Will stood in the bathroom, fussing over his hair. He had already been in there for a half hour. Finally he decided to just let it fall the way it wanted to… He splashed some after shave on and walked out into his bedroom, which by the way looked like it had been ravaged by a tornado.
He looked at the clock, 6:50pm. His palms were sweaty, and his heart was beating a mile a minute. He closed his eyes and said a prayer that he could make it through this night without making a fool of himself.
There was a short rap on the door and then it opened and T breezed right on in, as if he lived there. "Hey Will… whoa dude… it looks like your closet exploded."
"Shut the hell up, T" Will said, looking at him expectantly, "What do you want anyway?"
"Just came by to see how you were holding up, since tonight is the big night." T said grinning.
"I'm fine." Will said, opening the door so T could exit.
"Ummm yeah you look it.." T said. "You may want to change your shirt, you have a tooth paste stain on the collar and besides the darker blue one makes your eyes stand out."
"Thanks I think." Will said, sighing as he closed the door, and headed back to the bathroom. He pulled on the darker blue shirt and looked in the mirror…. Surprised to see that T was right.
There was another knock on the door and T went to open it, Abigail stepped in the door. "Hey T!" she said, "Where's Will?"
"Hey" Will said coming from the bathroom… "What are you doing here?"
"Will, you look great!" she said smiling, "That shirt is perfect!"
"Uh, thanks!" Will said.
"Sonny is going to love it!" She assured him.
"You told her?" Will demanded, looking at T.
T threw his hands up, shaking his head no…
"Actually Ben told me" Abigail said laughing, "Sonny told him earlier."
"Oh!" Will said. "Sorry I am just really nervous."
"It's fine." Abigail assured him.
"What are you nervous for?" T asked, looking at him like he had grown another head… "I mean come on…. You've already been all up in his Kool aid."
Will flipped him the bird… "OUT!" he said pointing to the door. "Sonny will be here any minute."
T and Abigail left the apartment together. "Have a great time." Abigail called in her sing song voice. "Or maybe he was in your Kool Aid?" T said, "Care to elaborate on that Will?"
Will swung the door shut in his face. In a way T was right, they had already had a very interesting start. Will couldn't help but wonder if at the end of the night, he would end up in that same predicament. He sure wouldn't mind if that happened again.
7:30pm: Will was pacing the floor. He was beginning to think that Sonny wasn't coming, maybe since he owned his own business he thought he was too mature to be picking someone up at their dorm…. He started to regret not asking him if they could just meet at the restaurant. After all he hasn't seen him since the morning after the night they had spent together. Maybe Sonny had changed his mind… maybe he really was his own worst enemy and had wrecked his chances before they had even been on a first date.
7:35pm; Will was so busy berating himself, that the firm knock on the door caused him to jump. He smoothed out his shirt and pulled the door open. There was Sonny dressed in Black slacks and a deep purple button down. – God he looked fabulous…. Wait wasn't that…. He let his mind conjure up his glorious memories, yeah that seemed to be the same shirt…. But didn't he…
"Hi!" Sonny interrupted his thoughts. Will forced himself to meet Sonny's eyes. "Hey yourself." He said. He noticed that Sonny's hair was expertly crafted into that sexy as hell "I just rolled out of bed" look. It looked stiff and springy, but Will knew from experience that if he were to run his hand through it, it would be soft and silky.
"Sorry I am late!" Sonny said grinning. "Abigail and T were in the parking lot, and I swear if I didn't know better I would swear they have accepted jobs as reporters for the National Enquirer.
"Yeah, I know they were here too." Will laughed. "T is nosy by nature… he should have been born a girl… and well Abigail… is Abigail."
Sonny laughed and shook his head agreeing with Will. "Ready to go?" Sonny asked, "I have reservations for dinner at 8:15pm."
