Chapter 11! Only 1 more until the games begin! Enjoy!
My prep team enters into my room by barging through the door without even so much as a knock. "Well, come on in why don't you." I mutter sarcastically as I get up off my bed and walk to the bathroom where they've set up their equipment in record speed.
I sigh as I sit down in the chair and they begin to comb out my hair, file my nails, and pluck at my eyebrows.
When they're finished with that, my hair is put into rollers and I am submerged in a bath of sticky, smelly, green goo. I'm forced to sit in it for almost an hour, and then I'm rinsed off in the shower and dried.
I am then led to the waxing table like a sheep heading to the slaughter house. I firmly grip the table as every last bit of my hair is ripped out yet again.
Finally, after what seems like hours, I'm finally the hairless, naked mole rat my prep team wanted. They add polish to my nails and sit me back in a cooling bath to soothe my skin while they scurry out leaving me to wait for Nadab to come and fix me up the rest of the way.
I'm sitting up to my neck in a thick blue gel when I hear a knock. "Come in!" I yell, assuming that it's Nadab. I glance up, shocked to see Cato standing in front of me in his underwear. "Cato!" I shriek as I try to cover myself with the goo and my arms.
"What? Oh, sorry. I left my toothbrush here." He says with a smirk before strutting over to the sink and grabbing it.
I never even knew that it was there. "Thanks" he says with a wink as he exits the bathroom, still leaving me in shock. Shortly after, Nadab comes in and gets me out of the goo and has me shower yet again to get the gel off.
But, even though I've scrubbed my skin several times, I swear I'm still a blue tinted hue when I get out of the tub.
Nadab allows me to put on my robe as he begins working on my hair, taking it out of the rollers and gently combing it out.
He then takes a curling iron and strategically does my hair in different size curls. He then takes the top part of my hair and pins it up, leaving only a few curls at the front. He takes the hair that he pulled up and fashions it into what looks like a curly mess sitting just above the other hair, but what is really a very intriguing hairstyle.
He re-curls a few pieces of hair that came undone and then uses almost a whole can of hairspray on my head. Then, he moves onto my makeup, starting with the foundation and working up, however, he doesn't seem to be very stingy with the bronzer.
He puts a charcoal grey eye shadow on my eyes and then adds in some orange shadow on the outside and below my eyes.
He then adds black liner all around my eyes making the green and gold in my eyes stand out. He finishes my makeup with black mascara, blush and a light pink lip gloss.
He allows me to look at myself for a moment but then tells me to close my eyes to put on my dress. I comply and squeeze my eyes shut as he leads me back to my room to slip on my dress.
I take off my robe as he takes my gown out, then I feel something very tight, but lightweight slip onto me. He then tells me to step into something and I do as he says.
"Wow, this is really light" I say, thinking that he's done. "Oh, that's only the body shaping pieces!" he tells me as I feel what seems to be 50 pounds of dress slip onto my body. "Oh gosh!" I exclaim as I try my best to fall over from the weight.
Then, he helps me into my 4 inch heels and I feel myself grow taller instantly. After a few minutes of pulling and prodding, I am allowed to open my eyes. I look in the mirror to see myself in an orange, floor length, semi fitted, dress that flares out at my knees and has a dip in the neckline showing a little more than I would prefer.
"Wow" I whisper as I admire myself. "That's not all!" Nadab exclaims as he goes over to the bag the dress was in and pulls out a small box.
He opens it to reveal a small diamond necklace with matching earrings inside. "Turn around" he instructs me as he fastens the necklace behind me and puts the earring in my ears.
Then, I am finally complete, and I must say, I look pretty great. "Thank you so much!" I tell Nadab as I pull him into a hug. "You're going to have all of them at your feet tonight. You look stunning." He tells me with a smile.
He then offers me his arm and we walk out to the living area to head to the interviews with everyone else. On the way, I can't help myself from wondering what Cato is going to think. Is he going to love it? Hate it? Not say anything? "Gosh Clove, you're such a girl." I tell myself as I roll my eyes at my own thoughts.
We enter the living room, and I swear everyone looks right at me, even the avoxes and Brutus of all people.
Enorbia and my prep team smile proudly, as Brutus merely shakes his head with a small smile while Cato simply stares with his mouth slightly agape. I look at Cato and see that he looks quite nice himself in a greyish suit, white shirt and an orange tie to match my dress.
"Hey" I say as I walk over to him. "Hey" he responds as he clears his throat not taking his eyes off of me. "Do I look alright?" I ask questioningly as he continues to stare.
"What? Oh, yeah. You look really nice." He says as he snaps out of his thoughts and looks me in the eyes and smiles. "Thanks, you don't look too bad yourself." I say, returning his smile
"Gosh, his eyes are so gorgeous." I think to myself but then replace it with the thought I had of myself earlier. "Well, are we ready?" Enorbia asks us all.
We all respond and head towards the elevator. "May I?" Cato asks as he offers me his arm. I smile and accept it holding onto his firm bicep as we enter into the elevator. However, I don't let go of it and he doesn't seem to mind.
On the ride down, we are all silent but I notice Cato sneaking a few extra glances. Nadab notices this too and gives me a wink. I smile back at him and mouth 'thank you' again.
He smiles and nods, mouthing back 'you're welcome'. The elevator dings and I tighten my grip on Cato arm as we step out, suddenly unprepared for the attention I'm about to receive. Little do I know, we are the most beautiful, daring, and deadly couple here.
"Wait, did I just think of Cato and me as a couple?" I ask myself again. "Goodness, what's happening to you, Clove?" I think as I put on the best flirtatious, yet brutal smile I can.
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