Will pulled away from Ari and wiped his eyes. He could hear the knocking on the door. He felt Ari's warm tears and cold nose rubbing against his neck. Will couldn't focus though.

Everything pressed against him. The argument, the fighting. Will wasn't afraid of Paul or even Sonny. Tripping over that candy bar and hurtling towards the door brought Will back to being in the hotel room with Ben.

'Falling. Falling and it hurts, hands pulling. Can't breathe. Can't breathe.'

"Daddy?" Ari asked concerned about why he was breathing funny.

Will shook his head, hyperventilating.

"Daddy?" Ari questioned, shaking him.

When Will didn't answer, Ari hopped off his lap. She opened the door, relieved to see Paul.

Paul frightened Ari with his fighting. She didn't like seeing her superhero hitting anyone. But, Ari knew that Paul was usually nice.

'Paul save Daddy again,' Ari thought.

Ari looked up at Paul, lower lip wobbling seeing his bruised face.

"Daddy needs you," Ari told Paul, somber.

Paul hated the expression on Ari's face.

'What the hell did I just do?' Paul thought frantically. 'Did I just ruin everything?'

Paul pushed the thought aside. Now wasn't the time to worry about himself.

Paul kneeled in front of Will, gingerly placing his hands on Will's knees. He didn't want Will to react the way he did before.

"Will?" Paul asked. "Hey, look at me."

Will stared forward, eyes glazed. His chest rose and fell rapidly.

Ari climbed on her bed, steering clear of Paul. She found her stuffed lion and shoved it into Will's arms. It made Ari feel better so naturally it would make Will feel better too.

"Baby," Paul squeezed Will's knees. "Come on, it's OK."

It took Will a few moments to respond. He could hear Paul's voice but it sounded muffled. Will felt trapped underwater with Paul shouting above him.

A part of Will wanted to stay away. A larger, more prominent part of Will knew he couldn't.

'Paul wouldn't hurt me. Paul loves me. I trust him,' Will thought.

Will's head began to clear. 'Paul loves me. He loves me. He loves me. I know he loves me.'

'He's not Ben.'

Will blinked several times, choking slightly. His tense body slumped forward into Paul's arms. The stuffed lion crushed between them.

"It's OK," Paul repeated, relieved.

Will cleaved to Paul, arms wrapped around his neck.

Paul leaned his head against Will's inhaling the scent of Will's hair. He didn't care if Will was angry with him or not. Paul's only concern was getting Will focused enough to breathe.

"Take a deep breath," Paul requested. Will's breathing was still too erratic for Paul's liking. "Please."

Will, head resting on Paul's shoulders, listened. Paul patted along Will's back, encouraging him. Slowly, Will's breathing evened out.

Will kept his eyes closed. Paul's familiar, strong arms grounded him. Now that Will could focus, he needed Paul near him.

A few minutes later, Will pulled back to look into Paul's eyes.

"I'm sorry," Paul begged instantly. "I'm so sorry, baby. I didn't mean for that to happen. Everything just got so out of control and I don't know how that happened."

Will nodded. He understood. He really did. Will had more than just himself to worry about. He needed to think about his daughter.

'I probably made it even worse by freaking out,' Will realized.

Will turned around and reached out for Ari.

"Daddy better?" Ari wondered. She let Will pull her back into his lap.

"Yeah," Will licked his lips. "Daddy just got scared. I'm OK now."

"Scare me too," Ari said. She glanced at Paul accusingly. "You mean. Can't not hit, bad."

"I'm sorry," Paul beseeched. "I didn't mean to scare you or Daddy. It was an accident."

"I promise," Paul continued. "I'd never hurt you, either of you."

"I know," Will answered quietly. "I know you wouldn't."

"He just made me so angry," Paul explained. "Going after you, the whole thing in Chicago," Paul ran his hands through his hair.

"When he wouldn't listen to you or Ari I lost it," Paul finished. "I promise it won't ever happen again, Will. I promise."

Will nodded. He knew that, of course. Of course, he did.

Logically Will knew there were a lot of reasons for what happened. It almost seemed inevitable. Will could have understood, sympathized, but they did it in front of his daughter.

'My young, impressionable daughter,' Will thought. 'Ari idolizes Paul. He's her superhero. And she just saw him yelling and fighting like a lunatic.'

Will didn't care about his own reaction to the situation. That he would deal with in time. His daughter though, she needed attention immediately. Will never wanted Ari to think she could react to a situation with fighting.

