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CHAPTER 3

"Oh… Never mind…" Katniss said quickly after her sudden questions and went back to her room, closing the balcony doors. She plopped onto her bed and stared at the ceiling. Why did she ask that? But Katniss does want to know why. Why would Cato waste his time talking to her? Why didn't her just expose her secret the second he knew? So many questions but no answers.

Her thoughts resolved to an end as her eyes closed, and she drifted off to a peaceful sleep.

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Next day is the start of the weekend, Katniss realized her alarm didn't go off and it was nearly 10 in the morning. She got dressed quickly, took a morning shower and entered the kitchen.

"You finally woke up!" Regina brightly said, "I turned off your alarm since it is the weekend. Eric doesn't have school and Cato doesn't have work." she explained.

Katniss nodded in meaning she understood. Something big she wanted to avoid today is going to be Cato. Well maybe the rest of her life...

"Katniss!" It was Cato's voice shouting her name. Great, avoiding plan is currently failing.

She slowly turned around, her eyes widened.

Eric was covering Cato's face with his body, and clinging onto him like a monkey.

Katniss held in the laughter.

"Hehe... Hi Kat!" Eric giggled, "Don't help Big Brotha out! I tied his hands up!" Eric laughed. Katniss looked down to Cato's hands. They are yes tied up with some white string behind his back. It was tied with two tight knots and wrapped around several times, pretty tightly.

Katniss grinned, the big Cato got defeated by his little brother. Maybe he was just playing along.

"What are you two boys doing?" Regina walked in from the kitchen with a towel drying her hands.

"Get Eric off me Mum." Cato muffled, Eric was still clinging on his head.

Regina sighed but smiled, "Katniss help out Cato will you? I'm baking some things." Katniss nodded yes and Regina went back to the kitchen.

Katniss lifted a whining Eric off Cato's face at set him on the ground. Cato's face was mixed with anger and a of bit happiness. His hair tousled by Eric and he took a few breaths, since Eric was covering Cato's face the entire leaving him with a hard time with breathing.

Katniss then went Cato's hands. It took several minutes, Eric got tired of waiting and went to his playroom. The first knot took a while, but the second knot was easier. The string fell onto the ground and Katniss sighed, finally done. Before she could pick up the string, Cato had grasped her hand. His large hand grasped Katniss's hand

"Roof, tonight." Cato whispered in her ear. He let go and walked to the living room.

Katniss stared at Cato's back as he left. The roof? What for?

"Katniss!" Regina called from the kitchen. Katniss ran into the kitchen where Regina was baking cookies?

"Can you stir this batch while I take this one out from the oven?" Regina nodded to the bowl . Katniss used the whisk and began to stir. The last time she had eaten cookies was too long ago.

The smell of cookies filled the air. The batch of cookies were taken out of the oven and placed into a bowl. Eric ran in, "Chocolate chip cookies!" he jumped in joy.

"Now Eric go wash your hands and then you get cookies," Regina told him before Eric could take any. Eric ran off to the bathroom to wash his hands.

"Muffin, cookies, or both for breakfast Katniss?" Regina questioned. Katniss chose the third option, both.

Katniss had already finished her muffin as soon as it was handed to her, she didn't realize that she was this hungry.

"Finished already?" Regina said with a hint of shock, "On your plate is both sugar and chocolate chip cookies." Regina said.

"Oh, can you give this plate to Cato?" Regina implied to the plate next to Katniss's. Katniss took the plate and headed for the living room. As she was walking Eric zoomed pass her yelling, "CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!" Eric must like cookies a lot.

When Katniss entered the living room, Cato was laid back on one the couches, with his hands on his head. He was watching the T.V., some fighting show. Katniss silently placed the cookies on the glass table; Cato merely glanced at her and continued to watch T.V.

Katniss left the living room, and she found that it was weird that there were no words exchanged. That's how it is suppose to be right?

Katniss took one of the chocolate chip cookies and took a bite. It melted in her mouth, the chocolate chips warmed in her mouth and to define it simply; it was delicious.

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Today was particularly exhausting for Katniss. She had to organize the entire kitchen- it wasn't that hard since Regina kept it pretty clean. She then dusted all the dust on the shelves that were everywhere. The bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and so on. Katniss didn't go into ether of Cato's bedroom or his office because Regina told her not to. Katniss guessed that Cato just didn't want others to see his personal stuff.

