Here it is! The big 5-0! Lots of crazy stuff will happen on Days in the next couple days. The reason I posted it today is because today is the five year anniversary when Sonny and Will met!

The next morning, Will met Marlena at the Pub. She had a slice of red velvet cake in front of her.

"A little early for cake, isn't it?" Will asked.

"Maybe. But, I'm celebrating." Marlena grinned.

"Really? What are we celebrating?" Will asked, eagerly.

"John and I are going to renew our vows." Marlena announced.

Will gasped happily. "Are you serious? Wow! Grandma, that's exciting!"

"I know."

"Have you set a date?" Will asked again.

"Not yet. We haven't even told everyone yet." Marlena shook her head.

"Oh. Wow, so many weddings this year: Abigail and Chad, you and John, Brady and Theresa, my dad and Adrienne..." Will said.

"A welcome break from all the doom and gloom we've had for almost a year." Marlena commented and took a bite of cake.

"So, what wedding is this? Fifth?"

"It's my sixth wedding to John and my tenth wedding overall." Marlena replied. "It's...complicated."

"Yeah, really." Will said. "I have some news, too. Sonny is the new co-CEO of Titan Industries."

Marlena was surprised. "Really? Since when?"

"Last night." Will replied. "Kate needs a partner and she chose Sonny."

"What about Club TBD?" Marlena asked.

"He sold it to Eduardo Hernandez." Will answered.

"Oh, wow. Is Sonny ready for such a huge career change?"

"He is."

"And you're okay with that?"

"Of course! It's going to be champagne and caviar dreams from now on!" Will said excitedly.

Marlena chuckled. "Will, has anyone ever told you you're a little high-maintenance?"

"Oh, stop, Grandma. You're making me blush." Will joked. They laughed.

XXX

"Okay, what else do we need?"

Sonny and Will were grocery shopping. The basket was getting full.

"I think that's it." Will replied. "Except..."

"What?" Sonny asked.

"I have this strange craving for peanut brittle." Will replied.

"All right." They got the peanut brittle. Sonny had to wrestle the jar from Will, who immediately tried to open it. "Not yet! We have to pay for this, first."

"Fine." Will grumbled. They paid for their food, and Will sulked all the way to the car. Sonny put the grocery bags in the trunk and the backseat, put the grocery cart away, and climbed into the car. He reached back to grab the peanut brittle jar to find it gone.

"Crap." Sonny muttered.

"What?" Will asked, his mouth full. Sonny saw his husband digging into the now half-empty jar.

Sonny chuckled softly. "Nothing. Never mind."

XX

Later that night, Sonny, Will, Gabi, and JJ sat on the couch in the living room to watch a movie. Sonny and JJ were getting bored to tears with the movie, but Gabi and Will loved it.

"I just don't understand." Gabi sniffed, holding back tears. "All she wants is for her family to accept her as who she is. Why don't they?"

"I know, right?" Will sniffed and blew her nose. "So sad."

Gabi nodded. "Mm-hm."

"She doesn't want ribs, you homophobic douchebag. She wants love and acceptance!" Will said angrily.

"We love and accept you, Jenny." Gabi said to the TV.

JJ secretly texted Sonny. "How did we wind up with the stupidest and most boring movie ever made?"

"I don't know, cuz."

"This movie doesn't even have hot girl-on-girl action! That's the whole reason I wanted to watch this stupid movie!"

Sonny snickered before he could stop himself. Will turned to him. "Who are you texting?" He asked.

Sonny froze. "Uh..."

"It's Paul, isn't it?" Will asked, his voice quivering.

"No. I was texting JJ!" Sonny replied.

"Dude!" JJ glared at Sonny.

"What? I'm not gonna lie to my husband." Sonny replied.

"Oh. Oh, no. You didn't want to watch the movie, did you?" Gabi asked. "I'm such a horrible person making you watch it."

"Aww, no you're not." JJ hugged her.

"Yeah, you're the best person in the world." Will chimed in. He nudged Sonny, urging him to say something.

"Gabi, listen to us. We love you and you're a great person." Sonny said. Will smiled in satisfaction.