'I'm already battling her genes,' Will thought. 'I don't need anything else influencing her.'

"Ari," Will held both her hands. "Are you OK?"

"They scare me," Ari revealed. "No like scared."

"I know, baby girl," Will brushed her hair away from her eyes.

Will took a deep breath and asked a hard question.

"Do you want Paul to leave?" Will questioned.

Will loved Paul. He wanted Paul to stay but if Ari wanted Paul to go Will would listen. Ari was the most important person in Will's world. Whatever she needed Will would give her.

Ari shook her head.

"No," Ari admitted. "But Super Paul in trouble."

"Paul bad," Ari decided. "He go sit in corner like bad Ari."

"You're not bad," Will corrected automatically.

"Go," Ari glared at Paul. She pointed to an empty corner in her room. "You in time out!"

Paul felt torn between continuing his talk with Will and listening to Ari. The decision was easy though.

Sitting down in the corner, nose pressed to the wall, Paul sighed. He knew the key to maintaining Will's trust was with Ari.

'If Ari can forgive me than things will even out with Will,' Paul decided.

"Daddy," Ari wiggled around. She couldn't hold it anymore. "I need potty."

"Come on," Will picked her up, heading for the door.

"You stay in time out," Ari ordered Paul.

Will, holding onto Ari, walked through the front room towards the bathroom. He kept his eyes forward, ignoring Chad and Sonny the entire time.

Once Ari finished, Will went to the kitchen to get her something to drink and eat. He noticed Chad and Sonny were gone.

'I owe Chad one,' Will noted.

After handing Ari a cup of juice, Will reached into the highest cabinet in the kitchen.

Will glanced at the prescription bottle in his hand with a frown. He didn't like taking them, they made him sleepy, but today he definitely needed it.

Will popped the Xanax in his mouth and took a swig of water.


Chad watched Paul knocking on Ari's bedroom door. Arms crossed, Chad turned to Sonny.

"What the hell did I just walk in on?" Chad demanded.

Sonny, sucking on his split lip, diverted his gaze.

"Hello?" Chad waved his hand in front of Sonny's face.

Sonny knocked Chad's hand away.

"Like you don't know what that was," Sonny replied.

Sonny watched on as Ari opened her bedroom door to let Paul in.

Chad pushed against Sonny's shoulders until he was sitting on the couch.

"You know," Chad started. "I'm both of your friends. I try not to take sides with you two. But what the hell is wrong with you?"

Sonny covered his face with his hands.

"You left, Sonny," Chad pointed out. "You divorced Will. You left! I don't see how this situation happened."

"I don't know either," Sonny admitted quietly. "I have no idea how I got this out of control."

"Well," Chad said after a moment. "You did get in a fight with T that one time. Maybe you are a bundle of anger under that perfect good boy façade."

Sonny sighed loudly, ignoring Chad. His jaw was beginning to hurt.

"Will's not a toy, you know," Chad reminded Sonny. "You don't get to be mad that someone else is playing with him now."

"That's not what's happening," Sonny groaned. "Will's my husband. Ari's my daughter. This is my life," Sonny waved his hands around.

Chad wasn't impressed.

"You divorced Will. You haven't talked to Ari in weeks. This isn't your apartment," Chad stated gently. "That was your life. You couldn't have expected Will to sit around waiting for you"

Sonny rubbed against his jaw, not answering.

"Oh for the love of-," Chad cut himself off. He closed his eyes and took a breath. "Why would you send Will divorce papers? Not talk to him or Ari, if you still wanted him, them?"

"Because I didn't think he'd sign them," Sonny yelled.

Sonny leaned forward, resting his head in his hands.

"I thought that if he saw the papers," Sonny revealed. "It would scare him or freak him out, force him to react."

"React to what?" Chad wondered.

"I don't know," Sonny tried to explain. "I just, I wanted him to take it seriously. See how serious I was. I wanted him to fight it."

"He was already fighting for you," Chad noted. "For months. You didn't appreciate any of it. It didn't seem like you cared about him at all."

"You left," Chad repeated. "You left him here. You knew how much that would hurt him and you did it anyway. You knew what sending him those divorce papers would do to him. How much it would hurt him and you did it for what? To scare him? Punish him for what he did to you?"

"That's not something you do to someone you love," Chad remarked.

"Why does everyone keep saying that?" Sonny demanded, incensed. "I love him!"

