Liveblogging "As The World Turns" : Luke Finally Says Those Three Little Words - "Noah Is Back!"

Noah is about to say farewell to Luke, but first he runs afoul of Reid ... one last time.

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2:05PM EST: Casual Reid (who looks like he's wearing Hugh Hefner's pajamas) walks in to Java and sees Noah, who's still bitter about ... life, I guess. Reid offers to give him the contact number for a doctor in L.A. , and says "trust me, he has a great chemical peel/botox 2-for-1 deal." Noah poo-poohs it, but Reid tells him not to compromise his health just because he's ticked off at Reid for ... Noah interrupts and says "Just say it. Stealing my boyfriend?" Luke walks in and does his patented "bitch please" head wobble.

Chris is wobbling, and John Dixon insists he tell his family, but first they need to get to the hospital. You know, if Chris had just entered the hospital when this thing started, they might have been to take care of it sooner, and there'd be no need for anyone to go traipsing all over town for body organs. In other words, It's all his fault.

Katie is looking at the only pictures of Nancy that include the current cast , and she starts asking her for advice. Um, I doubt that "Ghost Nancy" will appear, Katie.

2:10PM EST: Margo appears and tells her that she knows why she's crying. Katie channels Chrissy Snow and "misunderstands," saying "you know about it?"

Chris is sweating profusely and lurching around the hospital corridors. What better time to accept a golf invitation?

Noah is on FULL BEYOTCH! And it's hilarious! He tells Luke that he and Reid are just balancing the books. "He's passing along a neurologist friend in L.A. and I'm passing along ... you" Ha! he slaps Reid on the arm (hard, in that "i'm pretending to be friendly, but I hate your guts" way) and walks out.

Luke immediately turns to Reid and asks "What did you say to him?" Reid says "nothing, I just gave him a contact number for L.A.. But I may have done it with my 'Reid" voice." Reid tells him that Noah is a big boy and shouldn't be coddled but Luke says Noah is leaving, and he doesn't want it to end this way, and he's going to go after him.

2:25PM EST: Luke tells Noah "i don't want you to leave like this ... angry ... bitter. I want to remember you as you were ... blind and pitiful." Noah tells him "I'm hurting like hell right now, and you're not hurting at all, which makes it even worse." Luke says "No, I'm hurting. Really, I am. Hurting. Me. Yes." Noah is dubious.

Noah says his dream was always to go to Hollywood and break into show-biz, but in his dream Luke was by his side. he doesn't know if he can do it on his own. Luke says "of course you can," but Noah insists "I don't want to., I'm still in love with you."

Bob and Kim tell Reid that Chris is playing golf. Reid resists the urge to tell them they they sired a complete idiot.

2:30PM EST: Noah gets all up in Luke's face and demands to know if he's in love with Reid. Luke says (and maybe finally realizes for the first time) "Yes, I'm in love with Reid." Noah FINALLY admits that the firecracker incident was not Luke's fault, and apologizes for blaming him.

Luke tells him that what happened after Noah went blind proves they're not meant for each other, but he wants Noah as a friend. Noah refuses, and walks away. I just realized how much I'm going to miss Van Hansis. He's a wonderful actor, and has created a character that, despite his faults, will be missed immensely.

Luke goes to see Katie, and the two of them have a wonderfully emotional scene that ends with Katie crying on Luke's shoulder.

2:45PM EST: Reid meets up with Chris and ""Leland" and requests a threesome. Don't look at me, that's actually what happened! He tells Chris that if he's going to go ahead and risk his life by playing, then Reid is going to play with to keep an eye on him. Leland asks Reid what his "handicap" is, and Reid says "we call it physically challenged now." Egads! Even I wouldn't stoop to that joke.

Okay, I probably would.

Leland isn't happy that Reid is a golf virgin, but Reid shocks them both when he hits the ball into the green.

Chris (who's really starting to piss me off) is becoming increasingly more sick, and Reid decides that drastic measures are needed to end the game. So he accuses Leland of cheating. In a moment that perfectly encapsulates why I love Reid, he protects Chris by coming off as a total jerkass in front of the man who holds his fate as COS. You're a noble bastard, Reid.

2:50PM EST: Luke agrees to accompany Katie to the hospital. Reid brings Chris in, and as he's brought to to the hospital bed, the family gathers around. Katie is worried that she won't be able to handle seeing Chris tell the family, and Reid says "if you don't think you can, then go home." Katie agrees and leaves, while Luke is dumbfounded that Reid would tell her that.

Luke tells him that he spent an hour convincing Katie she could handle it, but Reid goes into 'Reid Mode" and tells him he was wrong. He then says "I'm going for coffee," and walks off, with an angry Luke following him.

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