My little Judith

Nine

Alec POV

"This is such bullshit. I should be allowed to stay at my friends house and not be interrogated by my dad." I heard Judith.

I was sat in the living room sulking because she had stayed out the night. Well, that didn't exactly go to plan. Damien had a look on his face all night, up until an hour ago when he had left the house and just came back. Now being fourteen, Judith likes to think she has the run of the house. But Damien knows how to put her back in her place.

"It's not bullshit, Judith. Get to your fucking room now. I don't want to see you for the rest of the night." Damien growled. "And don't even try to be sneaky, I'll hear you."

"Mum tell him. He's being a prick, he dragged me away from my friends." Judith stormed into the living room, where Harriette and I were sat.

"What happened?" Harriette asked.

"Go on, tell your mum what happened. Don't even think about lying." Damien glared at his daughter. I don't like it, being her mate and all, but I have no say as they are disciplining their daughter.

Judith stayed silent. Her eyes kept on the floor. Damien let out a low growl, warning her to say something.

"Damien." Harriette warned. Being their only child, Harriette is very protective of Judith and doesn't let anyone be disrespectful towards her. Even if it is her own mate and father to her little girl.

"Fine. You wanna know where our darling daughter was tonight?" Damien glared at his mate still angry at what Judith had done. "She wasn't at Alison's, no she was at some random house party drinking and smoking weed. For all I know she could've done a line that was on the table in front of her. Ans to top it all of she was sat on a boys lap, no he wasn't a boy, he was a man. Some random mans lap while he touched you."

Harriette's face turned to one of anger. A growl rumbled in my chest hearing that a man touched her. It should only be me touching her, I'm her mate no one else. It should be me.

"You're grounded. Give me your phone now." Harriette spat out, holding everything I so she wouldn't pop off on her daughter.

"No, it's mine. It's an invasion of privacy." Judith glared.

"I never said I'd look through it, I said give it to me." Harriette stated.

"No, it's mine. You can't take it from me."

"Your phone is a luxury your father and i let you have so you can contact your friends. You can have it back once you're not grounded." Harriette said and put her hand out for Judith's phone.

"Are you not going to say anything?" Judith looked at me. All I want to do is stand up for her, but it would be wrong. She did something bad, stuff that she is no where near ready to do let alone be of age to do it. Usually I would get Judith out of things because I couldn't stand to see her so upset, but this, this is wrong and she knows it.

"Give your phone to your mum, then go to your room. That's what you've been asked to do, you should do it." I said as calmly as I could.

"I hate all of you." Judith spat out. She threw her phone on the coffee table and stormed out of the room, her footsteps stomping to her bedroom. My heart sank hearing those words, she didn't hate us, she just said it out of anger.

"What's gotten into her? I don't understand." Harriette sighed and sat down on the sofa.

"I don't either." Damien muttered and sat down next to her rubbing her back. "We'll talk to her tomorrow, see what's going on. Maybe she needs help."

"I don't know. This is all so sudden. She's fourteen for fuck sake. What child of that age is thinking about smoking and drinking, being with men. I really don't understand at all." Harriette closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead.

"Do you know anything? Has she told you anything as to why she's doing this?" Harriette looked at me.

I shook my head. "No." I whispered still hurt from Judith saying she hated us.

"Should we look through her phone? Surely there's something in there that could give us any indication of what's going on." Damien asked.

"No." Harriette shook her head. "No, I said we wouldn't look through it, we have to respect that. It's late, we should all go to bed."

All three of us got up and went upstairs. Harriette and Damien going in their room while I went to mine. I sighed and changed into something more comfortable before climbing into bed.

I woke up to someone laying down next to me. My eyes opened to see Judith pulling the covers over herself and getting comfortable.

"I thought you hated me." I muttered, real mature I know but I'm holding a grudge.

"I thought you always stood up for me." Judith whispered back.

"Did you really expect me to tell your parents that they should of been soft on you. To not get punished because it wasn't your fault. Judith what possessed you to lie to your mum and dad and go behind their backs? They have been nothing but honest with you about their expectations of you, and let's me honest, it's not a lot. They don't expect a lot from you, but they expected you to be better than this."

"Don't act like you've never done something like this. It was nothing." Judith scoffed.

"No I haven't. Do you know why? Because I had and still have respect for my parents. Like your parents, mine didn't expect much from me as long as I was honest with them and that I did the right thing. What you did was wrong and dishonest." I sighed. "Why'd you do it?"

"I don't know." She whispered, but I could hear the crack in her voice. I could see the tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Be honest with me." I whispered and moved closer to her. To show that I was there for comfort and a safety net she could rely on. All I've ever wanted to be for her. "Tell me why you thought it was okay to do that."

"I didn't want to." She sobbed. "Alison knows this guy and he was throwing a party. Told me it was a small gathering and it'll only be an hour or so. Nothing was going to happen. Turns out it was a full on house party, drinks drugs and sex. Alison told me to drink and smoke. I kept telling her no, that I should be going home. Every time I tried to leave she would call me names, it pissed me off. So I did it. I gave into her and look where that got me."

"Why didn't you call me? Or your dad. We would've come to get you, taken Allison to her parents because I'm sure they wouldn't approve of this either. Judith, don't feel pressured into doing anything because someone told you to or because they were making fun of you. You're fourteen, little one, you're body is still developing and if you carry on you'll fuck it up. Ignore Alison, your dad can tell her parents and get it cleared up. Never feel like you can't call me to get you, because I will. If you ever feel in danger, all me and I will get you no matter what time and how far away you are. You're safety and health is all that matters to me and your parents." I told her. 

"I wanted to. But she just made me so annoyed that I just gave in." She huffed.

"Get some sleep, we'll talk more in the morning." I said and turned over.

"Can I stay with you?" She whispered, almost like she didn't want to ask but it slipped out anyway.

"Of course, little one." I muttered back and closed my eyes.

Just as I was falling asleep again, I felt the bed move and an arm go over my waist and a face being buried into my back.

"What do I tell you? Stay on your side of the bed." I whispered with a chuckle.

"I just want a cuddle." Judith sighed and didn't make any plans to move. Shaking my head I closed my eyes once again and slowly fell asleep.