Some Nice Luke & Noah Scenes

I was lamenting another Nuke-less episode of As the World Turns this afternoon when the guys suddenly popped up twenty minutes into the hour.

They only had a few scenes, but they were very good ones. Noah showed up at Luke's house to find his boyfriend on the computer. Luke mentioned bookmarking the site he was on and Noah started fishing for info about the Valentines Day gift he thought Luke was ordering for him.

This was a really cute scene, with Noah making guesses about his gift and Luke shooting them down with a smile. It was really good to just see the boys together, happy, and just acting like any couple in love.

These were exactly the kind of scenes I was hoping we'd see for the guys during the time between their more dramatic stories!

Of course, there was a touch of drama when Luke revealed that what he'd bookmarked was a listing for a cute little one bedroom apartment that sounded perfect for the two of them and Noah immediately put the brakes on the idea of their living together.

Luke was hurt, of course, that Noah didn't want to live with him, and pointed out that they'd discussed what their own place would be like many times. Noah told Luke that he always thought that would be someday in the future, after he finishes school and they can afford a place. Living together isn't something you do on the spur of the moment, Noah felt. Luke complained that Noah always over thinks everything and wondered why they couldn't ever be spontaneous.

Their argument was interrupted by Holden, who was feeling guilty about saying the wrong thing and hurting his sister. After Holden left to go make things right with Meg, Luke realized that if his dad was strong enough to admit when he was wrong, he could as well, and apologized to Noah for getting upset.

Luke said he just got really excited when he saw the listing for the apartment and didn't really think it through. He told Noah that if paying the rent was an issue, his parents could always help them out, but Noah responded that when they got their own place, he wanted it to be truly theirs, to split the rent 50/50.

Luke was happy to hear Noah say 'when' they got their own place, rather than 'if', and Noah promised that it would happen. The two then shared another of their once forbidden kisses and all was well again.

These were nice scenes and I liked that they showed the boys in a normal argument that any couple could have, with them making up afterwards and putting it behind them. The scenes also spoke to their characters, too, since Luke does tend to be impulsive and emotional and Noah tends to be cautious almost to a fault.

I did think it was kind of silly, though, that Noah wouldn't want to get a place with Luke now. He's right that they shouldn't be spontaneous about this issue, but that doesn't mean that it can't be carefully thought out and happen soon.

Plenty of college students live in crappy little apartments together, after all. They made it sound as if Luke & Noah had to get someplace really nice together for their first place, but I'm sure that with student loans, and Noah's job, and if Luke got a job (since he's doing nothing else with his time except playing matchmaker since being expelled), they could easily afford a cheap place right now without help from Luke's family.

The idea that they're fine with waiting until Noah finishes school (which should still be over two years away) doesn't really ring true somehow.

Still, these were nice scenes. From the preview they showed at the end of the show, the boys will be in the thick of some heavy drama again next week, so it may be awhile before we see them just enjoying life together again.