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"The Luke and Kevin Story" part 12


All My Shadows

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Nearly a month later, but here all the same. Here is part 12. Look for 13 sometime later this week!

AS THE WORLD TURNS

"The Luke and Kevin Story" part 12

5:32PM. Thursday, June 15, 2006.

That's what the clock read as Luke started the engine, his lover in the passenger's seat. He had never noticed the signifance of anything so insignificant before. Clocks told you more than what time of day it was. They gave you an outlook on your entire life.

For instance, just a year earlier, his mother was involved with Keith. Holden and Lily were divorced, and Lucinda just discovered that she had breast cancer. If Luke remembered correctly, Casey Hughes was still dating that annoying twit Celia Ortega. Meg had just returned to town and Allison Stewart left Oakdale to be with Luke's adoptive half-brother Aaron.

And, now, just two hours earlier, Luke Snyder lost his virginity. To Kevin Davis. And he still didn't know how to react. It was strange to him, that something like this happened at a time like this. Here, Kevin's father just died in a fire, and not even five or six hours later, Kevin and Luke made love on the back seat of Luke's car in the middle of woods, right next to the Snyder farm. It was beyond ironic.

"You wanna come in or something?" Kevin asked when Luke pulled up in the parking lot of Nora's Melrose Place-esque apartment complex.

"Uh..," Luke said, not really sure if he should or shouldn't.

"Come on," Kevin said, reaching over to tug at his shirt. "Nora's cool about everything."

"Okay," Luke said.

As they walked across the parking lot to Nora's door, Luke couldn't help but notice a familiar car. It couldn't be, he thought. It just couldn't be. But when they knocked on the door and he saw his cousin Jack Snyder, he knew it very well was.

"Jack," he said, a little surprised.

"Hey, Luke! I was just about to go out to your place," Jack said with a cheerful attitude. He looked at Kevin and made his voice more serious. "Hey, Nora told me what happened to your dad. I'm sorry things happened the way they did."

"Thank you," Kevin quietly said fast enough to make sure no "I want no pity!" speeches flew out instead.

Jack left just as they arrived, leaving Kevin to do the introductions between Nora and Luke. "This is my cousin, Nora Larpenter. And this is Luke Snyder," he hesitated, "my boyfriend."

Nora, who was admiring Jack through the front window as he left, turned to face Luke. "How do you know Jack?" she asked.

"He's my cousin," Luke said graciously.

"Oh, of course," Nora commented. "I shoulda known, good looks must run through the Snyder family tree. Unless there's something in the water at the Snyder pond!"

Luke laughed. First time he smiled all day. "Thanks," he said.

"So you're the kid who's got my cousin up all night," she continued, in a way only she could. "You're Luke. It's nice to finally put a face to the name. Would you like something to drink? Yeah you kids look thirsty. How about some sodas? Or maybe you want something to eat? My best friend's husband's sister's daughter sold me these awesome Girl Scout cookies. They're delish. Yeah, I'll get you guys some soda and cookies."

"I'm not that hungry," Luke said, but it was too late. When Nora thought out loud, she always went ahead with what she thought about. Whether he wanted to or not, Luke was about to get some high quality soda and delish Girl Scout cookies.

Left alone in the living room with Kevin, Luke couldn't help but smile. "You know, I think I like her. I can't wait until Jack's ex-wife meets her, but I like her a lot."

"Yeah, Nora has that effect on people," Kevin replied, not really paying attention as he sat down on the couch.

Luke sensed that something was wrong and sat down next to him. "Hey, what's the matter?"

Kevin looked at him. "Do you regret what we just did?"

Luke didn't know how to talk about it. He had never had sex before, so, naturally, he had never talked about it with someone that he actually had it with afterwards. "No," he simply put it. "Not at all."

Kevin smiled. "Good. Neither do I. I love you, Snyder," he said. He was somehow showing a vulnerable side. "Don't leave me, okay?"

