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Chapter Thirteen

Reid was sitting in his office; trying to go over patient files. Luke was moving to LA. Why would he do that? His entire life was here. His foundation was here as well as Grimaldi Shipping and, most importantly, his family. Luke would do anything for his family and there was no way that he would be moving to LA. This had to be about Noah. Reid knew that when it came to Noah, Luke could be easily manipulated. Luke wanted so badly for things to go well that he was willing to change his mind or give up anything. Reid experienced that first hand in their relationship. Luke was always sacrificing for Reid. He just never realized it at the time. He wanted so badly for Luke to find a relationship that wasn't like that. He finally decided that there was no way that he would be able to work on his paperwork until he talked to Luke. He pushed his files aside, grabbed his jacket and went to find Luke.

Noah was sitting on his hospital bed and was listening to the nurse explain how to administer his new medication. He was listening, he really was, but he was also excited to be getting out. He had to show that he was able to handle his new medication and he was ready to go. He nodded at the nurse, she told him that she would be back in a few minutes with his discharge papers and left the room. He held the small bottle of eye drops in his hand and hoped that these actually did something. He was able to see things, but only up close and even then, things were cloudy. He was grateful for anything, but he hoped for more.

He leaned his head back and put two drops into each eye. The burning sensation was unbelievable. It felt like acid was washing over his eyes. The tears were instantaneous; trying to clean the harsh medication out of his eyes. He almost wanted to scream.

"AHH!"

"What's wrong?" Richard asked; worried about his friend.

"It burns. Can you get someone? I can't…stand this." Noah stammered out and Richard almost ran out of the room to get Noah some help. Noah stumbled to his feet and tried to get to the sink across the room. If he could just rinse it out, maybe that would help. As soon as he made it to the sink and reached for the faucet, the burning started to ease. It continued to dull as the tears started to run down his cheeks. He gripped the edge of the sink and looked up at the mirror on the wall in front of him. He blinked and blinked again; looking up at the mirror. As he eyes opened wider, he was astonished.

"I can see."

Luke sat on the couch in his mom's living room and tried to read a book. His mom was trying to track down her stolen car and she asked him to stay home in case Gabriel happened to come back. Luke had read the same line for the fifth time and still had no idea what he read. He couldn't get Dr. Oliver out of his mind. Well, he always had that problem lately. But it was even more so after their board meeting today. Luke knew that Reid had been watching him. They locked eyes more than once and then that whole thing after the meeting. Reid looked genuinely surprised that Luke was moving and he thought he saw something else in Reid's eyes. It almost looked like disappointment.

Luke shook that thought off as quickly as it came. Why would Dr. Oliver be disappointed that he was moving to LA with Noah? He told Luke himself that he did not have feelings for him and was not attracted to him. Why would he want him to stay? Dr. Oliver wasn't the kind of man that would be interested in Luke. Luke was too…too…much. He was too impulsive, too rich, too spoiled, too young; he wasn't good enough. Those were the words that were always running through his head when he thought about Dr. Oliver. Luke was always his own worst critic and that was never more true than it was with Dr. Reid Oliver.

Luke tried again to get back into his book when the door bell rang. He groaned slightly, tossed his book onto the coffee table and pulled himself to his feet. He walked across the room and opened the door. Shocked to see Noah at his door.

"Oh my God! Noah! What are you doing here?"

"I was discharged today."

"Why didn't you call me? I would have been there." Luke said as he gestured for Noah to come inside.

"I wanted to surprise you." He answered shyly.

"Well, I'm surprised." He closed the door and turned to face Noah. The brunette was smiling and Luke suddenly felt very shy; like he used to when they first got together. "Did you have any problem getting here?"

"No. Ah, Richard gave me a ride."

"Oh." Luke felt his stomach knot. He couldn't help but be jealous of the other man. He had been spending more time with Noah than Luke had, but Noah still showed him affection. That kiss that Dr. Oliver walked in on was one that Noah initiated. He surprised Luke by grabbing him at the back of his neck and pulling their mouths together. Luke was taken back at first, but gave in for a moment. He hadn't felt this close to someone in a while. For a second he felt that with Reid until the doctor pulled away and then he felt ridiculous. The second kiss with Noah, Luke started it. He wanted to see if he felt the same thing he felt when he kissed Reid. He was hoping that it would come like a lightning shot, but, even though it was good, it was not the same. Noah had pulled away and caressed Luke's face in his hands; as if Luke was the most precious thing to him.

