"Well, we know that's not ours!" Says Will as he points to the empty condom packet.
"Yeah of course, I mean we haven't .. ya know .. in here ... yet" Sonny replies with his facial expression smirking then quickly turning into confusion. Will stands up from the sofa dropping the wallet and packet on the coffee table and walks around into the kitchen scratching his head.
"An empty condom packet and Nicks wallet ... Gabi being uptight and going off at us for no good reason ... It's pretty obvious what's going on here" Will thumps his fist down on the kitchen table.
"Dammit! I can't believe Gabi! How could she do this!? After what she did to us! How stupid is she?!" Usually Will is a bag of mixed emotions at the best of times but right now, he's just mad. Raging mad.
"Will, wait .. perhaps it's not what we thi..."
"Oh come on, Sonny it's exactly what we are thinking!" Interrupts Will as he stands in the kitchen with one had on his hip and other thrust up into thin air. His eyes fall to the ground and he shakes his head. Sonny picks up the items and makes his way over to the table and takes a seat folding his hands across one another and tries to piece things together.
"What am I saying. Of course it is. I mean just look at the way she's been behaving lately. She's been cranky, she's always snapping at me. She's super defensive like ninety percent of the time and when she's not it's usually when Nick has been trying to edge his way back into her life. You .. you don't think .. No, no I don't think she would do that .. not after everything"
"Think what?" Will says as he joins Sonny at the table and takes the wallet out of Sonnys hands.
"You don't think she's been seeing him behind our backs, do you?" Sonny leans back in his chair. Will shrugs flatly.
"I don't think so, if she has been she hid it very well. But then again, she's been at class A LOT. Right? She's forever on her cell phone texting. When she comes home she's in a great mood until we start all talking about Ari, or living arrangements .. then she just flies off the handle. Then there's Nick, forever on cloud nine lately. He's been behaving super confident, smarmy almost. I mean if I nearly got my cousin killed along with his wife, her unborn child and you for that matter, I wouldn't be blowing my own horn in a hurry" Will stands again and starts to pace the carpet.
"Will, calm down. If she is back on with ... Nick.." Sonnys mouth crinkled at just saying his name.
"..then we are going to have to be very careful about our next move. We need to watch her. Carefully. We can't go running in confronting her about this .. not yet" Sonny gets up and walks over to Will and grabs him by the shoulders.
"I don't trust him, Sonny. I thought I could trust Gabi, too and it wasn't too long ago that you kept telling me that you didn't trust her but you couldn't tell me why .. what are we going to do?" Sonny looks away, still feeling guilty about the secret he's had to keep for months and months from Will about what Gabi did to Melanie. Despite his desire to be completely open, honest and transparent with Will, he's still kept it tight-lipped, for Chads sake.
"Look, Gabi is probably going to be home soon. Ari is sleeping so let's just go to bed. We can talk a bit more there and figure this all out but for now at least, let's not go off half cocked. We need to be smart about this, Will - look what happened last time"
"Yeah I guess. You have to help me figure this out, Sonny. I can't take much more of this"
Will, looking utterly defeated is lead to the bedroom by Sonny who helps him into bed and tells him he's just going to lock up and tidy up a bit and that he will be there right away. Will lays in bed looking at the ceiling. His head feels like a bag of rats running around. Nick? Really? After everything he did? What' is wrong with this girl. I thought things were getting back to normal. She has a daughter to protect. She's my friend. Why? No, no. Perhaps we do have the wrong end of the stick. Perhaps she ... no. We don't. This really is happening. He closes his eyes. Sonny has just locked the front door and switches off the lights. After quickly looking in on Ari who is still sound asleep he walks back through the living room and glares across to the couch. He knows. He just knows it to be true. He knows what she's done. There's no other explanation. Madder than hell he walks to the kitchen table and snatches up Nicks wallet and the condom packet. This is NOT going to happen, he thinks to himself. What ever they are up too, it's not going to happen. Not if I can help it.
