Stone Cold {bxb}

CHAPTER NINETEEN

~Two Days Before Next Competition~

Leo rubbed his eyes as he walked out of the bathroom still at Nico and Sergio's apartment. He opened the door which was closed to a crack then shaded his eyes with his hand from the light that was on from the lamp in the living room.

"Good morning sleepy head," Sergio spoke with a grin while he poured his coffee into his thermos.

Nico looked over his shoulder then watched as he plopped down on the couch. "Hey hangover," Nico spoke, walking over to Leo. "Leo."

Leo let out a light groan once he felt Nico gently tap his thigh.

"Here," Nico spoke, getting a hold of Leo's wrist. "Take this."

"What," Leo started slowly gaining consciousness. "What is this?"

"Ibuprofen," Nico replied, walking back to the kitchen.

"IV what?" Leo asked still confused.

"An Ibuprofen," Sergio spoke. "It helps with hangovers."

"Sort of," Nico murmured while he grabbed a cup then filled it with sink water before heading back over to Leo.

"Here," Nico said, holding the water cup between him and Leo then he took it. "Take that then we gotta go."

Leo stared at the two items that were given to him and shrugged before tossing the pill in his mouth and chugged the water to get it down.

"Gabriel," Vincent yelled at the exhausted male on the ice rink. "It's back scratch and loop not just the back scratch. Do it again."

Gabriel only nodded and started again, making his way across the ice and once he got to the back scratch and loop, he fell out of his turn.

"That's it," Vincent snapped. "I'm done."

"Vincent wait," Gabriel called out.

"I can't keep doing this with you, Gabriel," Vincent spoke. "It's such a simple move and yet you can't do it."

"I'm trying okay," Gabriel snapped. "I just- I haven't done it before."

"You want to be the next best male figure skater, right?" Vincent asked and Gabriel nodded quickly. "Then listen to what I'm saying. Okay?"

"Okay."

"Let's run it one more time- from the aerial butterfly."

Gabriel did a quick nod and let out a breath as he made his way around the ice. As he was making his way around, he locked eye contact with Leo and was in confusion when he saw that he was with Nico and Sergio.

"Let's go!"

"Leo," Gabriel called out to him once he got in the locker room. "Leo."

"What now Amore," Leo sighed once he sat down on the bench in front of his locker.

"Since when were you buddy buddy with Nico and Sergio?" Gabriel asked, leaning against the lockers.

"Since I earned my spot on this team," Leo replied.

"And when was that? Before or after you defended me in the locker room after the moves-in-the-field competition?"

"Jesus Amore, will you let it go!" Leo finally snapped. "You have two titles. I have none. You can get tenth place, and everyone will still love you. I can get second and people still won't know who Leo Reece is. Yeah, I defended you that night but no it's not because of that. It's because I beat you. They made me realize that I can actually do this. That if I can beat someone with two titles then I can get a title of my own."