"Gale!" I go bursting into his house to find him. "Gale! Gale where are you?"

"Bedroom!" He calls back. I hurry back there to find him looking around frantically.

"What're you doing?"

Gale shakes his head. "Nothing, I'm serious, nothing." He adds, when he sees my skeptical look. "Now what're you screaming about?"

"I got that scholarship! The one that pays for over half of my college tuition!"

"Really?" Gale grins, and pulls me towards him, pressing his lips onto mine. "Congratulations. I'm so proud of you." I smile as Gale lifts me up and sets me on his dresser and sighs.

He skims his mouth over mine quickly. "Six months tomorrow."

"Yep," I grin, kissing him quickly.

"I can't believe you've tolerated me for six months."

I laugh and pull him down by his shirt so I can kiss him. "I more than tolerate you." Gale laughs and tightens his hands on my hips, pulling me closer. "What do you have planned?"

"It's a secret."

I groan. "C'mon, Gale. Tell me." He shakes his head as our mouths move together. I slide my tongue over his bottom lip and he groans. "I'm going to find out anyways."

"I don't care."

Gale presses closer to me and slips his hands under my shirt. "You didn't get me anything, right?"

I sigh. "Are you sure you don't want anything?"

"Yes," Gale stresses. We've had this conversation before. "All that I want is you, and that's all I need."

"I feel bad."

He rolls his eyes and kisses me softly. "Don't. I'm okay."

The next evening, Gale waits in my bedroom as I get ready.

"Madge, you almost done?"

"Yeah." I pull my dress over my head and adjust my hair before strolling into the bedroom from the bathroom.

Gale nearly falls off my bed when he sees me. "Holy shit," I blush as he strides across the small room to reach me. "Jesus Christ you look amazing." I grin and stand on my toes to kiss him. I'm wearing some coral colored dress that Wren thought would make Gale pull me into bed and never want to leave. It's tight and short. Not enough for anyone to see anything, it's sleeveless but covers everything. His hands run down my sides, over my curves that are shown. "How about we just stay in?"

I laugh and shake my head, quickly grabbing my heels out of my closet. "Nope." With the heels, I'm able to kiss Gale without standing on my toes. He pulls me back towards him and shakes his head.

"You look... wow." I flush down my chest and Gale smirks, dipping down to kiss me.

"Later," I murmur, tugging on his jacket. And when I say later, I actually mean it.

My boyfriend groans. "I don't know if I'll make it." I laugh. "You really do look beautiful."

"And you look very handsome. Have I ever told you how good you look dressed up?" Gale grins and dips down to kiss me again. We get a bit carried away and Gale's setting me on my bed before I push him away. "We need to go."

Gale groans. "Fine, fine. We can go." I stand and he brushes some hair from my face and I fix his. "Sorry." I laugh and shake my head. Gale rests his hand on the small of my back and we leave my apartment quickly, after I grab my coat. Once in the quiet of Gale's truck, he can't seem to resist sliding his hand up and down my leg.

"Gale," I chuckle, my hand finding his, "you're making it very hard to want to go out."

"Maybe that's what I'm trying to do." He teases, raising a brow. I laugh as he squeezes my thigh.

"You're ridiculous."

We arrive at wherever we're having our dinner and while it is very good I'm distracted. "You alright?"

"Yeah, fine." I respond, taking a sip of my tea. "Just cold." He hands me his jacket from across the table.

"Go for it." I grin and slowly pull it on. It's huge on me. "Now you look ridiculous." I kick him under the table and he grins. Nearing the end of our dinner, I have to pee so I leave the jacket and hurry back to the bathroom.

When I return, there's some girl standing by our table. Gale looks completely uncomfortable and he keeps looking around. This chick seems to think that it's okay to flaunt herself at him and I can feel jealousy course through my veins quickly. I slowly make my way back over and Gale lets out a breath of relief and wraps his arm around my waist.

The girl gets the hint and finally leaves. "Sorry about that. Nearly as soon as you left she came over. Thank God you came back." We finish our dinner quickly and as soon as we get in Gale's truck, he's pulled me against him and kisses me quickly. "Christ, I've wanted to kiss you all night." I laugh and throw my head back as he starts to work on my neck.

"G-Gale, let's get home first." He groans, but puts the truck into drive and we speed off. I push the middle console up so I can sit closer to him. I press tantalizing kisses onto his jaw and his arm that isn't driving wraps around me. As soon as we pull into his driveway, Gale pulls me right into his lap and dips down to kiss me, his hands sliding down my body.

My tongue slides over his bottom lip and he groans, squeezing my butt quickly. My fingers run through his hair and keep him close to me. "Let's go inside," he murmurs and nods, opening the door quickly. I slide out first and he follows. Quickly, we hurry up the steps and Gale shakily unlocks the door.

The second we're inside, he presses me against the wall. I groan and slowly slide the jacket off of his shoulders. His strong arms lift me up off of the ground as he presses kisses down my throat. Gale groans deep into his throat when we feels our bodies press together wonderfully. My legs wrap around his waist and he groans again. He dips down to nibble on my collarbone and a pant falls from my mouth.

I arch into him and goosebumps flesh over my skin and I try to pull him even closer than before. My body is on fire. Gale tangles his fingers into my hair. "Gale," I pant, throwing my head back, "Gale."

He slips his tongue into my mouth and tightens his grip on me before pushing away from the wall. We make it to the couch and I kick off my heels while Gale pulls his shoes off. As soon as we're done, he falls onto the couch and pulls me so I'm straddling him.

