A New Beginning - Chapter 2

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One month later…

Sonny stood outside his parent's house trying to come up with the courage to walk in. The last time he was here he told his parents that he was gay. Even though they didn't over react when he told them but it was difficult for them to suddenly realize that the future that they envisioned for Sonny was going to be different. He left soon after that because he waited to tell them until it was a few hour before he had to get on a plane and go on his next adventure. He made sure they had contact info for PFLAG in case they wanted to know more information. 2 years have passed since he told them the truth and he still doesn't know for sure how they are going to react to him.

The front door opened bringing him out of his thoughts. His mother steps out and rushes over to Sonny, she throws her arms around him and gives him a huge hug. Sonny is shocked at first but then he smiles and hugs her back, "Hi mom."

His mom pulls back and cups his face, "Hi Sonny, why were you just standing out here, why didn't you come in?"

"Because I wasn't sure what type of reaction I was going to get from you guys."

"Oh honey, we love you and that doesn't stop just because you finally told us who you really are." She patted the side of his face and then grabs his hand pulls him to the house.

Sonny doesn't move from his spot, "What about dad? Is he really okay with all this?"

"Of course he is, honey."

Sonny nods his head and walks into the house with his mom. He gets inside and he sees his dad coming down the stairs, "Sonny is that you?"

"Yes dad, it's me"

His dad walks right up to Sonny and pulls him into a hug, "I have missed you so much Sonny. I thought you were never going to come home for a visit."

They separate and his parents usher him into the family room, "So what has made you finally come home for a visit?" asks his mom.

Sonny sits down in a chair and leans forward, resting his arms on his knees, "Well I am actually here because I would like to move back here. It might be temporary or permanent but I haven't decided yet."

"Oh that sounds great, I am excited that I get to have you here for more than just a week," replied his mom, she was so excited she was practically bouncing in her seat.

"Son, what has caused this sudden change? You always said that once you left Salem you were never coming back except for visits." his dad asks frowning at his son.

Sonny looks down at his hands trying to figure out where to start, he was still nervous about talking to his parents about him being gay but he decided to just plunge forward, "Well a month ago I was living in Paris and I met this amazing guy. He was everything that I was looking for in a guy and I thought he felt the same way about me. I even asked him to stay in Paris longer so that we could get to know each other more and he agreed. But then the next day when we were suppose to meet back up at his hotel room he disappeared. Apparently he left had really earlier that day. He didn't leave any explanation as to why he left but I know the reason why was because I scared him by trying to move to fast."

He looks at his parents to see if they were uncomfortable in anyway but they are just looking at him with the same support as always. He continues telling his story, "After that I was depressed, I really thought I finally met the man of my dreams but now he was gone. I couldn't stay in the city anymore because Paris is supposed to be the city of love and mine was gone. I went traveling again to different exotic places but nothing was helping me. That was when I realized that I needed a little family time, to come back to you guys and maybe I can finally get over this guy and move on with my life."

His mom gets up and pulls Sonny up from his chair and gives him a hug, "I am so sorry baby, I am so glad you are here so I can help you. I don't like you being hurt like that."

Sonny hugs his mom tighter and then he sees his dad getting up and joins them in the hug, "Don't worry Sonny you can stay here as long as you want. Did you try and find him?"

They pulled apart and sat back down, "Well we didn't exchange last names or where he lived because we had literally just met. I would have told him eventually if we had gotten to know each other more but of course that never happened."

"I am sorry to hear that. I would have helped you look for him." his dad replied. His mom nods her head in agreement.

"Thanks mom. Thanks Dad."

Sonny sighs he feels like this is finally the right move. He can feel his parents love for him and he knows in time that the ache in his heart will finally fade away.

A few hours later after he is unpacked and settled into his old room he decides to take a walk around town to see if anything has changed since the last time he was here. He is walking through Horton Town Square looking at all the shops. The town square was definitely not here 2 years ago. He walked out of one of the shops and was heading to another shop when he thought he saw Will out of the corner of his eye. At first he thinks it's his imagination because for a month now he would think he saw Will but then when he would look again he would realize that it wasn't him. But this time when he looked again he realized that it really was Will.

His first thought was to run and hide. He imagined over and over again for a month that he would go up to Will and demand to know what happened or go up to him and kiss that life out of him but he never thought that he would want to run and hide. That just wasn't his style. But the ache in his chest came on full force and all he wanted to do was hide and lick his wounds in private.

Sonny looks around trying to find a hiding spot, he sees some planted trees and he tries to make a break for it when hears his name. He freezes in his tracks and looks over in Will's direction. Will looks uncertain at first but when Sonny looks at him, this huge smile appears on Will's face and he runs up to him.

