——And it’s nothing more than a glance she

        gets at first, only for two reasons.   One,

        Blake never really expects anything like 

        it from her friend and leader; not that she

        is denying Ruby’s sweet nature-

                    — one of a

                                 small puppy’s—

        but in her defense, an act like that…. It 

        certainly does differ from the feel of a 

        dance with her blonde sister, as well as

        being spared harsh words from a certain

        heiress.

——So she decides to use that as her excuse

        for taking the nimble shafts of the rather 

        e x t r a v a g a n t  bouquet inbetween

       rough fingers, admiring at all angles with

       a twirl of a hand. The gift is simple. The 

      meaning of the present, however, can imply 

      otherwise. 

“ Ruby, they’re….lovely.

                       Where did you get them? “