Author's Note: *checks last update date* Whoops. *tries to think of excuse about why I haven't updated in over a month* I got nothing. What's up guys? I know I've been away for a while and I really have no excuse. However, I apparently don't have school today so I think I owe you guys an update. I think this might be the final chapter but I don't know yet. I haven't really thought about how I want to end this and I really don't want to. By the way, does anyone play Panem Rising?I'm at District Two and I can apparently get Cato AND Clove for beating this district. Guess who's going to play Panem Rising straight for a couple days. Haha. I know you guys are probably thinking "Blah, blah, blah. You've made us wait for over a month for this update! Just get on with the story!" Fine! Here's the chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't know the Hunger Games or anything else you recognize. I do own Jett though.
Chapter 6 - Game Over
Clove POV
"What's on your mind?" Finch Desiree asked.
"Those boys. They just-" I sighed. "I don't know. I just can't stop thinking about them."
"Which one?" Katniss asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Which one did you fall in love with? You wouldn't be thinking about them if you didn't fall in love with one of them," Katniss explained.
My jaw dropped. I didn't fall in love with one of those idiot, did I?
"Whatever, none of those idiots were cute," I argued.
"Marvel was," Finch Desiree pointed out.
"So was Peeta," Katniss added.
I rolled my eyes. Neither of those guys were cute.
"So it's Cato," Katniss laughed.
"Why the hell would would I like him? Besides, his perfectly messy blonde hair, his amazing eyes, and his muscular body aren't hot at all!" I yelled.
"She likes Cato," Katniss and Finch Desiree said together.
"No I don't," I hissed.
"Do you not listen to the words that come out of your mouth?" Katniss asked.
"Do you even think about what you say before you say it?" Finch Desiree asked.
"Hell no. I like to be just as surprised as everyone else at what comes out of my mouth!" I yelled.
"That explains a lot," Finch Desiree stated.
"Shut up," I muttered.
I started to swim away from my best friends. I swam to my house and slammed the door.
"Do not slam that door, Cloverfield!" my mother yelled at me.
I swam to my room and laid down on my bed. I start to think about Cato. I can't lie to myself anymore. Cato is really fucking hot. I look at my lower half and I know that this tail is what is keeping us apart.
"You need to stop thinking out loud," a voice told me from my door.
I looked up and saw my twin brother in my doorway.
"Fuck off, Jett," I growled at my twin.
"You know I can help you get together with this human, right?" my twin offered.
I sat up straight and gave my twin a look.
"Why are you messing with me?" I demand.
"I'm not. A good friend of mine know how to turn mermaids into humans. I love you, Clove. I'm your twin so you can't lie to me and say you're happy because I know you aren't. If you want to be a human, I'll help you. You deserve your happiness. Even if that means losing you, I want you to be happy. And if this boy will make you happy, I'll get my friend to turn you mortal," Jett offered.
I took my twin's hand and he lead me out of the house.
Katniss POV
"Oh shit," I muttered.
"Oh shit what?" Finch Desiree asked.
"Jett's leading Clove somewhere. We both know that means Clove told Jett about her problem and he's getting some of his weirdo friends involved," I explained.
I pointed in the direction of the twins. Sure enough, Jett was leading Clove somewhere and neither of us ever trusted Jett when it came to anything.
"We're going to stop him, right?" Finch Desiree asked.
I nodded and we started to swim as fast as we could in the direction of the Sevina twins. I swam up in front of them, Finch Desiree stayed behind them.
"Where do you two think you are going?" I asked.
"Can't twins just go for a leisurely swim together and not be questioned?" Jett asked.
"They can but that swim wasn't leisurely. That was in a rush to get somewhere," I stated.
The twins exchanged a look before turning to swim away. Once they saw Finch Desiree, they stopped in their tracks.
"You know what?" Clove yelled.
Jett immediately clasped both hands over his sister's mouth.
"You're a mermaid, not a sailor. Keep your language within your domain," Jett hissed in his sister's ear.
I couldn't help but smile at Jett's comment. I put my hand over my mouth to try to stop my laughter. I wasn't super successful.
"Glad to know you find humor in this, Katniss," Finch Desiree scowled.
"Well Jett makes some kind of funny comments some times," I reasoned.
During our brief exchange, the twin managed to sneak away.
"Oh fuck," Finch Desiree sighed.
Cato POV
I rub my leg. That fucking bullet did a number on my leg.
"How's the leg?" Peeta asked as he walked into the room.
"Hurting but better. How's Marvel's shoulder?" I asked.
"Way worst than you. Be glad the girl didn't sever a ner-"
Peeta was cut off by a knock on the door.
"Can you answer-"
"Shut up. It's not like you could answer the door even if you wanted to," Peeta growled.
He walked over to the door and opened it. The next second, he slammed it shut and leaned on the door.
"Was the black-haired girl a mermaid or a siren?" he asked me.
"She's a mermaid. Why?"
"Well now she has legs and is standing outside the door."
I pushed myself to me feet and limped my way to the door. I shoved Peeta out of the way and opened the door again. Sure enough, Clove was standing outside of our house sporting a pair of legs.
