CHAPTER 4

Brian slowly slid his key card into the slot on the hotel door and then quietly entered the room. All the lights were off. Justin was sleeping on the bed closest to the bathroom, and his ankle was wrapped in ice. Brian studied his breathing closely for a moment to make sure he was out then he stripped his coat off, threw it on the bed closest to the door, and flipped on the TV.

Two hours later Justin awoke to the intense throbbing in his ankle. His toes and the top of his foot were extremely swollen. He attempted to stand up on it, but was immediately hit with intense pain. "Fuck," he hissed.

"You okay," Brian asked as he watched the blonde's blue eyes furrow in pain.

"Yeah, just sprained my ankle on that world class jump I was telling you about, but at least I landed. By the way, what are your plans for tonight? Ben and Michael have a date, so I was thinking that you and I could go grab dinner," Justin said as he limped into the bathroom.

"Sounds good. Ben was telling me about this really good Chinese restaurant. Wanna check it out."

"Sounds really good."

"Yeah, but if you are going to be able to walk over there we should probably go get that ankle looked at."

"Probably right," Justin sighed as he pulled on his sweater and boots and allowed Brian to help him out the door.

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"Hey guess what?" Brian called to Michael and Ben as he knocked on their room door.

"What happened to you?" Ben asked as he swung open the middle door and walked inside.

"Michael didn't tell you? We went up to that triple diamond jump today with the snowboards and when I landed I twisted my ankle. I didn't think it was that bad until I woke up and my toes were swollen. Brian insisted that we go get it x-rayed. I'm going to be on crutches for two weeks."

"Damn, sorry, that's killer on a ski trip."

"Yeah, but they gave me prescription strength Aleve and one thing's for sure, that stuff will make the best of anything," Justin said grinning.

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