Hey guys. Its me again. Here to update you with another chapter :) Sorry I haven't updated in a while I have loads of course work, like childcare. I have mock exams in december :/ so I will be revising for them super hard so I may not get chance to upload. Hopefully I wil, just bare with me. Please note... Cato may not skinny dip now but you have given me an idea ;)Thank you so much for the reviews, Favourites, follows. It makes me so warm and fuzzy when I get an Email. please note that there is some talk of Self Harm, so there may be triggers. Anyway here is Chapter 7
Chapter 7_Swimming.
Clove's POV.
I go walk over to the pool and I jump in...
"CATO IT'S FREEZING" I yell over
"No it's not" Cato laughs
"I-I-IT I-s-s" I stutter
"Clove come over and I'll keep you warm" He chuckles.
It's so cold that I swim over to him.
I swim and it gets warmer, I'm sure it's the water.
"Wow it is warmer" I exclaim
"See I'm not that cold" Cato laughs
"This is the warm bit that over there
Is cold" I tell Cato
"Yeah well... Fun over now, lets race." Cato stands up.
Wow abs on that, he is huge and totally fit. Clove snap out of it. He is like every other boy in TA... Only he isn't, he is different.
"Okay, Swim from the warm to the cold and back. The first one there wins" Cato exclaims.
Cato and I are competitive, we always have been. Even when we where 6 we raced everything was a compatition.
"Alright its on... On you're marks get set GOO" I scream
I swim... I swim till my arms hurt... I enter the cold bit first but Cato is closing the gap... I am about to touch the edge but something grabs my foot... I am pulled backwards... I am far of the edge now... CATO...
"I WIN" Cato shouts and waves his arms everywhere.
"No fair" i scold
I splash him with Water.
"That is not fair" Cato whines
He splashes me with water.
I splash him back.
He stopped...
Cato's POV
Suddenly I stop.
I see something that I don't want to see. Her right arm has been mutilated.
There are scars, Cuts, deep cuts. They can be only done by human.
I hope to God she hasn't done this to her self. Please Clove. I don't want you to do that.
She needs help. Should I ask her about it or leave it? No I have to be strong and ask her.
Cloves POV
"Clove what's that" he asks pointing down at my wrists
Shit, why did I agree to swimming?
"Oh just knife injures" i reassure Cato, Hoping that it will be enough for him to stop talking about it.
"No Clove it looks like you have done it on purpose" Cato quiets down to a whisper.
"Well what do you care? You left my for 9 years, without a word, I had NO friends at all... I had no one to talk to..." I yell at him
"Clove i'm..." Cato starts
"Just forget it I don't want you petty sorry's well all know that I'm going to die in this arena..." I interrupt Cato
"Clove, Why? Why would you inflicted that kind of pain onto your self?" Cato ask's sounding genuinely concerned now.
"The games, I thought I was only going to be away from you for 6 months . I had no one. Everyone hates me back in town, Jerry, found a better friend than me, someone who doesn't push him in mud all the time. Then i come to T.A everyone has there friends. They are already in groups then there is me. I have no friends no one. I scare everyone away. My baby Brother died Cato. My mother told your Mother i'm sure you found out about it. Why didn't you talk to me? I have to deal with all of this. Everything. I even found some nightlock, I thought of taking it but then I thought i am stronger than that, So I resolved to self harm. I am alone. I can't show it. I can't let my guard down. I can't afford to think like that." Tears roll down my cheeks. Before I know it I jump out the pool and into my room.
Yeah. Please note, If you self harm you are strong. You are beautiful. Take your hand and hold it to your heart. You hear that? It's beating. Wow, That is a miricle. You are beautiful. You don't deserve that kind of pain. If you need to talk to anyone Inbox me. I was there once awhile ago. And im here for all of you guys. Much love CiaraX