02-24-2025, 01:09 PM
Marta had noticed the smile. Lily had made him smile. That was a good sign, Marta thought. Even if the other smiles were fake, that one had been real. If he could really smile that meant that he could bounce back from this. Still Marta worried. Her heart broke to see him like this. She hadn’t really met him in Mexico - hadn’t known who he was, but she had heard so much about him in the last few days, and this wasn’t what she had heard about him. She even had a drawing of him in her folder - a four block comic that she had drawn for her assignment for Hayden. It wouldn’t leave her folder and she’d redo it. It wasn’t that it was bad or mean, but it didn’t seem appropriate now.
Marta could try the grounding, but she also knew when she was having panic attacks the world around her disappeared quickly. She often didn’t know where she was or what was going on. Splash could usually get her out. If not - Ricky, Elyse, or Sterling could. She should probably teach more people about that, but even now, alert as she was, she had trouble doing it. She didn’t really need it at least, but this wasn’t one of the few times she had felt hurt because someone else did.
Splash responded to her as she always did. Marta felt the wolf force her head underneath Marta’s hand and Marta began to pat. What surprised her though was when Splash moved and lay down in front of her and placing a head on Nox’s knee. Marta had been getting better at only sending messages when she wanted to, but at times, she still sent them without thinking. Splash usually reminded her about that not, but she was oddly quiet this time, perhaps sensing that this was what Marta needed. She wanted to cry, but held back tears, trying to be strong for him, but she couldn’t. She was too worried. She gave him a hug as tears started.
Marta could try the grounding, but she also knew when she was having panic attacks the world around her disappeared quickly. She often didn’t know where she was or what was going on. Splash could usually get her out. If not - Ricky, Elyse, or Sterling could. She should probably teach more people about that, but even now, alert as she was, she had trouble doing it. She didn’t really need it at least, but this wasn’t one of the few times she had felt hurt because someone else did.
Splash responded to her as she always did. Marta felt the wolf force her head underneath Marta’s hand and Marta began to pat. What surprised her though was when Splash moved and lay down in front of her and placing a head on Nox’s knee. Marta had been getting better at only sending messages when she wanted to, but at times, she still sent them without thinking. Splash usually reminded her about that not, but she was oddly quiet this time, perhaps sensing that this was what Marta needed. She wanted to cry, but held back tears, trying to be strong for him, but she couldn’t. She was too worried. She gave him a hug as tears started.