"Not a chance," Luke said. "I'd never leave you."

~~~~~~~~~

"I can't believe this," Lily exclaimed when she came through the front door of her home. "Luke!" she called.

Holden came down the stairs and wondered what all of the fuss was about. "Hey, honey, what's wrong?"

"This whole damn thing with Luke and Kevin, and I'm going to put an end to it!" she exclaimed. "Luke!" she called up the stairs again.

Holden was a little out of the loop. "Okay. Luke's not here, and the two of us need to have a talk."

Holden lead her into the living room and they sat down on the sofa. "Now, what exactly has you all riled up?"

Lily took a deep breath. "I don't even know where to begin. Our son thinks he's in love with a felon!"

Holden passively nodded. "You mean Kevin."

"Uh...yea, I do!" Lily snapped, in a condescending tone. "That kid is no good, and now he's stringing Luke along."

Holden, with his arm around her on the sofa, looked away. He couldn't look her in the eye, because she'd know that he knew about Luke and Kevin. He was hoping she'd just forget about it, and he himself thought hard of things to change the subject to.

Lily wasn't that blind, however. She knew what Holden's silence meant. He had always had a passiveness about him, but it was easy to tell when he felt a little guilty about something. "You knew all about it, didn't you?" she asked. She hoisted herself up and paced. "Of course you did, but you did not tell me. Just like you didn't tell me that Luke was gay in the first place!"

"To be perfectly accurate, Lily, I didn't know that Luke was gay at any time before you did!" Holden said, raising his voice just a little bit. He stayed seated on the couch, but sat alert, wanting to get his point across, but not wanting to anger Lily any further.

"No, but you had your suspicions and you failed to tell me about them."

"What was I supposed to do? If told you what I was thinking, you would have went right to Luke, and where would that put me? He'd make me out to be some kind of spy!"

Lily took a deep breath as they both went silent. "We can't let this happen. Kevin as Luke's friend was tolerable, but in a relationship with this kid? Are you for real? Are we even sure that Kevin isn't pretending to be interested in Luke just to set him up for some kind of a heinous hate crime!?"

"Lily, you know Kevin wouldn't do that! You know that! Kevin and Luke have been friends for years. We know his parents for goodness sake."

"We didn't know that he drank, did we? Holden, he could have had Luke killed!" she exclaimed, her voice softening just a bit. "I caved and let him be Luke's friend, but I can't let it go past that. What if Kevin is ready to do something that Luke isn't ready to do?"

Holden got up and put his arms around his wife from behind. "Luke has a good head on his shoulders. He won't do anything that he doesn't want to do. And I don't think Kevin would make him do anything like that."

Lily let out a little laugh. "All of those sleepovers they had growing up."

Holden joined her laughter. "Yeah, who would have thunk it?"

~~~~~~~~~

"Where have you been?" Lily sternly asked as Luke came through the front door that night. She stood at the bottom of the stairs.

Oh, Lord, Luke thought. If it isn't time for "The Lily Walsh Snyder Comedy Hour." He didn't feel like talking about what happened, because if she knew, she'd probably lose her mind and plop her unborn child out right there in the living room. But then he remembered the last time he wanted to just brush her off. He couldn't let that happen again. "Out with some friends."

"Well, it's almost 9 o'clock. I wish you would have called and told us that you'd be out for a while."

Luke looked at her and didn't know how to answer. How did she want him to answer? Was she looking for an explanation of where he was at and what he was doing? Truth be told, he really didn't want to say anything about where he was at. After leaving Kevin at Nora's apartment, he went for a long, long drive through the country just to clear his mind. He lost track of time and it was only the darkness that convinced him to drive back home.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I just went for a drive."

"With Kevin," Lily said. "You went out with Kevin, didn't you?"

Luke's silence let her know that she was right. "Luke...how many times do I have to tell you that you have to stay away from him? He's showed you too many times already that he doesn't care about your health!"

"What? My health?! What are you talking about?! Do I have to remind you that Kevin was the one who called the paramedics when I had a frickin asthma attack!?"

"You know, I'm not a doctor and I have no proof, but I wouldn't be surprised if your whole asthma situation didn't arise from your whole kidney situation, which was made worse by Kevin's endless beer runs. What is it going to take for you to see the truth? He's no good!"

"Kevin would never hurt me! He'd never hurt me like you have! Kevin loves me!"

Lily let out a laugh. "Did he tell you that?! Did he honestly tell you that? Because if he did, I'm sure he said it with his eyes beady and his fingers crossed."

"Kevin doesn't lie," Luke firmly stated. Kevin may have done some other off-the-wall things, but he was not a liar. Even when he'd suggest that Luke lie to his parents so he could get out of the house, Kevin never lied.

"We'll see about that. Where's he staying at now? What's his cell number? We're going to call him up."

Lily started for the phone, but Luke quickly followed and stood in her way. "No! You're not going to call him right now! He's had a long day and he doesn't need this! He doesn't need to hear from you."

"Luke, if you know what's best for you, you'e going to stop seeing him, and I mean it. Are we supposed to believe that Kevin just upped and decided he was gay? There's got to be more to it!"

"I thought we decided that being gay isn't a decision. You reacted the exact same way when I told you that I was gay. It wasn't a choice. I didn't wake up one morning and decide it. It's something that's been burning inside of me for years and years and...and I finally couldn't take it anymore. And that's what happened to Kevin."

Lily stopped her fight for the phone. "Did he tell his father about the two of you?"

"No."

"Does anyone else know about him being gay?"

"His cousin knows. That's who he's staying with."

Lily paced to the other side of the room. From where he stood, Luke tried to talk calmly and maturely. "Mom, you have to understand why I can't stop seeing him. I need to be there for him. He needs me more than anything right now."

Lily turned and looked at him. "I'm going to bed. Turn the lights off when you're finished down here."

She went upstairs, leaving Luke alone in his misery. He did not know what to do and even if he did, he didn't have the strength to do it. He just wanted things to be different. Thinking back, he believed that living with a secret love for Kevin was better than this drama he was going through now. It was unbearable, just unbearable. He wouldn't wish this on his worst enemy.

He turned off the lights and went upstairs.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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well its about time lol :D

man another great segment to a great story. u never cease to amaze me with your writing. whenever i read it i get so into it lol

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