Katniss' POV:
"Ladies and gentleman we will be landing in Miami, Florida in ten minutes so please fasten your seat belts" chirps the annoying flight attendant, Effie Trinket. I think there's something wrong with her, she's wearing a pale pink wig, a matching pink outfit, 7 inch high heels and her face is caked in weird makeup. She talks in a weird accent too which is high pitched and super annoying! When she passed by my seat she saw me slouching and she yelled "MANNERS!" that woman is very odd.
I put my laptop back in my backpack and pull my seat up and get ready for the plane to land. I turn to my left and see my friend Annie has done the same. Annie payed for this trip, well actually her parents payed for this trip. Annie's parents own a popular seafood restaurant called Cresta's seafood. I have to admit the food there is great and this restaurant is popular all over the country so her parents are very rich. me and Annie aren't the only ones going my two other best friends Clove and Marissa ( Foxface) came with us.
I feel the plane stop moving and Effie makes another announcement: "Ladies and gentleman we have landed in Miami, Florida so we ask you to exit the plane win an orderly fashion. Have a great time in Miami and I hope you fly with American Airlines again!" I grab my backpack and follow Annie off the plane. I spot Marissa's red hair waiting by a starbucks. I grab Annie's wrist and drag her to where Marissa and Clove are waiting. "Finally we can get our luggage!" Clove complains. "I'll buy us some coffee get my bag" I whisper to Marissa. She nods her head and catches up with Clove and Annie.
I go up to the counter of Starbucks and order four coffees and I go to where the place where you pick up your luggage. I see Marissa waiting for me with my suitcase. " Thanks for getting my bag here's your coffee" I hand he the cup of hot liquid and I think to myself why coffee? It's really warm here in Miami. I give Clove and Annie their drinks and we go to the car rental underneath the airport. Me and Clove are going together and Annie and Marissa are going together.
I grab the keys from the car dealer and put my suitcase in the trunk along with Clove's. I get in the white car and Clove get's in the passenger seat. I start the car and exit the car dealership and Clove starts giving me directions to the hotel on her iPhone. I take a lot of turns but I eventually get to the giant hotel with palm trees surrounding it. We get out of the car and spot Annie and Marissa getting out of a red car. Clove gets her suitcaseout of the back of the car and runs to where my friends are. I lift my red suitcase out of the trunk and sling my backpack over my shoulder and join up with my friends.
"Your on the 15th floor, that's the penthouse so theres only one door. I hope you enjoy your stay oh and we have a pool, shuffleboard court, and tennis court. Near the pool there is ping pong and a giant checker board. We're not that busy this week, everyone is going to orlando this spring break because they're having all the celebrities there, the Good thing is if you girls don't have any boyfriends there is 4 hunks that checked in this morning" the old secretary tells us. "Have a good day too" Clove says wanting to end this conversation. The lady hands us each a room key. I feel my pockets for my phone but there's nothing in them. "Guys I think I left my phone in the car, go up without me." I tell them, they nod they're heads and go to the elevator. I go to the car and find my phone in the cup holder. I snatch it and return back to the hotel. The first thing I see is a tall boy with blonde hair talking to Mags the lady we were talking to before. I grab my bags and go to the elevator, i'm followed by the boy with blonde hair,he gets in the elevator and faces me "Are you one of the pretty girls mags was talking about who just checked in?" That comment makes me blush. " Probably. Are you one of the hot hunks she was telling me and my friends about?" I question back. " I think so" he replies "Katniss" I stick out my hand for him to shake. "Cato" he shakes my hand and the elevator dings a the 12th floor and he gets off "I'll see you around" and he winks at me and the elevator doors close. The elevator goes up 3 more floors and I get off and unlock the door to the hotel room.
Wow, Annie really has outdone herself this time, plush sofas, 4 bedrooms, a huge kitchen and a great view of the beach. "Annie this is so big!" "I know, isn't it great instead of being crammed in a hotel room with get the whole floor to ourselves! By the way go down the hallway, first door on the right is your bedroom." she tells me. "Oh and we're going to the pool so get changed." She finishes. I nod my head and go to the bedroom. This rooom has a king sized bed, a plasma screen TV and a balcony! I don't waste anytime, I pick out a green bikini and put it on and go back to the living room. Clove, Marissa and Annie are waiting there watching spongebob. "I'm ready." "Just a sec this is almost over" Clove shushes me. "Really? Spongebob? We're 17!" I tell them. "It's over now so it doesn't matter anymore." Clove hisses. "I told it would be over in a second" I just roll my eyes and follow Annie out the door.
