Clato; the real star-crossed lovers

Chapter 5

The warm sun of District two beats down on me, I smile as the wind blows in my face. When i visit my aunt in the capitol, its cold year round' when im visiting my uncle in district four, its usually hot. When i pass the big oak tree that me and cato used to hang out at before training, i remember when i was furious at him, and then i see the waterfall. A single tear flows down my small, pampered cheek, and i wipe it away. I walk down the gravel path, and see the willow tree. When i come closer, i see cato fumbling with his tie. I giggle, and walk up to him. "Here." I say helping him. He smiles when im done, "thanks." I nod, and push him aginst the tree. He looks startled. I kiss him, and we just sit there for who knows how long, kissing. When we let go, i jump on his back, and he starts running around, trying to knock me off. I laugh, and smile, as we goof off around a few people. The warning bell rings for the reaping, which means we have ten minutes til the reaping. I grab his hand, and we walk to the reaping, a few minutes later, were behind a shrub of bushes, and i kiss him. "Ill see you in a little." He says, i give him a sad smile, and he lifts my chin up. "Dont worry." He says. "I dont want to lose you." I say tears welling in my eyes. "You wont. Together?" He asks. "Together, or not at all." I state. He smiles, and we kiss. I start walking away, my hand slowly slipping away. Then i feel the heat slip away from my hand. I grab my hand, denying that hes gone, but i shake it off. I glance at cato, but quickly look away.

I stand in the seventeen year old section, and take a deep breath. "WELCOME!!" I hear a piercing shriek, "WELCOME TO THE SEVENTY FOURTH HUNGER GAMES!!" Our escort yells. We got a new one, and shes really excited, as you can tell. "WE HAVE A SPECIAL VIDEO FROM THE CAPITOL!!" She chirps."BY THE WAY MY NAME IS AMANDAHSHBLACK (A/N a man dahh sh block) FINKLESHMITTERYDUPTER (A/N finkle smitt ery dup ter)!!" She claps her hands, and a video about war, consequences, gsmes, tributes, victors, blah, blah, blah. "WASNT THAT WONDERFUL?!?!" She shrieks, "THE TIME HAS COME FOR OUR FEMALE TRIBUTE TO VOLUNTEER!!" She says. We all stare confused, and a peacekeeper murmurs something to her. "OH!! THE TIME HAS COME TO SELECT OUR MALE AND FEMALE TRIBUTES IN HOUNOR OF SERVING DISTRICT TWO IN THE SEVENTY FOURTH ANNUAL HUNGER GAMES!!" She hisses at the peacekeeper. "AS USUAL, LADIES FIRST!!" She yells into the mic. She angrily, and flabbergastedly strolls over to the bowl. "Amanda Veeder." She quiets down. "I VOLUNTEER!!" I yell Amanda looks relieved, and angry. Shes 18, im guessing she doesnt want to go, but her parwnts want her to. "Whats your name?" She asks, i can barely hear her now, even though im right next to her. "Clove Sevina." I reply proudly. "We have a victors child in here, who thinks we have a winner??" She asks. Everyone claps, and then she says, "now for the males." She struts over to the bowl, and she grabs a name from the bottom. "And the male tribute from district two, Jack Hammerage."

Cato pov

"HES DEAD!!" His mom yells crying, and i feel a pang of guilt in my chest. "I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE!!" I shout. I stroll up the stage, and Jack's mom gives me a hard cold stare. "Thats a murderer! Cato Hadley killed my son!" she gasps at my name, "another victor child? Well we have some interesting games coming, folks." Everyone claps, we shake hands, we are escorted into the justice building, and into seperate rooms to say gb to our friends, and family