It had been a month since Winston had died and Kate could not have been more depressed. She didn't hunt or talk to anyone until;
"Kate, how are you feeling?" Humphrey asked sympathetically.
"As always. Sad and depressed." She let out a sigh of grief.
"Come on Kate, cheer up. I understand you're sad, but it's been a month and get back to your own life."
"My dad was a part of my life…" She kept looking down at the ground while she talked. All this was simply too much to bear.
"Kate, I'm sorry he died."
"Why are you sorry? You didn't kill him. It was that guy Solomon." She spat at his name.
"I know what you are feeling…" Humphrey was then interrupted by Kate.
"No you don't! You don't know!" She exclaimed. She curled up in a corner with her tail over her eyes.
"Actually," Humphrey continued. "I do know. I don't have any parents. They were killed when I was a pup. I only had my pack brothers and… you."
Kate took her tail out of her eyes and looked at him. He was right. She was basically the only one that he called family. Humphrey continued as he walked over to Kate.
"It was hard for me to walk around Jasper and but constantly reminded of my parents death. But, the tragedy of their death faded and I remembered the good stuff about them."
Kate could picture it. All those times she was with her dad and how he made her laugh and feel safe. She was forgetting the way he died and started to remember him.
"And Kate. If you feel that you can't go outside and attend his funeral, then you don't have to. It's your choice. I just hope that you can be happy again." As he finished, a tear dropped from his face. Kate stood up from the corner and went up to him.
"Thank you, Humphrey for helping me."
"Well, I try…" He said shyly. She giggled and nuzzled her mate.
"Knockity, Knockity, knock, knock!" A voice popped up from behind them. It was Aaron with his sister Stacy.
"Are we interrupting?" Stacy asked.
"No, we were just finishing up." Humphrey said.
"Oh, I get it." Aaron said. "You two were getting it on. So, Humphrey how was she? Amazing, eh?" He said seductively.
"We were not getting it on, you perv." Kate said annoyed.
"Kate, I'm only joking. Trust me, I wouldn't ask you something like that. I was only trying to lighten the mood."
"It's still not funny…" Kate replied.
"It would if your dad didn't die… oh, I shouldn't have brought that up." Aaron said embarrassedly. Kate just simply smiled at him.
"It's okay Aaron. It doesn't hurt that my father died. All that matters is that he lived his life the way he wanted and I love him for ythat."
"That was sweet, Kate." Stacy said smiling.
"Kind of gay…" Aaron said. Kate glared at him. "Joking! Only… joking!"
"Okay if you're done joking, we have to get to the funeral." Humphrey said. Kate stifled a sob.
"Its okay, Kate. I'll be with you through this." He smiled at her and she smiled back.
"Thanks." She said. And with that comment, they left. But little did they know what the turn out would be for Winston.