Reid opened his eyes and blinked a few times. His head hurt, Reid groaned softly closing his eyes again. Rolling his head to the side. Reid's hand, that was laying next to his head, began unconsciously playing with whatever he was laying on.

Reid felt extremely out of it. It felt like someone knocked him out or something! Reid opened his eyes again his vision appeared to clear up. He watched his hand absentmindedly play with the blades of grass that bended under his fingers.

Grass?

Reid's eyes opened a little wider when he realized this. His brows furrowed and he immediately sat up. He blinked incredulously, he had no idea where he was.

It didn't really look familiar...there were a whole bunch of tree's and grass. And the thing that caught Reid's eye was the large pond. Reid leaned back propping his body up using his elbows. He tipped his head back looking up; to be met with a blue sky.

"What the hell is going on?" he asked himself out loud.

"Well there you are Dr. Oliver ," a voice said from behind him. Reid looked over his shoulder and was surprised at who was standing there.

"Luke?" he asked even more confused now. "What are you doing here...and for that matter, where is here?" he asked looking back at the scenery. He heard the young blonde chuckle though as he walked over so that he was in Reid's view.

"Where else would I be?" he asked smiling. "Don't you remember..I wanted you to come here with me." Luke stated with his arms crossed over his chest. Reid still looked lost. Luke rolled his eyes smile still in place, "We're at Snyder Pond!"

"...We are?" Reid asked unsurely. "Well yeah where else would we be?" Luke asked plopping down next to Reid on the grass. Reid looked over at him watching Luke draw his knee's up so he could wrap his arms loosely around them.

Reid rubbed his head though with a still heavily confused expression. "This just doesn't make sense...I mean...I can't remember anything." he said silently. "I don't even know how I got here...god and it feels like someone bashed me over the head." he groaned.

"You don't remember anything?" Luke questioned tilting his head to the side. Reid shook his head. "No...but it feels like there's..something that I should remember," he remarked with a distant but concentrated voice.

Reid looked at Luke again, "This doesn't make sense..I know it doesn't..I mean I don't know how I got here or anything."

"Well that's because you didn't really come here." Luke said with an innocent shrug. Reid turned his gaze back to him. "Say what?" he prompted.

"Well...you are unconscious Reid." he stated. Reid furrowed his brows, "What?"

"You're unconscious." Luke repeated. "I mean it's kind of a given since you are in surgery right now," he said. "I'm what now?" Reid asked again. "I said you're in surgery right now." Luke replied.

"I am?"

Luke nodded at his older lover, "Yup." Reid looked at the boy curiously wondering if Luke was playing a trick on him or something. "Well if that's true then how am I here, and how are you here?" he interrogated.

Luke looked out at the pond and shrugged in response, "I dunno, this isn't even real anyways. This is just a anesthesia induced hallucination you're having."

"..It is?" Reid asked almost tempted to not hear the answer. Luke nodded again looking at the red head. "Yup, come on Reid, you're a brain surgeon, shouldn't you know when people are sedated during surgery's they still have brain activity?" Luke said in a matter of fact tone.

Reid frowned, even if this Luke wasn't technically the real Luke, he sure acted like him.

"Of course I know that, it's the same as dreaming. I've just never had anything like that happen to me." he defended leaning back a little more. Shifting more of his weight onto his right side.

Luke smiled brightly at him, "Yeah, but this time you did."

"Oh and why is that?" Reid asked deciding to humor the blonde. "Because you were worried about me." he replied. Reid sat up and looked at him.

"What?" he asked. Luke only chuckled at the boy's response. "Well before you passed out, you were trying to stay awake for me. 'Cause you promised me you wouldn't leave me." he explained.

His features becoming much softer as he said this. Reid found it odd that this Luke, even if he was not the real Luke, sure made Reid feel a lot like how Luke made him feel. Luke's warm brown eyes looked back at the surgeon.

His voice was gentle and was filled with affection, "You promised me. So he made yourself stay awake. But when you did pass out, your brain made this up I guess." he noted spreading his arms out motioning to the scenery around them.

Luke chuckled dropping his arms and wrapped them around his legs again.

"Well..and me of course."

Luke released his legs and stretched his arms over his head before laying down on the grass. "I guess it was because you were thinking of me. It's because you want to keep your promise to me Reid."

Reid gave him an odd look though, "I don't see how that has to do with all of this." he argued. Luke shook his head a little before looking back at the surgeon's light blue eyes.

"Well Reid...you know as well as I do that there's a good chance that you may not make it through the surgery."

