"it's not the fighting.....it's just, I can't deal with this, us I mean. We can't be together, yet I can't stand being away from you." She almost whispered, then added "I may put on a confident face, and I know that sometimes it seems as though my sole purpose in life is to tease you but, it's all an act. I miss what we used to be." getting extremely quiet, and looking down at the table again. 'I just can't take this anymore.' Nala thought while wiping a tear from her eye with her free hand.