A/N: Yayy! Happy one hundred reviews! Thank you all so much for the reviews it truly means more then you know! I am beyond excited to always have you reading my story! :)
Just a note this whole chapter is in Clove's POV. I am putting the lines in there to indicate a time lapse. You'll get it hopefully after you read it! lol any questions let me know! Enjoy!
Clove
I am woken up by the low growls of Finnick and Cato arguing with each other. My head is throbbing too much to even open my eyes and my wrist is aching, but cold all at the same time. An ice pack is the only explanation. I just lie there listening to their conversation.
"Dammit Odair! I want to see her!" Cato demands
"Hmm...let me think...not a chance Rhodes!"
"Why the hell not?" Cato's anger is starting to rise now
"Because the last time I checked you're the last person she wants to talk to right now." Finnick retorts
A small moan escapes my lips because of the amount of pain in my head. They both go silent and I am sure stopped to look at me.
"What the hell happened?" Cato says in a hushed tone, but I only seem to catch the amount of worry that he is hiding when he says that
"I don't know. All we got out of Marvel was Ryder was in the backyard and had Clove pinned up against the house then, he and Ryder got into a fight and now we are here. Clove blacked out and Marvel looks to have had the crap beat out of him, but he seems alright." Finn tells him
Wait Marvel was the one who I saw before I passed out? I guess Cato didn't keep his promise like he said.
I hear the clicking of heels on the floor, they get closer and stop. Finnick let's out an annoyed moan.
"Cato I have been waiting downstairs forever. Why are you up here bothering with her she's... she's weird." Delly whines stomping her heels on the ground
"Delly, do us all a favor and shut up!" Finnink remarks
She lets out a loud huff and stamps her foot on the ground. I laugh internally at Finnick's comment, but wince when the sound of Delly's heels make the pain worse in my head.
"I just don't understand why you won't let me see her." Cato mumbles, the pain really visible in his voice
"Dude, listen to me," Finnick takes on a calm tone for the first time "I honestly don't understand why your so concerned about a girl you just met a few weeks ago, hardly know, who doesn't want to talk to you and not, Marvel, who has been your best friend since kindergarten."
Okay, I feel a pang of anger with what he just said. But, I know he is just trying to make a point. Maybe now is time to make my alertness known.
"Finn?" I croak out through my dry throat
"Clove." they both reply in unison
"Clove what happened? Are you okay? How are you feeling? Do you..."
"Shhhh...head...hurts stop talking so loud." I cut Finnick off from his rapid question asking
I flutter my eyes open letting them adjust to the light of the room that I am in. I am lying down on one side of a giant L shaped couch with my head propped on a pillow and Marvel is sleeping on the other side with an ice pack on his head. From my vantage point I see the walls of the room are lined with bookshelves and Cato is staring at me from a large doorway and Finn is leaning over the top of the couch.
"Where am I?" I ask looking up at Finn
"Jackie's Dad's office. How are you feeling?"
"What do you think genius? My psycho ex-boyfriend felt the need to beat me up tonight."
Finnick lets out a chuckle and moves to come sit next to me, "Typical, you blacked out and have a badly bruised wrist, but you still haven't lost your sarcasm."
"Or I have been hanging out with Jackie way too much." I remark trying my best to smile
He sits next to me and I feel the couch cushion dip underneath my body, he lifts the ice pack on my wrist and immediately puts it backdown.
"I would just leave that there." He lightly pats it
"Fair enough."
Cato clears his throat and we both turn our heads "Umm...Clove?"
"What do you want?" I snap at him
"Are you okay?" He sheepishly rubs the back of his neck with his hand
I have noticed that this has become a nervous twitch of his.
"I'm fine. You two seemed to have been enjoying yourself all night. I wouldn't want to interrupt anything. You know because I'm weird and all." I direct the last part towards Delly so she knows I heard what she said before
Cato's face changes to anger very quickly when he realized I used his own words against him from earlier today.
"Come on Delly." He grabs her arm and they disappear from sight
I let out a long sigh sinking back into my pillow.
"He broke a promise you know." I whisper trying to hold back tears
"Who Cato?"
