Chapter 7
"Because I care about you." And Sonny's lips were on Will's, firm and demanding. The kiss surprised Will at first, making him take a step back his lips still covered by the other man's. Sonny had now Will pinned to the wall behind him and he was ravishing Will's mouth with burning kisses, putting every ounce of want he had inside of him. Their tongues were dancing together in a fierce tango. His mind was going totally crazy conflicted. His brain was telling him to stop this right now before it got worst while his other brain was pushing him to continue. He preferred hear his southern mind and went on the kissing, now attacking Will's neck. He knew Will enjoyed it because his hands were all over Sonny, roaming him pulling him closer. He suddenly heard Will moaning "Sonny…" and it clicked in his mind; Sonny was kissing his student, he was breaking the University rules. He stepped back from Will eliciting an unhappy whimper from him.
"What's the matter?" Will asked, panting not wanting anything but Sonny's lips on his again. He never felt such a strong desire for a man in his entire life and he wanted to continue the kissing for another session. But seeing Sonny's traits changing to a horrified look, he began to worry. He stepped forward to reach Sonny but was shocked to see him move back even more.
"I can't do this! I'm sorry I shouldn't have done this. I have to go…"
"Wha…" But Will couldn't finish his sentence as Sonny was already gone leaving him alone and crushed.
Sonny was now running in Salem's streets. He didn't know where he was going he just wanted to go far away from the park and reluctantly from Will. He wondered who he could go to for advises. He wanted to see Caroline as she always gave him the best ones. But as the problem was about him and her great-grandson, it was absolutely impossible and he erased the idea from his mind. He took his phone out of his pocket and went through his contacts. "It's in this moment that I would want my family…" When he saw Abigail's name on his screen, he immediately pressed the call button. He waited for her to answer.
"Come on pick up Abbs! (…) Abby? I urgently need to talk to you? Can I come by now? (…) Thank you so much. See you in 5 minutes."
"Okay so Sonny, tell me what's going on? What's so important?"
"Abbs, I made a big, no a huge mistake…" Sonny was passing his hands through his hair frantically and his tone was the tone of a scared man. "I messed up big time!"
"Wow it looks serious. Tell me what happened?"
"College problems…"
"How could you mess up the school area? You are the best young teacher ever and I'm sure your students love you." When she said that, Sonny opened wide eyes and was now pulling his hair and Abby noticed that. "No! No… Sonny, what happened?" Sonny's eyes filled with guilt and he looked down, not daring cross Abigail stare.
"I don't know Abbs, it just… happened. And now I don't know what to do!"
"What happened exactly?" Sonny stood up and went to the window and leaned against the wall. Hesitantly he turned towards Abby.
"It' maybe more than college problems… Something happened with a student…"
"What? What happened? Have you done the deed?"
"No of course not! We just kissed!"
"Who is he? Who is the guy you kissed? Maybe nothing will happen! Maybe he'll drop it!"
"Honestly I don't think it'll happen! He won't leave me alone! Is it wrong if I tell you I don't want him to?"
"Are you freaking kidding me Sonny? Of course it's wrong! You just kissed one of your students! You can be fired for that. What were you thinking? Don't you remember what happened with Sam?"
"Yes I perfectly remember. Thank you Abbs!" Abigail got up from the couch and went to Sonny to pull him a hug. "I'm sorry Son! I didn't want to hurt you by bringing up painful memories."
"It's okay! I'm fine now! You were right: I never should have involved myself with him back then. It's like a vicious circle. I had an affair with my closeted teacher secretly and now I almost got involved with one of my students."
"At the difference that you're not closeted!" She laughed slightly but immediately stopped when she noticed Sonny becoming more serious with every second.
"You don't know what you're talking about! I never said I was gay to my co-workers or to my boss. So I'm kind of closeted…"
"Sorry! I was trying to put a little humor. I prefer laughing about this than crying. By the way, you never told me who he was!"
"You definitely don't want to know!" Insisting on the 'definitely', Sonny was shaking his head, pretending to gather his belongings.
"Sonny, come on tell me! You can't come in here, tell me that you kissed one of your students without telling me his name."
"I'm telling you, you don't want to know. If you know, you'll hate me!"
"What? Why would I hate you?"
"You advised me to be careful… It's Will; Will Horton" Shameful Sonny was speaking with the lower voice possible so that Abigail couldn't hear him but she did anyway.
"Sonny, no! No don't tell me it's him! Don't tell me it's Will!" He looked at her, trying to put a smile on his face without showing the guilt but failed. "Oh my god, Sonny! How could you be so stupid? I told you he was bad news and I told you to stay away from him! And what do you do? You go and kiss him? Why?"
"I don't know! I guess I saw another side of him! He seemed hurt and… He looked so vulnerable and… I don't know it just happened!"
"You are perfectly aware that this is a trick right? He's playing you to get you in his bed."
"No, I honestly don't think that! He wasn't playing, I would have known that!"
"And how? You've known him for what; two months? You don't know him but I do and I tell you: Get away from him! He's playing you. He played so many people in this town. I just don't want you to be hurt!"
