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"Brutus leave" I hiss at him
He simply laughs. "No your sister asked me to be here so here I will stay"
"Don't you have family or something to see?" Rue says irritably beside me
"No more than Clove does" he snarls. I try my best not to flinch. That's a sore subject and he knows it. Instead I turn my attention to my sister.
"What do you want Vera?"
She sticks out her bottom lip pretending to pout. "What can't a girl come visit her little sister without wanting something?"
"First of all I'm not your little sister we are the exact same age..." I go to continue but she cuts me off
"Ah ah ah I'm 10 minutes older" I roll my eyes.
"Whatever and yes when the sisters as evil as you are they have to want something"
Now she rolls her eyes. "Oh clover can't we put our past behind us. Believe me sweet heart I've changed."
"DON'T CALL ME THAT! AND NO YOU HAVN'T CHANGED! YOU'LL NEVER CHANGE! YOU'RE PHYCHOTIC AND A TERRIBLE PERSON AND YOU HAVE RUINED MY LIFE SO NO, I WILL NOT PUT OUR PAST BEHIND US!" I scream at her.
She pretends to be hurt but then her evil smirk takes over her face. "Fine let's get down to business. Brutus here tells me you have a new beau. I want to meet him." she states. My insides sink. She knows about Cato and she'll ruin everything. I was finally becoming happy again. I don't let any emotion cross my face and then I put on one of confusion.
"Boyfriend? Brutus must be confused, or delusional. I have no such thing."
"Liar his name is Cato, he has blonde hair, blue eyes and is really tall, Brutus sent me pictures of the two of you kissing so you can cut the crap. Now I'll say it again, I want to meet him."
"No" I hiss "you'll stay away from him or I'll make you"
She laughs. "Look at you Clove, you're pathetic and small and weak and I'll take you down again. Do you need a reminder where you stand on this totem pole because you've seemed to have forgotten." she hisses.
"Leave" I mumble turning away. She grabs my arm and yanks making me face her.
"I'm not finished with you" she snarls.
"I'm done with you" I hiss back and try to yank my arm free but she won't let go. So I turn away. And when she once again yanks my arm as I anticipated I turn with my fist clenched and punch her, right in the face.
"You little brat!" she screams jumping on my and knocking me to the floor. We roll around fighting for who will be on top. We punch each other as many times as we can every time we reach the top, before we are once again flipped to the bottom. We have drawn a crowd. From the corner of my eye I see Cato. He looks terribly confused and I'd be too if I saw two of my girlfriend fighting each other. This is enough of a distraction for Vera to gain control and pin me down. She's about to punch me in the face when I head butt her all my training coming back to me. Then I use my legs to kick myself back up flinging her off of me in the process. I raise my hands into fighting stance then take a swing, my fist connecting with her eye. As she is dazed from the hit I tackle her to the ground and begin to strangle her. Then I'm pulled off of her and she is picked up off the floor. Each of us held by the back of our shirts, I struggle to get free and so does she. Her actions are mirroring mine, making it impossible for anyone to tell us apart. It is only then that I realise she is wearing the same outfit as me. I glare at Brutus. He must have told. I then look to see who my capturer is and see its Cato. I almost sigh in relief until I realise he's looking back and forth between us desperately trying to figure out which one of us is the real clove.
"Cato, it's me Clove." I try but Vera snarls
"She's lying it's me Cato, can't you recognize your own girl friend?" Vera spits
"No it's me Cato you have to believe me don't fall for her tricks" I plead
"Shut up you worthless piece of shit, my boyfriend can see through your lies. It's me Cato please" Vera begs.
We then begin arguing about which one of us is the real Clove finally Cato drops us both. "Both of you be quiet and give me your right shoe." Vera looks confused but I smirk. This will all be cleared up in a second.
...
(1 hour earlier. Cato's pov)
I'm banging on Annie's door. She opens tiredly. "What" she mumbles clearly, having been woken up.
"Sorry but I need to ask you something" I mumble guiltily
"Fine, what?" she asks shortly. Not a morning person I see.
"Who's the devil herself?" I say really fast the words tumbling before I can stop them. Annie looks confused.
"You'll have to explain the situation if you want an answer." she says opening the door wider. I follow her and sit down in the chair at her desk. I explain everything that happened this morning and then ask again. "Who's the devil herself?"
"Vera" Annie mutters.
"Who's that?" I ask.
"Clove's twin"
"Clove has a twin!?"
"Yes but she's evil, I'm not explaining that now, Clove will have to tell you herself."
"Ok but why didn't Clove just tell me."
"Because they are identical, same face, body, freckles, voice. And knowing Vera they'll even be wearing the same outfit. There's not a difference between them and it'd be easy for you to get the two mixed up, especially if Vera is pretending to be Clove. So Clove finds it easier if you pretend not to know her today even if she talks to you that way, Vera can't mess things up."
I nod. "Is there any way to tell them apart?" I ask hopefully.
"Not by looking at them" Annie says. "But, clove always, ALWAYS, keeps a knife in her right shoe. Vera wouldn't know that. So if you ever absolutely HAVE to tell them apart, that's the only way how."
I nod. "Thanks Annie."
...
(Back to present time. clove's pov)
Vera hands him her shoe first. He reaches inside and comes back with nothing. I can't help but grin. He tossed the shoe back to her. To others she looks like she has no emotion but I can tell she's confused. I hand him my shoe, still grinning. He reaches inside and draws out a knife. The one I always keep there. I smirk in triumph and Cato envelops me in a hug. Vera lets out an exasperated scream and storms out of the room.
"How'd you know?" I ask
"Annie" he replies
Silently I thank Annie. I can't lose Cato. Not to Vera. Not to anyone.
Sorry it took me so long to update! I've been sooo busy I'm really sorry. Please REVIEW and thanks for reading!