Not as good a chapter as I hoped, but it's what I could get out. I hope you all like and review please.

It was late in the afternoon when Reid finally found his way out of bed and down the stairs. He was now in pajama pants and a t-shirt. He was rubbing his eyes as he made his way into the living room.

"Morning!" Katie said, as he walked in.

He looked at her. She wasn't looking at him and had no smile on her face. Robbie was sitting on her lap. Reid just groaned as he sat in one of the chairs.

"How much do you remember from last night?" she asked him.

"What do you mean?"

His eyes were closed as he laid his head back and he could hear her laugh.

"You don't remember what you did?"

"No, but I'm pretty sure you're going to tell me." he moaned

"What would you like to know first?" she asked, sitting back on the couch a little more and adjusting Robbie, "You taking a walk to Yo's? You apparently getting really drunk? Or you pinning Luke to the wall in your room at three in the morning and making out with him?"

Reid's head snapped up and he looked at her wide eyed with his mouth open.

"What?"

"I called Luke to help Chris look for you last night." Katie continued, "He found you at Yo's, completely drunk and brought you back here. He was taking you upstairs when you started kissing him. I walked in on you and he suddenly couldn't leave quick enough."

A moment of silence between them other then Robbie making little noises before Reid spoke again.

"I've got such a headache." he moaned

"There's aspirin in the kitchen. I'll go get it for you."

Katie stood with Robbie and headed into the kitchen. Reid sat for a minute, letting what Katie say sink in. Suddenly he was up and upstairs to change. He slipped on jeans and a shirt before grabbing his wallet and phone and heading back downstairs. Katie was back in the living room. She handed him the pills and a bottle of water.

"Mind if I take your car?" he asked, after swallowing the pills, "I've gotta talk to Luke."

"Are you sure that's a good idea, so early after what happened last night?"

"Is there any other time?" he replied, "I just need to get this over with."

"Alright." Katie said, handing him the keys.

Reid kissed her cheek and said goodbye before leaving. He didn't actually know where Luke would be so he ended up at Luke's parents house, knocking on the door. Lily Snyder was the one to answer.

"Dr. Oliver!" a look of shock on her face, "I didn't know you were back in town."

"I just got in yesterday." he replied, "Um, I needed to talk with Luke. I, just don't know where to find him."

Lily didn't move or say anything right off the bat but then she smiled.

"Right. Well, I'll give you his new address."

"New address?"

"Yeah, he moved out a little after you left town." she said, walking over to get a pad of paper and a pen.

She scribbled something down and walked back to the door. Reid hadn't even entered the house, knowing he probably wasn't welcome. He couldn't believe Lily was even being nice to him because she hated him when he had first come to town years before and how he treated Luke most of the time.

"Here you go." she said, handing him the paper.

"Thanks." he said, "May I ask. Why are you being so nice to me? You couldn't stand me last time I was in town."

"You haven't seen the way Luke has changed since you left." she told him, "He was very heartbroken when you quit your job at Memorial and moved back to Dallas. I know why you left and I'm hoping you fix it. But you better not hurt him again."

Reid just nodded before heading to Luke's new apartment, address in hand. When he reached the building, he almost didn't want to go inside. He was having second thoughts but finally just walked in. Luke lived on the fourth floor of the building and Reid wanted to get up there as fast as possible, knowing using the elevator was the best way.

He was okay for the most part but after the doors opened on the fourth floor, he was off pretty fast. He found Luke's door and hesitated again. Just as he was about to knock, the door opened and there stood Luke, a new hair cut. Much shorter and not exactly blond anymore. He was wearing a suit and tie, without the jacket and had a look of surprise on his face.

"Reid, what are you doing here?"

"We need to talk. About what I apparently did last night." he told him, "I don't really remember everything, but after Katie told me, it started coming back."

"There's nothing to talk about," Luke replied, "You were drunk, acting through the alcohol. Nothing more too it." Luke went to leave, "I've get to get to work."

"Wait." Reid said, holding his hand up to stop Luke from moving, "Yes, I was drunk. But I wasn't acting through the alcohol, Luke."

The look on Luke's face told Reid he was not happy with what he had just said.

