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I felt Gale stir and I jerked my head up off of his shoulder as his started getting up, he held out his hand to me and I took it, loving the feel of his rough hands and the upraised bumps I could tell were scars he'd gained from providing for his family in the woods.

With a yank, I was up on my feet but if it wasn't for Gales hands I would've fallen straight back on my butt, my legs had gone completely numb and I could hardly feel them, let alone have them carry my body weight.

"Legs gone numb?" Gale smirked at me, his eyes twinkled with amusement.

"Shut up." I jerked my hand out his grasp and staggered forward a few steps before I had to lean up against a tree, gasping as what felt like millions of needles were poking all up and down my legs. "Damn it, stupid pins and needles." I started stomping round a bit trying to get rid of them all the time cursing under my breath, I really need to stop that, said a small voice at the back of my mind, you sound awfully common. Before I could start an argument with myself in my head, which sounds weird, but it's really not that weird, I caught Gale staring at me, his smirk had turned into a full blown grin and he looked like he was having an absolutely great time watching me suffer. "What? Having fun over there?" I tried for sarcasm, but I'm not really sure if I done it well, mother always said sarcasm was a horrible thing and I had been told to stop it.

"Yes actually I am. You okay over there? You seem to be…" He winked mischievously, "In a pickle."

"Again, I say shut up. Can you help me here, this really hurts." I try to walk forward again but my ankle twists and pain shoots through my leg, making it collapse underneath me ,but Gale's hands are there again, stopping me from falling.

"You're impossible; you can't even walk without me." He heaves a dramatic sigh, "Come on, see if you can walk now." He keeps hold of my arm and keeps me steady as I take a tentative step forward, mistakenly starting out on the foot that my ankle was twisted, it sent spikes of pain all the way to my head and started off a banging headache, great, I thought as I grimaced, don't know how mum deals with headaches all the time. I leant back heavily on Gale's arm. "Don't be a baby, pins and needles don't hurt that much."

"It's not that, I think I sprained my ankle or something, I really don't think I can walk back. Especially back through the death trap." I gestured vaguely towards the woods but I was busy trying to examine my ankle just by looking at it, though my socks, needless to say it wasn't a very thorough examination but I was too afraid to touch it in case it hurt more. I'll look at it tomorrow, I might even get a day off school, I could do with a day off school. Not that I went to school today, but that's beside the point.

"'Death trap'" He snickered under his breath, "Do you want a piggy back then?" He turned a put his back to me, bent his legs so he was lower to the ground and sort of put his arms spread out behind him, he looked like he was trying to take flight.

I burst out laughing whilst hopping on one leg, "What the hell is a piggy back and what the hell are you doing? You look absolutely ridiculous!" Wow, he's a strange boy, do all boys weird stuff like this?

Gale turned his head and watched me with one eye, "What do you mean 'what's a piggy back?' Did you have a childhood? And stop laughing I'm trying to help you here, you could be more grateful!" He turned his head again and bent his knees a little more, "Come on, I'm going to get cramp if you don't hurry up."

"I don't suppose I really did have much of childhood." I sighed heavily. Never was allowed one, I thought miserably. Not that I should be complaining, I chastised myself mentally, especially considering half the stuff Katniss and Gale go through and even they're better off than some of the kids in this town. I shook my head, "So what am I supposed to be doing here?"

"Just put your hands round my neck, but not too tight, I don't want you to strangle me. And then jump up on my back. Simple."

I put my hand up on his shoulders, even bent down I couldn't put my arms all the way around his neck, "Jumping might be bit of a problem, sprained ankle remember?"

"Okay, well just stand on your good leg and just sort of… put your bad leg up… and I'll… grab it." She couldn't see his face but his neck had gone red. Despite the fact that I was blushing too I couldn't help but smile at his discomfort.

The I realized she had to do what he told her too and I began to feel a lot more uncomfortable, I really wasn't brought up better than going around putting my legs all over a boy, no matter if it is in a more innocent way than what it sounds. "Alright, I'll try, but you know you're freakishly tall and I don't usually do this sort of thing." I sounded flustered and breathless and I could feel my cheeks getting redder, I'm really glad Gale can't see me, I've been told more than once that I have a very unattractive blush.

