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| Title: There's a new world coming Chapter: 1 Rating: G Summary: I was inspired by the movie “Beautiful Thing” to let my story be accompanied by the wonderful music by Mama Cass. This is my version on how Luke and Noah met and for once, I’ve tried to not turn it into a sad story, lol! Characters: Luke, Noah, Casey, Maddie, Lily, Winston Genre: Romance Warnings: Disclaimer: This site is no way associated with "As the World Turns", CBS, P&G, or Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann. This is not for profit. No copyright infringement is intended. Authors submit and write their own work. |
Chapter 1 – There’s a new world coming
Luke was walking down the corridor, his hands full of books that he had borrowed from the school library. He loved reading, this time he had picked out, among many others, Out of Africa by Karen Blixen and Old man and the sea by Hemingway. Reading was a way of escaping reality for Luke, seeing he had enough troubles in the real world to last him a lifetime. At least that was what it felt like. It hadn’t yet been three months since he had told his parents that he was gay. Like most parents they had been chocked at first but they had been quick at reassure him of how much they loved him. Luke guessed he had kind of cool parents after all. He knew others that couldn’t handle it as well as they had. Luke had told some of his friends as well, Will and Gwen, Casey and Maddie, they had all been very ok with it. But it was one thing telling them and a whole other thing telling the rest of the world, especially Kevin. Kevin was one of Luke’s friends but he was all about being the big macho guy and that made Luke a bit afraid to tell him. And if there were one person like Kevin, there would be more. Where do you start? How do you start? Just let people figure it out for themselves or start a little buzz just to get it all out there and over with? He though about it every day, it was starting to eat him up from inside and the books was his only escape.
The corridor was full of kids hurrying to class. The bell had already rung for the third time. Luke was balancing books and almost running at the same time, not a good combination, because as soon as he rounded a corner he bumped in to something or someone and the books went flying.
“Great, now you are going to get me late for class!” Luke started to gather his books in frustration without even looking at the person he had just bumped in to.
“Well, I’m sorry, but you should really watch were you’re going” the stranger let out a small laugh; he didn’t think it was anything getting upset about.
Luke didn’t say anything back except let out a little grump. The stranger bent down and started to help him. “Wow you read a lot of books don’t you?” He picked up Out of Africa. “I like this movie! But then again, Robert Redford is always great”
“What?” Luke finally looked up at the stranger and he was met by the most beautiful blue eyes he had ever seen. The stranger had dark hair, a strong torso it seemed and a great smile. Luke almost gasped at the sight and he had a hard time looking another way.
The stranger handed him the book he was holding in his hand. “Out of Africa, it’s a great film”, he said and smiled.
“Yeah…” Luke could feel his anger melt away when he looked at this man…boy he meant. He wasn’t sure. He had a boyish look over him but at the same time there was something really manly about him. Luke shook his thoughts and finally took the book the stranger had been holding for seconds that felt like minutes. He gave him a little smile.
The stranger reached out his hand. “I’m Noah by the way”
Luke took the hand in his. “Luke”
“Well, nice to meet you Luke”
They stood up from the floor, the corridor empty from people that had long ago reached their classes. Luke didn’t know what to do, should he just go, or stay? Something inside of him felt compelled to stay almost like his feet were frozen to the ground.
“I haven’t seen you around before” Luke knew he had to say something to make this handsome boy stay.
“I just transferred, so I just started. I’m actually trying to find my way to class” He showed Luke the paper he had in his hand.
“Oh that’s the room next to the one were I’m going”
“Maybe we should get there then, we are already late as it is”
“Sure” Luke knew he had to get to class, but he couldn’t help but to feel disappointed that he wasn’t able to talk to this stranger any longer. Noah he meant, his name was Noah.
Luke showed Noah to his classroom and before parting he asked.
“So I guess I will see you around?”
“You can count on it!” Noah said with a broad smile before disappearing in to his classroom.
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Luke got out of class one hour later. His feet felt lighter than ever before, he hadn’t been able to stop thinking of Noah. It was the strangest feeling; he’d had feelings similar to it before, but not anything near this strong. Maddie and Casey looked at their friend; it’d been awhile since they saw him like this.
“Everything alright Luke?” Maddie asked, knowing something was going on.
“No, I’m fine. Just fine” Luke responded without any more explanation.
“Well, you seem a bit….well not yourself” Casey pitched in.
“Oh, so what, I’m not brooding enough for you guys today? Is that it?” Luke loved teasing with his friends.
Maddie put her arm around Luke’s shoulders. “Not to worry my friend, I love seeing you like this” She suddenly stopped. “Hey, who’s that guy?”
