Lucas is in Sami's apt sitting on the stool closest to the wall and he is leaning back against it. "Sami...Sonny is using Will. Will will be just another conquest for him...He"... suddenly the door to Sami's apartment opens and Will enters.
It has been 3 day since the fight with Sonny, and Will is not only sad but angry. Sad because he has lost Sonny, possibly for good, and angry because he let his father plant a seed of doubt in his head. Will walks into the apartment and approaches his mom and gives her a kiss on the cheek and says "hello" He realizes now that of his two parents that his Mom really is the one that loves him and want him to be happy. Sami kisses him back. Sami looks at Lucas partly with sadness because of Will's obvious slight to him and and she feels partly that Lucas deserves this treatment. Will walks over to the refrigerator and opens the door to retrieve a bottle of orange juice. Lucas speaks up " So are you going to ignore me? Pretend that I am not even here?" Will walks to a cupboard to get a glass to pour his juice into. As he is taking the glass from the shelf without looking at his dad he say " oh no I am not going to ignore you in fact I am going to talk to you and you're going to listen to me." Lucas is taken aback by Will's forceful words and manner of speak. Sami looks at Lucas pleading to let it go. Will pour his juice into his glass filling it about a quarter of the way. Then returns the bottle to the refrigerator. Sami's is looking nervous afraid that there will be a blowout coming.
Will walks to the counter and stands at the rounded end of the counter and leans down on his forearms. He takes a sip of his drink. "You know dad you have been chipping away at my relationship with Sonny ever since it started, hell even before it started with your comments when you saw Sonny and I messing around in the coffee house." "And that was before we were even dating". Lucas interjects that that is not tr..." Stop will you please stop" Will says with impatience "I am talking now...when I am done you can talk all you want but until then this is my time to talk" Lucas looks at Sami for some help. " Don't be looking at mom because she can't say anything that is going to keep me from talking."
"As I was saying, you have chipped away whenever an opportunity arises." As Will says this he taps the glass on the counter, "You find something critical to say about our relationship or Sonny at every turn." "I heard that you caught Sonny and I kissing in the coffee house on our first date". "You didn't even come in because you were disgusted". Will taps his glass on the counter again. "Then there was the time you found Sonny and I kissing in the town square and you asked when was I going to tell you that Sonny and I were an item, and I told you that we weren't really an item that we have only gone out on a few dates so I didn't want to talk about it just yet, Do you remember your response? Lucas squirms in his seat... "don't answer that I will tell you...you said "that makes two of us". Will taps his glass on the counter with slightly more force. "Another chip" says Will.
Will finishes his juice and begins to slide the glass back and forth across the counter from his right hand to his left hand almost like a hockey puck."Then there was the time when you didn't know I was around and you were talking to Adrianne about how you thought that Sonny and I were a mistake that Sonny and I were not good for each other". Lucas looks to Sami for some support but Sami can't take her eyes off of Will seeing the pain on his face as he relives each of these events. Will slides his glass on the counter again. "Another chip" say Will. "Then when you finished talking with Adrianne and got up to leave you discovered that I was there and heard everything". "The funny part about that was you said to me that that was not your finest hour as a parent." "Frankly dad I don't think you will have a finest hour" Sami speaks up..."Will this is your father""Yeah and isn't that a shame" Will replies but he never takes his eyes off he father."You tried to explain to me that you were doing it for me, that you were trying to protect me." "And I answered yeah from having a boyfriend". Will chuckles and say " and then you told me you still love me". You STILL love me? "You know I might even accept that...might...but you don't like me dad...or at the very least like who I am." "Do you remember Dad I told you that if you couldn't accept me for who I am then we have nothing more to talk about." Will slides his glass on the counter again. Lucas tries to say something and Will yells for him to stop talking that he was not finish. Lucas tries again but this time Sami steps in and tell Lucas to let Will finish. Will looks at his mom and thanks her. " And then dad... you make that grand albeit fake gesture of support for Sonny and my relationship." "You talked about how you wanted us to be happy and that you could see how much we cared for each other and that we should do what makes us happy". " Saying all the things you know I wanted hear...and me being the fool bought it all, all false words and sentiment". ...I even hugged you for your change of heart. "Another chip at us" as Will continues to slide the glass from his right hand to his left.
"Then you come to Sonny's apartment practically busting down the door yelling at the top of your lungs for all the neighbors to hear that you know I am in there and you want me to come to the door." "My God dad you sounded like a cheap movie cop" "You tell me the news you have and you treating me like a child, embarrassing me in front of Sonny and all the neighbors that had to be subjected to your outburst". "I do as you request and leave to visit Grandma Caroline". "Another chip at us" says Will and another slide of the glass back and forth. "After I leave you confront Sonny and question him about what we were doing, not that it is any of your business". "You are my son of course it is my business". Will let's that slide. "You accuse Sonny of using me and imply that he is a bad influence on me."
Sami is shocked by this revelation and it shows on her face as she looks at Lucas. "Lucas you never told me that " says Sami. "Oh he is exaggerating" Lucas says defensively. "Really dad... you didn't accuse Sonny of trying to come between us?" "Another chip at us" Will says as he slides the glass on the counter.
"Then I asked you to meet me in the park to discuss what you said to Sonny". Will is now getting angry but he is controlling it. as he slides the glass back and forth again on the counter. "You accused me of not caring about my family because I wasn't available to you because I was...can you say it now dad or does it still make you sick to your stomach?" "Another chip at us" Will says as he slides the glass on the counter again. "That conversation had me questioning everything I knew and felt about myself and Sonny." "And for that I will forever resent you."
"Well dad you know what I did after our little chat...I went to Sonny and I threw myself at him literally." He could have had me right then and there but he wouldn't take me, he told me that he didn't want to be with me in this way and that he felt I didn't want it to be this way either". "So he pushed me away" with this Will looks down trying to control his emotions try to keep from crying... "and...and.. as I was standing there confused and hurt by his rejection your questions came bubbling to the surface and I gave them a voice to Sonny". "I asked him if he had ever brought anyone else to his apartment and he asked me why I wanted to know and I said I just did". "He admitted that he did". "But still wanted to know why the questions" "So I asked him...don't I have the right to know who you have been with can't I ask?...he told me that I did have the right to know and if it was me asking he would have told me anything i wanted to know but that it wasn't me asking it was you dad". "So I asked him if he ever brought Brian to his apartment...did he sleep with Brian". "He went silent and the look of hurt that came over his face was like a punch to my stomach" he told me that he hadn't slept with Brian and that he wasn't going to sleep with me either."
"So he walked by me to his apartment door and opened it. He couldn't even bring himself to look at me to asked me to leave." Will places the now empty glass on the counter and slides it back and forth between his hands. "So you know what dad you got your wish Sonny told me that this whole thing was a mistake and told me to leave." Chip,... chip,... chip...you're like an evil sculptor" " Will slides the glass from his right hand to his left but doesn't try to stop it this time and it flies off the counter and smashes on the floor. Sami is startled. Will looks over the counter and sees the glass shattered on the floor and then looks up at his dad. "Well dad that is my life now, now that you have screwed it up like you have. ""As for our relationship going forward...there is none." "So I will say this once, stay out of my life...I want nothing more to do with you." You don't want me to be happy you want to avoid dealing with a gay son." Will stands up and looks at his mom and leans in and kisses her cheek and says goodbye and starts to leave. Lucas tries to stop him and grabs Will's arm, " you said I could talk when you were done" Lucas states. Will replies …"oh you can I just don't have to be here when you do". Will pulls his arm away and walks out the door.