Day 5: Night of the party
Gale quickly glanced himself over in the mirror, tucking in his white collared shirt and slipping on his slightly dark gray blazer. He smiled and walked out into the living to see his mom straightening Vicks hair and Rory talking to Posy.
"You look beautiful," Rory said. Posy blushed and looked away smiling.
Gale laughed, 'Trying to get some practice with the ladies before we go are ya?" He said as he patted Rory on the back.
There mom looked at them with adoration, her light brownish/bronze colored dress twirling around her knees, revealing her long perfect legs. Her dress was very old fashioned; it was tied around the neck and had a v-neck so to not reveal too much. Her hair was pulled back in curls at the top of her head. And then that's when it dawned on him, that was the dress she had worn on when she went to prom with dad.
But how did Madge find it? It couldn't be. How did she know that that was the dress?
His mom saw he was staring at her in amazement. She smiled.
"I don't know how Madge did it, but you thank her tonight for me, please."
He nodded and smiled back.
"Of course. You look great mom. And so do you all," He turned to his sister and brothers and caught them all in a hug.
There mom laughed and joined the hug. "Oh you all are so silly nilly," She tickled them before kissing their heads.
"Now who's ready to go?" she asked smiling and they all ran to the door.
Madge got up from her vanity chair when her maid finally finished her make-up. She smiled and twirled around in front of the mirror, her bright gold dress sparkling as it bounced off the lights and shined. Her hair fell in waves around her and her make-up was light, gold eye shadow and skin cream to make her skin look like porcelain. She turned back to her maid, "Thank you so much!" She squealed, running over and hugging her. The maid laughed and hugged back,
"It was my pleasure darling. Gale will be so star-struck when he see's you," the maid playfully poked her nose. "Now let's go, don't want you to miss you grand introduction,"
The maid led her out the room and told her to stand right behind a huge golden curtain. Her father shortly after came out of his room and to his side, straightening out his blazer and clearing his throat.
"How do I look?" He asked nervously.
Madge smiled, "Very handsome,"
He smiled back, "And you my darling look gorgeous. Thank you for this wonderful idea," He said as he held out his arm. She laughed, "This is helping you be re-elected, it was my pleasure dad," She said in a light voice before looping her arm through his.
In a couple seconds she would walk out in front of all of District 12. But the only person she cared about was Gale.
Gale's family made its way and stood in the middle of the crowd that stood in front of the grand stairs. The announcer stood at the top of the stairs, holding an old themed microphone. He had died blue skin, slicked back green hair, his voice loud and booming. He was obviously from the Capitol.
Gale tried not rolling his eyes as the announcer spoke, thanking the Capitol for all of this, the decorations, dresses, food. But that was not true. This was all Madge.
Than the announcer said something of interest.
"Ladies and Gentleman, the man of the hour, Mayor Undersee and his daughter Madge Undersee!"