Luke was pretty sure that Noah wanted to be him again, but they hadn't really spent much time together recently. Luke had to admit that he had made some excuses to not spend time with him. Work was piling up or he needed to help Faith or his mom through some crisis. Noah was always understanding, but never withheld how disappointed he was. But he was here now, in his living room.

"I am so glad to be out of there and here, with you." Noah stepped closer and softly rested his hands on Luke's hips; lightly hooking his thumbs through the blonde's belt loops. "You are so beautiful, do you know that?" Noah said almost in awe in how good Luke looked. His right hand reached up and softly brushed across Luke's cheek.

"Wait. Can you see right now?" Luke's eyebrows shot up in surprise.

"Yeah and you were the first person I wanted to tell. I've missed you. Is there anyone else home?"

"Ah, no. My mom is out looking for Gabriel. Ethan and the girls are hanging out at farm today with my dad. Why?"

"I just wanted to spend some time with you."

"Really?" Luke couldn't help but blush. Noah had a secret talent at making Luke blush. A few choice words and he was gone.

"Yeah really. You sound surprised."

"Well, we haven't spent that much time together recently."

"You've been busy," Noah tried to defend himself, "and I've been fine with that."

"But we were like this before your accident."

"I know, but I want to change that." He stepped even closer to Luke and Noah took his face in his hands. "When we move to LA it will just be us and I don't want us to grow apart again. I love you Luke. I have always. I wish that I could take back everything that happened." Luke's hands fell and rested on Noah's hips. He could feel his body getting warmer as Noah stood in front of him.

"I want that too." Luke said in a soft voice. Noah's thumbs softly brushed across Luke's cheekbones and he could feel Luke's breathing stagger as he pulled Luke to his mouth. Luke gave in to it. He had missed this, but what he wasn't sure of was why he missed him.

Their kisses became longer and more desperate. Luke wasn't sure if he was kissing Noah because he wanted to or because he just wanted to feel something. He wanted to feel desired. But if he would only think about it, he would realize that he felt more heat in that one kiss with Reid than he had in the last six months of his relationship with Noah. Maybe it was because it was something new. Yeah, that had to be it. Noah was comfortable and Reid was something different. Different never held up. Comfortable was what kept a relationship going, right? Luke was still thinking about all of this while Noah was just enjoying kissing his first love.

Reid walked up to back door at Luke's mom's house. He had to get Luke to see that relationships are a partnership. Both people have to be invested or it will never work. It didn't work when Luke was with Noah and it certainly work when he and Luke were together. He wasn't sure what he was going to say, but it had to be great. Luke was all about the monologues; it was probably the writer in him. Whether it was said to him or given by him; Luke loved them. Reid remembered all the apologies that he had to give Luke and they all were well thought out and well delivered. He decided to just tell Luke about their relationship, but leave names out to protect his plan. He wasn't sure if Gretchen was telling him the truth, but he had gone through too much to go back now. He needed to be strong for Luke; this was all for him.

He was about to knock when he saw movement inside. He leaned closer to the window and peered inside. He could see Luke and Noah. They were sitting on the couch and they were making out. Noah was sitting back and Luke was half in his lap. Noah's hands were sliding up the back of Luke's shirt, while Luke's hands were buried in Noah's hair. Reid felt his heart sink into his feet. He had tried to convince Luke from going with Noah without actually telling him anything, but it was all for naught. Luke fell back to what was safe. He just hoped that Luke would see how dysfunctional their relationship was before he got too hurt.

But Reid also knew that if Noah hurt Luke, he was too obnoxious to lie down and die. He smiled as he applied Luke's own words to Luke himself. He would always be there for him, whether he knew it or not. As he made his way home, he hoped that if Luke needed him, Luke would accept his help.

If he only knew.

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Next time on Reconstruction - Reid and Gretchen talk and Luke comes to a decision.

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