Will might as well have wrapped his knuckles and took a swing right at his jaw. The shock has Sonny flinching from the impact.

"No way. That's impossible."

"Why?"

"Because…" Flustered, and oddly mortified, Sonny gets to his feet. "You're seriously telling me I was a straight woman?"

"Why is that so shocking? A lot of people are just fine as a woman."

"I'm not. I couldn't have been."

"If anything, it explains everything."

"No explanation. None. Nuh uh."

"You're always the one who hears the baby cry." Will's honestly never seen Sonny this flustered before. "A mother always knows, before anyone else. And you keep being led into that room upstairs, the way a mom is to her baby. Even when the room scares the crap out of you, you keep going back. You said how you went into the servants chambers, how easy it was to navigate? She'd know it like the back of her hand, but why would Tom?"

"It was his house." But now Sonny's remembering how he'd imagined himself looking out the window, imagined seeing the two men pulling up to the house. Why would he be seeing Tom if he was Tom?

"And that's not all." Will goes on. "One I think is pretty telling. That day when I showed up and saw you walking towards the pond, in a trance. You were walking really weird. I couldn't figure out what it was that made it stick out to me, but now I'm sure of it. That's how a pregnant woman walks. Kind of like a waddle." Will says as Sonny turns to gape at him in horror. "Hand on the small of your back. Very careful steps."

"So now I'm wasn't just a straight woman, I was a pregnant straight woman?"

"Oh good God, Sonny, there's people that believe you can come back as a butterfly. What's so bad about being a pregnant woman?"

"Because last I checked, women go into labor after 9 months, then have to push out several pounds of flesh out of a very cramped space."

The horror on Sonny's face is hilarious, enough to get Will to relax a little more into the theory. "I'm pretty sure you won't be having a repeat performance in this life. Did you ever stop to think that if you look at this whole thing from this new perspective, you might find the answers you're looking for?"

Sonny's suddenly hyper aware of his crotch, suddenly having the urger to rub it to make sure all his parts are still intact. "I like the other theory better."

"You should be more open minded. I need to get to work."

"Whoa hold on, hold on." Sonny chases him down. "You're just gonna blow my reality out of the water, and just leave?"

"Some of us have to work for a living."

"Come back and stay the night. Please."

"I need to stay the night at my grandma Marlena's for a night or two until she's managed to calm down."

"Alright." Sonny lets out a breath when they finally get to the main floor. "I need to try something." He spins Will around, crushing their mouths together. Then pulls the kiss into deep and dreamy.

"You getting any straight feelings from that?" Sonny asks when he pulls back.

"Hmm." Will licks his top lip, pretending to think about it. "Nope. I can say with 100% certainty you are a gay guy this time around. Now go away. You have a lot to do in the next few days to keep yourself busy. Whatever this is has waited almost eight decades, it can stand to wait until after Chad's wedding."

"Stay the night after Marlena's feeling better."

"Fine."

"I love you, Will."

"That's what I'm scared of." Will whispers, before walking away.