The Long and Winding Road 5/?
Title: The Long and Winding Road
Pairing: Luke and Lily ( but not in a creepy way) Luke and Reid
Summary: This is a story about the courtship of Reid and Luke
Rating G
Disclaimer: These are not my characters. All mistakes are mine.
A/N This chapter takes place simultaneously with the last one.
Luke watched hopelessly as Reid practically ran out of his house. He wanted to go after him but really he felt it was better to just let Reid leave. The look on Reid’s face told Luke that Reid was humiliated and angry. Luke couldn’t even fault him for feeling that way. He just hoped that Reid would forgive him. He sighed to himself and then turned and glared at his mother.
“What on earth possessed you to interrupt us? Couldn’t you tell that we wanted to be alone?” Luke asked. “Don’t you want me to be happy?”
“Of course I want you to be happy sweetie, but do you really think that you could be happy with Reid Oliver? He’s just so rude and arrogant. “Lily replied.
“Mom, I care about Reid and I know that he cares about me too. Do you know how refreshing it is to be with someone who always says what they feel?” Luke asked.
“What about Noah, Luke? You know that he loves you. I always thought that you two could have a love that lasts for a lifetime. You don’t want to squander that kind of love Luke.” Lily answered.
“Mom, I loved Noah and yes I know that he loved me, but I am no longer in love with him and I don’t think that he is in love with me either. I will probably always love him but that relationship stopped being healthy for me a long time ago. I always felt like I was begging Noah for attention. That relationship made me feel insecure whereas Reid makes me feel confident. I really like who I am when I ‘m with Reid, he makes me feel valued in a way that I haven’t felt in a long time. So please respect my choice and don’t try to ‘rescue’ me from myself.” Luke stated.
“Doesn’t it bother you that he is so rude and arrogant? Don’t you think that his arrogance might actually hurt your self confidence?” Lily asked with concern in her voice.
Luke smiled to himself. “I can understand why you would think that his bluntness might hurt my confidence, but it actually has the opposite effect because I always know where I stand with him. The flip side of that is when he compliments me I know that he means it. Reid just does not have the politically correct editing button in his brain. So I know that when he says that he likes me he means it.”
Lily nodded thoughtfully to herself. “Honey that actually kind of makes sense. If he makes you happy then I am happy for you. I’m sorry that I interrupted you two. If you want me to apologize to Reid I will.” God Reid Oliver is awful. Why would Luke choose to be with him? Ugh. Hopefully this is just a phase that he will get over and then hopefully Noah will take him back and things will return to normal. In the meantime I suppose I will have to play nice with the horrid Dr. Oliver. She shuddered inwardly at the thought. On the bright side, he is nice to look at, and he has a great ass. She smiled warmly at Luke at that thought.
“No, no I don’t think that will be necessary,” Luke answered hurriedly, by the look on Reid’s face, Luke new that the other man just wanted to forget the whole bloody fiasco. “I just need you to accept him as my choice. I don’t know where this relationship is going with Reid; I just want the opportunity to find out. Do you think that you can give me that?” Luke asked hopefully “Mom, I know that you love Noah and I am not asking you to stop. I’m glad that everybody cares about Noah, but please don’t sing his praises in front of Reid.”
“I understand honey, I do love Noah, but I will respect your feelings for Reid.” Lily replied I can do this, I can support Luke, as I’m sure this wont last. “Now I think it’s time that we both went to bed. Good night Luke”
“Night, Mom” Luke replied
Luke went upstairs to bed. He was worried about Reid. ‘What if Reid decided that Luke was just not worth the effort? God he quit his job for me! Who does that? Well I am not going to give him up that easily, I will just have to convince him to give me another chance. I hope that I can pull this off. I’m probably not really worth it,’ Luke thought sadly.
Just then, Luke’s cell phone buzzed indicating that he had a new text message. Luke flipped open his phone. He smiled to himself when he saw that the text was from Reid.
Are you ok? R
I’m ok, how about you ? L
Yeah, Sorry that I ran out like that. R
No problem, Sorry that my mom was an idiot and that she had such bad timing. L
Yeah? R ‘Is it wrong to hate your boyfriend’s mother,’ he wondered. He decided he would have to ask Katie about that. He sighed heavily to himself.
Yeah. L
Maybe we can get together tomorrow for lunch? R.
Reid knew that lunch might seem kind of lame, but he desperately wanted to see Luke again and he didn’t think that he could wait until dinner. Hopefully, he would be able to see Luke for dinner too.
Luke smiled as relief flooded throughout his body. Reid still wanted to be with him.
Luke quickly texted Reid back after all he didn’t want Reid to change his mind about lunch.
I would love to have lunch with you tomorrow. Let me know where and when. L
How about Al’s at 1? R
See you then. Goodnight L
Goodnight R
Luke went to sleep with a smile on his face, thinking about seeing Reid the next day with Reid.
Reid made a mental note to thank Katie, he knew that she would be unbearably smug when he told her about his successful texting, but he had to admit that the prospect of lunch with Luke the next day made it all worthwhile. He just wouldn’t let this fact be known to Katie or he would have to move!