Title: Teacher of the Heart - Part Eight

Pairing: Luke/Noah (Atwt)

Rating: PG

Word Count: 929

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 8

At exactly 6 o'clock, Luke heard a knock at the door and he quickly rushed down the stairs. Mel had left about 10 minutes ago, after assuring him for about the tenth time that he looked great and that he should relax.

Upon entering the kitchen, Luke saw Noah standing at the door talking to his mother.

For a minute he just stood there, admiring the way Noah looked and pinching himself one last time for the fact that he was going on an actual date for the first time since coming out.

When Noah noticed him, he stopped talking and simply stared. Suddenly nervous again, Luke looked down at himself and then back up at Noah.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing is wrong, you look amazing," Noah said in a soft voice.

"You don't look so bad yourself," Luke relaxed.

Sensing herself in the middle of a situation she wasn't wanted in, Lily wished them a good time and left the kitchen to go check on Ethan.

"Hi" Noah said, taking a few steps closer to Luke so he was standing directly in front of him.

"Hi"

Luke was itching to reach out and kiss Noah, but he wasn't sure Noah would appreciate it. After all, a kiss was supposed to happen at the end of a date. Plus, they were still standing in the middle of the Snyder kitchen where just about anyone could walk in.

"Are you ready to go?" Noah asked, putting on his coat again.

"Yeah"

Luke smiled quickly to hide the dissapointment on his face. There would be more then enough oportunities tonight to kiss Noah and he was just going to wait for the right time.

Opening the door, Noah waited for Luke to pass through before following him out to the porch.

"Such a gentleman," Luke smiled and Noah couldn't help but laugh.

"Yeah, it's one of the few things I do still have from being raised by an insane military colonel. Manners were always very high on my fathers list"

Luke saw the quick flash of hurt cross Noah's face at the mention of his father and reached out to squeeze his hand.

Noah squeezed back and held on to the hand that was so easily offered to him. They continued to hold hands to Noah's truck, where the older guy once again opened the door for his date.

Settling into the passengers seat, Luke put on his seatbelt and smiled at Noah as he climbed into the seat next to him.

"So, where are we going?"

"I'm not telling you yet," Noah smiled.

Pretending to be upset, Luke turned to the window and looked outside as Noah pulled away from the farm. From the corner of his eyes he could see Noah glancing at him and he immediately knew Noah didn't believe his so called anger at all.

They were silent for the entire beginning of the ride. Not because they didn't have anything to talk about, but simply because they were both enjoying the peace and quiet that they didn't get very often with Noah's job and Luke's family.

When they had been driving for about 10 minutes, Luke suddenly recognized where they were driving and turned to Noah.

"Where are we going?" he asked again, hoping to get an answer out of Noah this time.

"I told you, I'm not saying anything yet. Just be patient, we're almost there."

"Just please tell me we're not going to the Lakeview," Luke almost begged.

When he saw the smile dissapear from Noah's face, he knew he had been right.

"What's wrong with the Lakeview?" Noah asked, trying to mask the dissapointment on his face. He thought he had found the perfect place to take Luke on their first date and now Luke didn't want to go? Dissapointment didn't even begin to describe what Noah was feeling.

"Nothing is wrong with the Lakeview, except for the fact that it's way too expensive."

"You don't have to worry about the money Luke, I asked you out." Noah said, starting to feel a little better. Luke was just worried about the money, not so much the location.

"Exactly. Noah, I don't want you spending too much money on me. I would be just as happy going to Metro or heck even Henry's."

Noah's face broke out into a huge smile. Luke really was worried about the money, but he wasn't worried for himself, he was worried for Noah. Noah couldn't help but be touched.

"Luke, it's fine. I know I may just be a teacher, but I can afford to take you out someplace nice where they serve more then just burgers and fries."

"Are you sure?" Luke asked one last time, wanting to make sure Noah didn't feel pressured into taking him somewhere so expensive.

"I'm sure. Just relax!"

Luke smiled and leaned back in his seat. "You know, they serve healthy food at Henry's now. Vienna recently introduced all these Swedish things."

Noah looked at Luke before laughing at the silly look on the boys face.

"I'm sure she did, but this is our first date and we are not going to spend it crammed into a booth in a diner when we could be sitting at a real table with chairs in a romantic restaurant."

"Oh so we're going for romantic are we mr. Mayer?" Luke asked, loving the reaction he got from Noah when he used the petname.

"Yes we are, no problems with that I hope?"

Luke smiled at Noah before shaking his head.

"No, no problems at all."

To Be Continued...