Will woke up the next morning. He packed and went downstairs to catch a
cab. He still hadn't figured out exactly how he was going to tell his
parents. He had written a letter that he was planning to read he just
didn't know exactly when he would do it. It would have been best to wait
until after Christmas that way there was no way he could ruin the actual
day but after everything that Jack had done for him over the last month he
had to let him come to dinner. He got to Grand Central and got on the
train to Connecticut. He it was becoming so real his stomach was queasy
and he felt dizzy. He found a seat and sat down. He looked for his motion
sickness bag when he couldn't find it he sat back and took a deep breath
then he remembered what Jack told him about how anticipation hurts the
most. He smiled sat back and got so much needed sleep.
When Will woke up he was in Connecticut. He stepped off the train with his luggage and began to look for his dad. When he spotted the family's Volvo station wagon and walked up to it. He put his luggage in the back seat and then sat in the front. He was prepared to hug his dad. He figured some random banter with his dad would calm his nerves. He was quite disturbed when he got into the front seat he was greeted by the face of his older brother Paul. Will thought this was the worst way to start this trip. For most of his life he could remember Paul being mean. He and Sam tortured him in typical younger sibling fashion. They would dress him up in his mothers clothes, teased him relentlessly because he cried easily, and every other horrible thing they could think of. Sam and Will were four years apart. But the difference between Sam and Paul were that once Sam went to college they had gotten so much closer. Sam was one of Will's closest friends and an almost the picture perfect son. He was an honor student and captain of the basketball team. In most of his childhood Sam and Paul had been close but Sam embraced his whole family once he went off to school. Paul was a totally different story. Paul did well in sports but as far as academia was concerned Paul rarely paid attention. He was always in detention and was attending the local community college. The thing about Paul that hurt Will the most was that he never stood up for him. They were two years apart and usually attended the same school at the same time however whenever Will was picked on or got beat up Sam joined in. Will didn't know it but it was Paul who had given Kevin Wolchek the idea of making Will do his homework. Paul had always been jealous of the fact that Will was smart and his mother's favorite. Paul knew he had treated Will like crap when they were younger but he felt he was just doing his job and still saw most of the things he had done to Will as funny. Paul pulled away from the station and looked over at Will and attempted a conversation.
"Hey how was the trip?" Paul asked
"It was fine? Where's dad?" Will asked
"Oh you're welcome Will it was no problem to get up on a Saturday morning to pick you up because Dad had a business meeting with a client." Paul said
"Sorry I've had a long trip and I'm really tired." Will said
"Great to see some things never change you're still a cry baby" Paul said
Will sighed in frustration "Paul not now please."
"Come one Will I'm just playing with you so when's that chick coming?" Paul asked
"What chick?" Will asked
"The one you spent Thanksgiving with. Mom said that you were going to her place for Thanksgiving and that she was coming here for Christmas." Paul said
"Oh Grace. Well she won't be coming. How's the girl you're dating I think mom said her name was Peggy." Will said attempting to change the subject he really didn't want to talk about Grace with Paul.
"She's alright she's one of about three but I'd say now that she's the most special. You'll meet her and her parents at dinner. So how come Grace isn't coming?" Paul asked
"She's just not." Will said
"Oh I see she dumped you." Paul said laughing
"No she did not dump me it just didn't work out and anyway I don't want to talk about this now." Will said
"It's ok Will it happens to the best of us. And I'm your big brother Sam was there for me the first time a girl left me. And now we can finally initiate you into the club." Sam said laughing
Will was to smart to think Paul would actually be nice to him and he was not in the mood, "What are you gonna do dress me up in mom's clothes take a picture of me? And then you will show it to the whole neighborhood thinking the humiliation from that will make me for get about Grace." Will asked
Paul started to laugh hysterically, "That was a good one. But come on we haven't done that since like what your junior year of high school? And besides you know you liked the dressing up part."
"No I didn't" Will said flatly
"You'll see Will, what we're going to do for you tonight has nothing to do with clothing." Paul said smiling
Will didn't believe it but he was too tired to argue.
"Wake me when we get home" Will said as he looked out the window and attempted to go to sleep.
When Will woke up he was in Connecticut. He stepped off the train with his luggage and began to look for his dad. When he spotted the family's Volvo station wagon and walked up to it. He put his luggage in the back seat and then sat in the front. He was prepared to hug his dad. He figured some random banter with his dad would calm his nerves. He was quite disturbed when he got into the front seat he was greeted by the face of his older brother Paul. Will thought this was the worst way to start this trip. For most of his life he could remember Paul being mean. He and Sam tortured him in typical younger sibling fashion. They would dress him up in his mothers clothes, teased him relentlessly because he cried easily, and every other horrible thing they could think of. Sam and Will were four years apart. But the difference between Sam and Paul were that once Sam went to college they had gotten so much closer. Sam was one of Will's closest friends and an almost the picture perfect son. He was an honor student and captain of the basketball team. In most of his childhood Sam and Paul had been close but Sam embraced his whole family once he went off to school. Paul was a totally different story. Paul did well in sports but as far as academia was concerned Paul rarely paid attention. He was always in detention and was attending the local community college. The thing about Paul that hurt Will the most was that he never stood up for him. They were two years apart and usually attended the same school at the same time however whenever Will was picked on or got beat up Sam joined in. Will didn't know it but it was Paul who had given Kevin Wolchek the idea of making Will do his homework. Paul had always been jealous of the fact that Will was smart and his mother's favorite. Paul knew he had treated Will like crap when they were younger but he felt he was just doing his job and still saw most of the things he had done to Will as funny. Paul pulled away from the station and looked over at Will and attempted a conversation.
"Hey how was the trip?" Paul asked
"It was fine? Where's dad?" Will asked
"Oh you're welcome Will it was no problem to get up on a Saturday morning to pick you up because Dad had a business meeting with a client." Paul said
"Sorry I've had a long trip and I'm really tired." Will said
"Great to see some things never change you're still a cry baby" Paul said
Will sighed in frustration "Paul not now please."
"Come one Will I'm just playing with you so when's that chick coming?" Paul asked
"What chick?" Will asked
"The one you spent Thanksgiving with. Mom said that you were going to her place for Thanksgiving and that she was coming here for Christmas." Paul said
"Oh Grace. Well she won't be coming. How's the girl you're dating I think mom said her name was Peggy." Will said attempting to change the subject he really didn't want to talk about Grace with Paul.
"She's alright she's one of about three but I'd say now that she's the most special. You'll meet her and her parents at dinner. So how come Grace isn't coming?" Paul asked
"She's just not." Will said
"Oh I see she dumped you." Paul said laughing
"No she did not dump me it just didn't work out and anyway I don't want to talk about this now." Will said
"It's ok Will it happens to the best of us. And I'm your big brother Sam was there for me the first time a girl left me. And now we can finally initiate you into the club." Sam said laughing
Will was to smart to think Paul would actually be nice to him and he was not in the mood, "What are you gonna do dress me up in mom's clothes take a picture of me? And then you will show it to the whole neighborhood thinking the humiliation from that will make me for get about Grace." Will asked
Paul started to laugh hysterically, "That was a good one. But come on we haven't done that since like what your junior year of high school? And besides you know you liked the dressing up part."
"No I didn't" Will said flatly
"You'll see Will, what we're going to do for you tonight has nothing to do with clothing." Paul said smiling
Will didn't believe it but he was too tired to argue.
"Wake me when we get home" Will said as he looked out the window and attempted to go to sleep.