The Lake...Chapter 1

(Will's POV)

"Awe come on! You're bailing on me too?"

"I'm sorry Will, It's a last-minute thing. I had no idea that Audrey was gonna invite me over for the week-end", said T. with a huge grin and the word sex written all over his face. Talk about trying to be subtle. Argh!

"Yeah yeah, whatever! Guess I'm on my own from here."

"What about Chad and Tyler?"

"Well Chad back out. Something about his father needing help with the business over the week-end. And Tyler well, he was admitted to the hospital earlier today for the flu."

T. looked over at me with a look of disappointment on his face. I could see he felt bad about not making it, "I'm sorry man, if I would have known before I said yes to Audrey, I would have", he paused, "I wouldn't have accepted."

"It's fine man. Don't worry about it", I said trying not to look so disappointed.

"Next time?",

"You can count in it!", giving each other a high-five and both parted in different directions.

I walk up to my car, got in, and started driving away...

I wasn't sure what to do at this point. I didn't even know where I was heading for all that matters. All I knew is that I really need to get away from it all for a few days. The last few months have been, well, how could I say this, crazy. My mom and dad split. Now I'm forced to live between the both of them. Some days, I stay at the DiMera mansion with my mom, who is now dating E.J. DiMera who just happens to be Chad's brother. It's cool, because When I'm with my mom's I can spend time with Chad so it's not so lonely inside that big old place. And then, there's my dad. Who honestly I have no idea why he even wants me around. He's gone on business trip after business trip. So when I'm there, I'm usually there on my own. In some ways it's not so bad, but in others, I feel alone. I'm 16 years old and Don't really have a home. And that's the main reason I want, need to get away for a few days. I wanted to go back to the place where I had some of my best childhood moments. A place where I can remember our family being happy together. Because honestly, I can't remember the last time I was. And I think Lake Celeste is the perfect would be the perfect place for that.

"Fuck it!", I said to myself out loud, turning the car around and headed in the opposite direction.

"Lake Celeste, here I come!"

Lake Celeste, a place I couldn't even describe to my friend, because honestly, you needed to see it with your own eyes to believe. It was just breathtaking. I remember coming up here as a child with my parents. Every year, we would go up to there to celebrate the fourth of July. My parents would meet up with another family who owned a cabin not far from ours, the Kiriakis family. I don't even remember that last time I was up there. I think I was about twelve maybe, not sure.

Going up there was the highlight of my whole year. I had become friends with Mr. and Mrs Kiriakis's son Sonny, my best friend I should say, and every year, we were so excited to see each other again. That was until the one year he didn't show up.

At first, we would keep in touch by send letters throughout the year, we would call each other up on our birthdays and special occasions. And in July, we would meet up again and spend our whole week of summer vacation together. It's was great! But one year, like I said before, things changed. I remember being so excited to see him again after a whole year. As soon as we arrived at the lake, I would hurry over to the Kiriakis cabin to find Sonny. But that year, he wasn't there. I remember asking Mrs. Kiriakis why he didn't make it. She said something about him not being able to come because of summer school or a summer program he was attending. But honestly, It sounded more like a lame excuse for not telling the real reason he didn't make it up here.

Sonny was a few years older than me, at first, I thought maybe that was the reason he didn't wanna come and see me anymore. Maybe he didn't want to hang around a nerdy thirteen year old tween, but it didn't make sense to me. We promised each other that we would always be friends no matter what. If something was wrong, he would have told me. Right?

When we got back home after our vacation, I tried on numerous occasions to call Sonny and sent him letters. At first, he would simply say he was busy, or he didn't have time to talk. After a few months, it was clear to me, that he no longer wanted to keep in touch anymore. So one day, I just stopped trying. Everything else from that day on, took a turn for the worst. I know deep down inside, something happened to Sonny. No matter how hard I tried to forget him, I knew I wasn't ever going to be able to. He was just a part of me, a part of my best childhood memories, a part that I never ever want to forget...

That year was the last time I went up to the lake. After losing my best friend, I felt like I had no reason to go ever go up there any more or nothing to look forward to. Nothing, until now...

"Finally!", I let out as I approached the road that lead up to the Horton cabin. I drove up the road and after a few minutes, the Horton cabin came into view. I took a deep breath and turned in the driveway and parked my car and got out.

The scenery was as magical as usual, after almost 3 years, nothings changed. Everything was exactly the same as I remembered since the last time I was up here, well, everything except one thing, me...

I took it all in...

I looked down at my watch to see what time is was. It was six thirty, and it was still early enough to take a swim before it got dark out. So I decided to unpack later and head out to the lake right away. I hurried and grabbed a pair of swim shorts and went inside the cabin, got changed, and headed out...

It didn't take long for me to get to the lake. Probably because I ran the whole way there. I couldn't get there fast enough. Without wasting a precious moment, I ran up to the edge of the small man-made dock, lifted both my hands over my head, and dove right in...

I swam across the lake a few times, just enjoying warm water of the magical lake that surrounded me. For a moment, I felt like a kid again, and trust me, it was great! Because honestly, I couldn't remember the last time I had so much fun, that last time I felt so happy. I continued splashing around for a while, I knew it was gonna start getting dark soon, and I had to get back to the cabin. So I decided to check what time it was. When I turned my head over to look at my watch, I noticed something bright up ahead of me be the lake side. I decided to check it out. I swam over the edge of the lake, and as I got closer, the bright shiny bright object started to take the shape of a flower. A beautiful flower I might add.

For some reason I couldn't explain, I had to get that flower. I swear it was screaming out at me, "Pick me up and take me with you!" Well, not really, but that's how it felt to me! So I lifted myself over the side of the dock, and got out of the water. I got up and slowly walked over to it, leaned half way down, reached out, and picked it up.

I took a moment to admire its beauty, slowly, by caressing the soft yellow gold velvet petals with my fingers.

"Beautiful...", I gasped, lifting it up slowly to my nose and inhaling it's magnificent intoxicating smell.

But as beautiful as the flower was, something even more beautiful was about to take me by surprise. So beautiful, that it was about to be blown away...

"Is that for me?", I heard a soft masculine voice whisper to me.

I slowly lifted myself back up off of the ground and standing up straight.

I couldn't see who it was at first, the beaming sun was shining directly into my eyes, blinding me from seeing the identity of person who was just standing there a few feet in right in front of me. I lifted my hand over top of my eyes the block it out, and focused in on his face. And that's when I saw him...

Sonny Kiriakis...

To be continued...