She stepped back and sat on the arm of her couch looking at the project she had just completed. She had it in her closet for a few months now, set aside for it was meant to be a Christmas present that would now, with the circumstances never make it as such. It had been an extremely long, emotional day for her, but she knew that she had to finish this one last thing in order to sleep through the night.

There had been some information that had been shared with her earlier that day that filled her with mixed emotions. It was incredibly exciting, happy news and she even shed tears of joy after finding a quiet corner so that nobody knew. However, with the news also came the pain of not understanding and knowing that she once again in her life was left to cheer silently from the shadows.

She knew it would eventually happen for she knew the person. She knew the strength and potential that merely needed to be discovered by the person. Things that she had seen from the beginning. They would never know just how much she cared, for it was better for her to stay silent and out of the way.

She carefully set the hammer on the table, took one more look up at the new painting adorning her wall, turned off the lights and slowly climbed the stairs to her waiting bed.