"Fine," Chad lifted his hands up to get Sonny to calm down. "You love him."

"I do," Sonny insisted.

"OK," Chad shrugged. "So, you beat on his boyfriend because you love him?"

"No," Sonny grumbled. "I didn't mean to do that. It just, I wasn't, he made me so angry."

"So you were jealous?" Chad hummed. "Of Paul or Will?"

"Paul," Sonny hissed. "I didn't get that stupid article done or bribed the pilot because I wanted Paul."

"What are you talking about?" Chad questioned. "What article? What pilot?"

Sonny didn't get a chance to respond. Will opened Ari's door and quickly walked her to the bathroom.

"Come on, buddy," Chad clapped Sonny on the back. "Let's get out of here. You can explain your sudden role reversal with Will somewhere else."

Sonny nodded, eyes locked on the bathroom door.

'How did it come to this?' Sonny asked himself.

Chad grabbed his phone. He knew Will didn't need anything else to worry about. After sending Will a quick message, Chad escorted Sonny out.


Paul sat facing the wall. He wanted to get up and check on Will and Ari. He also knew if he got up Ari would send him back to timeout. He'd seen Ari and Will have this struggle when she would get a timeout.

'If I stay here until she gets me,' Paul thought. 'I won't have to go back.'

Paul's mind quickly strayed towards his fight with Sonny.

'Why did I even do that?' Paul wondered. 'I knew Ari would freak out. She's too young to see something like that.'

'And Will, god. The last time Will was near a fight it was for his own life,' Paul shook his head, disappointed.

'Yes, Sonny made me angry. Seeing him pester Will and Ari pissed me off. Seeing him grab at them,' Paul groaned quietly. 'I shouldn't have pushed him back. I should have known better.'

'What the hell am I even going to do if Will or Ari are afraid of me now? How am I going to make it up to them? Will's going to think I can't control myself. I've hit Will before. I lost it with Ben. I couldn't control my temper around Sonny.'

'I have to remind both of them that I can do this,' Paul decided. 'Whatever it takes I'll prove that I'm the type of man they need.'


"Do you feel better?" Will questioned Ari. He was leaning against the counter top looking at her.

Ari, face covered in peanut butter and jelly, nodded.

"Daddy better?" Ari asked.

"Yeah," Will smiled weakly. "I'm better. I didn't mean to scare you."

"You sick," Ari said. "You take medicine and be better."

"I do take the medicine to make me feel better," Will agreed. "But I mean about earlier. I got scared seeing Paul and Sonny fighting. It reminded me of when I had to be in the hospital."

"Oh," Ari replied. She didn't understand. "Super Paul scare Daddy?"

"Not really," Will explained. "I tripped and fell. That scared me. It wasn't Paul's fault or Sonny's fault."

"Super Paul not bad?" Ari mused.

"No, he's not bad," Will simplified. "Sometimes when we get mad you end up fighting. It's not good but it doesn't make you bad. That's not how you solve problems."

Ari nodded enthusiastically.

"Use your words," Ari parroted her daycare teachers. "Can't not hit."

"Exactly," Will responded. "Paul and Sonny made bad choices. Next time they'll be better."

Ari kicked her legs back and forth.

"I play tablet now?" Ari wondered with a smile.

"I think you forgot about someone in time out," Will reminded Ari.


Ari plopped on the floor next to Paul.

"You make bad choice," Ari scolded Paul. Her little eyebrows furrowed together. "Can't not hit. You say sorry."

"I am sorry," Paul entreated. "I am so sorry. I would never put you or Daddy in danger."

Ari pointed her finger in Paul's face.

"You learn lesson or I call home," Ari said. She had heard her daycare teachers warn the other students several times.

Paul tried not to smile.

"My mommy would be disappointed in me," Paul settled.

"Ari disponted too," Ari crossed her arms. She shook her head with a deep sigh.

"OK," Ari decided. "Timeout over. Now, go make good choice."


Paul cautiously stepped towards Will in the tiny kitchen. Will's back was towards Paul, fiddling with something.

"Hey," Paul said in a low tone.

Will turned to face Paul. He handed over a washcloth full of ice.

"Your face looks pretty bad," Will commented.

"Thanks," Paul mumbled. He put the ice on his eye.

"Did you want a sandwich?" Will asked. "I made Ari PB and J but you could have something else."

"Will," Paul began. "I'm not hungry."

"I should eat something," Will commented. "I have to eat when I take my pills."