"Yeah, okay!" Will said he picked up his wallet, dropping it into his back pocket, and then grabbed his keys. He pulled the door shut behind him. They walked side by side down the two fights of stairs and then when they were in the lobby, Sonny reached over and took Will's hand to lead him out of the door on the south end of the lobby and over to his car. He opened the door for Will and waited until he was seated before closing the door softly.
Sonny got in the car and backed out of his parking spot, he drove toward the restaurant. "I was so worried about being late, that I forgot to tell you that you look great!" he said.
Will blushed at the compliment, he was grateful for the darkness of the car. "Thanks." He whispered. "So do you."
"Thanks" Sonny repeated.
"So where are we going tonight?" Will asked.
"I thought that we would go to the new restaurant that they just opened.. it is the one just outside of town."
"Great!" Will agreed, settling back into his seat."I heard it is awesome."
It wasn't long before Sonny pulled the car into the parking lot of the restaurant. I looked almost like a glass building sitting on the bank of the river. Sonny parked the car and got out, he came around and opened Will's door for him. He took Will's hand in his own, tugging him close. "I hope this is okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, it's perfect!" Will said, smiling at him. That shirt kept grabbing his attention. He was almost positive that was the same shirt that Sonny had been wearing last week.
Sonny inclined his head toward the steps leading to the door, "Come on." Will pushed the thought aside again.
They walked in and Sonny went straight to the podium and gave his name. The hostess nodded and indicated that it would be a moment. She disappeared around a corner and was gone just a little longer than a minute and then she was back. She smiled and indicated that they should follow her. She led them to a secluded table in the back.
Sonny went over held out the chair for Will.
"Thanks," Will said, taking the seat.
When Sonny was seated in his own chair the hostess handed over two menus. "Your waiter will be with you shortly Mr. Kiriakis." She said before leaving them.
"WOW" Will said, "They already know you here."
Sonny laughed.. "Confession: This is actually my Uncle Vic and Aunt Maggie's newest restaurant." He said.
"Ahh." Will said "No wonder you are getting the preferential treatment." He looked around, they had the most private table in the room with what had to be the best view.
"Yes, family has its perks." Sonny said winking at him…
The waiter finally came and brought a bottle of wine to the table, he showed it to Sonny, who nodded and indicated that he should show it to Will for approval. Will glanced at the bottle… he didn't drink much so he wasn't familiar with many different Wines. He just nodded and the waiter opened the wine and filled their glasses.
"Are you ready to order Sir?" he asked, Sonny looked at Will and he nodded yes. They ordered their food, Will settled on the Filet Mignon and Sonny ordered the same.
"Very good Sirs, your meal will be out shortly." He said leaving them again.
"Soo" Sonny said, "Did you have a good week?"
Will nodded "It was good, what about yours?"
"Well…. Not as good as my weekend but I made it through." Sonny said teasingly.
Will blushed again. "Yeah about that…." He said. "I should probably tell you that I don't normally do things like that."
"Oh?" Sonny asked… "You mean the drinking part or the going home with strangers part?"
"Neither, actually, or both…." Will said… "I think all those shots must have really…. loosened me up."
"Well yeah, you were pretty uninhibited, that's for sure." Sonny agreed.
Will's blush deepened on his cheeks, "That had a lot to do with the drinks." A vivid memory of Sonny shoved up against his apartment door, came to his mind. He was kissing Sonny's neck… he had been in such a rush to touch him…. Yeah he had ripped that shirt open…. The sound of the buttons hitting the floor echoed in his ears… He closed his eyes and shook his head… "I am pretty sure that I am not usually so ummm…. Hands on"
"I wasn't sure but I got the feeling that maybe you don't usually drink a lot." Sonny said. "I am just glad that you were able to remember the night, we were mixing a lot of different alcohols."
"Umm yeah me too….. " Will said, as Sonny took a sip of his wine…
"It would have sucked not to remember my first time." Will said blushing again.
Sonny choked on his Wine, nearly spewing it across the table the minute those words registered in his brain.
He coughed and coughed, and finally had to excuse himself from the table. He hurried out of the restaurant, suddenly feeling like he needed to get some fresh air.
