A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a long time! I was stuck in a major writer's block and I was really busy for this past month. School's almost over so I'll see if I can update more frequently. I got so many reviews for the last chapter! I'm glad that many of you loved it. Please enjoy this chapter (:
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except the character, Xavier. I made him up. Everything besides that belongs to Suzanne Collins.
Previously on Chapter 17:
"YOU BITCH!" I yelled at Xavier. "YOU PROMISED ME! YOU PROMISED ME THAT YOU WOULDN'T JOIN THEM. I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE WHEN YOU WALKED IN. I SHOULD HAVE NEVER TRUSTED YOU!" Xavier didn't flinch or look guilty. He just smirked like what Cato did when he cheated on me. I began to break down. Then, Gale came over and dragged me away. As I was being dragged, Glimmer called out to me:
"Awe. It looks like Catpiss just lost another person she cared about. I wonder if she'll lose anymore?" she grinned evilly.
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Glimmer is a complete bitch. First, she stole Cato away from me and now she takes Xavier. After Gale dragged me away, I immediately ran to the bathroom. I made sure the bathroom was empty, went into a stall, sat on the toilet seat, and cried my eyes out. All of my emotions came raining down like a waterfall. Once there were no more tears left to shed, I fixed my face and walked out feeling more confident. If Glimmer wants to play this game this I will too. I made up a plan that would make Glimmer really mad and Cato and Xavier jealous. I knew Glimmer has a huge crush on Marvel, but rumor has it (A/N: hahaha! I did it again lol) that he likes someone. A bunch of people says that he likes me. Let's hope it's true.
I walked back into the cafeteria and sat next to Marvel, ignoring the stares from the other people. I slung my arm around his shoulder and smiled.
"Hey," I winked. Marvel looked taken aback, but he went along with it anyways.
"Hey darling, come to see me?" Marvel purred. I was disgusted, but I flashed him a smile to keep up the act.
I put my lips to his ear and whispered, "What do you think?" Then I pulled away and grinned.
"Well…uh. Yes. Who wouldn't want to see me? I'm marvelous," he bragged, wiggling his eyebrows. I slapped him playfully on the arm.
"You're so funny, Marvel!" I giggle in a girly voice, which was so unlike me. He smiled. Cato and Xavier were shooting daggers at Marvel and Glimmer glared at me.
"Katniss, we need to talk," Xavier gritted his teeth.
"Why, hm? I'd rather spend my time with Marvel," I smirked.
"Hey! Aren't you forgetting someone?!" Cato yelled from his seat.
"I'd rather spend my time with Marvel." I restated. Xavier growled, stood up, took my arm, and pulled me into the hallway of one of the school's buildings. I was about to turn and leave until Xavier said:
"Wait Katniss. Let me explain." Xavier pleaded.
"No, why should I trust you?" I snapped, crossing my arms over my chest.
"Because someone made me join the Careers."
"Who?"
"Glimmer."
"Why should I believe you?"
"Because I'm your best friend!" he exclaimed.
"Oh so you're going to pull the best friend card on me. Sorry, those things don't work on me," I said, turning around to leave but Xavier caught my wrist. "Let go!" I screamed.
"No," Xavier said. His grip tightened, my wrist slowly began to hurt.
"You're hurting me," I whimpered. I tried to shake him off but he wouldn't let go. I had no choice but to do something to make him let go. So I bit his arm. He howled in pain and fell to the ground. I took that moment to run back to the cafeteria as fast as my legs could carry me.
Third Person POV at Cato's house
"Hey man," Finnick greeted Cato when the door of Cato's house opened.
"Hey," Cato grumbled, his hair was slightly ruffled as if he just woke up from sleeping. His face was sour and there was a faint sign of bags under his now dull, blue eyes.
"What's wrong?" Finnick asked. Cato didn't seem like him today.
"Nothing," Cato replied. His head turned back, looking at something. Finnick curiously tried to look at what Cato was looking at but Cato's tall figure blocked his view. Finnick was tall but not as tall compared to Cato.
"Come on, I've been your best friend for years. I know when something's wrong with you," Finnick said in attempt to get Cato to tell him what was on his mind.
"Fine! I had another episode," Cato snapped obviously annoyed.
"What was it about this time?"
