Title: Teacher of the Heart - Part One
Pairing: Luke/Noah (Atwt)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 956
Summary: AU What if Noah had already been out and proud when Luke met him.!! And what if they had met under completely different circumstances and in a different point in their lives.!!
Disclaimer: I unfortunately do not own anything that has to do with Atwt, Jake or Van! I'm just playing with their characters.!!
Chapter 1
"Luke, come on! This is the last Saturday we get to spend together before I leave and I want to enjoy it"
Maddie Coleman dragged her best friend with her and into the only gay bar in town.
"Maddie, you're dragging me into a gay bar. How are you supposed to be enjoying yourself here?"
"Oh that's easy. I get to watch my best friend hopefully meet a cute guy and have a great time. Would you just relax, I am very happy with the way things are going between me and Casey, I am not looking to meet anyone. But you however…"
"I just don't feel very comfortable here" Luke said, in a last attempt to change his best friends mind.
"Okay, how about a compromise? We stay for half an hour and if you still haven't seen or met anyone you like, then we can leave. Deal?"
"Fine" Luke said, finally giving in. He knew Maddie well enough to know that there really wasn't anything he could do to change her mind once it was made up about something so he might as well give up.
Sitting down at the bar, Maddie ordered them both a drink and then twirled around on her bar seat to scan the crowd. She was determent to find Luke a guy tonight.
Turning towards Luke, she smiled and asked: "do you have a type? Or can I just point out any cute guy in here?"
"I don't know. I've never done this before, I've never even had a guy I liked besides Kevin. I don't really think I have a type yet"
"Okay, any cute guy it is then" Maddie said, already scanning the crowd again. Luke just looked on in amusement. It was funny to him that his female best friend was having more fun in a gay bar then he was.
After about 2 minutes, Maddie pointed to someone and asked for his opinion.
"No thanks, not really my type" Luke said, looking at the biker like guy.
"I thought you said you didn't have a type!"
"I don't really, but if I did, he wouldn't be it" Luke said, chuckling.
"Fine, I'll keep looking"
After about 25 minutes of Maddie pointing out guys and Luke saying they weren't his type, they both looked at each other and laughed.
"This isn't really working is it?" Maddie asked with a smile.
"Not really, but I love you for trying" Luke said, squeezing her hand.
"Lets just go to Crash for a little while. I told Will and Gwen we'd stop by since this is the last time all of us will be together like this for at least a few weeks or months"
When Maddie didn't receive an answer, she turned to Luke and found him looking at something. When she followed his gaze, she realized he wasn't looking at something, but at someone.
And that someone was an extremely attractive dark haired guy that had just entered the bar.
"Close your mouth, you're drooling" Maddie said, a smirk on her face.
"What?" Luke asked confused.
"You were totally checking that guy out"
"I was not!"
When Maddie looked at him, he gave in and chuckled. "Okay so maybe I was, but since we're leaving it's not important. Lets just…. Maddie!"
Before he had a chance to stop her, Maddie had made her way over to the cute guy and was easily chatting away with him. After a few minutes, Luke saw Maddie point at him and than they both laughed.
Luke was extremely glad that the lights were down so nobody could see how much he was blushing.
When he looked up again, Maddie and the guy were gone. Looking around he finally spotted them coming towards him from the bar, Maddie with a new drink in her hand and the cute guy with two.
"Hi" Maddie said, a sly smile on her face.
"Hi" Luke said, nervously looking at the guy.
"Maddie here tells me you were checking me out" the guy said easily, handing Luke his drink.
"Maddie needs to learn when to keep her mouth shut" Luke said, secretly glad she had had the nerve to walk up to the cute guy.
"Well, I'm kind of glad she didn't in this case. I'm Noah" he introduced himself, holding out his free hand.
"I'm Luke. Thanks for the drink by the way, even though I'm sure it was just a bribe from Maddie to get you to talk to me"
"Why would you say that? Maybe I wanted to come over to talk to you, but Maddie just offered me a good way to go about that"
"Is that what happened?" Luke questioned.
"No. Actually Maddie said she had a cute friend who was checking me out and I decided I wanted to see that cute friend"
"I think I would have preferred the last explanation" Luke said, once again thankful nobody could see him blushing in the dimmed lights of the bar.
"Well" Noah started, taking a step closer to Luke. "What if I told you that I agree with Maddie about her cute friend being cute and wanted to get to know said friend better?"
Looking from Noah to Maddie and back, Luke stammered a little before finally answering. "I guess said friend would be okay with that"
"Okay!" Maddie said happily. "Then I will just leave you two alone now and go hang out with Will and Gwen. Call me tomorrow?"
"I will, promise" Luke smiled. Giving her best friend a kiss on the cheek, Maddie whispered a quick "don't do anything I wouldn't do" before smiling at Noah and leaving the two of them alone.
