Chapter 9: Broken – Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Will made his way to the pier and took a seat on the bench. Will was still reeling about the feelings he experienced when he saw Gabi with Sonny. He wondered why Gabi was so harsh with him. He wondered why he felt jealous. He realized that his jealousy was focused on Sonny, and a sick feeling came over him as a thought crossed his mind. If Gabi and Sonny were together, all this pressure he was feeling could go away. The thought of being free of Gabi was so appealing and that made Will sick to his stomach because Gabi had done nothing wrong. He did not understand it.
Sonny walked up and spotted Will sitting on the bench. He had followed Will there from Gabi's apartment and felt bad that he had caused problems between Gabi and Will. Sonny contemplated telling Will that he was gay to help explain why Gabi called him an idiot. Part of him liked that Will did not know because it seemed anytime he told someone he was gay, they treated him differently. He liked the way that Will treated him, and he did not want that to change. On the other hand, Sonny knew that he had come too far in his life to hide who he was.
Will spotted Sonny standing there watching him. "Sonny. What are you doing here? Did you follow me?"
Sonny walked closer to Will but still kept his distance from him. "Sorry. I just felt bad with how things went down back there. I wanted to make sure you were okay."
"I'm fine, but I appreciate you checking in on me." Will wanted to play things off with Sonny so that he would leave. "I just need to be alone right now."
Before Sonny could say anything, Chad showed up. Sonny noticed that when Chad walked up to Will, Will's face lit up. He also noted that Will stood up to greet him.
"Will, are you okay man? I came as soon as I got your text." Chad looked Will over and noted that he seemed to be okay.
Will did not want to get into the real reason he texted Chad because Sonny was there. "I just wanted to hang out with you… like we talked about earlier at the park."
Sonny watched Chad and Will's interaction and noted the way they looked at each other. Chad's phone made a sound. He looked at it and saw that it was a text message from his dad. "Wow. Stefano knows how to text." Chad read the message and seemed a bit disappointed. "I hate to do this, but can I get a rain check on hanging out? Apparently something urgent is going on, and I am needed at the mansion."
"Yeah, sure." Will was disappointed as well, but figured Chad needed to go if it was urgent.
"Cool." Chad shook Will's hand and was about to walk away, but stopped because he remembered something. "One more thing. EJ and I thought that you should join us when we work out at the gym. Are you cool with that?"
Will's face lit up again. "Yeah. That would be great."
"Sweet." Chad waved at Sonny, whom he had ignored during this whole exchange, and left.
Will took a seat again on the bench. Sonny walked over to take a seat next to him. Will was a little annoyed that Sonny was still around. He was starting to feel a bit awkward around him. "Will, I noticed something when Chad walked up to you. There was something in your eyes when you saw him. It was like your sadness was gone. You really like him, don't you?"
Will felt awkward with Sonny before, but now he felt awkward even more. Will began to ponder his feelings for Chad. Once again the unidentified feeling began to take over making Will paranoid. "What are you trying to say, Sonny? Are you trying to imply that I am gay? … because I am not. I'm not gay. I'm not."
Sonny realized that he had made Will very uncomfortable. "I am sorry. I was not trying to imply that you were… gay… I was just noting that Chad seems to be really important to you… a good friend, if I may say so. You guys have a real friendship." Sonny hoped that would make Will feel better about everything. "I really hope that I can have a real friendship like that in Salem."
Will felt bad for letting all that out with Sonny. He honestly did not know where that came from. "I'm sorry I blew up at you like that. I guess all this stress I have been holding in is finally wanting out." Will began to think about Chad again. Chad had this power over him, and he was not sure if it was normal. Will looked over and realized that Sonny was talking to him. "Sorry, what?"
"I was just saying that we should hang out." Will got up from the bench. "Where are you going?"
"I need to talk to Gabi. I just left her like that and she's probably upset. I'll just see you at work or something."
After Will walked away, Sonny remained on the bench and thought about Will. He wished that he and Will had the same friendship as Chad and Will had.
Chad walked into the main room at the DiMera Mansion to find EJ and Stefano talking about business. "What's the emergency?"
Stefano turned to Chad while EJ took a seat on the sofa. "Oh, you are here. Listen, I need you to go with Elvis. You two are going to meet up with an informant because he has some important information that we need to know."
Chad was annoyed that the emergency turned out to be just a job that Stefano wanted him to do. He really wanted to hang out with Will.
Stefano continued, "Let your brother do all the talking, but pay attention. You can learn a lot about how these meetings work because soon you will be doing these meetings alone. Is that understood?"
Chad shook his head. "Understood." Chad made eye contact with EJ, who stood up from the sofa. He was now a bit excited to go with him on this mission. He wondered if anyone would die this time.