Gabi smiled. "Thanks. I'm sorry I was such a downer."

"You weren't." JJ said honestly. "Now, let's finish watching the movie."

"Are you sure?" Gabi asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure. You love this movie, so...let's continue watching it." JJ said.

Gabi nodded. "Okay."

They got comfortable again and watched. "Seriously, though: where's the girl-on-girl sex?"

"Dude, shut up." Will snapped at JJ.

XXX

The next morning, Sonny pulled into the parking lot of the Salem Convention Center. He, Will, Gabi, and JJ stepped out of the car dressed in suits (Gabi, a dress).

"You all ready for this?" Will asked.

They smiled, nodded, and walked inside. The entryway was decorated with blue and gold balloons and a sign that read "SALEM HIGH CLASS OF 2011 REUNION". The ballroom was similarily decorated and with tables with blue tablecloths.

"Wow, they went all out." Gabi commented.

They heard a loud gasp and turned to Kinsey and T. "Oh my God!"

"Oh my God! Hi!" Gabi greeted the duo.

"Oh, look at your belly!" Kinsey exclaimed. "Okay, so I was going to get the story from Will and Sonny, but I want to hear it from you: why in the heck did you agree to be their surrogate?!"

"Because they spent most of their lives being there for me," Gabi replied, hugging Kinsey, then hugged T. "the least I could do was give them nine months of mine. And besides, they are the most amazing dads. I am honored to carry their children."

"Awww." Kinsey cooed. "And then Will got pregnant?"

"Yep. I've got the bump to prove it." Will smiled and rubbed his bulging belly.

"Dude! You're huge!" T exclaimed.

Everyone just stared at him. Will took it in stride. "Thank you, T."

"So, Gabi, who's this charming date of yours?" Kinsey asked quickly, changing the subject.

"Oh. This is JJ, Abigail's younger brother." Gabi introduced.

"Nice to meet you, JJ." Kinsey said, shaking his hand. "How is Abigail? Is she still dating Chad?"

"Yeah, actually, they got married this past March." JJ replied. "And they have a baby together: Thomas."

Kinsey gasped. "Oh my God! Oh, I bet they're so happy and blissful." JJ, Sonny, Will, and Gabi all avoided eye contact. "What? What'd I say?"

"So, T, what have you been up to lately?" Will asked.

"I'm a PR representative for a major holdings company." T replied.

"I'm a wedding planner." Kinsey said. "And..." She wrapped her arms around T's torso, then showed everyone a ring. "T and I are getting married!"

"What?" Will exclaimed.

"Oh my God, you guys! Congratulations!" Gabi said excitedly.

"Wow, how did that happen?" Sonny couldn't help asking.

"We reconnected about a year ago, gave dating a try, and...well, as they say: the rest is history." T explained.

"Well, congratulations, you guys!" Will exclaimed.

"Thanks. You're all invited, b-t-dubs!" Kinsey said.

"Awesome." Will nodded.

"So, Will, I heard about what happened to you, Sonny, and Abigail last fall." Kinsey said. "Something about Abigail's then fiance trying to kill you guys?"

"Kinsey..." T said warningly.

"It's okay." Will said to T, then turned to Kinsey. "It was a terrible thing to go through, but, we're all stronger because of it. Every day I am grateful to be alive."

"That's good." Kinsey nodded.

"Man, I just knew there was something off about that Ben character!" T exclaimed.

"No you didn't!" JJ exclaimed.

"Did so! He was always so shifty-eyed and shady." T replied.

"Thank you for pointing that out to me while he was still working at TBD." Sonny replied, half-jokingly.

"Yeah, well...you two were friends. I didn't want to rock the boat." T shrugged. "Besides, you would have accused me of being paranoid."

"Yeah, I suppose that's true." Sonny nodded. They laughed.

"All right, everyone, can I have your attention please?" The reunion hostess said into the microphone. "First, I wanna welcome you all to our five-year high school reunion." Everyone applauded. "Now, I'm sure you guys all mingled with each other, now it's time for awards!" Everyone applauded again.

