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A young man wearing the protocol grey district 13 uniform scurried down the long dark hallway to his boss's office. He was holding his planner under one hand and pushing up his glasses with the other. He burst into the office and wandered back to where his boss was sitting. "We found her."

"That's great!" Gale's smiled up at the boy but his smile quickly dropped from his face, "found who?"

"Madge Undersee, Sir."

"I wasn't aware we were looking for her." He said and stood abruptly, "that's news. Where did you find her?"

"Capitol prison."

"Not so great news." He murmured and sat back down. "She's alive though?" He asked again.

"Yes, Sir." The young man stood awkwardly in front of him. The way he was staring at Gale expectantly made him uncomfortable.

"Uh, alright, thank you." Gale dismissed him and sat at his desk staring at his blank computer screen. He moved around his keyboard before turning to face the wall behind him. "Alive?" He whispered, "She's alive?"

One month later.

"She's here, Sir." Gale looked up from his paperwork.

"In the building?" He asked for clarification.

"Yes, Sir, in the building." His assistant smiled slightly.

"Where in the building?" Gale said and pushed away from his desk and headed towards the door.

"Hospital, Sir." Gale stopped and turned to the young man bustling besides him.

"Theo, we talked about this. You can call me Mr. Hawthorne or Gale even but stop with the Sir."

"But... Sir. It's protocol." Gale wanted to cover his face with his hands and scream.

"You're right, but please just forget protocol." Gale continued walking but realized that Theo was not following him. He glanced back at the boy who was staring down at the floor.

"I don't think I could do that, Sir." Gale took a calming breath.

"Why not?"

"My superior would kill me." Gale laughed now and shook his head.

"Theo, I'm your superior." The boy looked up with a surprise look on his face.

"You're right! You are my superior!" Gale patted the boy on the shoulder and turned once more to leave the office. "Oh but Sir?" Gale made a fist and turned slowly, "I mean Mr. Hawthorne."

"Yes?" Gale wondered.

"There's something you should know about Ms. Undersee." Gale nodded slowly, "uh, she, uh..." The young man ran a hand up and down his arm and pushed up his glasses. "She can't remember much about herself. Like she has memory failure or something."

"Hell's teeth, motherfucking, salad eaters." He cried, "I knew there would be a catch." He rubbed his forehead.

"Was the last thing you said... Salad eaters?" Theo asked him. Gale looked over at him.

"Yeah, I hate salad so I made it a swear word. Look- kid it doesn't matter." Theo shook his head.

"Your mother would be proud, Sir."

"Exactly the point I'm trying to make- how can you say something like to your boss but still call me Sir?" Theo smiled cheekily.

"Sorry, Mr. Hawthorne." They were quiet on the way to the hospital and Gale could feel himself tensing up. She wouldn't remember him, he said over and over in his head. When he saw her through the window of her room he couldn't help himself.

"I'm Gale Hawthorne. We were in love or at least I loved you. I've missed you so much. I thought you were dead." He spilled. She looked up at him with a shocked expression and unfolded her knees from her chest.

Gale walked forward towards her but Madge yelled out. "Wait! Wait I'm trying to get a good look at you."

"Why?" Gale asked.

"It's an exercise the doctors are having me do. They tell me who you are and I have to try and picture you. As I'm looking at you now I actually conjured up your appearance."

"So what does that mean?" He wondered.

"I can register you as familiar." Gale tried to hold back his silly grin but failed. Madge looked down at her hands, a light blush covering her face.

"Do you remember anything?" Gale wondered and sank into the chair next to her. Madge pulled her knees up to her chest, rested her face there and turned towards him.

"About you?" She asked, "No." She said quietly, "but I was able to tell the doctors that I was Madge Undersee from 12. My father was the mayor and that I had escaped the initial waves of bombing but got captured trying on the run."

"Then you were sent to a prison?" Gale continued.

"Yeah..." She sighed, "But I can recall all of that. You barge in here and tell me you love me." Her expression softened from anger to remorse, "I want to know more about that." Gale was stunned into silence for a moment trying to come up with a good place to start. He watched her thin hospital gown- the way it flew away every time she took a deep breath. The ties in back were loose and Gale could see her milky white skin and the dash of freckles there.

"Madge..." Her name felt good on his lips, "I don't know where to start." He watched her bite her lip and look down at her hands again.

"Have we kissed before?" She asked him. Gale was taken aback by the question. A flood of memories flew into his head and he wiped his clammy hands on his pants. He needed a cold shower.

He cleared his throat but his voice was still husky when he said, "yes."

She blushed again and a little smile tugged at her lips, "My body is certainly aware of that." She whispered and glanced over at him. He closed his eyes and tried to steady his beating heart.

"Mmm." He nodded.

"So...we've done more than kiss?" She asked him. The innocence in her voice made Gale stand abruptly. The chair crashed behind him but he didn't bother to pick it up. "That would be a yes." She murmured and smiled sweetly up at him. Gale felt like a charging bull staring down at the girl.

"Why are you doing this to me?" He asked her. "Why can't you ask like simple questions?" Her face fell and Gale could see the tears pooling in her eyes. "No." He whispered, "Please don't cry. I'm sorry." His hands grabbed at his hair.

