A few weeks later, Noah was in the hospital waiting to get released after another treatment when Ali walked into his room with a worried look on his face.

"What's wrong?" asked Noah.

"Well, I do not know how to tell you this but Dr. Oliver just died."

"What? How?"

"Chris is sick. His heart was damaged and Dr. Oliver went to pick up a new heart for him when he was hit by a train."

"How's Luke?"

"He's not handling it too well."

Ali's pager went off. "Shit, I need to go," she rushed out of the room.

After Ali told Noah about Reid dying, Noah got up out of bed to sneak down to the emergency room to see how Luke was doing. He was feeling quite woozy since he just completed the latest round of chemotherapy.

Once he got down to the emergency room, he went looking for Luke. When he found Luke, he came up from behind him and put his hand on his shoulder, scaring Luke.

"What the hell are you doing here? Did you come to gloat?" Luke said with venom in his voice.

"No, Luke, I came down to see how you are doing?" Noah voice was filled with hurt.

"How I'm doing? How do you think I'm doing? My boyfriend just died." Luke was visibly upset.

"I'm so sorry, Luke. Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not with you," yelled Luke.

"Why not?" Noah yelled back.

"Haven't I suffered enough today?"

"You are a real piece of work. I have leukemia and I could be dying but I came down here to see if you needed me." Noah yelled back. He was starting to feel dizzy. "You're one selfish son of a bitch, do you know that?"

Luke stood there in shock at what Noah just said.

The yelling got Bob's attention and he scurried down the hall to see what the problem is.

"Noah, what are you doing down here? Where's your mask?" Bob yelled in frustration. "The emergency room is the last place you should be in while at the hospital."

"I had to see Luke. I had to see if he was okay." Noah yelled back with all the strength left in him. But the fighting spirit in Noah started to abandon him as the dizziness set in and he could no longer hold his balance.

"I knew it. Noah, this could kill you."

Bob tried to reach out and steady Noah but he fell before his arms could reach him. Luke caught Noah as he heard Noah's last words before he blacked out. "I had to see if Luke was okay."

"Nurse, nurse." Bob yelled. "Someone get a nurse here now!"

Casey, who was nearby, ran off to get a nurse.

Luke was feeling guilty for yelling at Noah. Noah only wanted to know if he was okay but all he could do is yell at him. There was no malice in his heart. "Noah?" Luke yelled in fear, "Wake up, Noah."

"Lay him down on the floor. I'm not getting a pulse." Bob yelled out. As soon as Luke put Noah on the floor, Bob started CPR.

Two nurses came running down with a gurney, put Noah on it as they continued CPR and rushed him into the room that Reid died in.

"Oh God, not that room," Luke yelled out in a panic.

Katie came running to find out what the commotion was all about. "What's wrong?" she asked Luke.

"It's Noah, his heart stopped and he's in the room that Reid died in." Luke was barely able to catch his breath as he stuttered through his words.

"Oh God, Luke." Katie embraced Luke and said a silent prayer for Noah.

"What am I going to do if I lose both of them today?"

"What's wrong?" Kim asked as she got to Luke and Katie.

"Noah heard about Reid and he came down to see if I needed anything and all I did was yell at him," cried Luke. "All he wanted was to make sure I was okay. He risked his health for that." They watched through the window as the team of doctors tried to resuscitate Noah.

-P-

Noah looked at everyone working on his body from across the room. For the first time in his life he didn't have any fear. He was totally at peace. He felt Luke nearby. He turned, saw him at the window, walked through the door and stopped behind him.

Noah felt a hand on his shoulder. When he turned around he saw it was Reid.

"You have to go back, Noah. You need to be with Luke," Reid said urgently.

"What's happening?"

"You are between life and death."

"What about you?"

"That damn Chris got my heart. Well, it's not totally his fault. I went to get the heart for him but a train hit me. A freakin' train, can you believe it. That's what I get for being nice."

"He doesn't want me anymore."

"Yes, he does. He didn't mean it when he yelled at you and he didn't mean it when he said that you weren't meant to be together. Put your hand on his shoulder."

Noah reached out and laid his hand on Luke's shoulder. He could feel Luke stiffen. "He can feel me."

"Yes, he can. What is he feeling?"

"Loss and fear. He lost you and he's afraid of losing me. He's praying to God to save me. I feel love...He loves me." Noah's voice was full of surprise.

"Yes, he does love you."

"But he told me he didn't..."

"He was lying to you, Noah, because he's scared of being hurt."

Noah heard a woman's voice speak out. "It's not your time, Noah."

"Mom!" This was the first time he remembered knowingly being near her.

A figure of a woman appeared next to Noah. "You need to go back to be with Luke. You have so much you need to accomplish before you come into the light, my son." Charlene reached out and put her hand on his heart. "I will always be with you here." Her other hand rested softly on Luke's shoulder.

"This is touching but would you shut up and go back!" Reid was starting to get annoyed at all the family emotions taken place before his eyes.

"You're annoying, even in death." Noah laughed as Reid rolled his eyes and burst out in laughter.

"I was never meant to be with Luke. My destiny was to help Chris but your destiny is to be with Luke. You're meant to live a long life with him. Ethan will cure you. Now go back." Reid tried to convince Noah.

"Thanks, Reid, for everything."

Knowing that Noah would be going back, Charlene said "Kiss my grandchildren for me."

Noah was surprised by what his mother said to him but before he could say anything, he felt his spirit returning to his body as he heard one last thing from Reid.

"Tell Luke I love him." Reid smiled at Noah. Knowing that he fulfilled his purpose, he turned and walked into the light.

-P-

Luke stiffened up. He could feel something touch his shoulder but nobody was touching him. "I can feel Noah."

"What?" asked Katie.

"I can feel Noah's hand on my shoulder. I can feel peace and love." Luke spoke through his tears. "Please, God, don't take Noah from me. I need him. I love him. Please send him back to me." Luke could feel another hand on his other shoulder. "Someone else is here, a woman, I think." Luke could feel both presences disappear and started to panic. "He's gone. I can't feel him anymore."

He looked up and saw that Bob had stopped performing CPR and was taking Noah's vitals.

"Look at the heart monitor," Katie said with excitement.

"He's alive," yelled Luke.

Katie and Kim just looked at Luke in shock and then at Noah.

-P-

After a few minutes later, Bob came walking out the door to talk to Luke.

"We got his heart started but all this has weakened him even more," Bob had said. "We may need to watch him carefully over the next forty eight hours to see if he's caught anything while being down here. If he did, he's in big trouble."

"Nurse, please have Dr. Barnes brought in for Noah immediately and please have my secretary call in some doctors to cover this shift." The nurse ran off with Bob's orders.

"This can't be happening." Luke started muttering to himself. The stress of the day was taking a toll on him. He had just lost Reid, almost lost Noah and no one to blame but himself at his overreaction to Noah's kindness. All the thoughts and emotions became one big blur to Luke and before anyone could say a word, he collapsed on the emergency room floor.

"Jesus Christ." yelled Bob. "Nurse!"

They lifted Luke onto a gurney and wheeled him into another ER room. Bob thought that he must have just fainted from stress but ran some tests on his kidney, just to be safe and put Luke on an intravenous drip. He decided to keep him overnight for observations and had Katie call Lily and Holden.