"So what are we going to do?" "He has been locked up in his room for 3 days." "The only time I see him is when he comes out to get something to eat and then he just goes back into his room." "Have you tried to talk to him?" Lucas asked. "Yes, I have tried talk to him Lucas...I'm not an idiot...but he won't even answer me." As Lucas and Sami continue to talk the phone rings. "I'll get it." Lucas says. "Hello." "Oh hello Justin...how are you?" ..."Have you heard from Sonny?"...Oh good...so he is settling in?" "Great Will will be glad to hear that." ..Sure ...but he hasn't talked to anyone since Sonny left." "He has been locked up in his room." "Let me see if he will talk to you, hold on a second." Lucas walks over to Will bedroom door. "Will ..this call is for you...it is Mr. Kiriakis." No sooner does he get the name out when Will opens his door and grabs the phone and closes the door again. "Hello." Will says timidly. "Hello Will...how are you holding up?" "I'm okay...how is Sonny...did he get there?" "Yes he landed right on time...and Adrianne's cousin met him just where he was suppose to be." "So he is okay?" Will asked. "Yes he is fine, everything is fine." "But I am worried about you Will." "Your dad tells me you haven't gone out since Sonny left?" Will tries to think of what to say. "I just don't want to go out...there isn't anything I want to do." "What about your friends." That question hit Will like a brick and he started to cry. "Will listen to me...why don't you do this for me." "Get yourself cleaned up and meet me at your grandma's pub in say an hour." "Will you do that for me?" "Okay sir." "Great ..then I will see you in an hour." "Okay." "Thank you Will...I will see you then." "Could you put your dad back on..I needed to talk to him about something." Will climbs off his bed and walks to the door.
"Dad...Mr Kiriakis wants to talk to you." Lucas stops talking to Sami and walks over to retrieve the phone. Will walks back into his room to get some clean clothes and then steps around Lucas to get to the shower. "Hello." "Lucas...I have invited Will to meet me at the pub so we can talk...I hope that is okay with you and Sami?" "Thank you Justin...it is fine...I am just glad to get him out of the house..it isn't good for him to hide himself away." "No I agree...we won't be too long...I just want to talk to him about his...maybe make him feel a bit better." "Well anything you could do would be greatly appreciated Justin." "It's not a problem...I like Will he is a good boy...and has been a great friend to Sonny." "So...I will talk to him..and let you know how it goes." "Thank you for Justin." "Let me give you my cell..so you can call me directly." Sami gives him a dirty look. Lucas gives him the number and they hang up.
"What was that about" Sami asked snidely. Lucas takes Sami by the arm and leads her away from the bathroom so Will doesn't hear his conversation. "Justin invited Will to go out with him..to talk...and Will agreed." "Why is he involved." she asked. "Sami ..you yourself said that Will is not talking to you..but he is willing to get out of the house to talk to Justin...frankly at this point I don't give a damn who he will talk to as long as he talks to someone." "And despite our differences with the Kiriakis's Justin has been a straight up guy ..so I think Will talking to him is a good and positive sign." "So don't screw this up." "Just let Will go out without you badgering him with questions." "Just accept it as he is going out..and that is a good thing." "Got it.?" "Yes..okay I got it"..Sami replies like a child who has just be scolded. "Why did you want him to call you directly?" "Sami..do you have to asked that question?" "How far do you think the conversation would go if he talked to you...what 10 seconds?" "I will talk to him and let you know what happens."
Will comes out of the bathroom thirty minutes later clean and dressed. He goes into his room grabs a pair of sneakers and sits on the edge of the bed to put them on. Lucas comes in and sit down next to him. "Will I am worried about you." Will remains silent. Lucas has trepidations about bringing up Sonny but he knows he has to bring it up so that Will can get by this. "I understand that you are upset about Sonny going." "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING" Will yells as he grabs his jacket off his desk chair and runs out of the apartment. "Well that went well." Sami yells from the kitchen. Lucas just shakes his head.
Will starts his walk over to the pub. He thinks about his request to Sonny not to contact him. He has discovered that having no contact at all is almost too much for him to take. One of the reasons he is going to talk to Justin is so he can ask him to tell Sonny that he would like to hear from him and that he will write to him while he is away.
