2. Strawberries.
"I brought more strawberries..." his grey Seam eyes meet my blue ones.
"But my father left for the Capitiol yesterday..."
"Madge, they aren't for him." he smiles and takes my hand. "I want to show you something."
My heart beats like crazy as he leads me out the back door and towards the rarely electrified fence.
"Do you trust me?" he whispers before ducking under the fence.
I quickly follow, heart still racing. He takes my hand again and starts pulling me to the forest.
My head spins. This is crazy. I'm with Gale, alone in the forest.
He slows and sits on a log, dropping my hand. "Strawberry?"
"I would love one." I smile at him as he produces a berry from his bag.
"Can I ask you for something else first?" he stands again and steps closer to me, placing his free hand on my waist and holding the strawberry between us.
"Anything" I whisper.
"Get it yourself?" he places the strawberry between his teeth and winks.
I get on my tippy toes and bite off half the berry. He smiles and eats his half before leaning down and pressing his lips to mine.
My first kiss. In the forest. Eating strawberries. With Gale Hawthorne.