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Chapter 7. A Realization and a Kiss
Peeta: It's been a month now since my first date with Madge. After our date we've hung out almost every day together. Delly was right Madge does have a lot in common with me. We both can cook well, our favorite sight is a sunset, our favorite color is sunset orange, and we both love creative things like music and art. We also have a lot of physical features in common like we both have blond hair with light brown natural highlights and the same shade of blue eyes.
Madge is remedy. Each day I'm with her she mends and heals the wound that Katniss left in my heart. When I'm with her I feel like my old self. I feel happy and content when I'm with her. She's been teaching me how to play the piano and I'm teaching her how to paint and draw and make fruit tarts so she doesn't have to come all the way to the bakery if she wants one. But she told me she wants to come to the bakery to get it because then she would be able to see me. I don't know why but when she told me that I felt this warm feeling in the pit of my stomach. I'm still having a war with myself whether I should stay true to Katniss or give Madge a chance.
Today after my shift at the bakery I went to Madge's. I brought her and her parents a little treat. Chocolate cake, Madge's favorite. When I knocked on the door I straightened myself up a little. I smoothed my hair down, and brushed off the crumbs from the bakery. When Madge opened the door her eyes lit up. "Hi Peeta" she says happily. Since we've gotten to know each other she no longer talks quietly and we don't have any more awkward silences. "Hey Madge. I brought you and your parents some chocolate cake". "How sweet of you Peeta, thanks. Come on in" she says gesturing inside. I walk inside, set the cake down on her dining room table and go straight to the music room. I sit down on the piano bench and Madge slides in beside me.
"Okay today I have an easy yet beautiful song for you to learn. It's called Dancing through Life" I nod and watch her play the song for an example. I then put my hands on the keys and get the chorus right away. Ever since I was young I've always been a pretty quick learner. Then she helps me with the rest of the song. When she helps me she touches my hand. She puts her delicate hands on mine and presses certain keys down then told me to try it on my own. Each time her hand left mine the skin on my hand felt cold. Without the light touch of her hand on mine my hand feels bare. Then she challenges me by letting us play the song at the same time but at opposite sides of the piano. But this song was more in the middle. During her challenge round our hands bumped into each other. We both stopped playing and blushed. I looked at her and felt that spark that we had the first time we met. We both leaned in and just as the tips of our lips grazed upon one another's we heard her dad come home.
"Madge I'm home" he called as we both leaned away from each other hoping he didn't see anything. "Hi Daddy" she says getting up and planting a small kiss on his cheek. He could see we were in the middle of something by our face expressions. "Am I interrupting something?" he says with amusement. "No!" We both say in unison. "Daddy this is Peeta Mellark, the baker's son. I've been giving him piano lessons" Madge says avoiding the awkward topic. "Nice to meet you Peeta" he says as I shake his hand. "It's a pleasure meeting you Mr. Undersee" he looks at me with the same kind, blue eyes as Madge. "Please call me Roy" I smile. Madge looks between us. "Daddy can we go to my room?" she asks innocently. His eyebrows went up and he put on a mischievous smirk. "Of course Madge I trust this boy. But don't do anything I wouldn't do and I will be checking in from time to time" he warns. Can this get anymore awkward? "Thank you daddy and don't worry about us" Madge says her cheeks reddening by the second. "Come on Peeta" She takes my hand and leads me up to her room. From behind me I hear Mr. Undersee mumble something to himself but couldn't quite understand what he was saying.
When we got to Madge's room she immediately plopped down on her bed. "That was so embarrassing. I'm sorry you had to see that Peeta" I shrug. "It's fine. He's just being a normal protective father" she sighed. "You got the song right?" she asked. "Yeah. I got it. It's a beautiful song. One of my favorites so far,"
"Me too, when I couldn't go to sleep when I was younger my mom would sing that song to me until I fell asleep. I loved the song so much I taught myself how to play it on the piano" she says as she sat up, crossed her legs and patted a spot on her bed beside her. I walk over and sit next to her. She gets kind of quiet as I lay down and she turns her body so she can rest her head on my abdomen.
