Alicia was just working a short shift on Saturday and she was so relieved about it. She was moving onto five shifts of nights starting Sunday night and she was nervous about how she would cope with the girls. She knew it would be difficult until they got into a routine but once they had done it a couple of times it would be fine.

She stumbled across her sisters and started getting ready for work. She noticed Malia started to stir.

"Go back to sleep, baby" Alicia said softly as she kissed the girl on the head before heading down the stairs. She tried to be as quiet as possible.

Once she was out the house, it didn't take long for her to arrive at the hospital. She knew that her sister's would be asleep for a couple more hours. She had left a note for them asking them to be ready when she came back from work.

Alicia's shift went relatively quickly and she was relieved to go home to see her sister's. However, she was not expecting to walk into World War 3 when she arrived home. She had forgotten that both Robyn and Max were working meaning that her sisters would have been in the house alone. She didn't think it would be a hassle with them having almost lived on their own for a good number of months.

"What the hell is going on in here?" Alicia shouted as she walked into the kitchen to see Saskia crying sitting on the floor and Malia bright red with anger.

"She is meant to be ready. I got her up an hour ago because she is a mink and needs to have a shower but she wanted to stay in bed. I let her sleep and then told her she needed to get dressed and she started shouting at me telling me I couldn't tell her what to do" Malia shouted.

"Is that true Sash?" Alicia asked disapprovingly.

"I had a shower yesterday morning before school and I am going to have one again tonight. I was tired and Malia was annoying me and then she pulled me out of bed and I fell really hard on the floor. I hurt my back and she just dragged me down the stairs and then hit me" Saskia explained crying even more.

"Malia?" Alicia asked and Malia looked down.

"You do not hurt your sister" Alicia said "Do you know how childish and stupid you have been? Was it all really worth it? What have you achieved out of it?"

"I was only trying to fucking please you" Malia said before storming up the stairs. She stormed straight into the bathroom making sure she locked the door behind her.

"Come here" Alicia said pulling Malia up to the standing position and then into her arms.

"My back hurts" Malia cried and Alicia nodded. She tugged the girl's pyjamas bottoms down slightly noticing the red bare bottom but also the bruise appearing above it.

"Oh sweetie, I'll put some cream on it tonight" Alicia said and Saskia nodded.

"Go and get changed" Alicia said and Saskia nodded before heading up to her bedroom. Alicia wasn't sure where Malia was so followed Saskia in case of a confrontation. She was relieved to see that Malia wasn't in the room but worry took over when she realised she didn't know where her sister was.

Alicia noticed that the girl was in the bathroom. She knocked on the door and waited for a reply.

"Open the door, Malia" Alicia said and she rolled her eyes when the only response she got was silence. She had not expected her well planned day to go like this.

"Malia, open the fucking door" Alicia said getting pissed off now. Every time she tried with these girls something would go wrong and she was finding it very difficult to manage at the moment especially on top of her fears about doing night shifts with the girls.

"Malia, I fucking mean it now or you can go and live with dad" Alicia said as she reached her final straw. The door swung open and Malia stormed passed pushing Alicia over in the passing. Alicia was unsure if it was an accident or on purpose but she was not happy.

"Don't you dare" Alicia said as she grabbed her sister by the shoulder and turned her to face her. Alicia had never seen Malia like this before but the girl was not going to budge.

"You treat me with respect. What the hell has gotten into you today?" Alicia asked and with that Malia burst into tears and ran into the bedroom. She was relieved that Saskia had nipped to the bathroom when she had left leaving her alone in the room.

Malia grabbed her rucksack and started putting as much of her clothes into it as she could. She wasn't sure what had come over her today but it was all getting too much and now she had to go back to her dad's.

Alicia knew she needed time to cool down. She took herself down the stairs and made herself a coffee. She sat in the kitchen before she heard footsteps coming down the stairs. She walked into the hallway expecting it to be Saskia but was surprised to see Malia coming down with her rucksack.

"And where do you think you are going?" Alicia asked crossing her arms.

"To the train station. I'll go to dad's" Malia said not looking her sister in the eye. Alicia instantly regretted what she had said. She didn't mean it.

"Mal, I'm sorry you don't have to do to Dad's but you can't be violent with Saskia" Alicia said putting her hands on her sister's shoulders. Malia nodded her head still not looking up.

"Mal look at me" Alicia said and Malia looked up.

"What's going on? I've never seen you being violent with your sister?" Alicia said and Malia just shrugged.

"I don't know" Malia said before bursting into tears. Alicia pulled Malia into her arms.