"You ready?" EJ grabbed his keys out of his pocket.
"Yeah. Let's go." Chad and EJ left.
Nathan took a quick sip of his coffee after it was handed to him by the barista. He decided to stop by the Java Café before heading home after a short shift at the hospital. He left a tip in the jar on the counter by the cash register and then headed for the door. He stopped when he spotted Dario walking in. Nathan decided that he would avoid making eye contact with Dario hoping that Dario would not want to talk to him.
Unfortunately, Dario spotted him. "Nathan, right?"
"Yep. Dario?"
"Yeah. You have a minute?" Dario was determined to ask him a few questions about his relationship with Melanie.
Nathan really did not want to talk to Dario and decided that he would politely blow him off. "I'm sorry, but I am in a bit of hurry to get home. Maybe another time."
Dario stopped Nathan from leaving. "This won't take long, I promise. Just one question." Nathan could tell Dario was determined. He told Dario to go ahead. "What is your history with Melanie?"
Nathan was a bit shocked that Dario was very forward with his question. He realized that Dario was asking the question because he was interested in Melanie. "Dude, that's kind of personal. Why don't you just ask Melanie?"
"Because I'd rather hear it from you. So what happened between the two of you? I can tell something happened."
Nathan pondered answering Dario's questions about Melanie and decided to let Dario know the truth. He figured it would make Dario back off from Melanie. "Yeah. Melanie and I were in love, but things did not work out. Satisfied?"
"Do you still love her?"
"I have to go. I answered your one question, so I did what you asked." Nathan walked out. He could have easily told Dario the truth to make him angry, but he decided that he was not going to play that game.
As Nathan walked out, Kate came in and spotted Sami sitting at a table with Johnny and Sydney. Johnny and Sydney were coloring while Sami was eating a muffin. She decided to go over and make conversation. "Well, if it isn't Sami with half of her litter…" Kate smirked as Sami turned her body towards Kate.
"What do you want?" Sami was not in the mood for Kate's games.
"Just wanted to let you know that I talked to Lucas today. He told me that Allie was doing exceptionally well and has made quite a few friends in Hong Kong. She seems to be really happy."
Sami was really interested in hearing about Allie and was glad that her daughter was settling in well with her father, even if she missed her a lot. "That's good to hear. I need to call her again." She looked at Johnny and Sydney. They were really into their coloring books.
"You know I was thinking that since Allie is doing so well in Hong Kong that it might be good for Will to go there. He just seems so depressed here because of your bad choices in life. I mean it's got to be hard to see your mother's mistakes everywhere you go."
Sami's smile soon disappeared. "You're one to talk. I should have known we could not have a civil conversation without you trying to provoke a fight. Kate, I really am not in the mood to do this with you, so could you please go haunt someone else?"
"I was not trying to provoke a fight. I was just trying to be honest with you. Will is not happy in Salem, and you're to blame." Kate walked away leaving Sami even more frustrated. Sami wondered if Will really needed a change of scenery.
Justin and Adrienne were enjoying a late night dinner at the Brady Pub. As they were waiting for their food, Adrienne and Justin were discussing how it was a blessing that Sonny moved to Salem. "I really wish all my boys were in Salem, but the fact that we have one here now makes me really happy." Adrienne smiled at her husband. "I'm really proud of Sonny, and I think he is going to do great at Salem U."
Justin took a sip and agreed. "He seems to like it here. I haven't seen him complain about anything. Have you?"
Adrienne thought back to the night before when Dario made the comment. "Well, there was a bit of an ordeal at the Cheatin' Heart last night. Dario slipped the f-word."
Justin put his cup down. "Oh, wow. How did Sonny respond?"
"He was really upset, and Dario felt really bad. Dario apologized right after it happened as he had no idea that Sonny was gay. Dario promised me that he would apologize to our son." Adrienne began to play with the straw in her drink.
"Well, I am glad that Dario apologized. People need to be more careful." Justin picked up on Adrienne's sadness. "What's wrong, Adrienne?"
"I'm just worried about Sonny. I mean, what if people don't accept him? What if people are rude, and what if something bad happens?" Adrienne's eyes began to water just thinking about the awful things that could happen to Sonny.
Justin took Adrienne's hand. "Sweetheart, that's a lot of 'what ifs' that probably will not happen. We have a lot of family and friends here that are loving and supportive. Sonny is a great guy, and that's all that matters. They won't even care if Sonny is gay."
All of a sudden, plates came crashing down right by their table. Justin looked up and saw Caroline standing there in shock. She had dropped their food. Justin and Adrienne got up and began to help Caroline pick up the mess. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." Caroline was still in shock at what happened. "They just slipped write out of my hand. I am so sorry. I guess I am really clumsy today." Caroline could not believe what she had overheard.