Katniss's arm was tired from reaching higher places she couldn't reach and after she had dinner, Eric showed her his car collection and all his toys. Katniss was too tired after that so she went back to her room. She changed into her sleeping clothes which were a T-shirt and sweatpants. After brushing her teeth, with the brush that Regina gave her. By then it was 11 at night. She fell flat on her pillow and pulled the covers on her, Katniss immediately sat up again once she remembered what Cato said. The roof… but she was too tired to go. Plus it seemed Cato didn't even clarify it and her avoiding plan seemed to work for the day, but it was only because Cato barely talked or made contact with Katniss.

Katniss finally came to a conclusion that Cato is still brutal and cold, and the fact that he knew her secret was even worst. She fell back onto her pillow, and decided that going to the roof was useless. He probably wasn't up there anyways. Cato wouldn't wait that long for her.

Katniss closed her eyes but she couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard she tried. All of a sudden Katniss heard a thump out at her balcony. She got out of her bed and opened the balcony doors, she didn't think of looking through the curtains.

"You made me stand outside for two hours." A familiar cold voice spoke.

"Cato? How did you get onto my balcony?" Katniss hissed. She was beyond surprise. Why in the world is Cato doing outside of her room.

"I jumped from my balcony." Cato smirked. He was quite amused by Katniss's reactions.

"That's dangerous! It's like five feet apart!" Katniss quietly exclaimed, hoping that Regina and Eric wouldn't wake up.

"It wasn't that hard," Cato snorted. Katniss had the urge to roll her eyes.

"What are you doing here?" Katniss glared at him.

"You didn't come up to the roof, so I came to you." Cato answered. Katniss stared at him; he waited two hours for her?

"Hold on… you waited two hours!? For what!" Katniss demanded an answer.

"For you to come up to the roof." Cato answered bluntly.

"What were you going to tell me, if I went to the roof?" Katniss looked up to his eyes. Blue, so blue.

"There isn't a point anymore, you clearly don't care what I say." Cato harshly responded.

"I didn't go up, because I thought you wouldn't care if I go up or not." She whispered. Katniss Everdeen isn't usually like this, she would usually come off as strong and fierce. She keeps her guard up at all times and doesn't let anyone change that. Katniss surrounds herself with walls and don't often let them down. Let's just say with Cato, those walls fall. They just fall and Katniss can't seem to control that.

"So that's it?" Cato smirked, "I was just going to show you the view from up on the roof and tell you why I waste my precious time talking to you." He said simply.

"Oh." That was all came out of Katniss's mouth, "You waited for two hours for that?" she said in a quiet tone. Katniss lifted his right hand and held it between her two hands. Cato blinked in surprise.

"Your hand is cold." Katniss whispered. She began rubbing Cato's hand with her two hands.

"I'm not that cold, it's fine." Cato said, but didn't pull his hand away.

"I feel sorry for leaving you out in the cold." Katniss answered not looking at his gaze.

"Sorry huh?" Cato said in an amusing tone.

"Yeah sorry…" Katniss nodded.

"You want to go up now?" Cato asked. He still didn't pull away his hand.

"Isn't it late?" Katniss asked, "Plus your family will hear us, another time maybe…"

"What time is it? Don't you need your beauty sleep?" Cato asked. Katniss's gaze went up to him, yeah right. In the Capitol, there was barely anytime for sleep.

"Not really…" Katniss murmured. Her hands stopped rubbing Cato's.

"I think we should go to sleep though." Katniss stated, "There is a possibility that Regina and Eric might wake up." And they'll find us talking, but wait I'm an Avox which isn't suppose to talk. Katniss thought but didn't add.

Katniss backed up a few steps, keeping a bigger distance. She unfortunately tripped over her feet and stumbled way back hitting the railing and slightly arching back. Katniss closed her eyes as she felt her feet lift from the ground and more than half of her body began slowly falling.

Katniss could feel a sudden yank with her arm and her feet were once on the balcony again. Her eyes opened to find Cato's bright blue ones. Their faces were small inches apart and Katniss could feel Cato's hot breath on her skin.

"Are you trying to kill yourself?"

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