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CHAPTER 5
Katniss was in utter shock. How can this be? Her eyes aren't playing tricks either are they? She heard the voice; the voice of her best friend.
"...Gale...?" She muttered under her breath.
"Yeah..." he smiled, "Why are you in District 2? I... I thought you disappeared..." He was the same. Dark hair and grey eyes. His smile and personality.
"Why are you here? I mean no ones suppose to live after what happened." Katniss responded. She slightly shuddered at the thought of it.
"You don't know what's happening right now?" Gale scrunched his eyebrows. Katniss shook her head no.
Gale scratched his head, "How about we meet tomorrow at that cafe around noon or so." He pointed to the cafe a few stores from where they were standing. Katniss was about to say yes but she remembered that she had to ask the Smiths first. She looked up at Cato. He seemed angry.
"You know Cato Smith?" Gale said his voice filled with venom.
"Yeah I know her." Cato bluntly answered for Katniss. They were glaring at each other and Katniss did not like the vibe coming from the two.
"Umm... so tomorrow?" Katniss tried breaking the weird silence between the two.
"So can you?" Gale said, glanced at her and resumed to glare at Cato.
"No she's can't." Cato spoke. What?
"You don't decide for her Smith." Gale spat.
"For the time being I do, Hawthorne." Cato said in his cold yet intimidating voice.
"No one is deciding for me!" Katniss stood between the two of them.
"I'm going to meet Gale tomorrow and Cato you can't do anything about it." She looked at the two of them.
"I have to go," Gale said, "Catnip be safe." Then he took off to the other direction.
Katniss was some how going to tell Regina about this and find a way to get to the café.
"Aren't you an Avox? People aren't suppose to know your secret right?" Cato clamed, "Cress knows about it but he probably won't tell much people. Then there's Hawthorne."
"I know Gale, how do you know him?"
"We work in the same company." Cato didn't add much more information.
"Umm… so can I get a ride tomorrow?" Katniss meekly asked.
Cato sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Katniss didn't know why but she blushed at Cato's action. He seemed perfect with his glistening hair in the sun and that handsome face. Katniss shook her head at the thought.
"I'll figure out something, but you better tell me how you know Hawthorne." Cato said and began to walk back.
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Once Katniss got back to the Smith's home she got working on dinner. They had bought steaks, potatoes, beans, and some other groceries.
"You're pretty good cooking Katniss. Who did you learn from?" Regina asked. Katniss pointed at herself, she couldn't rely on her mother when her father died. Her mother was in deep depression, Prim was still small and confused. So that just left Katniss.
"You learned by yourself? That's impressive." Regina helped out with the steaks.
"Momma I'm hungry!" Eric complained.
"It's almost ready, sweetie. Why don't you find Cato and ask him to help you with setting up the table?" Regina suggested.
"OKAY!" Eric ran off to find Cato.
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"I don't know how to walk there!" Katniss hissed. She was doing the laundry for the Smiths but then Cato came down. He was giving her choices of how things will work tomorrow.
"You could get there by car." Cato said, "But I don't know who's going to pick you up."
"Cato I'll figure this out. You don't have to help me."
"You figure it out? Sure as if that will happen." Cato snorted.
"As a matter of fact I will." Katniss stated.
"And how will you do that Katniss?" Cato stood in front of the washer, not allowing Katniss to put in the clothes.
"Will you please move?" Katniss quietly asked. Cato didn't budge a bit. Katniss fixed her gaze up to Cato's. So pretty... the bright blue eyes.
"I'm trying to help you here." Cato scowled.
"I don't need your help." Katniss didn't rely on much people; she didn't need to rely on anyone.
"You still haven't told me how you know Hawthorne." Cato crossed his arms. Katniss rolled her hands into a fist. Talking about this wasn't easy for Katniss.
"He was my best friend…" Katniss answered with a small voice.
"Was?" Cato raised an eyebrow.
"I thought he died…" Katniss voice was now a whisper. Cato looked at Katniss with a bemused look. Huh… so this girl doesn't have an easy life. Cato figured that much, Katniss was an Avox and one that can talk no less.
"I already told Mum you are going to be gone tomorrow. I'll have a chauffeur take you tomorrow around 11:45AM and I'll be picking you up around 2PM." Cato said softly. Katniss stared at Cato with an astonished look.
"You had it all figured out already?"
"Here keep this thing just in case." Cato placed a cell phone in Katniss's hand, "Have fun talking to Hawthorne." He waved and walked back up the stairs.
Katniss looked down at the object in her hand. She only used this thing once in her lifetime.
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The Next Day- 12:47PM
"Cato snap out of it!"
"What now Clove?" Cato asked impatiently.
