Sorry it took so long guys!

Yet another famous 2-part chapter!

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Song: Run - Snow Patrol

I'll sing it one last time for you

Then we really have to go

You've been the only thing that's right

In all I've done

He unlocked the door of his apartment and entered. Morning leaked through the window and illuminated the edges of the tables and benches in the room, giving them a certain air of warmth. Will leaned with his back against his door and grinned to himself as his remembered the previous night.

The night was chilly for a September night, and Will almost regretted offering to walk Richard home. Just as the couple were about to reach the destination, Richard spun around and faced Will.

"Uh…Will…I…God! Listen to me! What makes this so hard to say?"

Will's body instantly tensed and he froze on the sidewalk. The night seemed extremely dark, darker than usual.

Oh Richard, what crappy lighting your street has! He thought to himself. All the better for you to hide your face and ditch me with!

Will faced his date.

"It's alright, I understand. So what if we had a few fun dates, so what if I thought we had a connection, so what if you helped me to get my mind off…Jack…things. Don't worry, the rejection buffer is a natural part of my anatomy, placed somewhere between the heart and the gut."

A wave of shock rose and crashed onto Richard. He thought for a second before shaking his head and chuckling. This only fuelled Will's annoyance.

"Relax! Stop being such a drama queen!"

"I am not!" Will sulked as he crossed his arms, stamped his foot and turned his head away.

Richard cocked his head to the side and laughed at the man's natural mannerisms. He took both of Will's hands into his own.

"You are adorable, you know that?"

Will looked down sheepishly. "Yeah, I've been told." This is the very second that Jack would gag and dry wretch.

"And crazy."

"Huh?"

"All I wanted was to ask was if you wanted to come inside. My daughter is asleep and I have to pay the sitter for racking up my phone bill. My kid loves you, you know…I think Elle loves you more than she loves me…I may just have to kill you for that."

It was now Will's turn to smile. He tried to blur out the images of Jack that seemed to be branded in the back of all his thoughts. As if he hasn't moved on to three hundred other guys already! He wanted to be apart.

"So…what do you think, Will?"

Jack wanted this.

Will replied by kissing the man lightly on his mouth.

Step 3 of the Healing Process: New Target Becomes New Boyfriend.

And I can barely look at you

But every single time I do

I know we'll make it anywhere

Anyway from here

He strutted over to the kitchen, humming joyfully to himself as he began to enter the process of structuring his routine, morning coffee. Suddenly, a cacophony of amplified racket pierced his ears. After smothering his girlish shriek of surprise, Will calculated that the noise was in fact, coming from his bathroom. His eyes roughly scanned the apartment for any object that could be used as a weapon.

Giving up on his idea, he silently crept, with coffee in hand up to the door and listened. Why is the water running?

He prepared himself to heroically burst through the door, thus shocking the imposter and catching him or her out with his masterful element of surprise. Then he would exert his toughest voice, scaring away the thief.

His hand gripped the door knob. 1…2…2 and a half…2 and 3 quarters…3!

He pushed the door, causing it to violently swing open and crash into the wall, creating and unbearably loud 'BANG'.

He stared straight into the stunned, blue eyes of his intruder. The imposter quickly reached for the nearest towel and eagerly wrapped it around his waist. Will faced the wall and hid his eyes with his non-coffee hand – partly in embarrassment, and partly due to the fact that he didn't want his surprise visitor to realize just how much he really saw of him.

"William Truman! Your disgusting lust for me has just gone too far this time. Trying to jump in my shower with me…I'm sorry…it ain't gonna happen."

"Jack? What the hell are you doing here?" Will asked from behind his hand.

"Your bathroom is clean, and it has great lighting."

"What t…wait…this hand thing is getting annoying, are you decent?"

"Are you still trying to hit on me, you poor poor man?"

Will rolled his eyes and faced his ex-love. The towel hung around Jack's waist as he grinned at Will. His drenched hair caused hundreds of miniature rivers to roll down his face and neck. He then collected another towel and roughly rubbed his hair with it, producing a mess of matted dark hair, spiking out in all directions.

Will felt a bizarre captivation with the younger man, and no matter how much he tried to avoid it, his eyes remained fixated on his childish face.

Jack raised his eyebrows. Stop looking at me like that.

Will quickly shook off his awkward moment. "Sorry, but unfortunately for you, I don't do children."

"Oh wow, you brought me a coffee, you shouldn't have. Thank you, dear slave." Jack said, patting Will on the arm as he pried the coffee cup away from Will's hand.

"Lady! Telephone!"

Rosario's strong voice startled Karen so much, that she jolted upright in the bath. Only after she re-caught her breath, did she allow herself to sink back into the bubbles that engulfed her body.

