Growing Up [Private: TheLastLion & Stormy]

[Stormy]

“Yup. I would hope not. You’re really the only one I would.. actually tell everything.”

[TheLastLion]

"Then I hope you'll have no problem telling me everything so that I can help you to the best of my abilities." Kaylee replied.

[Stormy]

“Do you think I’m hiding stuff from you or something? Is that what this is? Why can’t you trust me?”

[TheLastLion]

"I do trust you, Nicki. I do." She clarified, "I just need you to be straight with me, okay?"

[Stormy]

“I am. And if you don’t believe me when I say that, then you clearly don’t trust me much at all.” Nicki replied somewhat frustrated. “You think I’m lying to you. We went to the cave I normally go to. I showed him it. What the heck do you want?”

[TheLastLion]

Kaylee stepped back, unnerved by Nicki's response. "No... not at all... I just... want to be certain."

[Stormy]

“Then be certain! I want to trust that you won’t scrutinize me every single day but I clearly can’t even do that! This trust isn’t going both ways.” Nicki replied, standing and leaving her dinner. “Obviously nobody wants to believe anything I say anymore.” She says as her voice cracked as she began to walk away. “They always want to try to dig everything out of me like I’ve done something wrong and I can’t be trusted anymore with the truth.”

[TheLastLion]

"I'm... I'm sorry, sis."

[Stormy]

"The more you try to dig into me the less it makes me want to tell you anything. Or even be here for that matter. I need to keep things to myself sometimes too."

[TheLastLion]

"I understand that. I don't mean to violate your personal privacy. Really, I don't." Kaylee tried to explain, "It's just that I don't want you to feel like you can't talk to me about personal stuff."