A young girl struggles to cope after the trauma and abuse she has endured at the hands of her Step-father, as events transpire and she is placed in the care of her 4 older brothers. We follow her journey as she navigates this new world of Family, Lo...
A/N: TW, references of abuse and corporal punishment
Nick's POV
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"She looks so cute when she sleeps" I say to my brothers as I look at her passed out in Dominic's arms, she couldn't stay awake through most of the movie. The last thing she said out loud was that she has a crush on Superman, we all laughed at that. None of us want to think about her liking boys until she is at least 18 years old, then we might consider it....possibly, but I doubt it.
I look over to Dom and ask him "Did she tell you any details about how she got her injuries?"
"No, not yet but trust me I am going to start asking those questions soon" he tells us, we are all still in the theater room, the movie is over but oddly none of us want to leave.
"So what is the plan for tomorrow, is Noah going to school and speaking of school, what are you thinking to do about Bella's schooling?" I ask Dominic, I can see how tired he looks and finding out Bella's condition has added to it.
"Yes, Noah is going to school tomorrow" he says looking directly at Noah who rolls his eyes " speaking of which, you need to get to bed" he says raising an eyebrow and daring Noah to argue. Noah gets up sighing "fine!"under his breath and leaves the room.
"As for her schooling, I'm not sure yet if I should enroll her in Noah's private school or if home schooling would be better for her at this point. She is very advanced but I don't think she has taken an aptitude test for several years so I will be arranging that for her soon and we'll see where she places." He tells me as he looks down on her sleeping form snuggled up under two blankets.
"You okay bro?" I ask Dom with a smirk, noticing the sweat beading on his forehead "Your looking a little hot, brother" I state, trying to hold my laugh in.
"Yeah, it's like a freaking furnace under here with all these blankets, how she's not dying from the heat I don't know" he says wiping the sweat off his forehead. At that, Elijah gets up, walking over to her and placing his hand on her forehead and cheek, checking her temperature, "Her fever has gone down, I think we should put her in bed and I'll check on her throughout the night" he states as he pulls the blankets off, much to Dom's relief, and picks up Bella so her head can rest on his shoulder and her butt is supported under his forearm.
We follow him out of the theater as he carries her up the stairs and down the hall into her room. I get in front of him and pull back the covers on her bed as he gently places her down and kisses her goodnight on the forehead. I bring the covers back over her and whisper, "Goodnight, Tesoro, sweet dreams, amore" to her, saying good night to my brothers as well, I leave her room, with a fullness I can hardly recognize in my heart. Yesterday and for all these years we've had this aching gap in our hearts and tonight it's whole again, she's back with us. I used to worry about where she was and if she was happy. Did she have everything she needed or the things she wanted? For us as boys growing up, Dad wasn't very affectionate but we knew he loved us and he provided everything we could want within reason, but I used to wonder if my little sister had those things too. Now that she is here it's clear the latter part of her life was hell but I am determined to make up for that as best I can and spoil her.
