The Long and Winding Road 4/?
Title: The Long and Winding Road
Pairing: Reid and Katie
Summary: This is a story about the courtship of Luke and Reid.
Disclaimer: These are not my characters. I own nothing, nothing at all.
A/N Sorry, Luke isn’t really in this chapter.
All mistakes are mine.
Rating G
Reid fled Luke’s house as quickly as he could. He was mortified. He got into his car and drove home as quickly as possible. Thankfully, it was a short drive with very few other cars on the road; otherwise Reid surely would have gotten into an accident.
What is it about Luke Snyder that turns me into a nerdy teenager? I am never telling him that I want to be alone with him again, ever. It’s too humiliating; first those words brought Noah into the equation and now Luke’s mother. God, I hope that she didn’t hear me say that too him. Well I will never know for sure, so I am just going to believe that she didn’t. Otherwise I won’t be able to look her in the eye. Christ, she already hates me and wants me out of the picture, I’m sure that the little show I managed to put on for her tonight didn’t win me any points with her. Why does Luke live with his mother?? I know that he can afford his own place so what is his deal? Logically, I should just forget about Luke, unfortunately my logical brain does not seem to have any power when it comes to Luke Snyder. What am I going to do?
Just as Reid had finished berating himself he noticed that there were lights on in his apartment. ‘Great’ he thought to himself, ‘Katie’s up and now I am going to have to relive the whole humiliating experience again. I hate my life!!!’
“Damn you Luke Snyder” Reid muttered to himself as he opened the door. Just as he had expected Katie was there as he walked in.
“Hi Reid, how was your night?” Katie inquired.
“Fine, fine…why what have you heard?” Reid answered. ‘Oh god,’ he thought to himself, ‘if she wasn’t’ suspicious before I’m sure that she is now.’
Katie smiled her most encouraging smile at Reid. “So, do you want anything to eat Reid?” Katie offered deciding to soften him up with food as it was clear something had happened and Katie was determined to find out what.
“Uh….no I had dinner at the Lakeview” Reid answered nervously. “I’m just going to grab a bottle of water and go to bed.” He finished hoping to make his escape.
No such luck for Reid. “Who did you have dinner with at the Lakeview?” Katie inquired. Seeing Reid looking nervous she surmised that it was probably Luke. “Was it Luke?”
Reid’s head immediately bobbed up and he had the startled look of a deer caught in the headlights look on his face. ‘How did she know???’ “Yeah,” he finally answered, reluctantly.
“Did you have a nice time with Luke?” Katie asked with a warm smile. She new that Reid was upset about something and she was carefully digging to find out where things had gone wrong. She knew that Reid and Luke would make a great couple if they could just get past Luke’s issues with Noah and Reid’s issues with, well the human race.
“Yes, we had a good time at the Lakeview” Reid answered warily.
‘Okay,’ thought Katie, ‘the date went well but something happened after that that has got Reid spooked. ‘Hmmm,’ she thought to herself. “So where did you go after the Lakeview?” Katie inquired as innocently as she could.
‘How does she do that?’ Reid wondered to himself. ‘How does she know that something happened after? I bet she knows that I don’t want to talk about it too, but does she care, no, she’s going to make me tell her each and every moment of my acute embarrassment.’
Reid threw up his hands in exasperation and launched into the humiliating tale of what happened at Luke’s.
‘No wonder he’s upset,’ Katie thought to herself as she tried not to laugh out loud. Katie inhaled deeply. “Well Reid,” she began “I’m sure that you feel mortified, but really these things happen. If Lily had any sense at all she would have just left the room and maybe talked to Luke privately the next day. I’m sure that Luke is at least as embarrassed by the whole incident as you are.”
“Do you really think so?” Reid asked hopefully.
“Definitely, Reid he knows that you were uncomfortable because of how you left and I’m sure that he yelled at his mother for interrupting such an intimate moment. Luke is an adult and so are you; you’re attracted to each other it’s not really surprising that you were kissing. I mean you weren’t naked, uh were you?”
“God no!” Reid replied somewhat indignantly.
“I think that you should text Luke to make sure that he is okay.” Katie said.
“Do you really think so? What if he doesn’t want to have anything more to do with me?” Reid asked.
“Do you still want to see Luke?” Katie asked gently.
“Yes!” Reid replied a little more emphatically than perhaps was strictly necessary.
“I think that you will find that Luke still wants to see you too. Now go text him and then go to bed. Good night Reid.” Katie said sweetly.
“Good night, Katie,” Reid said with a shy smile, “and thanks.”