"What the hell are you doing here? Also, how the hell do you have legs?" I demanded.
"I gave my tail up to be a mortal like you," she explained.
"Who would you do that?" I asked out of curiosity.
She reached up and grabbed my face and pulled me down so I was her height and she kissed me.
"I didn't realize this at the time but I love you, Cato," she whispered after she pulled away.
I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her in for another kiss.
"Dude!" Peeta yelled. "Seriously? She the reason you got shot."
"That's cool but I don't care. I truly have had a crush on her since we first captured her," I admitted.
Peeta narrowed his eyes at me but walked past me.
"I'm telling Marvel," he muttered.
"Like I care about what Marvel says."
Peeta stomped off down the hallway towards Marvel's room while Clove and I laughed.
Finch Desiree POV
"What do you mean she's a mortal?" I demanded as Katniss and I cornered Jett.
"She a human and she's currently on land flirting with that blonde Katie dude," Jett admitted.
"Cato," Katniss corrected.
"Bless you," Jett said.
"That wasn't a sneeze! Do you realize you sent a mermaid to a group of mermaid hunters who tried to sell her?" I yelled.
Jett was silent for a minute before responding.
"Whoops," he said flatly.
"I'm gonna slit his throat," Katniss growled.
"No. You are going to come with me and we are going to get Clove back and deal with those three mermaid hunters for good," I stated.
"I don't think beating those three guys up will help you," Jett admitted.
"When we say we're getting rid of them for good, we don't mean just stopping their hunting. We mean stopping their breathing and their heartbeats," I cleared up.
Jett's eyes went wide. He understood.
"Let's go," Katniss whispered to me.
We turned and swam back to shore and changed to our legs again then sprinted to the hunters' house. Katniss pulled out two guns and handed me one.
"Where the hell did you get these?" I demanded.
Katniss shrugged then kicked the door down. We ran inside ready to shoot. The only person in the room was Peeta. When he saw us, he set his plate of food down and held his hands up in fear.
"Marvel!" he called.
"Ya?" a voice yelled.
"Did you order a pair of crazy Sirens in the mail? If so, they're here," he replied nervously.
Marvel came into the room with his arm in a sling.
"Let's play a little game. How about twenty questions. Where's Clove? What did you do to her? Why did she think coming back here was a good idea? Why-"
"Why don't you shut the hell up and let us answer the questions before you start to ask a new one?" Marvel interrupted me.
I snapped my jaw shut and gave him a look to continue.
"Clove's out with Cato, we didn't do anything to her, and she was following her heart," Marvel explained.
Katniss and I shared a look before lowering our guns.
"So Jett wasn't fucking with us. Clove actually has feelings for Cato," Katniss whispered.
"Who's Jett?" Peeta asked curiously.
"Clove's twin brother," I explained.
Just then, the door opened and a laughing Cato and Clove walked into the room. Once they saw us, they turned to leave the room.
"Seriously? We already saw you. No point in trying to pretend we didn't," I called to Clove.
She stopped and walked back into the room dragging Cato with her. She looked like a kid who just got caught with her hand in the cookie jar.
"Why the hell are you doing?" Katniss asked.
"Following my heart," she said while hanging onto Cato.
"Why don't you stay?" Peeta suggested.
"Excuse me?" Katniss asked.
"You guys have a choice in this," Marvel added.
I started to look between Katniss, Clove, and the guys. While my eyes were on Clove, I felt one of the guys grab my hand. I looked and saw it was Marvel. He placed a kiss on my hand.
"Follow your heart, Desiree," Marvel whispered.
"It's Finch Desiree," I told him.
He smiled and pulled her in for a kiss. I drop the gun to tangle my fingers in his curly brown hair.
"Oh don't tell me you're falling for this bullshit," Katniss barked at me.
I pulled away from Marvel to look at my brown-haired friend.
"Kat-" Peeta started.
"It's Katniss," Katniss barked.
Peeta charged Katniss and locked his lips on hers. Her took the handle of her gun and smacked Peeta's head. He collapsed to the ground unconscious. Marvel released me and Cato released Clove to run to their roommate. I picked my gun up and turned it on Katniss. She looked at me then set her gun down.
"Okay. You look ready to shoot me so I'm just going to kick my gun to Clove," she stated.
Like she said she would, she kicked the gun over to Clove. Clove picked it up but didn't point it at Katniss. I put my gun away.
"Can we speak to you in private?" I requested.
Katniss nodded and we stepped outside into the front yard. I instantly let loose on Katniss.
"Seriously?" I yelled. "We both decided to follow our hearts! You don't have to. If you don't want to be here, leave. Start walking back to the ocean. We're staying. Are you?"
Katniss looked up at the house and sighed.
"I don't know if I feel the same way about Peeta that you two feel about his roommates," I admitted.
"You don't have to love him. You could just love us," Clove suggested.
She looked at Clove. Her eyes then met my. The gears were turning her head. Her answer came quickly.
"I'm staying."
Okay. I'm stopping here. End of chapter, end of story. Please review and favorite.