"Something wrong?" I ask after a moment of silence. "It's just I wish my mom didn't have her illness. Sometimes it's hard to be quiet and independent. I get so lonely around my house with my dad always gone and my mom being sick." She stopped talking for a second then continued. "She wasn't always like this. She used to be so energetic and full of positivity. She used to love roaming around district 12 and saying hi to everyone she met. We would take walks out by the boarder of district 12 where she could feel the breeze and smell the trees. She loved nature. I miss the old her" she got quiet again. "I remember when I was eight I went to the doctors for the first time and they told me there's a fifty percent chance of me getting my mother's disease. They said it's hereditary and has been in my family for generations. My grandma doesn't have it. They said it must've skipped her generation and that there's a chance I wouldn't get the disease" she says softly. "Peeta I'm scared. I don't want to be like my mom. I want to be there for my kids for as long as they live" Kids? Why would she want kids with the Hunger games lingering over our heads? Is she willing to risk the chance of her kids going into the Hunger Games? I snap out of my thoughts when I hear her crying.
She sits up and sobs into her knees getting dots of water on her pretty light blue dress. I get up and bring her into an embrace. "Shhh it's okay. You won't get the disease" I whisper. "How do you know?" she cries. "Because I have hope" I say with certainty. "But what if hopes not enough?" she says tears staining my shirt but I don't care. "To be honest..." I pause, thinking of what to say to this crying girl. "Hope is all I have to I have to hold on to it for dear life" I finally answer. She keeps crying but her sobs grow softer as she clutches me weakly. "Hey everything's going to fine" I say gently as I tip her chin towards me. She stops crying as we look into each other's eyes.
That spark returns and we continue where we left off before her father interrupted us. We both lean in at the same time. At first our lips touch gently but we kiss a little deeper as we kept going. Suddenly something inside me changed. A warm sensation coursed through my veins as I pressed my lips against Madge's. My arms automatically wrap around her waist as she flings her arms around my neck. I press her body closer to mine so our stomachs are touching. I can smell vanilla on her with a hint of cinnamon. Her lips are soft like a rose petal and I can feel goose bumps shimmer across the skin of her arms. My heart skips a beat when she stops for a quick intake of breath but keeps on beating when her lips settle back down on mine. And just as she does so the sun glides into her room. Rays of sunlight shine upon us. How coincidental? I think to myself as we start kissing again.
As we kiss that spark we felt on the first day we met came back to us only stronger. I can feel it and I know she can too because suddenly her skin heats up and I can feel her smiling against my lips. She's the one. She's not Katniss but that's what I like about her. She's Madge who's almost the total opposite of Katniss. She's not afraid to show emotion, she's kind to everyone she meets especially kids, and she thinks of other's feelings. She's beautiful all around, inside and out. I slowly caress Madge's face. So smooth and flawless. Then I hold her face in my hands and lightly pulled her face away until our lips no longer touched. She opens her eyes and a flash of hurt glimmered in her eyes. "What's wrong?" she asked softly. "Nothing" I say. "Then why did you stop?" she asks curiously. "This is kind of hard to tell you but I think you're really beautiful" My checks flush and my heart starts racing. "Oh" is all she says. Oh? That's all she's going to say. I told her something special and that's all she can say. Does that mean she doesn't like me back? What's she thinking right now? "Please say something" I say anxiously. She opens her mouth about to say something but out of nowhere her dad comes in.
"Hey Madge-"he stops when he sees us in this position. "Am I-"Madge cuts him off. "No. We were just-" she stops struggling to think of a lie. "Discussing something personal" I answer for her. My answer wasn't a complete lie. After all before we started kissing she was crying about her mom so I'm sort of telling the truth. "Oh okay. Well as I was saying before: Madge it's almost time for dinner do you want Peeta to join us?" he says shaking off the awkward conversation. "Thank you for the invite - Roy but I was actually just about to leave" I say turning toward the door. "No!" Madge shouts. I'm surprised by how demanding her tone is. and I both look her way. "I mean you can join us for dinner. You can get to know my parents better" She says a little calmer. "No, I can't possibly intrude on a family din-". "Peeta. It's fine. I insist. You're not intruding" she says firmly. She gives me a look saying she's not done with me. I chuckle at her expression and smile. "Then I'd love to join you guys to dinner."
I hope you liked it! :) There will be more fluff and drama as Peeta and Madge begin to fall in love. Also just a heads up I will be writing a chapter in Madge's POV soon. Please review if you want more!