"Lets move! Move! Move!" Annie's voice hooted waking Clove up ever so roughly.
"Where are we going?" Clove moaned covering her ears with her pillows.
"The beach, everyone's meeting us there!" Annie replied throwing Clove off her bed.
"I'm going to get you for that!" Clove yelled angrily sitting up from where Annie had pushed her.
"Cool, but were leaving in fifteen" Annie smiled. Clove pushed open her bathroom door and groggily fell into the shower.
she finished her morning routine and shuffled through her cupboard looking for her favorite bikini, and finally found it.
It was striped sky blue and white, Clove liked keeping it simple and sport, going over board was Annie's job.
She was positive Annie would be sporting her favorite Black sparkly one. Clove threw on a green crop top, a pair of white micro Minnie's, tied her hair in a high messy bun and ran down the stairs to find Cato and Peeta waiting for her.
"You're coming too?" she asked surprised and somewhat disappointed.
"Ouch, I'm hurt!" Cato laughed.
"I thought it was a girls day out?" She glared.
"Nopes, Gale, Marvel and Finnick are coming too!" Annie said running down in a neon pink romper, and over sized sunglasses.
"We leaving?" Peeta asked opening the back door.
The group nodded and followed him through the door and hopped down the stairs and onto the white sand beach. They soon found a spot where they decided to lay out all the towels.
"So, Silver isn't going to be there, sad aint it?" Clove mocked as she grabbed a few towels from the bag.
"No? I don't even know her?" Cato replied taking a few himself.
"Oh and while were on the topic, Cash said something about Silver 'ruining everything' by dancing with me, do you know what that's all about?"
Cato asked laying the towels on the sand.
"No, but Cash will be there in a while, ask her." Clove said doing the same.
"So Cash told me you two are 'besties', but I don't see you talking to her at all," Cato asked curiously.
"She said that?" Clove almost burst out laughing. Cato nodded.
"Well she clearly has an ulterior motive" Clove laughed rolling her eyes and grabbing a few more towels.
"We used to be best friends in like the ninth grade," Clove continued. "What happened?" Cato asked straightening them.
"Long story" Clove replied staring out at the waves lashing against the sand.
"Well I don't plan on going anywhere, unless Peeta and Annie realize their both tone deaf and stop singing, I might go hang with them." Cato rolled his eyes and gestured towards the two of them near the stairs. Clove sighed.
"Ok, I'm going to shorten it, When we were fourteen I had a huge crush on this dude, one night Cash decided to have a little too much to drink,
and then apparently she hooked up with him. She spent the next day apologizing to me, telling me it was all a drunken mistake, but I haven't forgiven her." She sighed standing up and grabbed the sunscreen from the bag. Nice to know Clove has a heart Cato thought to himself.
"And then people started calling her names, they called her a slut, a whore and so many other things" Clove continued squeezing a small amount in her palm.
"Why?" Cato butts in.
"Because she was fourteen! and that's some sick stuff!" She almost yelled patting the screen on her nose and cheeks.
Cato nodded not wanting to aggravate her.
"Now that I've told you and you don't have any questions, don't talk to me! I've had enough of you for a while."
Clove rolled her eyes rubbing the extra lotion on her legs. Cato laughed and put his shoulder around her.
"I don't think so," she laughed pushing his arm off her.
Cato smirked. Gale, Madge and Finnick also known as Mr. Third wheel soon joined them.
The soft sandy beaches of Newport were like heaven to Clove.
"Hey Babes" Gale and Finn said simultaneously, to a very confused Clove, she was nobodies Babe. Clove leaned in to hug Gale.
"What you guys up too?" Clove asked Madge over Gales shoulder.
"Tanning our pale skin, like to join us?" She said patting the polka dotted towel next to her.
"Don't mind if I do" Clove said lying down on the towel, taking off her crop top.
Cato glared at Cloves stomach, when she bended you could see the outline of her ribs near her waist.
"Stop staring at her dude!" Finn yelled and chucked a towel on Cato.
"You fell for the wrong girl, bro" Finn yelled.
"I don't like her like that!" Cato replied.
"Sure you don't, that's why whenever I see you you're looking at her. Whatever man, just remember if Effie finds out, you're beyond dead" Finn warned.
"That won't happen, because I don't like her!" Cato laughed, now somewhat afraid.
He threw his shirt on the sand and shuffled through his bag looking for his aviators.
Clove squinted through the glistening sun, her eyes landing on Cato.
"Quite the beach bod on that hottie!" Annie laughed. Leave it up to Annie to make comments like that and Johanna to add the dirty part,
sadly Johanna hadn't arrived yet.
"Yeah" Clove laughed.
Annie nudged Clove and then winked before sliding on her sunglasses and earphones.
"And I am here, your view just got better" Cato said shoving his way onto the towel between Clove and Annie.
Clove ignored him and squinted trying to get a glimpse of the boys playing with a Frisbee. Cato noticed her incapability of seeing in the sun.
"You want my shades?" He asked sliding them off his face. Clove shook her head and turned back towards the boys.
Cato didn't take no for an answer. He held his aviators in his hand and placed them on both of Cloves ears.
Clove was caught completely off guard and turned towards him in subtle shock.
Cato took this moment where she was completely vulnerable, to tuck a stray strand of hair that was blowing in the breeze behind her ears.
The two sat there for a second or so completely confused. Cato's eyes were still cold and icy through the sunglasses, but in an incredibly sexy way.
It took Cato a lot of will power and of course the fear of being rejected to stop him from leaning in.
