Protect but never serve

Chapter 13 - Injured

"Jade you look like shit" Tommy says and I scowl at him.
"I've been shot you ass hole" I say and Elijah face looks at me with worry and panic.
"Tommy grab first aid kit. Tweezers, pure alcohol, anything to numb the pain and a shit load of tissue. Oh and some scissors" Elijah orders him. Tommy leaves the room and returns with the stuff Elijah asked for. Elijah takes the scissors and cuts my suit out of the way.
"Your stitches have been ripped open and the gun shot wound is at the top of your stomach on the other side" Elijah says.
"The bullet is still in there" I say
"How could you possibly know that?" Tommy asks
"I can feel it" I say through clenched teeth as Elijah moves his hands onto my skin to start digging the bullet out. My left hand grabs onto the sofa while the other grabs Elijah's shoulder. He winces a little and I remove my hand quickly
"Sorry" I say
"It's fine it's just bruised a little" he says. "Got it" He says pulling the bullet out. He stitches up my two bleeding wounds and bandages them. I was drinking a bottle of whisky the whole time.
"Now let me help you." I say
"What?" Elijah says
"Just because you're wearing black doesn't mean you're not hurt. I felt the blood" I tell him. He had been cut a couple times with a knife. Tommy had left the room, he didn't do well with blood. He just about manages to patch me up without throwing up. I unzip his suit and pull it down off his shoulders and down to his hips. Most of his cuts were scratches but there were a couple of deep cuts and a stab wound. I stitch him up carefully as I wasn't as skilled as he was.
"Did Nick teach you this?" He asks sitting back on the sofa
"I learnt from watching you" I smirk
"You're very observant" he says raising his eye brow.
"Anywhere else?" I ask raising my own eye brow.
"No I'm good" he says. We both get changed into our normal clothes.
"Thanks tommy" Elijah says shaking his hand
"I'll make you a handful more and stick them with Jades" Tommy says and he nods.
"Let's go" I say. It wasn't late, it was only about 8 o'clock. Elijah drives us back to his, I made sure he knew I didn't want to go home. I get in the shower as soon as we get back. When I get out I quickly dry myself then look in his bathroom mirror. I drop my towel to the floor and look over myself. My bruises were already turning purple and black. I had a dark bruise on my left cheek bone, a split lip, a little cut on my forehead near my hair line. I had a huge bruise on my left side next to my old shot would. The old shot wound looked tender and sore and my new shot wound looked the same. I also had bruises up and down my legs. I pull on some clean underwear that I had packed in my bag. I hold the towel up against my chest and walk out the bathroom. Elijah had lay out a fresh clean pair of his clothes. I throw on a long sleeve grey shirt and a pair of light grey sweatpants. I had to put them on carefully because I ached everywhere and everything hurt.
"Jade?" Elijah says knocking on the door
"You can come in" I say and he enters his own room.
"How you feeling?" He asks
"Like I've been thrown around a room of concrete" I tell him and he chuckles.
"You hungry?" He asks and I nod as my stomach rumbles at the mention of food. "We can order some pizza?" He asks
"Sounds good" I say and I follow him back out to the living room. "Could I have a glass of water please" I ask Elijah
"Yeah theres a bottle in the fridge" he says and I help myself to one. I then sit down on the sofa and wait for Elijah to come over after he orders us some pizza. He sits down next to me and I find my body moving closer to his. I grab his hand and wrap it around me. He smiles and intertwines our fingers. We sit there for a bit until he moves me so he can look at me. He brushes his thumb against my bruised cheek and down to my split lip.
"Your parents will take one look at you..." he begins
"I'm a girl remember you will be surprised at how amazing we are at covering things up with makeup" I tell him.
"I should have stopped you" he says
"It was my choice and we saved a bunch of kids today." I tell him moving my hand up to his cheek.
"You looked like a bad ass though" he says and I chuckle
"I am a bad ass" I say and he leans forward and kisses my gently. I knew he was holding back because he didn't want to hurt me. However I didn't want to hold back to I push myself up against him and deepen our kiss. I tug at his bottom lip and he lets out a gentle moan. I move so I was straddling him, his hands fall to my hips. Mine were on his cheeks.
"If you weren't injured right now" he whispers in my ear as I kiss along his jaw line and down his neck. I smile into his neck. We were then interrupted by the doorbell.
"Pizzas here" Elijah smiles and he places me down on the sofa. When I don't here much talk at the door I turn around to see my dad in the doorway. It's like I just can't escape my family.
"Dad?" I say surprised. He comes in and Elijah closes the door.
"Your mother told me you are moving out?" Dad says
"Yes I'm fed up with being babied." I say
"If you move out you move out with Elijah. Wait a minute what the hell happened?" he asks seeing my injured face. I look at him shocked from him telling me to move out with Elijah.
"It's nothing I'm fine. What do you mean move out with Elijah?" I ask
"We can't stop you from moving out and your mother seems to think you two are an item. I would feel better about you moving out if you were with someone to protect you" my dad says dropping the injury subject knowing I won't tell him.
"I can't make that decision. I can't force Elijah to move in with me and neither can you" I say
"Then you will stay at home. Where we can make sure you're safe" my dad says staying calm.
"I'll move in with her" Elijah pipes up and I shoot a glance at him.
"What?" I say surprised
"Mr Eastwood I have feelings for your daughter and I want her to be safe and protected." He says. Elijah's face told my dad that he was being serious. I smile over at him.
"Then it's sorted. You two will move in together." My Dad says and he heads towards the door. Before he leaves he turns back to Elijah. "Elijah if you hurt my daughter, just know it will be the last thing you do" he says then he leaves.