I Am Titanium

She couldn't deny the fact that she had been incredibly depressed and angry since her father's passing. On the outside, Nessie looked fine. But on the inside, a turmoil of emotions that she didn't know how to deal with. Anger. Sadness. Grief. Betrayal. A myriad of others and she didn't know how to deal with any of them. Neither did Saga, apparently. Her giant sister had turned to wandering. And Nessie? She had opted to keep to herself, avoiding everyone all in the name of "being too busy." Or at least, that's the excuse she gave if she was ever asked. She made every effort to be scarce from the eyes, ears, and questions of everyone in the pack. And quite frankly, being as small as she was, it was quite easy. Though she did feel bad that she hadn't exactly been around...

She had become far too withdrawn with her emotions, choosing solitude and keeping herself busy with anything she possibly could to the point of exhaustion so that the emotions would never have time to rise and spill. It was the only way she knew how to deal with Gavroche's death. Hell, she didn't even know what was going on with her own mother, or the pack itself for that matter. But it just so happened that as she was returning to hide away in her den after a whole night of solo practice, Haydee's call would find her. She was exhausted, of course, but she decided this was important enough and she had been hiding from them for too long.

Composing herself and removing any traces of anger in her gaze and any visible exhaustion. she shook her head and replaced it with the happy-go-lucky smiling face that she had before everything turned upside down. Taking a deep breath, she made her way to her sister's call. As she approached, she offered a wag of her tail as she greeted her brother and sister. "Hey guys! Long time, no see! What's goin' on?"

"Family"