Finally Finding It (Cato Hadley Love Story)

Losing Her

*5 years ago*

"Marie, today is the day! I'm so excited!" My best friend Lily said. Today is the Reaping. "Yay." "Stop being so sarcastic Marie. Can't you be excited for me?" She asks "Yea I can, but I won't. I don't want to lose you. Even if its just for a few weeks to a month, but we don't know if your going to come back. You have never trained and you don't know if you will survive Lily" "Marie I know I can do this. I have a strategy and I will win and we will live in one of those big houses and me, you, and Marc are going to be happy. You won't have to deal with your fucking family anymore." She had a point. All my family cares about is for me or my brother to win The Hunger Games. I could care less about those stupid games and the people who volunteer for them. I mean your going to kill people, that's not cool bro. This year is Adams last year to be drawn for them. He wants to get drawn but I told him not to volunteer for the games because Lily is going to. At least I know he has a piece of a heart. "Ok if you have a strategy what is it then?" "I'm going to wait in the trees and if it comes down to and Someone is about to kill me then, I will use my bow, that I have trained to use, and kill them." "What about the last person?" She thought about it for a few moments then got the look on her face. You know the look when someone knows you got them in a pickle. Haha pickle such a weird word haha. Anyway... "I'm gonna go find them and stab them in the tummy!" She is still so little, we are still so little. "Okay Lily, whatever floats your boat." -------------------------- later that day-------------------------- " Marie get your dress on we have to leave!" The she devil yelled. Yes I do call my mom the she devil. "Okay calm down gosh" "Don't back talk me little girl! Your gonna get it when we get home!" Now do you see what I have been living with for the past 12 years. "WE ARE LEAVING MARIE, GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE NOW!" "Yes m'am" I shout as I yell down the stairs "DON'T YOU DARE YELL AT ME!" "I'm s-sorry" I flinch as she raises her hand "not now, love, we still have to go to the reaping." Wait for it, wait for it. "Do it when we get back" There it is. Yep the Devil said it. See what I have to deal with.... It's sad. "Today Lily is going to volunteer." I said trying to make them happy "why do we care, your not going to you stupid little bitch." Ouch that one hurt a little. ---------- at the reaping---------- "Marie it's about to happen, I'm about to be the winner of the 69th annual hunger games!" Even though we are just in line getting our fingers pricked I'm already starting to get this sick feeling of her being away from me. "Just remember your plan and stick to it, kay?" "Okay Marie I will. I will come back for you and Marc." Marc is her boyfriend of 4 years now. If you do the math we are 13 and that minus 4 is 9. It may seem to young but I can see the love in her eyes when she looks at him, but I never see it back in his. "Hello District 2! Now we have brought a special video all the way from Capitol!" The Popsicle on legs said as the video they show every year starts. This is so fucking boring..... Oh hey look its done. "Ladies first of course" I look over at Lily who is bouncing with excitement "Amber Dawn" she yells into the microphone. Then I hear the voice and words I didn't want to hear "I volunteer!" Lily yells. No, no, no, no, no, no. I didn't hear anything else except when the Popsicle said "Marc Porter!" Great, so my best friends, who happen to be dating, get to go into a killing arena and fight to the death. I notice everyone clearing out and notice them going to the trains. 'Shit! I missed my chance to talk to her!' I thought to my self "Lily Promise your going to come back!" I yell to her "I promise Marie! I won't let you down!" She yells back. ---- a few weeks later----

So there are 3 people left in the games. Lily, Marc, and so kid from 12 but we all knew he was going to die soon. "There you are" I heard Marc say to him, then he slit the kids throat. Nice to know he never trained..... Note the sarcasm. So it was just him and Lily... This is not going to end well. At all. "Lily you know I love you, right?" "Yes Marc why?" "So that means you will forgive me for anything I do right?" "Yes Marc but why?" "I'm sorry" he says as he plunges his sword into her stomach. "NO LILY DON'T DIE YOU CAN'T YOU PROMISED ME!" I yelled to the screen as tears streamed down my face. "I promised her Marc, I promised I would come back" a weak Lily said "I'm sorry Lily" "no your not, I see the way you look at her. You love her don't you?" Lily asked. I left as fast as I could. I could not see my best friend die, I just couldn't. She is gone. I will never see my best friend, and it's all because of Marc. I will never fall in love and I will make sure Lily is remembered