<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=46369.msg2341040#msg2341040">Quote from: Risa on 15-10-2009, 01:07:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Imogene Campbell,</strong> The Hunt [Marcus Dupont, Richard Dupont, Frederick Martin, Kolette de Brest, Ivy Montague, Sylria the Elf, Ashley Browley, Alfreic Slate, Imogene Campbell, Lillian Montague, Bella]<br/><br/>...<br/><br/><em>She's your friend,</em> she told herself as she held onto Ivy, hopefully not too tight, but tight enough to keep herself from falling off. She had to control the thoughts swimming through her head. <em>One of your best friends.</em> But even though she kept telling herself that, the thought still remained that she wished that they could share more.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1523/ivymontaguenew.jpg)</div><strong>Ivy Montague,</strong>Atop Apple Blossom [Ivy & Imogene]<br/><br/>Ivy was terribly relieved when she finally got atop her mare. "Thank you so much," she lavished on Imogene, offering her small arm to help pull the other girl up as well. "This is going to be so much fun, and I'm happy to have you so close to me. Now all we need to do is catch up with Ashley!" Ivy's hand slipped down to tickle Imogene's arms, wrapped around her waist and tummy. "I love riding horses. I'm glad you do too," she smiled out the words, before sending the mare on her way.<br/><br/>Apple Blossom was a gentle beast, with a coat of white and speckled caramel. There were pretty braids in the beast's mane; Imogene had helped Ivy with those. Though Ivy pretended to be as wild and capable as Ashley, she didn't stir her horse into a run with quite as much intensity as Ashley had. A gentle gallop, and the two girls found themselves moving at a good pace down the road. Up ahead, the rest of their friends waited.<br/><br/>"We're going to have so much fun, once we sneak off," said Ivy to her close and intimate friend. "I was thinking maybe we could find a bit of forest, and play hide-and-seek." Her face was red from the excitement of the run. "Or," and here she turned downright crimson, "maybe we could play a circle of secrets-or-challenges. I have the most embarrassing and shameful thing to tell you and Ashley." She was giggling now, as they rode up to the third member of their little circle.<br/><br/>"Are you ready, Ashley? We have to sneak off quickly, before anyone can notice we're gone. Either that, or Marcus will send his son to look after us." Ivy put a hand to her giggling mouth, and pointed at Richard Dupont and Estelle, deep in a passionate conversation. "Besides," she whispered, "it looks like he really wants to kiss her. I bet they'll be flirting all day, and we wouldn't want to ruin it for them, would we?" That was a very noticeable change in innocent Ivy, and it's likely that both of her friends would have caught it. Normally ever-so-naive, Ivy had not talked about kissing or romance, or anything of the sort before.