All She Had Left

Chapter 11: A Sudden Change

Elijah's POV

"Isn't that Mia?" Finn voiced out. 'Mia? As in the girl that we ran over the other day? No wonder she looked familiar.'  I thought to myself. We walked towards her and I caught her tensed up at our sudden approach.

"Hey, Mia, am I right?" Finn said to her as she gave a small smile, "Yes, and hi." She pulled the hems of her dress and I couldn't help but to check her out. Never knew she had those curves. I could feel my cheeks burning up and I honestly don't know why it did.

I stood there, as Finn suddenly brought up his hands to the side of her cheeks to remove the cream that she had. I swear I caught her blushing at Finn's sudden gesture.

"Sorry, there was some cream right there. I mean, I'm not that jerk to let you walk around with that cream on your face." He said. "Oh, um....th...th..thanks." I heard her stuttering. 'Well, that's kinda cute.' I mentally slapped myself at the thought. What the hell was I thinking?

Finn and Mia continued talking to each other as I stood there, already feeling bored. I cleared my throat awkwardly, finally voicing out, "Well, I guess I leave you two here to talk while I go ahead and make my time here worthwhile." And with that, I walked pass Mia, our shoulders slightly brushing past each other's.

I was hanging out with the other lads, while flirting with some girls along the way when I caught both Finn and Mia slow dancing to Ed Sheeran's perfect. For some reason, I felt a weird feeling in my guts at the sight of them. Jealousy? Doubt that it because Mia's definitely not my type. But a part of me seems to want to get to know her more.

As they finally ended their dance, I was about to approach her when a tall blonde guy came to her. I watched as they both walked towards the drinks counter. 'Forget it Elijah.'

As the party goes on, and with all the drinks that I had drank throughout the night, I felt a sudden urge to pee so I excused myself from Finn and the others as I had upstairs to the bathroom. There were plenty of couples making out one another and practically "eating" each other's faces at this point. I just shooked my head and walked past them.

Feeing relieved, I head out the bathroom and was about to walk the hallway down when I heard what might sound like a girl screaming. I looked around to see if anyone else had heard it too but looking at them, I doubt they're paying attention to their surroundings.

All of the bedroom doors were shut closed as I walked towards one after another. "Help! Someone please help me! Let me out!" 'There it is, I heard it again. I'm pretty sure I'm not drunk enough to be hallucinating or something.'

The screaming soon became faint and I could hear sobbings as I approached one of the many bedroom doors here. I barged into the room only to see Mia on the bed, looking like a mess. The hem of her dress was torn as her fragile body and at that point, I realised that the same tall blonde guy that I saw earlier on was hovering on top of her body.

Realising what was happening, I grabbed his shoulders and punched him hard on the face. I don't know what had gotten into me but I knew that at this point, I could feel my blood boiling inside me, as I kept on throwing punches after punches at him. He threw a fist and his punch landed straight on my jawline as I winced at the sudden pain.

Mia came rushing in between, trying to stop us when the guy pushed her away, causing her to hit her head at the side of the bed. I panicked as I saw blood dripping down her forehead.

I quickly rushed over to her side, "Mia? Mia?!" Her eyes went shut and she suddenly went unconscious. "Shit!" I muttered as I picked her up bridal style. Forgetting the jerk's existence, I rushed out of the room and ran downstairs, as if forgetting the fact that I'm at a party, and people were staring as I made my way out towards my car. I heard mutterings but at this point, I couldn't care less.

I heard Finn calling out to me as he rushed over to us. "Elijah! Elijah! What happened?! I've been calling you out!"

"There's no time to explain. We need to rush over to the hospital. Now! She's unconscious Finn!" I was trying to calm myself down a little, not to panic even more as Finn got into the driver's seat and drove us to the hospital.

Mia had her head resting on my lap as more and more blood was flowing down her forehead. Luckily, there was a piece of handkerchief and I quickly took it to try and press pressure on the wound, hoping to stop the blood from flowing out. God knows what could've happened if I wasn't there. If I didn't hear her screaming. God knows how long had she been locked up in that room with that bastard.

As soon as we arrived at the hospital, I carried her fragile body as I screamed out for the doctors to help. "Somebody help! She's lost a lot of blood!" A group of nurses and a doctor came rushing towards us as they quickly put her on the stretcher and wheeled her away.

I took some deep breaths as I tried calming myself down. I could feel my heart beating fast as a sweat dripped down my face. My hands was covered in her blood and I just couldn't seem to think straight. 'Will she be okay?' That was all I could think of at this point.

"Elijah, would you please tell me what happened?" Finn was looking distressed, probably feeling lost at the sudden chaos that was happening.

"She was raped. I don't know who the guy was but Mia was raped. I...I heard her screaming and I came to save her but then the guy pushed her and she hit her head hard at the side of the bed...I swear to god that bastard..." I ruffled my hair harshly, feeling frustrated over the sight of him on top of her, clearly taking advantage of her.

"Look man you need to calm down. Let's just hope she's gonna be okay. I'll call the police asap and file a report before that bastard gets away." Finn placed his hands on my shoulder, trying to comfort me in a way. He excused himself as he quickly made the call.

*an hour later*

The doctor finally came out of the operating room and he approached me as he asked, "May I know if you're perhaps related to the patient, Mia Dawson?"

"I'm....I'm a friend of hers. The one that brought her here. Is she okay doc? How's her condition now?" I asked worriedly.

"She lost a lot of blood but thankfully, the cut wasn't too deep or it would've been even more complicated. Since her vitals are all stable, and the surgery went well, we'll transfer her to her ward. Don't worry young man, she should be awake soon." The doctor gave me a small smile as he tapped my shoulders before walking off.

I let out a sigh of relief, thankful that the surgery went well and that she's okay.