William was surprised how well the date with Margaret went. He could possibly see a future with him and Margaret though he kind of hoped Lucy would've filled it. Thinking about Lucy made William angry. If she didn't want to go out she could've just said so. And why couldn't see at least look him in the eye as she told him she couldn't go. Couldn't she have given William an explanation as to why she couldn't go? William knew for a fact that she wasn't sick. If she ended up opening the door, William would've been able to see that. So there were a couple of possibilities as to what happened. The first one was that she was not actually interested in William and perhaps thought she was leading him on. The second one would've been that she may have discovered she returned Henry's feelings and going out with William would absolutely demolish her chances of a future with him. Any of those reasons could've worked, but there was one thing that didn't make sense. Why did Lucy want him to take Margaret instead? Was it pity that William would just go home so she suggested Margaret could still be there? Or was it something more sinister?

His phone rang which stirred him out of his musings. He walked over to the phone and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Willy! Hey it's Henry!"

Henry sounded much more cheerful than he did before. An unpleasant thought occurred to William. Did Henry tell Lucy to reject him? And then went ahead and told him he wouldn't get in the way. Was Henry actually a petty, manipulative man?

"William you there?"

"Ah.. Yes. Sorry I'm a little distracted today."

Henry chuckled.

"I suppose you would be after your date."

William rolled his eyes.

"You need something?"

"Actually I do. I thought we could come over to the building and think about how we're going to set everything up. Besides, I need to ask you something."

Was Henry going to kick William off the project because he was getting too close to Lucy? Was Henry going to confess to everything he did?

"Sure. I can come down there. I think we do need to talk."

There was a pause on the line until Henry cleared his throat.

"...I'll see you there William."

Henry then hung up.

This was it. William was going to find out exactly what happened last night. He was completely sure that Henry was involved somehow. And the guy had the nerve to call himself William's friend.

William snickered. Well, he could play that game too. If Henry revealed everything, William would expose him to Lucy, and then he'd be the favorite again. William would not come in second again.

William got ready quickly and stuck a tape recorder in his pocket. He'd need proof to expose Henry for the person he really is. Maybe then Henry would leave the project, and William would be the one to receive all the acclaim. Yes, William liked that.

William got to the building to see Henry already inside looking like he was pondering something. It was like something out of shows and movies where the hero confronted the villain. Except Henry seemed to be the hero at first glance, but turned out to be the villain. What a wonderful and surprising twist.

William opened the door and walked inside and Henry turned around and smiled at him. Not this time Buster.

"Willy h-"

"You can't fool me Henry."

"What?"

"I know what you did."

"What did I do?"

"Don't play dumb. I know you purposely made me feel like you had my back yesterday. Only for you to stab it.

"Uh."

"Just admit it. You somehow got Lucy to not go on the date with me. And then had her pair me up with Margaret so you could have Lucy."

William waited for Henry to fall to the ground in anger and admit everything. At that point William would use the tape recorder to record his confession. William didn't get that. All he got was Henry's baffled expression.

"I didn't tell her anything."

"Don't lie to me."

"No. William I'm being serious. This is actually kind of what I wanted to ask you about."

William studied Henry's expression. Looking for any cracks in his coolheaded demeanor. He found none. Had William just misjudged Henry?

"William. I heard from Lucy that you and Margaret went on a date instead. What happened with Lucy? Did you change your mind? I'm not upset if you did. I mean Margaret is a very lovely lady."

Henry had no idea that Lucy had pushed him away. Henry wasn't the one behind this. And why was this so important to William? Shouldn't he be able to move just like any normal person?

"Henry. She told me she couldn't go."

Henry's expression changed to utter confusion.

"Wait. What? After she called me and told me you and Margaret were going out, she hung up. I tried to call her back, but she never picked up. I tried calling her this morning too. Nothing. I thought maybe you taking Margaret instead upset her and that's why she's acting like this, but she told you no?"

William nodded.

"She then made the suggestion that I take Margaret instead."

Henry scratched his head.

"Lucy isn't normally like this. If she is genuinely interested in someone, she wouldn't just push them away like that. And she seemed to be pretty interested in you. I really don't understand why she would do that. She is one of the most loyal people I know."

Henry frowned a little, thinking.

"Well as much as I care about Lucy there's nothing I can really do until she decides to let me in again. I can't help but feel she has put up her walls all over again. I hope she hasn't lost her trust in me. At the end of the day, I'm just happy with being her friend."

William stared at Henry. All of this was Lucy's doing. William really wanted to know what happened, but the only person he could ask now would be Margaret, and he wouldn't do that. Asking Margaret would mean admitting to her that he had originally planned to take Lucy out. William would just have to let this go. He was furious at Lucy, but even more furious with himself for thinking Henry had somehow gone and sabotaged everything. Henry handled everything so much better than he did. He didn't even get mad at William for accusing him of things he didn't even do. Why couldn't William be like Henry?

"Well I did ask you to come down here so we could figure out a plan for this place. I already have some ideas, and I would love to hear your thoughts on them. I'll just check on Lucy when I'm done here."

Henry's wide smile was back on his face. William was shocked to see Henry snap himself out of it so quickly. It then occurred to William that Henry could've used some reassurance for his panicky thoughts. Well it was too late now.

"Well. Lead the way."

Henry led William to the front.

"So I would like to put a stage right here, and we could have a lot of tables with cloth on them for the families to sit and enjoy the show."

William nodded. This seemed like a good idea.

Henry led him to another room.

"This could be the kitchen. We could chefs, and waiters. Of course if the families just want to pay to see the shows, they don't have to order anything."

It then occurred to William that this was a much smaller space. There were only so many rooms. This place seemed to only have three rooms excluding the bathrooms, and customers were only allowed in the room with the stage.

"Don't you think this place should have more rooms."

Henry looked back at him.

"I thought it would be best to start off small, and as more people come we can make more rooms. Though, I could probably fit a ball pit in the big room."

William chuckled about the ball pit.

"What about security? Shouldn't there be some sort of security room so someone could keep an eye on the place?"

Henry gave William a high-five.

"I knew there was something I was missing. I think I can split the kitchen in half and fit a security office in there. I'm glad you're here. You keep this scatterbrain thinking straight."

"Henry. You're not a scatterbrain."

"Well thanks chum. I appreciate it. I really need to finish Fredbear, and I need to start things here."

William thought for a second.

"I could finish Fredbear for you."

"Are you sure? You already finished Spring Bonnie I don't want to make you work more."

"You haven't even started Fredbear. Seriously, it's no big deal. I can finish him while you focus on this. I can help you once I'm done."

"Ok. You have the drawing of him?"

"Yes."

"Then."

Henry reached into his bag and grabbed a handful of springlocks.

"You remember how these work?"

"Yes."

"Thank you so much for this William. This really helps me. Just bring him up here when you're finished with him."

William nodded.

"I should get started on that then."

"Bye Willy."

William walked back to his apartment grabbed some leftover material from his Spring Bonnie project and got to work.