Closer than ever (completed)

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Malcom woke up and looked at Ariana and his heart broke. It had been 2 weeks since her grandmother had died.

No-one could get through to Ariana. She locked her self away. Even her mum or Malcom couldn't get through to her.

Ariana had become extremely skinny. She stopped eating. It took all Malcom's strength to try and make her to eat, while dealing with their children. In all honestly Malcom was struggling.

Malcom pecked Ariana forehead and left the room. "Morning daddy" Ellie smiles. She was sat on the sofa on her iPad "Morning sweetie" he smiles giving her a hug before disappearing into the kitchen. He made Ellie some breakfast before grabbing some strawberries.

He walked back up the stairs and into his bedroom. "Ariana" he asks, she looks at his. She was weak. He walks over to her helping her prop her self up. He grabbed a strawberry and placed it to her lips. She didn't eat it, she just cried. Malcom moves it away and placed the plate to the side. He embraced her in a hug and kissed her check "we need to get you better" he tells her "I can't" she cried. The first time she had spoke in a week. "Come on princess at least 3" he asks and she nods, she eats 3 strawberries making Malcom feel extremely proud of her.

Malcom handed her some water and she drank the whole bottle. "I'm going to go to the kids okay" he whispers and she just blankly stares at him.

He stands up and leaves the room and puts the strawberries back in the fridge.

"Hi Joan" Malcom says as Joan comes in. "Hi" she whispers. Malcom embraces her in a hug. "Why do your hugs make me feel so much better" she asks and Malcolm shrugs. "How's Ariana" she asks "I've tried to make her eat and she ate a few strawberries but she had a full bottle of water" he explains and she nods.

"Hi Ariana" Joan walks into the bedroom. Ariana hugs her mum making Joan smile. "I feel so guilty mum" Ariana says "why" Joan asks. Malcom stood at the door listening to them both "because I got the last words I got the last conversation, that should have been you, your her daughter not me" Ariana cries "it's okay, that story was so sweet Ariana, she's happy and proud of you and she wanted to express that. She had already expressed that to me" Joan rubs her back.

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"Hi Mum" Malcom smiles at his mum. "Are they ready" she asks and Malcom nods. Heartbroken that it has come to this. "Daddy" Ellie cries "I'm sorry princess but daddy needs to help mummy" he tells her "I want to stay with you" she cries. Malcom picks her up and cuddles her "just a week princess I promise" Malcom tells her kissing her head as he placed her in the car. "Your doing the right thing." Karen tells him and he nods.

Malcom walked back in side and walked up the stairs to Ariana. He sat down on the bed and lifted her and placed her in his lap. He felt her body relax. "Right your eating" Malcom tells her and she nods. He carries her downstairs and placed her on the stool. "Salad" she asks and Malcom nods making her a salad. He watched her eat. "I'll be right back" he tells her and she nods.

He walks up to the bathroom and ran her a bath. "Malcom" she asks "yes Ari" he asks "I'm sorry" she mutter "don't be sorry, your going through a hard time" Malcom hugs her.

He stops the tap and helps her undress. And she covers herself. "I haven't shaved" she hides "Ariana I don't care, I love you for you" he tells her picking her up and placing her in the bath.

He grabs the shampoo and washes her hair. "Mhm" Ariana sighs "you like that" he chuckles and she nods. He washes it out before condoning her hair. "Do you want to shave or not" Malcom asks and she nods and he hands her a razor. "Don't look" she mutters and he chuckles at turns around, he's seen her do this before but he wanted to respect her.

"I'm done" she says and he turns round. He helps her wash her body and helps her out. He wraps her in a towel and they both go off to the bedroom. "Can I swear one of your tops" she asks and he nods grabbing one from his draw.

He slips it over her petite body. "Ariana off the bed" he tells her "why I want To be on the bed it's comfy" she whines getting upset "baby girl" he hugs her. "I want to make it nice and clean for you okay, then we can cuddle and then I'm going to help you get better" he tells her "my heart is broken a broke heart can never heal" she tells him "a broken heart can heal Ariana it takes time, love and support" he tells her sitting her down on the chair.

He changed their bed before letting Ariana get back in and cuddle into the sheets. Malcom gets changed and gets in next to her and she shuffled into him. "I want you to tell me how you feel" he asks "I feel like I have nothing" she says "you have me, you have the kids, you have both out parents, your brother, Ariana, you still have people that love you" he tells her "my Nonna was so special to me though, she's the reason I'm where I am today, she's the reason you ever found out about me because she had faith" Ariana explains "and you should thank her for that, she was an amazing women Ariana" Malcom rubs her back