Will was at the table alone for several minutes, before Sonny reappeared and took his seat. "Sorry Will." He said. "I just needed a little air."
"It's okay." Will said. "I kinda got the feeling that I shocked you a little bit."
Sonny laughed… "Umm yeah a little" he said measuring a tiny space with his thumb and forefinger. When in reality Will had shocked the fuck out of him. Nothing about Will had screamed Virgin that night… He had dropped to his knees and sucked…..Well yeah…. Sonny pushed the thought from his mind, and focused on thoughts of cold showers.
"Sorry if I disappointed you!" Will said.
"What?" Sonny said. "Why, would you ever think that?"
The waiter appeared at the table and placed their dinner plates in front of them.
They both murmured their thanks and the waiter once again disappeared from the table. However neither of them made a move to pick up their forks.
"Will, answer me." Sonny said.
"I don't…. just…well you ran off when I said it."
"I was just caught off guard… a picture of Will, beneath him, his fists wrapped in the comforter on his bed, his eyes were squeezed tightly shut, the only indication that he wasn't hurting Will was the steady stream of moans and sighs, Will had met him thrust for thrust, gripping his like a vise, milking him of every drop he had to give... I mean that night…. You sure didn't move like…. What I mean is, it didn't seem as if you had never done that before…" Sonny said, finally getting the words out.
Will held up three fingers, "Scouts honor" he said. "But thank you for saying that, it's good to know that It wasn't painfully obvious."
"So that was your first time period?" Sonny asked."Because I am telling you it wasn't obvious, painfully or otherwise."
The red stain on his cheeks came back… the "Yes" that he whispered was barely audible.
Sonny sensed that Will was highly uncomfortable with the conversation, and that was the last thing that he wanted. He picked his fork up and waited for Will to do the same. They ate their meal around small bits of inconsequential conversation.
After the meal and the plates had been cleared… the waiter offered a dessert menu and they both declined. Sonny paid the check and they exited the restaurant holding hands.
"What would you like to do now?" Sonny asked turning to Will. "We can go and see a movie, or we can go for a walk, or we can go to the club… " Sonny said winking at him.
"The club huh?" Will said smiling back at him. "Or we could skip the club and just go back to your place?" Will said boldly…. He surprised even himself… surely the wine hadn't gotten to him already.
Sonny opened his mouth… then closed it again… He led Will to the car and opened the door for him again. After closing the door he walked slowly around the car, breathing deeply… those few words from Will were enough to set his pulse racing… and as much as he wanted to take him up on that offer… He also had been thinking all week that he really wanted this relationship to go somewhere. The part of him that wanted to take Will back to his place and ravage him…. Reminded him that it could go somewhere…. Somewhere very pleasurable, while the sensible side argued that he had made a plan to wine and dine him.
He decided that he would let Will make the decision. He would just lay his cards out of the table and let Will decide how he wanted this to play out. He did hope that Will wanted to see him on a deeper level than just the mind blowing sex that they had, but he would let him chose.
Sonny opened the door and slid behind the wheel. He strapped on his seatbelt… mostly to make sure that he stayed on his own side of the car, but also for safety.
"Will, I am going to drive us to the club… and we can talk… and then we will see what happens, is that ok?" He said looking at Will to make sure that he was really alright with the plan.
Will looked at him and simply nodded.
Sonny maneuvered the car onto the highway and drove toward the club. While he drove he noticed that Will was awfully quiet. He was hoping that he hadn't made him too uncomfortable with the dinner conversation. He didn't know what to say and he didn't want to make things more awkward, so he just let the silence stretch out over the ride.