His fingers skirt up my legs slowly and I feel my heartbeat quicken immediately. "Madge," he groans. Gale's fingers find the zipper on my dress and he slowly pulls it down to reveal my lace bra and panties. "God, you're so beautiful." I blush down my chest again and Gale smirks, pushing the dress to the side.

I lean down to press kisses to his neck and slowly undo the buttons on his dress shirt as I pepper kisses down his chest. His fingers tangle in my thick curls and a deep grumble falls from his throat. "Jesus Christ." I reach his belt buckle and he hauls me back up to his mouth. Gale presses hot kisses to my shoulder and pushes one of my bra straps off of my shoulder. Then, he trails his lips down my breast and sucks lightly.

"Gale," I pant, throwing my head back. Slowly I lean back over to get his pants off and he groans.

"Madge, wait." I look at him and he takes a breath. "Are you sure? I don't... I don't want to keep going and then have to force ourselves to stop. It won't work that way. I want to make sure you're ready."

I nod. "I'm ready. I want this. I want to do this."

Gale rolls his eyes, "We won't do this until you can say it." He chuckles, his hands sliding up to my bra clip.

"Sex," I murmur, looking him dead in the eye, "I want to have sex with you, Gale."

It takes him a second, but he registers what I said. "That's good enough for me." I laugh and he slowly unclips my bra, letting it fall to the ground. "You're so beautiful." Gale murmurs. His eyes don't know where to settle.

"Just kiss me." And he does.

Gale smiles when I shift closer to him the next morning.

"Hey," he breathes and I wrap my arms around his chest. "Good morning."

"Morning," I reply, looking up at him. "Sleep well?"

He nods, sliding him arms around my back and pulling me close. "Amazing. You?"

"Mmm." Gale laughs and I press up to kiss him.

He meets me halfway and then pulls away abruptly. "I almost forgot." My boyfriend hops out of bed quickly and rummages on the floor for his briefs. I watch him and he smirks. "And what're you looking at?" I flush and Gale moves to his dresser while I look for my panties.

"Where the hell is my bra?"

Gale snorts. "Living room."

"Right." I blush and pull on my panties and one of Gale's t-shirts. I sit back on the bed and when Gale sees me he frowns.

"I don't know why you got dressed, I'm probably just going to take that off." I blush again and he chuckles, moving to sit on the bed again. I crawl into his lap and he smiles, kissing my temple. "Happy Anniversary," he murmurs, holding out a small box.

I'm speechless for a second. "You didn't have to get me anything, Gale!" I protest, trying to give it back but he keeps it in my hand.

"C'mon, just open it. And then you can tell me to take it back." He smirks and I huff, finally opening the small box.

"Gale," I whisper. It's two hearts on a necklace, somehow combined together. "Gale," I whisper again, "I... I don't know what to say. It's beautiful. Thank you."

My boyfriend smiles and presses a light kiss onto my lips. "I know that we've only been together six months, but... I know that I want to be with you a long time."

I smile and wrap my arms around his neck and give him a tight hug. "You're amazing." I go to say something else but my stomach growls and Gale snickers.

"You hungry?" I nod. "C'mon." I set the box on the bedside table and let Gale pull me out of the bedroom. I find most of our clothing in the living room and Gale throws my bra at me. "Found it."

"You're ridiculous." I push our clothes into a pile and Gale pulls me to him from behind.

"But you can't resist me." I laugh and he sucks on one of the hickey's on my neck. There are countless amounts of love bites on my body, and bruises on my hips. Gale has a few marks on his neck as well.

I let out a shaky breath, "I can't." He chuckles and gently tugs me into the kitchen to make coffee.

After he's done that, he lifts me up off of the ground and sets me lightly on the counter. "I had a lot of fun last night, Madge." I blush deeply and he kisses my nose. "Really."

I finally force out, "that was my gift to you. I figured I had made you wait long enough."

Gale chortles and buries his head in my neck, sucking deeply. "Really now?" I nod and pull him closer to me.

"Really."

"Well that was an amazing gift." I blush again and run my fingers through his hair, "and you're really good at it."

I snort and rest my head on the cabinet behind me. "So are you." I force out, my voice shaking.

The coffee maker beeps but Gale only pulls me closer, his arms wrapping around me. My legs tighten on his waist. I dip down and capture his lips quickly, nibbling on his bottom lip. He groans, and with that we forget all about breakfast as Gale lifts me up and brings me back to his bedroom.

Things get a little complicated next week when I get all of my college application things from the school.

I chew on my lip and look through the billion papers that I have to fill out by January 15th. It's so much. It's for payment, what I'm studying, living arrangements, everything that you'll ever have to know about college.

"Are you really going to have to live on campus?" Gale's been helping me look through them.

"I don't know," I admit, looking up at him. "I don't want too." Gale sighs and pulls another paper out. "We'll never see each other if you do."

"I don't like that idea." Gale murmurs, looking up at me. "How much will you have to pay, even with that scholarship?"

I shrug. "I'm not sure. I haven't figured it out yet. Everything's just... so overwhelming right now. With school and work and..." I sigh and Gale pulls me from my chair into his lap.

"We'll figure it out. It'll take time. Besides, you still have a few months before you start college. We'll work it out." I nod and lean against his chest, sighing.

Suddenly, everything is becoming very, very real.

A/N: Yay Gadge I love it. I'm back from camp and as usual, it was wonderful and amazing. I'm exhausted and everything, but I'm pretty happy to be home. Thoughts on this chapter? Madge's scores will be coming in soon, I believe.