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to be okay, Jaxon ,” Justice whispered into his brother’s ear. “You can pull watch tonight at our house.”
    “Damn right I will.”
     
    Kellan poked his head out of the door to Elijah’s room and scanned the people in the waiting room.
    “He’s awake. He wants to see Jaxon.”
    Jaxon fairly ran to the room. Kellan stood out of the way and smiled as he passed. Elijah was sitting up in bed as if nothing had happened to him. Jaxon sat on the edge and reached out to touch Elijah’s face. He stopped, and withdrew his hand slowly.
    “You can touch me, I won’t break,” Elijah smiled tentatively.
    Jaxon lifted his hand and pressed it to Elijah’s cheek. The warmth from Elijah flowed through him and an amount of peace settled in.
    “I was so scared when I found you.” Jaxon rubbed Elijah’s cheekbone softly with his thumb. “If anything ever happened to you…” Jaxon swallowed the lump in his throat.
    Elijah searched Jaxon’s features. “You were worried about me?” he whispered.
    “Of course I was — am, whatever. You mean a lot more to me than you think, Elijah.”
    “Yeah?” Elijah grinned.
    “Yeah.”
    The door opened and Skylar poked his head in. “Ready to go home?”
    Elijah’s nose twitched and a look of disgust came over his face.
    “Not that home. My home.” Skylar waggled his eyebrows.
    “Really?” Elijah brightened.
    “Yes, really and Jaxon is coming with us.”
    Elijah jumped out of bed and twirled around. He realized he was wearing a hospital gown and he had just exposed his ass to Jaxon and Skylar. He gripped the material and pulled it closed.
    “Oops! Sorry.”
    “I’m not,” Jaxon mumbled.
    “So, anyway ,” Skylar raised his brows at Jaxon. “Let’s go.”
     
    Jaxon had to laugh. Elijah was a chatterbox all the way to Skylar’s house. By the time they pulled into the driveway, Jaxon had serious concerns about Elijah’s oxygen levels. Once out of the car, he walked next to Elijah, keeping an eye out on the neighborhood. The house was filled with laughter and all the guys hugged Elijah, welcoming him in.
    Skylar showed Elijah to his room and Jaxon followed him up. Matching nightstands flanked a queen-sized oak bed. A matching entertainment nook took up one corner and a dresser took the other. Elijah walked to the TV and checked out the equipment.
    “By the way,” Skylar peeked in the room. “I have the latest episode of your TV show on the DVR.”
    “You didn’t!” Elijah almost squealed. They didn’t have a DVR at his house, and he was lucky if he caught even one episode of his favorite show.
    “I did ; I recorded the whole season, just in case.” Skylar winked.
    “I love you, you know that, right?” Elijah ran to Skylar and hugged him tightly.
    “I love you, too,” Skylar smiled, hugging Elijah. “How do you feel?”
    “I feel fine.”
    “Well, you can miss school in the morning if you want.”
    “No, I have to go. Spanish quiz.”
    “Okay, I’ll leave you alone now.” Skylar smiled at Elijah and winked at Jaxon as he closed the door.
    Elijah jumped on the bed and grabbed the remote. Jaxon walked to the far wall and glanced out the window.
    “Want to come watch with me?”
    Jaxon turned to see Elijah sporting a big grin.
    “Sure, I guess. What are we watching?”
    “You’ll see.” Elijah reclined on the bed and hit ‘play.’
    Jaxon sat on the bed, close to the edge , so he wouldn’t be touching Elijah. It didn’t matter anyway, the smell and heat from Elijah was intoxicating. His canines were threatening to elongate and he was just about to excuse himself when a name caught his attention.
    “Did he just say Salvatore?”
    Elijah grinned and bobbed his head. “He did! The first time I saw you, I hoped you were a vampire.”
    Jaxon’s mouth dropped open.
    “I did! I mean, come on! Your last name is Salvatore! The first time I saw you, I could see the Italian in you. Dark hair but light eyes, and your skin tone is a bit darker than most. I