"Baby," Paul pleaded. "Please, can we just talk about this?"

"You got fed up with Sonny," Will shrugged. He grabbed a plate and two slices of bread. "You didn't mean to take it that far. I get it."

"Stop doing that," Paul requested. "You know we need to talk about this."

"I just said I understand," Will spread peanut butter on his bread. "We can just forget about it."

"Will," Paul said loudly. "We can't just ignore this, what happened."

Will focused on his sandwich.

"Please?" Paul asked one last time. "Baby?"

Will bit his lip, putting the lid back on the jelly. With a groan, Will nodded.

"Fine," Will mumbled.

Will picked up his sandwich and moved to the couch. He could hear Ari playing in her room.

"I'm sorry," Paul said, sitting next to Will. "I never meant for that to happen."

"I know that," Will confirmed. "After everything Sonny did to you, to us, you lost it. That's understandable. I'm the one that started arguing with him in the first place. I'm partly to blame too."

"If I would have known you were going to react that way," Paul slowly put his hand on Will's knee. "I never-,"

"It wasn't you," Will reassured Paul. "The fighting upset me because of Ari. But I freaked out because I tripped over the candy I threw."

Will glanced at the mess he made of the apartment. There were chocolate bars everywhere. A pile of dirt from the plant left on its side. Somehow the coffee table got askew, remotes scattered about.

"When I started falling," Will licked his lips, staring at Paul. "I don't know. It just, that's what happened with Ben. It freaked me out."

Paul nodded, relieved Will was opening up.

"It wasn't that I was afraid of you," Will implored. "I didn't even see you after that."

Will looked away from Paul, ashamed.

"It was like I was back in the hotel," Will mumbled.

"When I touched you," Paul realized. "You thought I was Ben."

Will nodded, blinking away tears. He loathed how emotional he had become over the past few weeks.

"Hey," Paul reached forward to touch Will's chin. Once he could see Will's big, blue eyes again Paul smiled.

"You don't have to feel embarrassed about that," Paul promised.

"I'm supposed to be over it," Will argued. "I want to be over it."

"That's not how it works," Paul insisted. "It's going to take time. No one expects you to be over it already. I don't."

"I do," Will frowned.

"It's not even that," Will continued. "I don't want anything like that happening in front of Ari again."

"It won't," Paul stated, serious. "I will never behave like that again."

"She was really shook up," Will told Paul. "She thinks you're a super hero."

"I know," Paul nodded. "I know she does. I will do whatever it takes to show her that I am. That she can trust me."

"I already have to combat her genes," Will added. "Gabi and I are both messes. Our families are messes. I'm going to have to work every day to make sure Ari has a chance at a normal life.

"I can't have her seeing those kinds of things. I knew about those things. Being fought over by parents. Being used as leverage against one parent. Being used to trap someone when they wanted to be with someone else," Will explained. "I will not let that happen with Ari. I won't.

"As much as I love you," Will held Paul's gaze. "I need you to know that. I love you so much. But I can't let that be more important than her."

"I know," Paul honestly replied. "Will, I've always known that about you. Ari is and should be the most important thing to you. That's one of the things that makes me admire you so much."

"I love you and Ari enough to remove myself from the situation if I had to," Paul admitted. "If I couldn't handle it, I know well enough to leave. I'm still adjusting to everything but I can't imagine being without either of you.

"I'm in this for the long haul, Will," Paul declared. "If you still want me."

"Of course, I still want you," Will put his sandwich to the side. "That wasn't the problem. I just needed to make sure you knew."

Will pulled Paul into a hug.

"I'm still a mess," Will rested his head on Paul's shoulder. "I probably will be for a long time."

"I love this mess," Paul replied.

Will smiled, hiding his face in Paul's neck.

The two held each other for a few minutes.

"OK," Paul reluctantly pulled away. "Eat your sandwich. I'll fix myself something."

"I think I need to call my therapist," Will said. He took a bite of his sandwich and looked away from Paul.

"That's a good idea," Paul commented. "When you do, ask her if she knows anyone that specializes in anger management. I think I need some healthier coping strategies."

Will finished his sandwich and put his plate in the dishwasher. Without thinking about it, Will found an empty box. He gathered all the things Sonny sent to him.

Will didn't want any of the things but he thought Sonny might. The tin in particular meant something to Sonny.

'Hopefully one day Sonny and I can get to a better place,' Will hoped. 'One day.'

