Gale led Madge into the middle of the meadow, the dark sky growing lighter and lighter. Madge looked around at the beautiful trees, the fog rolling around the large trunks, the flowers waving in the light breeze. "What are we doing here?" She asked. He looked down at her and smiled, "You'll have to wait and see," Madge laughed "Well if we're waiting I might as well get comfortable," She smiled before plopping down on the grass and laying down on her back. Gales looked at her and was shocked by her beauty at night, how small and sweet she was. Yet she was so spunky and adventures. He wanted to kiss her, to touch her, to hold her but Madge saw the look in his eyes and denied him. "Wipe that smirk off your face," She laughed before patting the spot next to her. Gale sat down and looked at her, there was so much he didn't know and so much he wanted to know. He felt like he was intruding but couldn't help it. "Tell me about you,"

So Madge told him everything, how she grew up with her mom and dad and how they always were a little overprotective. Her mother didn't really want servants but her husband being the Mayor they had to have servants. She always cooked with them though and usually took care of Madge instead of the maids. But when she died a lot of things changed. Her father tried spending more time with her to help her cope. He took her on trips to the Capitol whenever he had meetings to get her mind off it. It did help but Madge thought her life was still empty without her moms' full love and care and support. Her dad tried but it was never enough.

In the middle of Madge pouring out her whole life story she had moved her head so it rested on Gales lap. He stroked her hair and twisted flowers into the soft blonde locks while listened carefully to her words. When she had finished he looked down at her with sad eyes. "Alright Hunter boy, it's your turn. What's your life story?" She smiled as she lifted her head up and sat criss-crossed in front of him, running her hands through her hair because it felt itchy. Before Gale could speak a word Madge laughed, "Gale! What did you do to my hair?" Gale laughed at her expression, "I was trying to make you go for a mother nature look," He leaned in and tucked a large sunflower above her ear, "I think you look beautiful with flowers in your hair," He said and then caught himself before Madge could tease him. "Not that you look bad without them! I mean you're always beautiful," The words rushed out his mouth. She just laughed at. "So you're an expert on what makes girls beautiful?" She asked teasingly. And the comfortable atmosphere he forgot he was with Madge and responded how he would with his guy friends, "Well yeah I've been with my share of girls,"

Madge laughed but eyes told otherwise. They had grown sad. Gale reached out for her, "I didn't mean it like that, I-," She cut him off, "Yes you did. You're a bit of a ladies' man," She teased. Gale looked down embarrassed, his voice low. "But there's only one girl I wanted." She rolled her eyes playfully, "You are so lame!" She laughed out loud, her mood going back to happy. Internally Gale smiled, he was grateful Madge didn't let anything ruin her mood. He didn't want Madge to be sad because he was stupid enough to say something like "having his share of girls" And to be honest when he was with them, he was never fully, truly happy. He really wanted Madge. She looked at him with humor filled sparkling eyes. "Tell me your life story before I have to listen to another bad pick up line,"

And so Gale told her everything about him while she picked out the flowers from her hair.


After a while Gale got so comfortable talking to her, he talked about his hate for the Capitol and the government. Only Katniss saw this side but he thought Madge would understand.

" What I don't understand is that the mayor can just go on indulging in life. Having a feast for breakfast, lunch and dinner when his whole district is starving. That doesn't make since! And he can waste food cause I doubt he eats all of it yet my family can barely afford a half a loaf of bread," "But he's trying. I mean he does buy from hunters that go in the illegal woods," Madge says. "Okay. I'm not saying he's a bad mayor. I mean there's no violence. Peacekeepers back off. But it's, if I could run for mayor-," "Then we'd have no animals left. You would allow people to hunt and all the animals would die. And then you'd start killing our pets," She teased him, reminding him of her rabbit. Gale laughed but thought about her words. "Well maybe you could run for my secretary," He said as he leaned closer to her. She smiled and leaned in to. But the skies started burning bright oranges and pinks and she snapped her head in the direction of the new lights. The Sun was rising over the mountains.

"Is this what you brought me here for?" Her voice was in awe. Gale nodded and looked at her, "My Dad use to bring my mom here before he died," His voice was low. She met his sad gaze and kissed him.

It was a quick peck but enough to make Gales heart jump out of his chest. He wanted to do so much more. Before his hands could respond to grab her face to keep her there she pulled away.