Will arrives at the pub and takes a seat at a table in the back because he has been crying a bit and he doesn't want anyone to see him. He is seated for only about 2 minutes when he sees Justin come in. Will stands and flags him over. Justin smiles and waves then walks over to the table. "Hello Mr. Kiriakis." "Hello Will." Justin says as he pulls his chair out to sit down. Will sits down as Justin does. " So Will how have you been?" "Your dad says you have been hold up in your room for a few days now?" "Yeah...sort of." "I just don't feel like going out." "Besides most of the time when I was out is was because Sonny and I were doing stuff together." Will start to cry just a bit at the mention of Sonny's name." Justin notices but doesn't draw attention to it. Sonny was crying some when he talk to him a few days ago. So he knows they are both going through a hard time right now and they have a right to cry.
"Oh I gave Sonny your letter like you asked." "Thank you sir...I kinda wish I hadn't given it to you." "Why's that Will?" "Well in it I asked Sonny not to contact me while he was away." "Why would you do that ?" "I just thought it would be too hard for me to read things from him when I can't talk to him for real." "I was also afraid that he would make all these new friends and I would get jealous because they would have him around and I wouldn't" "I can understand that...but you may make new friends too when you start high school in the fall." "I know sir but it won't be the same." "Sonny was special to me...and I don't think anyone understands that." "My parents just think of it as a friend just leaves and you make a new one." "But it isn't going to work that way for me sir." " Will I know you may not think so, but I do understand what you are saying but you can't just retreat from your life." "It won't be good for you." "It is unhealthy." "And Sonny wouldn't want you to do that." "Just like you wouldn't want Sonny to be unhappy all the time because he can't see you." "No sir I wouldn't want Sonny to be unhappy." "Well here...I wrote down his email address and his street address at his school." "Why don't you email him ask him to send you some pictures of his school and Paris." "Chatting online might be hard because of the time difference and everything. But maybe on weekends you can chat." "And while he is away you and he can keep up with each other." "Tell each other about what's going on." "I will sir." "Thank you for giving me this." "I know Sonny would love to hear from you Will." "He misses you very much." "Oh and I haven't forgotten that you are going to come over to show me this Skip thing." "I think you mean Skype sir." "Yeah that...you have to come over to show me how to set that up on my computer so I can talk to Sonny and we can see each other." "Sure I can show you how to do that." "Great...I don't know a darn thing about computers." "I keep saying I will learn...but I just don't get around to it." Will laughs a little. "I can show you some things so it isn't so hard." "Perfect...I still write things down on paper and give them to my secretary and she keeps telling me to get with the times."
Justin and Will continue their conversation over sandwiches and soda. Justin had gotten Will to full out laugh a few times with story about when he was Will's age. When they finished their lunch Justin reiterated to Will that he should send Sonny and email and to keep in touch with him. Will agreed and said he would. As they got up to leave Will took on a serious tone once more. "Mr Kiriakis can I ask you a question?" "Sure and if I can answer it I will." "What is it?" "Do you think Sonny will forget me?" Justin could hear real concern in Will's voice. "Will I don't think Sonny will ever forget you." He then took a step toward Will and gave him a hug. When he released him he needed to lighten the mood..he didn't want Will to leave feeling down. "So you are coming over Saturday and showing this old dog new tricks with the computer right?" "I will be there 10:00 on the dot." "Great then I will be able to play solitaire on my computer like most of the others people in the office do." Will laughs. "Thanks for coming out to see me Will." "Thank you for inviting me and for talking to me...and for Sonny's email." "I really appreciate it." "No problem...and if you ever want to talk you know how to get me right.? "Yes I do sir...thank you." "Well I better get out of here Adrianne will be wondering where I am." "I will see you on Saturday." "I'll be there." Will answered.
Justin calls Lucas to talk to him about his conversation. Lucas is grateful for Justin intervening. He explains that he and Sami are concerned for Will. That he has never behaved like this before. Justin would like to tell Lucas why Will is feeling the way he is but he doesn't feel it is his place to tell Lucas something that Will should tell them. But he hopes Will will tell them so that he can let go of this burden and live the life he truly wants too. Justin was happy that Sonny told him before he left for France. Justin understood why Sonny held off telling his mother because she has already shown to him that she thinks it is wrong and he couldn't take her possible rejection on top of everything else. Lucas concluded the conversation and thanks Justin again for his help.
Lucas called Sami and filled her in. As she was talking to him Will came in. He said hi and then went to his room but didn't close the door. He just sat down at his desk and began to write. Sami took that as a good sign and told that to Lucas. Lucas told her that maybe this is the turning point for Will and he is on his way back to being himself. She hopes so.