Will sat in his dorm room dreading Christmas break. Jack had made it clear to him that the first step to him being comfortable with being gay would be to tell his family. He knew he had to do it didn't make it any less difficult. The last month for him had been nothing but a constant state of confusion. He and Grace had gotten so close but after he told her he was gay at Thanksgiving and she said she never wanted to see him again everything that happened afterwards just seemed to not make sense. He had attempted to get in touch with her through Ellen when she came over to see Rob. But it was useless Rob was already acting funny as if Will could ever find him attractive. Ellen said she didn't want to get involved she was almost just as angry with Will. Grace was so embarrassed that she moved out the dorm and Ellen hated her new roommate. They were aware of Will being gay but his family still didn't know and he figured Christmas break was as good a time as any to tell them. As soon as he got back from Thanksgiving he went to a party and to confirm what he already knew he had sex with a woman named Diane. It was one of the most nauseating experiences of his life there were questions left to ask he was gay and there was no way around it. He had put all of his energy into his schoolwork but now all of his finals were done and he nothing think about other than telling his family. Jack told him that he should start burning off some of the energy that he had at the gym. Even without gym time he had lost about ten pounds he had barely eaten anything or had a good nights sleep in a month.

"Will, Ellen and I are headed out when are you going home?" Rob asked

"I plan on leaving the day they shut down the dorms." Will replied

"Ok well have a nice Christmas." Ellen said

"Listen Ellen I know its late but I got this Hanukah card for Grace and if you could give it to her it would be so great-" Will said

"Will I've told you I don't want to get involved. You're my friend and Grace is my friend and the way I see it both of you are doing fine. Trust me its better this way. Grace is happy." Ellen lied

Grace was just as miserable as Will was but Ellen was sick of both of them that she thought the best way to get over it was for the two of them to leave her alone.

"Okay well if she asks about me or anything tell her I miss her." Will said

"I will but don't get your hopes up." Ellen replied.

"Bye Will" Rob said, "See ya next year"

"Bye you two have a nice holiday" Will said.

They left and he was alone with his thoughts.