A very Clovely story

Chapter 19: Final Interview

After the party, we sleep in the same building we slept before the games. I go to the first floor. I open the door and enter Glimmer's room. I look at her beautiful ring, the one that was taken away. Green just like her eyes. I touch it softly and take it. I go to Marvel's room. Even though I hated him for killing Rue, he was kind of my friend before that. I leave and go to my own room in the second floor. I take a shower and get rid of all the makeup. I put a nightgown on and go to sleep. I cry myself to sleep. Cato's soft touch wakes me up. He is brushing my hair with his hands and smiling. "You look so beautiful when you sleep. Its like you have no worries at all", he says. I smile and snuggle close to him. "i'll take guard", he says. I look at him confused, "Cato, we are not in the games anymore", I say "Oh,sorry I though we were", he says. I fall asleep in his arms. Who could think that Cato, the boy who could kill you with a twist of his arm, is so fond about a weak 15 year old girl?

A dream. Im in a dream. I dream about Rue. How I gave her the bag at the Cornucopia, how i saw her that night in the trees and told her to run far away from us. I wake up screaming for Rue to run. Cato is there to comfort me, like always. "Rue should've won.It was Katniss's fault for leaving her alone.", I say with tears in my eyes "It was no one's fault. It was the Capitol's", he says. I get up and go take a shower. Today at noon are the final interviews. Then we get on the train and leave for home. I randomly press all of the shower buttons and hope for the best. My stylist left a beautiful green dress with sandals for my interview. It has to look really innocent and girly so the Capitol will believe the berries were for love. And they were, so I dont have to pretend. I put it on and  twirl. I look  beautiful. I see my stylist left the makeup for me to do it, so I grab the green eyeshadow and put it on. Then I put eyeliner and mascara and then lip gloss. Enobaria walks in, and sees me in my dress. "You know, when I won my games, I had a beautiful yellow dress for my final interview", she says looking at my dress "How do you do it?", I ask. She looks at me confused, "Do what?", she asks "How do you live knowing that because of you so many people died?", I ask. She is quiet for a second and leaves to get something from her room. She comes back with a book. "I used this book to make a memorial to all of the tributes from my games." I see paintings of happy tributes, smiling. "You should make one yourself, and that way, when you feel sad, you can see them smiling, because they are in a better place now, with no more pain or fears", she says "yeah i'll do one." She smiles and leads me to Cato's room. Then she leaves. I knock on the door and Cato opens it. He is wearing a balck suit with green accents. "You look gorgeous", he says smiling. "I cant wait to go home again", I say smiling "I know, but I wont stop hunting.", he says "I wont either. We could meet up in the woods like the games never happened", I say. He extends his hand and I take it. We walk over to the interview room. "Ladies and Gentlemen, the victors of the 74th annual Hunger Games, Cato and Clove", Caesar says. The audience starts to shout and clap. They love us. But we hate them. We sit in the couch next to Caesar. I grab Cato's hand and Caesar smiles "So Clove, how did you feel when they announced that their could be 2 winners?", Caesar asks "I felt happy. I felt lucky to have a person as special as Cato by my side. We were friends before the Games, but in the games, we realized we loved each other, so having a chance to love was pretty overwhelming", I say smiling "How about you Cato?", Caesar says "Well, I volunteered to protect Clove. I knew I wasnt going to come back to my district. I wanted Clove to live. But when they said 2 victors, I did everything to try to win with her. And here we are", Cato says smiling "Clove, how did you feel when Thresh grabbed you by the throat?", Caesar asks. I stare in the distance as I tried to remember that awful memory "I felt scared. In matter of seconds I was reduced from a powerful career to a scared child. And that is what I was all along. A scared child. I saw my life flash before my eyes. But then Cato came and saved me. He was so brave.", I say looking at Cato and smiling "Oh Clove, you are so much like your brother", Caesar says with a sad face and tears in his eyes "Do you remember him?", I ask "How could you forget those hopeful eyes and the words he said to you?", Caesar says grabbing my hands. I smile a fakeful smile. "Ladies and Gentlemen, Cato and Clove!", Caesar says cheerfully. The crowd cheers and claps. I give Cato a kiss. The crowd goes crazy. I love him so much. That was the moment I realized Caesar was a rebel. I could just recognize it in his voice, the pain he felt for Joan. Because everybody wanted him to win. I walk into my room in the building. I know this will be the last time seeing the Capitol. I look out the Capitol window and see the greatness. The power. everything I will have in D2. Fame. Money. Houses. Riches. Jewelry. Love. Happiness. All the things all of the other tributes will not have. Because of me.