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Kind girl POV:)
"What do you mean exactly?" Clove asked us again, stunned.
"My real identity is Peeta Mellark." Peeta sighed.
"So you lied to everyone?" She asked again.
"I had to, otherwise I'll get killed, or at least tortured." Peeta, explaining over and over again until they finally get it.
Clove nodded, understanding the reasons and decides that it's definitely not Peeta's fault for hiding the secrets.
Foxface agreed with Clove. Understanding the reasons of secrets from Peeta.
Cato nodded in agreement with Clove and Foxface.
Glimmer and Cash, saying they'll help us hide the secrets from others in case something gets discovered. Even Madge and Gale can't know about this.
"I guess it's settled then! This problem is really serious though, if one of us slips out the secret, everyone of us would suffer for the rest of our lives." I seriously said.
"It's agreed." Everyone spoke in the same time. Same thing. Five jinxes at a time I guess.
Everyone walked back to the pool as if nothing has ever happened.
Gale and Madge didn't even ask us anything, what a surprise.
Cato and Clove continued spending their time together, making-out a bit I guess.
Peeta was hanging-out with Gale, just so the secret of him and me doesn't spread.
Glimmer and Cash, playing 'splash' in the pool.
Foxface and me, just randomly in the pool on float boards. We're just lying peacefully, floating along the flowing water. It all changed when a familiar little girl, in sparkly pink swimsuit, shouted out Foxface and my name.
"Foxface! Katniss!" She swam towards us, smiling wide and happy. I wish I could just be like her, worrying about nothing. Life isn't fair after all. Economy problems back home, and now the problems in social life… Ugh…
"Sup Alicia?" Foxface grinned, clearing a spot for Alicia to sit on the float board. Right, Alicia, the daughter of Effie and Haymitch.
"Not much, mommy told me to hang around in the train until dinner." Alicia smiled. I can't help but think Alicia's a wonderful little girl, the exact opposite from her mom. But Effie's wonderful too, in another way.
"That means you get to hang-out with Katniss and me in the pool! C'mon, let's go on the water slide! You coming Katniss?" Foxface hopped of the float board. I nodded. Foxface smiled even wider than before, offered Alicia a piggy-back ride with me following behind them towards the humongous water slide on the train.
"C'mon Katniss!" Foxface pulled me up the stairs. Exactly how strong is she?
"I'm coming, as you can see." I told her.
Apparently that made Alicia laughed.
"Alicia, do you love cat fights?" I asked, rolling my eyes.
"It depends. Sometimes I don't like it, but it's funny too, sometimes." Alicia spoke up, kind of mature of what normal five years old would say, or whatever age she is.
"That's great. And, tell me, how did Effie teach your manners?" I always wanted to know that, to be honest.
"How mommy teaches me? She's really strict about manners, even to daddy. When she gets very angry and frustrated about me not learning manners well enough, my food usually flies away."
"She's actually that strict?"
"Yeah. She is." Alicia sighed. Foxface jumps in our conversation and squeals,
"Finally our turn! Let's do this!"
"Really, Foxy, this water slide isn't really that interesting." I calmed her down.
"I'm still excited anyways. There're no water slides in district five." Foxface, still excited, with nothing from me that could help her calm down.
It ended up all the three of us are in one big donut sliding down the huge slide. Foxface screamed whenever the route wasn't straight, and Alicia, unfortunately followed Foxface's lead.
It was quite noisy until we finally reached proper 'land' again.
Foxface and Alicia decided they'll go down the slide a few more times, while Katniss, me, Katniss, decided that she'll go to Peeta Mellark.
"Fred!" I groaned loudly, calling him by his 'fake' name.
"What?" He walked towards me, leaving Gale and Madge behind.
"I'm bored. Where's Clove?" I switched the topic.
"Clove's, um, with Cato. Why don't you join us?"
"I don't know… Just, where's Clove and Cato?"
"Café. C'mon, I can spend my time with you."
"Aren't you with Gale and Madge?"
"Yeah, but you're more important that them, you're my so-called fake cousin."
"That's just great." I rolled my eyes. He smirked, arms secured around my waist, leading me towards the café where Clove and Cato sat, looking into each others' eyes dreamily, sitting across the table.
"You guys mind us popping into your table?" Peeta asked, already sitting down beside Cato. Cato and Clove grinned a 'sure' so I sat down beside Clove.
"How was your time with Cato?" I teased, on purpose though.
"Great." Clove said with a little enthusiasm.
"Are you sure? You don't sound as, normal."
"It's great. Honestly."
"Alright then, won't bug you anymore, I just don't want anything to happen."
