Summary: AU-Will was kidnapped as a child. The DiMeras convinced him that he was Stefano's child and he grew up, thinking he was a DiMera. Someone new comes to town and could find out the truth and tell Will everything. This has EJ and Chad starting out with the DiMera families also, so they already know who they are when they get Will. Most of the characters in this are OOC.
TW: past kidnapping and non-con.
Deception
Chapter Twelve
Will took a deep breath as he sat in the library. The teacher had given him his make-up test to take there. She completely understood since it was obviously in the news what had happened to Will.
Will put his head back. He couldn't focus and he hardly knew this stuff other than a few things Sonny had told him. He was going to fail anyways so he just started marking answers and smiled slightly when he saw Sonny and a few of his friends walking across campus and messing around. Sonny was beautiful and amazing and...everything he wasn't. Will shook his head, smiling. He didn't deserve Sonny...it was selfish, really, in his mind. Sonny could have any other guy...but Will wanted him all to himself. And he was perfectly okay with that.
"Mr. Horton?" the woman asked, "Time's up."
"Yeah, uh, thanks," Will said, still not used to be called Horton. He handed her the paper and walked out.
"How did you do?" Sonny asked.
Will shrugged and grabbed his hand.
"Will," Sonny whined, "Please tell me you didn't just guess-"
"Who needs high school?" Will sighed.
"Everyone!" Sonny said, sighing, "Do you just expect people to take care of you the rest of your life?"
"Yes?" Will said, "I love you, Sonny."
Sonny rolled his eyes and sighed, "I love you too,"
Sonny stood beside Will at the teacher's desk in silence, waiting for her to finish grading congratulations, Mr. Horton," she smiled, "95%, congratulations."
Will blinked in shock, "Uh...thanks," he said and grabbed the paper and walked out, sitting on the bench outside, "Wow," he looked at the paper.
"What one did you miss?" Sonny asked, his arm around him.
Will went through the paper and then sighed and put his head in his hands, "My name."
"Your name?" Sonny asked.
"I wrote my name wrong," he groaned, "DiMera isn't my legal name anymore."
Sonny sighed, "You still got an A, Will!" he hugged him, "That's amazing."
Will smiled, hugging him back.
Will walked into the coffee house the next day and saw Neil sitting alone in a booth and walked over and sat across from him, crossing his arms.
Neil sighed, "Hi, Will."
Will gave him a look.
Neil rolled his eyes, "Will, it's not that bad-"
"You kissed my brother out of the blue," Will said, "Without a single word that you liked him."
"You wanted me to tell you?" Neil asked, "Oh, yeah, hey Will, I got a thing for your straight brother."
Will sighed, "This is insane, you know that, right?"
Neil shrugged, "I grew up with him...he's my best friend," he mumbled.
"That's sweet," Will laughed quietly, "I've never seen you romantic, Neil."
Neil rolled his eyes, "Shut it, Horton."
Sonny walked over and put a cup of coffee in front of Will.
"He's using my last name, Sonny," he whined.
Sonny laughed quietly, "You like your last name," he kissed his cheek.
"Stop being sweet, you're giving me cavities," Neil laughed and paid Sonny, "See you later," he said and walked out.
Sonny sat across from Will.
"I believe you have a job you should be doing, Mr. Kiriakis," Will said.
"Lauren has it covered," Sonny smiled.
Will smiled at him, "Hi."
"Hey," Sonny grinned, "So what are your plans for the summer?"
"Umm," Will thought about it, "I guess I should get to know my family a little..."
"Maybe...you should take Hope's recomendation about therapy?" Sonny tried.
"I'm fine," Will said, putting his head on the table.
Sonny sighed, "You know...I could go with you."
Will shook his head, "That's not going to make me go, Sonny," he sighed.
Sonny shook his head, "You're so stubborn."
"No I'm not," he said playfully.
Sonny rolled his eyes and grabbed his hand across the table and sat in a comfortable silence until he had to go back to work.
"Where are you going to stay...when you get out?" Will asked.
"Well I wanted to stay at home," Chad sighed, "But it's pretty tense since dad got back and figured out you...found out," he muttered, "So I dunno...I graduated, I just gotta get through the summer then I can dorm at my college."