"You still have at least two more lists of new weapons to check on, there are also new recruitments for the factory." Clove tapped on his desk. Cato plainly stared at the papers.
"What's with you?" Clove questioned.
"Nothing," Cato mumbled.
"I've known you since we were three years old. I can tell if something is up with you." Clove gave a small laugh.
"We recruiting or what?" Cato stood up ignoring Clove's statement.
"I'll find out sooner or later." Clove rolled her eyes.
"Will you ever shut up?"
"Being your secretary and childhood friend, I kind of have to talk to you." Clove pursed her lips into a smile.
"Hey what time is it?" Cato asked.
"Uhh… around ten minutes till one," Clove answered. Hawthorne and Katniss met already and are probably talking about catching up and that shit. Cato didn't know why but he didn't like Katniss being with Gale.
"Hardly any of the workers are working and it isn't break yet," Clove observed as they walked through the factory doors.
"Why are you all just sitting around doing nothing?" Cato yelled.
"Oh shit…" One of the workers immediately stood up and bowed.
"Cato sir, our supervisor isn't here today." Another one answered.
"That doesn't explain why you bunch are just sitting there being lazy asses." Cato snarled.
"W-We weren't sure what to do…" One of them sheepishly responded.
"So technically speaking none of you don't know how to do your job?" Cato grunted.
"We're very sorry." Some apologized.
"Who is your supervisor?" Clove asked.
"Gale Hawthorne." One of the workers answered. Cato scowled at Hawthorne's name. Is Hawthorne soft on his workers or what?
"Just get back work." Cato ordered.
"Yes sir." And they all scrambled off.
"Oh, so it's got to so something with Gale?" Clove smiled.
"No." Cato glared at her.
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"District 12 is getting rebuilt?" Katniss nearly dropped her cup of tea.
"It has been getting rebuilt. There are still people alive from the Capitol's bombing." Gale responded.
"Who's left?"
"Actually a lot, but most of them are badly injured. Your Mom is alive, my family, you know that bakery owned by the Mellarks?" Katniss nodded, how can she forget? Their son gave her hope of living, "Well they're all alive. The mayor's family are all gone." Madge? No way, "And I'm pretty sure you know about Prim." Katniss had the urge to cry just by hearing Prim's name.
"Yeah I do… So then why are you here in District 2?" Katniss took a bite into her scone.
"President Snow decided I would make a nice addition to District 2, so here I am. What choice do I have?" Gale said bitterly.
"Speaking of him, I'm pretty sure he knows what's happening right now."
"Why don't you just defy Snow? You don't have to listen to him and well dying would not be a bad choice if I were you." Gale shrugged.
"It's not that easy. I already told you didn't I?" Katniss snapped. She didn't like how things work in Panem either, but what can she do?
"Don't trust Smith. I don't like him, and I can't believe he knows your secret." Gale changed the subject. An Avox, yes Gale is now known to that fact of Katniss.
"Cato?" Katniss tilted her head, "He's not bad…"
"Not bad?" Gale scoffed, "Smith's more then bad. He's brutal and cold." Those are some of the words that describe Cato but Katniss believed there was more.
"Let's go to the park."
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1:32PM
"Cato Smith! You are not going to get anything done by just staring at some papers!"
"Damn it Clove, stop bothering me." Cato sighed quite annoyed.
"Sign these papers." She dropped a stack of papers on his desk.
"What are these for?" He shuffled through them.
"The recently new refurnished weapons you defined worthy last week. Now you have to sign the papers and then they'll be used." Clove explained, "Now I'll leave you to finish your work."
Cato began signing, signing, and more signing. His head was most definitely off some where else. He glanced up at the clock, 1:40PM. Cato said he was going to pick Katniss up around 2 and he didn't want to go any later. He took out his phone and dialed a number.
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"Hey Catnip," Gale suddenly turned around, "I've got something to confess."
"Confess what?" Katniss looked up at him.
"I-" Gale was cut of by Katniss's vibrating in her pocket and realized it was the cell phone. She flipped it open.
"Uh…hello?" she said awkwardly.
"Where are you? I'm going to pick you up." That voice was very familiar. Then Katniss realized it was Cato, of course he would be the only one to know this phone number.
"Umm… Gale do you know where we are?" Katniss looked at Gale. However instead of replying, Gale took Katniss wrist and slightly pulled the phone from her ear.
"Let me finish my confession," Gale spoke.
"But Cato's on the phone he'll hear you…" Katniss said.
"Who cares." Gale was still holding the phone out in the open, so of course Cato heard every word they were saying but Gale continued on to his confession.
"Katniss, I love you."
Ok just in case you're not sure, the last line is said by Gale and yep Cato heard it. Hehe... another cliffy... I'm just not sure how to end it nicely.
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