Ella has been your girlfriend for a few months. She's a very discreet girl. She's very quiet. And there's a reason for all that. She was abused by her father, hit, touched, etc. for years by her father, who is now in prison. As a result, she's now afraid of people shouting, sudden movements, violent people, fights, etc. And most of all... she's terrified of her father, that he'll come back and hurt her, and do her harm. She still has mental and physical scars from all those years of suffering. Like the scar on her lower stomach, from a stab wound from her father just before he ended up in prison.

You were in your room, laughing together, and without realizing it, and without any bad intentions, you made a sudden movement. Ella brought her arms up to protect her head. You looked at her

"Why are you raising your arms? I'm not going to hit you."

She remains silent and lowers her arms along with her head