Chapter 29

As soon as Reid walked out the door, Ryan gathered all of his strength, and using his crutches to help him, he removed himself from the couch. Having been on crutches many times during his youth, due to several skateboarding injuries and one car accident, Ryan quickly grew accustomed to them and was getting around somewhat quickly. Carefully, he got into his bed and pulled the covers over himself.

With the unholy amount of medication the doctors had put him on, sleep came fairly quickly and without much effort. He didn't dream much, but he slept extremely well. His eye lids finally peeled themselves apart, it was half past noon. He slowly got up and hobbled out to the living room. All was quiet. The futon had been folded back up and Reid was sitting on it, a book in his lap.

Ryan smiled.

"Hey." Reid said, looking up from his book. "Cassie let me in…But she refused to leave before she stuffed me." Spencer rolled his eyes and poked at his tummy, which was loaded with bacon and pancakes.

"Yeah…She thinks you need to gain some weight. She's actually told me that she's not sure where I put my hands" Ryan laughed.

"Ah…A woman without curves is like jeans without pockets, you don't know where to put your hands" Reid quoted "Luckily, I'm not a woman"

Ryan chuckled a little bit before hobbling over to the futon. Reid got up and went to the kitchen, returning with the plate of food Cassie had left for Ryan and a fork. He sat back down and set his book on the table.

"So when are you getting those stitches out?" Reid asked.

"Sometime in the next two weeks." Ryan muttered, his mouth stuffed with syrupy pancakes. "They said I've been lucky all around. They're going to check on the ones in my leg, then once that's done they'll take these out. The glass missed my lip ring by a about a centimeter." Ryan laughed, touching the small stud in his lip.

"So what are we supposed to do while everyone's gone? It's not like we can have sex, and I'm a little too drugged up to be going anywhere." Ryan giggled, tucking his fork behind his ear. Reid couldn't help but laugh. Shamefully, he admitted to himself that he had really just shot up dilaudid in Ryan's bathroom.

Reid looked at him, he felt a little blurry, but blissful. But he knew it. He just knew that he was in love. A life time with a boy who tucks forks behind his ear was absolutely all he needed. Ryan leaned forward, trying to get comfortable, and rested his head on Spencer's chest, the fork stabbing him. "Watch it!" Reid chuckled, pulling the fork from Ryan's ear and tossing it over the back of the couch.

"Hmm I love you Spence" He nuzzled Reid's chest. He smelled amazing. "I love you too" Reid sighed, twining his fingers in Ryan's hair. Spencer felt his eyelids getting heavy and soon he was asleep.

End of "book" 1

Look out for the next "book" "Building bridges" (I Need better titles)