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"Say it back to me."

"Cato don't worry about the op, it's not my first one and I'm pretty sure it isn't yours either."

"It's not the op I'm worried about." He mumbles looking over at the tablet one more time.

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing. Now say it back to me."

"Fine. We're a couple that is partaking in a children's fund but has some ulterior motives for it, we ask to see Claudius Templesmith and form a beneficiary relationship were we both win out of the embezzled funds and everyone is happy, that is until we get all of the details of the operation he's running and then we take him down."

"Okay, very well. I think we're good."

"We've 'been good' for the past three times Cato. I need to warn Clove before tomorrow."

"Right, let's go then."

We make our way to the training room where we find Clove trying to use the bow and arrows.

"Ahem"

Clove releases the arrow she was pointing and it hits the walls and falls.

"God Katniss! Don't scare me like that!"

"I can see you're abusing the poor wall again."

"Haha. Funny." She rolls her eyes at me.

"Okay Clover. I have important things to discuss."

"What?"

"I'm going on an op tomorrow and won't be around for awhile."

"Oh, do you know how long you'll be away."

"Not really. It can go from a week to a month, there isn't really a standard time-table. You'll be fine just keep practicing your skills and you'll do fine until I get back okay?"

"Sure. Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself."

"Good."

"By the way can you tell me about the op?"

"Cato and I are a couple that is participating in a fund raiser in which one of the CEO's is embezzling money from. We have to find out all we can about the scam and take him out."

"You and Cato are going to be a couple?"

"Seriously? Of all I said you held onto that?"

"What? It's not something you see every day. Besides I would pay to see you two will all of your unresolved tension playing date."

"Tension? What tension? There is no tension!" I whisper furiously, blushing slightly. She's delusional.

"Right, keep telling yourself that."

"That reminds me, how are things with you and Thom uh? How's that tension going for ya?"

"Oh shut up!"

We're both laughing when I hear a coughing coming from my left. Cato.

"We have to go. We're going to wake up early tomorrow."

"Okay." I turn back to Clove.

"Any last minute advice before you leave?"

"I'm going to tell you probably the most useful thing that my mentor ever said to me. Stay alive."

"Really?"

"Hey, it helped me. Bye kid. Stay safe, you know, with Thom."

"You stay safe, you know, with Cato."

"I will."

I turn around to leave to find Cato looking at me weirdly but he shakes his head and when he looks at me again he's all normal once more.

We start back to our bedroom when I hear Cato quietly chuckling and turn to look at him.

"What?"

"You couldn't help but jab her again about Thom could you?"

"You know I couldn't. By the way, I won our little bet."

"What bet?"

"The bet we made when we got back to our room, y'know, the one where you said she had no idea what was happening with her and Thom and I said she did, so, ha ha, I won." A triumphant smirk has taken over my face. God I'm competitive.

"No, you didn't." Cato states matter-of-factly.

"What? Yes I did."

"No you didn't, we never shook on it." His own smirk comes over his face.

"What? That was because I was locked behind glass walls and you know it!"

"Doesn't matter. There wasn't any real seal of a bet so there never really was any bet whatsoever."

"Oh, you little-"

"Which means, you didn't win."

"I, at least, was still right about it."

I huff and make my way faster into the room spurred on ever further by Cato's laugh and the worst part of it was that I couldn't help the smile that creped its way onto my face by hearing it.


"Wake up FireGirl."

I wake up that morning with Cato's voice rousing me from my sleep.

"You have an hour till we leave. Get ready, eat something, do whatever you want, then we're off okay?"

"Okay. Let me out, I'm gonna take a shower."

"I'm going to do a couple things while you're getting ready so, y'know, don't try to escape Division and all that."

"Sir, yes sir!"

"Just go."

I step into the bathroom and I hear the door close. Hum, wonder what he has do to so urgently.

I'm finishing my breakfast when he comes by again, and he looks at me with a quirked eyebrow.

"What?"

"Why are you on my bed FireGirl?"

"Because I want to, besides its way comfier than mine, something I find completely unfair."

"Yeah well get off it. I just got the full details, where we're staying, how we will be staying."

"Ohh, nice. Where are we staying?"

"The Capitol Grand Hotel. Where we will be sharing a room. And a bed."

"Wait, what?" I nearly choke on my apple. This defiantly wasn't discussed.

