Soul Mates

Chapter 1

He couldn't believe how lucky he was. He had found his soul mate on the first try. Now he just stood back and smiled as his soon-to-be-husband, Jackson Steven Kiriakis, stood next to the crib watching his daughter, Marlena Grace sleep.

"Do you have any regrets, Mr. Kiriakis?" Will asked as he walked up behind Sonny.

"Not a one Mr. Horton." When Will wrapped his arms around Sonny's middle and pulled him against his body, Sonny turned just his head so they could kiss. "Have I told you lately how much I love you Will?" he asked even though they both knew that Sonny told Will several times a day that he loved him.

"Sonny, you tell me every day that you love me but I never get tired of hearing you say the words." they kiss just before Marley moves and opens her eyes. "Well, it looks like Daddy's little angel has decided to finally wake up." Will bends over the crib and picks Marley up.

"When will Gabi and Nick be here to pick her up?" Sonny asked. "I wish she didn't have to leave." Will could almost see the tears in his partners eyes as he thought about their daughter being taken away by her mother and step-father.

"Me too my love." Will leaned over and kissed him. "Gabi called last night at eight and said that they would be getting into the airport around eleven. So that means they should get here around one."

"Then we've got at least five hours with your little one here." Sonny said as he wiped away the tears that had escaped.

"No," Will replied, sending a look of confusion straight to Sonny's face. "We've got at least five hours with our little one. She's just as much your daughter as she is mine Sonny and I don't want you to forget it." Will smiled at Sonny before looking at little Marley.

"Yes, sir." Sonny leaned over and kissed Will before leaning down and kissing 'their' daughter on her precious forehead.

Over the next five hours, Will and Sonny enjoyed their time with Marley. Will didn't know who wanted to keep her with them more, him or Sonny. Marley may have been his biological daughter but Sonny loved her just as much as he did.

They were getting Marley dressed after giving her a bath when they heard Gabi and Nick's car pull into the driveway. "I can't believe they are here already." Will said as he wrapped his arms around their little girl. "I don't want to let her go Son. I want to keep her with us forever."

"I know babe. Maybe one day we'll be able to keep her for good." Just then, the doorbell rang. Will took Sonny's hand in his and together they answered the door.

"Hey Gabi. Welcome home." Will was just trying to be polite per the custody agreement. He didn't want to rile Nick up so he would try to convince Gabi to run off with their daughter.

"Hey Will. Hey Sonny." She smiled at both of them while Nick just stared at them with his hate-filled eyes. Will could tell that he still had a problem with him and Sonny being a couple but they were in this together and there was nothing he could do about it.

"Hey Nick."

"Gabi, we have to get going. My mom will be here in a little while and we need to get her bedroom ready for her." He said to his wife, ignoring both Will and Sonny.

"Your mom is coming to stay with you and Gabi?" Will asked Nick.

"Yes. She's going to help us take care of the baby." Will looked at Gabi, not believing what he was hearing.

"Her name is Marley, Nick. I know you don't like my daughter's name because she's named after my Grandma Marlena but you need to learn how to use it. She's not just 'the baby'."

"Listen here asswipe." Before Nick could say anything else, Sonny stepped in between his boyfriend and Gabi's bigot husband.

"Don't use that kind of language around Marley. You may not like seeing us as a couple and you may not respect us as Marley's parents anywhere else but you will respect us at our house. This is where we live and you will not come here again if you are going to disrespect us in or near it. Is that understood Mr. Fallon?" Sonny spoke to Nick as Will took his hand in his, showing his fiancé his moral support.

Sonny knew that he had angered Nick by the way he scowled at them but he couldn't let him get away with disrespecting Will or himself.

"Yes, Mr. Kiriakis." Nick looked away from the sight of Sonny and Will holding hands. "I'll be in the car Gabi. Please try to hurry up. I don't want my mom to be put out because we weren't able to get home in time to get her room ready." Then he walked away.

"I'm sorry about Nick." Gabi tried to apologize for Nick to Will and Sonny.

"Don't apologize for him Gabi. If he can't respect us in our own house, he can't come back here. And when Marley starts getting older, he better respect us in front of her too. If we find out that he's saying hateful things in front of or to our daughter about us, we'll take her away from you both. And that was never my intention. I want you to be a part of your daughter's life." Even though you and Nick didn't want me to be a part of her life, Will thought silently to himself.

"I know Will. You are a much better father than I am a mother. You don't have to keep reminding me."

"I'm not a better anything Gabi, I'm just more concerned about what and who she's around than you are. You know for a fact that Nick has a problem with me and Sonny being around Marley because he doesn't like gays. He doesn't have to like us but he better respect us as Marley's parents."

And with that Gabi picked up Marley and joined her husband in their car and left, leaving Will and Sonny missing their little one more than life itself.

"what's wrong Sonny?" Will asked his fiancé.

"I'm scared Will."

"Of what?"

"Not what but who. I'm afraid that Nick will try to convince Gabi to leave town with Marley and I don't want that to happen. I love her so much and I don't want to lose her now." They kissed and walked into the living room.