Sorry I'm posting so late. I'm having a very busy day.
So excited I'm going to see Endless Love tonight!
I love Alex Pettyfer he is so freaking hot! Mmmm, he'd make the perfect Jace.
Batchgirl67: No, I didn't mean to make a reference to The Vampire Diaries. I have a notepad with a bunch of names and I pick a random one off it lol. Solis and Cato time and Solis and Clove time. that might be fun to write about. Maybe I'll add that in. I did have a part where Solis went to stay with Cato (it was in this chapter) but I deleted it since I didn't really have enough ideas to keep that going.
Cato's POV
I go to visit Solis and my mother after training.
Knock. Knock.
My mother opens the door.
"Cato," she says, looking around.
"Don't worry," I sigh, "Clove's not around."
"Cato," my mother smiles and gives me a hug.
"You don't have to be so mean to her all the time, you know, she's actually a really nice girl," I inform my mom.
"Who almost got you killed a number of times."
"Actually that was the part about me going into the Hunger Games it's where you have to fight to the death, if you didn't know."
My mother sniffs, "I liked the girl from 1, the blonde one."
I roll my eyes, "Of course you did, anyway I came here to see Solis and visit with you, not fight with you over my choice in girls."
"Alright, but we're talking about this subject sooner or later, you can't avoid this subject forever." My mother tells me warningly, I'm sure I can't, but I can sure try. "Solis! Cato's here!"
A blonde flash comes down the stairs, then a small body tackles me. "CATO!"
"Hey, buddy," I say, picking up Solis.
"Where's Clove?" Solis asks me, looking around.
I chuckle, "She's my girl, Solis, not yours."
Solis pouts. "I like her, she's nice."
"All my girlfriends are nice," I say.
"Uh-huh," Solis grins at me crookedly.
"What are you? 16?" I ask him, this is my three-year-old brother here!
"Nope, 3 and a half," Solis says.
"Why don't you stay for dinner, Cato?" My mother asks me.
"Sure, I guess." I say.
-o_o-
"We never see you any more, Cato." My mother says, as she serves dinner, which is chicken breast and mashed potatoes.
"Yeahhh," Solis agrees.
"Sorry, I guess I've been busy." I say.
"With Clove." My mother finishes.
I don't answer.
"Did you forget that we're your family and Clove is your girlfriend?" my mom asks. "Family first."
"Clove might be my family," I say defensively, "someday."
"What?" My mother looks at me, astonished.
"I said, Clove might be my family someday."
"You are not going to marry that girl," My mom says.
"Well not now, but maybe someday." I tell her.
"Yeah, I like Clove, mommy."Solis tells my mom.
"How's dad?" I ask.
"He's been busy with work," my mom replies stiffly.
"As in he doesn't care to see me," I fill in.
My mom sends me a warning look, then she jerks her head towards Solis, who's making a mashed-potato snow-man. My mom's face clearly says, later.
-o_o-
I'm putting Solis to bed, just like I used to do every night. Solis's room is yellow with a simple, yet detailed carved bed sitting in the middle of it.
"Can you tell me a story, Cato?" Solis asks me.
"Ugh, no." I say.
"Please?" Solis gives me the puppy eyes, god damn it, I hate the puppy eyes.
"Fine."
"Yay!" Solis claps his hands together, with a look of delight on his face. If one things for sure about my little brother, it's that he sure knows how to get what he wants.
"So once there was this boy, who was in love with a girl and they got married and then had a happy life, the end."
"Cato!" Solis complains.
"What do you want to hear?" I ask.
"Tell me about Clove," Solis says happily. "About how you two met."
"Well, the first real time we met, we were in the train going to the Capitol….."
-0_0-
I turn the light off to Solis's room and quietly close the door. When I look up, my mother is standing in front of me.
"Where is father, actually?" I ask her.
"He's spending the night out, like he does pretty much every night these days." My mom tells me.
"He's not…" I trail off, but my mother gets the idea.
"Cheating on me? What do you think?" she replies.
"That dick-head, I could just-"
"Cato!" my mother scolds, "Solis is sleeping right on the other side of this door!"
"Mom! If dad's cheating on you, don't you think that you should stand up for yourself? Just a little bit?" I ask.
"No, I don't want to ruin Solis's childhood with his parents splitting up." She says, sighing.
"Solis's childhood will be ruined if you and dad fight all the time, also if your miserable the whole time, what kind of good childhood is that anyway?" I point out to her, my mother just sighs again.
"Let's just leave that subject alone for now, shall we?" my mom looks hopeful.
"No, let's not!" I say angrily. "He's a bad role model for Solis, he shouldn't even be around kids, he might go into one of his drunken rages and kill Solis or something!"
"Cato," my mother looks at me pleadingly. "Don't say that."
"Say what? The truth?" I'm really angry now. "We both have known that dad has been unstable for a while now, mom."
She says nothing.
"I know that you're hoping that he'll change, but he won't, we've both been hoping for the same thing for years."
"That's exactly why you still wear his gold necklace," my mother says angrily, "because you've given up on him."
I scowl at her, and take of the necklace, slapping it on the table next to me. "He won't change, we were both hoping he would, but he won't."
My mom's eyes start to water, "Stop." She says.
"You know he'll never change! Slapping you and me around is one thing mom, but what if he hurts Solis? What if he accidently kills him? Solis is so young, he needs a chance to live, to be happy, you should be happy too mom."
A single tear falls from my mother's face, "He didn't used to be like this, he used to be, sweet, loving…. Compassionate."
"I know I remember." I say. "But he's not anymore, you need to let go, move on, kick him out."
"If I do that, he might take Solis with him." My mother points out.
"He won't, I'll stand up for you in court if I have too."
"Alright." My mother says finally after an awkward silence.
"Good, it's for the best mom; you need to get rid of dad."
My mom wipes another tear from her face, "I… need some time to be alone." She tells me.
"I'll see you soon." I tell her.
I don't like Cato's dad much, do you?
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