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Luke and Reid lay together in Luke's bed for half an hour. Reid was so happy just to be able to hold Luke. The blonde one had finally seemed to relax and Reid thought that he might fall asleep. Just then Luke rolled over and started kissing Reid. Reid felt like his head might explode. Does it get any better than this?

Just as suddenly as Luke had started kissing Reid he stopped. "Did I do something wrong, Luke" asked Reid.

"No, I love kissing you but I think that we need to go downstairs and get some food before you pass out or someone comes looking for us." Luke replied with one of his beautiful smiles that made Reid go weak in the knees.

"OK, hey Luke, I was thinking that maybe you could go down and just bring up a plate for me so that we could hang out alone. What do you think?" asked Reid.

"No way are you hiding up here. I want you to meet my family. So suck it up buttercup you are going to have to mingle." Luke smiled at the look on Reid's face. Reid looked so miserable and so cute at the same time.

"The food had better be really good Snyder, or else…" Reid said warningly.

Luke just smiled at Reid. "Don't worry we can go for a walk if the company gets too much for you. I'll look after you." Luke said warmly.

"You better." Reid replied, but he was happy that Luke wanted him to meet Luke's family. That had to mean that Luke cared about him.

As the boys came downstairs Lily called out "oh there you are Luke. I was about to come upstairs and look for you."

Luke smirked at Reid knowingly.

"Uh Dr. Oliver, I didn't know you were coming. Where's Noah? Did you see him Luke? I want to make sure that he gets something to eat." Lily said.

"Noah left, Mom" Luke sighed. He could feel Reid tensing up beside him.

"Noah left?" Lily said incredulously. Then she turned to Reid and said "What did you say to Noah? Did you make him feel uncomfortable? Noah is part of this family and I won't have you make him feel unwelcome." Lily glared at Reid.

Luke grabbed Reid's hand to make him feel better and glared at his mother. "Mom, this isn't Reid's fault. Noah and I have broken up! Why can't anyone remember that? Noah pushed me away. I don't want to be with him anymore. Come on Reid let's go get some food."

"That sounds great to me!" Reid beamed at Luke. He was sure that the blonde was more upset about Lily's words that he was. He was thrilled to hear Luke say that he didn't want to be with Noah anymore.

The boys gathered their food and then went outside to eat. Luke didn't want to be around his family right then especially his mother.

"I'm sorry that my mother was so rude to you Reid." Luke began. "She really is a great person once you get to know her.

"Don't worry about it Luke. I'm fine, really. I know that this break-up with Noah is hard on you and it obviously is a big change for your whole family. I am not the easiest guy to like, I know that but I will make an effort to get along with your mom and the rest of your family." Reid smiled at Luke.

"Thanks Reid" Luke said and then leaned over to kiss him.

In the house Lily was watching the boys and saw Luke kiss Reid. "Oh my god, Luke is kissing that horrible Dr. Oliver! How is he ever going to get Noah back if he keeps kissing Reid? Holden, Holden you have to do something!" Lily said agitatedly.

"What do you want me to do Lily? Go out there and make them stop kissing? Luke says that he doesn't want to be with Noah anymore and I think that we need to respect that." Holden replied.

"What are you talking about? Noah and Luke are great together. They have true love; I want them to be together forever! What's wrong with you that you don't want Luke to be happy?" ranted Lily.

"Lily, listen to yourself. This is not about you, this is about Luke. Please don't make him feel guilty about his break-up with Noah, or his new relationship with Reid. Reid seems to care about Luke. Did you see the way that he looked at Luke when Luke told you that he didn't want to be with Noah anymore? Luke seems to be more confident with Reid than he ever was with Noah and I think that that is a good thing for Luke." Holden said trying to calm Lily down.

"But Dr. Oliver is so rude and cold. Even Luke admits that. I don't want Luke to be with someone so snarky. Noah was always so nice and polite. I really love Noah." Lily whined.

"Lily this is not about you!" Holden said he was really getting exasperated with her. "He hasn't said that he's marrying Reid, so don't panic and do try to be supportive." Holden encouraged.

"Oh alright, but I can't promise not to root for Noah." Lily added, somewhat defeated.

The boys had finished eating, but Luke still didn't feel like being around his family. "Do you want to go for a walk with me?" he asked Reid.

"Sure, that would be great." Reid replied.

"Let's put our dishes in the kitchen and then head out." Luke suggested.

"That sounds good to me." Reid answered. He couldn't believe how lucky he had been to avoid all that dreadful small talk that usually occurs at dinner parties. He knew that Luke was upset about his mother's outburst so he tried not to let on how relieved he was just to spend time with Luke. Reid also knew that Lily probably had no idea that she had done him a big favour.

When the boys had put their plates away they went back into the living room to say their goodbyes.

Reid thanked Lily for dinner and she managed to be civil back to him.

Holden stepped up and shook Reid's hand and thanked him for coming. "I'm really glad that you were able to come tonight Dr. Oliver. I hope that we get to see you again soon" he said warmly.

"Thanks Mr. Snyder" he said, unexpectedly touched by Holden's kindness "and you can call me Reid."

"Thanks Reid and you can call me Holden."

Luke was smiling again, happy that at least his dad was welcoming to Reid.

"Come on Reid lets get going. Good night mom. Goodnight Dad I'll see you soon." Luke said and the boys were off.