Through These Doors (PeetaxCato)

Chapter 8-Perfect Places

AUTHOR'S NOTE; I am adding some more character parts to tie everything in....enjoy!!

Courtney

I sat down at my vanity and gazed into the mirror...What had I done to myself? What had I accomplished since I had left Liberty High? The answer? Absolutely nothing except embarass myself in class....

The old Courtney would have told me not to act like this, to simply forget it and move on as if nothing happened. It's hard to do that when you are one of the reasons someone kills themselves.

I picked up the brush on the table and brushed my hair. Hannah Baker was a name I could never forget for as long as I lived. I mean, I was one of the tapes...I was one of the main reasons she was dead. Like come on...

Suddenly, the door came open and Cato came in. He was a very handsome boy...honestly I could see why Peeta fell for him and I'm a lesbian!

"Um, hi there Cato..." I stammered, wondering why he was in my room.

"Hey, Courtney, can I talk to you?" he asked in a tone that worried me.

"Um, sure, yes, please sit down..." I motioned for him to sit on my bed.

"I'm sorry to barge in like this but like I need to talk to someone who I don't know and who doesn't think I'm crazy..." Cato said as he sat down.

"I would never think that, Cato! What is it?" I asked, now intrigued.

"Tell me a little bit about Clay." he said.

Clay...Clay...I thought back to the day in the graveyard when we had fought about Hannah..only for the next day to come out of the closet. No, wait a minute, was it the day Mr. Porter got the tapes? I couldnt remember....

"Well..for one he's bi. He was in love with Hannah Baker and then she died and then he shut down. He had a boyfriend, Tony Padilla, and they broke up because he went mental. Like he and I moved here for almost the same reasons..." I explained.

"And what reasons were those?" he asked me.

"We couldn't save Hannah for one..." I said as I held my head up, determined not to cry in front of Cato like I had the rest of the school.

"Courtney, I just wanted to know if Clay would be like...i dont know...in need of a mentor?" Cato stammered this time.

I looked up at him and I said, "He needs that more than anything right now."

Clay

I sat in my room listening to the tapes again like I always did these days...I just couldn't stop listening. I missed Hannah so much to the point of where I couldn't be at Liberty High anymore...The memories of her were too much for me to handle.

I wondered why Courtney had come with me...why she was so eager to leave behind her friends and her flawless reputation in Cali to come all the way here to this place and start from scratch all over again?
It didn't make sense to me...

I heard her across the hall whispering to someone. Someone with a manly voice...That was strange because for one she didnt like guys at all. She was lesbian. And two was because she never really talked to guys much. That voice sounded familiar though...and it got closer and closer.

My door unlatched and there stood the guy from this morning that I ended up crying in his arms. I blushed at the thought of that.

"Hi, Clay, its me, Cato..." hecsaid as he looked at me. His blue eyes were intoxicating... No wonder he and Peeta were together!

"Hi." I whispered. My heart raced...it was like a dream and yet it wasn't. Far from it actually...

"Just wanted to ask if you wanna hang out tomorrow after school... Just you and me..." he said as he smiled.

Okay, now this was dream material!

"Oh yea, sure Cato..." I smiled back.

He winked as he said. "Perfect."

He closed the door and I closed my eyes. Wow.....

Peeta

I felt Gloss' sweaty body on top of me as we both came to. I felt a bit ashamed about this but I nedded someone to talk to and give me what I needed and wanted most...and that was love. Plus Gloss, hard as a rock, was really good at making moves....

"Oh my God, you were fantastic..." I said as I breathed in and out really hard.

"Yeah, you're a good bitch." he said as we laughed.

"Promise me Cato will never know..." I said as I started to get dressed again.

"No one, but remember Peeta, your secret comes with a price..." Gloss smiled as he put his underwear on.

"Oh? And what's that?" I asked seductively.

"You give Daddy what he wants, when he wants." he said as he kept grabbing my ass and squeezing it back and forth.

A small moan escaped me as I said, "Ok then, I will be your bitch then."

We both exploded in laughter...

Clove

Johanna and I were in my room, listening to My Chemical Romance and eating pizza. I thought about the new girl named Courtney. She seemed really nice...and so did that boy Clay...

"What did you think of the new kids?" Johanna asked as if reading my mind.

"I really like them a lot." I answered.

"Same, but you know Courtney's a dyke, right?" Johanna said.

"She's a guy? Oh wow I always wanted to meet a trans person..." I answered.

"No, moron, she's a dyke. A lesbian..." Johanna shot back.

I laughed at her, "How do you know?"

"She told us in class today that she was in love with this chick named Hannah Baker and she killed herself and Courtney says she's one of the reasons she's dead."

I covered my hands to my mouth. I felt so bad for Courtney, yet concern for us came over me.

"As long as she doesn't come between us, I'm chill with it." I said.

"Clove, this girl misses Hannah too much to start over. Literally, depressed is her middle name." Johanna rolled her eyes.

I noticed Johanna was a little irritable lately....mainly from the fact that she was on her period.

I leaned in and kissed her. That would be just perfect to cure that....

Cato

I walked home from Courtney's house feeling a little better...I was now gonna be Clay's mentor and I was so happy that I was gonna be there for him...maybe a little too happy.

I loved Peeta and he was my soulmate forever....but today I wanted to know more about Clay...and if he wanted to talk, scream, cry, cuddle, hug, fuck, whatever...I would let him. Because we all need a perfect place to be at in life.....

Song of the Day; Passionate by Drake