"Yeah, the day we were all at Peeta's bakery and Ryder was there, too. I met Cato outside when I ran out of the bakery and he promised to do anything in his power to protect me from Ryder. I guess that was a lie." I close my eyes trying to get control of the pain that is rushing through my head again.
"I'm sorry CC." Finnick gently rubs my arm trying to sooth me
"Oh good you're up!" Jackie chirps, shoving a bottle of water and pills in my direction "Take these. It will help with the headache, I promise."
"Ahh, nurse Jackie has arrived." Finnick jokes
"Thanks girl I hope this works quickly. How's Marvel?" I ask Jackie
"He's pretty banged up. A lot of bruises and a couple of cuts. He should be fine though I told him to sleep. I think you need to also."She tells me
"That's a good idea. Here is your cell phone text me if you need anything. We will be downstairs with everyone else." Finn gets up and places my cell phone on the table next to me.
"Clove! Clove!" Someone whispers shaking my foot
I take my uninjured hand and rub my eyes opening them up to be greeted by Marvel sitting at my feet. He has a dark purple and blue spot forming under his right eye, a good sized cut on his forehead and he is holding an ice pack to his head still.
"Marvel! Look at your face, I'm so sorry that happened to you. It's all my fault, I feel so awful!" I tell him
"Clove! Clove calm down its okay, really! The bruises will go away. Especially the way Jackie has been fussing over me all night. But, the most important thing is you didn't get hurt more than you needed to. In case you were wondering I gave Ryder a good beating myself. I don't think he will be bothering you any time soon." He gives me a proud smile, then scrunches his face in pain
"Thanks Marvel. I still feel awful about everything though." He waves it off as to say don't worry about it and I give me a mischievous smile
"What?" he asks
"You mentioned Jackie has been fussing over you all night..." I smile widely at him
"Don't Clove!" He says laughing
"Aww come on Marvel! I saw how you looked at her when you walked in tonight. Would it help if I told you she felt the same way too."
That stops him briefly in his tracks as he starts to move back to his side of the couch.
"It's nothing, Clove really we are just friends." He says it like he is trying to convince himself
"Do you need me to pin you up against the wall to try to convince you, Diamond?" I say referring to when he pinned me against the lockers at school
"Get some rest Calloway, so I can beat your ass at Madden tomorrow." he laughs laying down on the couch
"Suit yourself Diamond."
Surprisingly I am able to fall asleep again for the amount of time that I have slept tonight.
I wake up later on and see through my sleepy eyes Annie and Finnick sitting together in the corner of L shaped couch. Annie is curled up against Finnick's torso with her head wresting on his chest, Finn's head is leaning on the back of the couch with his arms wrapped around Annie and they are both fast asleep. I can't help, but smile at the two of them together like that.
On the other side of the couch Jackie is fussing over Marvel, trying to repair his cuts and what not. She is now stripped of her green dress and is wearing a pair of black sweatpants and a red t-shirt, and her hair is pulled back into a loose pony tail.
"Marvel stopping moving! I am trying to fix the cut on your forehead!" She whispers urgently to him
Marvel grabs one of Jackie's and intertwines it with his own and I watch as identical smiles spread on both of their faces.
"Jackie, I can't count how many times you have tried to fix this cut tonight. I don't think it can be fixed anymore. Now please get some sleep." He says trying to Calm her down
Marvel cradles the back of Jackie's neck with his hand, pulls Jackie's head down to him and kisses her on the forehead. She lets out a small giggle. Marvel moves on to his side to allow extra room for Jackie. She curls up on her side next to and he wraps one arm around her waist.
Marvel shoots me a smile as to say 'You were right, Calloway.' and I give him a triumphant smile back.
Looking at Annie and Finn together and Marvel and Jackie together I am truly happy for all of them.
Tonight may not have turned out as bad as I thought.
A/N: Sooooooo thoughts?
I hope your all not too mad about the whole who saved Clove thing. You'll forgive me in a couple chapters I'm sure :D
I am going to do the whole 100 question trivia thing next chapter! so its coming soon.
Comments, questions, concerns, suggestions welcome! :) xoxo