Marvel glared at Cato and then glared back at me. "Just so you know, Peeta, Glimmer's fucking pregnant. From the capital tests it seems that your boyfriend is the baby daddy. Cato, I hope your happy. Peeta doesn't deserve this."

Marvel left in a hurry, as did Katniss. Thankfully, she gave Cato and I some alone time. I was shattered. I didn't know who to trust, Marvel or Cato.

"Peeta," he whimpered, "you have to trust me. I was a virgin before we had sex. You were my first. Glimmer lied."

"Obviously not! Capital testing is 100% accurate, so unless she stole your baby gravy, you're lying."

He dropped to his knees and prayed up to me. "Peeta, I beg you, listen. I love you, and I'm not nor would I ever let some random, blonde bitch ruin what we have together."

"And what do we have together? I barely know you..." I trailed off into a whisper, but he heard me.

"Peeta, we both know that's not true. What we have is special. It was only last night you promised to trust me no matter what. I understand if you don't keep that promise, the test data is hard evidence, but I will prove everyone wrong. I swear."

He stood up and looked at me. We were both drenched in tears at that point.

"I want to believe you, Cato. I just... let me think."

He nodded and left as well. I was all alone. It was Sunday so there was no training, but instead we would spend the day with our mentors to prepare for the interviews later that week.

Haymitch decided that Effie should be in charge of me, but I was fine with that. He couldn't accept my choices, but Effie's much more open minded. He's wanted Katniss to win from the beginning anyway.

"What are you fighting for?" asked Effie. She had decided to start with sample questions.

"Um-"

"Wrong." She interjected. "Never use um or uh. We in the Capital find it improper."

Her tips were so annoying, but they were helpful. "Okay. I'm fighting for a special someone." I answered. I was going to be honest with Effie, but I also didn't want to tell her too much.

"Oh! Who is this special person?" Effie intrigued.

"That's not important. Anyways-"

"Wrong. Never avoid the question. It makes you seem untrustworthy, which is not the angle we're playing. Also, never say anyways. The correct word is anyway. Anyways is district slang."

After a few hours of sample questions, I learned what makes Capital people tick and what makes them happy. Effie told me that Katniss and I were to meet with the Careers, our allies. I was ecstatic to see Cato before realizing that Marvel and Glimmer were still technically Careers.

We were to sit in a room, just the six of us, and discuss our game plan. When the time came, I took a deep breath and entered. I was surprised to see that no one had been injured yet.

Cato was sitting there quietly, watching for me to enter. Clove was writing notes down and holding Cato's hand. Marvel was glaring at Cato. If I liked Marvel, I probably would've thought it was cute. Glimmer, that bitch, was smiling faintly while rubbing her stomach.

Katniss walked in after me and decided she was taking charge. She sat next to Clove as I sat next to Cato. "Okay, here's how this is going to work. You two District 1 whores will die, and the tributes from District 11 will take your place as Careers."

Clove quickly seconded that motion. They both probably planned this out before. Glimmer just laughed at all of this.

"Girls, please. I am with child, and the father would never let this happen." Glimmer sang.

I gagged a bit. Cato yelled back at her. "That is a lie, you dumb slut. We've only kissed once when you forced yourself on me in front of Peeta."

Marvel glared at Cato even more ferociously. "The only one lying here is you, shit head. You kissing her doesn't make a baby. I don't care if you kick me out of this group, but know this. The last two people standing will be Peeta and myself."

"Well," Clove started, "I think we're done here. I'll be sure to target you at the Cornucopia during the blood bath."

"You people are idiots." Glimmer laughed. "Districts 12 and 11 for Careers? We might as well hand the victory to that fat bitch from District 5."

"Shut up!" Cato told her.

She turned serious for a second, and I actually glimpsed her true evil. She was much smarter than I gave her credit for. "Cato, you are the father. One way or another, you impregnated me."

"What does that even mean?" I asked.

"It means you're being played." Marvel answered. There's was a awkward pause.

"I think it's time for you two to go." Katniss stated.

After they left, Clove turned to us. "I hope you all don't mind. Katniss and I watched the two tributes from 11. They can be helpful assets."

Cato nodded. "No, no, it's fine. I agree."