When it looks like Will is going to hug him he puts his hands up and takes a few steps back. The look that passed over Will's face was of confusion but then it is replaced with the same joy as before, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe you're here."

Seeing the look of happiness on Will's face just made him snap, "Oh so you still expected me to be happy to see you after what you did to me. Do you know how embarrassing it was to go back to your hotel room that day and have some random guy answer the door? That you had left in a rush and didn't even leave me any clue as to what happened to you? Apparently you couldn't deal with me moving too fast even though I told you that it wouldn't happen again." Sonny shakes his head, "You know I don't have time for this. I have got to go."

Sonny turns and starts to walk back home but then Will catches up and grabs his arm. Will pulls him around, grabs the sides of his face and pulls him into a kiss. Sonny remains unmoving for about 2 seconds before he gives in and kisses Will back. A part of his brain tells him this is a bad idea but his heart has other ideas. Sonny grabs Will's waist and pulls him closer, it feels so good to have Will in his arms again.

Will pulls away and looks him in the eyes, "Sorry about leaving like that but a few hours after I fell asleep that night I got a phone call. It was an emergency at home and I had to leave. I was so worried about it that it wasn't until I was on the plane that I forgot to leave you some kind of message. When I realized my mistake I tried to convince myself that it didn't matter anyway because what kind of relationship could we have when you lived in Paris and I live here in the states. But this whole time it feels like there has been this hole in my chest." Will shrugs and pulls back a little more but keeps his hands on Sonny's arms, "But now that you are here then maybe we could get to know each other like we were going to."

Sonny thinks for a little while, he is not sure if all this is even real. He still feels hurt by what Will did but then he understands that it wasn't him that made Will leave. It must be fate or destiny or whatever you want to call it because it's just too much of a coincidence for it to be an accident. Sonny looks into Will's eyes again and he can see that Will wants this as much as he does. He reaches up and puts his hand on Will's neck and rubs his bottom lip. That action must be some kind of trigger with them because Will's reaction was the same as that night in Paris, "Of course I would love to get to know you more." Sonny leans forward and gives Will a quick kiss.

Will takes a few seconds to recover and then leads Sonny over to the couches that are in the middle of the town square. They sit down and angle their bodies so they are slightly facing each other. They got to talking and it was like they were back in that hotel room but with a lot more detail because now it was safe to mention who they are. It was so easy to talk to Will; he talked about all his trips around the world and growing up in the Kiriakis family. Will talked about his family and how he had to grow up a lot faster that most kids because he practically had to take care of his mom.

After 2 hours of talking Sonny realized that Will never gave any detail as to what the emergency was that pulled him away from Paris. He decided to ask him about it, "Will you never mentioned what the emergency was about."

The smile on Will's face faded away, it looked like he wasn't going to answer but he took a deep breath and looked Sonny right in the eye, "I was hoping to have a little more time before I told you this but I guess now is as good a time as any. Sonny I have a daughter and the call came from Gabi who is my best friend and the mother of my daughter. She called me to tell me that my daughter was running a high fever and was taken to the hospital. I had to leave because my little girl needed me." Will finished but kept eye contact with Sonny.

Sonny was completely frozen in shock, he kept thinking Will has a kid, Will has a kid. Will was looking at him waiting for a response but Sonny couldn't seem to get his brain to work properly. The sound of his phone going off finally caused him to unfreeze. He digs his phone out of his pocket and sees that it's his mom. He gets up and walks a few steps away from Will and answers his phone, "Hi mom."

"Hi sonny, I just wanted to let you know that dinner will be done in 20 minutes so if you want your food to stay warm then you should get here soon."

"Thanks mom, I will see you soon," Sonny hangs up and turns towards Will and puts on his best fake smile he had. "Sorry about that but I have to go now. My parents expect me to be home for dinner especially since this is the first night that I am back."

Will gets up and walks over to Sonny, "That's okay. We can catch up later. I am sure that I definitely will be seeing you soon." Will leans forward and kisses him. Sonny kisses back but he doesn't feel the same spark as before because it's being drowned out by the growing panic in him. Sonny pulls away and gives that same fake smile and turns to leave. It seemed like he couldn't leave fast enough. He really needs some time to think about this whole situation.

Some hours later Sonny is lying on his bed thinking about Will and the fact that he has a daughter. It's not like he never thought he wouldn't have kids of his own in the future but that was going to be very far into the future. He just isn't ready for kids yet and that is what is going to happen when he gets involved with Will. It might start off with him just meeting her then it's eventually going to grow to where Sonny will also be taking care of her.

As much as it hurts his heart to make this decision he has no other choice. He has decided that there can't be any kind of relationship with him and Will. It would most likely end and it would hurt more to drag things out then to end things now. Sonny turns over and turns off his lamp he goes to sleep dreaming about how things could have been.

***To be continued***