Clato; the real star-crossed lovers

Chapter nine

Cato POV

I watch as all the tributes file out of the training area, and us careers are still training, and atala shoos us out. I follow clove and when marvel and glimmer leave, marvel deviously smirks at me. I nod, and the elevator shuts. I pin clove up aginst the wall, and she looks at me with those chocolate brown eyes. "Marvel told me everything." She gulps, "im sorry." She sighs in relief, and then i kiss her. She immedately kisses me back, and deepens it. We kiss harder than we ever have before, and we miss the elevator ring. Enobaria clears her troat, and were blushing like crazy. "You two are careers, youre supposed to be ruthless." She says frowning. "Mom, you and dad are careers." Clove says. She rolls her eyes defeated, and we step out, i pick clove up, and carry her bridal style to my room. "Put me down!!!" She yells. "Never." I say. She kicks my shoulder, and i drop her on the bed. "Tomorrow is the last day of traini before they evaluate us." I say. She nods, "i know."whe gets up and hugs me, "how are we both going to win?" She asks burying her face in my shirt. "Look at me." I say. She steps back, and i bend down on my knee. "Clove Olivia Sevnia, i love you more than words can explain. Im terrible with speeches, but, will you make me the happiest person in the world, and marry me?" I ask. She smirks. "Cato..." Tears spill out of her eyes. "No." I stop breathing, and she smiles, "i will be the happiest person in the world, because i get to marry Cato." I sigh in relief, and she kisses me. "Clove Olivia Hadley. I like that." I say. "Thats not my middle name." She says. I roll my eyes. "Then what is it?" I ask.

"Im not telling."

"Ill tell you mine." I persuade.

"What is it, then?" She asks, "tell me yours first." I shake my head and cross my arms. She mumbles something, but i dont catch it, "what?" She looks around, and runs out. "Hey!" She runs to my dad, and says something, and he replies, thrn she starts laughing. "Bennard???" She yells and cracks up. "Enobaria." I say firmly. She looks at me, as well as clove. "Whats clove's middle name?" I ssk. Clove gulps. "Its Emma." I look at her, and shake my head, "suits you." She throws her jacket sleves up, and her face turns red. "Thats it." She says grabbing a knife. Enobaria holds her hand down, and pressure points her. Clove falls down, and enobaria sits back down. Clove sneaks up on her, and pulls her out of the chair. She pins enobaria down, and is about to punch her when the elevator rings and glimmer, marvel, cashmere, and gloss step out. She freezes, while cashmere and gloss run feom the elevator and help enobaria up.

Clove POV

"Dont worry, she cant do anything with that knife." Glimmer says. I pick it up, and throw it, right at the end of her dumb pigtail braid, then another knife on the other braid. "Nooo!!" Glimmer yells grabbing her hair. Marvel rolls his eyes, and pushes the '1' button, and they leave. Brutus grabs mine and catos hair, and drags us to our rooms. He locks me in mine, and cato in his. I take a quick shower, change, and crawl into bed.

The next day

I open my eyes, and i see my training outfit has been layed out for me. Turquoise dri-fit top, dri-fit black pants, and black boots. I put my hair in two braids, and combine them into a pony-tail. I walk into the dining room, and eat an apple, while cato comes in and eats about a days worth of food. My mom and brutus come in, ad we head down to district ones floor. They all walk in, glimmers eyes all puffy, and marvel chapped lips. I notice glimmer has hickeys all over her neck, and cato snickers. District one knows how to get freaky. Brutus and gloss head to the betting/sponsor center, and my mom and cashmere sign us in, and meet them there. Training goes by fast, knives, combat, climbing, laughing, tactics, lunch, tactics, laughing, climbing, combat, knives. After training, i goto my room, and change into tights with blue jeans over them, a white tank top, a brown/black sweater, fuzzy socks, and a pair of slippers i found at the back of my closet. I walk out of my room, and see cato in navy blue shorts a white tshirt, a dark blue robe, and black slippers. "Well well well. Miss kentywell." He says. I laugh, "what was that?" I ask. "Me saying hi to my fiancé." He replies wrapping his arms around my waist. "Do you want to goto the roof?" He asks. I nod. I know we have to go through district 12's floor, but who cares. Glimmer brags that she and marvel go up there all the time, and when we see her in the elevator, she has hickeys all over her neck.

{Skipping the interviews;
Scores:
D1
Marvel-10
Glimmer-9
D2
Cato-10
Clove-10
D3
Connor-6
Elizabeth-5
D4
Sebastian-5
Azora-4
D5
Miachel-4
Finch-5
D6
Caleb-6
Camille-7
D7
Barke-5
Olivia-8
D8
Andrew-5
Ariannah-5
D9
Drew-7
Sheya-5
D10
Jeff-6
Betty-7
D11
Thresh-9
Rue-7
D12
Peeta-8
Katniss-11
Enjoy the story!}

When me and cato get to district 12's floor, we hear effie, and a familliar voice. "Amanda." I whisper. "I cant kill my tributes so yours will have a chance!!" Amanda yells so loud, some glass breaks. "Please amanda, i want to work for a better district!!" Effie cries. "Out of the question!!" More glass. We hide behind a bush to get a better view, and theres amanda and effie fighting, and i see the roof door, wide open.

   I wave cato on, and we tiptoe to the door. I quietly walk on the stairs, but stop when i hear voices. "Couldnt sleep?" Loverboy. "I dont think haymitch can over those two shrieking, what district does that lady work for anyway?" Fire girl. "District two. I think." Loverboy replies. Me and cato quickly walk past them , and hide behind a bush, eavesdropping on the conversation. "Which tributes?" Firegirl asks. "Cato and clove. I couldnt help but notice something odd about the two, you know. The way they look at each other." Loverboy says. Firegirl laughs, "theyre ruthless killing machines, the closet they think love is, is admiring their clean kill." Loverboy shakes his head. "No, they try to compete, to see who can make the other more jealous, you know. Sort of like how you competed with squirrels to get nuts during the winter, or you didnt stop trying to gather food after your father's death." Loverboy says. "Well, i would rather eat stale bread than starve." She says. Loverboy chuckles. He looks down. "What is it?" Miss everdeen asks. "I want to show the capitol that they dont own me. I mean if im gonna die, i wanna still be me. You get what im saying?" She nods. "So your not gonna kill anyone?" He sighs, "no, i mean. If it comes down to it, then i will." He finishes. "Lets go. Its getting kind of cold." They stand up, and walk out. Me and cato follow them, and run into the elevator.

The next day

This is it. The day of the games. I didnt know i was in catos room, until his stylist walked in. "Clove, your stylist is waiting for you in your room." I nod, and hug her. "Thank you for everything." She nods, and i walk out. I step into my room, and she engulfs me in hugs. "Ill miss you so much!! Youve saved me from my husband!" I hold her shoulders. "I will win this, and youll be at lots of parties, you wont even remember your husband." She smiles, and helps me change. I eat very little, and drink like ten gallons of water. "One minute to launch." Says a robotic voice. "Here we go." Alesia says. I hug her, and she embraces me again. "Ill miss you for the short time youll be gone. Alesia embraces me, and i wipe one of her tears away. "I can do this." I say straightening. She nods and smiles, "i cant wait to help you with your wedding with that Jason guy from your district." I smile, and step in the tube. I put on a deadly smirk as i feel my metal plate begin to rise......