Hey readers! So here's my update on my story forget me not. I would like to thank my reviewers HIII, micmic022, Bubbleboo28, sMoShFiRe and am12325 for their awesome reviews and for inspiring me to update this story. So without further a do here is chapter two! (hehe that rhymed)
-stephanie :)
Chapter 2 Sunset
Cato's POV
"I can't believe you danced with that girl!" Lilith yelled at me while pacing back and forth in my room.
"I don't think it's illegal to dance with a victor you know," I yelled back.
"Cato, you're supposed to be my boyfriend so don't expect me to be happy about it."
"So what? it's just a dance you know," I shouted back annoyed.
"Oh forget this!" she yells while leaving my room just before slamming the door.
"Sometimes, I really want to break that witch's neck," I thought to myself.
Honestly, I never liked Lilith Mithridix. The only fact that I'm her boyfriend is because I'm forced to. Ever since my idiot dad became associates with her damn father, my life became a living hell. Not to mention the fact that her dad is the right hand of President Snow, so saying no to her would mean certain doom for me and my family.
"That girl surely knows how to get to my nerves," I thought while clutching my fists.
Just before I could lose my temper, my cellphone rings. Flashes of Katniss' face lingers in my mind. I picked it up and answered.
"Hello?"
"Cato, it's me," She said with that familiar voice.
"Katniss! I was expecting you, so do you have an answer for me?" I asked in return.
"Well, I thought about it and yes I would like to meet with you tomorrow," she answered.
"Good to know, so I guess I'll meet you then," I replied.
"See you there bye," She said before hanging up.
I couldn't hide my excitement. Finally. I could spend some time with the girl I truly love and admired, and of course gets some quality time away from that sick girlfriend of mine. I couldn't sleep just thinking about our "date" tomorrow.
I woke up the next morning realizing my head was pounding. I didn't get much sleep last night and I hardly noticed the time. When I looked at my alarm clock it was already 11 am.
"God it's so late, I better get ready," I muttered.
I went to the bathroom then took a shower. I changed into a black pair of jeans, A dark blue t-shirt under a black leather jacket and slipped into some black sneakers. Then I headed downstairs.
"Damn I'm starving," I thought as I headed down the stairs.
I headed to the dining room and saw Lilith talking to my mother.
"Good morning darling," My mom greeted
"Good morning mom," I said in reply.
Then I hurriedly seated myself at the dining table.
"What's with the outfit Cato, you going somewhere," Lilith said with a questioning expression written all over her face.
"Umm.. yeah I'm going to meet some acquaintances from the company," I swiftly lied.
"Regarding what?" She demanded.
I was starting to get annoyed with her but I need to think of a good excuse.
"You know the company is negotiating with the suppliers from 2 right now and since dad is away in some business trip I need to take over just in case anyone asks questions regarding the matter," I said seriously.
"Fair enough," she replied while eagerly finishing her meal of beef wellington.
I hurriedly finished my lunch as well so that I could escape from any other questions they throw at me. I excused myself then left the dining room. I abruptly left the mansion and headed to the garage. I hopped on my motorcycle and checked my watch. It was already 12:45 at the time.
"Shit! I'm gonna be late," I muttered to myself.
I drove of as fast as I could go and flashed through the streets of the Capitol. I arrived at the training center entrance and was surprised she wasn't there so I waited. I waited for about 15 minutes before i saw her come out the entrance of the training center. She was wearing a plain green t-shirt paired with faded blue jeans. Her hair was in a neat braid, dangling on her left shoulder. Even though her outfit was simple I couldn't help but be captivated. She didn't seem to see me so I decided I'd sneak up on her.
"hey there girl on fire," I said from behind her and I watched her jump in surprise.
"Cato! You scared me," she said dazed.
"I'm sorry, I never knew a girl like you would be scared," I said jokingly.
"Don't push it," She said annoyed.
"Okay,okay sorry," I said while laughing.
"So what took you so long?" I asked.
"I needed a distraction so that Peeta and Haymitch won't be suspicious while I'm gone so I asked Effie and Cinna to help me out," she explained.
"Sounds plausible so what did you tell them?" I continued.
"So I told them I was gonna meet you. At first they were confused but as I explained they understood and surprisingly Effie liked my decision. They said they would take care of Peeta and Haymitch for me," she continued.
"Good to know," I replied.
"Well I'm here so what are we gonna talk about?" she asked.
"Actually I was planning to take you someplace else," I told her.
She was looking at me suspiciously and questioned what I told her but I spoke up.
"Oh relax I'm not gonna do "anything" to you trust me," I sheepishly told her.
"Fine let's go then,"she answered.
I led her to my motorcycle and offered her a helmet then we drove off. She was nervously clinging to me the whole ride and it was hard to keep myself from going ecstatic.
As we arrived i took my helmet off then muttered.
"Here we are," I said while turning off the motorcycle engine.
"You wanted to take me to the woods?" she asked while taking off her helmet as well.
"Well i figured it would be the perfect place to get some peace and quiet and besides this is the place i always go to whenever I needed to escape my chaotic life," I answered.
"Your chaotic life? You're from the capitol your life is supposed to be perfect," She remarked.
"Huh, being forced to be with someone you dislike and being manipulated like some rag doll isn't my definition of perfect, I just wanted to be free and make my own choices you know," I replied.
"That's too bad, that's the same way I felt while I'm in the arena. I'm sorry for you," she said.
"Don't be, besides being here with you keeps me calm," I said.
I couldn't help but notice the blush projected in her face. I can't help but smirk at the idea.
As we entered the woods I noticed the amazement written on her face.
"You really miss 12 huh?" I remarked.