"Let's put this up the stairs and we'll speak about this later" Alicia said as she took the rucksack up the stairs.

"Are you ready Sash?" Alicia asked as they headed back down the stairs and out the door. Alicia felt horrible as she watched Sash rambled on and jump up and down as they walked to the bus stop while Malia walked five steps behind with her arms crossed.

"Where are we going?" Saskia asked.

"Ice skating" Alicia said and Saskia smiled.

"It's going to be amazing" Saskia said. They got on the bus and it wasn't long before they arrived at the ice rink.

They headed inside and Alicia glanced over while in the queue to Malia.

"Mal, what size of shoes are you?" Alicia asked and Malia shook her head.

"I'll just watch" Malia said and Alicia looked at her.

"Come here" Alicia said and Malia walked over to her sister.

"What's up with you? Can you just try and have a good time?" Alicia asked.

"I don't want to stake" Malia said and Alicia sighed.

"Why?" Alicia asked.

"I just don't feel great" Malia said.

Alicia sighed but nodded. She quickly got shoes for herself and Saskia and they headed on to the ice.

Malia watched her sister's having a great time. She wished it was her. She felt stuck in the middle. Saskia didn't listen to her anymore, she never goes to her for help anymore. She has Alicia, she isn't needed.

On the ice, Alicia and Saskia were having a great time. Alicia glanced over at her sister completely confused as to what was wrong with Malia. They stayed on the ice for over an hour before deciding to leave.

"That was so much fun, can we do it again?" Saskia asked and Alicia smiled.

"My friends were speaking about it, there is like a disco thing on a Friday night that they all go to here. Can I go on Friday?" Saskia asked and Alicia nodded.

"I don't see why not" Alicia said and Saskia smiled before cuddling into her sister's side. Alicia smiled and put her arm around her sister's shoulder. They walked to the changing room and changed their shoes.

Once they were ready, they headed back to get Malia.

"Right, shall we head into town for a bit?" Alicia asked and Saskia nodded.

"So, I have dinner booked for 5:30 and then I have a surprised" Alicia said and Saskia smiled.

They headed to the shopping centre.

"Is there anything anyone wants?" Alicia asked as they headed to New Look which was their main shop to shop in. Both girl's shook their head which Alicia was glad about. She really was starting to run a bit short of cash.

They headed up just looking around for an hour or so before heading to eat. Alicia was worried about Malia as the girl hadn't said a single word. They arrived at TGI Friday's and got sat down. Alicia sat down next to Malia and noticed the girl fidgeting with bracelets on her wrist. Saskia disappeared to go to the toilet.

"Are you okay?" Alicia asked putting her hand on top of Malia's. Malia just snapped her hand away.

"Mal?" Alicia said "We can just forget about what happened earlier?"

Malia didn't say anything.

"Please just leave me alone. I just want to go home" Malia said and Alicia sighed but nodded. Saskia then returned and they ordered their food.

It didn't take long before the food arrived. They all enjoyed their meal and once Alicia paid they headed out.

"So now I know how much you love musical theatre and I managed to get tickets to see Wicked the UK tour" Alicia said and Saskia squealed.

"You are amazing!" Saskia said jumping into her sister's arms.

"It's okay, I know" Alicia said laughing. Malia just stood with her hands in her pockets.

They headed to the theatre and arrived just in time for the start. The show was amazing, Alicia bought her sister a programme and t-shirt hoping that this made up for her forgetting her birthday. Malia stayed quiet the whole time and just stood behind her sister.

Once the show was finished, they got a taxi home. It was late and everyone was tired. They headed up the stairs and got changed into their pyjamas before cuddling up in bed. Malia sat on the edge of the bed away from her sisters as they cuddled up. Alicia knew it wouldn't take long for Saskia to fall asleep and then she could speak to Malia.

As Alicia had predicted Saskia almost fell asleep straight away.

"Malia" Alicia said before turning the TV off. Malia sighed.

"I'm tired and going to sleep" Malia said and Alicia shook her head.

"No, you are going to tell me what is wrong" Alicia said.

"Nothing is wrong" Malia said.

"Something is wrong, you have been off all day" Alicia said.

"Lesh, can you just drop it. I just want to go to sleep" Malia said and Alicia sighed.

"Fine but can I get a cuddle first?" Alicia asked and Malia nodded before cuddling into her sister. Alicia was surprised at how tightly her sister was holding onto her.

Hope this is okay :) sorry it's a bit rushed at the end and things but hopefully it is okay. It's mainly a filler chapter. I'm just trying to decide how to expose Malia's secret.