Sonny was a bit surprised by Will's reaction to catching him naked on the boat that day. He didn't seem very upset over it, he almost seemed to think it was rather funny, which kind of struck Sunny as rather weird. But what did strike Sonny funny, is the fact that the talk he just had with Will was probably the longest conversation he's had with a single person since he has come back to California. He couldn't count Gail, since she wasn't actually in California and all they ever did was Skype. As Sonny sat there watching Will walk away he realized how sad it was that he really had no one in his life that he could share things with or even talk to. He knew he definitely needs to do something about that.

Will arrived back at his boat and saw Paul sitting on the deck of his boat. "Hey Paul, you're not going to believe this, but the dude on the bridge right now, he's the same guy that it caught me the other day." "No shit, did you deck him" Paul asked. "Nah, what's the point, it was an accident, he just happen to be there." "He's actually new around here and I couldn't really blame him, it's not like he planned to be there at that time to see what went down, hell I didn't even know what was going to go down" "Let's face it given the chance either one of us would've been watching too" Will says with a bit of a laugh. "Your probably right about that" Paul admits. "But what really surprised me is that he didn't even try to lie his way out of it, he just pleaded guilty and didn't even try to cover it up." "I have to give the guy points for balls." Will says.

It has become Sonny's ritual to go for these walks every day, and each day he was determined to speak to someone, perhaps strike up a conversation, but more times than not it just failed. But truthfully he wasn't really putting himself out there, he made a halfhearted effort to strike up conversations in coffee shops or fast food places but he really didn't have the heart for it. He thinks that he is in a way betraying his parents if he was to have a good time, or enjoying himself. Somewhere in the back of his mind something was telling him that he had to be sad. He had no right to be happy. He wonders if he had chosen a different city to move to, someplace where there weren't so many haunts that he and his dad would go to or places he and his mom would eat at. It almost seemed that everything scream out his parents. He thinks that's why he has gravitated to the bridge. It wasn't there when his parents were alive, so it held no memories he has to suppress, or deal with. This was a completely new place, a place where he could get a bit of peace. And most nights he found himself sitting on the bridge just looking out at the boats in there slips. He saw Will walking down the steps a few times on his way to his boat. Sometimes alone sometime with another guy. The other guy usually only came on weekends. Will would wave over as Sonny and Sonny would wave back but they never spoke. Sonny wasn't sure if it was because of what happen or Will just didn't really care and was waving to be polite.

On one such day Sonny saw Will walking to his boat alone. He was carrying what appeared to be a tool box so Sonny figured he was going to be there for while. So he made up his mind that he was going to do something. He was going to take the initiative.

Will was kneeling on the deck working on the steering column when he heard a voice. He was startled and raised his head too fast and banged it underneath a shelf next to the column. "Shit" Will said. "Oh sorry about that man, didn't mean to surprise you" Sonny said apologetically. Will gets up rubbing the back of his head checking his hand to see if there's any blood. "You should probably put some ice on that" Sonny says. "No it's fine just a little bump, so what can I do for you, oh wait your the guy from the bridge right? Will asked. "Yeah just your friendly neighborhood pervert that's me" Sonny say. "So seen any good shows lately?" Will says jokingly. "How could I you've been closing your cabin door, just kidding just kidding" Sonny says. "Oh real funny perv" Will says jokingly with the laugh. "So what brings you to my little dingy here?" Will asks. "Just a peace offering" Sonny says as he pulls a six pack of beer out from behind his back. "Wow you even sprung for the good stuff" Will says. "Well, Sonny said, I am a bit of a connoisseur since I moved back here." " It's pretty much become my best friend since I've been back in California" Sonny admits.

Sonny is still standing on the dock feeling awkward, he's beginning to think that this was a bad idea. "Hey look man I'm sorry I shouldn't of bothered you like this, uninvited and all, I'll just take my beer to go back up to the bridge." Sonny says as he turns to leave. "So what you just came down here to tease with the good stuff" Will says as a joke. "Come on aboard, take a load off I'll grab some chairs from below." Will says.

