The day goes by with nothing worth remembering. I spent the whole time with Cato making sure to savor every minute together. Today is the big home game so he has to stay after school to get ready for the game and decide on official team business. I drive home and do all my homework waiting anxiously to leave for the game. I decide to change seeing as it might be colder tonight. I put on a pair of dark wash pants and Cato's letterman jacket over his away jersey.
I leave at 5:45 seeing as the game starts at 6:30 and I still have to pick up Clove and Annie. Prim, Rue, and Glimmer are on the cheer team so they have been at school all day and Johanna had track team practice after school so she is going to meet us there. I go pick the girls up, then head to go to a liquor store to pick up chips and sodas for the game. We are all supposed to go to a party at Marvel's house after the game but until then we need some power food.
"Let's go Mocking Jay High! Yeah you better watch out Capitol High. WE ARE GONNA KICK YOUR ASSES!" Clove is screaming out the window of the car. To say she is pumped for the game is a huge understatement. I think if Marvel would let her, she would be on the field playing with him. But she is in the next best sport with me. Four year VARSITY soccer team baby.
When we get to school there is almost no parking because the game starts in five minutes. We end up getting lucky with a spot in the second row and run to take our seats. We sit down just as kick off starts. Cato is doing great from the very first play. When Cato makes a pass to Peeta who runs it all the way to the touchdown he points to me in the stands. I blow him a kiss and he pretends to catch it. Peeta runs over to the cheerleaders and lifts Glimmer in a huge hug and kisses her right in front of everyone.
By half time we are up 17-0, and the crowd is going crazy. The technology club set up slides of the seniors and their girlfriends for the half time show. The first picture is of Finnick and Annie our freshman year walking into school their first day holding hands. Next is a picture of them sophomore year, Finnick has his arms around Annie's waist and she is laughing really hard and leaning against his shoulder. Next is junior year, Finnick is in the courtyard with rose peddles spread around him in the shape of a heart around where he is standing with a rose in his own hand. Annie is about 10 feet away from him smiling like a fool. I remember that day as if it were yesterday; it was the first time Finnick asked Annie to a dance publicly. It was for winter formal and he was the first person to ask anyone. It was beautiful. The last picture will be the same for every couple; we took them this morning in between second and third period and are all wearing jerseys, boys wearing home girls wearing away. Finnick and Annie are standing to each other smiling and he has his arm around her waist and she is kissing his cheek.
Then Marvel and clove are up there is a picture of them talking our Freshman year smiling, and one of her yelling at him our sophomore year. They weren't a couple until last year so that picture is the first they are being romantic with one another. Marvel is standing behind her with his arms around her waist and his chin on her shoulder she is laughing and has her eyes closed. It was my favorite picture of her. She looks happy and relaxed. Lastly they have a picture with the jerseys. Clove is on Marvels back like a little kid and kissing his cheek. I think that is going to be a reoccurring theme in these pictures.
After them is Peeta and Glimmer. For freshman year they have a picture of them standing and he is smiling at her while she is glaring at him. I am assuming he made a smart ass comment about her hair or something because that's the only time she has ever glared at him. Sophomore year they are in front of the lockers and he is about to kiss her, his hand is on her cheek and their faces are about an inch apart and both have their eyes closed. Junior year they have a picture of the pair laying in the grass and Glimmer is using Peeta's arm as a pillow. Lastly is the picture of Glimmer on her tiptoes reaching to give Peeta a kiss on the cheek because he is so much taller than she is.
Next is Prim and Rory. Freshman year there is a picture of them laughing and she is blushing like crazy. Sophomore year they are on a swing set holding hands and it looks like they are swinging towards the camera. Next is a picture of the two running down the hall laughing. The last picture is of them sitting on a bench and she is giving him a kiss on the cheek.
Cato and I go on the screen after them. There is no picture of our freshman year because we wouldn't let anyone near us with a camera. The picture of us that first shows up is from sophomore year. We are sitting on a hill talking at lunch. Next is a picture of us at junior prom. We didn't go together if fact neither of us had dates we just went to have fun. I had wanted to slow dance with someone so bad and he had offered to dance with me so I took him up on the offer. So the picture was of us slow dancing in the middle of the crowd looking into each other's eyes like we always do when we don't want to actually talk with words. It was the best felling in the world before I found out he liked me. Then next picture isn't the picture from this morning like I had been expecting. It's a picture of me in Cato's arms him spinning me around and we are kissing. It's the picture of when I saw him the first time at school after the accident. It leaves to quickly and is replaced by the picture that we had taken. He is carrying me bridal style and I am kissing his cheek.
I get distracted and don't really pay attention to the rest of the pictures but laugh at a picture of Johanna on top of Blight's back nearly choking him from junior year. And nearly tear up when there at a picture of Thresh carrying Rue home after she had gotten in a fight with Foxface and she had been in too much pain to walk. The last picture is one of Gale and Madge on the same bench Prim and Rory were sitting on and she had her head in his lap and his head was down so she could kiss his cheek.
Halftime ends and the boys are back to playing before I know it. The game ends with us winning 28-0, and everyone is ecstatic. I wait for Cato to come out of the locker room and congratulate him. He comes out five minutes later and I jump into his arms.
"You did amazing! I am so proud of you!" I can't stop gushing about how good he did.
"Thanks. Ready to go to the party?" I say yes and we walk to my car. When I close my door and he is in I kiss him. It is a deep passionate kiss and lasts a really long time.
"I love you so much" are the first words out of my mouth when we break apart.