Chapter 29: Late Night – Monday, July 11th, 2011
It was late Monday night when Dario and Sonny arrived at his apartment after Dario's shift. Dario opened the door and allowed Sonny to walk in first. They found Gabi sitting on the couch alone watching TV. "Hey Gabi." Sonny waved at her.
Gabi turned and smiled back. "Oh. Hey guys. What are you two up to this late?"
Dario headed to the fridge and grabbed a couple of beers. "We're just going to hang out. Continue our fun from the Cheatin' Heart!" Dario looked the place over. "Did T leave already?"
Sonny made his way to the couch and took a seat next to Gabi. "T? Who's T? Are you already moving on?" Sonny asked slightly joking.
"T is a guy I know from high school." Gabi wondered if she should tell Dario and Sonny the truth about T. She could lie and tell them that she was moving on with T, or she could tell the truth and explain that they were trying to make Will jealous. She looked at her brother as he took a seat next to Sonny. "T went home earlier, and we're just hanging out right now. Kind of like you two."
"Yeah… I guess…" Dario gave Gabi a weird look as he questioned what she seemed to be implying. Sonny smiled and gave a quick wink to Dario.
"Sonny, did you ever call Will back?" Gabi asked as she turned down the TV.
"Call him back? Will never called me." Sonny pulled out his phone and saw he had no missed calls.
"Yeah. He kept calling you all day at work. He said you never answered or called back." Gabi wondered if Sonny was lying, but then wondered why he would lie about that.
"That's weird. I guess I'll give him a call now." Sonny stood up from the couch and went over by the front door to call Will. Unfortunately, the call went to voicemail. Sonny decided to leave one. "Hey, Will. It's Sonny. I heard you called. Give me a call back." Sonny wondered if Will was upset with him.
EJ walked down the stairs at the DiMera Mansion. Stefano came out of the living room and greeted his son. "Elvis, you're here. I thought you just left."
"Yeah, Kate just left because Allie had a bad dream and wants her favorite teddy bear. I guess she left it with Lucas at the Salem Inn." EJ noticed that Stefano needed to talk to him about something. "What is it?"
"I went over to your sister's house to talk to Abraham about Rafe," Stefano shared.
"And?"
"Well, Abraham told me nothing about Rafael trying to get in contact with him. I did tell him to be careful though." Stefano did not like that Rafe still seemed to be a nuisance even in jail.
"What did you expect? You know Abe really can't tell us these things." EJ could see the frustration in his father's face. "What are you thinking?"
"I'm more inclined to think that Rafe is playing games with us, and I don't like annoying little bugs that take my attention away from more important things." Stefano motioned his hand across his neck. "I say we get rid of the guy."
"Who are you going to get rid of?" Sami asked walking down the stairs.
EJ immediately looked up at Sami fearing what she might have heard. "How is Allie doing?"
Sami made her way to the foot of the stairs. "She just fell asleep. I guess we could call Kate and tell her that she doesn't have to get Mr. Bear." Sami glanced over at Stefano, who avoided all eye contact. "So who are you going to get rid of?"
EJ looked over to his father and realized he would have to answer. "One of our guys. He's doing a poor job and keeps leaving a paper trail."
Kate arrived at the Salem Inn. When she made it into his room, she received a text from Sami saying that Allie fell asleep. "Well, I guess this is a wasted trip. Your daughter fell asleep without her stuffed bear."
Still thinking about his talk with Jennifer, Lucas handed Allie's teddy bear to his mother. "Well, here he is just in case."
Kate picked up on Lucas's discomfort. "Lucas, are you okay?"
Lucas turned back to Kate. "I'm not sure. I hoped that this trip would be more relaxing, but it's been the opposite."
"I can tell that you're upset about something. Do you mind telling me what happened?" Kate took a seat waiting for Lucas to tell her what happened.
Lucas took a seat on his bed. "I went over Jennifer's earlier tonight."
"Oh. Was Dr. McSleaze there?" Kate asked assuming Daniel was the reason for Lucas' bad mood.
"No. This has nothing to do with Daniel." Lucas decided to come out with it. "Jennifer told me that Will is gay."
Kate rested her hand on her chest. "What?" She flashed back to what she witnessed at the DiMera Mansion when she stood at the top of the stairs. The moment she saw between Chad and Will had just been confirmed. Kate wondered how she missed the fact that her grandson was gay.
"I'm not too sure what to think about it. I really don't believe it," Lucas admitted clearly in denial still.
"I think it's possible, Lucas." Kate's mind began to wonder on how she finally had the answer to breaking up Chad and Abigail: Her own grandson. Her thoughts went back to Lucas. "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to straighten things out with Will." Lucas looked into a mirror wondering how he would approach Will.
Back in Chad's room, Will and Chad laid in Chad's bed next to each other laughing about the things that happened on their camping trip. "Oh man. The look on Dario's face was priceless when Nathan made that comment about Melanie."
Will rested the back of his head on his hands. "Yeah. I figured that something would happen between Dario and Nathan on the trip, but I did not expect them to have a fist fight. I guess when a girl gets in the middle of things, that's what happens."
"Kind of like you and me when we were fighting over Mia." Chad thought about how he and Will did not like each other then. "So much has changed since then. Mia is gone, and we are the best of friends."
Will liked that the dynamic between him and Chad changed. "Do you think Dario and Nathan are capable of pulling off being best friends like us?" Will turned his head towards Chad. The two began to laugh as they both said, "Nah."
Chad turned to his side facing Will making eye contact with him. "I'm glad you came to me tonight. It means a lot that you trust me." Chad watched Will as he smiled back at him. "I hope that we'll always be friends. You're someone I never want to lose in my life."
Will could not help but feel the love between him and Chad. He was tempted to tell Chad how he felt, but before he could say anything Chad's cell phone made a noise. Chad turned around and grabbed his phone. "Who is it?"
"Abigail sent me a text." Chad read the text to himself. Abigail asked him what he and Will were doing. Chad responded that they were going to bed. Abigail quickly texted back asking if they were in separate rooms. Chad thought about what to say to her. He decided to lie to her and tell her that Will was in a separate room. After saying goodnight, Chad put his phone back on the side table. He turned back to Will and yawned.
Looking to the ceiling, Will thought about Chad and Abigail's relationship. "Chad, are you and Abigail the real deal?"
Chad gave a weird look as he thought the question came out of nowhere. "Honestly I don't know the answer to that question. All I know is that you and I are."
Will turned to Chad to make sure he heard right. "What?"
Chad laughed at Will. "You know… we are the gayest straight guys I know. I like it this way though."
Will felt uncomfortable but tried to laugh it off. "Yeah. I like it that way, too."
Chad turned his back to Will. "We should go to sleep. Work tomorrow will come early. Goodnight William."
Will turned his back to Chad. "Goodnight… Chad…wick." The guys laughed one last time before closing their eyes.
Kate made her way through Salem Park to get to her car. She smiled as she thought about Will being gay. She hoped that Will was okay and that he did not hate himself for being gay. She also hoped that Chad felt the same way about Will. She needed to figure out a way to help her grandson get into Chad's arms. She needed to find a way for Chad to fall in love with Will and forget about Abigail.
Kate questioned if she should tell Will that she knew and wanted to help him or if she should just manipulate things to get Chad and Will together. No matter what, Kate knew that Abigail's days were numbered. "Abigail Deveraux won't know what hit her."
Kate almost tripped on something and turned around to see what it was. "AH!" she screamed as she saw a body on the ground. She checked the guy's pulse and realized he was dead.
