31 || Heartbreak is our National Anthem

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Melanie

"What do you mean you can't be with me anymore?!"

"I can't be with a man who hits my daughter! What happened to you Jai? What happened to the gentleman who came home with a box of chocolates and a rose everyday? What happened to the Jai that makes every girl jealous of me because I have the perfect boyfriend? What happened to the nights of cuddling while watching Harry Potter? What happened to us Jai?!!"

Ariana and Jai have been bickering for the past half an hour. Yes, it indeed awoke me from my slumber 30 minutes ago - thirty minutes I could've spent sleeping that I will never, never get back.

I pull the bed sheets off of me, place my feet on the floor and tip toe downstairs, with my back against the wall I move closer to the living room to find Jai staring at Ari with some sort of emotion set in his eyes that I can't quite make out.

"Your daughter?! Angela is our daughter Ariana! I signed those adoption papers too! I haven't changed Ariana! I'm still me! In fact I was going to give you a box of chocolates and a dozen roses just before until you brought up me slapping Ange! For the last time, I didn't mean it!"

"Bullshit! If you didn't mean it you would've stopped yourself from doing so!" Ariana pushes her self off the couch and storms past Jai.

"How was I meant to do that! You know how I get when it comes to these things, I can't get my anger issues under control until it's too late!"

"You know what Jai? You're right. It's too late. It's too late for you to throw more apologies and promises around and treat us like your dolls. It's too late to change my mind about this. Jai. We're over. I'm not going to risk you hurting our other daughter, I'm not going to risk you hurting me. I'm used to boys like you. Say you won't do it again but then you do something worse." Tears are streaming down Ariana's face and I notice Jai's face fall.

Jai opens his mouth to say something but then closes it again.

"Leave Jai. Now."

"Okay. I'll go. I'll let you go because I love you, and our daughters. I'll just go pack my bags." He sighs before turning around and I hide behind the wall again so he doesn't see me.

I look over at Ari and she's now leaning back against the wall with her head in her hands, I check to see if Jai is fully upstairs then make my way towards the girl with the broken smile.

As she doesn't notice my presence, I kneel down beside her, remove her hands from her face and bring her into my embrace, I let her cry onto my shirt for a while, then notice Jai walk out the front door with two suitcases and enter a car, which I assume is Luke's. Then I feel Ariana's crying become worse.

"It's okay Ariana. Families fall apart. They break, burn and end. We're gonna get through this together, mum. We're going to do as many things as we can to get our minds off the fact Angela is going to be moving out, and that Jai isn't going to be apart of our lives like he was before. We may not have Jai anymore, but we'll get Angela back, she'll come around. And maybe you and Jai will find another time in this world to be together. But no matter what, you're going to have me Ari. We're going to have each other." I tell her as I rub her back.

She cries for a little longer then lifts her head up to face me.

"Thank you." She says, barely above a whisper.

"Anytime." I smile at her.

"You wanna Skype Uncle Frankie? Or do you just wanna go watch some Mean Girls?" I ask her, slightly laughing as I haven't seen Mean Girls in ages.

"Mean Girls. Nothing can come before Mean Girls. Except if it's my girls or Harry Potter" she laughs.

"Thought so." I chuckle.

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