"Nothing's going to go wrong between us. How's your relationship with Peeta?"
"Always fine." We grinned at each other as Cato and Peeta stood up.
"You two girls want to come with us to walk around the train, or do you want to stay here?" Cato asked. I was about to say yes until Clove decides to answer for me.
"I think I'm going to teach Katniss about clothing, it's almost time to the Capitol, right?" Clove grabbed my arms, ready to walk.
"We're at the Capitol tonight, right?" I asked.
"I guess so, I have no idea how time gone pass these days. You can't even tell if it's day or night on the train, we're blocked from outside." Cato answered.
He's got a great point. What time is it? What day is it?
"Think we're at the Capitol tonight. Lost count, but I think it's tonight." Peeta satisfied my curiosity.
I guess it's tonight then. I groaned, knowing Clove and the three girls are going to be dressing me up like their doll today.
"Cato, Peeta, that means we'll see you at dinner. I'm going to help Katniss style up a bit. See you!" Clove grabbed me and ran towards our room.
Great, I thought.
We continued running down the hallways, Clove acting like a maniac for laughing out loud. Some people on the train stared at us, but I don't think Clove even noticed them staring at us. She's only so happy I would actually play 'dress up' with her… I can't help but continuously wonder if the district one girls and Foxy are actually going to help Clove! Foxy, good nickname for Foxface.
Clove's a crazy talkative girl, Foxface's quiet and smart, Glimmer and Cash are both very hot and talkative. I wonder how Foxface became friends with Clove?
I suddenly realized we're already in front of Clove's room. She opened the door and said, "There. Just wait one sec. We'll be doing stuff in your room."
So Clove went in her room and grabbed a little bag, walked back out and we went into my room.
"So, we're going to make you into a crazy person, because that's the code of living in the Capitol. First, find something with a bright color." Clove commanded. I dug out some bright green clothing since green is my color.
"Hmm… Bright green probably won't be that bad. Second step, chose the clothes you're going to wear." Clove stepped closer to that pile of clothing and started messing around with them.
"Katniss! Can I come in?" Cash's voice from the hallway, and her gentle door knocking noise.
"Oh yeah! Cash, come in, need some help assisting Katniss with her fashion!" Really Clove? You just have to embarrass me?
Clove walked towards the door and pulled Cash in my room instantly. She whispered in a low voice so I wouldn't hear anything.
Cash chuckled as Clove grinned evilly. Hopefully not some bad idea?
"So Clove and I have decided we won't be too evil today. Why don't you just pick a pair of neon green denim short and a pale green top?" Cash is way gentler…
I decided to follow her advice and came out of the change room in the recommended short and top. Clove and Cash exchanged looks and nodded approvingly.
"Alright. Third step I'll have you do your hair. Hey, don't tell me you don't know hair tricks…" Clove trailed off her sentence, probably thinking if I know how to correctly do my hair or not.
Cash pushed Clove to the side and told me to sit down in front of a mirror.
"Katniss, you're absolutely lucky to have Clove do your hair. She's probably the best at things about hair in the whole district twelve."
Now Cash's saying Clove's the best hairdresser in town. Great.
"Right. I'm going to get all those tangles out of your hair. SIT STILL." Clove sounded frustrating as she violently brushed out the tangles. I had to screech at some point, looking at Cash makes me even more uncomfortable; she's just sitting there giggling quietly, Grr…
"Today I'm going make you a messy bun, just because of the time limitation, otherwise I could make something fancier… Oh well. Just sit still." She grabbed out these bunch of hair spray and gel stuff, along with some hair accessories that I honestly have no clue what their names are.
She violently played with my hair again, tying it into a high ponytail that I could've done it by myself.
Actually, I could've never done a ponytail that tight and high.
She continued messing around with my hair.
Ok, it's painful, but I love the result.
I looked at Clove with a face full of astonishment and shock. She just smiled widely and expected for Cash to say something, which she did.
"Gorgeous! I told you Clove's the best! Now you're all set to go to the Capitol!"
Clove grinned as someone knocked on the door. I walked over and opened it seeing Glimmer with a face of anxious.
"Cash, Clove, Katniss, what should I do? It's my date with Marvel tonight." Glimmer sounded scared and kind of frustrated.
"Glim, calm down, we'll get you ready. When are you meeting Marvel?" Cash has decided to help.
"Train station is our start of the date, but I'm going to see him in the great hall."
"Alright, we'll have you pick out your outfit and Clove'll do your hair." Cash then turned her head and whispered to Clove and me, "Going to take Glim to her room and help her out, see you guys in maybe half an hour!" She winked and push Glimmer outside to the hallway.
