Chapter 3

"Fuck me! Aren't there any other doctors in this hospital?" Noah was already getting up and heading towards the door. Reid stood unmoving in front of it.

"First, No thanks. And second I am the one on clinical duties today so as much as it pains us both you are stuck with me." Noah mumbled some not so nice words to himself as went back and sat on the bed. "So let's see that hand." Reid took Noah's hand in his rotating it slightly to take in the full extent of the swelling in bruising. "How did this happen?"

"Does it matter? Just fix it!" Noah was trying to keep it together but this was really unfair. God must hate him. First he finds out that Luke is marrying this jackass, then he's so upset that he puts his hand through a wall and to top it all off… this?

"Look, Mr. Mayer… I don't want to be here any more than you do. Let's just try and make the best out of this clearly fucked up situation. I'm going to send in a nurse to get your hand cleaned up and then she is going to take you to get an x-ray. I'll be back when the films are ready." Reid walked out without another word and Noah breathed in a sigh of relief. He hadn't noticed but he had been holding his breath. It was all he could do to stop himself from hurling his already injured fist into that fuckhead's face. Fucking Reid Oliver!

A nurse came in then pulling a tray up beside the bed. "Let's get this cleaned up" He zoned out as she did her thing only snapping out of it long enough to wince a few times.

When she was done and cleaning up the supplies he heard a knock at the door. He immediately tensed up hoping that it wasn't Reid. Ally poked her head in a worried look on her face "How ya doin?"

"Ok"

"Time for your x-ray" the nurse said as she wheeled a chair over to him.

"Is it ok if I take him Gretchen?"

"Sure" Ally wheeled Noah out of the room as Gretchen held open the door and headed towards the elevator.

"I feel like such an idiot…" Noah said as they got onto the elevator.

"Oh Noah don't say that. You were upset, it happens… So how are you really?" Noah looked up her about to speak when the elevator dinged and the doors opened to radiology. She wheeled him towards the check-n counter knowing that she would get it out of him eventually. One of the radiology nurses came out and wheeled him away as she got a text from Casey.

Surprise party tonight for Luke and Reid! Need your help!

Ally laughed at the thought of Casey's grinning face right at that moment. Any excuse for a party. She told the nurse at the counter to tell Noah she had to take off and to call her he needed a ride back home and then left to meet up with Casey.

Reid was sitting in his office when he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. Looking at the screen and seeing Luke's name he smiled. "Hey"

"Hi!" Luke said in that very enthusiastic way that only Luke could. "How's work?"

"It's work. What's up?" Reid was doing his very best not to mention that Noah was once again his patient. Normally he wouldn't give a second thought to the whole doctor patient confidentiality thing but Luke had a way of making him do things that he normally wouldn't.

"Nothing. Just missed you. Wanted to hear your voice"

"I don't blame you. I'd miss me too if I were you" he chuckled to himself waiting for the response that he knew was coming.

"Reid! Fuck! Can't you just let your guard down for more than a few minutes at a time?" Luke was clearly frustrated. But this was Reid and he knew that.

"You know who I am Luke. And may I remind you that you agreed to marry me despite of it." He was trying to make a point that this was who he was but he could feel Luke's smile through the phone and his resolve faded.

"Yes I did. And I love who you are even when you are jerk." Now Reid was grinning. How did Luke do this? No matter what was going on. No matter how bad of a day he had Luke could always make him smile. "Ok so don't freak out but news has been traveling already. I got a congrats text from Casey though I don't know where he heard it from. He must have run into Noah…" Reid let out a deep breath unable to keep it in any longer.

"My guess is that he heard it from Ally"

"Ally? Well then where did she hear it from?"

"Noah"

"Noah? How do you know all of this?"

"Now it's your turn to not freak out."

"Freak out…Why would I fre…." Reid interrupted.

"Luke, calm down. Noah is here. He hurt his hand. By the looks of it he punched a wall"

"Oh no. Is he ok? Is it broken? Should I come there?" He could hear the panic in Luke's voice and he hated to admit that it stung a little. He didn't like that Luke was still so attached to Noah.

"Come if you must…" He could already here Luke getting into his car before he answered that he was on his way. Reid set the phone down on his desk and let out a deep breath. What had he done? Just then there was a knock at the door. It was Gretchen.

"Mr. Mayer's films are back Dr. Oliver." She walked into the room timidly and handed them to him. She waited expecting some rude comment but got nothing but a week smile and nod. She was so flustered by this that she rushed out of his office as fast as she could.

Reid was tired. Mentally and physically. He hadn't gotten much sleep as Luke had kept him up most of the night. Not that he would trade that for anything. His first time with Luke was better than he could have ever imagined. He'd had good sex before but this was way beyond good. Luke made him feel like he had never felt before. He hated to think of sex as making love but that's what it was last night. They had made love all night. Taking their time to really explore each other and enjoy each other. Then to top it all off he had made the rashest decision that he had made in his life and asked Luke to marry him. He didn't regret it. He could never regret seeing the way that Luke's face lit up in surprise. He just wasn't sure he was ready for it all. He had been so shaken by what had almost happened with train that he felt like he needed to hold on to Luke and never let go. But now he just felt…scared. Shaking himself out of his thoughts he picked up the x-ray's and made his way back to Noah's room.

Luke was heading towards the reception desk when he saw him. "Reid!"

"Hey Luke. He's in here." Luke could see that something was wrong with him. His walls were up. He tried to ignore it for now focused on finding out if Noah was ok. They both walked into the room together.

Noah looked up to see them both standing there and was instantly fuming. That fucking asshole had called Luke…