<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/AbL9djv.png) (https://i.imgur.com/IPIXXJ4.png)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong><em>Elle "Ellie" Greene (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=341012.msg16146281#msg16146281)</em><br/><strong>Wearing:</strong><em>As pictured: Faux leather jacket, black undershirt, black leggings, tote bag, basic sneakers and socks.</em><br/><strong>Time:</strong><em>June 5th, 11amish</em><br/><strong>Location:</strong><em>Kiddie Trail</em><br/><strong>Tagging | Mentioning:</strong><em>Robin</em><br/><hr/>Ellie could feel her own skin tingle with self-awareness. Or perhaps it should be considered self-consciousness? At one point she even had to coach herself to breathe. She was feeling entirely too nervous for what this entire thing was supposed to be. This wasn’t a date, Ellie. They were just going on a pleasant walk into the forest where they could get some privacy to<i>talk</i>and catch up. It wasn’t like they would end up rolling around in the gross making out – no matter how beautiful his lips were.<br/><br/>Oh god,<i>stop it</i>.<br/><br/>By now her cheeks actually ached. Had she been blushing this entire time? At least she could use the hike as an excuse for being flushed – even if she wasn’t winded in the least. Then again, who could blame her for blushing like a virgin school girl with a guy like that walking next to her? Robin had always been cute. From day one she felt her chest squeeze whenever she looked at him - just like when you looked at an itty bitty pudgy pupping.<i>This</i>was different, though.<i>Robbie</i>was different.<br/><br/>His face had slimmed down and yet somehow grew more chiseled. He was taller, his shoulders were wider and just like that Ellie realized he was actually bigger than her now. She hadn’t grown an inch since middle school, but Robbie was almost a head taller than her now. And somehow his long hair was even more beautiful than her own. How was that even fair?!<br/><br/>“Of course. Why wouldn’t I?” Ellie laughed it off but in her own head she sounded so awkward. Really, she had jumped at the chance to get some time with Robin again. Especially considering where they had last left off. Although that topic wasn’t something she planned to breach right then and there. So when Robbie took a swan dive into it, Ellie’s heart leapt into her throat.<br/><br/>“<i>What?</i>” She squawked unattractively, stumbling to a wide eyed pause. “Oh,<i>no</i>-- Ah!” She wobbled in place for a moment. “Er, no.” She cleared her throat awkwardly and pulled her own hair back much like he did. “That’s not how I saw it at all.” Did he just say that he<i>wanted</i>to get closer afterward? “It seemed more encouraging than anything else.” She found herself peering off into the trees rather than the one she was actually talking to.<br/><br/>“I was a kid back then.” She added, completely aware she was<i>still</i>a kid by legal standards. “If I didn’t know how to deal with something I terrorized it until it did what I wanted.” She cringed, then turned to flash Robin a sheepish smile. “And there were<i>a lot</i>of things I had no idea how to deal with.” It was either bicker at it or beat it into working. Poor Robbie got a bit of both, didn’t he? Although in her mind the latter was more of a<i>rough-housing</i>she was somehow convinced would help toughen him up… while also giving her the chance to grab her crush’s full attention.<br/><br/><i>God</i>, she was such an idiot.<br/><br/>Ellie had a lot of things she regretted about her Elementary years. And her Middle school years to boot – but at least then she started pulling her head out of her ass. Ray, number 5 of her bounty of step dads, had a lot to do with that…<br/><br/>“I was a bitch…” Ellie admitted with a sigh and ruffled her fingers back through her copper mane. “I…” She paused, glancing toward him almost distantly before her gaze flicked back toward the trees. “Sorry.” And with that she continued moving along the trail – this time with more determination.<br/>