New Girl in Town

Chapter fifteen

Elisabeth (Sat, Oct 4)

  I woke up the next morning, feeling slightly better than I expected. It was still pretty hard to move, but it's not like I felt like moving...or could move, for that matter. Two quite strong arms were wrapped around me. I could feel their warm breath on my neck. It took me a while to realize that I wasn't home and that the person next to me was Elijah. I had spent most of yesterday sleeping, due to the incident with Charlotte. I wasn't in a condition where I could do anything else, anyway. Just moving was hell for me. And since today was most likely going to be a hard day, too, I decided to just lie there and wait until he'd wake up, to help me out in moving around the house, because I was certain I wouldn't be able to even just get myself to stand up.

  The minutes passing felt like an eternity. I started thinking that he wouldn't ever wake up. And just when that thought came through my head, he started moving, probably acknowledging the fact I was there, too, because he seemed to be careful not to hit me. I could feel his breath getting closer to my neck, as he was bringing himself closer to me.

  "Hey...Are you feeling any better today?", I heard a raspy, yet gentle voice ask right behind. I tried to turn around to face him, but all I managed to do was let out a groan of pain. I had almost forgotten that my stomach was full of bruises. Elijah quickly picked himself up from the bed and grabbed my hand. He placed his other hand on my waist, carefully helping me sit on the bed. "Would you like for me to bring anything to you? There are lots of things I could prepare for you", he said while looking at me. I smiled at him and told him that I didn't feel like eating, which kind of got him worried...I hadn't eaten since yesterday. If I were him, I'd be worried too. But I didn't think my body would be able to digest the food at all. My stomach was, after all, fucked up.

  "You can go downstairs if you'd like. I'll join you soon", I said, promising him that I'd be fine by myself. But to be honest, we both knew that I wouldn't be fine by myself. The pain was too much to handle, and in no way would I be able to move around by myself. He carefully got off the bed and offered his hand to me. I grabbed it, and together with his help, I managed to get to my feet. 

  "Would you like for me to pick you up for the rest of the way to the kitchen, or would you like for me to just be your support shoulder?", before I could answer, he put his arms around my waist and my legs and carefully picked me up, without any second thoughts. 

  Most of the day was spent with him carrying me around like I was some baby or something. But it honestly didn't seem like there was any other option. It was hard for me to even go to the toilet myself...It was a disaster.

  That night Kate decided to FaceTime with us. It had been a while since she and I called, as she'd mostly call Patrick because, you know...they're together, after all.

  "Honestly girl, that bitch deserves to be sent to a hospital after what she did to you. That was basically illegal", she said, looking at me and Elijah through the screen, as we were lying on his bed.

  "That's true...", I replied, not knowing what else to say. She was right. That bitch deserved to go to hell, but there was nothing I could do. As already known, I had no power over her.

  "Hey, Elijah? I think I have an idea about what you two can do regarding this idiot, but it will only work if you help out", she said, and we both looked at her, interested about what she was going to say the next second. "Since we know how much power you hold at this school, not only for being popular but also due to your grades, I'm almost certain the principal would believe you if you told him about the incident. We can't have her going around like this after what she did", she continued, and we both nodded in agreement. 

  "Looks like I'll have to go see him this Monday...The sooner we're over with this situation, the better. Elisabeth is already in an awful condition and I can't see her being like this while that hoe is living her best life, not giving a damn shit. I honestly don't understand her and people with similar minds to hers...They're just sick people. Completely sick", not even Stephanie was that sick-minded to do this. I knew that she is very overprotective over specific people and things, but never in her life would she be violent like this. Never in my life had I met someone like this. And...I wished I never had.

  "What are you thinking about?", Elijah asked me, looking at his phone before going to sleep.

  "Nothing much...Just this situation. It makes me sick thinking about it", he turned his phone off and lay down on the bed.

  "If I didn't fear getting arrested, I would've killed her on the spot. I'm serious. It was the first time I saw her truly become this violent. She'd always threaten to hurt people physically but never did it, so we all slowly stopped caring about her stupid attitude...Until this happened. I'm sorry, Elisabeth, but I can't just let this issue unsolved", I smiled at him, my eyes being ready to shut from tiredness. I can admit I liked the fact he was this protective of me, but...it didn't feel right sometimes. It just didn't, and I couldn't figure out why.