It was dark out when Chad and EJ made their way to the park. Chad looked around and did not see anyone. "So are we going to end up in a life or death situation this time?" Chad let out a small laugh, but EJ did not even smile. "I was just kidding."
EJ spotted the informant walking up and adjusted his coat. "Just be cool and don't say anything. Let me do the talking. Watch and learn little brother." The informant walked up and greeted EJ as 'Mr. DiMera'. "This is my brother. He's recently joined the family business." The informant greeted Chad as 'Mr. DiMera' as well. "So what have you got for us."
The informant looked around and then back to EJ. "It's about Rafe Hernandez."
EJ was intrigued as to what the informant had to say about Rafe. The man was locked up pretty much for life. He told the informant to continue.
"According to an inmate, Rafe has been talking about having some kind of evidence on your family's involvement in illegal business. There are rumors that he is cutting a deal to take time off of his sentence."
EJ was not pleased to hear this. "Do you have any idea what proof he could have?"
"No. Not yet." Chad watched EJ and wondered how serious this information was. He did not like what he was hearing. "Boss, do you want me to take care of him? I can finish him off."
EJ put his hand on his chin with his index finger over his mouth. He put his hand back down. "No. Sit tight for now. For all we know Rafe could be bluffing. He knows better than to just talk about what he knows. He knows that we have our connections and might be trying to get our attention."
"Right. I'll see what else I can dig up."
"Thanks. You're free to go." EJ dismissed the informant and watched him leave. After the informant was gone, EJ turned to Chad. "Well, this should be interesting." Suddenly they heard a noise.
"What was that?"
EJ looked around and did not find anything. "Probably just a squirrel. Let's go."
Chad and EJ left, unknowingly passing Abigail who was hiding behind a tree. She wondered what she had just witnessed. She could not believe Chad was involved. She took a deep breath and decided to head home.
Will made his way back to Gabi's apartment door. Before going in, he thought about what he was going to do once he walked inside. He wanted to break up with Gabi because it was not working out. He was miserable with her, and it was not fair to either one of them. He wanted to be friends with Gabi again. He wanted to like her again. Their dating seemed to ruin what they once had… a great friendship.
The word 'gay' unexpectedly popped into his head. He tried to shake it off, but he realized that if he broke up with Gabi, then other people might notice the way he looked at Chad like Sonny had earlier. He did not want others to pick up on his peculiar feelings for Chad. Will did not understand it himself, but he knew he did not want to be called out on being gay when he knew he was not.
Will used his key and walked in and found Gabi moping on the couch. "Hey."
Gabi's head immediately popped up when she heard his voice. She went over to him and gave him a hug. "I'm so sorry for being so mean to you today. I should not have said those things." She gave Will another hug and then a peck on the lips.
"I'm ready," Will let out after the kiss. Gabi was a bit shocked to hear him say those words. Will was surprised as well.
"Ready? You mean…" she gave Will a look.
Will nervously smiled. "Yeah. If you are okay. We can…" Gabi grabbed his hand and pulled him to her room. She threw him on the bed and began to make out with him. Will tried to get into it and began to unbutton his shirt. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." Gabi pulled off her blouse and threw it on the floor. She straddled Will. "Are you?"
"Yeah," Will lied. He was nervous as hell and was not sure what he was doing. Gabi kissed Will again and began to undo his belt. She remembered that they needed protection.
"I'll be right back." Gabi headed to her brother's room.
While Gabi was gone, Will got up and pulled off his shorts leaving him in only his boxer briefs. He pulled Gabi's covers and got under them.
Gabi returned with a condom. "I hope this fits." She handed Will the condom to put on while she finished getting undressed. Once she was just in her lingerie, she joined Will under the covers. He seemed to be struggling with the condom. "Do you need me to help?" Gabi began to kiss him to get him excited.
Will tried to arouse himself by hyping the idea that he was about to have sex with a beautiful girl. He began to get frustrated when he realized it was not working, but that did not stop him from trying harder.
"Maybe we can kiss a bit more to make me ready." Gabi and Will began to make out again and things started getting heavy. Gabi's hands began to wonder all over Will's chest as Will tried to excite himself by pulling on Gabi's hair. Will was trying so hard that tears began to form in his eyes. Gabi's hand began to go lower and reached Will's briefs, but Will grabbed her hand and stopped her.
"Stop!" he let out. "Stop… stop… stop." Gabi got off Will and was concerned that she might have hurt him somehow. "I'm sorry. I cannot do this." Will brought his knees to his head and wrapped his hands around his knees.
Speechless, Gabi watched as he placed his head down onto his knees and began to cry. Will was broken, and neither of them knew why.