Paul ate his sandwich quickly. Once he finished he got out the vacuum. Together, Will and Paul cleaned up the mess left behind.


Ari sat between Will and Paul on the couch. They were flipping through a Toys R Us ad.

"I like this and this and this and this and this," Ari pointed to everything on the page.

Will tossed Paul an exasperated look.

"What do you want Santa to bring you?" Will asked. "He can't bring you the whole store."

"I good girl," Ari revealed. "Santa bring me lots and lots."

"What would be your favorite?" Paul wondered. He felt pleased Ari was letting him participate.

"Hmm," Ari thought about it. She flipped through the pages. "I want a Chubby Puppy! And a Palace Pet!"

"That you can pronounce," Will huffed under his breath.

"I have no idea what those are," Paul said with a smile.

"I show," Ari excitedly hopped off the couch. She jogged to Will's desk and stole his tablet out of his work bag.

Expertly, Ari turned on the tablet and found the YouTube app.

"Is Chubby Puppy," Ari brandished the commercial to Paul. "Aw, it's so cute."

Paul watched the video with a shake of his head.

"Toys nowadays are weird," Paul confided in Will.

"Yeah," Will agreed. "My sisters both want Monster High dolls. Those things creep me out."

"What about your brother?" Paul wondered. He didn't know any other kids besides Ari. He found the whole experience interesting.

"He wants video games and Star Wars stuff," Will told Paul. "Boy stuff makes more sense than girl stuff."

"So," Paul started. "Are we doing that couple thing where we buy presents together or separate or what?"

"Oh, um," Will shrugged. "I guess together. It doesn't matter to me."

"Together then," Paul reached over Ari's shoulders to grab Will's hand. "I don't want you to fight me on this. I want to pay for the presents."

Will opened his mouth to argue.

"Nope," Paul rushed out. "No complaining. You tell me who to buy for and what. I'm covering it."

"Paul," Will whined. "You don't have to do that."

"I know," Paul said. "I want to."

"But you already agreed to have my family over at your place," Will responded. "I don't want to take advantage of your hospitality."

"It's hardly taking advantage when I had to talk you into it," Paul pointed out. "Besides, I have the space. Your mom, brother, and sisters are important to you. I want to get to know them. Plus, there's a lot of overlap between our families."

"I don't want you to think of me as an obligation," Will said.

"I love you," Paul said earnestly. "You're not an obligation."

Will pulled on a stray thread on the couch.

"I want things to be equal between us though. I don't want to feel like you have to take care of me," Will confessed.

Paul nodded. He understood Will's dilemma.

Only, he liked taking care of Will. Paul enjoyed that Will depended on him for comfort and security. Maybe Paul went overboard after what happened with Ben. He couldn't help it though. He wanted to ensure that Will had everything.

Paul got it though, why Will wanted everything between them to be equal.

"I will do my best," Paul told Will. "But I don't see it as a bad thing helping out. The two of us have different things we do for the other."

"What do I do for you?" Will wondered.

"You love me for one," Paul responded. "You encourage me to spend time with my dad. You understand my job even when it gets crazy. You trust and forgive me. You share your life with me."

"Being with you is pretty easy," Will said. "You know, once I figured out you were what I wanted."

"Oh, you mean when you stopped caring about what other people thought?" Paul mused.

"Yes," Will chuckled. "It's a good thing I did or the next few days would be rough."

"Ugh," Paul frowned. "I almost forgot about the article."

The article reminded Paul he needed to talk to Will. Paul knew he was forgetting to tell Will something.

"Oh, crap," Paul turned to Will. "Kate is going to release our ad sometime today."

"Already?" Will asked. "But I'm not ready! I haven't warned anyone. I haven't even told Ari what it's going to look like. My dad is going to freak out."

"Will," Paul grabbed his hand. "It's going to be fine. Everyone knows it's going to happen sometime. It'll just be a surprise. Plus, it'll make it harder for anyone to run that stupid story about me cheating on you."

"Who was that guy?" Will wondered. "He looked familiar."

"He's in an Abercrombie and Fitch campaign," Paul explained.

"He's really hot," Will commented.

"Mmm hmm," Paul nodded. "He's an idiot though. It was like having a mannequin staring at me."

"If you were in the market to cheat," Will teased. "I doubt you'd be looking for brains."

"Is that what you did?" Paul asked Will. "Should I feel offended you only slept with me for my body? Am I your hot, brainless sugar daddy?"