"This isn't just hard for you, Gale." She sobbed, "I don't know who I am or who I was friends with. I don't know what I've done or who I've been with. I'm so scared!" She yelled. Doctors rushed in and calmed Madge but she was still staring at Gale.

"It's time to go." A doctor said touching Gale's arm. Madge was alert then,

"No!" She cried. Gale started walking with the doctor.

"It's alright, Miss Undersee. Someone else would like to talk to you." Madge's jaw fell open.

"Gale, wait!" He glanced over his shoulder. "Did you sell me strawberries?" The room stopped and Madge felt like everyone was moving in slow motion. Gale was by her side in a flash and he was grabbing her hand. His warm lips pressed against her skin there.

"I did." He murmured, "I did." Doctors were checking her vitals and bustling around the room. Soon it was just her and Gale again.

"I don't know how I came up with that." She whispered, "but I hope it happens again."

"Me too." Gale massaged her hand and shrugged. "That's how we met."

"And I introduced you two." Gale's head snapped towards the door to see Katniss stride in. He glanced back at Madge only to see her eyes grow to saucers.

"You're Katniss Everdeen." She whispered. Gale's face heated up with envy.

"You remember me?" Katniss asked her and joined her side.

"What do you mean?" Madge asked her, "I'm your biggest fan! I've watched all your coverage. Don't you know that you're a celebrity?" Madge stared up at her with joy but it seemed as though something dawned on her, "did you say you introduced me to Gale?"

Katniss was already holding her forehead and nodding, "yes, Madge, you and I were friends."

"I'm friends with the mockingjay." She murmured to Gale with growing excitement. Katniss sighed sadly. "I'm sorry." She said to Katniss. This time though Katniss seemed to be distracted. "I mean I really don't remember anything." Gale raised an eyebrow and followed her eyes down to his clasped hand.

"I can explain." He said quickly. Madge glanced over at him with a confused expression. "You were gone and she was there. One thing led to another."

"Wait wait wait- Katniss didn't know that we were together?" Gale wanted to laugh out loud when Madge said that. She made it seem so believable, like she remembered everything.

"No I was probably... away." Katniss sighed, "I'll come back later." She said to the two of them. "Bye." Neither Madge or Gale stopped her. It wasn't until much later that Madge spoke up again.

"You loved her?" She asked him. Gale looked up at her.

"Yeah, I did." Madge nodded.

"It was easy to figure out." Gale nodded and played with her slender fingers. "Uhm but did or do you love me more?" Gale chuckled.

"We've had so many fights about this." He murmured, "The answer is yes. I love you more." She grinned and looked away from him.

"Another question..." She said and pulled at her curls. Gale smiled,

"Go ahead." Madge smiled nervously. "What do you want to know?" He was becoming nervous himself.

"You don't have to..." She started.

"Madge." He came forward and sat next to her on the hospital bed, "are you asking me to kiss you?" She nodded quickly and buried her head in her knees. "I'll kiss you." She looked up and beamed.

"You will?" She breathed. He laughed.

"Of course." He leaned forward and brushed her bangs aside. He cupped her chin and pulled the back of her neck towards him. She let out a giggle and Gale laughed too. They pulled apart and looked away.

"Sorry," she sighed, "you made me nervous." Gale beamed and glanced back at her. This time he didn't wait for her to respond to him. He tried to take it slow but ended up just bringing her to him. Their lips molded together and Gale pressed against her, moving his hand up and down her back. He pulled back and Madge let out a happy sigh. "Remember the time that we were sitting next to the brook...?" She asked him. Gale stood, worry taking over his face.

"Madge."

She glanced up at him, "well? Do you... oh my god." She covered her mouth and stared at him. Gale couldn't stop the tears from forming in his eyes. "I remembered!" She whispered.

"Can you tell me more?" He asked and returned to her side.

She nodded giddily, "we were sitting on these large boulders overlooking a small brook and you were talking about how my hair was glowing in the sun." Gale laughed loudly and leaned forward kissing her again. "How did I remember that?" She whispered and leaned forward kissing him once more.

"I don't know but I hope you can remember more." He brushed her cheek with a finger.

"Mr. Hawthorne." Gale looked back at the door where the doctors were now huddled together. "We have to ask you to leave." He nodded and pulled away from Madge who was holding onto him with all her strength. He kissed her forehead and pried her hands off him. "Don't worry you can return in the morning." He glanced back at Madge and then left the room.

He loitered around the door and then took off down the hall at a brisk pace. "Sir!" Gale halted and turned to where his assistant was nearing him.

"Yeah, Theo?" He sighed.

"I was just wondering how it went with Madge Undersee," he blinked up at his boss with wonder.

"It's a work in progress." Gale smiled and reached out, ruffling his hand in the caramel brown hair.

"Hey! Cut it out!" Theo laughed and punched Gale's arm.

"That certainly wasn't protocol." The two laughed and continued walking down the hall.

"Did she remember you?" Theo asked.

"She is starting to."

"Amazing, I'm happy for you." Theo told Gale and patted his shoulder.

"Thank you... Sir."

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