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Disclaimer- I do not own the Hunger Games! That is Suzanne Collins. c;

Chapter 8-Stronger

Katniss POV

I remember when we broke up the first time
Saying, "This is it, I've had enough," 'cause like
We hadn't seen each other in a month
When you said you needed space. (What?)
Then you come around again and say
"Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me."
Remember how that lasted for a day?
I say, "I hate you," we break up, you call me, "I love you."

Oooh we called it off again last night

But oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you

We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

Like, ever...

We are never getting back together -Taylor Swift

My eyes widen in shock. W-We were t-together?" I stammer. This can't be true, if I was still with Cato then Finnick wouldn't ask me out. Or did Finnick know this and he asked me anyways? Erg, I'm seriously confused.

"Yeah, until you cheated on me." he scowls at me while I look at him through my eyelashes feeling ashamed and guilty even though there's a chance he's lying to me.

"I-I didn't know. I lost some of my memories because of YOU. How was I supposed to know? Did Finnick know?" I raise my voice at him. Is he really serious? I lost my memories because of him and now he's accusing me of cheating on him when I DIDN'T KNOW. It really urges me when people say something without having the back story to it.

He scoffs, "How do you know that Finnick isn't just taking advantage of your current state?" I gape at him after I realize that could be true and possible.

I shake my head. "He wouldn't do that." I knew Finnick for two years and he wouldn't do that.

He rolls his eyes at me and it causes me to become frustrated. "It's true!" I say again.

"Do you know everything about Finnick? Huh? Huh? I didn't think so." He crosses his arms and looks out into the horizon outside the window, refusing to look at me as if I could read his face if he does.

"Bu-"

He doesn't let me finish, "Whatever. We are over." He's still not looking at me. After a few seconds he heads for the door but I stop him by grabbing his wrists.

"Wait!" He turns around to look at me with an impassive face. "I-I don't really know if we are dating or not but don't break up with me until I know the truth. You might be lying to me." I purse my lips and wait for his answer.

He sighs and scrunches up his nose, "Okay but you better break up with Finnick."

"I said, I don't know if you are lying or not but I will speak to him."

He clenches his jaw and replies, "He'll lie to you."

"Well see." I release his wrists and take a step back. He takes one last glance at me and stomps out the room with his fists balled tightly white. He's obviously enraged at me.

I bite my bottle lip and tap my right foot anxiously. It doesn't make sense. Finnick or my friends never mentioned that I was romantically involved with Cato. Was Finnick really trying to take advantage of me?

Suddenly the door bursts open. "Ha! I know right? That place was full of sluts." It was Clove's voice with Johanna and Gale. She notices me thinking intensly and asks, "What are you thinking about Katniss?..."

"Oh! Um..." I panic. "I'm thinking about...what courses to take!" I lie but they don't buy it.

Gale shakes his head. "I can see right through you Catnip. You're lying."

I jump onto my bed and hug my knees, digging my nails into my skin. "It's complicated."

"What's so complicated Brainless that you can't tell us?" Johanna questions while she plops down on the bed next to me.

I huff and answer her, "Well...it involves Cato."

Right after I say Cato's name Gale's face inherits a scowl. "That ass! What did he do?" He pushes me for answers but I just wave him off. Sometimes it can be very annoying when he becomes too over protective.

"Nothing. He just told me something that really threw me off."

"What did he say?" he continues to ask.

"He said..." I trail off.

"We don't have all day Katniss." Clove begins to fidget and becomes impatient.

"Okay well he said something about me and him dating..." I say

Johanna rolls her eyes. "Um yeah. You guys used to date but he cheated on you...remember?"

We USED to date? And.."He did what now?"

"Um are you okay Kat?" Clove asks

"What did he do?"

"You don't remember? He cheated on you with Glimmer. Called you a loser." Johanna answers. Glimmer? Called me a loser?

"If I was such a loser than why did he go out with me?" I become frustrated with every said is the opposite of what Cato said.

"He said you, he said...you were part of his charity work." Gale answers, concerened.

My breathing quickens and I see red. "He just told me we were still dating! That fucking bastard!" I yell and throw the vase on my bedside table towards the opposite wall. They all flinch and Clove is the one who speaks first. "Katniss, I think he's taking advantage of you."

My scowl deepens. "He said the same thing about Finnick."

"Well he's lying! Finnick really does care for you. He wouldn't do that." Johanna huffs.

Suddenly unable to control myself, I run towards the wall but my foot gets caught in a pile of wires so I trip and my head hits the wall. They all rush towards me and ask if I'm okay.

Ugh. My head really hurts.

