A/N: I know it's been a while since updated a story, I am so sorry. I have been in the hospital for a while. And Freddie's departure may have had a little something to do that too. But I'm so happy that he will be coming back soon. Thank you to those who are still reading my stories. After a long overdue update, here is the next chapter. I will try my best to update a few other stories and this one as well. Please review. :)
It took them a while to get there back to where they were before. Well, almost, but not quite. And everything was going how it was supposed to. At least, the way Will wanted it to go. Will sat at the Pub for breakfast with his grandma Marlena.
"How are you holding up Will?"
"I'm okay."
"Don't lie to me. How are things going with you and Sonny?"
"Everything's starting to get back to normal. I just hope it stays that way."
"It will. And it will get even better for the both of you." A few minutes of uninterrupted silence went by. The silence was broken with the ring of Will's phone. He took it off the table and turned it around.
"Is it Sonny?"
"Uh, no. It's uh, It's work. I got take this. Thanks grandma."
"You're welcome." Will got up and left the Pub. His phone rang again and he answered it once he was outside.
"What do you want?"
"I need to see you. I have something that might interest you."
"Okay. I'll meet you there in five minutes." Will hung up his phone and walked in the direction of where he said he was going to meet him.
Will stood outside of Paul's hotel room. He was a little nervous and anxious, and he didn't know why. He knocked on the door a couple of times before Paul answered the door.
"You're here."
"Yeah. I got your call. So, you want to work on a story together?" Will looked at him surprise.
"Yeah. Can I get you something to drink?" Paul walked over to the table that had a few drinks.
"No. I'm okay. So, what's your idea?"
"It's about a journalist. He's a good writer, successful, all that. But totally insecure. So he takes background notes from an interview. Knowing that what he promised would be confidential. And he gives them to a guy, who wants to seduce him."
"Paul, just hold on."
"Don't even try. I know what you did Will." Paul was furious at Will.
"You might think you understand, but you don't."
"Derek admitted it."
"I was trying to help you." Will gave a small look of annoyance.
"What?!"
"Derek was really into you. You liked him, you're both single."
"So what, you compromise your professional ethics and violate my confidence?" Paul raised his voice a few octaves.
"That is not what happened. Derek was just trying to impress you."
"Do not blame Derek for this."
"I'm not blaming anybody."
"Especially not yourself. One phone call, and I can get your ass fired."
"That wasn't even horrible."
"Not horrible, private. And do not think for one second, that none of that happened. Don't play dumb. You know exactly what happened. I just want to know why. Why would you risk your career to help Derek to hook up with me?"
"You know the answer to that."
"What, because I used to be in love with your husband?"
"No, Paul. Because you're still in love with my husband." Will put emphasis on the word still.
"Wow, okay. But do we really need to do this again?"
"What? This is where you deny where you're still in love with my husband and then make me out to be some paranoid fool? Yeah, we can skip that. How about you tell the truth for once?"
"I haven't lied."
"Why did you rush over to our place, just to tell Sonny that you slept with Derek and it didn't mean anything?"
"I came over to talk to both of you. Not just Sonny."
"You wanted to tell him and reassure him that even though you slept with Derek, he didn't mean anything to you. You wanted Sonny to know that nothing changed for you, that you still love him."
"This is nuts. Just because I wasn't ready to marry the first guy who came along, doesn't mean…" Paul's voice traveled off.
"It's what you think Paul. It's what you've always thought about our marriage. You believe that the only reason Sonny married me, is because you turned him down."
"I didn't say that." Paul was getting very annoyed with Will.
"It's a lot easier to pin everything on me. It'd be crazy. Look in a mirror Paul."
"Will, that's all I've done ever since I met you."
"You're not Paul. You're not getting Sonny back."
"I know that. But that doesn't mean I don't care about him. I'm not going to apologize for that. Sonny's the best person. He's probably the best person I'll ever know or you'll ever know."
"You do not need to talk to me about my husband. I know him better than you do."
"Really? Well, how is he going to react when he finds out that you spilling out all my secrets the first chance you got? Because the Sonny I know, he wouldn't want any part of that." Will turned quiet. Paul walked away from him and opened the door.
"I will not let you do this. I won't." Will had the last words before he left.