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When Love Found Me - pt 7 Luke
| Title: When Love Found Me Chapter: 7 - Luke Rating: G Summary: Luke's POV Part 4 Characters: Luke, Noah, Maddie,Tyler, Paul Genre: 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. Okay, so I think I can safely say that Noah wasn’t my biggest fan back then. I mean I couldn’t blame him. I really had treated Tyler like sh!t. I desevered it. The first few days I told myself that I couldn’t care less if Noah liked me or not. Like I told you before, I had promised myself to forget about Noah. So why should it bother me if he hated me or not? I avoided getting my coffee from Java after that. You could say that I was avoiding Noah. It was bad enough that I felt his evil glare every once in a while during creative writing class, so I really didn’t have to have that outside of our class room. Additionally, I had to be careful not to run into him at the foundation. Maddie had called me and asked me about my b!tch-attack towards Tyler. She told me that she had gotten to know Noah because he used to pick Tyler up every once in a while. Maybe you should know that Maddie worked at the reception of “World Wide”. Noah had told her about my outburst towards his boyfriend. I was SO embarrassed. I couldn’t tell her the lie I told Tyler, because chances were too high that she asked Paul about it. Paul and her were really tight. They still are. They have gotten even closer after a specific incident I will tell you about later. I bet you are wondering what I told Maddie then, huh? Did I tell her the truth? That I didn’t like Tyler with Noah? That I was jealous of him? That I envied him? That I didn’t like the fact that my own grandmother treated him like he was her grandson as well? Well, I didn’t tell her the whole truth. I think I said something like this. “Tyler just pushed my buttons. I didn’t like it that my own grandmother was all touchy feely and smiley smiley with him. I don’t like the fact that he got promoted after only two weeks after his internship. Grandmother didn’t even ask me about it. She just did what she wanted.” It wasn’t a lie. Not at all. That fact really bugged me. I mean I was still the owner of “World Wide”. I should have been consulted about staff matters. Maddie told me she understood, but that I should have talked to Lucinda about it and not let it out on our intern. And she said that I should have known better because I knew what it felt like when the boss let you feel that you were only an intern and nothing more. Of course Maddie was right. She’s always right. After my talk with Maddie I felt even more guilty than before. I decided that I somehow had to make it up to Tyler. Big question only was: How? I didn’t know the guy. I didn’t know what he liked to do for fun. Okay, I knew one thing he liked to do for fun and man, I can tell you I would have had fun at doing it, too. If you know what I mean. But back to topic. After a couple of days I finally had an idea how to make it up to Tyler and maybe even Noah. I thought it would be a brilliant idea if I paid for Noah’s flight and hotel in Los Angeles the next week. My grandmother and Tyler had a meeting at a foundation in LA about a week later. So I thought that maybe Noah would like to join Tyler and spend a couple of days with his boyfriend in sunny LA. I made all arrangements and told Tyler about it a day later. He was totally thrilled and thanked me for my gift so to speak. Tyler said that he was sure that his boyfriend would be thrilled to join him. I could see this spark in his eyes. I got a hint what Noah and my grandmother liked about him so much. I gave him my number in case there were problems with the flight or the change of the hotel room and that was it. He went back to work and I had a talk with my grandmother about contacting me the next time she wanted to promote someone. I felt really good about myself when I got to my dorm a few hours later. Paul was already waiting for me. He was really cheery that day and even the days before. His headaches left him alone most of the time now. He jumped into my arms and told me that he had aced his last test at some of his classes. Don’t ask me which one. He studied law. That’s pretty much all I was able to keep in my head. His subjects were pure mysteries to me. We made out for a while on my bed until my cell phone started ringing. Two kisses later I parted from Paul’s lips and grabbed my cell. I didn’t recognize the number, so I answered the call with my last name. I didn’t know what to expect because only my friends had my cell number. Anyways, the first thing I heard after picking up was breathing. And then I heard his voice. Noah’s voice. Being on the high that I was, I thought that he was calling me to thank me for the short trip to LA, but no-o. Noah sounded angry when he told me that I couldn’t buy him. That I should stick that trip up into my you-know-what. Our conversation went pretty much like this: Me: “I don’t want to buy you. I just felt really guilty for treating Tyler like that. He: “And you thought paying for a trip would do the trick, right? You thought that Tyler and I would forgive you. Me: Well, this afternoon it looked like Tyler forgave me. And why should I care if you forgive me or not? He: Tyler is a very forgiving person. But I am not. And yeah, why should you care if I forgive you or not? Maybe you don’t. Maybe you do. Who gives a sh!t? Me: Just so you know. My world doesn’t revolve around you and your boyfriend. Why are you making such a big deal out of this? Just shut up and go to LA with Tyler next week. And then I hung up. I had to end that conversation because I was THAT close to confess that I liked him. That I hated the thought of him hating me. The angry sound of his voice made me sad. My good mood was gone. Paul looked at me and asked me what that conversation was all about. I just told him that I had had a little trouble with an intern at “World Wide”. He didn’t have to know