Oh my God, this is awkward as anything, I thought as I cocked my leg up next to his arm, he grabbed it and pulled it up, lifting my other foot off the ground. "Okay now put your other leg around me."

I pulled it up and put my hand more securely round his neck, tightening my grip as he rose back to full height. "Strangling… me…" Gale gasped. Woopsy, perhaps I'm holding a bit too tight then.

"Better?" I asked, "I feel like a giant, is this what it's like to be freakishly tall?" I never realized how short I was, everything looks so different from this high up. Gale started walking and I had struggle to hold on, this was certainly was a jerky way to travel.

Gale snorted, "Freakishly tall? You might want to call me that after I've put you down or I might just accidently drop you. And I'm not a giant I'm just… big-boned." He sniffed indignantly, "It's not my fault you're tiny."

I snorted, which I'm sure sounded really attractive, especially as I had my head tucked onto his shoulder so I didn't hit my head on low hanging branches, and my mouth was pretty near his ear. "I'm hardly tiny, I'm average, I just look small to you because you're head's so high up off the ground."

Gale chuckled and I could feel it resonating through me too, I liked being this close to him, really liked it. I like the feel of his broad, muscular shoulders and his strong hands gripping my legs. "Or maybe I just look so tall because you're so very low to the ground."

"Nope, I'm pretty sure you're just really tall."

"Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree then won't we?"

"I suppose we will." I resisted the urge to nuzzle in to his neck and breathe in his smell. Oh my God, I am turning into a psycho stalker, what the hell? He is just a boy, an annoying one at that, I do not want to smell him.

"You're actually agreeing with me? I never thought this day would come!" He said in mock surprise.

"Haha, I don't know where you got the impression that I'm a disagreeable person, I'm all about keeping the peace." Lie.

He snorted skeptically, "Really, I thought you seemed like the type of girl who would rather eat a raw squirrel than admit they were wrong."

"Well, you don't really know me well enough then do you?"

"No, although today has given me some insight into what goes on in that teeny, tiny little brain of yours," he laughed again, then his voice got softer, huskier and more intimate, "I would really like to get to know you better though."

ASDFGHJKL, oh jeez, oh my, was he… could he be… flirting… with me?

"Er… erm… yeah… I… er, sounds good… you know, cool, good, great, fantastic!" I quite probably would have gone through every positive adjective there was but my I managed to force my mouth closed.

Gale laughed softly, the huskiness was so amazingly sexy, it sent shivers down my spine, "Glad to know you're so eager, shall we do the same thing tomorrow?" He sort of half turned his head in attempt to gauge my reaction , which just resulted his face being shoved in mine, which I didn't mind so much until I realized that I couldn't possibly be very attractive this close and my breath probably smelled, but I couldn't seem to turn away. He has, really, really nice eyes, I thought dreamily, and he smells so good. "Madge?" Oh, crap right he was asking me a question.

"Not tomorrow," his face fell, he's sad, yes! "I mean I can't miss two days of school, I'll be in enough trouble as it is for missing today."

"You are such a coward."

"Am not"

"You are"

"I…" I was cut off by the absolutely brilliant retort by a large branch hitting me in the face, which Gale had ducked but forgotten to mention to me. "OWW! HOLY MOTHER OF…"

"WHAT?! WHAT?!" Gale spun around in an useless attempt to look at me, obviously in his panic he turned into a moron. I'm going to throw up.

"Stop spinning, please." I groaned at him, "I think I'm gunna throw up."

Mercifully, he stopped his spinning and knelt down so I could get off his back, well sort of slide off his back. "Put your head between your knee's" I feel like a tiny little man is in it, with a giant hammer of doom and is just smashing my brain to pieces, so I really don't think I should be moving it all thank you very much.

"I CAN'T MOVE MY HEAD AT THE MOMENT ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, THAT IS WHERE THE INJURY IS!" Woops, didn't really mean for that to come to out.

"Okay, I'm sorry, you just do what you want then, and I'll just be here if you need me, erm… yeah, sorry." Gale backed slowly away from me as if I was some kind of feral animal that would attack him if he moved to fast. Oh Jheeze, I think I've scared him.

Lying down seems like a good idea, yeah I think I'll lie down…