Clato; the real star-crossed lovers

Chapter 4

I wake up, and look at my alarm clock, 5:30. Good. I have time to train. I crawl out of my bed, and open my dresser, and put a mint green dress, and a matching flower clip, and shoes with it. I sigh, and put my training clothes on. I have to volunteer. Or district 2 will hate me. I grab a snack, and a water, and head out to the training center. I jog on the gravel road, until i reach a willow tree, and stop to take a sip of water. "BOO!!" Cato yells. I playfully spit my water on him, and burst out laughing, while he stares in shock at what i did. He smirks, and says, "i bet you want a hug." "No- no i-" he starts to chase me, but i run full speed to the trainingcenter, and attempt to run through the door, and fall down. I forgot it was a pull, not push door. I see cato standing over me, and sigh, "truce." I groan. He smirks. "Okay." He says and rubs the water all over me. "Ill get you back in the arena." I say. "Watch your back." I say while strolling over to the knives. "Okay miss sevenia. I roll my eyes, and pick up a knife and start doing my warm ups. I pick up a small knife, and go through the motions of throwing the knife for thrity minutes, and move on to the next warm up, flicks. A boy that started throwing knives ten minutes ago walks over to me and whispers, "you know, theres a target ove there, right?" He says pointing, "your supposed to throw it." He adds mockingly. "You know, im going to be your future mentor one day, and your not gonna get shit from me." I spit. He laughs, "your just a twerp." I raise my eyebrows, and fling the knife as hard as i can to the farthest target, and it hits the middle of the head. He tilts his head, and points to a lady with dark hair, "kill her, and i will let you slit my throat." The lady turns around, and i see, its my mom, Enobaria. "Thats my mom!" I exclaim. "Your mom is enobaria!" He laughs, "she won by canibolism not true victory." "At least she had the guts to do it." I say. "Clove!" My mom yells. "Throw the knife." She was listening. I pick up a large curved blade, and pick a target. 100 metres away. I breathe out, and i throw the knife as hard as i can. I cant breathe. The ball hits the target square in the middle, and i turn away, throwing my ponytail in his face. "Mentor you soon, weakiling." I whisper, in his ear. I walk a few steps away, and he grabs my pobytail, and throws me on the ground. I stand up, and charge at him, i slam my body on top of his, and he lands on the ground. I take note that hes tall like my dad, and strong like cato. I may not win. Wait, i need to find a weakness first. Then something comes to mind, where the sun dont shine. I smirk, and punch him in the face, then in the gut, and he trows me off of him. I roll over, and he charges at me. I roll under him, and knock him off his feet. I put one foot on his stomach, and i twist, the i step on his balls, and he breathes deeply. I smirk, and head for the door, and he knocks me over again, but, he has a knife, im screwed. I gulp, and say, "what are you gonna do with that?" He smirks, and smiles, "youll find out." Im knocked over by a strong force, and see cato slam him on the ground. "Leave.Her.Alone." He says hushed and angered. "Your boyfriend he has to protect you, you wont last in the arena." I throw muself at him, but cato holds me back, and i punch him in the face, and walk out. He follows me a moment later, "what was that for?" He asks not angry anymore. "You cant just protect me like that, it made me look weak!" I yell. I have a few bruises on my arms, and a cut on my face from the fight. "Yeah, well im going to be in the arena with you, and im going to protect you as long as i can, i cant loose my clovr, or ill have back luck." I roll my eyes, and cant help but smile, i playfully punch him on the arm, and he says, "well, at the reaping im gonna look even more intimidating." He says smiling, and points to the bruise i made next to his nose. I laugh, and he holds my hand and walks me back to my house.

I walk inside, and cato leaves to go get dressed, and we said to meet at the tree when were done. I run upstairs, and change into my dress, and change from mint slippers to black boots. I curl my hair, and put the bow in, and then i put my makeup on. When i finish, i look in the mirror and frown. I need to look intimidating. I wipe off all the makeup, and reapply mascara, and lip gloss. I add a little blush to show off my cheekbones, because the capitol citizens look for, talented, pretty, and strong. Im talented and strong, but im not landing in the pretty category. Usually, district one has pretty and talented, but theyre usually weak. I apply more mascara, to make my eyelashes look dark, and to add more flare. I add light gray eyeshadow, to make my eyes pop a little more, because my parents said they were my best feature. I look at myself in the mirror, and i think, deadly. I put a few knives in by boot, and put my locket on. I put the ring cato gave me on it, and smile. I walk downstairs, and my mom is there, wearing a blood red tank top, a gray hoodie around her waist, and blue jean pants. "Clove, do you want to walk to the reaping, or do you want me to drive you?" She asks. "Ill walk." I say. "With who?" I blush, "cato." I say rolling my eyes. "Thats fine, as long as you dont show affection at the reaping." I nod, and hug her, "see you on the train." I say. "Ill be in the lounging car." She says hugging me back. "Bye." I say and walk out the door.