Fic: 525,600 Minutes (15/?)
Title: 525, 600 minutes
Author: nickershnick25
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don’t own either Luke or Reid or any other ATWT characters
Characters: Luke and Reid, with appearances by others (Katie, Chris, Noah, Casey, etc.)
Summary: This picks up after my HISHE fic (which will be re-titled as the prologue) where Reid asks Luke to marry him. Hearing Luke talk about all the things that he and Reid never got to with Noah just made me want to write… The title comes from the RENT song Seasons of Love as this will be about the year following Reid’s proposal culminating with a wedding at the end. I figured that even though Reid asked it still wasn’t familiar enough to him yet and that a good year long engagement would give him time to really want it.
Previous Chapters: Prologue l 1 l 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l 8 l 9 l 10 l 11 l 12 l 13 l 14
Luke and Reid’s mouths dropped and their eyes went wide. This was even more disturbing for Luke since Faith was his sister. Looking again he saw Faith and Parker on her bed in a full blown make out session that looked suspiciously like foreplay. Neither of them was wearing their shirts and their hands were all over each other. Luke couldn’t stand it any longer. He pushed the door open the rest of the way fast and hard so that it slammed against the wall. Faith and Parker jumped both pulling up the blanket to cover their bare flesh. Luke didn’t say anything at first all he could hear was Faith muttering oh my god oh my god oh my god.
“Luke! What the hell?!?!? Don’t you know how to knock!?!?” Luke’s eyes grew wider in surprise that she was the one who was upset with him. It was supposed to be the other way around.
“Are you seriously the one who’s mad?” Luke was yelling and he felt a hand grasp his arm.
“Luke…” Luke looked to where the voice was coming from. His saw the deep blue of Reid’s eyes. He calmed.
“I’m sorry that I overreacted. It’s just that you’re my sister and it’s a little weird seeing…well you know.”
“Well next time knock and then you won’t have to see you know…” Reid grabbed Luke’s hand and started to pull him away from the door.
“Come on Luke.” Luke thought that there might have been something starting between Faith and Parker when he had seen them together at Jack and Carly’s wedding but he thought that Parker was smarter than this. Parker hadn’t always made the best decisions but he had grown up a lot recently and he was hoping that at least one of them could keep a level head about all of this.
“Keep the door open.” Luke said back at them before he and Reid went back downstairs.
Luke and Reid went back downstairs just as Emma was placing the turkey on the table. Reid smiled. Just in time he thought. “Oh good! Can you boys round everyone up?” They agreed and went into the living room to tell everyone it was time to eat. His mother and Carly were coloring with Sage, Ethan and Natalie while John and Lucinda sat talking quietly about something. His aunt Meg was busy cooing and fawning over Eliza.
“Dinner is ready.” Everyone got up excitedly and headed to the table. Emma had called in Holden and Jack from outside and they were coming in now. They were all about to sit down when someone finally noticed that they were missing someone.
“Where are Parker and Faith?” Carly asked. Luke and Reid looked at each other but didn’t say anything. Just then Parker and Faith came downstairs. Everyone turned to look at them. Faith was smoothing down her shirt and blushed when she realized that they were all watching. “Where have you two been?” Parker and Faith looked at each other trying to come up with something to say. Lily, Holden, Jack and Carly were all standing now waiting for a response. Luke almost felt bad for them.
“Is one of you going to say something?” Holden asked. Faith looked scared. Parker all of sudden had a look of resolve come over him and reached down wrapping his fingers around Faith’s. The four parents looked at this gesture and then at each other.
“Is there something going on between the two of you?” Lily had a hint of concern in her voice. They nodded in unison. The four parents all started talking at once. You could barely make out what any of them were saying. Oh my god…I can’t believe this…alone…upstairs…doing god knows what…They turned their attention back to Parker and Faith.
“Will of you just stop! What’s the big deal? We’re together so what?” The mass of mumbles and grumbles started all over again. Luke looked over at Reid and saw this look of excitement and anticipation on his face and knew that he was enjoying this real life soap opera right in front of his eyes. Jack stepped away from the others.
“Ok. We should just all calm down for a second. It’s just a bit of a shock to all of us. But that doesn’t change the fact that the two of you do not need to be alone together in your room.”
“I am not a kid anymore dad.” It was Parker’s turn to get upset.
“I understand that son but you are still young and more importantly so is Faith. We would just all appreciate if you take this slow.” Faith and Parker looked at each other and then back at their parents and nodded.