Sonny climbs on board and is standing on the deck looking around still feeling awkward because now he doesn't know what is going to talk to this guy about. Will comes back on deck with two folding chairs and hands one to Sonny. Sunny places the sixpack down on the deck then unfolds the chair and waits for Will to sit down. Then grabbing a beer from the sixpack, Sonny twist the cap open and hands the bottles Will. He then grabs one for himself. Will looks at Sonny and says "okay I'm going to embarrass myself here, but I don't remember whether we exchanged names or not, my name's Will, Will Horton" Will says as he extends his hand. "Sonny, Sonny Kir..." Sonny he doesn't finish his last name. He shakes Will's hand. To cover the omission Sonny jumped right into a question.

Will catches the fact that Sonny doesn't give his full name but doesn't draw attention to it yet. "So you're a native Californian I guess" Sonny asks. "Born and raised how about yourself, you said that you came back to California" "Why would you want to leave a place like this? Will says. "It's a long screwed up story" Sonny tell him. "Well those are the best kind, but if you don't want to talk about it I understand." Will says. "Maybe we can save that story for the next time." " I'm sorry, Sonny says, I'm making it sound like it's going to be a next time." he says embarrassingly. "I don't see why there can't be a next time, you seemed like a decent enough guy, a pervert but still a decent enough guy." Will says with a smile. "I can see that labels going to stick with me for a while" Sonny says with a bit of a laugh. "Oh yeah, count on that" Will says pushing Sonny's shoulder.

Will watches Sonny actions as he talks. He has been peeling the labels off his beer bottle with diligence, Sonny notices that he seems nervous for some reason. "Okay so you spend a lot time peeking in people boats, from that bridge, you seem to be a regular, so I am going to guess you live near bye" Will says. "Well you would be correct Mr. Holmes, Sherlock not John that is." Sonny says. "Hey is that a package joke, since you have seen the package." Will say looking playfully stern. "Okay, first I didn't' really see anything, for the record, and what I did see was your ass not your package." "Just so we can set the record straight." Sonny says with equal playfulness. "Oh so you're saying you're an ass man then" Will says then takes a swig of beer. "Oh man, I dig any deeper I will be in China" Sonny says. "But I will say that lady you had on board, now she had a nice ass, nice everything from what I could tell" Sonny adds. "Unless of course she is your girlfriend then I take all that back and just say she seemed lovely." "No not my girlfriend, to be blunt, she was just a lay." "She wanted it and I didn't decline" Will tells Sonny. "Seriously, Sonny says, who could have." "Exactly, Will says.

Will and Sonny spent the next hour just talking. Will offered a lot up about himself but Sonny was very reticent to offer, pretty much anything. About the only thing Will really got out of him, and it was really just observational and not so much spoken, was that he was lonely. Will had asked how long he had been away from California, Sonny told him, Will asked if he had any friends from when he lived here before, Sonny told him that he was not really trying to find out, that he was not the same person now that he was then, and he wanted to keep it that way. Will found that to be a rather cryptic answer but he knew that was about all he was going to get out Sonny at this point. Will was beginning to think that Sonny was not an easy person to be friends with. He was nice enough but it was really all one sided. You share, he pulls his card closer to the vest.

When they started to have the pregnant pauses, where neither had anything to say, Sonny told Will he should head home. For Will he could have talked more but there is only so much you can do with 2 or 3 word answers that were close ended. Sonny never gave an answer that would lead to a follow up question. Will wondered it that was intentional or just his style of speak. They had finished off the beer, and both were standing. "Well I am glad you came by, you're not quite the pervert I thought" Will says with smile. "Jeez, thanks, I feel so much better about myself now" Sonny says. They shake hands and Sonny turns to step off the boat. "Sonny, Will says, look I enjoyed talking to you and all and I would enjoy doing it again, but buddy you need to let someone through that wall you have built up around you, you make it hard for someone to get to really know you." "I am not sure why you feel a need to cover so much up and really it is none of my business,but from our talk I can see you're lonely, and Sonny that is not going to improve unless you let someone in." "Okay that is my lecture for the night" Will says. "Thank's Will, I enjoyed the talk to...I will try to do better the next time" Sonny says as he steps off the boat. "Have a good night Will" "You too Sonny.

Sonny walks the dock to the stair and just heads up and doesn't look back. He thinks about what Will said and concludes that his decision to engage Will was not such a good idea. He felt like Will was prying into his life and he didn't like it. This was him, you either accepted it or you didn't. And it seems that Will didn't. So strike out again for Sonny.