I Will Carry You

Part 10

Eloise

We were all sitting around the dinner table eating food. Or at least, three out of the four of us were eating. I was pushing the food around my plate and cutting up the chicken to make it seem like I was some what interested in what I was looking at. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Elijah looking at me. 

"So Eloise," Kailey said, " I've heard a lot about you from your dad but I would like to here you explain more about yourself." 

Her question left me wordless for about thirty seconds. "Um well I enjoy reading. Im a sucker for music. I really enjoy performing on stage but I haven't done that in a while." 

"What do you mean by performing on stage?" She asked

"In middle school and freshman year of high school I was in the musicals and plays." I explained. 

"Oh wow I bet those performances were wonderful," She said all happy. Then she punched me in the gut. " How come you stopped?" 

All the memories when my mom started to drink and beat me when I came home overwhelmed my head. My dad noticed the look on my face and backed me up. 

"Things got complicated at home." He stated.  Kailey nodded in understanding. 

"Obviously," Elijah muttered under his breath. 

"What was that honey?" Kailey asked Elijah.

"Nothing," He replied. 

I looked down at my full plate of food and instantly felt like I was going to throw up. "If you would excuse me I would like to finish unpacking," I said as I got up. I know I was already finished unpacking but I needed to get away from the table. 

"Eloise you barely ate anything." My dad said. 

"That's ok. I wasn't that hungry anyway." I said. As I was walking away I heard Kailey as my dad if I didn't like what she cooked. 

I jumped onto the bed and pulled out my phone. I wanted to talk to Andy. I needed to. 

Eloise: Hey you

I waited a couple minutes before he replied.

Andy: Hey you

Eloise: What's up

Andy: Nothing much. My little cousin came over today and looked afraid when she saw me xD

Eloise: Omg lol how old is she

Andy: 3 years. She barely gave me a hug before they left. So how was your day. 

Eloise: It was going good but then dinner came around and got really awkward

Andy: How come :(

Eloise: Kailey was asking me a lot of personal questions and Elijah wasn't helping

Andy: Who is Elijah o_0

Eloise: My "Step brother" or whatever.

Andy: What he do?

Eloise: Well my dad said that I had a rough time and Elijah just looked at me and said obviously. 

It took Andy a while to respond. I was anxiously waiting for him to reply when Elijah came into "my room" and closed the door. 

"You may be able to fool "our" parents but you cant fool me. It's obvious you starve yourself." If anyone bites down on the fricken bullet, it's definitely this guy. "You are skinny enough I think you can start eating now." 

"What gives you the right to barge in here and accuse me of something like that."

"It's not that hard to guess you have anorexia. I could fit both of my hands around your waste." He walked over to me to see if he could actually fit his hands around my waste. 

"Don't touch me." I said before he got to my bed. 

"Thought so. What you probably weigh 80 lbs. I could use you as weights." 

"Get. The fuck. Out. of . My room. Before I throw you out." I said to him threatening. 

"Oh come on. You couldn't even move me a little bit with your frail twig arms." 

I got off the bed and opened the door. Then I stood in front of him and gave him a good shove. He stumbled backwards. I pushed him again before he could become stable. He fell on his toosh in the hallway. 

"Whats going on?!" Kailey yelled.

"We were just playing around," Elijah fake laughed. "Weren't we Eloise," 

"Uh yeah. He thought he was stronger than me so I gave him a taste of his own medicine."

"Hmph, alright but go to your room Elijah. No more horse play." Elijah rolled his eyes and got up. He squinted his eyes at me and walked away. "I hope you will be able to sleep well tonight. If you get hungry help yourself to the fridge. I wrapped up your leftovers." She said and went into her room. I closed my door and took my phone out of my pocket. My heart sank deep into my stomach when I see that I was on a call with Andy. 

"Uh how much of that did you hear?" I asked him panicked

" I would be lying to you if I didn't say the whole thing. Your step brother is a serious Jerk off. Did he hurt you?" 

"No but he did hurt my feelings a little bit," I said as a tear tricked down the side of my face. 

"Screw him. I think you are perfect the way you are Eloise. And I don't mean to bring up this topic but I am only doing this because I care. I noticed that you don't eat much at all also. I really don't want to lose you. I want you to start eating a little bit more kay? For me?" 

I hesitated a bit before I responded to him. I let out the breath that I was holding in. He basically already knows so I don't have to lie to him about it. "I'll try." 

"Any effort is enough for me" Hearing his voice on the phone really calmed me down from the incident. 

I stayed up a while just talking to Andy about pointless things. We both laughed at memories and talked about meaningless things. When I looked over at the clock, it was already 1 am. 

"Holy crap! I didn't realize how long we were talking," I said surprised. 

"I know! Time just went by like crazy,"

"If you don't mind, I think I'm going to head to bed. I have no clue when they are going to wake me up in the morning. It would be a miracle if it was even 8am." 

"Sounds good to me. Talk to you later?" 

"Definitely," I said. 

"Goodnight Eloise,"

"Goodnight Andy,"

When he hung up the phone I did a silent squeal. It killed me when he said Goodnight Eloise. That's my weakness. He was the reason why living in Nevada for a while was going to be so hard. He was great to hangout with. He was a really good friend. Yeah friend.