“Great well now that everything’s settled can we eat?” Luke kicked Reid under the table. “Ow!” The rest of the dinner went pretty well considering how it started. Everyone talked about recent events in Oakdale and reminisced about past holidays at the farm. After everyone was done with dinner people scattered again. The kids went into the living room to return to their coloring and the adults were doing different things. Luke was in the kitchen helping his grandma clean up. He turned around to ask Reid to help him with something but he was gone.
Reid and Lily were upstairs going through Luke’s room. Lily pulled a box out of the closet and set it on the bed. She opened it. “Here. I found some. I know there is more in his room at my house. I will drop everything by the hospital once I’ve found the rest of it.”
“Thanks Ms. Walsh.”
“Oh Reid. You are going to be marrying my son I think it’s about time you call me Lily.”
“Ok. Thanks Lily. “
“No need to thank me. I think it’s a wonderful thing that you are doing for Luke.” Lily and Reid went back downstairs to find Luke and Emma setting out the dessert on the table.
“Ooh! Pie!” Reid walked over to the table grabbed a plate and started piling each of the different kinds of pie onto it. Emma and Lily laughed and then looked over at Luke.
“Where does it all go?” Emma asked.
“Don’t look at me. I’ve asked myself the same question and have yet to figure it out.” Luke smiled along with them watching his fiancé stuff his face. The kids were making their way back into the kitchen to get dessert as well. Reid gave them a slight glare at the thought of sharing the pie with them.
A couple of hours later Luke and Reid were back in the car and heading back to Reid’s place. “So where did you disappear to after dinner?”
“Oh you know. Just getting a Lily Walsh lecture.”
“Lecture about what?”
“The usual. If I hurt her son…blah blah blah.” Reid smiled at Luke hoping he was buying this.
“She didn’t!” Luke looked upset at the thought of his mother giving Reid a lecture. “I’m not a child anymore. I don’t know why she feels the need to keep butting into my life. “ Reid squeezed Luke’s hand.
“She’s your mother Luke. Give her break. She loves you.” Luke looked over at Reid surprised at how accepting Reid was being. If Reid could let it go then he could as well he thought. When they got back to Reid’s place it was empty. Katie must have decided to stay at Chris’s. They looked at each other grinning like a couple of kids and quickly made their way to the bedroom.
Author: nickershnick25
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don’t own either Luke or Reid or any other ATWT characters
Characters: Luke and Reid, with appearances by others (Katie, Chris, Noah, Casey, etc.)
Summary: This picks up after my HISHE fic (which will be re-titled as the prologue) where Reid asks Luke to marry him. Hearing Luke talk about all the things that he and Reid never got to with Noah just made me want to write… The title comes from the RENT song Seasons of Love as this will be about the year following Reid’s proposal culminating with a wedding at the end. I figured that even though Reid asked it still wasn’t familiar enough to him yet and that a good year long engagement would give him time to really want it.
Previous Chapters: Prologue l 1 l 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l 8 l 9 l 10 l 11 l 12 l 13 l 14
Luke and Reid’s mouths dropped and their eyes went wide. This was even more disturbing for Luke since Faith was his sister. Looking again he saw Faith and Parker on her bed in a full blown make out session that looked suspiciously like foreplay. Neither of them was wearing their shirts and their hands were all over each other. Luke couldn’t stand it any longer. He pushed the door open the rest of the way fast and hard so that it slammed against the wall. Faith and Parker jumped both pulling up the blanket to cover their bare flesh. Luke didn’t say anything at first all he could hear was Faith muttering oh my god oh my god oh my god.
“Luke! What the hell?!?!? Don’t you know how to knock!?!?” Luke’s eyes grew wider in surprise that she was the one who was upset with him. It was supposed to be the other way around.
“Are you seriously the one who’s mad?” Luke was yelling and he felt a hand grasp his arm.
“Luke…” Luke looked to where the voice was coming from. His saw the deep blue of Reid’s eyes. He calmed.
“I’m sorry that I overreacted. It’s just that you’re my sister and it’s a little weird seeing…well you know.”
“Well next time knock and then you won’t have to see you know…” Reid grabbed Luke’s hand and started to pull him away from the door.
“Come on Luke.” Luke thought that there might have been something starting between Faith and Parker when he had seen them together at Jack and Carly’s wedding but he thought that Parker was smarter than this. Parker hadn’t always made the best decisions but he had grown up a lot recently and he was hoping that at least one of them could keep a level head about all of this.
