The Help~(Completed♡)

Swinging Off the Edge

Luke's P.O.V.

I took Bella's property in Monopoly as we had our family game night in the kitchen.

"Oh fuck off.", she laughed before freezing, "I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.", she whispered, "I'm sorry daddy."

"Hey, it's alright. You were just messing around babe."

"I'm-I'm sorry." Tears welled up in her eyes as I gently pulled her up and out of the room. I sat on the couch in the living room with her as she started to cry, "I'm s-sorry daddy. It-It was mean. I'm sorry."

"Shh, calm down love. It's alright, I swear. We were having fun and you were just joking around. It was harmless baby." Eventually, she stopped crying and looked up at me,

"A-Are you gonna s-spank me?"

"No sweets. You're too worked up and you didn't do anything wrong. You didn't say it to be mean or hurtful or disrespectful, you were just joking and it's fine. I swear. Everything's okay baby."

"But I-I hurt you."

"Lovely it takes much more than that to hurt my feelings. I know when you're messing around and when you're being disrespectful or mean. I can tell the difference, okay?" She nodded,

"It was disrespectful for you to steal my property.", she fake pouted. I chuckled,

"And you're just gonna give up and let me win?" She paused,

"No. Of course not. The Michaels don't give up."

"Damn right Bells."

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Someone shook me gently, waking me up. My eyes landed on my alarm clock, reading 3:27 a.m., before landing on Bella in the dark room,

"Hey, what's wrong?", I asked softly. She sniffled a little,

"I-I-", she stopped, "H-Help.", she choked out. I turned on my light, sitting up as she held out her arms. Both had a few shallow cuts on them, barely even bleeding.

"Did you do that?" She nodded a little, closing her eyes as tears streamed down her face. I nodded, "Okay. C'mere." I got up and led her to my bathroom, lifting her onto the counter. They weren't really bad enough to need first aid, but any kind of self harm needs to be taken care of and it's my job to take care of her. I don't want to undermine what she did this time and have her do it worse next time.

"I'm-I'm-"

"I know.", I cut her off, "It's alright. You're too worked up, you can explain later, alright?" She nodded. I gently put antibiotic cream on her cuts and bandaged them up carefully before kissing both sets of bandages. I held her hands in mine tightly, "If you ever feel like this or you want to do it again, please, please come get me. I don't care if it's late or while I'm in a meeting or whatever. Please come to me Bella. I absolutely cannot lose you." She nodded, laying her head on my chest as she cried. I held her tightly for a few minutes, soon finding her sobs turned into sniffles, then snores. I carefully picked her up and told her to my bed, laying her next to me, "Goodnight babygirl."

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Bella walked into my office in the middle of the school day, curling up in a ball on the couch,

"I-I know it's my pills, but I really wanna hurt myself again." I got up and sat next to her,

"Hey, you don't need to do that. It is your pills. There's no reason for you to be hurt and hurting yourself won't solve anything." I hugged her tightly, "I'm so so proud of you for coming to me."

"I should have the other night. I'm sorry I didn't. It-It was in the moment and I didn't know what I was doing."

"It's okay. I forgive you. But I will never be mad about this, okay? Upset, yes. It makes me sad and hurts me when you're hurt in any way. Especially by yourself. But I won't get mad and you won't be in trouble unless it becomes a frequent habit. Then I'll have to punish you so you stop, just like any other bad habit."

"You don't spank me for biting my nails. Or-Or scribbling on my papers."

"Neither of those things could kill you."

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I walked into the house to find Bella laying on the couch, taking deep breaths as she tried not to move.

"Are you okay?" Brayden came in with an ice pack,

"She fucked up her knee.", he sighed.

"I said I was sorry.", she muttered.

"And I said I wasn't mad." He put the ice pack on her knee as she winced. "Sorry." I sat next to her,

"What happened?"

"I wanted to go hang out with a friend and Brayden said to wait until you got home so I tried to sneak out."

"I caught her climbing down the side of the house and panicked and yelled and she fell.", Brayden continued. I sighed,

"Okay, first off if I am not here, Brayden is in charge. You've had some issues with that lately young lady. Second off, you never sneak out of this house. Ever. I shouldn't even have to say it."

"I know. I'm sorry."

"I hope you learned your lesson. I'm not spanking you when you're already hurt." She nodded. I reached over, gently feeling her knee as she whimpered, "Okay. Let's get you to a doctor."

Bella's P.O.V.

Brayden sat next to me on the couch,

"How's you leg?"

"Fine."

"Good.", he said pulling me over his lap.

"Wh- Daddy!", I yelled.

"Hush. I've already talked to him. You stopped respecting me Isabella." It'd been a long time since someone called me that. "I'm absolutely fed up with your attitude towards me lately. If dad isn't around, I'm in charge. End of story. What you did today was insanely irresponsible and dangerous and you could have been hurt much more than you are. I'm not letting it slide."

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He stopped, pulling me up onto the couch and trying to hug me. I moved away,

"D-Don't touch me. I-I-I want d-daddy."

"Bells-"

"Just go-go away!", I cried. Daddy came into the room as Brayden left sadly.

"Hey, calm down. You're okay.", daddy said hugging me tightly.

"I-I'm so-sorry."

"Shh, it's alright babygirl. Everyone forgives you."

"I love you daddy."

"I love you too sweets."