Luke walked into Java the next morning to grab himself a coffee before heading back to the hospital and Reid. He smiled just thinking about the older man, who was now his fiance. Just thinking about that was making Luke very excited. He had woken up that morning, thinking it was all just a dream, that Reid had not woken up or asked him to marry him. But he knew, there was no way he was dreaming this time.
Upon entering Java, Luke spotted Katie with Jacob, sitting at one of the tables. He all but ran to their table and sat down across from the blonde.
"Luke, hey!" Katie smiled at him, "You look really happy."
"I am." Luke replied, "You haven't heard, have you?"
"Heard what?"
"Reid's awake!"
"Oh my God!" Katie's voice got really pitchy, which in turn, made the other costomers in the coffee shop turn to look at them, "When?"
"Last night, just before I had to leave."
"You mean, Reid woke up and Bob still made you leave for the night?"
Luke shrugged, "I didn't actually ask to stay, but I didn't want to push it and be banned again."
"Right." Katie nodded, "Are you heading there now?"
"Yeah, just getting some coffee."
"Well, I need to take Jacob to see him." Katie stood but didn't move.
"He'll remember you. He remembered me." Luke told her, "I don't think there is anything wrong with his memory."
"That's good." Katie hugged Luke before pushing Jacob's stroller out of the coffee shop.
Luke just sat there for a minute before getting up and walking to the counter to get himself a coffee. He was just going to get one to go so that he could return to the hospital, but he figured he would give Katie some time with her roommate before returning. So once he had his coffee, he sat back down at the table where he had just been sitting at with Katie.
He loaded the coffee with sugar and just as he took a sip, someone walking through the door caught his eye. He turned his head to see his ex, Noah, looking at him. Luke smiled at him.
"Hey, Noah."
Noah walked over to him, "Luke. Get kicked out of the hospital again?"
Luke laughed, "Not this time. I stayed at the farm last night and decided to get a coffee before returning."
Noah nodded, "How are you doing?"
"Great." Luke smiled again.
He knew that Noah had no idea that Reid had woken up. Nobody really did yet. Noah then sat down, uninvited. Luke thought it was going to annoy him, but with Reid awake and them now being engaged, he supposed nothing could annoy him at the moment.
"What about you? When are you leaving for L.A?" Luke asked.
"I'm good," Noah nodded slowly, "And at the end of the month."
Silence fell between them as Noah looked at Luke and Luke sipped his coffee. Luke didn't really know what to say to his ex, but he really wanted to get back to his fiance. Thinking about that brought a huge smile to Luke's face.
"It's good to see you smiling again." Noah broke the silence, "Listen, I want to apologize."
Luke's eyes widened, "For what?"
"Everything. How I treated you, and... Reid."
"It's okay, Noah."
"I would like to be friends with you. It'll take me some time, but I want to try."
Luke smiled again, "I'd like that."
"I know there is no point in me asking you to come to L.A. with me again. I know you're waiting for Reid to wake up and..."
Luke shook his head, a huge smile plastered on his face, "He woke up last night."
Noah looked shocked but tried to smile, "That's great. Does he... remember you?"
"Yes."
They sat there for just a little longer talking before Luke stood and said goodbye. He wanted to get back to the hospital now and see his fiance. He didn't tell Noah about that part of Reid waking up, he didn't really want anyone to know yet until he and Reid talked about it more.