"And I thank you for that! But I can't not see him, he's in my class and I give him private lessons! What should I do?"
"I think you should be as cold as you can with him from now. Maybe he'll get it and he'll leave you alone!"
Sonny didn't want any of this but he didn't have the choice. If what happened was known, he could have problems, big problems. But hearing Abigail saying such bad things about Will really hurt him. He was convinced that the tears from the day before were not fake. He was sure he discovered a side of Will that no one knew.
"Sonny, did you hear me? You can't have anything like this happen ever again! You get it?" Her tone was forceful and determined while Sonny's was sad and defeated. "Yes Abbs, I get it!"
About one hour later, Sonny was walking slowly through Horton Town square thinking about Abigail just said. He always listened to Abigail. The only time he didn't, he ended up hurt and heartbroken. She had advised him not to date his teacher but the attraction was too strong.
Sam was a great guy who was in a divorce phase. He wasn't already out as gay but he knew that living with his wife was lying to himself and to her. Sam helped Sonny during his family crisis and was the shoulder he could cry on while Sonny tried to help him being proud of who he was. They ended up dating secretly for approximately two years, Sam was very tender and gentle with Sonny. But that didn't last as the dean suspected something and called Sam on it. Since that moment, Sam changed and the relationship ended when he announced Sonny he was going to go back to his family in California. Sonny was left alone and he turned to Abigail who knew that would happen. From that day, Sonny swore he would always listen to Abigail's advises.
He was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't see the man in front of him and bumped into him. "Oh sorry sir…" The man turned toward him and Sonny's eyes locked on the blue that captivated him. "Will?"
"Hum hey!" Will looked totally different from the man he was during the hours of classes, he looked worse than when he saw him one hour ago. His eyes were extinguished, none spark was visible and he didn't seem confident at all. Sonny saw that Will was going to say something but he remembered Abigail's words "Get away from him! He's bad news!"
"Hum sorry Will I have to go! I'll see you in class at 4PM!" And he left him once again. He walked quickly to his car, started it and drove to the University.
Will was left once again alone, dejected. He didn't understand what had happened for the last two hours. First Sonny was friendly talking to him, advising him to go live to his grandma's then he was telling him to drop the façade before kissing him wildly. And now, he was avoiding him like he was infected by the plague. Will sat on the bench, confused like hell. He remembered Sonny's taste, the sweetness of his lips on his and the passion he gave into the kiss. The he wondered what could have passed through Sonny's mind to make him pull away so brutally and try to avoid him. He was still trying to figure things out when he was joined by his friends. He automatically put the attitude back and welcomed them as happy as he could pretend to be, a tiny part of his mind occupied by thoughts about Sonny.
They soon arrived to the University and entered the amphitheater. Tyler, Brian, Kareem and Neil were like usual making fun of the other students while Will was a little more reserved and less enthusiastic than usual. He threw a hopeful glance to the desk where Sonny was already seated as usual. He liked that Sonny was always here before the students, he could talk to him before the class begins. He thought that Sonny would look up hearing the group enter but he didn't. They went to their seats and the class began.
"So I'm going to give your exams. It is pretty good except for some of you. Julian, it's excellent: A. Kareem you can do so much better: C+ don't give up; Brian it's bad: D. Will…"
Will put a smile on his face when he heard Sonny's voice saying his name. But the smile instantly vanished when hearing the rest of the sentence.
"Will, I'm not happy. You have B+"
"What? I have a B+ and you're not happy?"
"No I'm not. You can do better than that. If you can't work better than this, I suggest you leave the medical area because it's not for you…"
"You're kidding tight? I have a B+ and you're telling me this while some other students have a C and have your encouragements? It's twisted!"
"You're not allowed to talk me like that! Watch your tone!"
"Whatever, I'm out of here!" His voice was trembling from the sobs he was refraining and not allowing to show. He had the reputation of being insolent and he would keep it no matter what Sonny thought. "How ironical it is! He's the one to tell me to drop the façade but he keeps his for everyone." He gathered his belongings, snatched the paper from Sonny's hands and walked out of the door under the perplexed glance from the other students and Sonny.
The next classes and private lessons were not better. Every time Will had a question or a remark, Sonny would not answer it and he was cold as ice with Will not allowing a smile or a joke during the lessons. Will couldn't take it anymore and he decided to confront Sonny one time for all. During one lesson, he was carefully reading the chapter about the aortic artery not missing one word when Sonny interrupter him.
"You're taking very long to memorize 5 lines Will! Are you finished now? I don't have all the time in the world."
"Will you tell me what your problem is?"
"What? What are you talking about? If you are trying to…"
"If I'm trying to what? Say it! If I'm trying to be the worst I can be? Honestly, I don't understand! What did I do to deserve such an attitude from you? Okay I was a jerk when we met but you, you were nice with me before. You even told me you cared about me and kissed me. And now as soon as you see me, either you walk away or you turn back. You talk to me like I'm dirt. I'm sorry but I can't take it anymore. You talked to me about my facade, try to get rid of yours before! So you have a choice here. You tell me what the hell your problem with me is or you leave!"
To be continued…
