Friends or Lovers?

Three

I run over to the corner, and smack Carter as hard as I can. He turns around, "So, now you wanna talk?" Tears flood my eyes as I scream "First you wanna talk shit, now you fucking cheat on me?!" Everyone is staring at us. "You think I don't know what you were saying about me?!" I slap him again. "Get lost blondie, me and him are busy." The girl says. Now I know who she is. Zara Ferrell, she's Cato's cousin. I punch her as hard as I can in the stomach and she falls to floor. I punch and slap Carter repeatedly as Zara screams at me to stop, and Carter's friends are trying to pull me off. I finally stop. "What the fuck is happening?" I turn around. It's Marvel. I stop beating up Carter. "He, he cheated on me with this slut right here!" I point to Zara. "Well, maybe I wouldn't have cheated if you weren't such a selfish little whore!" Everyone goes silent. Now he's done it. I lunge at him and start beating the shit out of him. I stand up and stomp on his head while everyone watches. When I'm done, I run outside before anyone can say anything. I lean against the side of the house and pull my knees to my chest. I just sit there, sobbing. I see Carter being dragged out by his friends. "Whore!" They yell in unison as they pass me. I cry even harder. Someone comes and sits next to me. It's Marvel. I bury my face in his shoulder and continue sobbing. He strokes the back of my head. "It's okay." He wraps his arms around me, and I'm glad I have him. I wonder where Clove is. I know my mom won't be hearing about this. It's none of her business. I hear people yelling inside, but I ignore it. I sit there, wrapped in his arms, my face streaked with tears. "It's okay." "No, it's not okay! I can never have a relationship without getting hurt! It's never okay!" I yell angrily. He has this sad look in his eyes, and I feel bad for yelling at him, none of this was his fault. "I- I'm sorry." He hugs me again. Clove walks out the party, and I see she has some blood on her hands. I hear Zara moan in pain. Little skank got what was coming. "You okay?" She asks me. I don't reply. They both hug me closer to them, and we all sit there, in silence. "Let's find Cato and leave." Clove says. "Did you beat up Zara?" "I did. Little slut tried to run as soon as she saw her boyfriend." I grabbed her by her shirt and beat the shit out of her." I smile at that. We find Cato, very drunk, punching a random boy. "No one touches my vodka!" It's Noah, he's only about 14, so that doesn't make sense. But I'm sure Cato's very drunk. Marvel rolls his eyes. "Cato, come on we're leaving. He didn't take your vodka." Peeta walks up to us, throws up on Clove's shoes, and passes out on the floor. "Peeta, get your ass over here!" Katniss yells. She picks Peeta up off the floor. "Sorry about that." I look around to see what our friends are doing. Katniss is dragging an unconscious Peeta out of the party. Finnick has Annie pinned against the wall and is making out with her. Of course. Gale is staring at his phone. Madge is grinding on a random guy. Johanna is chugging a bottle of tequila. Melanie Martinez is blaring in the background. I think Gale likes Madge. Madge definitely likes Gale. She told me. We go out to Cato's car, but he's way too drunk to drive. So Clove decides to drive. She's not good at driving, and she's kind of tipsy, but hey, it works. I sit in the back with Marvel, with tears still in my eyes. He wraps his arm around me, and I lean my head on his shoulder. Cato has already passed out from the alcohol. That's gonna be one awful hangover tomorrow. I barely drank anything, I didn't finish my beer. It tasted horrible, but whatever. I don't get how people can drink it. We're at my house. "Bye guys." I give Marvel a hug before getting out the car. My mom is already asleep. Probably because it's 1am. I walk into my room, slip off my dress, wash off my makeup, and then cry myself to sleep. I've been fooled once again. When will I learn?