Protect but never serve

Chapter 4 - Told You So

"Where the hell have you been?" Elijah grabs my arm and pulls me to the side. I had climbed over the wall and was about to sneak through the garden and back into the house but Elijah caught me. We were hidden from the house, behind some big bushes that my mother admires.
"I've been out" I tell him tugging my arm out of his grip. He let's go but still looked pissed.
"You ditched me. I'm supposed to be with you at all times" Elijah says and I shrug "what if your parents knew" he says and I shoot my eyes up to his.
"You haven't told them have you?" I ask
"Not yet" he says
"Good because they would just blame you" I say heading towards the house.
"Miss Eastwood" Elijah says in an angry tone and I turn around to look at him.
"We're alone Elijah you can call me Jade" I say
"Miss Eastwood. I would appreciate it if you told me where you went" he says
"I'm sure you would. That doesn't mean I'm going to tell you" I say turning back around.
"How am I supposed to protect you if I don't know where you are" he says
"I don't need protecting why can't anyone understand that" I say
"Really you don't need protecting?" He says raising an eye brow and folding my arms across my chest.
"No I don't" I say. He lunged at me and pulls me against his chest. My back was against him while his hands were holding tight to my wrists. I relax my body and face my palms towards the ground. I bend downwards slipping out of his grip. I fall to the ground And turn around, throwing my leg out and hitting it against Elijah's legs making him fall to the ground. I straddle him, grabbing his wrists and pinning him to the floor. He smirks, raises his eyebrows and flips me so I was on the bottom. I kick my knee up and hit him where the sun don't shine. I made sure not to kick him too hard though. He falls onto the ground next to me, I go back to straddling him. I lift my fist up and bring it down. I stop so my hand was hovering above his nose. Elijah scowls at me but then it turns into a smile.
"I'm impressed" he says but I don't move.
"I told you so" I say. He looks at my hand and frowns. He brings up his hand to hold mine but I quickly stand up and walk towards the house. I then started to run so he couldn't stop me again. I make it to my room where I close the door as quietly as I could. There was a small knock at the door but before I could answer Elijah let's himself into my room.
"You didn't hit me so why are your knuckles bruised?" Elijah asks
"I hit the wall in an angry rage" I lie
"Why?" He asks
"I got a new bodyguard" I say scowling at him.
"Why would you hit a wall?" He asks
"I was angry" I state
"You don't seem like the kind of person to do that" he says
"You don't even know me." I say making sure he knew I was pissed of.
"I'm sorry" he says sheepishly
"Yeah just go!" I say and he leaves without saying another word. "Ow" I say then I look down and saw the blood seeping through my shirt.
"Shit" I say. I grab a hoodie and run out of the room. I run to the family bathroom and on my way out I bump into Elijah dropping all the stuff I was carrying.
"I thought you went home?" I ask him
"I was just leaving" he says helping me up. Then he picks up the stuff I drop.
"What's this for?" He asks
"Nothing" I say taking it from him. I moved too fast and felt more stitches getting ripped out. I squeeze my eyes shut and wince in pain.
"What's wrong?" He asks. Placing his hand against my hip. I hit it down and wince in more pain. I must have ripped the stitches out when I was proving to Elijah earlier that I could protect myself. "Jade?" He asks I could see the worry in his face. I looked guilty and in pain, Elijah wasn't stupid. I bite my lip and unzip my hoodie. "What the hell did you do?" Elijah asks
"It's nothing" I say
"Let me help" he says following me down the hall.
"You know what to do?" I ask
"Do you?" He says. I shrug and he comes into my room. Then we go into my ensuit bathroom. I never kept any first aid shit in there so I had to go to the other bathroom to get it. I sit down on toilet seat and take off my hoodie. I also remove my shirt
"Uh" Elijah says. Looking away.
"You need to get to my wound don't you?" I say
"Yeah sorry" he says. He turns back to me, he cuts the old stitches out and begins to clean and stitch it back up.
"For your information I am medically trained. I know what I'm doing" Elijah tells me.
"A military man and a doctor" I raise my eyebrow and he chuckles.
"A fashion designer and a ninja" he says making me chuckle.
"Elijah you spend almost all of your time stuck with me do you not have any family? Wife? Kids?" I ask
"Uh no just me. Plus I'm only 25 I have plenty of time to have a family" he says throwing away the bloody tissues.
"Yeah" I say standing up however I felt a little light headed and sat back down
"Woah you okay?" Elijah asks holding me up slightly.
"As okay as I can be" I say
"So are you going to tell me why you have a huge gash on your hip?" Elijah asks.
"Not really" I say standing up again. I head to the door but got light headed again. My right hand goes up against the door to keep myself up. My head dips down and my left arm wraps around my stomach. I then turn back to the loo throw the lid up and vomit. I thought Elijah would just leave but instead he pulls my hair out the way and rubs my back.
"My mirror. The bottom shelf comes up. Take out the pack of tablets please" I asks in between vomiting. Elijah gets the tablets and I take two.
"What are they?" He asks
"My friend made them for me, they eliminate any poisons swimming around inside me" I explain.
"Poison?" Elijah says. I sit back against the bath while Elijah sits opposite me.
"I have many secrets Elijah and I don't know you well enough to tell you them. So please just drop it" I say pleading with him
"I'll drop it... for now" he says standing up. He turns around and helps me up. "I have a lot of patience I can wait until you're ready" Elijah says in a sort of whisper
"Then you'll be waiting for a very long time" I say leaving my bathroom.