Madge zipped the zipper of the silver dress on Clove. "Now turn." she said. Clove sighed as the group of girls look at her.
"Take her hair down." Annie said.
"Red lipstick." Katniss added.
"Make sure she wears wedges, little shorty here will need some help." Johanna stated.
Clove glared at them. "Really?"
Madge undid Clove's hair and let her curls come down and cascade on her back."Which wedges?"
"The black ones." Johanna said.
"I need a necklace!" Clove protested.
The other girls looked at each other. "Which one?" They said in unison.
"The locket." Clove smiled.
"No." Katniss said.
Clove burred her eyebrows together. "What?"
"Its from Cato." She explained.
Clove rolled her eyes. "What about the one with the C?"
Annie groaned. "Cato got that for you three months ago for breaking your Ipod."
Clove started to tap her right foot. "The one with the clover."
"Ew! No. That one's from my brother." Annie said.
"At least its not from Cato." Johanna retorted.
"Drop Cato for two seconds. Please!" Clove begged as she walked to the bathroom. She stared at herself in this dress. It was a sparkly silver dress. With a mesh neck line. It was quite a beautiful dress, but it wasn't something that Clove would wear on a date. "Not wedges." Clove called. "Pumps. Black pumps."
"I like the way you think, kid." Johanna said as she pulled out the heels.
There was a knock on Clove's front door. "Is that him?" Annie squealed.
"No." Clove replied softly. "He's picking me up at seven. It's six."
"Cloves." The voice from behind the door whispered.
All of the girls stepped back. "What the hell is he doing here?"
"Don't worry, ladies!" Peeta said from behind the door. "We come with brownies."
Katniss smiled and opened the door. Peeta handed her the brownies and Cato pushed past her to talk to Clove. Clove saw him and quickly shut and locked the door. "Cloves." He said. "Please come out."
"Why the hell should I?"
"Darius." He said sourly.
Clove slowly walked to the door and opened it. Cato smiled. "Cloves." He tried to hide the hurt in his voice. "You look amazing."
The girls all stood at the end of the hallway, watching Cato like a hawk. "I swear to god, if he ruins Clove's date, you won't have a best friend anymore, babe." Katniss said.
"My best friend is Finnick, darling." Peeta smiled.
"Whatever." Katniss groaned.
"Just let the guy love her."
"What!" The girls said in unison.
Cato and Clove looked back at them. "Leave." Cato's voice booms over the hallway.
The girls and Peeta leave the hallway and sit in the living room.
"Cato, I am going on a date with him no matter what you say." Clove stated.
"What if something bad happens?"
Clove sighed and leaned against the wall. "Nothing bad will happen, Cato."
"You don't know that Cloves." Cato says walking closer to her.
"You're just jealous." She muttered.
Cato looked down at her. "I'm what?"
"Jealous of Darius." Clove simply stated. "Because I'm going out with him. And you don't want that because of what happened with me and Gloss!"
"He used you."
Clove groaned and put the heels on. "I'm going out tonight. You can't stop me Cato." She was now even with his shoulder instead of his chest.
There was another knock on the door. "Clove!" Darius called.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have a date." Clove said as she picked up her purse, cell phone and headed out the door.
Peeta came out and looked at Cato. He sighed. "Do you want to go after her?"
"She'll hate me." Cato murmured.
"Wanna go all super secret spy on her?"
Cato's lips turned into a devilish smile. "Yes."
Peeta shook his head. "Fine, I'll call Marvel and Thresh."
Cato smiled. Johanna looked at the two planning boys. "I swear to God that if you ruin her date, Cato, I will chop your balls off."
"So where are we going?" Clove asked as she pulled her seat belt over her dress.
"The diner. Clove." Darius smiled. "You look amazing."
Clove blushed and played with the hem of her dress. "Thank you."
"Anytime." Darius said as he pulled out. Cato and Peeta left the house just as they were driving out. "Is Cato alright?"
Clove sighed and put her head on the window. "No, he's not."
Darius looked at Clove. "We don't have to go."
"No! I want to go."
"Look, Clove. He looks like he's going to kill me."
"Just stop!" Clove yelled.
Darius stopped the car. "This was a mistake." He murmured.
"Excuse me?"
"You're in love with Cato."
"No! No I'm not. You don't know me, Darius. You left four years ago. A lot of things had changed." Clove said. "Let's just go to the diner."
"Fine." Darius said and drove off.
"Do you even know where they're going?" Marvel asked.
"No." Cato said while he was pacing back and forth in Marvel's house.
"I know where they're going." Thresh said.
"How?" Cato snapped.
"Chloe is a waitress at the-"
"Diner." Cato said. "They're at the diner. Let's go!" He ran to the door and opened it. He looked back at the other boys. "Well?"
"She'll hate you." Marvel said.
"She'll hate us." Thresh said.
"She'll kill us." Peeta said.
"I don't give a damn!" Cato roared.
"Dude, calm the fuck down." Thresh said.
"It's Clove." Cato said.
"We know." The boys said in unison.
"She can't get hurt."
"She won't." Marvel said. "She's a strong girl, Cato. We built her strong after Gloss."
Cato shook his head. "I just blew my chance didn't I?"
Marvel smiles. "Not at all." He picked up his keys and stood next to Cato. "You coming boys?"
Thresh and Peeta exchanged looks. "And miss out and Cato's ass being beaten to smithereens? Not a chance!" Peeta said as he walked to the car.