"Snow said it's because of the op, Templesmith will want to keep an eye on us, Beetee has already put chatter on the web about us and the guy will defiantly put surveillance on our room, seeing that we're the new players of the game, so everything we have to say about the op will be somewhere else."

"Fine. Is it time already?"

"It's close enough. Let's start heading out. Snow made sure everything we need from weapons to clothes has been brought to our room in the hotel."

When we are leaving the room we, well I, practically run into Finnick.

"Finnick! Hey, hi!" I'm smiling a bit hopefully and probably looking like an idiot but I don't care, he's my friend and like I told Cato, I'll never stop trying.

"I heard you two are going on a mission."

"We are."

He looks at me for awhile and after a bit the tiniest of smiles is on his face.

"Good luck and like Haymitch always said, stay alive."

"I will. Thank you."

I hug him and he hugs me back. I guess my speech the last time he visited me finally sunk in.

While we're hugging he whispers in my ear.

"When you get back, explain everything. I'm ready to hear now."

"Thank you Finn."

We pull away and Cato leads me to the elevator.

"See Cato? That is why I don't stop trying." I look up at him and give him a small smile and he smiles back.

"Maybe one day I'll understand how you get people to do that."

"To do what?"

"To forgive you, help you, like you. I just don't get it."

"Okay then. Maybe one day you will."

"Yeah."

That's all we talked until we get to the vicinity of the hotel.

Cato turns to me "You ready?"

"I'm fine. Yourself?"

"Great. Shall we?"

The driver looks back at us.

"You two remember that as soon as you leave this car you'll be a couple, so no hate, no curses, just dating bliss okay?"

"We get it. It isn't our first mission."

"But it is your first mission together. Try not to screw it up. Off you go."

We step out of the car and go around a few corners and alleys but as soon as we are within the hotel's range we hold each other's hands and walk like any other couple.

"You know doing this won't be much different from what we've been doing so far." I try to start up a conversation.

"Oh really? Do tell." He glances at me with a small smile on his lips and he looks so carefree. He's a good actor, I'll give him that.

"We were already sleeping together, just in different beds but it was still the same space."

"There was literally a glass wall separating us!"

"Doesn't matter. At least we are already used to each-others company so it won't be nearly as awkward."

"What if it's more?"

"Don't think like that. Okay sunshine?"

He starts chuckling. "Sunshine? What am I going to call you?"

"You'll be true to your roots and call me FireGirl. I just know it."

"Okay, I wield. You're right though. Not much is going to change."

At this point we've already entered the hotel and are making our way to the check in post.

"Good day. How may I help you?"

"Hello. I'm here to get the key of a reserved room. A couple's suite in the name of Cato Jones."

"It's right here sir. Room 763 on the 15th floor. Here is your room key and I hope you have a lovely stay."

"Thank you."

We make our way to the elevator and go up to our floor.

As I enter the room I remember something I wanted to ask him before.

"What's your real last name?"

"Steele."

"Cool."

"Yeah, it is. Alexandra."

Wait, what? How the hell does he know my middle name?

"How the hell do you know my middle name?"

"It's in your file."

"Oh, right, of course."

"Why Alexandra though?"

"My mother was russian and she always loved the name. It means helper and defender of mankind."

"It's Aleksandra in russian right?"

"Yeah, sometimes when I was little we would visit Russia on vacation because my mom had friends there and everyone would either call me Aleksandra or Sasha."

"What was your mother's name?"

"Natasha but my dad would just call her Sasha or on occasion Nat."

The memory made me smile a bit, those were happy memories that I would always hold dear to me.

"What about your sister?"

"Her middle name was Anastasia. Primrose Anastasia Everdeen but everyone would call her Prim because she hated the name. My mother once said to me that she wanted to name her Irina but it wouldn't sound right."

When I look at Cato he's smiling and I realize I'm smiling too but I sober up a bit after realizing I just told him a lot.

"Look I need to know something."

"What?"

"I need to know that whatever I say or do as me can't be reported back to Snow or Alma. When we are with our cover sure, report away but these things I tell you. It's me. All I'm asking is that you won't betray me by telling them things I'm telling you in secret when I'm me, Katniss, not our cover. Okay?"

"Okay."

"Thank you. And also, know that if you ever talk to me about anything it will stay with me. You have my word."

"Thank you."


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