Reid frowned a little. His memories were coming back to him a little, he wasn't really afraid of that fact. He was confident that he would make it through the surgery, he had faith in the doctors at the hospital..kind of.. and as much as he hated to admit it he had faith that Doogie could do his surgery right.

But, Reid did know that with every surgery there was always a chance that the person may not wake up. It was a risk that came with every surgery no matter how minor it was.

Reid nodded towards the younger boy.

"That's what I was so scared of...you weren't though. You promised you'd be alright. Even though you didn't have a doubt about the surgery...your brain came up with this thing to keep you here I guess."

"I'm not following." Reid replied. "What I mean is..if you're dreaming this..it means you're still okay. It means you're still going and that you're still fighting and trying." Luke replied sitting up and staring back at Reid. Who had discovered that Luke was now very close to him. Luke looked at him as he absentmindedly licked his lips.

"You're fighting Reid. Right now you're fighting." Luke said softly his eyes filled with love and adoration and support. Luke tentatively lifted his hand up touching the side of Reid's face. Reid felt like he couldn't move...and if he could move he didn't want to.

"You're fighting for me. You're fighting to stay alive, and to get through this surgery. You're thinking of this to...keep you going I guess."

Reid could feel Luke's breath ghosting over his mouth now, "..So..what happens if I stop dreaming then?" he asked. His eyes drawn to Luke's lips and found the deep yearning to kiss him.

Luke leaned a little closer to Reid, his hand having left his face and was now curled around the front of his shirt pulling him just a little closer at a time.

"...Then you didn't keep your promise," Luke said softly. "..And it means.." he breathed out.

"...You need to fight harder," he whispered leaning forward to kiss the doctor. Reid allowed his eyes to slip closed. Instinctively threading his fingers through Luke's hair tugging him closer.

He didn't care if this was real or not anymore, all that mattered was that he was kissing Luke. He didn't care if it wasn't real, it still felt good to him.

Reid felt Luke's hand cling tighter to the fabric of his shirt while the other slid up to the side of Reid's neck pulling him closer. Reid pressed his lips eagerly against the younger boys again as his other hand slid down to rest at the boys hip.

Reid felt his blood rush hearing Luke moan like that. He wanted to hear more. Reid swiped his tongue over the blonde's lips asking for entrance that Luke eagerly granted. Allowing Reid to slip his tongue into his mouth making Luke groan into the kiss.

Reid leaned back as the need for air became imminent. He was greeted with the soft panting of his partner, he felt his blood go hot when he heard Luke sigh out, "Reid."

Reid opened his eyes;however, even though he may have wanted to continue the little make out session that had ensued. His other hand slowly left Luke's hair to take it's place on his other hip. He found his eyes locked onto Luke's face until he finally opened his eyes and lifted his gaze to meet Reid's.

The stare lasted what felt like ages in Reid's mind. And considering this was in his mind, it probably could've felt like ages, while in actuality it had only gone on a couple seconds.

Reid let out a soft sigh suddenly and rested his head against Luke's. Closing his eyes for a moment. He could hear a soft breath leave Luke's lips feeling the boy lean into the touch as well. As uncharacteristic as this action was for Reid to insinuate, it felt very right to him. After all if his brain had supposedly made this up to keep him going...he may as well indulge in it.

Reid allowed his eyes to open again finding that Luke's were still closed though. He couldn't resist that urge to lean forward just a little, so he could press a kiss to the boy's lips again. Luke responded slowly but almost immediately.

This kiss wasn't like the other one, it wasn't passionate and hungry. It was soft and gentle.

They kissed like this for awhile; Luke moved his arms up so he could wrap them around Reid's neck.

They finally leaned back from each other; resting their foreheads against each others once more.

"..I may not want to wake up," Reid said softly while opening his eyes a little. Luke smiled lightly and allowed his own eyes to open as well. They looked pleasantly contented and calm..almost like he was tired.

"..You know you don't mean that," he said gently. "You have to wake up...so you can be with the real Luke." he replied. And Reid knew it was true but said nothing. It didn't matter. Luke smiled fondly at the red head.

"..After all...I'm only a figment of your imagination." he remarked.

Reid smiled at that, he felt calm. He was relaxed and he just felt...content. That was until he heard something. Reid opened his eyes fully and picked up his head becoming fully alert.

"What was that?" he asked and heard it again. Luke looked at him and unwrapped his arms from his neck. "..It sounds like Chris." he replied. Reid's brows knitted in confusion at this he stood up suddenly and followed the sound.

