Their Little Princess

What did we miss?

Ace POV

I watch as Arianna curls into dad as we go higher and higher. I can't help but frown as she shakes in his lap while he tries his best to comfort her. A wave of sadness falls over me as I realize how many things in her life we missed. We didn't get to teach her how to walk or hear what her first word was.

 It saddens me to know that she has had a hard life and we couldn't be there for her but since now she's with us we won't ever let go. I watch as dad tries to comfort her but she only panics more. The boys are watching as well and I can tell they're also worried about her. She shakes and shakes and holds dad tighter, almost inaudible whimpers can be heard as the plane shakes a bit.

 I hear her sniff as dad frantically tries to calm her down but nothing seems to work. He looks up to us for support but all of us are as clueless as him. To make matters worse the pilot just had to come on to the intercom and tell us to sit tight while we experienced some turbulence.

 A minute later we hear soft cries coming from her and as time passes they seem to get louder until she's full of sobbing. "Hey it's ok it's ok. Don't cry, it's ok. You're safe now it's ok. Breath babygirl you're going to make yourself sick." 

Dad tries to calm her but she just holds him tighter. Her cries seem to get louder as the plane shakes again. At this point everybody is trying to calm her down but nothing seems to start working. We continue to try and calm her down for about an hour before her breath evens out and she goes silent.

 After she falls asleep dad adjusts her in his lap so it'll be easier to pick her up when it's time for us to get out. I watch her as she sleeps and really get a good look at her. I haven't seen my baby sister since she was a week old. 

Now she's this life-size human who can talk and walk and run. Even though she's so tiny she already consumes my entire life. On the way here I made some calls so I could spend some time with Arianna and get to bond with her. 

I want to find out everything there is to know about her. I want to know what makes her happy and what makes her sad. I want to know whether she prefers chocolate or vanilla ice cream. I know all the boys feel the same way about her and I know that they all missed her terribly. As I watch her I see that she has similar facial features as mom. She has a cute little button nose and light freckles going over the bridge of her nose and across her cheeks. 

Besides the tear stains she has a rosy undertone on her cheeks but she looks pale and almost sick. Her face has dirt on it and her feet are almost black. It saddens me to know that she wasn't taken care of when she was younger.

 She had to go through life without us and she didn't get to be treated like she should have. The night she was taken I was fifteen and I was devastated. Even though she was only one week old when she was taken she and I had the strongest connection. She would always clam in my arms and she seemed to want to be close to me. 

I mean the other boys were close to her but I feel that we had a special bond. The rest of the ride Arianna sleeps and the boys like me watch her. I have a feeling we won't ever let her out of our site again. I know dad had her put in the same school as them since the school they go to is k-12. The next couple of days we are all going to be spending time with her and getting to know her.

 We already arranged which days went to who. We are going to break it up into two week so that we all can get a full day with her while the others get what they need to get done, done. Then the rest of those two weeks we're gonna try and get our other family down here so we can meet her. They never got to before they took her since the first week was reserved for mom and Arianna.