"You're all set and so am I." When did Clove get ready? I looked at her carefully, realizing she actually did got ready. She's wearing bright purple outfit, about the exact same as mine. Wow. Are we going to be twins tonight, or what? She even has her hair tied in a messy ponytail too! Except her hair's longer and darker.
"Hey Katniss, where's Foxy?" She asked. I realized I haven't told her about Alicia yet. Oh good lord, the explanation is going to be long.
"So Effie and Haymitch has a daughter named Alicia…" I started the story and ended it calmly accompanied by her stare.
"That's the story. Foxy found Alicia very nice to be with so I'm guessing she's still hanging out with her since the waterslide."
"That's great," Clove rolled her eyes, "She still have two hours to get ready."
"How come you know the time?" I looked around the room to check if there's a clock. She interrupted me and showed me her clock on her phone.
Aha. Of course she has a phone, an iPhone 5, Clove's that rich kid from district two!
Why am I always hanging out with those rich and posh kids?
"So, um, let's go find Foxface?" Clove stood up and asked.
"Yeah, sure, but how?" I stood up, opening my room door.
"Effie's room of course!" Clove rushed out side grabbed me and ran. We slowed down and skipped our rest of the journey and got to the Abernathys' room.
"Yo Foxy! Open the door, it's Clove and Kat!" Clove shouted. Footsteps came towards the door and opened it.
"Are you two girls looking for Finch and Licia?" Effie opened the door.
"Yeah, looking for Foxy and Alicia." Clove showed her swag and flipped her hair, turning herself to get ready to search for them in the train. Clove hates Effie for some random reasons.
"Miss. Everdeen, please tell Miss. Fuhrman to show her manners." Who's Fuhrman? Oh right! Clove's last name is Fuhrman!
"Why don't you do it, Effie? She's just right there!" I protested. Effie frowned and said, "You young ladies need to learn proper manners. Anyways, Finch and Licia are in the playroom."
"Alright, thanks Effie!" I walked to Clove and told her their location.
"Really, the playroom? Can't they choose a better place?" Clove groaned.
"Alicia's five and there's no doubt about that. One question for you, why do you hate Effie so much?"
"I don't hate her, she's just kind of annoying. Don't you think she's kind of… fake? I mean, to my personal opinion, I think the Capitol is too fake."
"You know what's even faker? Freddy Leblanc is fake."
"Shh! Don't bring that up in the middle of the hallway! Don't you care about your bf or cousin? Whatever you call it?"
"Of course I care about him. Anyways, we're at the playroom. Let's go." I opened the door and walked in, not able to believe what I'm seeing right now.
Foxace and Alicia are playing with Barbie dolls. This is an amazing scene and someone should've captured it with a camera.
"Foxface's not mature at all." Clove sighed quietly as she took out her phone and captured the scene. She grins and whispered, "Now that's an unforgettable memory!"
"Agreed! Look at Foxface and Alicia! Aww…" I made the noise and distracted Foxface and Alicia.
"Hi Kat! Hi Clove!" Foxface looked up at smiled. Alicia looked at Clove and asked who she is.
"Who are you, gorgeous girl?" Alicia asked warmly. Clove seemed touched by the fact she called her gorgeous.
"Clove Fuhrman. I believe you're Alicia, right?" She looked at Alicia. Alicia smiles and answered,
"Yes I'm Alicia Abernathy, or Licia, if you prefer. At least I prefer Licia."
"Then I'll call you Licia. Well Licia, I have to take Foxface back to her room and get her dressed for the Capitol, would you like to go back to your room?"
"Yes please, Clove."
Bzz…. Bzz…
"Clove? Do you have a text message?" I asked, grabbing Foxface and Licia towards the playroom exit.
"Yeah, from Cato." Clove blushed.
"What is it?" Foxface and me asked excitingly, leaving Licia with a confusion of who's Cato.
"He asked me if I want to have a date tonight." Clove murmured quietly even though we still heard her.
"Well, say yes!" Foxface urged her with Licia still standing there with confusion. She reminds me of Renesmee, the little five years old from 'Twilight'…
"Um, he also has something from Freddy to tell Katniss. He asked if you want a date tonight too." Peeta? Me? Why, yes of course!
"Tell him yes, will you?" I commanded. Clove nods and texted Cato. She lifted her head up, with her face still flushed a soft baby pink.
"I told him yes. Let's get going, I guess we really need to be ready now." Clove said, heading outside before us.