I sit upright and rub my head. "Ow." I stare at the wall and I see a girl with chestnut hair and grey eyes. She's standing in front of two blonde people, a girl and a boy. The boy says stuff like, "desperate," "loser," "charity," "get out of my face." The girl bursts out crying and a group of two girls and two boys come to comfort her.

T-That girl is m-me. The blonde boy is C-Cato. The blonde girl is Glimmer.

The memories come flooding back to me. Every single moment I forgot is now remembered. Every good and bad memory of the 11th grade caused by Cato and now the lies are realized.

"That motherfuc-"

"Are you okay?" Gale asks

"Yeah you've been staring at that wall for a while..." Johanna says

"I remember everything." I say before I rush out the door to find Cato. I can speak to Finnick later. He's in his room and it's opened a crack. Right when I'm about to enter I spot Finnick inside. I wonder what they're talking about. I bite my lip and decide whether or not I should eavesdrop on them. They might be talking about me so I put my ear against the door.

"Why would you lie to her?" Finnick yells so loud the door vibrates.

"What do you mean?" Cato asks innocently with a smirk.

"I heard your whole coversation in her room. You lied to her." Finnick jabs Cato's chest with his finger.

"You have got to be more clear. Lie to her about what?" He crosses his arms over his chest and brushes Finnick's finger off. Clearly Cato knew what he was talking about but refused to admit it and deep inside, Cato is feeling mad at himself for being conceited and lying to Katniss and he felt even worst when she bought his lies. He knew it wasn't the right thing to do but he was just desperate to have her again but it wasn't possible because she currently belongs to thee Finnick Odair which caused him to lie to Katniss about Finnick.

"You and her are not dating." Finnick hisses through clenched teeth.

Cato scoffs at him, "What she doesn't know won't hurt her." Outside Katniss pinches herself to prevent herself from barging in there to mess up Cato's stupid face.

Finnick grabs him by the shirt and they meet nose to nose, "She's with me and you know that! She will never be with a dirty ass like you ever again so give up! Why don't you get that it's never going to happen?" Finnick sneers and his left eye twitches with aggravation, tired and annoyed that he has to talk to Cato about this subject again.

"No." Cato replies dryly before his face transforms from a calm, bored and amused face to a dark glare and a flaring nose. He pushes Finnick's hand off his shirt and punches him in the jaw before the other boy could block it and that is the moment when Katniss bursts through to stop a fight from happening again.

Finnick rubs his jaw and gives her a concerned glance. "Stop!" she yells and gives Cato her worst facial expression while he backs away and puts his hands up in surrender.

"Uh..." he says awkwardly before he glances at the door to try and make an escape but Katniss locks the door before he could dash towards it. She then approaches Cato with crossed arms and a stern look.

"You lied to me." her breathing hitches in her throat, "You lied to me." With each repeat of the sentence, she gets closer and closer to Cato who is backing away from her until he falls onto his bed while Finnick still stands in the corner of the room, nursing the red welt on his jaw.

"Look Katniss. I just want us to get back together and-" He starts but she has had enough, "No!" she screams.

"It's over. It's over! Do you understand? We are never getting back together!" Katniss shrieks venomously and he flinches at her angry mood.

"Wait Katniss I have to tell you the truth!" he stands up and grab her wrists just in case she walks away. She thrashes for a minute before he gives up.

"What?" she snaps harshly at him, hoping that he would release her but he seems unfazed.

"Look back in high school, I didn't really mean all those things," he says. Katniss and even Finnick rolls their eyes, obviously not believing him. You can't blame them because Cato has told enough lies, this could be another one of them.

"Or course you didn't." Katniss says, her voice dripping with sarcasm on every word.

"I didn't alright? Glimmer threatened me!" He tried to defend himself but she kept on putting words in his mouth.

"It didn't seem like it was fake. You sounded all genuine! And threatened to do what? Scratch your car? I can't believe you even listened to her!" Her face was flushed red and she was out of breath from yelling at him.

"No she-"

"No Cato. I have had enough." she pauses for a second before continuing with a pained expression. "You know, the day you left was just the matter of my beginning. You thought I would be heart broken and weep everyday. But no, you only made me stronger and we are never getting back together. I'm sorry but never, ever." She fiercely snatches her wrists away from him and turns away to avoid looking at his face and continues, "Come on Finnick."

With that Katniss walks out the door with Finnick trailing behind her. While walking back to her and Johanna's room, a tear streaks down her face and she furiously wipes it away but they just keep coming.

Heheheh. That thing Katniss just said might have been from the song stronger. ;D Oh and that song above by T.S. is my new favorite. ^^

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