I had all my clothes on when I reached the door.
Clove must've heard me.
She opened the door.
"Get in now.' She whispered.
"What's going on?"
"Zeus is coming in like ten minutes. Where were you all night?"
I put my hand on my neck.
She whispered "Katniss?"
I nodded.
"You stayed there, all night?"
"Yeah."
"Oh my god."
She smiled.
I slipped in the room.
I pulled the sheets over my head and messed with my hair.
"GOOD MORNING TWO!" Zeus yelled.
I got out of bed and pretended to yawn.
"Mornin' Zeus." I said as I left my room.
"So, ready for more training today?"
Clove nodded.
I said "Yes."
"Just don't try to strangle someone today, okay Cato?"
I started laughing.
"Why did you start to strangle Marvel anyway?"
"He said something about how Glimmer wanted to kill him right then and there." Clove said.
"Really?"
"Yes." I said. "I really just got upset. I mean, my french toast was cold." I told him coldly.
"Whatever, get dress you two. Tomorrow you do your best in front of the gamekeepers.
He walked away.
I made sure that the door clicked before I talked.
I counted to ten when I heard the click.
"Thank you so much, Clove."
She smiled.
"I'll always have your back Cato. Maybe not the same way Katniss does, but I have your back."
She left to her room.
We both went downstairs.
Breakfast was omelets and hash browns.
I got my food and sat down.
Katniss sat across from me when I told her about what happened.
This was the last night here before we get our scores.
Then one more day of training.
Then we fight to the death.
She couldn't stop smiling when she saw me.
I still cannot believe what happened last night.
"So I heard Clove saved your ass this morning." she said.
"Who told you that?"
She laughed.
Clove sat down.
"I did."
The two girls started laughing.
Peeta sat down with us and it was so quiet you could hear the irregular breathing of the two former laughing girls.
Me and Clove finished eating so we went to the training room.
Marvel and Glimmer were already in there.
"Listen man." Marvel said.
I saw the bruises on his neck from my hands.
"I'm sorry." He said.
"No. I'm sorry."
We did an awkward bro hug.
He handed me my sword.
He even lined up five dummies for me to slay.
One by one, the heads of each dummy came off.
I turned and for the first time, I saw fear in Katniss' eyes from what I could do with a sword.