the whole story. The rest of the evening Paul tried to cheer me up. But somehow I couldn’t forget Noah’s hurtful words and that tone in his voice. “Who gives a sh!t?” Well, I did. I liked Noah even though I practically knew nothing about him. I didn’t even know if he was a nice person at all. The few words we had exchanged weren’t really friendly. But I still felt magically drawn to him. The following week I pushed thoughts about Noah and Tyler off of my mind. I was busy with studying for a test in creative writing. I didn’t go buy coffee at Java’s, I didn’t pay a visit to my foundation and I certainly didn’t think of my last conversation with Noah. Paul was the best boyfriend you could imagine. He brought me food while I was studying. He tried to help me as much as possible. Paul gave me a few back rubs because my back was killing me from sitting at my desk the whole day. He was really sweet. On the day before I had to take that test, Paul begged me to meet him. At Java of all places. He said that he had a surprise for me. I just HAD to come. I asked him if we really had to meet at Java’s. Paul begged and pleaded with me so I gave in. Once again. The first thing I did as I walked into Java was checking if Noah worked that day. He wasn’t behind the counter, but I knew that that had to say nothing. Maybe he was in the store room? Maybe he was upstairs getting it good from Tyler again. I shook my head slightly and walked over to the counter. To my luck it was Tyler who was taking my order. I didn’t know that he was working at Java, too. I think he noticed my surprised face because he said “Hello, Mr. Snyder. Yeah, I work here as well.” That’s when I realized that I hadn’t told Tyler to call me Luke yet. So that’s what I did. He smiled at me and shook my hand. And then he surprised me. He said that he was sorry that his boyfriend had called me because of that trip. I just had to know that Noah was very protective of the people he cared about. And Tyler told me that he had been able to convince Noah to join him and forget about the whole incident. So I wouldn’t have to avoid Java’s anymore. He raved a bit about the trip they had been to on couple of days before. I guess shock was written all over my face. I couldn’t believe that Noah and Tyler had noticed that I was avoiding coming to Java to get coffee. Tyler grinned at me and asked me what I wanted to order. After regaining my ability to talk I ordered the usual and waited. As I was waiting I saw Noah coming downstairs. He wasn’t wearing his work clothes, so I guessed that he wasn’t working that day. He walked over to Tyler and whispered something into his ear. Tyler only nodded and continued fixing my coffee. I saw Noah glancing at me briefly. His eyes weren’t full of anger or any emotion like that. He showed me a tiny smile and refocused on his boyfriend. I wondered what Tyler had said and done to make Noah change his mind. Then I heard a far too familiar sound. It was coming from behind me, from the right corner of the coffee house. I heard Paul calling my name. I could tell that he was in pain without even looking at him. I turned around and saw Paul holding his head. His face and eyes were full of pain. It was the first headache in at least two weeks. I ran over to where he was sitting and sat down right next to him. I didn’t know what else to do than to pull him into my arms and rock him. He let go of his head hiding his face in my shoulder. I massaged his head with my free hand while I was whispering soothing words into his right ear. I told him that he was going to be alright. That the pain would go away. That I was there for him. That I loved him. Unfortunately he hadn’t taken his pills with him, so we were waiting for the pain to go away by itself. I could tell that people were staring at us. Paul wasn’t really hiding his pain. You could hear sounds of pain coming out of his mouth. I could tell that it wasn’t the worst headache he had had up until then, but it was painful enough. About a couple of minutes later Noah approached our table. He had a glass of water in one hand and some pills in the other. “Here. Let him take these. They should help.” Noah said looking into my eyes. He put the glass onto our table while he gave me the pills into the hand I had been massaging Paul’s head with seconds before. “What are these?” I asked. I wanted to know what pills Noah had given me. I didn’t want Paul to take pills which might be wrong for him. “They are pills against strong headaches. Don’t worry. They are legit,” Noah said to me sounding sincere. I thanked him and showed him an appreciative smile. “You are welcome,” came out of his mouth before he looked at Paul briefly and then went back to Tyler who was taking care of a few customers behind the counter. I asked Paul to open his mouth. I put the pills into his mouth and held the glass of water at his lips. Paul swallowed the pills and drank about half of the glass. After that I went back to massaging his head and rocking him. I think about five minutes later the headache was pretty much gone. I let go of Paul’s head. I looked into his eyes and asked him if he was okay. He smiled a bit and thanked me for being there for him. He pecked my lips and touched my hair. Some when between Noah giving me the pills and Paul feeling better, Tyler had brought us our coffees I ordered minutes ago. Paul and I decided to drink our coffees before going back to his dorm. He apologized for being such a pain in the ass. I told him he could never be a pain in my ass. Paul smiled at me and said that he would give me that surprise he had been talking about on the phone at the dorm. It was nothing dirty in case you are wondering. Paul had gotten me the very first issue of my favorite comic. I am a nerd, I know . Oh, before I forget. A few moments before Paul and I left the coffee house I saw Noah watching us. And I mean not glancing at us briefly, I mean really watching us. |
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