Chapter 4.

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"Okay, let's go to Hot Capitol Topic." Cato says. "No, let's go to Mahogany On." Foxface argues. "Then let's take a vote, okay?" Cato starts with a smirk, "Raise your hand if you want to go to Hot Capitol Topic." Cato simply says. Everyone raises their hand except Foxface. "Fine!" She exclaims.

We stroll off to Hot Capitol Topic. Thresh is behind me and Gale is in front of me; Foxface and Cato take the lead. When we make our way to the entrance, Cato says, "Okay, people, get hair dye from a spray can or something. But make sure it's washable; we don't need our friends to look like Ms. Trinket," he jokes, "Also, get some other junk so we can disguise ourselves." Everyone nods. Gale and Thresh get the hair dye while Cato, Foxface, and I look at stuff.

"Did you know that almost everyone shops from here? I mean, look around. Everyone around us resembles Ms. Trinket. She lives in the Capitol which is a street where all the other rich rainbows live." Cato says, satisfied with Foxface's irritated look. "Yeah, too ba-" Foxface stops talking. Her eyes wonder off to across the mall at a store called Paper Books. "What's wrong?" I ask Foxface. "Hide." She responds. Then I see them. Katniss and the rest of her group are inside the book store.

The three of us duck down as they begin to come out. Cato gestures Gale and Thresh to walk over to him. "How are we going to get out of here without being caught?" Foxface asks. Fortunately, Thresh has a bag full of makeup and wigs for disguising ourselves. We carelessly smear the glop of makeup on our faces and wear random wigs. I end up wearing one that has shiny strands of royal blue hair.

Even though Foxface is wearing a sunset orange wig, you can still see the strands of her natural ginger hair. I admire her very much. "Well, where shall we go next?" Foxface says with a Capitol accent. We all chuckle under our breaths.

When we walk past Katniss' group, they don't seem to recognize us. "Watch this." Cato whispers so only we could hear him. He takes a can of green hair dye and walks over to Katniss. "Well, hello there, child," he starts to speak with his Capitol accent, "Are you from Mockingjay High? Of course you are. Did you win The High School Games 73 years in a row? Of course you did. Can I feel your muscles? Of course I can." We're all laughing and Cato can't help but smile as he touches Katniss. She smacks his hand away and says, "Look, pal! I don't know who you think you are! But you better just hit the road!" We're laughing out loud. "Alright, dear." Cato chuckles. As a finishing touch, he sprays her with the green hair dye. We all laugh out loud. "Hah! Run!" Gale yells. And we all run.

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"This leaves us with Madge, Sage, Marvel, and Peeta." Foxface says as she wipes off the colorful glop of makeup off with a paper towel. "I have to pee. You can wipe off the makeup if you want. Just stay here." She states as she disappears in a stall. I simply, wipe off the makeup and take my wig off. Then after awhile, Foxface comes out of the stall. "You ready to actually start this war?" I ask. She nods looking quite ready.

We get out of the bathroom and find Thresh, Gale, and Cato waiting for us. "Okay, now I think we should go to Paper Books and see what they were doing there." Foxface suggests. "Let's just try not to get pranked." Cato adds. We all walk over to Paper Books and Foxface is using Cato as a shield. But a few seconds later, we hear a FLARP kind of sound and see that Gale has been pranked! He stepped on a whoopee-cushion that has been filled with chocolate sauce. "Ugh! They always put random pranks everywhere! That's why our team always wins!" Foxface blurts out. "I'm sorry, Gale. You're just going to have to sit next to Katniss Ever-green. She's in Forever 451." Cato says as he pats Gale's back.

All of these exciting feelings made me forget all about Val. We were talking in my room and she said something about 'Gli'. Oh wait, she was cut off by Cato. Then 'Gli' should be someone or something. I tap my foot with frustration. Whose name started with 'Gli' again? Then it hits me. Glimmer. She's my suspect..for now. But Val was furious with Katniss too. What does Katniss have to do with Glimmer?

My thoughts are interrupted by Cato..again, "Come on, Clove. We're going to Octavia's Secret." I feel him squeeze my hand, dragging me to the rest of our team. Just as we were planning what to do next, we saw the little blut walk by with her little blut friends: Glimmer. "Awe, look who it is. It's the little immature loser club." She states stupidly. "At least we're not people who waste their money on beauty salons. I think it's futile that you even go to there, you will never be beautiful." Foxface retorts. Glimmer clenches her fists.

We all walk away and Foxface starts to talk, "I hate Glimmer. She's so annoying." Cato nods in agreement and says, "Whatever, guys. If she volunteers for The High School Games this year, I'll make sure she's dead." We all smile.

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The prank is set. And it was all Thresh's idea: In Octavia's Secret, we tie a clear string to a perfume that Madge always tries on. The other end of the string is tied to a water balloon. When Madge tries on the perfume once again, she'll get soaked with water that we bought from a nearby store. If you ask me, I think it'll go just fine.

"Oh look! Peeta's coming with his little group." Cato says. Both of us smirk at each other. Just then, we hear Madge and Peeta gasp. I get a whiff of a heavy scent. There were two water balloons tied to the string. And the balloons were filled with perfume, not water. "Hey Peeta!" Foxface starts,"You smell lovely! But a little too girly if you ask me." Everyone in my group laughs, except for me.

You'd think that this is just a simple prank war, but seriously? Perfume? What was I doing when our team bought it? Oh well, our team is winning. Now we have Marvel and Sage to deal with. Hehe. I know Sage too well. But there's a disadvantage; Sage knows me as well. "We'll win this prank war! You just wait and see!" Marvel shouts as he grabs Sage's hand and drags her our of here. Thresh snorts. "We'll see about that!" Foxface shouts as they run off to a rustic restaurant called Graviolli.

"Actually, I think they are a threat. The ketchup bottles at Graviolli are like bombs!" Cato states, with a frown. Thresh groans, "Well, at least they're outnumbered, right?" We all nod then walk slowly to Graviolli. Cato and Thresh are using me and Foxface as a shield. Once we reach Graviolli, Marvel shouts randomly and shoots ketchup at me. I shriek, then duck, then hear Cato scream.

Foxface quickly takes a bottle of mustard and shoots Marvel. "Take this, Sage. You have to win." Marvel says as he hands her the ketchup bottle. The scene is too dramatic; I can't stop laughing. Sage takes the bottle and immediately shoots me. Then Thresh. But Foxface and the mustard bottle are nowhere to be seen. Just the words catch me if you can are written on the floor by the yellow condiment.

Ooo! :-) Who will win? Team Foxface? Or Team Sage? Comment down below.

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