Cato sighed and hesitated for a moment then spoke. "Same old thing. You know."
"But the last time when you had the episode about the-um- unfortunate event, you didn't seem affected by it. What happened in this one that made it so special?" Cato instantly tensed. Finnick had caught him. There was no turning back or lying now.
"There was another person there at the incident," Cato confessed, wincing when he said 'incident.'
"What are you trying to say?" Finnick asked in confusion.
"There was another person in the car that ran me over God damn it!" Cato fumed. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. Finnick could be so clueless sometimes.
"What are you talking about?! Are you sure that there was another person in the car that ran you over?!" Finnick exclaimed in surprise. (A/N: Sorry, I had to alter what Finnick said because what I wrote in the sneak peeks, that was posted in the last chapter, didn't really make sense)
"I'm positive," Cato stated, maintaining the urge not to explode into Finnick's face again.
"Tell me was the second person in your episode looked like," Finnick beckoned him to say something.
"Um, it was kind of blurry. All I could see was the color of their hair, it was too dark to see their face, but the second person was a girl, that's for sure." Cato stated.
"Then what was the color of her hair?" Finnick asked.
"Black or dark brown, I couldn't tell, but-"Cato was cut off when Finnick's phone rang.
"Sorry man, my mom just texted me to get my butt home immediately, we'll talk about this later," Finnick stood up and stretched. Both of them walked downstairs to the front door of Cato's house. They stopped at the door.
"See you tomorrow," Cato bid Finnick goodbye. Finnick walked out the door and went into his car then drove off.
Time skipping to tomorrow! And we're going back to Katniss's POV
The school day was a pain. I didn't really talk to anyone. If someone asked me something, I'd replied in one word answers. When the school bell rang, I breathed a sigh of relief. Now I can get out of this hell hole. I immediately walked over to my locker then shoved my school stuff in there. I felt a person next to me.
"Go away Cato, I don't want to talk to you, I'm sick and tired of this crap." When I shut the door to my locker, I wasn't staring into Cato's icy, blue eyes. I was looking into Glimmer's clear, blue ones. "What do you want Glimmer," I growled.
"I haven't even said anything and you're hating on me," Glimmer laughed.
"Will you stop bothering me?" I asked in a sour tone.
"Yes but let me get something straight," she slammed me against my locker with so much force that I didn't think she could manage, "Marvel is mine. Got that?" Glimmer scowled, her eyes slowly turning into slits.
"He's all yours, it's not like I've ever wanted him anyways," I shot back, glaring at her.
"Oh, are you sure? It seemed like you were really into Marvel yesterday at lunch. I'd hope that I wouldn't have to take him away from you," Glimmer said with doubt in her voice.
"Please like you have anyone else to take away from me," I said.
"What about your sister? Rose? Pram? Prime? Oh that's right, Prim," My face turned my pale. No not Prim. Glimmer took another step towards me until she was in my face. Then she whispered in a threatening voice, "You're going to suffer watching all of your loved ones taken away from you. Two has been gone already. Who's next?" She grinned evilly. After a few seconds, her evil grin turned into a fake smile. "Have a nice day!" she said a bit too sweetly. Then backed up and skipped down the hallway. Before she left the building, she stopped for a second and turned around. Her pink, glossy lips mouthed three words: Game on, bitch. Glimmer smirked and walked out of the building.
Time skipping (again) to later that night, we're still in Katniss's POV
I was laying down on my bed with my back against the soft sheets. I closed my eyes to rest in peace. Everything was placid until I hear a tapping noise on my window. What the heck? I decided to investigate so I approached the window and opened the blinds. A rock flew up and hit the window again. I looked down to see Xavier. Xavier saw me glance at him and smiled. Then he reached for a piece of paper. It was a bit mangled, but I was still able to see the writing on it. In Xavier's chicken stratch, it said: Please come down.
I shook my head and closed the blinds. A few second later, my iPhone rang. The message was from Xavier. (Xaiver= italics and Katniss= bold)
Please come down. I want to talk to you. If you come down, I promise that I won't bother you again.
Fine but you have 3 minutes to explain then I'm going back to sleep.
