Panem High

Meeting Him

I walked through my front door satisfied with my new friends and am abruptly stopped with the stranger in my living room.

"Oh,hi Clove, this is Christa Hadley," Sapphire says," she's in all of my college classes! We're best buddies and classmates!" Christa waves at me and smiles and I do it back. As I make my way to the kitchen I here the conversation between them and stop behind a wall.

"How old is Clove? I think she and Cato would make a cute couple." I hear them giggle. " I totally agree with you and she's eighteen, she's going to start her Senior year. We should have them meet." I hear nothing so I walk back to the stairs passing them. I see them suppress a smile and know that one if these days I will meet this 'Cato'. I make my way to my room and go straight on my laptop. On Facebook I type in his name and his profile comes up. He is starting his senior year this year, he is leader of the football team, he's eighteen like me, he is the most popular boy in Panem High, the school I'm going to.

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"Clove!" Sapphire yells from downstairs." What!"

"Come here!" She singsongs. I moan and get up and walk onto my landing." Okay,so Christa's parents are going out for their anniversary, me and her have to work on a project at the library, and her brother is going out with friends. Do you want to babysit their younger two kids?" I nod because I have nothing better to do and go back into my room and grab my phone and keys. "Where does she live?" She says only two houses down to the left. When I get there it's Christa who answers the door.

"Hey Clove, your babysitting?" She asks. I nod and she invites me in. "Courtney,Catherine! Come meet your babysitter!" I hear stomping from upstairs and down the the stairs and two girls appear." That's Courtney and she's going into seventh grade and she's twelve," she says pointing to the taller two. She has the same wavy, blonde hair as Christa but has dull green eyes." That's Catherine and she's three and she's in preschool." She also has the blonde hair but with blue eyes and her hair is curly.

"Hi, my name is Clove,"I say and put my hand out. The older one shakes it and smiles then runs back up the stairs with the younger one following. As they go I hear them giggling . Christa explains everything and that Cato hasn't left yet. Once she leaves I listen to the commotion going on upstairs.

"C'mon kitty, come meet the babysitter," one says." She's really pretty and nice." I listen and then hear footsteps descending down the stairs. When he turns the corner to the door he stops in his tracks. He also has the blonde hair and blue eyes but they are even more beautiful. He's tall and looks intimidating but by the way his eyes look you can tell he is a softy.

"Girls your right she is really pretty," he whispers to the girls." Hi, I'm Cato,"he says putting his hand out. I shake and I see his eyes light up." So, I'm leaving right now,bye!" He walks past me and smiles then leaves.

"Okay,so it's six, have you guys had dinner?"I ask. They shake their heads and I take their hands and walk to the kitchen." What do you want for dinner?" They exchange a glance then at the same time say 'macaroni'. When I finish cooking it I put it in three bowls and eat with them.

"Clove?" I look up." I think my brother likes you," Courtney says. I shrug. " I mean he is kinda cute," I say smiling. When we finish we watch a movie with Catherine on my lap and Courtney on my right. By the time it's finished both are leaning on me sleeping. I pick up Catherine first and look for her room which isn't that hard because she's three. Then Courtney to hers .

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The day before school started I had to go find a job and buy some new clothes. I was going to try the mall,bestbuy,and a near by apple store where I would also buy a new phone.

I go down the stairs and grab my keys and go to my car. As I drive by the Hadley house I see Christa and Sapphire sitting on the front porch with Catherine running around in the sprinklers. I honk and they wave. First is the mall. It's huge but Ill get used to it. First I try Macy's and they said they would give me a call. As I walked out I thought about my clothes then realized I needed new dresses for parties.

When I entered the dress area I almost crashed into two blondes.

The one with the perfect wavy hair and hazel eyes spoke first.

"Hey,watch where your going,loser!" The second one with straight blonde hair and brown eyes laughed and nodded. Both were wearing heels and dresses. They sighed and strutted off annoyed. I kept looking and was satisfied with three of them. On the way to the apple store I started singing and someone honked at me. I looked over and Cato was laughing at me. I fake laughed then fake smiled them gave him a serious face. Once the light changed I sped off, leaving him in my dust.

At the store they say most definitely I will be hired. They take my picture and make my ID, giving me my uniform. While in there I buy my iPhone five and have them sync everything. On the way home I buy some things at Walmart and at home crash,ready for the first day at Panem High.