Clove gasped, trying to understand what Glimmer just said. She didn't know why she was getting so worked up about it, she didn't even like the guy - well not really- !
"Oh, so you like…Cato." Clove said shyly.
"Will you quit being so loud!" Glimmer screeched. "NO-ONE can find out about this! And if I found out you said a word then you're dead!" Clove gulped, Clove telling everybody wasn't what Glimmer should've been worried about.
They carried on eating their lunch. Katniss tried to make conversation but it seemed like no-one was bothered so she stopped. Why is it that the first guy I meet has to be Glimmer's Cato, Clove thought. She played with her food, which was unnatural for her, as it was macaroni & cheese.
"Hey, girls." she heard a voice say, a voice which made the hairs on the back of her neck stand. Marvel. "Clove." he said in his flirtiest voice.
"Hey, Marvel." said Katniss. Glimmer just scowled giving Clove the impression that Glimmer dislike Marvel just as much as she did.
"What you doing?" Marvel replied giving Katniss one of his award-winning smiles.
"What does it look like we're doing? Writing a book?" Glimmer cut in. "And Marvel I didn't expect you to be the type to flirt with a taken girl." Glimmer said, her green eyes shining with anger, of which Clove couldn't help laughing at - until those fiery green eyes landed on her, giving her a signal which clearly said: Shut up!
"Who said anything about me flirting with Katniss, she's not the reason why I'm here." Marvel said sneaking a glance at Clove who scowled back.
"Whatever," said Glimmer. "So…um…where's Cato?"
"Aww, cute, does someone have a crush on Cato?" he said in a baby voice which Glimmer found infuriating but the others found hilarious.
While they continued with their banter, Katniss leaned in and whispered in Clove's ear. "Ignore them, this kind of thing always happens."
"Really?" Clove whispered, surprised.
"Of course, you would think that twins would be so alike but they actually hate each other."
Clove looked at Katniss with wide eyes. Twins. "But they look nothing alike!"
"Well, duh, they're fraternal twins - so of course they'll look nothing alike."
"I just don't see why you have to embarrass me every time I'm with my friends!" said Glimmer, breaking into Katniss and Clove's mini conversation.
"But if I didn't it would be no fun, Glimmershine!"
"Don't call me that!" Glimmer hissed.
"What? Glimmershine?" his voice rising in volume.
"Oh, you wanna play that card? Okay, Marvelton, let's play!"
"Woah, woah, woah, I know as soon as I hear both your guys' full names there's trouble." Clove looked up and it was him. Cato. Seeing him again made her heart beat 10 times faster. He was gorgeous. He looked like he just came from Gym class - a class that Clove had not suffered through yet- because of the way his hair was all in a tangle but in a way that only looked good on him. They're eyes locked on each other and her breath hitched. Brown met blue, and she felt like she was melting. He smirked.
"Hey, Cato," Glimmer said cheerily. "You gonna sit here?"
"Nah, I felt like letting my tray hover over your table." Glimmer gave him a puzzled look while the other 3 laughed at hisn joke, so she joined in as well.
"You're too funny. Here sit." she said scooching over giving him a place to sit. He ignored it and went to sit in between Katniss and Clove.
"Hey Katniss, hey new girl." Cato said, speaking both to Katniss and Clove.
"My name's Clove. Or have you forgotten already." Clove replied, a little ticked off that he called her new girl.
"Come on, Clove!" said a frustrated Patricia. "We should go and talk to the new girl, she's just sitting there by herself."
"But, I'm sure that an oh so popular girl like her will make friends in no time." Clove replied smoothly, digging into her baloney sandwich.
"If that was you, you would totally want someone to sit with you."
"But what exactly would we talk about? Clothes? Have you not seen the way she dresses? I heard that she got sent home once for a boob tube."
"So what? It's just a boob tube, everyone wears them."
"Not everybody," Clove said looking down at her well-worn jeans and favourite blue shirt.
"Whatever, if you're not gonna come I'll just leave without you." Clove was at stalemate, she knew that if Patricia left her that she would have to endure the rest of lunch by herself and that the new girl, Leah she thought her name was, would probably fall in love with Trish, I mean he couldn't.
"Fine but only this lunch, Trish, I don't think she's the kinda girl we want to hang around with."
"Yo, new girl. Earth to new girl?" Cato said with a smile on his lips.
"My. Name. Isn't. New. Girl." she said in her clipped voice and left the table.
She walked down the hallways trying to find the quickest way to her dorm room, she suddenly felt tired - like she had been up for hours - and next period was a free period for her and she had enough time to take a nap. 5 minutes into walking and she knew that it was pointless trying to find her dorm without her map.
"Hey!" she heard someone call from a distance. "Wait up!" she waited hoping more than anything it was Katniss calling after her. When the person got nearer she made out some blonde hair, but not strawberry blonde like Glimmer's.
"God, you are one fast walker." said Cato exasperated. Clove remained silent. "Look, I didn't mean to upset you, and if I did I'm so sorry for doing so but you really need to chill it was just a joke." That's when Clove got mad.
"Just a joke? Just a joke. It wasn't a joke for me because my name is not New girl it's Clove. So I don't know why you were calling me New girl when we had met just this morning and I told you the first time you called me that! Unless you have severe memory loss, then I am confuse to why you are calling me that." A smirk appeared on Cato's lips, which then turned into a smile and then turned into outright laughter. He was laughing so much he doubled over in pain. Every time he tried to compose himself he would look at Clove and her straight face and he would start all over again.
"Goodbye." Clove aid in a curt voice.
"No, wait, wait!" Clove turned around, hoping he would be quick, she was tired of the sound of his laughter.
"I'm really sorry but I didn't mean to upset you. Friends?" he said, extending his hand.
"I would rather fall into a pit of venomous snakes." she hissed.
"I'll take that as a maybe then."