He stepped into the room, rubbing at his eyes with the palm of his one hand while the other gripped at a cup of coffee from the staff lounge. He was surprised when he looked up to see his best friend sitting in the chair he had been occupying for the past four days, next to the bed that currently held his unconscious boyfriend.

"Casey, what are you doing here so late?" Luke yawned

"I just got off work, thought I would check in on you." Casey stood up, "You don't look good, Luke."

"Gee, thanks." Luke frowned and turned to look at his boyfriend.

"You know what I mean," Casey came to stand next to his friend, "Luke, you've been here 24/7 for the past four days."

"I want to be here when he wakes up. I need to be here when he wakes up."

"Luke..."

"Don't." Luke hissed, glaring at Casey, "Don't you turn on me like everyone else has, telling me that he may never wake up. I know he will." Luke's voice cracked and he looked away, "He has too." He whispered

"I was not going to say that, I was just going to tell you that you need to take care of yourself."

Luke huffed and ran a hand over his face, "I know."

"Then why don't you go home for the night?"

"Casey, I can't, what if..."

"I'll stay and if he wakes up, you'll be the first person I call."

"You can't stay the whole night, Case. You have to go home to Alison."

Casey shook his head, "She has the nightshift tonight."

Suddenly, there was a soft knock on the door. Both men turned to see a head of blond hair stick through the door. Katie Peretti slowly stepped into the room and smiled at Luke and then turned to her best friend laying in the bed.

"Still no change?" She frowned, stepping closer.

"Nothing." Luke replied, "How's Chris doing?"

"Better." Katie smiled, "All thanks to Reid."

"Yeah," Luke murmured

Katie turned to Luke and Casey, "Are you finally going home for the night?"

"Yes, he is." Casey replied before Luke had a chance.

"Case..."

"Don't argue with him, Luke." Katie placed her hand on his arm, "You need a good nights sleep in a real bed, not in a chair in a hospital."

Luke frowned, "I don't want to be around people right now. My whole family keeps telling me I should let him go."

Katie nodded, "Come home with me, you can stay in Reid's room for the night."

"Katie... I don't know if that's a good idea."

"Why not? Nobody else will be there. Jacob is staying with Henry and Barbara tonight, their way of making sure I get sleep. This is my way of making sure you do too."

"Do you really think he'll get any sleep in Reid's bedroom?" Casey asked

Katie frowned, "Oh, maybe not..."

Luke shook his head, "I can just crash on the couch. I mean, it's not as good as a bed but it's better then a chair."

"Of course."

"Plus, if Reid does wake up, your apartment is much closer then my mom's house and the farm."

"Then it's settled," Casey said, "Go home with my aunt and get some sleep. I'll be here all night if anything changes."

"Thank you, Casey." Luke hugged his friend before being pulled out of the room by Katie.

Upon entering the apartment, Luke stopped. His bag of clothes that his mother had brought him at the hospital over his shoulder. She had brought it in for him after her many failed attempts the first night to get Luke to return home. Luke had been using the staff bathrooms to stay clean while not leaving the hospital.

Katie walked in behind him, closing the door, "Everything okay?"

"Yeah, just remembering the last time I was here." Luke smiled, "Reid and I almost..." He trailed off, blushing as he realized he almost told Katie that he and Reid had almost had sex.

Katie smiled, "Reid already told me about that, something about Jacob's rattle stopping you two."

Luke's cheeks turned even brighter red but he didn't say anything. He walked over to the couch, setting his bag off to the side of the coffee table and sat down. Katie went over to the fridge and pulled out two bottles of water. Returning to the couch, she handed one to Luke as she sat down.

"Chris wants to see Reid," she told him, "I keep telling him that he isn't well enough to be moving around yet."

"And it's not like he can really talk with Reid." Luke replied, "At least, not yet."

"You really believe he's going to wake up, don't you?"

Luke turned to look at her, "I have to. If I let my mind wonder to... If I don't, I'll break down, and I don't want too."

Katie frowned, "Luke, you know there is an eighty-five percent chance he'll never wake up. With all the damage that was done to his body from the train, it was a miracle they were even able to save him."

"I know, Katie." Luke looked away from her, "But he has a fifteen percent chance of waking up."

"And if..."

"When."

"Okay, when he wakes up. Who says there isn't going to be brain damage or something else just as bad?"

"Katie, if you're just going to keep talking about reasons why I should let them pull the plug on him and say goodbye, you're wasting your time and mine. I should just leave." Luke stood up and headed for the door.

Katie jumped off the couch and grabbed for his arm, "No, Luke. I'm sorry."

Luke stopped walking and turned back to Katie, tears in his eyes. Katie saw and quickly pulled him into a hug. She pulled him back to the couch and they both sat down. They sat there in silence for what seemed like forever but in reality it was only about fifteen minutes or so. Within that time, Luke had fallen asleep. Katie got off the couch and grabbed a blanket from the closet to cover him up before turning off the lights and heading to bed herself.