No Happy Endings

Training Center

The training course
Eloise pov

We walk into the training room and take our separate ways. I walk over to the axe throwing section and pick up a axe feeling nervous around all these people.

I start throwing axes hitting the dummy's head each time slowly warming up and getting quicker and quicker. Forgetting about everyone else I keep throwing the axes.

Cloves pov

I'm throwing knives while Cato waits beside me. I stop throwing for a moment to get some water and see Eloise come in. She looks around nervously and goes to the axe station. "There's no way they know how to use an axe" Cato claims. The rest of the group laugh besides me, feeling some kind of hope for the girl.

She starts throwing axes and hitting each dummy in the head. We're all in shock not expecting them to know how to use an axe.

God that just made me like them even more...

"Clove" Cato says my name after the group goes to do their own thing. "What" I say with an attitude. "Your blushing" Cato remarks. Wait what! No way I'm blushing I don't blush. "What! No I'm not!" I say almost yelling. "You totally are, is it because of that district 8 girl?" Cato asks. "No!" "So you are. Really clove? Her, really?" " I don't like them, okay? Sure I haven't stopped thinking about them and I think she's pretty but no" I say my thoughts out loud.

"Clove, I'm glad you like someone, but she's our enemy." Our enemy...

Eloise pov

After I throw a few axes I start doing random things like making traps, which to my surprise I'm actually kinda good at. After making a few traps that can trap a bunny.. or a human I look up and see Clove Kentwell looking at me.
I immediately look back down to finish a trap that connects to a tree. Forgetting about the weird way Clove was looking at me I go over to the poisonous berrys and the edible ones.

After a bit of that I felt that someone was watching me so I stand up and turn around to see clove right infront of me. "Gahh" i say jumping back a bit. "So how'd you do it" clove says plainly with her arms crossed not breaking eye contact. "Do what?" I say completely clueless. She rolls her eyes as if it was obvious. "The axes. How'd you learn to do that. And don't lie to me saying you've never trained." She says sternly as if I lie to her she might just kill me now.

My parents have always told me never tell anyone about me training in the woods since it's not legal and I'll be sentenced to death.

But clove for some reason makes me want to tell her. But I don't. "Beginners luck?" I say shrugging my shoulders. She just glares at me. Yeah good one Eloise she totally believed it. I think sarcastically.
"Really?" She says and I nod nervously. She's still holding eye contact with me and I hate it. "I don't believe you, the way you hold the axe gives it away. You've figured out how to hold it correctly without hurting or tiring your wrist, and you don't hold it tightly so then the throw is more accurate." She tells me. "Well your very aware..." I say looking down. "Hey! Don't break eye contact with me! Look at me!" She says. And for some reason I listen like a puppy.

"Listen I won't tell anyone if you tell me the truth." She tells me in a whisper. "Why? You could totally get rid of me" I say totally confused on why she won't tell the game makers. "Because, I want to kill you myself"

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