Hi can you post please, sorry its long but I’m really worried and overthinking a…

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Hi can you post please, sorry its long but I’m really worried and overthinking about my 7 year old daughter (8 in 3 weeks) and was wondering if any other parents/carers have had similar issues.
My girl is very independent, she isn’t very needy and likes her own space. She’s always been the same so I don’t have concerns about it… Last night/ this morning she’s worried me though. She’s always been the type to show off any cuts/bruises etc. Not over the top but like a normal ‘look at this!’. I noticed a cut on her knee last night. I saw it out of the corner of my eye as she was wearing shorts for bed. I asked her about it as I would any other mark (she is very artsy atm and almost always has feltip or paint on her somewhere) rather than explaining it like usual though she had a full meltdown 😕 she tried to hide it from me. I was shocked and immediately thought the worst (self inflicted, I have my own experiences there). I spoke to my partner about it and he tried to talk to her too but she was the same with him. We spoke some more and went to her room together. She was very upset, crying her eyes out, burying her face in her pillow. We both tried reassuring her she could speak to us. She told him to leave so she could speak to me. She said she fell over at school and it was fine (she wears leggings and none are ripped?) She was still upset though and wouldn’t let me see. She just kept saying she fell over. I’m not the type to pin her down and look so we said goodnight like usual. I gave her a hug and told her she can come talk to me when she’s ready… I planned to look when she was asleep. Unfortunately I have a 5 month old who wakes 3-4 times a night and then gets up before 6. I was exhausted by 9pm and fell asleep without checking. This morning I was up before 6 as usual.. Tried to sneak in and look but she woke up when I was trying to put the light on my phone to see. She screamed at me again to get away from her and stop trying to look at it. She then got herself a plaster and told me I was never going to see it.
She’s calmed down now but I have no idea why she’s being like this, or how I should be approaching it. Am I making something out of nothing?
Thanks for reading.
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