There he was, Noah, leaning against the wall with one leg raised he gave away almost a James Dean-ish aura. He looked so relaxed and comfortable, nothing that Luke could’ve pulled of if it had been his first day at a new school.
“That is Noah. He’s new.” Luke couldn’t turn his eyes away from him.
“How do you know?” Casey asked.
“I kind of bumped in to him before and lost all my books, that’s why I was late”
“Well, he’s cute” Maddie continued. Casey gave her a harsh look and playfully bumped in to her.
“He is” Luke agreed, still keeping his eyes on Noah.
Both Casey and Maddie turned their heads, Luke had never been that opened with them before. Luke noticed his friends staring at him.
“What?! I’m aloud to express opinion” He laughed.
“Yes you are my friend, yes you are. We are just not used to hearing it. Good for you Luke” Maddie gave him a hug. “So I’ll see you tomorrow” She pointed her finger toward Noah. “And try not to think about that one too much”
Luke laughed “Don’t worry about me”
“Can we just go now, this is getting too much for me!” Casey pitched in. Aldo he had never turned his back on Luke it was still a lot for him to adjust to.
“Just go, don’t think about me that has do be here for detention”
“Well that’s what you get from being late!” Casey shouted back at him.
“Very funny Casey!”
Luke turned and looked at Noah again. It seemed like he was standing outside the door were detention would be held. Luke built up the nerve to walk over to him.
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“So..” Luke began. “You got detention as well huh?”
“Yeah, I wasn’t that late! This had never happened at my old school”
“Really?”
“Yeah, I think this is the strictest one I’ve been to so far. And believe me, I’ve been to a lot of schools.”
“Really?” Why did he have to say “really” all the time Luke thought to himself. “How come?”
“Well I’m an Army brat so I’ve moved around more times than I can count to.”
“Wow, I would love to move around, I’ve lived here my whole life, and that can get really boring sometimes”
“Trust me, it’s not worth it. Never knowing how long you’ll stay. Afraid to make new friends because you know you will move soon anyway” Noah said with a bit of a stung in his voice.
Luke shrugged his shoulders; he didn’t really know what to say.
“Well hey, look at it this way; at least you’ve seen a lot.”
“That’s true I guess”
Noah’s comfort way had all of a sudden changed. He twitched his body and wasn’t really sure were to look. Luke noticed the change and could feel himself do the same thing. The teacher opened the door saving them from further silence.
“Alright detention people! Get your buts in here!”
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Luke came home from school one and a half hour later. He met his mom in the kitchen and had the biggest smile on his face that he couldn’t seem to wipe of. He threw his bag on the floor all while humming on some song.
“What are you so happy about? I thought you got detention today?”
“Uhm….nothing” He didn’t really feel like spilling the beans on what he had been up to, especially to his mother. He and Noah had managed to break the silence between them and they had been close to getting another detention just because they talked so much. The teacher had had to hush them more than once.
“I think I’m just going to head upstairs”
“Ok, it’s dinner in an hour though”
“Just yell ok!” Luke ran up the stairs to his room.
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He was laying on bed listening to his I-pod, closed of from all other noises in the house. All he could think about was him, the boy he had met today; he never thought something like that could ever happen again. His heart jumped a bit when he thought about his wonderful smile and beautiful lips. He pulled up the cap of his red hoodie, closed his eyes and let his mind wander. He wished they would talk again tomorrow; it’s been a long time since he had felt as happy as he did in this moment.
“NOAH!”
Noah opened his eyes and removed the headphones when he saw his father entering his room. He quickly sat up on his bed.
“Can’t you hear me? I’ve been shouting from downstairs for 5 minutes”
“I’m sorry, sir”
“Dinner is ready. What are you laying around daydreaming about?” he said in a harsh voice.
Noah stood up but didn’t answer. He’s father hated when people did pointless things, especially something like daydreaming and he would certainly hate these dreams.
“Why aren’t you answering me boy?”
Noah filled his chest with air and stared his father in the eyes. “With all do respect sir, you once told me you didn’t care to know about the things that I’m right now daydreaming about”
Noah hold his breath in waiting for his fathers response.
“Fine” His father’s eyes darkened, he turned round and walked out. Noah could here him from the corridor. “Dinner is still ready!”
Noah finally let the air out in pure relief. One battle won, but he still had several to go. Tomorrow he thought…tomorrow…
To be continued...
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For once, I've tried to not make it a sad one!!
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| ATWTFan1992 | Very good | 1 | Apr 27 2008, 12:38 PM EDT by Lotsip | |
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Liked it very much, Lots!! Very different from your previous stories, but I liked this one as well. Loved it.
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