I bring a hand desperately up to my forehead wiping away the infinite beads of sweat.I see a water bottle at the finish line, Like a beautiful oasis in the distance.An angel in the form of a plastic bottle as my legs start picking back up the speed I thought had drained out of me on the 20th lap.'Need.....to.....run....the last......100m' I stutter my thoughts around in my burning head.
I'm almost there.Only one boy has already made it,I see him collapsed on the grass a short distance away from Dwayne's huge feet, His chest falling and rising rapidly in the air.He manages to lift a hand to a bottle of water letting the liquid escape down onto his red face.My body fills with envy at the sight, I need to be in his positions as soon as possible.My blue eyes lock back onto the large bottle of still water now even closer than ever before.Dwayne blows his whistle before his voice arises so loud I swear my ears are in danger of serious damage "Nicely done Cato.water is on the table, knock yourself out" he finishes with a loud blow of an excruciatingly painful metal whistle signalling the end of my race.I've done it.I made it through.
My legs give in as soon as I wrap a hand around a sacred bottle of water, collapsing onto the floor little more than a metre away from the Victor of today's race.I clutch my chest letting the holy water pour all over my sweat coated face."can you believe we made it?" the boy speaks up as I rotate my head to look at him, cooling my left cheek on the lush grass."I'm so bloody glad that's over" I respond to him and we both waste a little precious air laughing in relief.He nods at me letting me know he understands exactly how I feel.
After a few minutes of letting myself recover I hear loud feet running from across the track.As I. begin to wonder who the next people will be to join us our, Dwayne speaks up "so Mason, Cato, which would you bet your bottled water on?" he motions his head towards the track and competing athletes racing to take 3rd place.Bailey and Clove.
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The dark haired threat
FanfictionCato has just began the immensely demanding training programme in district 2. Living up to his brothers reputation is one thing but becoming a Victor, that's another altogether. Although he has his fair share of both attention and friends he doesn't...