“Keep the door open.” Luke said back at them before he and Reid went back downstairs.
Luke and Reid went back downstairs just as Emma was placing the turkey on the table. Reid smiled. Just in time he thought. “Oh good! Can you boys round everyone up?” They agreed and went into the living room to tell everyone it was time to eat. His mother and Carly were coloring with Sage, Ethan and Natalie while John and Lucinda sat talking quietly about something. His aunt Meg was busy cooing and fawning over Eliza.
“Dinner is ready.” Everyone got up excitedly and headed to the table. Emma had called in Holden and Jack from outside and they were coming in now. They were all about to sit down when someone finally noticed that they were missing someone.
“Where are Parker and Faith?” Carly asked. Luke and Reid looked at each other but didn’t say anything. Just then Parker and Faith came downstairs. Everyone turned to look at them. Faith was smoothing down her shirt and blushed when she realized that they were all watching. “Where have you two been?” Parker and Faith looked at each other trying to come up with something to say. Lily, Holden, Jack and Carly were all standing now waiting for a response. Luke almost felt bad for them.
“Is one of you going to say something?” Holden asked. Faith looked scared. Parker all of sudden had a look of resolve come over him and reached down wrapping his fingers around Faith’s. The four parents looked at this gesture and then at each other.
“Is there something going on between the two of you?” Lily had a hint of concern in her voice. They nodded in unison. The four parents all started talking at once. You could barely make out what any of them were saying. Oh my god…I can’t believe this…alone…upstairs…doing god knows what…They turned their attention back to Parker and Faith.
“Will of you just stop! What’s the big deal? We’re together so what?” The mass of mumbles and grumbles started all over again. Luke looked over at Reid and saw this look of excitement and anticipation on his face and knew that he was enjoying this real life soap opera right in front of his eyes. Jack stepped away from the others.
“Ok. We should just all calm down for a second. It’s just a bit of a shock to all of us. But that doesn’t change the fact that the two of you do not need to be alone together in your room.”
“I am not a kid anymore dad.” It was Parker’s turn to get upset.
“I understand that son but you are still young and more importantly so is Faith. We would just all appreciate if you take this slow.” Faith and Parker looked at each other and then back at their parents and nodded.
“Great well now that everything’s settled can we eat?” Luke kicked Reid under the table. “Ow!” The rest of the dinner went pretty well considering how it started. Everyone talked about recent events in Oakdale and reminisced about past holidays at the farm. After everyone was done with dinner people scattered again. The kids went into the living room to return to their coloring and the adults were doing different things. Luke was in the kitchen helping his grandma clean up. He turned around to ask Reid to help him with something but he was gone.
Reid and Lily were upstairs going through Luke’s room. Lily pulled a box out of the closet and set it on the bed. She opened it. “Here. I found some. I know there is more in his room at my house. I will drop everything by the hospital once I’ve found the rest of it.”
“Thanks Ms. Walsh.”
“Oh Reid. You are going to be marrying my son I think it’s about time you call me Lily.”
“Ok. Thanks Lily. “
“No need to thank me. I think it’s a wonderful thing that you are doing for Luke.” Lily and Reid went back downstairs to find Luke and Emma setting out the dessert on the table.
“Ooh! Pie!” Reid walked over to the table grabbed a plate and started piling each of the different kinds of pie onto it. Emma and Lily laughed and then looked over at Luke.
“Where does it all go?” Emma asked.
“Don’t look at me. I’ve asked myself the same question and have yet to figure it out.” Luke smiled along with them watching his fiancé stuff his face. The kids were making their way back into the kitchen to get dessert as well. Reid gave them a slight glare at the thought of sharing the pie with them.
A couple of hours later Luke and Reid were back in the car and heading back to Reid’s place. “So where did you disappear to after dinner?”
“Oh you know. Just getting a Lily Walsh lecture.”
“Lecture about what?”
“The usual. If I hurt her son…blah blah blah.” Reid smiled at Luke hoping he was buying this.
“She didn’t!” Luke looked upset at the thought of his mother giving Reid a lecture. “I’m not a child anymore. I don’t know why she feels the need to keep butting into my life. “ Reid squeezed Luke’s hand.
“She’s your mother Luke. Give her break. She loves you.” Luke looked over at Reid surprised at how accepting Reid was being. If Reid could let it go then he could as well he thought. When they got back to Reid’s place it was empty. Katie must have decided to stay at Chris’s. They looked at each other grinning like a couple of kids and quickly made their way to the bedroom.