"Clove, Katniss, Foxy, who's Freddy and Cato?" Licia asked as we walked slowly to Effie's room to return her. Aha, return. But it's not like I don't like Licia.
"Cato's a very hot guy who was born in district two and now living in district twelve." Clove explains, accenting the word 'hot'.
"Freddy's my cousin from France." I lied again, over and over again. It's for Peeta's own good so whatever.
"Oh! Freddy Leblanc and Cato Ludwig? Yeah I know them, Cato's really hot, and Peeta's also super hot." Licia gave out her own little opinion… Clove seemed satisfied by the fact and proud of it. I guess I'll have to be satisfied by the fact Licia said Peeta's hot. Especially those piercing blue eyes, oh my goodness… Those eyes… Oh-la-la, that's what distracted me from hunting that first day I met him…
Foxface knocked on the door as Effie opens it and welcome Licia in.
"Well, Alicia, come in please. Did you three, Miss. Emerson, Miss. Everdeen, and Miss. Fuhrman have fun? I know only a few minutes passed…"
"Yeah we totally had fun. See you later in the great hall Effie!" Clove hurried and said goodbye as she grabbed Foxface and me and ran towards Foxface's room, commanded her to find her outfit and to meet us, Clove and me, in my room.
"Why so sudden, Cato Ludwig?" Clove groaned loudly as she lay down on my bed.
"Who knows, and why so sudden Peeta Mellark?" I tried to laugh a little when I said that. But what's the sudden cause?
Clove suddenly sat up and shrieked,
"Shit I'm freaking out!"
"What is it?" I asked, trying to calm her down. Her eyes welled up with tears and she sobbed, "National fireworks day! What if I ruin tonight? What if I ruin the date? I love Cato, and if I ruin it will he break up with me?"
"Why would he break up with you? You know how Cato loves you too, and you will not ruin the date. Trust me. You're overwhelming with no reasons, calm down."
"But Katniss, national fireworks day! It's like Valentines day except they put up magnificent fireworks, that's why he asked me!"
"Clove, just act normal."
"Katniss, I can't!" She started crying now. Sigh.
"Clove, don't let those stupid hormones overpower you like what they did to me, ok? You'll be fine…"
"What did they do to you?"
"Remember I was absent from school last week or something? Yeah I threw a huge fit at Peeta because I was jealous of him flirting with other girls."
"You know he didn't Kat…"
"I know he didn't, yes, you're right. But sometimes you can't control yourself, can you? Well Peeta didn't break up with me because of that so you'll be fine tonight. The date hasn't even started yet."
"Good point."
"Now be brave and wipe those tears up. I'll go open the door." I heard Foxface's voice outside so I automatically opened the door for her.
"Hey is Clover alright?" Foxface whispered.
"She's just overwhelmed, but she'll be fine." I told her as I scanned her body to have a proper look at her outfit.
Why is everyone wearing the same type of clothes?
Foxface's wearing the same stuff like mine and Clove's, except it's orange which suited her hair color.
We walked over to Clove, gently, I said,
"It's alright Clover, it's alright. Pretend this is just a normal date and take a chill pill."
"Thanks girls… For standing up with me…" She wiped her tears once more.
What's up with girls from Panem, so emotional… gosh…!
"Clover? Kat? You girls in here?" Cato knocked on my door. Is my room a party room or what?
"Yeah we're here. Open the door!" I shouted.
Cato and Peeta kicked their shoes off and walked in. Cato looked at Clove and they whispered something and later Cato pulls Clove to him for a kiss, long kiss I guess? I don't bother looking at people kissing each other…
"Well, I guess I should leave now!" Foxface grinned.
"Where're you going to go though?" I asked.
"Cash! She'll be lonely when Glim's hanging out with Marvel!"
"Am I leaving you out too much?"
"No, but I thought I should leave you guys alone and Cash needs company too, when Glim's with Marvel."
"Ok, good. I don't want to leave people out."
"You're not Kat, everything's fine, just like you said to Clover."
"I guess I'll see you later then Foxy!" She smiled at me as she walked outside to the hallway.
"Well Catnip, you ready for the date?" Peeta smiled warmly.
"'Course I am! And hey, the name Catnip is only for Gale!" I joked and poked his nose purposely. The two of us sat down on my bed and laughed, enjoying our time with Clove and Cato before we need to go to the great hall.
Chapter is once again done! Hopefully I'll be writing more often like before, but school's starting and I have concerts and competitions to go into... I also have a test to do, if I pass it I'll be able to get in to a good school with more advanced programs (IB)
REVIEW PLEASE! (It's less obvious then what I did to my other story :P)