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Chapter 25.
Early in the morning of Christmas Day, Will, Karen, Jack and Grace was once again seated in the library but this time they were opening the rest of their presents.
Grace didn't know yet that Karen and Will now were planning on seeing each other on a date-between-woman-and-man-kind-of-way.
Karen was seated on the floor between the legs of Will, who was seated in a sofa. Jack was sitting next to Will. Grace were the one handing out the gifts. Will had his hand softly laid on Karen's shoulder. She was leaning backwards, holding Wills hand in hers.
Jack was watching them from the corner of his eye. They really did look adorable together, but he wondered how Grace would take it. She was still in love with Will, she could deny it but everyone, except maybe Will, knew that it was so.
The presents were all given away and opened.
"Gracie, we have something we wanna say to you" Will said and held Karen's hand.
Grace looked up from her seat on the floor.
"Yeah?"
"Well, yesterday I discovered something that I didn't even know I felt" Will said.
Grace was watching him questioningly.
"I felt that I had begun to fall in love with someone" Will said.
"Oh my God, Will that's awesome" she answered. "Anyone I know?"
"Yes, actually you do" Will said and pulled Karen up from the floor and into his lap.
Grace first didn't get it, but soon she did and she was first sad, then angry and hurt.
"What?" she blurted out. "You and Karen? Never in a million years. Will, you're gay. You're not supposed to have feelings for women. What about me?"
She begun to sob a little.
"Gracie, you will always be a part of my life, like you always have been, but I'm sorry, I just don't feel that way about you. I love you, but I'm not in love with you" Will said.
At those words, Grace watched him and Karen silently and then stormed out of the library to her bedroom, quickly getting her things to leave the house as fast as possible.
"Let me try" Karen said and got up out of Will's lap.
Karen went to Grace's bedroom, standing in the door she saw Grace packing her things in a hurry.
"Where are you going honey?" she asked, fully knowing the answer.
"Out of this house" Grace said angrily.
"Honey, I understand that you're upset, but please, don't let it end like this" Karen said entering the room and sat down on the bed next to Grace's bag.
"Why shouldn't I? Will's not gay anymore, and he chose you, not me" Grace said and stopped packing, looking down on her hands that were hidden in the bag.
"Honey, Will's still gay" Karen answered.
"Then why is he with you?"
"I don't know. He chose to be with me, but I sure didn't ask him to be with me. But I do love him too, and I love you and Jack too, it's just that I'm in love with Will" Karen tried to explain.
"That's just it. He was supposed to fall in love with me. I'm the one who has been there with him for fifteen years, I was there when him and Michael split up. Why can't he do this for me?" Grace started crying.
"Grace, sweetie. I'm so sorry, but I can't help that I feel the way I feel" Will said, entering the room and walked up to them by the bed.
He had heard the discussion and felt a little guilty for not doing what Grace had wanted. He sat down next to Karen, but was looking at Grace.
"Grace sweetie. I'm really sorry, but this is the way it is and, well I was sort of hoping that you would be happy for me, for us."
"I'm sorry, but I can't" Grace sobbed and took her bag and left the room and them sitting on the bed.
Karen's tears were streaming down her face. She had also hoped that Grace would accept it. After all the redhead had grown on her, as well as Will had. Will took her in his arms, trying to comfort her, but it was tough on him since Grace was his best friend and had been for about 20 years. They had been through thick and thin together and he couldn't do this for her.
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A/N A little cliffhanger, naughty naughty me. R&R people, R&R...
