I know this type of story has been done before, but after reading so many of them I really wanted to try my hand at writing my own. So here you guys go - My first gadge fic 3
Chapter 1: The beginning
It all started just a week after Katniss volunteered during the reaping. It happens everyday. She's always there. Always in the same spot. Gale normally didn't pay attention to the mayors daughter, Madge Undersee. He tried to stay away from the towns folk. They just weren't his type, but something about this blonde he couldn't shake.
Everyday at lunch she sat in the same spot, the spot usually occupied by both Madge and Katniss. Some days Prim joins her, but she's usually alone. She spread her lunch out on the table in front of her and her eyes stayed focused on the screen hanging in the corner of the lunch room. He wasn't sure what it was about this that stuck with him. Why did she care what happened to his best friend? She was popular, she could easily find friends.
He watches her for a week. Never saying anything to her. He finally gets fead up with everything and marches over to her, lunch in hand. "Why are you doing this to yourself?" He asks, slightly more forceful than intended. She's slow to respond, almost as if she's waking up from some sort of dream.
"What?" She asks, tilting her head to the side. He notices a stay strand of hair fall in her eyes before she quickly pushes it behind her ear.
"I said, why are you doing this to yourself. Everyday you sit and watch the recap of the games. Why?" He sets his lunch down and leans against the table, determined to find an answer.
She studies him for a moment before responding. "She's my friend, too." She says simply before turning back to the screen. "Is that all you wanted, Gale?" She adds after he doesn't leave right away.
He doesn't know why he does it, but he sits beside her. He doesn't say anything but goes to eating his lunch quietly. She doesn't acknowledge him and keeps her eyes locked on the screen. Just before the bell for class rings she takes his hand and squeezes it lightly. "You don't have to do this alone, you know?" She says before cleaning up her mess and making her way to class, never once turning back to look at him. What the hell am I getting myself into? He asks himself before making his way off to class.