Hey I feel so bad for not updating, but I have school, homework, fangirling, writers block, cats, etc… It has been so hard to write lately. I have the attention span of a dog- LOOK A SQUIRREL. So I will try to update again next weekend. Might not happen, but I will try.

Something Called Love will also be updated soon for all of y'all wondering :)

WARNING: This chapter isn't very good.

Annie, Katniss, and Madge's constant chatter fills the car. I stare down at my hands and block out their conversations about boys, makeup, clothes, etc. The journey feels like it's taking forever, and the girls won't shut up.

"Hey, Clove, what's wrong?" Madge nudges me. The car instantly goes silent and I feel all eyes on me. Quick, act happy.

I smile and look over at Madge. "Nothing's wrong, why?"

"You seem sad. You haven't talked this whole ride. What's going on?" Everyone leans in, anticipating my answer.

"I guess I'm just tired."

"Oh okay." And just like that, they forgot about me and starting blabbing away again. I fiddled with my fingers until the car finally came to a halt.

"Where are we?" I step out of the car and realize where we were. We were parked outside of Jackie's. "Please don't tell me it's another party."

"It's a small get together Clove." Annie walks by me up towards the house. It doesn't like there are many cars parked out front.

"You said dinner, not party." I trudge up to the house behind Madge and Katniss. We walk through the house to the living room. There are about 10 people sitting on the couch laughing and talking together.

"Hey!" Jackie's smiling face bounds into view.

"Foxface!" Katniss runs up to Jackie and hugs her tightly. With Jackie distracted, I slip over to an empty chair in the corner of the room.

"Clove." Finnick smiles and hugs me warmly. I hold in my cries of pain as he squeezes some of my bruises accidentally. "Nice to see you." Finn sits down next to my chair and starts chatting with some other guy next to him.

"Uh, hi, Clove." Marvel half smiles in front of me. I smile warmly back and gesture for him to sit down.

"What's up, Marv?" I kick off my heels and stretch my legs out.

"You okay now?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well you kind of just got really mad at Cato and me earlier. Are we cool? Are you and Cato cool?"

"Yea we are cool. Cato and I are cool."

"Good." I sit there and stare at the floor for a minute. I don't dare start another conversation. Marvel doesn't speak up either.

"Who wants to go for a swim?" Jackie stands up and screams. Everyone yells back and starts filing out the back door. Unlike the others, I stay frozen in my seat. The makeup.

"Come on!" Madge scurries over and pulls at my arm.

"No thanks." I stand my ground and force all my weight against her.

"At least come outside." She yanks my arm and drags me outside on the deck.

I slide against the wall as far away from the pool as possible. People are jumping in fully clothed and floating around in the pool carefree.

"Come on Clove! The water's fine!" Finn shouts from the steps of the pool closest to me.

"No, I'm good." Finn steps out of the pool and into a crowd of people surrounding it.

Most of the people have cleared out of the pool now. I am the only one who didn't go in.

I stare out beyond the pool out into the woodsy area of Jackie's back yard. It's absolutely beautiful. The moonlight hits the leaves of the trees in such a magnificent way. If only cameras could capture that kind of magic.

Something grasps me around my arm and yanks me toward the pool. Something else grabs my other arm. Two more things grab my legs and lift me up so I am no longer in contact with the ground.

"Put me down!" I squirm in their grasp and try to escape.

"It's for your own good."

"You need to stop being a party pooper."

It's Annie, Madge, Katniss, and Finn, and their intentions are pretty clear. I'm going in the water if I like it or not.

"Please, no!" My eyes start to fog up and I panic. I can't get out of this.

"Sorry, Clove. It's for your own good." With that, I am thrown into the air. That freefall is a second of horror. They are going to see the bruises.

My head submerges into the water and I can hear the muffled sound of cheers coming from the surface. It's time. You can't hide it anymore Clove. I stand up in the pool and wipe the water off my face.

Everything suddenly goes silent. I can feel everyone's eyes carefully placed on me and my bruised body. I look up to my friends who are staring at me in horror. I can see Finnick mouth 'Oh my god' and struggle to find words.

"Happy now? I'm in the water." Tears streak down my uncovered face. I swim to the poll stairs closest to the grass and take off. I run straight out into the forest with only my water-drenched dress weighing me down. People are calling my name over and over, but nothing gets through to me.

The forest suddenly clears into a large meadow with a stream that flows straight through the middle. I walk over and sit at the edge, dipping my toes in the freezing cold water. I hug my knees and stare at the reflection of the moon in the water.

