Forever With You |• ON HOLD •|

Chapter 5

Elijah's POV

Let me tell you this. Getting shot hurt. F*cking hurt.

Like what the f*ck makes a bullet?! God damn.

"You okay Elijah?"there it was. The calmness that was buried somewhere deep within. Tori always seemed to bring it out.

I smiled before lacing my fingers through her small ones, holding her tight.

"I'll survive."

She grinned at me before pulling the beanie I was currently wearing down to cover as much of my forehead as possible.

"Keep your head down. We don't want the uber driver recognizing you."she whispered, glancing in front of her to the oblivious uber driver.

I glanced at the front to see the man who looks to be in his mid 20s take a glance in the rearview mirror and his eyes meet mine.

I quickly looked away but I could still feel his eyes on me.

"A-Are you okay dude?"

F*ck!

"W-What makes you ask?"Chelsea scrunched her eyes up as she stares at the man with a heated gaze.

"Uhm.....there's blood starting to seep through the material of his sweatshirt."he kept his eyes on my shirt through the mirror, only occasionally giving the traffic free road a glance.

I felt Tori stiffen beside me and Chelsea glaring at the spot on my shirt.

"U-Uh...yeah. Just a minor accident. You are on route to carry us to the hospital after all."I made my voice a little deeper. I know people don't know what I sound like naturally but I dont want to risk anything.

"Oh. That makes sense."the man seemed to believe my argument then finally turned his full attention to the road ahead of him.

I felt Tori and Chelsea relax on each side of me and Tori's hand that was resting in mine tightened, but in a comforting way.

"Damn. That was close."Chelsea turned to speak, making her voice only audible for us.
"We're practically 5 minutes away from the hospital. The plan is to get Elijah into the ER without raising much suspicions and get him to room 34E. Michael will be there waiting when we get there?"

"Good. Because Elijah looks like he's getting worse."I felt Tori's eyes on my sweatshirt where the wound was. The blood stain was getting bigger by the second and the uber driver kept glancing at us in the backseat.

The pain was getting unbearable too. I kept clenching and unclenching my fist. The pain from my fingernails digging into my palms mixed with the bullet wound made the pain excruciating.

How long does it take 5 minutes to pass.

More blood was seeping through the wound and I felt myself starting to feel light headed.

"Elijah?"

I can't even comprehend who called my name. I was only focusing on my eyelids becoming heavy. Too heavy.

"Elijah. Stay with us Elijah. Don't. Close. Your. Eyes."

I tried. I swear I tried to do what the voice said but before I knew it I succumbed to the darkness.

Tori's POV

"He's unconscious. What the hell are we going to do now?"I asked frantically as the uber came to a stop.

"I don't know. But we better figure it out fast. I'm not paying extra to have this man stay longer than he has to."she eyed the uber driver warily.