The Long and Winding Road 24/?
Title: The Long and Winding Road
Pairing: Luke and Reid
Other characters: Noah and Katie.
Disclaimer: These are not my characters they all belong to ATWT. All mistakes are mine.
Rating: PG
“Hey,” Reid whispered, gently shaking Luke awake.
“Grmphm” Luke moaned back, wanting nothing more than to go back to sleep.
“You have to get up, Luke. We have the board meeting today, remember?”
“Ugh, can’t I sleep for five more minutes?”
“No, I’m sorry, but I’ve let you sleep as long as possible. Now get up,” Reid ordered. “I’ll be in the shower, waiting for you.”
Luke was awake now. Why didn’t he lead with that?
Luke smiled and jumped out of bed to join Reid.
Forty five minutes later the boys emerged from Reid’s room showered, dressed and happy.
“Good morning boys,” Katie greeted the pair with a knowing smile on her face. “Is there any uh hot water left in the apartment?”
Luke blushed feeling a little bit guilty, but Reid just shrugged. “I doubt it,” he commented. “Hey I don’t suppose that you made any breakfast for us did you?” Reid asked hopefully.
“I bet you boys worked up quite an appetite last night and uh this morning,” Katie said raising an eyebrow at them.
Luke blushed a pretty pink colour, suddenly feeling awkward, but not ashamed.
“Yes, we did,” Reid confirmed with a sly grin.
“Reid!” Luke admonished. “I’m sorry if we made you uncomfortable,” Luke said earnestly.
“Oh Luke, you didn’t make me uncomfortable. I was just trying to tease Reid,” Katie answered smiling at Luke. “A girl has to have some fun, you know.”
Reid grabbed Luke’s hand to reassure the younger man. “So Goldilocks is there any food for us?” Reid asked, the lack of food was starting to make him cranky.
“No, sorry I uh only made enough for me, and now I have to drop Jacob off at daycare before I head to the station. You boys are on your own.”
“Thanks for nothing,” Reid muttered to himself.
“Have a great day, Katie,” Luke called after the blonde praying that she hadn’t heard Reid’s comments.
“Do you want to grab something at Java before we go to the board meeting?” Luke inquired.
Reid sighed, “Sure, I guess so. Speaking of Java have you spoken to Noah since he stopped by your house the other night?”
“No, I haven’t called him yet. I guess I should huh,” Luke said with a sigh. “Maybe we’ll see him at Java and then I won’t have to call him.”
“Good luck with that, Luke,” Reid mumbled before pulling Luke into one last passionate kiss before they headed off to their separate cars.
Luke arrived at Java first and decided to go in to place their order. As soon as he entered Noah came over to say hello. “Luke,” Noah practically yelled in his excitement. “I haven’t seen you in such a long time.” He came over and reached out to hug Luke, but Luke managed to duck at just the right moment to avoid contact.
Noah squinted at Luke in confusion. “What’s wrong with you? Can’t you even give me a friendly hug?”
Luke just stared at Noah for a minute wondering just how to respond when he felt a warm, familiar arm drape itself around him. “Did you order our coffees yet?” Reid asked Luke while staring blankly at Noah.
“No sorry, I haven’t even gotten in line yet,” Luke shrugged.
Noah squinted at Reid and then at Luke. “What is going on, Luke? You won’t even give me a hug, but you let him,” he spluttered, with obvious distaste, “put his arm around you like he owns you?”
Luke stared at Noah momentarily left speechless.
“I don’t own him, Mr. Mayer, Luke isn’t a possession. I care about him and I want to make sure that he, and anyone else who might be interested, knows it,” Reid stated pointedly.
“Luke, I’m worried about you. I really need to talk to you. I can take my break now and we can have coffee and really catch up,” Noah suggested, doing his best to ignore Reid who was now openly glaring at him.
“No, Noah I can’t have coffee with you. I’m with Reid now,” Luke stated as plainly as he possibly could.
“So he won’t let you spend anytime with me. That sure sounds like he’s treating you like a possession,” he sneered at Reid.
“Noah this isn’t about Reid, I don’t have time to talk to you. I have to go to a board meeting,” Luke explained patiently.
“Do you think that you could get our drinks for us? We really do have to go, and you do still work here, right?” Reid asked sarcastically.
“We’re having a private conversation,” Noah whined at Reid.
“Noah, we really need to go,” Luke countered impatiently.
“Luke, I need to talk to you, it’s really important,” Noah snivelled. “Please have dinner with me tomorrow night. We can go to Al’s.”
Reid snorted.
Noah squinted. God what’s wrong with him? He’s so rude!!!
Luke sighed tiredly. “All right,” he answered looking at Reid, who just shrugged in response.
“Why are you looking at him?” Noah asked indignantly.
“Noah,” Luke started warningly.
“Whatever,” Noah capitulated. “I’ll see you at Al’s, tomorrow at 7:00, ok?”
“Fine,” Luke responded, already dreading the dinner. “Now can you please get our drinks?”
“Yeah, I’ll have them ready for you in a minute,” Noah replied secretly grinning to himself.
“You don’t mind if I have dinner with him tomorrow, do you?” Luke asked nervously.
“No Luke, like I said before you are not my possession, you are free to see whoever you want to.” I’m just not sure why you want to see Noah.
“It’s not that I particularly want to see Noah, I just don’t think that he’s going to leave me alone until I hear whatever it is he has to say.”
“Yeah, I can see that. He seems pretty eager to talk to you,” Reid grumbled. ”Do you want to come by Katie’s when you’re finished dinner?” Reid asked hoping he didn’t sound as needy as he felt.
Luke noticed how uncomfortable Reid was and needed to reassure the other man so he leaned over and kissed Reid lovingly on the mouth. “Yes,” he whispered gently against Reid’s mouth.
“Can’t you keep your hands off of him for five minutes?” Noah asked angrily, having brought them their drinks.
“No,” Reid replied, without a trace of remorse, “and why in hell would I ever want to?”
Noah’s jaw dropped as he saw, what could only be described, as a blissful look crossed Luke’s face. Why does he look happy? Doesn’t he know that he should be saving those lips for me??? I will have to remind of that tomorrow night at dinner!
“Thanks for the coffees Noah, this should cover it,” Luke noted handing Noah some money. With that he grabbed Reid’s hand and they headed over to the hospital, leaving Noah staring at them in stunned disbelief.
End Notes:
Thanks to everyone who is sticking with this story! December is killing me!!!