To Sonnys surprise, Will has fallen asleep when he enters the bedroom. He doesn't want to wake him. Sonny gets undressed and hops into bed. He flicks on the baby monitor hides the wallet and wrapper in the beside drawer and turns off the beside lamp. Now his head is full of rats. Moments later he feels the weight of Will shift toward him as Will unconsciously rolls into him and throws his arm over Sonnys midsection. Sonny just lies there with his hand resting on Wills forearm. After several hours, he falls asleep.
Will wakes up to a stream of light shining through the curtains right into his eyes. He scrunched up his face because he really hates bright light in the morning. He looks to his right sees Sonny has already gone. Probably left for work - Coffee House by day, Nightclub by night. His mind instantly slaps itself and reminds him of what happened last night. He rolls over to his right to grab his cell phone off the bedside table. He has a text from Sonny. 'Had to get to work, babe wasn't going to wake u. Had a break in at the club last night .. Chad is super mad! Remember what I said last night - mom is the word for now. Don't let on about anything. Call you later. I love you xx'.
"Broken into the club?" Mutters will as he suddenly realises he REALLY needs to brush his teeth. Gross he thinks. Morning mouth. He hops up and puts on some sweats and a singlet and walks out of the bedroom to the kitchen.
"Hi" Says Gabi with a note of hostility and not looking up from her magazine.
"Oh, morning. What time did you get in" Replies Will, remaining calm and collected. He walks over to the coffee maker.
"Late" She answers. Will is now behind her in the kitchen but doesn't know what to say next. She still hasn't looked at him and is clearly still mad about the fight they had. Feeling the need to keep up continuity Will begins to attempt to placate their earlier argument.
"Gabi, look I'm sor..." Gabi cuts him off instantly.
"You know what, Will. Don't. I don't want to get into this. You said your piece, I said mine and I really don't want to talk about it anymore". Gabi stands up and begins to walk towards her bedroom.
"Gabi! That's not fair! How could you think that I would be OK with you letting Nick hold Arianna. After everything that happened. How did you really think I'd feel about that, Gabi? Did it even cross your mind" says Will, trying to stay somewhat calm but feeling a lump form in his throat. Gabi spins around in high defense.
"I know what happened Will! I know what Nick did, I know how you feel. But what about me, huh? Nick is not the same person anymore. I'ts in the past. Just leave it there!"
"Excuse me?! Leave it there? You must be freaking kidding me Gabi! Wh..." Will stops himself and looks away then turns to face the coffee maker remembering what Sonny said about keeping things normal. Gabi looks at Will with an eyebrow raised. Feeling uncomfortable she leaves the living room and closes the door.
Staring into space at the kitchen table, Wills mind flashes back to Smith Island. Snapshots really not whole scenes. His hesitation to let Sonny call 911. Following them. Hiding on the ferry. Following them from the docks through the bush and loosing cell phone reception. Freeing Gabi, asking Sonny to leave him behind to make sure the baby was safe. Freeing Nick, being shot. Then his mind flashes further back. The blackmail. Nicks bullying tactics and his threats of Prison. Nick fighting with Sonny, calling Sonny a faggot. Then to when he woke up in hospital. How Nick treated Sami. He is on a one track thought train and he can't get off it.
Some while later Gabi emerges from her room with Arianna.
"We're going to the park to catch up with a friend. We'll be back in a few hours. Then I have a class so I need you to be here to look after Arianna" Gabi walks past Will who can't get words out of his mouth with the stroller and walks out the door, slamming it behind her. He hears Ari start to cry by the sudden loud bang on the other side of the door and looks down at this hands and doesn't unlock eye contact with them for the next twenty minutes.
The apartment is dead silent. Will is still locked in a trance of confusion and worry. He is almost shocked into cardiac arrest when he hears the phone ring.
"Hu...Hello?"
"William, I'ts EJ. How are you doing?
"I .. fine EJ. What's wrong .. is it my mom?"
"No your mom is fine, William. She'd probably be up for a visit, however. She misses you"
Thirty minutes later Will found himself in the car on the way to see his mother who is still behind bars. He can't even remember getting dressed or driving as far as he already had...