'Da-da!' Ari screamed jumping on Will's bed.
Will opened his tired eyes and pulled his daughter in his arms.
'Come here, sweetie, did you take your pillow?' he asked anxiously.
'No,' Ari mumbled sleepily.
'Can you stay there for a minute? I'll grab it and come back, okay?'
'Mhm.'
Will left the room lazily walking to Ari's bedroom. He took the pillow and came back to see Ari sleeping comfortably. He raised her head a little and put the pillow under her little head.
She was a little angel who made Will's life worth living.
Ari's mother was in prison. The only thing that kept her together was her daughter. Will took Ari to visit her mother once or twice a month. He forgave Gabi. She was his best friend, the only person he truly loved as a friend.
As he grew older he understood that mistakes are easy to make and people make them once in a while. He didn't want a war between them two because of their daughter and the bond between them. He needed a friend and Gabi could use one too.
Couple of hours later when the sun was rising Will carefully slipped out of the bed and made his way to the closet.
He took a dress shirt and sweatpants out of it and made his way to the bathroom.
It was a very silent morning. Will wanted to break that silence. He switched on his phone and pressed the play button to start the music. He lowered the sound a little to make sure he wouldn't wake Ari up.
Most of the songs on his phone were love songs. He loved them.
He always loved to listen to those silly songs that reminded him how it feels to be loved and to love someone.
As a single father he didn't expect anyone to be interested in him. He lived a normal life. At least he wanted to believe he did.
It was a usual Saturday morning in Salem.
Will woke up early as any other day feeling a bit tired.
He took his mug out of the cabinet and made himself some coffee.
The fridge was full of leftovers from Ari's birthday party. Will took out some cake and put it into a little plate.
'What could be better than some cake for breakfast,' he whispered to himself.
The room was barely lighten.
Will opened his laptop and started writing his new article.
'Who reads it anyway…' He thought to himself taking a little bite of the cake.
The article wasn't that important for him at that point as he was just finished with another one.
'Morning!' Ari screamed and ran over to her daddy to give him a hug.
Will embraced his little girl and let her sit in his lap.
'Good morning!' He said as his smile grew wide. 'So, what are we gonna do today?'
'Shopping!' Ari screamed with excitement.
'Are you sure? I think we have everything you need here.' Will mumbled rubbing Ari's hand.
'No, we don't!' Ari laughed.
'Okay then, do you want to bring a friend or something? Maybe Ali?' Will suggested.
'Umm.. Okay.' Ari agreed with her daddy and kissed his cheek softly.
'Your daddy wants to meet Ali's daddy so it works out great, doesn't it?' Will looked at his daughter with a little smile on his face.
'Yay!'
'Now go brush your teeth.' Will ordered and put Ari on the floor.
The little one made her way to the bathroom and did what she was told.
Will stood up and cleaned the table.
'Ari?!' He yelled.
'What?' Ari replied screaming from bathroom.
'What do you want for breakfast?' Will asked heading to the bathroom.
'Cake!' Ari said with excitement.
'No, sweetie. Now you have to eat something serious, then you can eat whatever you want, okay?' Will claimed.
'Okay.' Ari answered spitting out the toothpaste out of her mouth.
'Good. I'll make you something.'
Will took a seat on the couch and dialed Robert's number.
'Hey, man.'
'Hey! What's up?' Robert answered quickly.
'Nothing much. You know…Me and Arianna are going shopping today so we were wondering if you two would join us?'
'It's okay with me. You know… no plans.' Robert replied with a smile.
'Great.'
'So, see you at noon?' Robert wondered.
'Yeah.' Will answered and hung up the phone.
Will entered the closet to find Ari trying to dress up all by herself. She couldn't put her jumper on.
'Daddy!' she screamed almost crying.
'What, baby, did you get stuck in this?' Will laughed a little and helped Ari out. 'Now, daddy's gonna change and we'll go to do some shopping, does that sound good?'
'Yes!' She said excitedly.
'Good. Let's go, I'll turn the tv on so you can watch it while I change, okay?'
'mhmm.'
Will and Ari stood in the town square mumbling about what they should get. Will needed some things from stationer's and Ari didn't even know what she wanted. She just enjoyed touching new dolls and other toys.
'Hi, Ali!' Will said with a smile when Robert showed up with his daughter.
'Hello, mr. Will.' Ali answered trying to look smart.
Will laughed at the little girl and shook Robert's hand saying hello.
'So where are we going first, huh?' Robert wondered.
'Why don't you girls go into that shop over there? Do you see? They have a play ground for kids!' He said trying to look excited about that.
'Yayy! ' Both girls ran to the shop one after another.
'So.. you probably heard already..' Robert said giving Will a suggestive look.
'Heard what?' Will asked pop-eyed.
'Sonny's back.' Robert enounced.
'Really?' Will answered looking back to Ari who was playing joyfully with her friend.
'Yeah. And he's not alone.'
'Thanks for letting me know that, Robert, but you know that we're divorced and I don't have anything to do with him anymore.' Will said soundly.
'I know that, man, I just thought you should know. You're probably gonna bump into him sooner or later. Salem is a small town.'