"Good," Will said, "Who knows what else he lied about," he said quietly.
"Maybe I'll get lucky and I won't be a DiMera," he grinned.
"Good luck with that," Will smiled.
"Mr. Horton," Maxine peeked in, "Visiting time is over."
Will sighed and got up, "See you tomorrow, Chad."
"Bye," Chad sighed, turning on the TV.
"Stop rotting your brain," Will called.
"Bite me," Chad called back, making Maxine smile.
Will sat outside in Horton Square by himself. Sonny was still working so he didn't really have anything to do, especially with summer.
"Hi," a girl said, "You're Will Horton, right?"
"Right," Will stood up, shaking her hand, "I've seen you around campus...you're Gabi, right? You date, um...Nick Fallon?"
Nick wasn't exactly friendly towards Will during school. He didn't seem to fear the DiMeras like everyone else. And he wasn't exactly to friendly with the fact that Will was gay. He didn't understand how a sweet girl like Gabi could end up with...that.
"I am," she smiled, "Sorry to bother you, you looked lonely."
"Yeah," he laughed quietly, sitting down and Gabi followed the movement, "Sonny...my boyfriend," he looked at her hesitantly and she didn't even say anything, "He's working," he shrugged, "And Chad is in the hospital," he said, "I don't have a lot of friends."
"We could be friends," she laughed quietly, "We're in the same grade, right?"
"Um, yeah," he said, "Since kindergarten," he muttered, "And I don't think Nick would be too happy with us being friends."
Gabi rolled her eyes, "He doesn't exactly control me," she laughed, "Nobody can do that."
"You sound threatening," Will laughed.
"Because I am," Gabi said, "My brother taught me to never take any crap from anyone."
"Your brother is the cop, right?" Will asked.
Gabi nodded, "I think he works with your grandpa."
"I wouldn't know too much about that," Will laughed awkwardly.
"Oh, I've heard all about that," she shook her head, "I knew Stefano DiMera did a lot of bad things...but he stole your life, practically!"
"I know," Will said quietly, "Some of Chad's too. He thought he was my brother," he shook his head, "What Stefano doesn't get is, that Chad will always be my brother, even if it isn't by blood."
Gabi smiled, "That's sweet."
"Hey, Will," Sonny ran over and sighed, "Hi, Gabi," he mumbled.
"Sonny," she rolled her eyes.
"Sonny, be nice," Will sighed.
Sonny rolled his eyes and sat down, putting his arm around Will's shoulder.
"Even though we don't get along, Sonny," Gabi told him, "I guess you two are a really cute couple," she said as she got up.
"Um...want to tell me what you have against Gabi?" Will asked, sitting beside Sonny in the library.
"Well," Sonny sighed, "It's not really Gabi...it's more her boyfriend, Nick. He called me a faggot right in front of her and she didn't say a thing."
Will winced at the word and looked a little shocked, "Nick Fallon? I think I'm related to him. Does anyone else know?"
"Everyone knows he's a homophobe, Will," Sonny sighed, "Except the family, of course. They think he's soooo reformed after going to juvie."
"What did he go to juvie for?" Will asked.
Sonny yawned and put his arm around him and Will laughed quietly at the old move and Sonny started explaining, "Well, apparently Nick did a bunch of drugs and got high. and beat someone up. Everyone knows it was because he was gay, but they can't prove anything."
"Who did he beat up?" Will asked in shock.
"Neil," Sonny said.
Will tried to think of any occasion when Neil showed up with bruises. He remembered hearing yelling in EJ's office when he was a little younger...probably two years ago. Chad had been yelling about Neil and EJ said something about Neil being gay and Chad said he wasn't...
"Oh," Will said, "I think I remember," he shrugged, "So that explains why Chad hates her too...but why would you guys hate her? Why not just hate Nick?"
"She knows he did it and she stays with him," Sonny said, "It's reason enough."
Will nodded, "I guess I get it," he said, "Hey, want to help me plan Chad's birthday party? He got out an hour ago and ran home to get dressed and stuff...he said he refuses to have h is party the day after his birthday or something," he rolled his eyes
"Sure," Sonny smiled, "But I thought DiMeras didn't have birthday parties."