She turned back and watched the sunrise, bringing her knees to her chest to rest her head on them and watch in awe.

It only last a few minutes but it was the most beautiful thing Madge had ever seen. She watched as the pinks cut through the orange as it began to fade into yellow and soon blend into blues. Madge smiled as the show ended and felt an ache in her heart. Gale had brought her here. This must have been so hard for him to face this place. She turned to him.

"I can tell why your dad brought her here. Thank you for bringing me,"

His grayish eyes glowed. He saw how bad she felt for him and smiled, "I haven't been here since he died. My mom rarely talks about it," He tried making his voice quiver in sadness but he couldn't help smiling. Madge smacked him, "Are you trying to make me feel bad?" She laughed as Gale grabbed her hands, entwining his fingers with hers. "Yes. And I was hoping it was working so you would kiss me," "Oh now I'm never kissing you," She teased. "Oh yeah? Yeah good luck fighting me off then," Gale smiled as he gently pushed her to the floor and climbed on top of her, her soft giggles and cries for help filling the air. "Looks like I won," Gale smiled before leaning down to kiss her. "Looks like you did," She smiled and closed her eyes, waiting for his comforting lips. They were centimeters away…

"Madge!"

Her eyes snapped open at the sound of her Dads voice. She groaned, "Oh no…" Gale looked at her, "What's wrong?" He asked. Madge leaned her head back against the ground, "I don't want to go." She whined. He smiled at that, "I never want you to go," He said before leaning into her again.

"Madge!"

"Okay I'm going," Madge laughed as she gently pushed against Gales chest for him to get off. He smiled when she did that. "You can ask me to get off but I think you just wanted to touch my chest," She laughed at that, "Okay sorry. Please get out," She said pulling her hands away. He frowned "No I think I like when you push me," He laughed as she finally pushed him off and got up. "Always making things complicated," Gale got up to "Yes," He smiled before running and picking her up bridal style, twirling her around and around.

"Madge!"

He sighed and set her down gently. "We could run away you know," He said. She rolled her eyes, "Okay, catch me first," She challenged before running off in the woods towards the sound of her dads voice.

They jumped over fallen tree trunks and dodged branches until the broke into the front yard of Madge's' house. Gale was right behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist as she laughed, "No stop my dad's going to kill her," She said as he pulled back to look at her father. "Hello Mayor," He nodded stiffly, swallowing nervously. Madge giggled quietly at him. "Hey dad I'm sorry, I'm-," The Mayor cut her off with a hug, "OH thank god you are okay!" He cried out. "I was so scared, the woods is a dangerous place! I was about to send all the Peacekeepers in Panem to find you," He sobbed as he stroked her head, hugging her closer and closer. Madge hugged back, "Oh dad. Please don't worry." She pulled back and wiped his tears away from under his glasses. "Gale took really good care of me. And apparently he's been with his fair share of girls so he could help you meet a nice lady," She teased. Her dad looked up and smiled, clearing his throat and holding the front of his white jacket to look proper, "Well that would be wonderful my good boy. But we will have to start this Match maker when we get back," He said. Madge looked up at him, her voice surprised. "Where are you going?" "To the Capitol," He responded. She closed her eyes in almost pain. "Shoot. I forgot you had that meeting this week."

Gale was completely confused. What meeting? Before he could say anything Madge answered his thoughts for him. "All the Mayors of the Districts are meeting to talk about reelections," Her father smiled. "I already had the maid pack your stuff. Please say goodbye to Mr. Gale and meet me inside in 5 minutes?"She nodded.

Madge turned to Gale as her father walked back to the house. She looked up at him with sparkling eyes. Her face was so young and glowing. She smiled. "I had a really nice time." She leaned up on her tippy toes and gently kissed his cheek before running after her dad. "I'll see you soon," She yelled back at him.

Gale was shocked at the suddenness of everything and called after her, "How long will you be gone?" He really hoped it wasn't too long. He wanted to see her again. He wanted to kiss her again but longer. This night was one of the best nights of his life and he wanted to have many more like it.

Madge stepped onto her porch and looked back at him and yelled at him teasingly, "You'll have to wait and see," she said the words he had said to her when he brought her into the meadow to watch the sunset. He smiled back and watched as Madge walked into her house and the Butler closed the door behind her.


*Finally another chapter! Been super busy with testing. Why can't school just let me write! Thanks everybody for all the support! Love you guys! Hope you all like it :)

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