"Yeah, we have woods similar to this back home, we call it the meadow and of course I couldn't stop thinking about my family," she answered sweetly.
"Well you might want to have this , I knew you were handy with bows and arrows so I had this made for you," I said while taking out the bow and sheath of arrows I hid in the bushes yesterday.
"Cato there amazing, Thank you," she said while admiring the weapon in her grasps.
"well why don't you try them out," I said, just before I realized it, she was already aiming for a tree trunk 20 meters away. I watched as she effortlessly shot the arrow. As expected it was a perfect bull's-eye.
"You're amazing, that shot was perfect," I remarked amazed.
"Oh please I'm not that good," she demanded.
"Well you are super good," I insisted.
She then shifted her gaze to nearby oak tree then said.
"hey let's climb a tree I wanna see the view," she insisted.
"yeah about that, You see I'm not really good at climbing," i embarrassingly answered.
"Nonsense! if you could make me dance even though I'm not a good dancer then surely I can help you climb a tree," she said while leading me to the tree.
"well, i guess there's nothing wrong with trying," I said while smirking.
We climb for what seemed like hours. At times I would loose my grasp but thankfully she's there to give me a hand.
When we reached a descent height of about 35 ft. we perched on a branch. We sitting side by side with one another as we gaze on the forest surrounding us.
"Woah, I never thought the view up here would be this incredible," I said in amazement.
"God I miss this," she said, never taking her eyes off the view.
"it's like I'm with Gale admiring the view the meadow has to offer," she continued.
"who's Gale?" i asked.
"Oh, he's a my bestfriend we used to do this everytime," she answered.
"Well I'm glad I get to do this with you," I said in my flirtatious voice.
Then again I noticed another blush show on her face.
"You really are special Katniss you make me feel so alive," I said.
"Well i'm kinda feeling the same thing Cato," she replied.
I was completely caught off guard when I noticed her leaning towards me. Surprisingly I was doing the same and before I realized it we were about to kiss.
Our lips were about to touch when suddenly I heard a branch snap. Then i realized were about to fall.
"Oh shit! Katniss were gonna fall" I yelled at her.
"Oh my God Cato I'm slipping," she yelled back.
Adrenaline rushed through me and before she could fall I was able to grab her hands with my free hand and the other holding on to another branch.
"Cato, please don't let go," she said while nervously clinging to my hand.
"don't worry I won't," I reassured her.
"Can you grab that branch over there?" I asked
"I'll try," She replied.
She was about to grab the other branch when I realized the branch I was clinging to was about to break.
"Katniss hurry," I yelled but it was too late. The branch snapped and can feel myself falling. She wasn't able to grab the other branch so she was falling just above me. I closed my eyes preparing for the worse when I realized my fall was cushioned by something soft. Momentarily she fell right on top of me. Then I asked her.
"Are you okay?"
"yeah you?"she replied.
"My back hurts a little but my fall was cushioned by this, wait are these Forget me Nots?" I remarked.
"Now that you mentioned it, yeah these are Forget me nots and a whole field of them, good thing they were here or else we would have been doomed," she replied.
"These flowers are surely life savers," I said.
"you got that right," she said while laughing.
We were so caught in the moment the I didn't realized our lips our drawing close to one another. We kissed passionately for what felt like eternity. A feeling I never felt before rushed throughout my body and when we parted we couldn't even look at one another. Then I decided to break the silence.
"That was something that could perfectly end this day," I remarked.
"You got that right," She replied while leaning on my shoulders.
At the same moment, the sun began to set, it's luminescent glow casted upon the forget me not flower field, giving it a majestic effect.
"Check out the sunset, it sure is amazing," I said.
"It is especially with you," she replied.
I couldn't hide the joy I was feeling. This certainly is the start of something special and a day I would never forget. I wanted to freeze the moment with her but then time didn't permit me. It was starting to get dark so we decided to head home. We headed back to my motorcycle and drove of. Surprisingly she wasn't as nervous as before and sweetly relaxed while she clung to me. I dropped her off at the training center buy before that I said.
"Well today surely was amazing," I said while leading her up the stairs.
"Cato, just promise me you'll be there at the train station when we leave tomorrow," she reminded me while gazing at the bow and arrows I gave her.
"I wouldn't miss it, I promise," I assured her.
"Well, I'll see you then," she said while kissing me on the cheeks.
"Bye girl on fire," I said while hopping on my motorcycle.
"bye Cato," she said right before she entered the training center
As I arrived home I was met by an angsty Lilith.
"where have you been, does it really take the whole afternoon just to meet with those acquaintances?" she asked angrily.
"It took longer than I expected okay," I demanded hoping she'll stop interrogating.
"I suspect you wen't out with that victor girl did you, you know I could easily get rid of her," she demaned.
"don't yo dare talk about her like that," I replied angrily.
"So I was right you did meet her I can't believe you lied to me," she said.
"so what if I did I get to decide you know," I angrily replied.
"Oh Cato you know that I could do what I set my mind to," she hissed.
"What you gonna do kill me? you know I'm not scared of you," I replied.
"Who said I'm gonna kill you? Your my boyfriend so it would be stupid if I did that but I assure you I would do everything in my power to get rid of that stupid girl on fire your so interested with," she hisses while smirking.
"Don't you dare," I yelled at her.
"Believe me honey you don't wanna know what I'll do to her," She said while heading back to her room.
I wanted to scream at that moment. I was really going to lose my temper. So I breath in hard to keep my cool. Then I thought to myself,
"I would never let her hurt Katniss, even if it means losing my life I would surely protect her."
So there yah have it! Hope u guys enjoyed this chapter. More to come in the succeeding chapters so feel free to leave a review :)