Eli

Passed out

Nikolai POV

While sitting in maths, I had Eli next to me with Lexi and Brandon the other side of Eli. Since lunch I have been feeling a little light headed and dizzy making it hard to focus.

"Nick, are you sure you're ok?" Lexi asked but it sounded muffled.

"I don't feel so good." I mumbled. All of a sudden I fell off my chair and everything went black.

Eli POV

Nikolai had fallen off his chair making me immediately on high alert. I didn't wait to pick him up and take him to first aid. While in the room I laid him on the bed and used a flannel to cool him down with hot water. Then I remembered him limping and holding his side so I felt around his ribs where I felt two of them broken.

It made me angry that he still came to school like this when he knew he was in pain. But he was fine when he got out of my car yesterday. How did he break two ribs in that short time? I just didn't understand.

For a couple hours, I sat in the first aid room with a passed out Nikolai. Just before sixth period, he woke up groaning and clutching his head. As soon as he looked at me, a gasp sounded from his lips followed by a groan of pain.

"How did you break your ribs?" I asked him. My voice deep and dark, not messing around and wanting him to tell me the truth.

"I-I f-fell." Was his reply.

"Bullshit." I snapped my eyes to him. "You did not fall."

"I-I d-did. I w-was play f-fighting with my b-brother."

"Bullshit again. You don't have a brother. Now tell me Nikolai." I stood up and towered over his sitting form. "How. Did. You. Break. Your. Ribs?"

"I-it d-doesn't m-matter." He teared up and looked down at his hands.

"Fucking tell me now." I growled a little.

"P-please j-just d-drop it." Nick pleaded me with his eyes.

With a sigh, I sat back down and closed my eyes. "It'll heal in a week or two. You should miss out on school for that time. I've already told the head teacher that you should take the time off because of the pain."

"I-I c-can't."

"Why?" I looked at him.

"B-because I-it'll b-be b-better h-here." Nick mumbled.

"What will be better here?" I asked him. "Nick you can't be in school with fucking broken bones. You passed out from the pain, so don't give me that shit."

Just then he started crying but I could see he was trying to hold back. "P-please. I-I n-need to be h-here."

"For what? Nick that part of broken bones and pain don't you get?" I stood up again and leaned over him.

"N-nothing." He whispered.

I took a deep breath through my nose and closed my eyes. Then I focused on reading his mind. And I was horrified by what I heard. Nikolai is abused by his dad and has no idea why. Why would someone harm their son or daughter? I'm a demon and harsh, but I'm not that harsh to harm a child. Let alone a kid that is 5'4 and can barely defend himself.

"Nick." My voice dangerously low and deep. "Tell me that's wrong."

"W-what?" He breathed out.

"Tell me that is wrong. Them thoughts." I kept a cold face but I'm sure my eyes were pleading him to tell me he's wrong.

I have seen three people on this earth that have been abused and killed themselves because of it. Because they couldn't take it anymore and they took their own lives. They all went to heaven being teenagers and haven't done anything wrong, therefore going with god. I haven't seen them for years because demons can't mix with angels. But I wish they could so I could see my family again, to hold them and tell them everything is ok because it is.

But that was over two hundred years ago. I've accepted that id never see them again because I have Lexi, Brandon, Darren and Hannah. They are my family now, my sister, brother, two caretakers and lucifer who is my figure. And now Nikolai. He's been here all of two days and has me subconsciously drawing him.

"W-what t-thoughts?" Nick tried to hold back tears but failed.

"Tell me you do not get abused by your dad. Tell me that doesn't happen."

"N-no. No I-I d-don't get abused." He replied but I could see the lies in his eyes. "M-my d-dad loves m-me."

"So take the damn weeks off. If there is nothing, and I mean nothing going on at home, you take the weeks off to heal. Nick I swear if I see you in school tomorrow I'll be taking you to the hospital so they can keep you in to make sure the bones heal." I growled a little.

"P-please." He cried.

I sighed not knowing what to do. Nick clearly lied to me so being at home isn't an option.

"Come on. You can stay at my house." I mumbled. Nick nodded and stood up with a wince, holding his side. He struggled to get up so I just picked him up and took him to my car.

"W-what about our b-bags?" He asked in a whisper.

"I'll get Lexi to bring them tomorrow." I mumbled. Nick nodded again and laid his head on my chest. Hopefully he can't hear that I don't have a heartbeat.

"Y-you d-don't h-have a h-heartbeat." He looked up at me. "Why?"

"Medical condition." I told him. Lies of course. I am dead therefore I don't have a heartbeat, I can't have children and I technically don't breath. Lucifer told me it's a habit I still have since i did it when I was alive, just like vampires to fit in with humans.

When I got to the house, Lexi, Brandon, Hannah and Darren all gave me questioning looks. I just shook my head lightly at them and took Nikolai to a spare room.