Ballet
Prompt: Gale is dragged to Posy's ballet class as it is parent/sibling viewing day. He can't keep his eyes off Posy's dance teacher Madge.
The letters on the wall were pink. The walls were a light purple color and there were light curtains hanging and draped everywhere. There were soft comfy chairs and photos on the wall of the dancers.
Behind the desk, was a picture of the teachers.
He recognized Annie Cresta, she was one of the complementary ballet dancer teachers.
The small woman sitting on the giant block was Clove Ryan, wife of his friend Cato Ryan. She was the tumbling and acro teacher.
The woman with half her head shaved was Cressida, and she was the hip hop teacher along with Johanna, who was also taught tap.
He recognized Johanna from college and Cressida was a former girlfriend.
The woman with red hair was Jackie Fox, and she taught Zumba, Lamaze, and a pole dancing class his friend Katniss had been dragged too.
He recognized the receptionist Tiger as the woman who designed the costumes.
The two blonde women he didn't know but he assumed they were Miss Madge and Miss Glimmer. They were both ballet teachers.
His sister Posy would rave about Miss Madge and Prim, Katniss' sister was her teaching assistant. They all but worshiped her.
Today he was meeting Miss Madge. It was viewing day and Posy begged him to come. That was the only reason he was here. It had nothing to do with the mysterious Miss Madge, who looked like a princess.
Posy bounced on her toes.
"Hiya Miss Fox!"
She threw herself at the redhead who was talking to Tiger.
The redhead laughed and gave the little girl a hug.
"Hey, Miss Posy. Ready to dance today? Is this your prince charming?"
She gestured to Gale and Posy laughed. "No, he's my big brother!"
"So this is the Gale Hawthorne. Nice to meet you I'm Miss Jackie Fox."
"Jackie! Jackie!"
She bent down and scooped up the three-year-old girl that had just arrived.
"Hiya Missy. How was class?"
The little girl babbled on and then Jackie hugged another small girl.
"Hi, Rue."
"Hi, Miss Jackie. This is my brother Thresh."
The redhead froze as she took in the tall boy. Gale turned to see his college roommate, Leo aka Thresh.
"Nice to meet you Thresh."
She shook his hand and blushed. Gale grinned, Thresh always had a way of making girls blush.
She put down Missy and the little girl ran to her friends giggling about the princes.
Jackie sat down and began flipping through papers. Gale and Thresh started talking while keeping an eye on Jackie who was glancing up.
"Fox!"
Annie strolled in with Clove on her heels.
"I need help setting up chairs."
"We can help."
Annie smiled at them and at their siblings.
"I'm Miss Annie, and this is Miss Clove. Follow me."
They followed her to where Gale saw two blonde men, one he recognized as Peeta Mellark.
"This is Finnick and Peeta. Finn's a teacher here and Peeta makes sure we are all fed."
Finnick gave Annie a quick kiss and she waved goodbye to them and he saw the flash of something shiny on her hand. A dainty silver ring.
"We need to set up about thirty chairs possibly more."
Gale and Thresh helped set up chairs.
A pretty blonde woman entered the room.
She had long blonde hair which she swept up into a bun. She had a black leotard and a bright red skirt. She had blue eyes and shiny pink lips and Gale thought she was an angel.
She kissed Finnick and Peeta on the cheek.
"Hey, boys."
"Hey, Madge."
"This is Gale and Thresh. Posy's and Rue's brothers."
She fluttered her fingers in their direction.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Miss Madge. Your sisters talk about you all the time."
She smiled and then went to one of the bars.
She began stretching and moving her feet.
Peeta set up a small table of snacks and Gale took a seat watching Miss Madge dance.
"She's a natural isn't she?"
Gale looked up to see that Finnick was studying her movements.
"I have known her since the first class. She was this tiny thing but she was amazing. She has this way of walking on air. She was my partner for a year. Best dancer I ever had the luck to dance with. She met Clove and Annie during some hard times. They decided to open a school. I had twisted my ankle around the time and I was getting old to dance and Madge called me up and I said yes. Johanna and Cressida joined us a few months later. The girls all met during the hard times and they brought this to life. Peeta is Madge's best friend and he makes sure we are all taken care of. He owns the bakery next door and Delly,another friend owns the restaurant next to him. Between the two of them, everyone gets three meals and snacks."
"Snacks are set up and so is the juice and coffee and hot chocolate."
A tall buff man entered the room. Gale smiled at his former teammate Cato Ryan.
"Some kids can't come to class because they don't have a ride or parents work late or in the cases of the older girls may go home late at night. He drives a minibus and does pick up and drops off."
Cato grabbed some coffee and joined the guys in watching Madge stretch.
Gale can't keep his eyes off her long legs and slender frame.
"Turn out a bit more Madge."
Gale is startled when Cato calls out to her and sees as Madge shifts slightly, her leg stretching more. She is smiling as she points her toes and Gale is in awe as he watches her move.
A few parents arrive and they sit down, their children and the kids already at the studio sit on the floor watching their teacher dance.
Clove turns on the music and Gale can;t keep his eyes off Madge as she dances. It's like she is flying. Her legs are strong and he has a vision on her wrapping her legs around him. She spins quickly and he smiles as he watches the smile grow on her face.
Once she is done, she curtsies and her face is flushed.
Gale hisses. He's done for. He's got a crush on miss Madge.
Cato sees the look on his face and laughs.
He sits down next to Gale.
"I know that look. I had the look the first tie I saw Clove dance. I was a goner."
Gale flushes and Cato laughs.
"She's single."
Gale opens tp mouth to retort back when people begin filing in. Parents and siblings come in with their children to watch them dance.
"Bonjour."
"Bonjour Madame Madge."
Madge had them all line up at the barre and she leads them through an exercise. They stretch and Gale's eyes are on her.
The kids step away from the barre and Madgteacheses them a series of steps. Parents giggle at the little girls and boys who fall over thier feet but Gale falls for Madge more when she sees her bend down to whisper in each kid's ear.
The chid gets up determined and tries again.
Madge shows them the steps and says the French word to them, giivng htem the defintion.
Her eyes are focused on the kids and his are focused on her.
When class is over, parents flock to her and he sees several of the fathers and brother touch her arm.
He wants to rip them all way from her and he shakes his head hoping to clear out the primal thoughts.
However, she looks up and smiles at him and he's a goner.
She politely excuses herself from the crowd and goes to meet him.
"Madge Undersee" She holds out a hand and he takes it.
"Gale Hawthorne."
For a small thing, she has a strong grip.
"Your sister and cousin are absolute dolls. I love teaching them.
"I loved watching you."
A pause.
"I mean them. I love watching them."
Madge giggles and Gale feels like he is back in high school hoping to ask out the most popular girl in school.
"Would you like to grab coffee sometime?"
Madge bit her lip and Gale felt like the world was slowing down.
"I would love to."
He smiled and she smiled.
She gave him her phone number and a kiss on the cheek and he left with a giggling Posy and Prim and a smug Thresh. Clove was already calling Katniss as he walked out the door.
By the end of the night, everyone would know that Gale and Madge had a date to get coffee.