Title: Teacher of the Heart - Part Five

Pairing: Luke/Noah (Atwt)

Rating: PG

Word Count: 1277

Summary: AU What if Noah had already been out and proud when Luke met him.!! And what if they had met under completely different circumstances and at a different point in their lives.!!

Disclaimer: I unfortunately do not own anything that has to do with Atwt, Jake or Van! I'm just playing with their characters.!! Only thing I own is Mel.!!

Chapter 5

After simply staring at each other for a minute, Noah finally shook his head and looked away. Addressing the class, he wished them a good morning.

"My name is Noah Mayer and I will be teaching your Film Studies class. In this class you will learn everything there is to know about the history of film and movie making. Since this isn't such a big group of students, I am going to try and remember your names so I want to do a round of introductions, starting with…. You."

Noah pointed at Luke and again they found themselves lost in each other.

Elbowing him, Mel shook Luke out of his daydream and he quickly stammered his name and age.

Smiling, Mel went next and when the attention was away from them she giggled. "What?!" Luke asked, not finding the situation at all funny.

"What? You guys are totally checking each other out!"

"We are not!" Luke said, trying his best to hide the blush the crawled up his already red cheeks.

"Luke, it's okay to admit it."

"No it's not, not anymore anyway. He's my teacher for Gods sakes Mel, how is that okay?"

"You didn't know he was your teacher, you didn't know anything about him when you met. Look, just wait until the end of class and talk to him."

"I don't know," Luke hesitated.

"Just… think it over. You guys liked each other right?"

When Luke nodded, Mel just smiled. "Then that's all the reason you need to see where things stand. And if he says it can never happen again because he's your teacher then that's it, you won't have to worry about anything anymore."

Smiling at his friend, Luke just nodded before turning to look at Noah again. Just a few hours ago he had still been so happy about all that transpired at the bar that weekend, but looking at Noah now, Luke couldn't help but think it had all been one huge mistake that could end up getting them both in a lot of trouble.

Glad that Noah was using this first hour to get to know everyone instead of actually starting right away with teaching, Luke allowed his mind to wonder back to Saturday. He couldn't believe non of this had come up.

Sure, they had talked about his internship, but somehow Noah never made the stretch to assume Luke was still a student somewhere… Why would he, it's not like Luke looked his age, people had always told him how he looked much older and more mature for his 18 years.

Suddenly, he wondered how old Noah would be. Surely there wouldn't too much of an age difference between them. Making up his mind then and there, he decided he should take Mel's advice and just talk to Noah after the class was over. After all, that was the easiest way to get some answers to all the questions that were suddenly going through his mind.

How old was Noah? Did he truly enjoy their talk or was it just because he didn't think he'd see Luke ever again? Where did things stand now? Did Noah regret their night, would he start avoiding Luke now, would he let their previous meeting infect the way he looked at Noah as a student?

There were so many things running though Luke's mind but the most important one he wanted an answer to was: did Saturday night mean anything to Noah or was it just a one time thing.

Noticing people around him standing up, he turned to look at Mel, only to see her making her way over to Noah with determination.

Scrambling to his feet, he quickly grabbed his bag and rushed after her. He knew she had a tendency to blurt things out that she or someone else would regret later on.

When he reached the bottom of the stairs and came face to face with Noah, he suddenly found himself without words. Luckily for him, Mel never had that problem and Noah didn't seem to have it either, so they were easily chatting away about the class and the things that Noah would be teaching through the first semester.

"That all sounds so interesting, I'm really glad we decided to take this class. Aren't you Luke?"

Shaking himself from his thoughts, Luke plastered a smile on his face and answered with a quick "Yes I am."

Looking between Noah and Luke, Mel decided now was a good time to leave and with a quick "I'll catch you later" she made herself disappear.

Finding himself alone with Noah, all the questions Luke had suddenly died on his tongue until the only thing that came out was: "was it real?"

"Was what real?" Noah asked and Luke could see that the other man had no idea what he was talking about.

"Saturday night, was that real or was that just because you thought you were never going to see me again?" Luke asked, finding it difficult to hide the hurt in his voice.

Noah's head shut up and he immediately took a few steps towards Luke. Taking the younger mans hands in his, Noah quickly tried to reassure him. "Of course that was real, wasn't it for you?"

When Luke didn't answer him, Noah took another step closer until there was no space left between them.

"I don't know if this is such a good idea," Luke said not making a move to step away.

"Why not?"

"Because… you're my teacher, I'm your student, it's immoral, not to mention against the rules."

"Screw the rules, they're meant to be broken anyway." Noah said forceful.

"I don't… I don't know if this is such a good idea," Luke tried to argue again.

"You said that already. Look, did you or did you not have a good time Saturday?"

"I had a great time," Luke said thinking back to how happy and relaxed he had been in that bar.

"Then isn't it worth the risk to find out how many more great times we can have?"

Looking into Noah's eyes, Luke saw a yearning in them he couldn't believe was for him. Here was this guy he had only spend on night with and he was willing to risk his job at the chance to get to know him better. How could he say no to that?

"Okay, but only outside of school. I don't want people in my classes to see me as the teachers pet or something."

"Okay," Noah agreed, happy he had convinced Luke to give them a shot.

"And you said you weren't someone in high places!" Luke said, finally seeing the humor in the situation.

Noah couldn't but laugh and he drew Luke to him in a hug. "Thank you for giving me a chance," Noah whispered.

"You're welcome," Luke said back. Then as they pulled apart, he couldn't resist softly planting his lips on Noah's for only a second.

Pulling back, Noah smiled before saying, "I thought you said not at school."

"I know, I just couldn't resist."

"I'm not complaining. But," looking at the clock on the wall, Noah gave a sad smile. "I think your teacher will if you don't get your butt over to your next class soon. Just tell them you had to talk to me about something important and I'll be sure to back it up when they ask."

Luke smiled and flung his bag over his shoulder. "This might come in handy for later," he said laughing slightly before turning around and leaving the classroom.

Taking one last breath, Noah smiled before starting to prepare for his next class.

To Be Continued