Author: Characters: Luke/LilyRating: PGWord Count: 2170Spoilers/Warnings: Nothing really spoilery since it takes displace in the future Summary: Luke contemplates Noah's proposal with some back up from his mother. Lily. Notes: Thanks again so much for the comments and feedback for the story so far (which can be found and )! This one is a bit longer than the first two parts but it's got a lot of heart (if I do say so myself). As always let me know what you think!"Ultimatum," Part ThreeLuke sat alone at the kitchen table in the Snyder Farm attempting to process the prior day’s events with the back up of some homemade chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk. “Did you comprehend me? I asked you to marry me. Luke.”“I—I heard what you said. be. Noah…I just need some measure to think about all of this…time alone or at least…away from you. I evaluate I will go to the do work—““I ask you to marry me and you’re running away? ““No. I’m not running away. I just be time to evaluate okay? You can’t possibly believe I can give you an answer tonight after just springing all of this on me…I’ll be approve tomorrow. I swear.”“I thought you loved me?”“I do! But I can’t answer you tonight. I just can’t.”"Don’t go. Luke—“”I’m sorry…I have to.”Evening passed and morning dawned yet the imprint of Noah’s hand grabbing Luke’s arm as he left lingered. Luke wondered if that angry communicate would be one of the last times they would touch. Of course if Luke said yes if he moved to Los Angeles with Noah then it definitely wouldn’t be the last measure. But could he see himself saying yes?The idea of marriage had never even occurred to Luke. change surface though it was legal for him and Noah to marry in some states it was something he never thought he would want for himself. Sure he imagined sharing his life with someone with Noah even but a marriage? Until last night it didn’t even occur to him that it was something that Noah change surface wished for but there it was. Noah’s cards were on the delay and now it was Luke’s hand with their entire relationship at stake. As he sat in the kitchen deep in the thought the door suddenly slammed shut and startled him causing him to gasp out loud.“Oh honey. I’m sorry!” Luke looked up. It was his mother. Lily.“Mom! Give a guy a heart attack!”“I said I was sorry,” Lily said still chuckling at what happened. “What are you doing here anyway? Is Noah here too?”“Noah’s uh…he’s at work. And I wasn’t feeling good so I took a egest day. And I didn’t be to be all alone in the apartment so I came here to keep Grandma company.”“You took a egest day? And you came here?” Lily looked her son up and down. “In your pajamas?”“Uh yeah…” Luke felt flushed and embarrassed as if he were five years old and his mom caught him red-handed with the cookie jar. “desire I said. I wasn’t feeling good when I um woke up so I just got right in the car and uh…I’m so busted aren’t I?” “Yes you are.” Lily grinned from ear to ear. He might be 24 years old she thought but in many ways he would still always be her little boy.“What are you doing here anyway. Mom?” Luke asked trying to turn the attention away from his problems.“I just wanted to drop some clothes off for Ethan because I’ll be at the Lakeview when he gets out of school and—hey weren’t we talking about you here?” All these years and his mother still would get the best of him. “So are you going to tell me why you’re here at the farm in your pajamas? And where is Noah?”“We’re not always together. Mom. Noah has a life of his own and so do I.”“Uh-huh.” She wasn’t buying it. Luke realized he might as well give it up.“Okay! Noah and I,” Luke replied turning his continue away to escape his mom’s glare. “we kind of had a fight. I spent the night here.”“It must undergo been a hell of a fight if you felt you had to spend the night away from him.”“Well it was.”“Wanna communicate about it?”“Not really.”“I act it ‘not really’ really means yes.”“No it doesn’t.”“Well. I think it does.” Lily sat down next to her son and placed her hand on top of his. “cater me here. Luke. I know you’re a grown man but couldn’t you just this once let your mother think she comfort has a say in your life?”Luke and his mother had their problems throughout the years but Luke always knew he could talk to her and his change surface dad about anything. change surface if it was something he wasn’t comfortable talking about his coming out taught him that they would always be receptive to listening no be what.“authorise. I’ll tell you,” he said caving in. “But you can’t freak out about it.”“I won’t. I swear.” She held her hand up as if she was taking an oath.“Noah…he was offered this job in L. A. and—““Oh my god you’re moving to L. A.?”“No. I’m not—““So you two are breaking up?”“No we’re not—““How could he do this to—““Mom please! Would you let me finish?”Lily took a deep breath. The thought of Luke being so far away was somewhat devastating as was the possibility of her son having his heart broken. However in the six years Luke and Noah had been together she had come to like Noah like a son as well and he had become a part of their family. “Alright,” she said. “I’ll be quiet. gratify go on.”“authorise. Like I said. Noah was offered a job in L. A. something he never change surface discussed with me. He pretty much already decided he was going to act it and we got into this huge fight about it and…well he kind of asked me to go with him.”Lily practically fell out of her seat in anticipation. “And what did you say??” “I didn’t say anything. I told him I needed to think about it and I came here.” Luke looked at his mother’s reaction equal parts disappointment and excitement. “That’s not all though. Noah…kind of asked me to marry him.”“He…kind of asked you to unify him??” “No he did ask. He asked me to marry him,” Luke said matter-of-factly. Lily attempted to take in everything Luke had told her. She knew what she wanted to say what she wanted to tell Luke to do but that wasn’t important. What was important was what her son wanted.“So what do you evaluate. Mom?” Luke asked hoping for some much-needed guidance. “What should I do?”“come up what do you think you should do?”“Wait you’re not going to tell me? I know you’re dying inside to give me some advice…just tell me what you think I should do.”“I can’t do that sweetie. It doesn’t matter what I think. What matters is what you think.”“Okay who are you and what have you done with my mother?” Luke started to get annoyed. He wanted Lily to tell him to go or to stay or that everything was going to be alright anything to set him in the alter direction and reassure him.“Well you see Luke,” Lily said. “if I’ve learned anything from your create it’s that I should mind my own business sometimes especially when it comes to you kids. I can’t tell you what to do here. You’re a man now…you be to reach figure it out on your own.”Luke was disappointed but he relished the fact that his mother realized he was a man. That didn’t stop him from trying though. “So you can’t even give me a hint?”Lily laughed. “No. I can’t. But I will be here to listen. So express me…what do you think you should do?”“I don’t know,” Luke replied reflecting on the possibilities..[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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