Every Kind of Way

[2]-[Luke]

"There she is, prettiest girlfriend in the whole world."Luke says when he sees Noa standing by the elevators.

"Pretty sure I'm your only girlfriend."she tells him, wrapping her arms around his waist and looking up at him."Unless you're seeing someone else?"

"Nope. I got burnt that way already so I'm a one woman man only."

"Good."she says, linking her fingers with his and pressing the button on the elevator.

"I'm thinking a movie, maybe, some food after."

"I like the sound of that."Noa says, standing on her toes to give him a kiss.

As they get onto the elevator, Noa looks up at her boyfriend, seeing him a little bit down.

"How are doing?"she asks, putting her arms around him and looking up at him."I know you're feeling a little bit out of it with Manny at college."

"Its just that everyone's all moving forward and I just feel stuck in my life."

"It won't always be like this."

"I know. I'm happy at the club, making some money and I have you."

"Exactly. You'll get there, not everyone has the same story."

"I love you."he tells her, leaning down and giving her a kiss.

"I love you more."

"Yeah right."

Luke and his father were walking around in the grocery store, getting the things on Claire's list for the Pritchett-Delgado-Tucker family dinner. Luke had been in his own world, wondering how he would break it to his family that he had a serious girlfriend-who he knew they would hound when he introduced her to them.

After seeing how abrasive his mother was to his previous girlfriends, and towards Haley's boyfriends, he thought of approaching his father about it.

"Hey Dad."

"Yeah buddy."

"I'm about to tell you something and I don't want you to freak out about it."he says, turning to face Phil.

Phil stops the cart and looks at his son. His heart pounding as a million thoughts run through his head as his normally happy-go-lucky child wears a very serious expression.

"I've been seeing a girl. For about six months now and I was wondering if you and Mom would be open to meeting her before the rest of the family."

"What? You never let us meet the girls you see."

Luke sighs as he turns and looks at the flowers. This was going to be hard since he didn't want to hide Noa but he also wanted to keep her to himself for a little bit longer.

"I know but I think this could be the real thing..and ikindametherparentsalready."

"What was that?"

"I met hers so its only fair that she meets you and Mom."

Phil nods and continues on with the shopping. He was a bit on the fence about this. The girls Luke had been seeing didn't really stand a chance against Claire's harsh judging. They all tended to be on the dumb side and so for the sake of his son, he had to ask Claire to try and reel it in with this one.