Alots gonna happen in this chapter, so excited for you guys to read this actually. Enjoy

Gale's lips on Madge's was gentle as it made contact as soon as they reach a clearing in the forest. Soon the kiss grew heated, and Madgefound herself slowly being backed up by Gale until she felt her back press into a nearby tree. The kiss was different from their past kisses, it was more urgent, and heated up quickly. Madge flipped them over, so that she was the one leaning into him now, and for some reason it made her feel in control. Soon they found themselves on the ground, their lips still passionately locked with each others.

After a while the two finally realize the need for air, and reluctantly pulls away; and after a few more short kisses, they loosen themselves from each other's tight embraces. Madge goes to lie beside him, and Gale follows, their hands still tightly intertwined.

"This is nice," Madge says, breaking the calm comfortable silence, turning her head slightly to meet Gale's eyes before placing another kiss on his lips. "This whole evening was nice."

She hears Gale's low voice chuckle beside her, and the sound makes her smile wider. She glances back up towards the sky, watching the stars shine above her. The two of them use to do this a lot back in District 12, sneak out to the meadow in the middle of the night, and watch the stars as they tried to escape their lives even just for a couple hours.

Gale seems to be reminiscing about the same thing, because just then he tells her, "I've missed this. Going to the woods, watching the stars, talking, just the feeling of escaping from the world." Their gaze meets again, "I didn't think I would get this again, especially not with you. I didn't think I would feel this way, so free, and so, so close with someone."

"I feel the same way," Madge tells him, his words having caused that familiar fluttery feeling in the pit of her stomach, "I never would have imagined how things would turn out. I'm just, so happy Gale, you don't even know."

"Oh I think I do," he kisses again, the two drowning in the many kisses of that night.

When they go back to watching the stars again, Gale has his arms wrapped around Madge's shoulders, and she's settled her head on his chest, comfortably snuggled against his body.

"Tell me something," Madge says, not really much of a question. After the night she spends, she realized that there's still so much that she doesn't know about the man. Sure, they've known each other for ever, and both have a fairly good idea of each other's problems in life, but when it comes to the little things, she barely knows anything.

"What do you wanna know?" he replies, a hand playing with a lock of her hair.

"I don't know, anything. I feel like there's still so much I don't know about Gale Hawthorne." she says his name teasingly, "Like what your favorite color is, or anything, like I said, I don't know."

He's laughing again, and she furrows her brows, "Sorry, I just didn't think you cared about things like what my color is, when you know things about me that are so much bigger than that."

"I just thought that little things are important too okay!" she's feeling a little embarrassed about the questions now.

Gale holds onto her tighter, so that she can't escape and he makes her look at him, "Hey, I didn't say there was anything wrong with it, it just surprised me, that's all. I think it's nice that you wanna know about these things, it shows you care, and if we're being honest then I want to know more about you too." He kisses her forehead once he sees her smile again, "oh and it's green, by the way, my favorite color. What's yours."

Now Madge is laughing too, "Blue, like the sky." It's always just been kind of calming to her, and reminded her of the world out there, beyond just what her life was.

"And your eyes," Gale adds, smirking. "Do I get to ask a question now?"

"Of course."

"When's you birthday?" when she hears this Madge surprises herself because she realized she didn't know his either, it was such basic knowledge and neither of them knew.

"The 14th of September. I can't believe I still have to ask you after all this time, but what about yours?"

"November 22."

So the questions go back and forth, and Madge is so glad she suggested it, knowing that Gale is too by the look on his face. She soon learns what his favorite song is, that he's had 3 girl friends before her, his favorite season is fall, and that he was named after the winds that blew during that season. Gale in turn found out that her middle name is Maysilee after her aunt who died during a Hunger Game, why she loves playing the piano so much, and what her favorite book is. As times passes, they kiss and they ask questions, and after a while it was evident that their knowledge about each other had grown a lot more.

Just then a flickering light at the corner of her eyes catches Madge's attention, and she quickly points to the sky, motioning to what she had seen, "Gale look it's a shooting star, quick make a wish." She's seen a few shooting stars in the past, in fact, the first one she had seen with Gale as well. But it still excited her everytime, to her it was just almost magical. She hears Gale laugh quietly, but nonetheless she sees him close his eyes just before she does the same.