Will twisted in the passenger seat, there was a full moon tonight and the soft glow was just enough light that Will could see Sonny's profile, the dark stubble that covered his chin was just a little more than a 5 o'clock shadow and it was perfect, Will wanted to lay his hand against his cheek and feel the scratchiness against his skin. The soft light glinting off of the buttons, reminded him again of ripping it open, shoving it out of his way, letting his greedy mouth and fingers explore Sonny's chest. The way that he had teased his tongue over his hardened nipples, came to mind, he could practically hear the moan that came from somewhere deep within Sonny's chest. He remembered the first taste of him on his tongue, and the feeling that he couldn't have Sonny inside him soon enough. Jesus, if he didn't get these thoughts under control he wasn't going to be able to go with Sonny to the club, he was going to have a major problem that was going to need his immediate attention.
Somewhere along his trip down memory lane he had reached out and put his hand on Sonny's shoulder, his fingers had found their way beneath the edge of Sonny's collar. His fingers tracing random patterns on his skin. He noticed that Sonny's knuckles were tightened around the steering wheel, and he seemed to be taking deep breaths.
"Sorry…" Will said sheepishly, taking his hand away and laying it in his own lap.
"Hey!" Sonny said reaching over and grabbing that same hand, he tangled their fingers together. His decision made, regardless of the fact that he promised himself he was letting Will make the decision.
He drove straight to his apartment complex and pulled into his designated spot. When he killed the ignition, Will seemed to realize that they had stopped. He looked around, and his pulse kicked into overdrive when he realized where they were.
"I thought we were going to the club to talk?" He asked, his shy side deciding to make an appearance.
"We can." Sonny said, "It's just a walk across the street, remember?"
"Ummhmm" Will said. "Or we could just go inside and talk,"
"Will, we both know that if we go into my apartment, there is going to be a lot more than just talking going on." Sonny sais pointedly.
Will nodded, "Yeah, You're right." He rubbed his thumb along the side of Sonny's hand. "And you don't want that?"
"I do want that!" Sonny said, "More than I could tell you, I want that…."
"But?" Will asked, meeting his eyes.
"But, I thought about you all week, I thought about where you were, what you were doing. I found myself wanting to know how your day was going. And I realized that I like you Will, and I would really like to see if we can build a relationship."
"I would like that!" Will said smiling.
"Really?" Sonny asked.
Will nodded. "Of course, I thought about you all week too… I wanted to call you, or come by the club but I didn't want to make things weird.
"Soo let's go get a drink to celebrate!" Sonny said.
He got out and opened Will's door… "You're gonna spoil me like that!" Will teased him.
"What's the harm in that?" Sonny asked, taking his hand and leading him across the street and into the club.
Since it was a Thursday night, it wasn't crazy busy but it wasn't necessarily dead either. They walked in and took the corner booth, the one that would come to be known as Will's booth in the coming months. Sonny caught Ben's eye, once he finally drug them from Abigail to scan the club. He signaled for drinks and Ben said a few words to Abigail who disappeared into the store room where T was busy taking inventory for the weekend.
A few minutes later Will and Sonny were surrounded by T, Ben, and Abigail, who took one look at the pair and had it all figured out. Ben filled the shot glasses and handed them around.
T raised his glass…. "To Salems newest couple!"
"Cheers!" They all clinked glasses, The patron sliding down easy.
"I'm really happy for you guys!" Abigail said before she let Ben lead her off…
T picked up the extra shot glasses from the table, and pushed the bottle toward Sonny, "I'll just leave that in case you want another." He said as he started to walk away. He turned back to them, "Guess it was some really good kool-aid, either way huh Will?"
"Oh God!" Will groaned, his head dropping to the table….
"Do I even wanna know what he is talking about?" Sonny asked laughing.
"Definitely not!" Will said.
Sonny held the bottle up…. Silently asking Will if he wanted another shot.
Will nodded and pushed his glass to Sonny…. "No harm in that!"
I'll drink to that!" Sonny said filling the glasses to the rim!
A/N: I hope you guys liked the addition to this story…. When I first imagined it… I left off on what I perceived as the end… but in the reviews you asked for more. I am sorry that it took me so long to work my way around to this. Hope it was worth the wait. (Joel, hope Sonny's reaction gave you a chuckle… I may not have done it justice LOL)