XX

"Now for the 'Had Children the Soonest' award...Gabi Hernandez and Will Horton! Come on up here, guys!" Everyone clapped as Gabi and Will made it to the stage. They each got a $20 gift card to Gymboree. A photographer stood in front of them with a camera. Will and Gabi turned opposite, so their shoulder blades touched, smiled, and put their hands on their bellies.

XXX

"Well, that was a fun reunion."

Will and Sonny walked through the pier.

"Yeah. I actually can't wait for the next one." Will grinned. "Tomorrow, let's plan on going to Gymboree."

Sonny chuckled. "Honey, that gift card doesn't expire til next year."

"I know, but Ari needs a new Fourth of July outfit!" Will exclaimed. He looked around. "Hey...do you see where we are?"

Sonny looked around, confused. "Uh, the pier?"

"This is where we first met, remember?" Will asked. "It was exactly five years ago today."

Abigail put a hand on Sonny's shoulder. "Sonny, this is my cousin Will, the one I'm always talking about."

Sonny smiled at Will. "Oh, hey, dude, how are you? It's nice to meet you after all these years."

Will eyed Sonny warily. "Yeah. Uh...so you two are..."

"Related." Abigail nodded pointedly.

Will was slightly embarrassed. "Oh."

"Sonny's my cousin too." Abigail explained. "His parents are my uncle Justin and aunt Adrienne."

"Wait, I thought your name is Jackson." Will replied.

"Well, it is, yeah." Sonny nodded. "Well, there's just so many Jacks in my class and in my family, so people started calling me Sonny. My parents hate it, though."

"Oh, I'm sor- it's nice to meet you." Will blushed even deeper, and held out his hand to shake. They smiled at each other.

Sonny smiled at the memory. "How could I forget? You thought I was Abigail's ex wanting her back."

Will laughed. "That ironic and awkward moment when you are the one whose ex came back unannounced."

Sonny laughed. "Yeah. That would be the one time running away from my problems actually did help." He wrapped his arms around Will's shoulders. "I met my soulmate...the father of my children."

"We have come so far in the last five years, haven't we?" Will asked. "We made each other better and stronger men."

"We did." They kissed.

"You know...this pier has a long history full of romance, drama, crime..." Will commented. "Did you know that Grandma Marlena and John reunited right at this very pier after so many years apart?"

"Really?" Sonny asked, interested.

"Oh, yeah." Will nodded. "From what Grandma told me, John showed up at the pier, and Grandma slowly appeared out of a mist. It was epic."

"Definitely puts our reunion to shame." They laughed.

"What do you say we head home, cuddle for a bit?" Will suggested.

Sonny nodded. "I'd like that." His phone rang. "Oh. It's my dad. Why don't you go ahead? I'll catch up."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I'm sure." Sonny replied.

"Okay. See you at home." Will kissed Sonny, and walked off.

Sonny turned around and answered his phone. "Dad, what's up?"

"I have news and you're not gonna like it." Justin announced.

"What's wrong?" Sonny asked, dreading his response.

"We had to let Andre loose from prison." Justin replied.

"What?!"

"Someone confessed to Stefano's murder." Justin replied.

"Dad, he kidnapped me, Will, and Ari; tortured me, and tried to kill Will and Sami!" Sonny exclaimed. "You can't put him away for that?!"

"Unfortunately, there was no evidence of that. It was destroyed somehow." Justin sighed.

"Unbelievable." Sonny sighed loudly.

"Yeah, well, get used to it. DiMeras get away with everything." Justin grumbled.

Sonny scoffed. "Yeah, really."

"I'm sorry. I just wanted you to know." Justin said.

"Okay. Thanks." Sonny replied and hung up. "Great. What else can go wrong?" His phone rang again. "Chad?"

"Sonny, hey. Have you seen or heard from Abigail in the last few hours?" Chad asked, slightly panicked.

"No, why?" Sonny asked.

"She escaped and ran away from the asylum." Chad replied. "She's gone."

You know, that last part would have been a perfect full-circle ending. Buuuut, the show and WilSon's story is not over until at least next year or the following year (and five years sounds more special than say 6 or 7 years. lol).