"Reid," Luke said standing up and following him. Reid found himself standing at the very edge of the pond staring down into the water. Luke came up beside him and followed his gaze to the water.

There was an image there, Reid realized that it was himself laying on the operating table with a group of nurses and Chris surrounding him.

~"Crap! I'm losing him!"~

He heard Chris cry out. His eyes went wide when he heard this and heard the sound of the heart monitor spike. He heard voices of several nurses come through as well saying things about the bleeding, heart rate and what not.

~"Will someone get me some suction! Oh no come on Reid!"~

Reid's eyes grew rounder hearing Chris's voice again. He immediately looked over to Luke his eyes filled with panic.

"Luke what the hell is going on!" he asked. Luke frowned, "Reid, you need to fight harder," he said pleadingly. Reid stared at him. Luke's hands were folded, he held them up under his chin as if he was pleading and begging Reid.

Luke stared at him, "Reid you have to hold on," he said. Reid widened his eyes suddenly; feeling as if all the air in his lungs had just been knocked out of him. He gasped sharply when he felt the familiar sharp pain course through his side.

His hand curled around the area of pain as he fell to his knee's. In the background he could hear the heart monitor flat line. He stared at the ground, he felt faint suddenly. He could already see his vision darkening; black spots began to cloud his sight. He vaguely heard Luke talking to him.

He felt him, he felt him grabbing his shoulder and talking to him.

"Reid wake up wake up! Keeping fighting Reid! Keep fighting!" he said louder. Reid could feel that the air wouldn't come back into his lungs now. He began to feel fainter and dizzier.

Reid could feel his body slipping...like he was falling or something. Everything felt like it was shutting down. His body, his senses, his mind. The voices in the background were louder, he could still hear Chris yelling orders sounding frantic;trying to save Reid. He could hear the nurses rushing around trying to help Chris while saying things about his condition. And none of them were good...the things they said only got worse and worse.

And Chris seemed to get louder and more panicked. The only thing that didn't change was the long endless sound of the heart monitor flatlining.

Reid felt barely conscious anymore, he tried to fight. But...it felt like he wasn't in control anymore. His eyes went dark and his body went totally numb, no air would come into his lungs, his heart wouldn't beat. Even the voices around him seemed to become more distant almost echoing in his head now.

He could feel Luke still, he was shaking him, pleading and begging, sounding more and more panicked.

"Please Reid, you have to fight! You have to wake up!" he almost yelled at him. Reid was suddenly aware that Luke was crying. Reid wished he could stay awake and fight..he wished he could obey Luke's plea's...but his body wouldn't let him.

He was slipping...he was fading into oblivion. Reid knew he was falling completely every last sense drowning out and soon there would be nothing. There was no way he would be able to bring himself back at this point.

It was almost like Luke knew too, his grip tightening on Reid, his voice growing more frantic. His sobs were worse and he only yelled at him louder and more desperately.

"Reid! Please don't do this! Come on you have to get through this! Please!" Luke cried out. Reid felt himself leaving totally.

Luke's voice seemed to tune out too; leaving Reid with absolutely nothing. But just before Reid could slip into nothing Luke's voice seemed to come through again.

"YOU PROMISED!"

TBC

Oh my holy crap! I swear to god you guys I did not plan on writing this at all! I would have thought I would have written this chapter as I don't know some pointless whatever that took place in the hospital! But then I started listening to music and was trying to get the urge to write something and waiting for an idea. And I started listening to 'Used to be' by Beach house and then I thought back to during Noah's surgery. You know he dreamed about filming Luke in one of his films and then something shuts off or something! Well then I thought of this and i was like ...HOLY CRAP THAT WILL WORK! Lol i was surprised by this and I originally just wanted to have this be kind of something like Reid's little dream land thing like Noah's was and have it fade out. But then i thought of this and i was like...much better. Lol but despite what you guys think note THIS STORY IS STILL NOT A DEATH FIC! I know it really seems like i just killed him but just you wait! All will be explained in the next chap. By the reason for that he's not dead has a lot to do with the last thing Luke says. I'll let your minds wander lol! Well I'm quite happy with it i'm surprised I wrote this all in one day...that's odd for me to do. I almost never write a whole chap in one day. Well whatevs I hope you guys like and PLEASE REVIEW! Seriously my fics need a little love! I posted the last chapter and weeks later NO F-ing Review! Come on!..Don't you make me threaten to not write a chap till you review!...Cause i WILL go there. SO PLEASE REVIEW!