"Lilith! Oh my gosh, Lilith! Wake up!" Elijah screamed storming into my room. Banging the door against the wall.
"I got a call! I got a call!" He screamed again and my eyes were wide open.
"The social worker called today, they are going to come visit us today!" He blurted out looking worried. Why was he so stressed?
"Why are you idiot screaming at 8 am in the fucking morning?" Caleb came in.
He only wore his boxer shorts. Oh my-. I looked away.
"A social worker is coming at 5!" He explained. Caleb's eyes widening, too. Why are they all so shocked.
"We can't meet a social worker without a legal guardian!" Elijah screamed.
"Okay, let's calm down. Dad is going to kill us if we loose his daughter at the second day she is back home." Caleb looked distressed.
"Wait, Dad?" I asked, looking at them like I just saw a ghost.
"Caleb! Psch!" Elijah told him. Psch is a little too late now.
"Okay, no Dad, sorry, it just slipped out. I am still not over his death." Caleb explained, his eyes again like nothing in his life ever bothered him. I let it slide, I had other things to worry about now.
"Okay, I am going to go shopping with Lilith now and Caleb you call Vic and tell him he should hurry back home. Maybe Jon can handle the business on his own or they can finish early."
"Sounds like a plan!" Caleb nodded. "I will tell Xander to stay home today, too. I will send him grocery shopping."
Caleb walked off and Elijah just stood in my room smirking at me. "I managed this situation like an adult."
"Yea, good job." I slowly said. "So when will we go?"
"In 20 minutes, we meet at the garage! Be punctual." He also left my room.
20 minutes? Is he serious? I sighed and started braiding my hair, I brushed my teeth and washed my face. Then I put on a red pullover and some black jeans.
I really love these jeans, but the knees stick out so much after wearing them so often.
Still I got ready in under 20 minutes, so Elijah could drive with me to the mall. It wasnt really spectacular and we bought everything I need. Elijah did not look at the prices, but I did. He really wanted to buy everything today, in his hands he had so many bags, I was afraid his hands might hurt.
After getting shirts, jeans, hoodies, shoes and even some dresses we finally ended up buying school stuff for me.
It was over pretty fast, but only because I forgot something really important.
"Uhm-" Elijah said, when I wanted to head back to the parking lot. "Do you maybe need some underwear and socks?"
"If it's not too much I would like to buy some." I mumbled, seeing how red his ears were.
At the end Elijah bought us some ice tea and we sat on a bench drinking it together.
"So did you have fun with me?" He started to make small talk.
"Yes, thank you. I had a great time. And thank you for buying all these clothes." I smiled sincerely. I felt bad for thinking Elijah was as scary as Victor was.
Elijah's cellphone started to ring. "What's up, Caleb?" "At the mall near the train station."
"Are you sure they are going to start something at a mall?" He laughed nervously. He eyed at me, biting his lip. "Yea, okay. We finished some minutes ago. We will take our leave. See you."
Elijah sighed. "Chill time is over, Lilith." He wanted to take all the bags again, but I snatched one away from him. "Then let's go to the car." I chuckled. Before I could even start walking, a voice from behind startled us.
"Who do we have here?"
"What is a Clover doing in our mall?" Another one said laughing.
Elijah tensed up, his eyes turned dark and he walked away, I followed him.
"Don't ignore us, Elijah!" One of them challenged him. "That's not how you treat your friends."
Elijah was ready to beat up some guys, his breathing was flat and he clenched his fists.
"Maybe your little girlfrie-" one of them started again, but Elijah moved so fast he couldn't even finish his sentence.
He threw all the bags in his right hand, then pulled my waist with his left and lifted me up.
He ran.
Confused I looked back, seeing the boys stand there with wide eyes and open mouths. I could not believe what was happening either, but Elijah was like superman. He ran without even having one drop of sweat on his face. His muscles did not look that huge but he could hold me so easily.
We arrived at the car and he threw the bags in the trunk. Then he put me down.
"What was that?" I gasped.
"Those guys were bad news, I could have handled them yes, but with you there I did not wanted to risk anything." He chuckled, sitting down on the driver seat.
I opened my door and sat down as well. "So you know them from school?" I started asking questions. "Well they go to our school, but I know them because of the-" he stopped talking, furrowing his eye brows. "The boxing club, they are jealous of me." He smirked, showing of his muscles on one arm.
I laughed, this trip was fun. The best thing was that I finally talked with one of my brothers without being afraid. First I thought Elijah was a weird guy, but he was really funny. It was refreshing to talk to someone. Back at home I did not really had a social life so my only conversations were with Mom or Simon.
My happy bubble popped when we arrived at home. Caleb was running around in the house like a wild animal. He vacuumed the living room.
"Fucking finally!" He called out. "Bring the bags up, Jon and Victor will be an hour late, so everything else needs to look perfect!"
Elijah run upstairs with me, he started cutting off the price tags and I folded the clothes and put them in the wardrobe.
I sorted the school stuff and laid them out on my table, I checked everything else. My room was neat enough I hope. I put some new blue jeans on my bed and choose one of the nice pink tshirts to wear when the social worker would be here.
Then I walked down. Elijah was preparing the table in the dining room and Caleb was still vacuuming. I went into the kitchen finding Xander, battling with some potatoes.
"What do you wanna make?" I asked him. "Should I help you?"
He hissed. "Go and make it yourself, this shit is for your social worker, not for me." He let the peeler go and it fell into the kitchen sink. Then walked over to me. "I expect from you to wash the kitchen afterwards." His hand pushed down my shoulder, making me whimper.
Simon. "Yes, sir." I blurted out. "I will start right now."
I brushed him off, taking the peeler fast and peeling the potatoes. Xander did not leave the kitchen for a while. He starred at me. "Sir, huh?" He laughed, but his laugh sounded awkward. He maybe wanted another reaction of me, maybe crying.
I cooked the potatoes, then made some smashed potatoes out of them, putting it into a nice bowl. Then I found some meat in the freezer, I heated it up and fried them in a pan, putting vegetables and some basic pack souce into it.
When this finished I put it into a nice bowl as well, I found some fruits and sliced them up as a small dessert.
"Xander, did you cooked the potatoes?" Caleb asked, walking into the kitchen seeing me. "Lilith?" He asked, his eyebrows raising. "Did you made this?"
"Ah, yes, I really like to cook!" I smiled and brought the bowls in the dining room to the table. Caleb was walking behind me. "Still, Xander should have helped you."
"It is really okay." I said, seeing Elijah looking at the food.
"You know, only Jon can cook, and his cooking is, let's say it's interesting! I am looking forward for more home cooked meals, little sis!" Elijah explained to me.
"I hope you will say the same after trying my food." I joked. "No, need to worry." Elijah explained. "We are a household full of man, we eat everything." He smiled. "But we did a good job today, go get yourself changed. The social worker will soon arrive."