"They used to have stuffy ass parties where they sat in the living room awkwardly and opened gifts," he said, "But now Chad is nineteen, he no longer has to listen to them," he grinned, "Party time."
Sonny laughed and kissed him, "Awesome."
Though he didn't know he was under the watchful eye of his mother.
Adrienne walked over, "Hi, Sonny," she smiled and nodded, "Will."
Will sighed, "Hi, Adrienne, so good to see you."
Sonny nudged him and smiled, "Hey, mom."
"I was just making sure that you're still on for dinner tonight with your father and I," she crossed her arms.
"Oh..." Sonny sighed, "Mom, Chad's party is tonight-"
"No," Will said quickly, "Sonny, really, you should go with your mom," he said, "I'll see you after, of course."
Sonny smiled, "Of course," he agreed, "See? It all works out."
Chad walked over and sat beside Will, "Hey, it's you," he laughed, "I remember you. You're the bitch."
"CHAD!" Will yelled, "OH MY GOD!" he said, "Sonny, I'll see you later," he kissed Sonny's cheek and drug Chad away from Sonny's shocked mother.
"What is the matter with you?!" Will demanded.
"What?!" Chad demanded, "She is!"
Will sighed, sitting on the bench, "I know, but you don't need to say it out loud."
"Look," Chad said, sitting beside him, "That day we met Sonny in the coffee house...I kept trying to remember where I've seen him before."
"School?" Will snorted.
"No," Chad said, "We were younger and at the park. You wanted friends, remember? So these two kids..." he tried to get Will to remember.
"Oh my God," Will said, "That was Sonny and Abigail?!"
"Yeah," Chad said, "And Adrienne and some other bitch drug them away, remember? So that's my grudge and I'll stick to it."
"Wow," Will said in shock.
"Yeah," Chad said and quickly changed the subject, "So where should I get my pizza from?"
"I thought this was a casual party!" Gabi called to Will over the music.
"It is!" Will yelled back, "I think all the girls are trying to impress my brother!"
Gabi laughed, "I think that's gonna be a little hard with how he keeps looking at Neil!"
Will laughed and walked away a little with her so the music wasn't as loud and sat with her at one of the tables, "I just hope I don't walk in on them making out again," he snorted, "That scarred me for life."
Gabi laughed, "Oh, I'm sure it did."
Chad walked over, "Wiiiiill, guess what?"
Will looked up, "I'm guessing that you're drunk?"
"Beer is good," Chad snorted, sitting down and hugging him.
Will looked at Gabi awkwardly.
"You know...when I heard about EJ and his...his friggin' lies...I was so mad. Because you know what? Screw papers! You're always...always gonna be my baby brother, 'kay?"
Will laughed quietly and patted his back, "Okay, Chad," he said and waved Neil over.
Neil smiled and walked over, "Hey, Chad."
"Oh my God," Chad jumped up, "You guys...see this guy right here? He's gonna give the birthday boy a kiss."
Neil stared at him, "Um...I am? Chad- mph," he said when Chad kissed him.
Will groaned and closed his eyes, "I'm never getting that image out."
Raise Your Glass by P!nk came on and Chad pulled away.
"Oh, I love this song, Will come dance," he said, "Neil, you too."
Will laughed and pulled Gabi out with him.
Everyone was dancing and having a good time. Well...the drinks might have had a part in that but still, it was a good time.
Until Will saw Justin, Adrienne, and Sonny start to walk through the square and what they would have seen was a wild party...well...Will guess it kind of was.
"And you're dating him?!" Adrienne demanded, watching Will dance around.
"Yeah, I am!" Sonny snapped, "And I'm in love with him mom. And if you can't accept that...then I'm sorry," he said, taking his jacket off and loosening his tie, "You're not going to control me anymore. You can ground me all you want. I have one more year until I graduate. Then you can't forbid me to be happy," he said and ran over into the crowd before he found Will and kissed him.
Will laughed when he pulled away, "Hey!"
"Hi," Sonny said, still holding onto him.
"I thought you were going to go to dinner with your parents," Will said over the music.
Sonny laughed and danced with him, "I'd rather be with you."
End of Chapter
Next: Sonny has the face the consequences of his actions the night of the party.