"You can't expect to just show back up in town, get drunk, make out with me and think we can just go back to the way things were before you screwed them up and left, Dr. Oliver," Luke slammed his apartment door closed, standing inches away from Reid, "I've got to get to work."

With that, he left Reid standing in the hall, got into the elevator and left. Reid leaned up against to wall, opposite Luke's door and slid to the floor. He hated the way Luke made him feel, but he also really hated the way he had been acting. He closed his eyes, trying to clear his head.

Suddenly, someone kicked him in the leg. He opened his eyes and looked up. Luke was standing there.

"You really sat here all day, waiting for me to come home?" he asked, going to his apartment door before turning back to Reid, who was still sitting on the floor, confused.

"What time is it?" Reid asked, slowly getting up.

"Almost seven." Luke told him, "I think you fell asleep out here. Surprised nobody woke you up or called the police." he was laughing.

Reid smiled. He hadn't heard Luke laugh in a long time, and he missed it.

"We still need to talk."

Luke nodded, opening his apartment door, "Come on in. I'll order some pizza."

Reid followed him into the apartment and looked around. It was small but roomy. It looked a little like Katie's old apartment with the kitchen and living room attached. There were two doors off to the left. Reid assumed one was a bedroom and the other a bathroom. It just wasn't as white as Katie's. It had different shades of brown and green, sort of like a forest.

"Take a seat. Sorry I don't have any beer, but I've got water or soda." Luke said, making his way into the kitchen and opening the fridge.

"Water's good." Reid said, sitting on the couch, "I don't think I should drink for a while anyways."

Luke laughed again as he sat on the couch with Reid and handed him a water, taking a soda himself. They sat in silence for a few minutes, sipping on the water and soda before Luke curled his knees into his chest on the couch and turned to Reid.

"Listen, about earlier when I snapped at you."

Reid shook his head, "You have every right to be mad at me."

"Oh, I know." Luke replied, "But it was what I said. About you screwing everything up and leaving town. What happened, it wasn't all your fault. It was mostly mine."

"Luke..."

"No, Reid." Luke stopped him, "I was confused. I had just broken up with Noah and we were starting something at the same time. And then all that stuff with Memorial and Invicta and Bob making you choose."

"Luke, stop," Reid said, closing his eyes for a minute, "It was partly my fault because I didn't tell you right away about that and then think you'd wait until Bob had sold Memorial to Invicta or not, for us to actually start something." he paused for a minute, "I did quit for you. But then I saw you with Noah at Java."

Luke laughed, "Yeah, after you left me to watch Jacob that night, I got to thinking that was the reason you really wanted out of town. You thought Noah and I were getting back together and you didn't want to be anywhere near that."

Reid nodded, almost laughing himself. They sat there for a good hour or more just talking. Working through some of everything that caused Reid leaving. They didn't even order pizza, having totally forgotten about that.

"I should probably get back to Katie's before she thinks I've gone to Yo's to get drunk again." Reid said, standing.

"Yeah," Luke stood as well.

"Listen, Luke." Reid started, "I'm sorry about last night, I really am."

Luke nodded, "I'm not."

Reid was shocked to hear that, but smiled. They said goodbye and he left, heading back to Katie's. As he walked in the door, Chris was the only one sitting in the living room.

"Where's Katie?" Reid asked, sitting down in one of the chairs again.

"Getting Robbie back to sleep." Chris replied, "Katie told me about last night and you going to talk with Luke today."

Reid nodded, "I just left his apartment. We talked, he seems the same Luke he was when I left at times, but others." he shook his head, "I say one wrong thing and he snaps."

Chris laughed, "He's like that with everyone. He actually stopped talking with some people after they told him to get it together and move on."

Reid looked at him, "How bad was it really? When I left."

"Pretty bad," Chris told him, "He was found at Yo's every night."

"Yeah, Katie told me that."

Just then, Katie came down the stairs with the baby monitor. She smiled when she saw Reid, before curling up on the couch with Chris.

"Did you find Luke and talk?"

"Yeah. But I am going up to bed for the night." he said, standing, "Goodnight."

Katie and Chris said goodnight as Reid made his way upstairs. He changed and fell into bed, drifting right off to sleep like he had not slept in weeks.