The feeling of warmth breaks through the crisp night air. Finn stands behind me with his arms wrapped around my torso.

"I couldn't believe it was this bad." Finnick sits next to me. I lean my head on his shoulder and he wraps his arm around me in return. "Why didn't you tell me?" His voice was soft, but filled with anger.

"I didn't want you guys to know it was this bad. Annie would have a mental breakdown and take me to the hospital, and you would kill Gale and call the cops."

Finnick lies down on the ground and stares up at the sky. "But that's what he deserves Clove-"

"No Finn, I can deal with it." Finn picks up a medium-sized, muddy rock and chucks it across the field. "You never even cared until you saw the bruises," I mumble under my breath.

"You think I didn't care? Did you think I wouldn't care that my best friend was being hurt?" Finnick grasps my shoulders and faces me towards him. His green eyes pierce into mine with not anger, but sadness. "I couldn't stand the thought of it." Finnick hugs me and whispers into my hair, "I was scared that if I beat him up, he would take it out on you even more."

I fall backwards into the plush green grass and stare at the stars. Finn lies next to me and squeezes my hand in his. We stay motionless like rocks for a few minutes. "Finn?" I whisper and turn my head towards his and he's looking back at me softly. "I want to go home."

"Sure, let's go." He helps me onto my feet and we walk back to the house in silence.

The moon casts eerie shadows on the forest floor through the tree branches that hang above us. A few owls hoot and crickets chirp constantly on the walk back. The trees part and I can see Jackie's house in the distance. A figure heads toward us from the house. Unfortunately, it's Annie.

"Oh my god, are you okay? Do you need medical help? I can drive you to the hospital. Let's go!" She frantically pulls at my hand and drags me up the hill.

"Annie, stop." Finnick takes my hand away from Annie's hold. "I'm taking her home." He smiles at Annie and turns away. Even with only the dim moonlight, I can see a blush form on her cheeks.

I avoid the stares I get from everyone at the house. Every single person is silent as I walk past them. A few whisper to each other after I pass them.

"God she looks terrible," one says.

"Did she ever look good?" the other one softly laughs. A girl. It was a girl.

We finally get to Finn's car. I slide in the passenger seat and rub my arm awkwardly. He drives away from the house and speeds down the streets lined with perfect houses.

If a tornado hit one of the houses and tore it down, everyone would call it imperfect, ugly, but it can just be rebuilt. Everyone would think of it as the house that was torn down by a tornado, not the pretty house it was rebuilt to be. It will only be remembered for its history. I am just the girl whose ex beat her.

"Clove, are you okay?" I look over at him. He's looking between the road and me with a sad look on his face. I am crying.

I wipe my eyes and sigh. "I will only ever be the ugly girl whose ex beat her, Finn. Nothing more." Finnick reaches out and stokes my hand.

"No no no Clove, what gave you that idea? And you're not ugly, you are beautiful. Stop thinking these things." I think back to when Gale called me all those names. Was he telling the truth?

"There w-were people at th-the party a-and they said s-so."

"They might have sight problems because they are fucking idiots." Finn pulls outside of my house. He turns towards me and frowns. "Don't listen when someone says anything bad about you like that ever. Got it?" I nod and step out of the car.

I reach for the front door handle when it swings open away from me. "Clove!" My mother hugs me and helps me inside. I wave goodbye to Finnick just as my mom closes the door. "What happened?"

"I was thrown into a pool," I mumble.

"Who saw you like this?"

"Everyone there." We walk up the stairs to my room. I collapse on my bed and stare at the ceiling fan.

My mom walks over with a large Pizza My Heart t-shirt and lime green cotton shorts. "Are you okay with everyone seeing it? How was Finnick?"

"No, but I can't undo what they saw." I pause and rub the t-shirt fabric between my fingers. "I had to calm Finn down, but he's still pissed."

Mom walks over and kisses my forehead. "I'm here for you." She leaves my room and closes my door. I slip on the shirt and shorts and curl up under the covers, instantly drifting off to sleep.

OH MY LUDWIG 10 CHAPTERS! Thank you all for your support in this story. It means so so so much to me. Even when I don't post for 2 weeks sometimes you are still there for me and still into the story. I LOVE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH! Just so you guys know, I have more fanfics ideas, but I am not going to start it until I am farther along with both of my fanfics. All in all, 10th chapter, I love you guys, and more fanfics later. LOVE YA