Animals Sense Uncomfortableness

My old roommate came over today. She brought her now cat to see my cat. We bought them together when they were kittens. We had a horrible falling out, names were called, lies were told, and in the end it seems that not only did I lose my ability to trust people, but I lost someone I thought was a lifer, I lost a confidant, I lost my best friend. We ripped the sister kittens apart and went our separate ways.

I recently got a new job in a new city. I called her up and said 'it's now or never, do you want to get those lights you forgot?' When she came over today we exchanged awkward pleasantries as she put her cat cage down and opened it up. We watched as my cat became aware of a fox in the hen house. Her cat leaped right out, not a caution in the air. My cat hissed and hissed, annoyed at the intruder. Her cat tried to play, unaware of the uncomfortableness. My cat wasn't having it. I couldn't help but thing of the symbolism. Just because two people are forced back into the same close quarters does not mean they have to get along. Just because I can forgive doesn't mean I can forget.