He and Nick had hung out together on their own plenty since his injury, but Justin and Wes were always a phone call or a text message away, or they were on their way back home or would be there in a few hours. Hadn’t Nick even said once that he’d stayed as long as he had with Colton just so he could see Justin? With Justin away, he didn’t expect their time together to last, but there was a flicker of hope burning inside him, as tiny as a birthday candle.
