Summary: This story is set 5 years after Luke and Noah’s first kiss and the couple have left Uni and our now working at WOAK.
Originally Posted to lukeandnoahfans.com – May 4 2008
Disclaimer: This story 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.
It was almost 1 o’clock. Luke and Noah had both put on their suits, so that they showed they were serious about this, and they were headed to 13th Street in Noah’s truck. On the way the boys were silent in the truck, Noah held Luke’s hand while he was driving but apart from that there was no contact between the two of them during the whole journey.
Noah’s truck arrived on 13th street; it was five minutes to one. Noah pulled into the car park of the Social Services building and parked up. Once Noah had turned the engine off he turned to Luke and said, “You ready.” Luke simply nodded and they both climbed out of the truck. Noah pressed the buzzer and a woman’s voice was heard across the intercom, “Who is it?”
Noah promptly replied, “It’s Noah Mayer and Luke Snyder, we have an appointment.”
After a brief pause there was a loud buzz and the door released. Noah and Luke headed inside and were greeted by a short woman sitting at a desk. She had large round glasses and large, frizzy, blonde hair. She invited them to take a seat and told them “Ms. Rogers, will be with you shortly,” before she returned to typing on her computer. Luke and Noah weren’t waiting long in the small waiting room before a door opened and from inside appeared a tall woman wearing a distinctive black blazer and a matching knee length skirt. She saw Luke and Noah sitting and waiting and walked towards them. “Mr. Snyder, Mr. Mayer, I’m Sally Rogers, I spoke to you earlier today,” spoke the woman. Luke and Noah stood up and shook the woman’s hand and followed her into the office from which she had appeared from.
Ms. Rogers sat down behind her desk and Luke and Noah sat down opposite her, holding hands. “Now I’ve been looking at your application and,” before the woman could continue her cell phone began to ring, she looked down at it and said, “I’m sorry, I’ve got to take this, I won’t be long,” she answered her phone and headed out of the room.
Luke turned to face Noah and said, “God, Noah, she’s going to say we’ve been rejected, I just know it, why do they have to keep us waiting like this, why can’t they just put us out of our misery.” Luke was starting speaking so fast Noah could barely understand him. Noah placed both his hands on the sides of Luke’s face and looked him directly in the eyes while he spoke. “Luke, sweetie, calm down, you don’t know their going to reject us.”
Luke calmed his breathing back to a steady pace before the door opened and Ms. Rogers returned into the room and sat back down. “I’m sorry about that,” she spoke, “Now, where was I,” she paused to look at her files, “Oh yes, as I was saying, after looking over your files and the social workers reports,”
‘Oh, God’ Luke thought to himself.
“And I need to know if now would be an appropriate time,”
Luke and Noah looked at each other, “Appropriate time for what?” asked Noah.
“To take on a child,” finished Ms. Rogers.
Luke and Noah were shocked by what she had just said, that was the last thing they were expecting to hear, they were prepared for the worst, but not for this. Just then they both realized that they hadn’t answered in a couple of minutes. Luke then spoke up for the first time, “I’m sorry, we’re just so shocked by what you just said, it was the last thing we would have ever expected you to say.”
“So, are you ready then?” asked Ms. Rogers.
Luke turned to Noah and Noah simply nodded, Luke then turned to back to Ms. Rogers with a smile across his face and said, “Of course we are.”
“That’s excellent news, I’ve just got a few papers for you to sign and you can take him home this afternoon,” replied Ms. Rogers, she pulled out some sheets from her top draw and handed them and a pen to Luke and Noah. “I’ll leave you two here to sign the papers while I go and get Timmy ready for you,” Ms. Rogers left the room and Luke and Noah looked down at the papers she had placed in front of them. They were both in shock; they were getting a child, it was all happening so fast, they didn’t know what to expect when they were on their way and now they were getting what they both had wanted for so long, a family.