Sorry this chapter would've been up sooner! But my mom made me make dinner tonight so I had to cook! Which turned out very well may I add, considering I messed up making jello before. Yes, it is possible to mess up jello. Oh well, enjoy this chapter!
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Cain's POV:
And so, a few hours later; Cato, Balik, Terra, and I are walking up a trail towards the top of one of the mountains inside the district fence. I'm in shorts that hug my legs and a tight tank top; they're the closest clothes I had to training clothes. Cato is just in a pair of cutoff jeans, I don't mind that he left his shirt at home. Balik and Terra wear just shorts and a T-shirt.
It's hard to suppress a smile as Cato's brother bugs his sister to race him, claiming that he's way faster than her. Terra just scoffs at him and tells him to shut up, but she eventually does give in.
"first one to the turn wins!" Balik cries as he takes off.
"Cheater!" Terra screams and goes after him. I let out a bark of a laugh and then feel Cato's gaze on me. I turn to look at him and blue eyes clash with green. Before I know it his lips are on mine. I grin into the kiss as my hands go up to his hair. Cato pulls me close so out bodies are flush against each other's.
"Short ass" Cato complains between kisses, he does have a point, he has to lean down a ways to get to me. I hitch one leg over his hip and he gets the hint. His hands slide down the length of my body until they're under my butt. He hoists my legs up and I wrap them around his torso. "Much better" he whispers. Though the kiss only lasts about five seconds longer before we're caught.
"Cato! Stop sucking face and get over here!" I hear Terra's voice yell from far off. Cato groans as he pulls back and puts his forehead on mine.
"I'll race you" he smirks.
"I'll win" I say smugly. Then I'm dropped and he's off running before I even touch the ground. I take off after Cato, who's sprinting towards his siblings. It's a short distance, but it seems shorter to us, considering we could run at least twenty miles at a good pace without stopping. I catch up to Cato with about fifty yards to go. I pass him and smirk to myself.
I beat him there, with only inches to spare.
"You run like a girl" Terra sneers at Cato, he smacks her gently upside the head.
"Shut your face" he says, "You do too"
"I am a girl smartass"
"Whatever" we all begin walking again and Cato drifts back to me, his hand finds mine and he squeezes it. "Good job"
"Thanks shitface" Cato rolls his eyes at me and I chuckle.
"You're an asshole" he mutters and I kiss his neck quickly.
"And don't you forget it"
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Once we reach the top we find a pond, clear, crisp water. The Harrison siblings all run right in, Balik ditching his shirt on the way to the water. I stand there for a moment, chuckling as Cato lets out a loud whoop before jumping in. Seeing him this happy makes my stomach flutter, it feels weird, girly. I don't feel girly very often. But I don't mind this feeling, because it's connected to Cato.
He resurfaces and instantly his eyes find me, he bites his bottom lip and raises his eyebrows, tilting his head. It's his questioning look. I sigh and go and jump in with him and his siblings.
So we spend the next few hours swimming, I pretend to get tired, latching my arms around Cato's neck from behind so he can drag me around the large pond. He complains that he can't really kick his legs with me there, I tell him to shut up and swim. It's a lot more enjoyable than when we were taught to swim at Academy, or when I was, Cato already knew.
We got thrown into a ten foot deep pool, and told we couldn't come out till we knew how to swim.
So I'm a self-taught swimmer, only took me two hours to learn.
Later, Cato and I lay out on some flat rocks while Terra and Balik still splash in the water. I keep my eyes closed as my head rests on Cato's bare chest, his chin resting on top of my head. He holds one of my hands in his own, and it just feels so right to be here with him. We don't say anything, not even when Terra gets out and sits beside us.
After a few seconds of silence she starts to hum a tune.
"How come you don't sing to that?" Cato asks, his chest vibrating underneath me.
"I don't know the words" she snaps, then continues her humming. But, I know the words. And slip out of my mouth easily.
"Come away little lass
Come away to the water
To the ones that are waiting only for you
Come away little lass
Come away to the water
Away from the life that you always knew
We are calling to you"
I sing the words easily, all sound stops except for Terra's humming, as if she's encouraging me to go on. And I can feel Cato looking at me as I keep my eyes shut. I figured they wouldn't know the words; it's from my part of the District, the poorer part of District Two. The song is meant to envelop the essence of what a student of the Academy, or a Career as we're called in the outer Districts, should think like.
"Come away little light
Come away to the darkness
In the shade of the night we'll come looking for you
Come away little light
Come away to the darkness
To the ones appointed to see it through
We are calling for you
We are coming for you"
I don't remember the last time I sang this song, the last time I sang in general really. Maybe once or twice while Cato was out. But how Terra knows the tune? She must have heard some kids singing it once around school.
"Come away little lamb
Come away to the water
Give yourself so we might live anew
Come away little lamb
Come away to the slaughter
To the ones appointed to see this through
We are calling for you
We are coming for you"
I feel Cato stroke my hair softly, then his hand goes down and he runs his finger gently, slowly, down the scar that goes from my temple to my chin. Terra has stopped humming, so I guess she doesn't know the end of the song.
"Come away little lamb
Come away to the water
To the arms that are waiting only for you
Come away little lamb come away to the slaughter
To the one appointed to see this through
We are calling for you
We are coming for you
We are coming for you
We are coming for you"
I finish and there's just silence. And all I feel is Cato press his lips to my forehead.
"You're amazing" he whispers into my ear. I grin at that. I am pretty great.
Oh Cain, ruined the moment. Oh well. At least I got this up! Texas was fun…my mom took me to a bar. A honkey tonk to be exact. That was fun, even if I'm not old enough to drink. It was fun: music, dancing, drunk people, and second-hand smoking. Great fun! No I really liked it though, fun time.
Lou the Third: thank you queen of awesomeness. Just saying I tried singing your review..part of it sounded good. My singing's amazing..no…not really..i suck….i'll just keep with writing….
RueEvergreen: alligators do get pissed easily. I understand. And yus Cain and Cato are indeed sixteen years old. OH I GET IT NOW! WOWWW I LITERALLY JUST UNDERSTOOD THAT….wowwwww
BooBerry301: stabbing would've made things interesting..i actually thought about doing that..but decided that might upset Cato a bit…even if his dad's an ass.
Lexa Snow: wow it took me a long time to type your user name..i kept doing Xnow by accident. And I looked but I did not see Greasy Monkey I would've tried it though, been like mom pull over! But we did go to Sonic (LOVE) and steak n' shake, so those places are glorious in all their wonderful food glory
xXmusiclover15Xx: thank you!
Aruano: lol thanks, when I read your first review I was like what I said I'd update Tuesday! Had a mini panic attack, but I got it in Wednesday! Score for me! Lol thanks!
Thanks for the reviews everyone! So remember:
Always listen to alligators
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For now this has been Mocking Verse, who shall now try and go fix iHeart Radio which has decided to be a bitch to me. Grrrrrrrr.