"Oh, shut up," Will lightly smacked Paul's chest.

"All I'm saying is anyone that sees our ad is going to know two things," Paul announced. "That we're one sexy couple and that I am completely in love with you."

"I do feel pretty confident that someone like that model hit on you," Will decided. "And you still want me."

Paul kissed Will.

In the background, Will heard his phone ringing.

"I better get that," Will told Paul.

"Yeah," Paul agreed.

Will answered his phone apprehensively.

"Yeah?" Will said. "OK. Yeah, I can make it. OK, thank you."

"My therapist can see me today," Will revealed. "Do you think you can watch Ari while I go?"

Will looked between Paul and Ari. He needed to make sure Ari still trusted Paul.

"How about Ari and I go get started on our Christmas shopping?" Paul suggested.

"Shopping?" Ari perked up. "I go shopping!"


"Good luck," Paul told Will outside of the therapist's office.

"Thanks," Will made a face, scrunching his nose. He wasn't looking forward to this.

"Be good, Daddy," Ari ordered. "Play nice."

"Thank you," Will bent over to kiss Ari.

"We'll be back in an hour," Paul reminded Will.

"Right," Will took a deep breath.

'I can do this,' Will thought as he went inside. 'I can do this.'

"Mr. Horton?" the receptionist asked. "You can go on back."

'I can do this,' Will repeated over and over.


"Alright, kiddo," Paul held Ari's gloved hand loosely. "What should we do first?"

"We need ice cream," Ari said, tone very serious.

A few minutes later, Paul and Ari sat inside an ice cream parlor. Ari dug into her hot fudge sundae with gusto.

"You know," Paul started, nervous. "My mommy is going to come to visit in a few days. I was hoping that you could meet her."

"Is your mommy nice?" Ari wondered, licking her spoon.

"Yeah," Paul nodded. "But she doesn't really like Daddy."

"Why?" Ari asked with wide-eyes. "Daddy is the best! Everyone has to like Daddy."

"I agree," Paul confessed. "So, I need you to help me."

"I make Super Paul's mommy like Daddy," Ari replied. "Or else!"

"I'm Super Paul again?" Paul smiled.

"Yes," Ari decided. "You not bad now. You say sorry."

"I am sorry," Paul reminded her. "I promise to never scare you like that again."

"Super Paul has be nice," Ari reprimanded.

"I will only be nice from now on," Paul guaranteed.

"Or no presents from Santa," Ari pointed out.

"That would be sad," Paul said. "But speaking of presents. What should we get Daddy?"

Ari, face covered in chocolate and whipped cream, smiled widely.

"I know best present for Daddy," Ari divulged. She excitedly hit her hands on the table and bounced up and down.


"Just remember what I said," Will's therapist said. She escorted him out of her office.

"I don't have to be over everything yet," Will repeated.

"Exactly," she agreed. "Now, I want you to try the new dose on your meds and call me if you have any problems."

"Thanks again for seeing me today," Will told her. He took the proffered prescription.

"I've been waiting for you to call me," she admitted. "Before I forget," she rummaged in her desk. "Here's a number for your boyfriend to call."

"Thanks again," Will said with a small wave.

Will took a stop off at the receptionist's desk and signed a bill. When he walked outside, the first thing he saw was Ari sitting on Paul's shoulders.

"Daddy, I tall now," Ari greeted happily. "We get your present and you can't open it yet!"

"Is that so?" Will asked.

"Yep," Paul confirmed. He kissed Will on the cheek. "Don't ask for a hint either. You have to wait for Christmas."

"Now," Paul suggested. "Let's finish up our shopping and maybe pick out a nice Christmas tree."

"Tree," Ari yelled. "Yay!"

"Two trees," Will reminded Paul. "We need one for your condo too."

"That's right," Paul nudged Will with his elbow.

"Would you like to decorate our tree with Johnny, Allie, and Sydney?" Will asked Ari.

"Yes," Ari nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, yes, yes!"

Will linked his arm with Paul's and let himself be led towards the mall.

Even with the setback today, Will realized how lucky he truly was.

'There has to be a way I can show Paul how much I appreciate him,' Will thought. 'I'll think of something.'


Author's note:

Relatively drama-free chapter. Don't worry though. Sami is back in the next one and she knows about the article alleging Paul cheated. That should be fun.

Thanks for reading!

This chapter came about from me incessantly bothering iluvh0rs3s.