A moment later she feels Gale's breathe on the side of her cheeks, "So what did you wish for?" he whispers into her ear.

"If I told you then it wouldn't come true anymore," she argues, giggling as he placed kisses on her cheeks.

"That's ridiculous Madge."

"Fine, I wished to always be able to be as happy as I am now," pause, "is that cheesy?"

"No."

"And what did you wish for?"

"Pretty much the same thing, to always remember this feeling, to be happy, and for my family to share my happiness."

Madge knows that talking about his family makes him uneasy, and that last comments hits her hard. She knows how important they are to him, and yet here she is, spending so much time with him, when he isn't even able to talk to his brother. Part of her wishes that there was something that she could do while another part tells her that this is something Gale needs to sort out himself. So instead of giving a suggestion she just curls up tighter against him, saying "It's gonna be okay Gale."

"And how would you know that," his tone isn't harsh, but it still leaves an icy feeling inside of her.

"Because things always work out the way it's supposed to be Gale," she knows that because look how they had come to make it work after years of war. Everything comes around, she knew it. "Rory just needs time to figure things out, as does everyone. I said this before Gale, they're your family, they will always love you." Just then an idea pops into her head, and she pauses midst of her speech because she's not sure what Gale will think. Gale notices the silence and the way her face morphs into one of thought.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, well it's just that I have an idea, but it might not be a good time for that, I just, I don't know."

"Tell me." he urges gently.

"I think we should go and visit home together."

I think we should go and visit home together.

Her preposition surprises Gale, despite it being something that had been running through his mind for a long time now. He wanted to, of course, and especially now since she's willing to go with him. But the idea of actually going scared the heck out of Gale Hawthorne. Seeing his family, his old friends, and Katniss, he's just not sure if he's ready yet. And then he looks at Madge, the fact that she even offered, it just showed him how much she cared about him, about his family. The girl in his arms just never stops moving him, and after everything they've been through together she still managed to find ways to surprise him; and in that moment he realized something.

He obviously was thinking for longer than he thought, because now Madge is nervously rambling beside him. "You know what, forget I even said anything, I shouldn't suggest things like that, I mean you're probably not ready and even if you do you probably wanna do that by yourself cause it's your family and-"

"I love you," he interrupt her abruptly because he wanted her to stop worrying, but more so because he just couldn't contain those three words any longer. Yea they've only really been dating for like 2 weeks, but he's probably been in love with her for a lot longer. The strawberries, the sarcastic bantering, the start of their friendship, the sneaking out, the trips to the forest, the secrets, their kisses, their reunion after all this time, and now this whole night. There was no doubt in Gale's mind anymore, he had somehow fallen in love with the Mayor's daughter, the girl with the pretty dresses, Madge Undersee.

She's quiet now, and her eyes were glistening when his meets them again, "I love you too." There, four words his 17 year old self never would have dreamed of hearing any girl say to him, much less the perfection that is Madge Undersee. Somehow she loves him too, that seam kid who grew up to be just as damaged as his childhood. But she loves him. "Say it again Gale," she demands, her lips urgently meeting with his again.

"I love you," kiss, "I love you," another kiss on her neck, "I love you Madge Undersee." And then their both laughing and kissing all at the same time, both happier than they ever remembered.

"How did we get here?" she asks.

"I guess you're right, things always work out the way they're supposed to."

When they finally make their way back, it was probably already early in the morning of the next day. They make their way through the doors of Gale's apartment, collapsing on his couch. Some part of them is always touching, and their lips still find each other every few seconds.

"I think we should do it, what you said earlier. I think we should go back home." Gale tells her.

"You sure?" her voice is doubtful.

"Yeah, with you, then anything. I've been stalling this for the past year, and I don't want to anymore"

Her heart is pounding loudly again, like it had the whole night ever since Gale told her that he loved her. She had said it back, of course, because somewhere deep down she thinks that she's always loved him. How could she not, no ones known her as much as he does, and no one probably will. "When do you wanna go?"

"How about tomorrow?"

Okay, did everything go too fast? I was going to save the i love yous till when they get to district 12, but then I thought if I did it now it provides them more with a reason to go. Really excited to write the district 12 chapters. And I know they've only been dating for like 2 weeks but think about it, in this story they've kinda been in a complicated relationship for like years so...

yea I love Gadge

tell me what you think, I hope you liked it

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