"Don't do that" Clove said pulling Cato back into reality.
"Do what?" he asked smirking.
"You know what, Cato" she turned away.
"Here take your glasses back," she continued holding them in her hand.
"No you can use them, they look better on you anyway" Cato said smirking as he got off the towel revealing Annie smirking deviously.
"How much of that did you catch?" Clove raised an eyebrow.
"Lets just say, my earphones aren't connected to my iPod yet, and these sunglasses aren't that tinted." She smirked and laughed.
Clove shook her head laughing as she slid on the sunglasses and watched the blonde boy run towards the rest of the boys.
He turned back and smiled at the girl who finally decided to wear his sunglasses.
After around half an hour of the girls sunbathing and the guys playing with the Frisbee, the boys decided to go for a swim.
Finn snuck up behind Annie and picked her up swiftly and then sprinted towards the water.
Annie tried screaming and asking Clove to help her but she couldn't hear her with her iPod on full blast.
He literally threw her into the water before she emerged; hair soaked, and pounced on Finn. Peeta waved from inside the water and caught Cloves attention.
He gestured his hand to come join them in the water. She nodded grabbed her raft and headed towards the water with Madge.
She threw the raft into the water sat on in, and paddled towards the rest of the group.
"You prissy shit" Gale laughed splashing Clove who was sitting glamorously on her raft with Cato's shades on.
"Where are the others? It's been almost an hour!" Madge asked hopping onto Gales back.
"Oh, Kat, Jo, Marvel, Jackie, and Cash should be here any minute" Peeta replied.
"So, you plan on moving your ass my lady? You're hogging the raft!" Cato said tugging at the raft. Clove refused to budge and just laid there on the raft, eyes shut.
"Alright you asked for it!" Peeta screamed as the entire group of six excluding Clove pushed her off the raft completely submerging her into the salty water.
While under the water she made each one of them her target and pinched each ones leg. Clove giggled as she surfaced.
"There they are!" Peeta yelled as he caught their attention.
Katniss and Jackie both showed up wearing matching bikinis, Kats was light blue with frills, and Jackie's was identical but in Pink.
But the highlight of the day for literally all the boys was Johanna in her so incredibly provocative bikini.
Clove swore she saw every guy there drool.
Not surprisingly Gale and Finn both got slapped across their faces, and Peeta would've too but luckily Kat was still on the sand.
Madge had to turn around and face the other way until the clear water covered Jo. Madge was so different from the group;
she was the saint, not believing in pre marital sex, doesn't drink, never lies and so on.
"Hey Clovey!" Cash's bubbly voice rang from the sand.
Clove greeted her with a simple bounce of her head.
"And Clovey's friends" she acknowledged their existence.
"Cato" she greeted with a nod and slowly walked back to the towels where Marvel, Kat and Jackie sat playing cards.
"Oh Clovey? I didn't realize you had a new best friend?" Jo mocked laughing.
"I don't know what has gotten into her?" Clove laughed playing around with the warm water lapping against her shoulders.
"I may not be friends with her, but even an idiot could tell she wants something" Annie said clinging onto Finns torso.
"Don't worry babe, if she brings trouble, we have your back, right boys?" Finn yelled.
"Yeah!" the group of them yelled all patting Clove on the back like she was a new addition to their soccer team.
"And Marvel, once he grows a pair" he laughed pointing at the boy playing cards with two girls.
"Chicken fight!" Finn yelled randomly, pulling Annie onto his shoulders.
"Its on!" Gale roared propping Madge on his shoulders.
"You guys playing?" Finn asked Cato.
"I'm on Cato! I could take Annie and Madge in my sleep" Jo sighed, after which she climbed on top of Cato's shoulders.
"Clovey?" Gale asked.
"No, not this time" Clove replied as she drifted towards the shore.
"Plus I'm starving! I'm going to go get something to eat" she continued stepping out of the water.
Cato was suspicious and watched the girl walk out of the water, droplets falling down her long dark hair.
She walked pass Kat, Jackie and Marvel who were playing cards, then passed Cash who was sunbathing and into the house.
She entered the house and walked into the kitchen.
After spending a few minutes shuffling through the fruits in the fridge, she picked up a bottle of water and started sipping until she heard the kitchen door slam shut. "What do you want?" Clove asked the boy walking towards her. He didn't respond, instead he just moved closer.
"I am serious Cato, why are you here?" she asked backing up into the counter.
"Why are you doing this Clove?" he asked seriously, his frosty eyes not moving from Cloves piercing green ones.
"Why am I doing what?" she asked though she knew exactly what he was talking about.
"Don't play dumb with me Shay!" he said now angrily moving towards her.
"Why aren't you eating? And I want a reason! Not some bull about 'perfection' it's ll crap.'" he said backing her against the counter.
"Ok look, I had to perfect a move, gymnastics is a demanding sport! But you know that I am eating now! So please just, can we not talk about it!" she said cornered.
He placed both his hands on the counter, trapping her in the tiny space between him and the marble.
"Move Cato" she said nervously stuttering. He just smirked and moved even closer, his legs now touching hers, and his chest inches away from her.
She could feel his breath on her cheek as he whispered something in her ear.
"I just don't want to see you get hurt," He said softly, brushing his lips against her cheek. Clove was way too dazed to say anything.
But she finally caught her tongue, and spoke.
"Well, that isn't going to happen, so I think were good here" she said pushing him away.
He smirked at her before moving his arms and letting her cross.
He didn't know what it was that motivated him to help this girl, but he wasn't going to give up.
No, Cato Reed always gets it his way.
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