"You would do anything to see me naked, wouldn't you Rosie? El Leave-o, speedy Gonzales, cha-cha…, I don't know how else to tell you how to leave in your crazy language. "

"The bubbles are edible. Try some" The maid said as she handed the phone over to Karen and left. Karen put the phone to her ear.

"Speak."

"Karen?"

"No."

"Karen, it's me, Josie. Your original, natural flesh and blood? You told me to call you."

"Yeah, what did I want?"

"I have no idea, but I wanted to ask you something."

"Fine, I'll get you a fake I.D, pushy."

"Thanks, but that's not what I wanted to ask. I actually wanted to ask…ok here's the scary part…I wanted to ask your advice."

"Ok. Milky liquors should only be mixed with spirits when in a shot, Botox should be updated frequently, and never trust anyone that wears green, or no make-up."

Josie sighed. "Thanks, I'll take that into account, but that's not the advice I wanted."

"Well what do you want from me? I've already given you my heart and soul! Or what's surgically left of it. You can have my kidney though."

"I have a well…I have a date tonight."

"Wear a condom."

"It's my first date! What do you think I am?"

"Sheesh, relax, prude. At least wear some sexy lingerie…a little leg never went astray."

"So will you help me?"

"Of course. When is he picking you up?"

"At eight."

"We will be there at six."

Confusion swept across Josie's mind "Who's we?"

"Bye, kid." Karen said, hanging up the phone, leaving her daughter's question unanswered.

Light up, light up

As if you have a choice

Even if you cannot hear my voice

I'll be right beside you dear

Will moved so he could lean against the bathroom doorway.

"What's this?" Jack inquired.

"What's what?"

The fact that you are seeing Michael…I can't believe that you are so pathetic, Will!

"Will, you're wearing the exact same tasteless outfit as yesterday and you look as if you have had plastic surgery to insert a coat hanger into your mouth. So who is he?"

I might as well tell him now. Maybe then he will realize that my entire existence doesn't centrally revolve around a certain Mr. McFarland.

"My boyfriend, Richard."

The word 'boyfriend' hung in limbo and lingered in the steamy air. There was something about the fact that it was said aloud that brought it all into perspective and made it seem so real. So final.

I suppose it's really over. Jack breathed in deeply to hide his surprise. So you're cheating on Michael now? What is going on with you Truman?

Jack covered his feelings up in one of the only ways he knew how – showing pure excitement. "So, is he hot? Is he rich? Does he dress well? Where did he come from? Does he like Cher? Tell me all the vital details!"

Will was slightly irritated at Jacks response. He originally wanted to spark jealousy within Jack, although he couldn't exactly fathom why. React, Dammit!

"Don't you have work today?" Will pondered aloud.

"Of course I do, but I already told them I wasn't going. It's purple day and all my purple clothing is in the wash, and besides, purple doesn't really compliment my soft skin tone."

Will shifted his weight to the other foot as Jack spun around and inspected his face in the mirror. Will turned around to leave, just as Jack began to speak.

"Hey Will, what are you doing today?"

"Well uh I…"

"Wrong." Jack cut in. "You are coming to the vet with me today."

"Monthly checkup time already?" Will smirked.

"You are as funny as the fact that your fly is undone."

Will quickly corrected his clothing error.

"No, Will, I'm taking Claus Von Puppy to get vaccinated today. You're coming. We never hang out anymore."

"You want me to pay the bill don't you?"

"Thanks, muffin."

Will contemplated Jack's proposal for a brief moment before stating:

"I'll only come with you, if you come somewhere with me."

"Where?" Jack inquired, now sitting on the edge of the bath.

"It's a surprise."

"Surprises aren't fun unless you know what they are and pretend you don't. That's a real surprise."

"I'm not telling you."

"Oh no…this isn't like the time you told me you were taking me out to a surprise location, and it was just to your mother's house to help her decide the thanksgiving table settings?"

Will smiled at the memory of his clever conspiracy. "No, it's not like that. It's just somewhere important I have wanted to bring you for a long time. So will you come with me if I come with you?"

Jack rolled his eyes. "Deal. Now go and email your wife in England before we go, while I get dressed. I can't handle your bedroom eyes undressing me any longer! Scoot!"

Sorry this update took forever, but I have had heaps of work to do. I hope this doesn't disappoint!

LJStagFlower4e: Sorry this took forever. Thanks a bunch for your review and I'm glad you found it interesting! xx

GracieAdler: Ah yes, another famous novel haha. I'm so happy that you can see the show in this, it means so much to me! Hope you enjoy this installment love. thankyou xx

Next Chapter: 2nd half: Jack brings Will to the vet and Jack visits Will's 'mystery place'. Karen is stumped on what type of dating advice to give Josie, and relies on they boys for their help. Will is thrilled upon recieving another email, updating Graces stay in England.

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