A Place in His Heart

Chapter 3

Alexia(Ally, female day)

Drake watched as all the little ones finished their bedtime snack “Alright Bath time” he says causing Jace, Megan and Alissa to whine.

“I don’t wanna take a bath” Megan complains. “Me either” Alisa chimes in. “Bath time means cuddles after though” Jace says with a sigh not wanting to take a bath but also wanting cuddles.

Ally pouts “wucky you get cuddles after baf i get nofin cuz I don't gots a Daddy ike you dos” she whines looking really sad.

“You’re welcome to join us Ally, I wouldn't want you all alone all night” Drake says with a chuckle making the girl perk up.

“Weally?!” she asks, bouncing out of her seat. “Of course little one, why else would I say that” he says to her pushing a strand of hair behind her ear.

“Da wast peson to say dat to me was a wiar and jus wanted to huwts me....he was a bad daddy and a meanie” Ally says looking at him wide eyed.

“What?” Drake says deadpanning whatever monster had hurt this precious little angel needed dealt with and quick.

“Who was he I’ll kill him” Jace says instantly out of littlespace at the thought of someone hurting Ally.

“He was my old daddy and he pomised me cuddles and never gave them to me.....he pomised me the world and den left me awone......he weft in da middwe of da night ands sod da house.......I didnts find out tiw someone complained there was someone wiving in the house dey jus bought” She says frowning at the thought of her ex suddenly not feeling so little anymore “I------I’m just gonna go to bed i dont feel so good” she mumbles before turning around and running to her room after realizing the wide eyes around the table. She’d just ruined everyones littlespace over a stupid ex. “Great impression you’re making Ally there you go fuckng up everything again.” she says as she throws her fist through a wall, the same spot that had been patched hundreds of times after she got pissed off. “I need a punching bag so i stop f*****g up the walls” she grumbles as she starts pulling her stuff out of the suitcase. She was so caught up in her thoughts she didn’t hear the door open before she punched the wall.

Drake and Jace eye her “You okay princess?” Jace speaks first causing her to jump and slip nearly landing on her face when Drake caught her.

“Easy there we didn't mean to startle you.” Drake says helping her to the bed and checking the ankle she rolled. Ally winces as he checks to rotation of her ankle “Jace, would you go get the first aid kit out of our closet, this looks sprained but could be worse we better ice and wrap it to be safe” he asks Jace nods darting next door and quickly coming back with a full blown suitcase.

“What’s that, a full on trauma kit?” she asks, making Drake chuckle.

“What else did you expect? We’re in the mafia we gotta be prepared for anything” he responds before gently wrapping her ankle and pulling out a walking boot. “If you get up I want you to put this on in case it's fractured. We can’t xray it till the swelling goes down.” he says before putting it on her to show her how. It was an air cast, something she was familiar with after many falls off the monkey bars as a child.

“You came to check on me.....why? I just ruined everyone's littlespace you shouldn't be checking on me” she says.

“Everyone in that room, uses littlespace as a coping mechanism, I can tell you do too.......and with some of the littles I’ve had in the past, something like what just happened would have lead to jumping out a window or off a cliff” he explains Jace nods in agreement.

“We uhm.....lost a little like that and you just came home no one wants to see you hurt or upset. We all came out of littlespace because we felt we were needed as more than littles. You need bigs right now, not other littles. You’ve been through hell on your own and none of us are going to let you go through that alone.” Jace says with a sigh. There was a knock at the door before Leo stuck his head in.

“You okay Ally?” He asks then sees the boot his eyes widen his mind racing back to Maya 3 years prior. “What happened?!” he asks, rushing over and hugging her tight.

“We started her, she twisted her ankle. This is just a precaution and in the morning we’ll get it x rayed in the basement” Drake explains the panicked boy.

“I’m okay Lele, Drake patched me up good as new” she says holding him close. He relaxed in his sister's arms, his eyes drooping as he fought sleep. “Go to bed little one” Ally says

“Nu uh” he mumbles sleepily “I sleep hewe I no eave you ike meanie head”. Ally chuckles not arguing “Okay but I need to get the rest of my stuff out and change you can curl up here while I do okay?” she asks and he nods. She turns to Drake and Jace “Thanks for checking on me. I’m fine just---worked up it's still really fresh ya know” she says.

“If you need to talk about it you can always come to us to talk” they say at the same time she nods and they head back to get their littles to bed.