Katniss smiled. "Good, because we've already formed the alliance."

I chuckled. "Well, aren't you two just a terrifying combo?"

After we disbanded, Cato and I decided to go to his room. My room was amazing, but it was nothing compared to his. District 2's floor was a greek theme. There were statues of gods everywhere, and his bed was decorated with the mythical polar bear.

"I've always loved Greek mythology." I informed him.

"Oh yeah?" He asked. He started to strip. "Who was the Goddess of the Future?"

It was such an easy question. "Raven Symoné, but her real name was Raven Baxter."

He grinned. "You know your stuff, huh?"

I nodded as I realized that I was too clothed. As I undressed, I told him, "I know everything. I can tell you about the creation of the internet to the death of Blue Ivy, child of the moon and the sun."

He walked over to me and grabbed my waist. We were both naked, but I wasn't as shy as I should've been. He's seen me naked before, so I wasn't ashamed by my short stature or lesser muscles.

"We should bathe... together." He suggested. I agreed without hesitation, and we shared a kiss.

The shower was different than the one on my floor. At first sight, it was a plain box with glass walls. As I stepped inside, I saw that the floor had a drain. Cato touched one of the walls to have a screen pop up. It looked to be made of pure light, and Cato seemed to know how to use it. I saw that he selected Ratchet Rose as the scent. Ratchet Rose was the scent of pure love, as they said in Greece.

The water poured onto us almost instantaneously. The temperature was just right, and I just wanted to stand there forever.

"I'm really glad your here, Cato. Everything's happening so fast, I just can't even."

"No, I understand. I mean, we just randomly had a Career meeting." He replied. He grabbed my waist and gave me a kiss.

"Yeah, what was that? That was really out of the blue. Do any of our mentors know that we aren't allying with them bitches?"

He gave me another kiss and replied, "Those bitches is the correct phrase, just saying. It doesn't even matter. We're together, now, so let's make this moment last."

Cato seemed to have so much more confidence after I blatantly picked his story over Marvel's without hesitation. It just made sense, who would have knocked someone up before the hunger games?

We lathered each other in soap and cleaned each other. His eyes never left mine, and it felt a lot more sensual than it should've been. I wasn't complaining, though.

After we finished he picked me up and carried me to his bed. We laid there naked and talked for a bit.

"So," he started, "now that pretty much everyone knows we're a couple, how do you feel."

"Well, not everyone knows, and they don't have to. As long as we know, then I'm satisfied."

"I told my mentors." He whispered.

He was watching my reaction, so I smiled to show him how happy I was. I kissed him for a good two minutes. It was sloppy and quick, but it got the point across.

"How did they react?" I asked a little worried.

"Well, they didn't really care because you're a Career now, but that really depends on your score. Tomorrow during training, we can work on your skills."

I was afraid to tell him that I really didn't have any skills, so I just ignored that topic.

"Why are you so perfect?" I asked him. It was so ironic that I was so happy right before the games, but I didn't care.

"The only thing that's perfect is you." He responded. I rolled my eyes at that cliché, but I still gave him a kiss.

I stroked his pecs with my hand and ventured down to feel his abs. I rubbed them lightly, but still enough to tickle. I let myself trail down even further, but he stopped me.

"Peeta, baby, I want you to be on top tonight."

I blinked. It took me a while for it to register, and before I could he started working his mouth all over my cock. He licked my dick as he reached up to rub one of my nipples. I moaned with pleasure and anticipation.

He came up to kiss me, but before he could go any further there was a pounding at the door.

"Hey bitches! Get out here, this is important!" yelled Clove. Cato stood up and opened the door.

"Um..." I said, trying to hint at our lack of clothing. Clove and Cato didn't seem phased.

"Before you two horn-dogs go at it all night, I want to remind you that these walls are super thin. I can't take anymore of 'Cato, harder' or 'Fuck, you're so tight', and unless you want me to talk about how periods work, you should stop." Clove without a filter scared me just as much as the hunger games itself.

Cato smacked her ass as she left, leaving me to wonder why they were so close. I got up to pull Cato back into bed, but I stepped on silk clothing.

I stepped on sparkly, pink panties with Glimmer written on in gold glitter glue.

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