Brutus pov
I'm literally bouncing on the balls of my feet, waiting for this stupid reaping to be over, I already know who is going to volunteer so why am i here?
The sooner it finishes, the sooner i can get a drink and get away from Enobaria, i mean i love her, she good at getting rid of the fans, but seriously those fangs scare the shit out of me.
As the escort who resembles a glow stick this year whittles on about shit, I cast my eyes towards Cato, who is standing in the 18 year olds section looking cocky as ever.
It's all for the public eye I mean he is one of the greatest men I have ever met, he's nothing like he seems, as is his girl, Katniss Everdeen, now there's a spitfire, she gives all the top careers a run for their money!
Anyway Cato seems like a regular district two career, a monster, vicious, threatening, unforgiving and aggressive, but I've known this boy since he was seven, he can be all of those things, when someone or something threatens anybody he loves or cares about, but honestly I admired him for just being himself, passionate, caring and protective.
Cato is volunteering for the 73rd Annual Hunger Games, so that he can become a Victor, which will allow him to move around the districts freely, he is doing all this so he can move to district twelve and live with the love of his life, Katniss.
Don't get me wrong I think all this lovey-dovery crap, is well a load of bullshit, but I've seen the way these two interact, train and communicate with one another, they are in love, there's no denying that, even though I really want to.
I feel a sharp pain in my ribs
"Do you see the female tribute, she's lethal, I think we have a winner!" Enobaria cheers
'Yeah that's what you think, you want to see lethal, go visit Katniss' I inwardly snigger and roll my eyes
"Yeah, lethal" I force a shiver, "I'm terrified" I snort
"Don't be such a sarcastic Bastard, Brute"
"Shut the fuck up" I growl
"Go...
'Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring... Ring...
"Answer it jackass" Enobaria spits as I earn glares from the district two crowd, as I interrupted their fantastic reaping
I pick up the phone and see Haymitchs name 'what the hell does he want, he's probably drunk and has no one else to slur to!'
I answer it
"What do you want, I'm in the middle of a Reaping, you arse?" I scream whisper, aware of the whole district looking and listening
"Shut up, we have a huge fucking problem!" Haymitch frantically whispers
"Are you drunk?" I question cause I've received these types of calls from Haymitch numerous of times before
"No, you dickhead, I mean a problem that is going to seriously fuck up the plan for the next couple of months!"
"What, how big of a problem, could it be to mess that up?" I search the crowd for Cato, who's looking confused, as he looks me in the eyes Haymitch drops the 'bomb'
"Katniss volunteered"
"WHAT!" I literally shout, causing heads to turn and earning another elbow to the ribs from Enobaria
"Please, tell me your joking!" I pray to god this is some sick joke
"No, I wish I was, your going to have a problem when Cato finds out!"
My panic is dissolved when I realise Cato hasn't volunteered yet "He hasn't volunteered yet"
"What the fuck are you waiting for, a fucking invitation, stop him!" He yells slamming the phone down
I turn back to the district and the escort carries on with the Reaping, I then catch Cato's eye and hope to god he gets the message, otherwise we're screwed!
Cato pov
Just two more months and I'll be in district twelve with Kat and my best friends, Peeta, Leo and Gale, I haven't seen or spoke to them for over two years. It kills me knowing I left Katniss, but it was either this or carry on only seeing her for a month or so every year for the rest of my life.
I worry about her constantly, I remember for a long period last year Brutus gave me no news of her, which sent me into a blind panic and went to board a train to find out what the hell was going on, but Brutus, my trainer and also kinda father figure had me pinned and hog-tied before I made it out of the house.
Lets just say those three months were hell, I trained so hard and excessively I physically made myself ill and scared the shit out of my family.
Anyway I'm here outside the Justice Building, where Clove Furhman just volunteered for the Hunger Games, I look to the stage to see Brutus getting elbowed by Enobaria and the bickering commences, it really comical to watch. I turn to the escort to receive my signal to volunteer, when I hear a ringing, I turn to the guy next to me.
"Do you hear that?"
"Yeah, it's coming from your trainer!"
My head snaps to Brutus on the stage, he's back facing me, his arms and hands flapping around frantically. I'm confused he's only ever like this when he's frustrated or angry. He meets my eyes, then shouts
"WHAT?" His eyes widen and panic beginnings to set into his facial features
I immediately get a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, something's happened, a million questions run through my head
'Is it Katniss?, Is she hurt?, Is it Prim?, or Peeta or Haymitch or Leo?!' These panic stricken thoughts bounce around in my head, when I finally refocus I find Brutus looking at me and the district escort reaching her hand into the boys Reaping bowl.
I rearrange the emotions on my face so I appear arrogant and cocky, ready to volunteer
As the escort reads out the name, I step forward, as Brutus is frantically shaking his head like a madman, before my brain even registers that what I doing is probably a mistake and bad idea, I hear myself shout
"I volunteer, I volunteer as tribute"
Brutus visible gulps, as though trying to swallow his emotions and slumps into his chair, looking slightly worse for ware.
I smirk as I jog up to the stage, with cheers and applause sounding in my ears, it makes me sick, at how people enjoy and encourage teenagers to kill other teenagers, just for entertainment.
I think about the time before I meet Katniss, I was spoilt, rude, aggressive and in serious denial of what was happening around me.
I was in denial about the fact that the Captiol has nothing to worry about, unlike the other districts, take Katniss' for example, there's starvation, dehydration, exhaustion, while the Captiol has more food and water than it needs and they have somewhere safe and warm to sleep.
It's make me ashamed of how I was brought up to begin with, but after meeting Katniss, she opened my eyes to many things, including what the Captiol was getting away with, but also learnt how to gain my humanity back and be capable of emotions, other then hatred, anger, pride, honour and glory that had been drilled into my skull by the academy only just after a year of training.
By the time I focus the district's escort Anna Spearman is announcing us as the districts tributes
"I give the tributes of the 73rd Annual Hunger Games, Cato Hadley and Clove Furhman!" She squeaks overly excitedly
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