I walked down the stairs carefully to avoid waking up Uncle Haymitch or Prim. Once I reached the front door, I opened it and the cold night breeze hit my face. I shivered. I walked over to Xavier and whispered:
"This better be good because I didn't come outside to freeze my ass off." I glared at him, rubbing my arms with my hands. "You have 3 minutes so explain so make it a quick one," I whipped out my phone and set the timer to three minutes.
"Glimmer sent a text threatening me to join the Careers," he began, "she forced me to do it. If I didn't, she said that something bad would have to someone that I cared about," he said with worry written on his face. I laughed.
"Her? Hurt me?" I laughed even more. "That's not going to happen."
"It might. Don't underestimate someone," Xavier warned.
"I bet you that she can't even throw a punch!"
"Do you believe me that Glimmer threatened me?" he bluntly asked, getting straight to the point.
"I might until you show me the text," I said. He opened up his phone and handed it to me. The text message said:
Hey Xavier (;
Remember today when we were talking about you joining the Careers? Well you better or else someone you care deeply about is going to be hurt. Maybe I should start with that brunette with her hair in a dumbass braid. I mean who wears braids? That was so last year. I might like seem like the person who isn't strong or cannot beat someone up, but don't underestimate the power of my car. I wouldn't want to see Catpiss in the hospital if I were you. Just think about your answer. Oh and if you join, you have to act like one of us. When Catpiss comes, don't look guilty or else the girl in the braid gets it. Kisses!
Xoxo Glimmer
I still didn't believe Glimmer, but it seemed like something she would do. "How do I know that this was Glimmer or not? You could have just texted that message to yourself using someone else's phone to make it look like Glimmer force you to join," I stated.
"Katniss, out of the 3 years I've known you, why would I do this? We've been best friends forever. We've always trusted each other. We promised not to tell lies. You know that I'm not a person who breaks their promises." Xavier explained. His face was full of hurt.
"What about the promise yesterday? You promised me that you wouldn't join the Careers! How should I trust you after that?" I raised my voice a little bit.
"Did I break any of my promises before that?" he asked. I opened my mouth but he cut me off. "No." He continued, "I was afraid she was going to hurt you. I don't want to lose you Katniss. I joined because I didn't want to take the risk of seeing you get hurt because of me," he said with concern in his eyes. That was when I realized he was telling the truth. Guilt washed over me.
"I'm so sorry that I called you a bitch earlier. If I'd known, I would ha-"
"I know. It's okay," he smiled genuinely.
"Best friends again?" I stuck out my hand. He gave me a firm hand shake.
"I've always been you're best friend. I always have and I always will. Forever and always." What he said almost brought tears to my eyes. I think Xavier sensed that I pulled me into his embrace. "It's okay, I'm okay if you cry," he comforted me in a soothing voice, stroking my hair as I buried my face into his chest and sobbed.
"I'm truly sorry. I don't know why you forgave me when I doubted you," I sobbed, trying to contain my tears. After about a minute, Xavier and I broke apart and I wiped away my tears.
"We need a plan. I will continue to stay with the Careers and both of us have to act cold to each other if we want to stop Glimmer and her evil schemes. When the time comes, we'll find a way to put her down. You in?" he asked with a hint of playfulness in his voice
"I'm in." I cracked a smile. It's game time Glimmer.
Things are going to get good. Sorry that there was no Catoniss interact L There will be some in the next couple of chapters. I'm still not sure. I need a beta to improve my writing and make my story better. So if you're interested, please PM me! Hope the next chapter will be post in about 1 or 2 week from now. I'll try to update faster. Please review and tell me what you thought about this chapter! Maybe you can give me a review with some ideas for the chapter or PM me them if you are an FF user (:
~catoniss4ever
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Now I'm going to reply to my reviewers (: You may skip this part if you don't want to read them.
atheniandemigodonfire- You were right! Glimmer threatened him to join the Careers. Thanks for your review!
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toritwilight504- I can see that you hate a lot of people in this story right now (; lol thanks for your review! I don't like Cashmere either.
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Jacqueline Rasky- I'm so glad that you love my story! I hope this explanation clears things up a little bit: Xavier and Katniss were never dating. They are just best friends. Xavier has some feelings for Katniss, but Katniss doesn't have feelings for him. She thinks of Xavier as more of a brother than a lover. Thanks for your review!
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