Chapter 28

                                    

                                          

Aria's POV:
The moment I woke up, I was filled with shooting pains in my stomach. I let out a small and pain filled yelp which gets the attention of the lump beside me.
wait...
"hold on, before you scream it's just me" a manly voice says with a hand over my mouth. I slowly open my eyes and see Axel on top of my covers with his own blanket over him. 
I let out a deep sigh in relief, "W-What happened to Nic?" I softly ask
"Wow lil sis! I'm hurt" Axel says with a hand covering his heart
"n-no, i didn't mean it..like that" I say
"i'm just joking, but how bout you go put some clothes on real quick. You can get ready later, there's um, some...stuff we want to talk about" 
Once I have put on my gray sweatpants and an oversized, pale pink crew neck, I leave my closet and see Axel still sitting on my bed while looking deep in thought. 
"Hi" I mutter so he knows I'm done. He looks up from off the ground and gives me a small smile. Once Axel stands up, he takes a hold of my hand and leads me downstairs into the living room. Once we walk into the room, the atmosphere is so thick that it could be cut by a knife. "Take a seat" Lorenzo tells me.
I do as he says and I sit down on the middle cushion   of the couch which is the only available place. I hang my head low like a dog as I can already tell what this is going to be about. I start to bounce my legs and pinch the skin on my hand as the tension only builds within the silence. 
"Damn it Aria, I thought you were getting better" Lorenzo breaks the silence by bursting. He stands up from his chair and puts his hands on his head, starting to pace back and forth. "I mean, you were starting to eat bigger meals here and there, you were taking those nutrition pills, your injuries were getting better! You aren't fucking getting abused no more! You are safe, so why? WHY ARE YOUR TORTURING YOURSELF?!?" Lorenzo screams. 
Hot tears start to stream down my face as all the words I could possibly have get stuck in my throat.
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Axel's POV:
Last night, when Nic finally came back down at around 12 am, he told us what happened when he went up to Aria's room. He told all of us how Aria had been forcing herself to throw up and that he assumes that's what she was doing every time she left the dinner table after every meal. 
It broke my heart, but nonetheless, we didn't want Aria to be alone so I volunteered to go lay down and sleep with her until she wakes up. 
The whole night her body was flinging all around and she was starting to sleep talk, but there was nothing I could do to wake her up. Instead I had to let her suffer as the only thing I could do was watch. It was hard and painful, but I survived. 
Once she woke up, I simply told her to get dressed since my brothers and I all agreed to talk to her in the morning. When we made it down stairs it was quite obvious the set up the guys had made. Ace, Elijah, and Caleb were all sitting on the long couch leaving a space right in the middle for Aria. On the short couch was Nic who had his feet up on the second cushion, while Lorenzo and Rodrigo are sat on opposing chairs. I kicked Nic's feet off the small couch and took a seat while Aria slowly walked to the only other spot. 
The minutes of silence was deathly awkward, but once Lorenzo went off it made everything worse. 
"Lorenzo stop" I rolled my eyes. Don't get me wrong, I love my brother, but his temper can easily get out of hand.