"I love this hotel!" Marissa says. We went down to the pool, Mags was right there was a giant pool in the middle and 2 smaller ones next to it, there was ping pong and a giant checker board which Clove and Annie ran to. "Who wouldn't this place has everything!" We sit down on some cushiony white shays. "Yeah and Mags wasn't lying about the hot hunks!" Marissa says pointing to Cato and three other boys. "Here's your ice cream ladies" a man who works at the hotel hands us our ice cream that we ordered. I take a spoonful of ice cram and shove it in my mouth. "Mmmmm!" This ice cream is so good! " I see you've tried their awesome ice cream!" A familiar voice says, I open my eyes and see Cato smirking. "Hi, Cato" I greet. "How do you know him? We've been here for like half an hour." Marissa asks. "Oh we met on the elevator" I tell her "oh okay cool" " So Katniss do you know how to swim?" Cato asks "Yep. And i'm awesome at it." I brag "Swim race?" He asks, I'm always in for a challenge. "You think I'm going to have a swim race against someone I just met?" he stays silent. "Then you guessed right!" I finish. I canon ball into the big pool and he jumps in behind me, splashing me. "From this end to the other, okay?" "Okay" "GO!" I start swimming and Cato is a bit in front of me so I quicken my pace and I touch the wall before him. "I win!" I shout "And since I won you can have a prize." I tell Cato. "Okay, you have to go on a date with me" he says "My pleasure!"
I get out of the pool and see Annie flirting with one of Cato's friends, he has very tan skin and bronze hair. Clove is blushing like crazy, a blonde boy, another one of Cato's friends is probably complimenting her, a lot. And Marissa is playing ping pong with Cato's best friend, Marvel, that's what he told me.
I get a towel and dry myself off and see that Cato is doing the same. Cato notices that I'm looking at his abs and muscles. "You like what you see?" He asks "Maybe" I mutter. That just makes him smile. I hear my stomach grumble and realize that I haven't eaten since this morning not including the ice cream. "You hungry?" Cato asks "No" I says sheepishly. "Whatever suits you, I'm going to get a burger from the hut." He walks off and I sit back on the shay I was on earlier and I just close my eyes and relax.
"Hello" I jump a little and my eyes snap open. Cato is standing in front of me with 2 burgers and a plate of fries. "What?" I sneer. "I brought you a burger" "I told you i'm not hungry" "yes you are now eat up" he hands me a burger and sits down on the seat next to me. I guess I might as well not starve, I take a bite out of my burger and finish it in 3 minutes. "Wow you finish fast" Cato says taking another bite out of his burger. "Katniss just admit you were hungry" "Fine I was hungry" I roll my eyes and get up and walk back in the hotel. "Wait, Katniss" Cato calls out. I turn around "What?" "remember our date tonight and by the way what room you in?" he asks. " I'm on the 15th floor, it's the penthouse so there is jus one door" I explain "Okay see you later beautiful" Cheesy or what. " I never said we were dating, I just met you but I'll see you at 5:00" I kiss his cheek and take the elevator up to my room. I unlock the door to the incredibly huge room and take a shower so I won't smell like chlorine on my date.
I wrap a towel around myself and open my suitcase. What to wear, what to wear? After looking through my whole suitcase I pick a pair of dark denim shorts and a floral blouse. I go in the bathroom to do my makeup and my hair. In 20 minutes i'm all ready for my 'date' with Cato. . I grab my phone from the kitchen counter and go and open the door. Cato is leaning on the door frame wearing khaki shorts and a blue V-neck t-shirt that matches his icy blue eyes. "Ready?" He asks "Yep" He puts his arm around my shoulders and leads me to the elevator and we go down to the lobby. Ding. The elevator doors open and I see all my friends still talking to Cato's friends the've been talking for like two hours! I guess they really like each other. We walk past them and Cato leads me to a blue convertible and he opens the door for me and I be in and he runs to the drivers seat and gets in.
. I pick up my phone. "Hello?" "KATNISS YOU FORGOT TO CALL ME!" my little sister Prim screams."Sorry Prim, so how are you?" I ask " Fine now that I know you didn't die in a plane crash" " I forgot, we were at the pool and I had to get ready for a date." " A DATE! You're going on a date? You haven't on date since you dumped him" Prim says "I know but I forgave him, plus who can blame him every girl wants to date Gale Hawthrone" I tell her. Gale is a famous singer and actor, I dumped him because I saw him cheating on me but I forgave him and we're just friends now. "Well Katniss mom is calling me for dinner have fun on your date bye!" Prim hangs up before I can even say bye back. I slip my phone in my pocket."So you dated Gale Hawthorne?" Cato asks "Yep we dated for 2 years then he cheated on my with Glimmer Shine" I tell him. "And you forgave him?" " Yeah he was a good friend before we dated so I didn't want to lose our friendship, and he was begging on his knees for me to forgive him" Cato laughs at the last part and pulls into the paking lot of Cresta's Seafood.