Madge Undersee wakes up every morning in a warm bed with a cup of tea and a feeling of serenity. Every morning she looks in the mirror and, for the most part, she likes what she sees. Her pale skin is almost always incandescently smooth, her wide eyes exactly the right shade of blue, and her hair falls in tousled golden waves down her back without any assistance. Perfect. Perfect, perfect, perfect. Every morning Madge tiptoes downstairs, careful not to wake her mother from her morphling induced sleep. She always breathes a sigh of relief whenever she reaches the bottom. Waking her mother would mean having to console her and wince at the painful sobs. She then walks into the kitchen after breathing that sigh of relief, and feels a stab of disappointment that only the butler is there to greet her. Mayor Undersee is too busy for breakfast with his daughter. However, Madge never lets it show. She teases her butler, and snorts at his sarcastic replies, while she forces dry toast and stale disappointment down her throat. Then she sets off for school. Perfect, perfect, perfect.
Gale Hawthorne wakes up every morning in an uncomfortable bed with his brother's elbow in his face and a crick in his neck. Every morning he only has time for a brief glance in the mirror to flatten down his thick black hair before he departs to the forest to set snares at sunrise. He always arrives back in time to eat a breakfast of whatever his mother can scrape together. His eyes usually droop and his hands ache from the intricate knot tying. Poor. Poor, poor, poor. Every morning Gale helps his mother attempt to scrub the coal dust off of his 3 younger siblings, in a vain effort to appear presentable for school. He always smirks at the scowl on Rory's face as his mother attacks him with cold water and a sponge. He winks at Posy and Vick, who erupt into giggles. They all know who Rory is trying to impress. Then they set off for school. Poor, poor, poor.
Madge and Gale are equally mysterious in their own ways. Madge could have been the popular girl, the girl that everyone looked up to. It would take no effort with her prettiness, confidence and sly sense of humour. She just chooses not to. She doesn't want to be admired to her face and hated behind her back. So she sits with Katniss Everdeen at lunch. She only replies to the popular group with short, sarcastic answers. Gale could have been a serial dater with his rugged good looks, but he is too quiet, too reserved. Sometimes even too shy. He talks only to his friends, and never replies if anyone else tries to converse with him. They both have fiery tempers and strong beliefs.
Madge is a mystery to Gale, and Gale is a mystery to Madge.
Maybe that's why they notice each other so much.
A/N: Okay, so this idea came to me at like 3am last night and i had to write it out. That's why this is super short. If you don't understand, I've changed Gale's and Madge's personalities around, so Gale is the more quiet one, and Madge is the more confident one. I will try to continue this, but my plot is still kinda short, so any suggetsions would be awesome. Kay, ramble is over.