Their Little Princess

Trying to Understand

Arianna POV

I wake up to the feeling of me being weighed down by something over my waist. I move around a bit trying to gauge how heavy this thing is and if I can move it or not. I carefully try to sit up but fail and fall back against the bed. I lie there trying to figure out what to do next when the thing holding me down pulls me closer.

I'm now cuddled up against not something but someone and They're holding me tight so I can't really move too much. Panic starts to set in as I realize I don't know who is holding me and whoever it is probably doesn't have the best intentions. Trying to figure out what to do I just lay there trying to assess the situation.

They feel warm and really comfortable but I don't know if I can trust them or not. I feel exhausted but I don't want to get hurt again. Slowly my eyes begin to droop and it's becoming more and more difficult to keep them open. After a long fight I finally give in to my bodys desires and cuddle up to the person and fall asleep soundly. I hear talking and I try to block them out and cuddle into the warm body closer.

I hear a bunch of coos and awes but decide to ignore them and cuddle up closer allowing myself to get comfortable again. An arm wraps around my waist and pulls me even closer. I let out a long breath before slowly drifting off into the dream world. My eyes slowly begin to flutter open.

I'm still pressed up against the warm person but now there's another one in front of me crushing me as well. Panic begins to set in as I breathe in the new person's smell. "Ok ok, just breathe Arianna just breathe," I whisper to myself taking deep breaths.

"Ok just breathe Arianna just breathe you're going to be ok you're ok." I squirm a little bit trying to get some room to breathe. I hate small spaces. It always feels like I can't breathe. Maden used to lock me in a freezer whenever I would talk without permission or she felt I was giving attitude. Breathing continues to get harder and harder as time goes on and I begin to feel even more trapped.

After relentlessly trying to get free the person behind me starts to wake up. I panic even more knowing that I'm about to get it for waking them up. Tears start to stream down my cheeks as I mentaly prepare myself for the inevitable. They sit up carefully taking their arm from around my waist. I carefully turn my head to look up at my oldest brother Ace. He looks down at me with unfamiliar eyes that kind of make me feel loved. Though I wouldn't be able to describe what love feels like I imagine it feeling like this. My breathing is ragged and short, I can barely focus on his face. I'm so scared.

Ace Pov

She looks frightened and her breathing ragged and short. She looks like she's on the verge of tears. I immediately pull her into a tight hug rubbing her back in soothing circles trying to calm her down. She tries to wiggle away from me, pushing and shoving but never making a noise. I hold her a little bit tighter hoping it gets her to calm down.

She doesn't stop even after fifteen minutes she doesn't stop. Axel wakes up from all the commotion. He sits up and sees her thrashing around and trying to break free. I continue rubbing her back in soothing slow circles while whispering sweet nothings to her. Axel sits up all the way, also placing a hand on her back rubbing it in slow circles. Together we get her to calm down and breathe a little bit easier.

She lays on my chest stiffly and doesn't move a muscle. Axle looks sad watching her lay there, her eyes are closed but she still seems frightened. He gently lays a hand on her back scooting a little bit closer.

"Hey babygirl you're ok," He speaks in a soft, soothing voice trying to keep her calm.

"Do you want to talk about what's wrong?" He asks her softly. She shakes her head and curls into an even smaller ball.