Love and High School are Just Games (Hunger Games High)

Chapter 20

Cato POV:

     I had to show up at the game during the middle of third quarter because of what is going on. Life sucks. I have no where to go sense Marvel's parents are away and Gale's house is too full. There is no one I could ask besides Madge and Delly. I don't want to ask Delly because that would require me seeing her more than I have to. I don't want to ask Madge because she would tell Delly. So my ultimate decision on where to sleep is either in my car or a house no one lives in. I got a text saying there is a party at Delly's but I definitely wasn't going.

     I get home and walk into my house, "Why the hell are you in my house?!" my dad yells. I see him sitting at the table with a beer in his hand. Oh great, he's drunk.

     "I have to grab a few things for tonight. I have to come here and grab my stuff. You can't just shut your own son out of your life!" I yell. I am so done with him. My mom said she would talk to him in the morning about letting me come back in.

     "You stopped being my son the moment you got a girl pregnant!" he yells back.

     "I told you because you're my dad. You are supposed to be there for me through everything," I say.

     "I can't when you did what you did!" he yells.

     "Shut up! I hate myself everyday for what I did! Do you not think that I feel bad?!" I scream.

     "Stop yelling! I need to get some sleep!" Cali yells coming into the kitchen. I look at her and her eyes are red and puffy.

     "Go upstairs," my dad says to Cali. She runs out of the kitchen crying. My dad gets up from the table and walks over to me. He gets right up in my face and his breath reeks of alcohol.

     "You have two minutes to get your stuff or else I'll shoot you." Well, that's alarming. And I'm sure he means it. I run up the stairs. I run into my room and grab my backpack. I have all my school stuff in there just in case I can't come home. I grab some clothes and a hoodie. I grab my football bag. I stuff that with my football stuff, my laptop, and some other important things. There is a knock at my door.

     "What?!" I snap.

     "It's me," Cali says opening the door.

     "Oh, hey. Sorry, I thought you were Dad," I say. She looks at me and runs over to me. She wraps her arms around me and starts to cry. I hear someone else walk in. It's my mom. She walks over to us and hugs both of us. She starts to cry too. "Stop crying or I'm going to start crying. Plus, I've got it covered. I can stay at Marvel's. Just talk to Dad and figure this out." They nod. "Alright, well I'm going to grab a few things out of the kitchen and then I'm gone. I'll text you or call you later." I break away from the hug, grab my bags, and run downstairs. I grab some food and water bottles and throw them in one of the bags. I run out of the house and into my car. I drive away and start looking for a house where no one lives in.

Clove POV:

     Every night to decompress I sit out on my front porch alone. I've been doing this ever since my mom died when I was in eighth grade. I just sit out here and play on my phone or write in this stupid journal thing. My dad bought me a journal to write everything down in because after she died I didn't talk to anyone except for Cato and Glimmer.

     I see a car pull up in front of my neighbors' house that is for sale. I don't know how I can see that because my neighbors house isn't exactly right next door. They moved out like a month ago. No one has bought it. Plus it's 10:34. I grab my knife that I slipped in my uggs. I get up and go over to the car. As I get closer and see that it's Cato's.