Their Little Princess

Nothing to Be Afraid Of.

Ace POV

I rocked us back and forth, whispering soft nothings into her ear. She was gripped my shirt tightly as she continued to sob into my shoulder.

"I don't wanna see the doctor," Ari manages to get out between her gasps of air.

"Why not love, it's just Ryan. I promise he won't hurt you," I murmur softly.

"Huwt," I barley hear her whisper this, as she finally starts to calm down a little bit.

"Baby girl, Ryan would never hurt you, he just wants to make sure that something else didn't hurt you," She shakes her head still shaking.

I know that we need to get her to a doctor, for both her physical health and mental, but I can't bring myself to when she's this scared. I feel my heart breaking as I listen to she sobs, I hate this so much.

"What if I promise to stay with you the whole time? Hmm. Would that make it better?" I need to find a way to at least get her to allow him to look at her.

She's silent for a long time, the tension in the room is thick, I don't think anyone is breathing. I run my hand up and down her back trying to offer the least bit of comfort. She's so tense, she's so stiff, why is she so scared? I start to pat her back instead, she used to love when I'd do this when she was younger. This causes her cry harder shifting around in my hold. I just want her to be ok, she's breaking my heart. I pull her into to a tighter hug, partially for her sake but mostly for mine.

Arianna's POV

He's hurting me.

I know he's trying to calm me down by rubbing and patting my back, but the bruises and burns make feel like they're burning every time he touches them. I can't say anything about, nor can I let them take me to the doctor, I can't risk them finding out. Luckily I'm already crying, so I don't have to fight those off as well.

"Ari baby," I turn my head a bit to see Mr. Dad approaching the couch where Ace and I are sitting.

He's gonna make me go see the doctors, I really can't go. I push myself closer to Ace gripping his shirt in a death grip. A look of hurt flashes in Mr. Dads eyes, but that doesn't make sense. Why was he hurt, does his back hurt too? I really hope it doesn't, it's not fun at all.

"Sweetheart look," Mr. Dad pulls up his shirt showing me his rib.

"You see this line?" He drags his finger along it, making me nod.

"I got this last year, it hurt really, really bad. But I went to the doctor and he fixed me right up, now it doesn't hurt anymore."

I have a scar like that but mine is bumpy and jagged. I didn't even have to go to the doctor, I healed it myself with some tape and medical glue.

"I know the doctor can be scary but Ryan here is your brother. He wouldn't do anything to hurt you, ever."

I really want to believe him but all doctors are the same. They pretend to want to help you then instead of helping you they hurt you again. Always. If they don't you themselves they'll send you right back to madam and sir and they'll hurt you for not taking your punishment like a good girl.

"I'll be there the whole time babygirl, you'll never be alone. I promise," Ace kisses my temple rocking us slightly.

I shake my head, tears still streaming down my cheeks. "I good girl, I good," Why would he try to make me break the rules? Does he want to punish me?

"Of course you're a good girl sweetheart, we know you're good. But even good girls need to see the doctor sometimes. I promise you won't be alone i'll be right there the entire time okay? I need you to trust me here, just a little bit." Ace pulls away from me to look me in the eyes, nodding. He holds my gaze until I give him a shaky nod back.

I can trust Ace...

Ryan's POV

I quietly walk towards Ari and Ace, I'm going to have to approach this carefully to avoid scaring Ari any further.

"Alright sweets, I'm gonna try to be as quick as I can about this, but I need you to work with me for it to work, okay?" I hold my breath waiting for her response.

"You have nothing to be afraid of baby, I'm right here," She squeezes Aces shirt in a tight grip but nods letting out a shacks breath.

I smile, immediately starting to work.

"Thank you so much sweetheart, you're so brave. Can you tell me what's bothering you love?" She looks up at Ace who gives her a nod before she turns back to look at me.

" Head huwt,"

"Does it hurt a lot?" She nods, pulling her arms in between her body and Ace.

"I'm sorry, that must suck. Can you show me how much it hurts," I hold up ten fingers. "One finger being not too bad and ten fingers means really bad." She turns even more to see me, pausing before pointing at my eighth finger.

I suck in a breath looking at the rest of my family. That's not good, that's not good at all.

"Wow, that's a really big number. Can you show me where it hurts?" She points to the right side of her face and eye. "The other side doesn't hurt?" She shakes her head.

It's starting to sound like a migraine, but I'm not sure what's causing it. I'd need a ct scan at least to make sure it's not cancer or something like that, but I don't think that's gonna be an option right now.

"Can you smile for me? How about frown? Can you raise both arms?" She does everything I ask no problem, so at least it's not a stroke but that was already highly unlikely.

"Does it feel like your heart is beating in your head?" She nods fresh tears in her eyes, my poor baby.

"Does the light make it hurt more?" She nods again.

I ask her about twenty more questions before i'm certain about my conclusion. She has a migraine, and from what I'm guessing she gets them often. I stand up looking to the rest of the family.

" She has a migraine. I'm not sure why, I'd need a CT and possibly a MRI to determine that. It sounds like she gets them often I can prescribe some meds but that's about all I can do without further testing."

I can see the heartbreak in my fathers eyes as I explain everything. His baby is in pain and he can't do anything about it, I'd be heartbroken too. He looks at her still in Aces arms and legs out a sigh.

"Do you understand what I said love?" Ari shakes her head, before stuffing her face back into the crook of Aces neck.

"Well a migraine is when your head hurts a lot and it's usually on one side, that's what you're feeling right now. Have you ever gotten a migraine before?" She nods.

"Can you tell me what you did to make it feel better?" She doesn't answer immediately but eventually shakes her head.

"Why not love?"

"No did anywing"

What??

Noticing my confusion Ace speaks up.

"Why didn't you do anything for your head baby?"

"No allow"

My heart is officially broken, you mean to tell me my little sister has had to sit in pain for God knows how long because she wasn't allowed to do anything about it? God I can't wait until we catch those fuckers.

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