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The week of Reid not working was finally over and he was glad. The whole week, Luke had stayed with him every night, but they still never did more than kiss. Reid was now sitting at the end of his bed, fully dressed, poking at his itching skin from his cast. He heard the water turn off in the bathroom so he knew Luke was finished with his shower. He stopped poking at his cast before Luke came walking into the room dressed in a pair of jeans. He was just slipping his shirt on as he walked in.
"Ready to go back to work?"
"Hell yes." Reid said, standing up.
His arm was itching like crazy but every time he went to poke at his cast, Luke would yell at him, so he tried not to, at least not in front of Luke. Reid followed Luke into the living room, where Katie was cleaning up after Jacob. Chris had been released from the hospital the day before so the four of them and Jacob were all living under the same roof together. Luke and Katie tried their best to keep Chris and Reid away from each other as much as possible, but with the house so small, they didn't have much luck. Whenever Chris and Reid crossed paths, they would snap at each other. They were to find out who was going to be Chief of Staff at Memorial any day.
"Where's Doogie Hughes?" Reid asked, as he pulled on his jacket.
It was starting to get chilly outside. Katie looked up from picking up a few of Jacob's toys that were scattered on the floor from the night before. Luke touched Reid's arm to tell him they had to get going.
"He's still sleeping." Katie replied, tossing the toys into the empty playpen.
Reid just nodded. He turned and followed Luke outside. They reached the hospital within minutes. They said goodbye to each other and Luke headed to World Wide for a meeting about his foundation.
The hours rolled by like days it seemed to Reid as he went from one patient to another in the clinic. All he was dealing with were people with colds or back problems or broken bones. He hated it, but knew that that was all he would be doing for at least two months, until he could perform surgery again.
It was almost time for him to get off when he checked his new phone and found a message from Luke saying he would be running late at another meeting that had to be pushed up a day so Reid texted him back saying he would be at Al's. He grabbed his jacket and left the hospital, making his way to Al's. He was there for about an hour before Luke showed up.
"Hey, sorry." Luke said, sitting across from Reid.
Reid pushed his plate of fries closer to Luke, who took one. They sat there talking and finishing the fries before they left. They returned to Katie's to find that Katie, Chris and Jacob were all gone. They had taken Jacob to the park. Reid knew Chris still shouldn't be up and about much but he wasn't going to stop him.
The days rolled by the same. Luke spent the night with Reid, he'd drop him off at work and go to work himself, then he'd pick him up either at the hospital or at Al's and they'd go back to Reid's. It was now the weekend and Reid had the day off so he was home alone because Luke had another meeting. He spent most of the day watching television and eating anything he could find in the fridge. Katie and Chris had taken Jacob to Tom and Margo's for the day so he didn't have to deal with them either.
Reid must have fallen asleep on the couch because he was suddenly shook awake by Luke. He sat up and rubbed his eyes before looking at Luke, who was taking off his jacket. He looked at his watch. It was only three in the afternoon. He didn't expect to see Luke until later that night. Luke pointed to a box of pizza on the table in front of Reid, who instantly opened it and grabbed a slice.
"What are you doing back so early?" he asked through a mouth full.
"A meeting was canceled." Luke replied, "I just came to see what you were up to and bring you that. I've got to get back to the farm and help my dad out."
"I'll come with you."
"Really?" Luke asked, looking at Reid, "Could you really help with an arm in a cast?"
"I never said I'd help. I just said I'd come with you."
Luke laughed and headed for the door. He stopped and turned to Reid, who was still sitting on the couch, eating pizza.
"Are you going to come with me than?"
"Oh right."
Reid put the pizza in the fridge and left with Luke.
