie.
"Why did she do this?" Still upset.
"Because she wanted you for herself, but I said I loved you."
"Aaaw. Poor Clover. Just wait until I see her at training..." he murmurs. I snuggle up under his arm.
"You missed breakfast." He says.
"I don't care." I say. And for once, I truly don't.
We go town to the bottom floor of the building, the training centre. Only us, Atala, the trainer, and District 11. I never got a proper look at District 11. They seem nice enough. A young girl, 12 at the most, with kind eyes, and a large muscular guy, with a grin on his face. I decide to make an impression, and walk over.
"Hi! I'm Clove." I say
"I'm Rue." The girl says.
"Thresh." The boy grunts. But I look up to him, and he grins, and I grin back, a cheeky kind of grin.
"So Clove, are you with the careers?" Rue pipes up, clearly interested.
"Yeah." Her face falls in disappointment "But if it doesn't work out, it's you and me, partner." I whisper.
She grins and pulls me into a hug. I hug her back.
"Look after her." Thresh says.
"Of course, Thresh. I've fallen in love with her. She's a great kid."
Thresh smiles, and I smile back and ruffle Rue's hair.
"I'll train with you later, okay?"
"Okay." she says, and squeezes my hand.
I walk back over to Cato, a huge grin on my face.
"I'm training with Rue." I say.
"The little girl?" Cato asks. I nod.
"Ok." He says "I don't want you to see me murder Glimmer."
"Give her an extra big kick from me them."
"Of course" he says, and laughs.
During our conversation, the other tributes have arrived. We gather around Atala. She begins to speak.
"In two weeks, twenty-three of you will be dead. The time you spend here is your means of survival in the arena."
We nod, and walk around to our activity of choice. I walk over to a knife throwing station, Rue following me.
"You know anything about knives?" I ask. She shakes her head. "Watch this then."
I do a thumbs up, and the targets begin to light up.
The target right in front of me lights up first. I throw one of my knives, and in a second, it's lodged in the centre of the target. Another lights up, and I decide to be a bit creative, and aim for the head. Again, it quickly lodges itself in the centre of the target. Rue is gawking. I get bored easily, drop the knives, and skip over to Rue.
"Wanna learn?" I ask
"Yes. Knives are easy to get hold of, and I don't do hand-to-hand combat."
I wrap my hand around hers, holding the knife in the best position, the right angle, showing her how to throw the knife.
I love Cato, but Rue has become my best friend.
The sister I never had.
I love Rue more than Cato.
Aaaaw, hope you like! And for the record, they are JUST friends. She loves Rue they way you love a sister. Anyway, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW VIRTUAL COOKIES ON OFFER ~Clove012
