"I am so sorry, Will. I shouldn't have visited you in your office." Sonny was entering Will's office, sitting down in front of his desk. He looked compunctious at Will but Will didn't look back at him.

Sonny knew that Will loved his work. That is why Sonny let him work late every night, grading papers, correcting sentences, going through essays. He became a teacher because of his idea.

Back then, Will was still hurting due to Nick and his schemes. And Sonny's idea had been that Will does something with children as far as possible. College students weren't exactly children, but it was the closest Will would come to being a father.

At least going after his plan of life. Sonny tried to pursue adoption once, but Will made it clear back then, that he didn't want another child. Though Sonny didn't like his decision, he knew that forced to choose between a child and Will he would choose Will. Always.

Moments after Sonny sat down, Will looked up and smiling.

"Don't worry. It was fine actually."

Sonny wondered about those words.

"Why would you say that? Didn't you climb back into the closet when you started his job?"

Will chuckled.

"No I didn't and you know that. Don't you?"

Will still looked to Sonny as his mentor and for that cause he was still trying to make things right.

"Of course, I know that. It was a joke … " Sonny touched Will's hand. "Was it really okay though?"

"Yes. I even helped her to fight some hatred thoughts and opinions she had against homosexuality."

Sonny raised his eyebrows.

"You did?"

"Yeah, I kind of convinced her that we were not sick."

Will thought back to the talk, not telling Sonny the end of the talk. He wouldn't have wanted that either at that time. People need to figure themselves out, without too much help and pushes of others.

Sonny stood up and and went around the table sitting down on Will's laps.

"So you sonny-ed her?"

Will kissed his arms.

"Yeah I did. I listened to her worries and told her about me."

Will chuckled again, thinking back to Sonny and his struggle with himself.

Then he moved his legs back and forth, indicating the wish for him to stand up.

"Do you want a coffee?" Sonny stood up, looking to his boyfriend. Will nodded, he could really use a coffee, while marking exams.

Sonny kissed him on his forehead before he went out and into the kitchen. Barely gone, Will felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. He took it out, answering it.

"Will Horton."

"Will."

Will's heart stopped for a beat. He hadn't this voice in a long time. But he still recognized it, strangely. With fast steps, he ran into into the kitchen. As Sonny looked to him, he put his phone on speaker and lay it on the table.

"Gaby." Will didn't know what to say. Why was she calling him?

"I really have to talk to you. It is so important."

"Normally I would say 'Sure thing' but given our history together I do would like to know what this call is all about."

"What is your blood group?"

"AB negative, why?"

"Thank god. We need you. Ariana needs you."

Will stopped breathing, so did Sonny. The views they exchanged were saying the same unbelieving thoughts. Will couldn't say anything. He felt unable to move, to speak, to react.

"Ariana is in the hospital. We need you to donate your blood. Urgent. How quickly can you come to the St. Vincenz Hospital?"

Sonny mouthed something to Will and Will understood.

"Give me literally minutes."

When Gaby hung up, Will was still standing in the kitchen, trying to process what he just heard.

"Will, I think we really need to go now. Come on."

But Will shook his head.

"I don't know if I can do that. I don't want to see her. I cannot cope with seeing her and loosing her again. I can't do that, Sonny, I can't."

Sonny stroke his back.

"I know, Will. And I promise you – if you don't want to see her you won't. I will take care of that. But we really need to go know. Your daughter needs her father."

When Will and Sonny arrived at the hospital, Gaby came running towards them. She didn't slow down and literally fell into Will's arms.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Her voice was so low and tired but also relieved.

Nick was still standing some metres away from Sonny and Will but he looked at them and mouthed a 'thanks' but neither Will nor Sony spent much attention to him.

"Let's get the doctor, Gaby. Fast." Gaby stopped hugging Will and ran away.

Just minutes later a nurse came towards Will and Sonny.

"William Horton?"

Will raised his hand.

"That'd be me."

His voice was weak. He still hadn't made up his mind yet. Was it good he was hear or not? Would he be able to see his daughter? Did he want to see his daughter when the chance arose?

"Please come with me, Sir."

Will followed the nurse, his steps were so small, he had to quicken up to keep up with her. The nurse lead him through all those corridors, he saw one door after another, grey walls after grey walls. He wondered how the nurse knew where she was going but apparently she knew.

The nurse suddenly stopped, leading to him nearly running into hear. She turned around looking him directly into the eyes.

"Do you want to see the patient?"

There it was. The question Will had feared for. While still thinking for the right answer, the answer that wouldn't hurt anyone he heard his mouth say: "Yes, please."

The nurse nodded and opened a door on the right. She held the door open, showing him that It would be okay for him going inside.

Will took a deep breath. After 18 years he would speak to his daughter for the first time. What was he going to say? He couldn't just go inside and reveal himself. He didn't even know whether she knew. After seconds of thought, he breathed out and went inside. The nurses closed the door.

At the same time Sonny and Gaby reached Will and stood awkwardly around in the corridor.

"Look Sonny," Nick finally said, not looking at Sonny at all. "I am really thankful what Will is doing here."

Sonny's voice was cold. He despised Nick with all his heart.

"He is her father. What did you thought? You thought he wouldn't come and risk letting his daughter die?"

"I am her father."

Sonny laughed cold and short. Apparently Nick was really determined to be Ariana's father.

"Maybe on the papers. But you can't rule out nature, can you?"

Sonny looked at Nick, hoping he would turn around and looking into his eyes, seeing his thoughts. He wished Nick would realise that Sonny didn't think he was clever at all.

"That is the thing I love about your little scheme. You were plotting it so determined, so carefully but still you couldn't help that she turned out being Nicks child."

At the word 'scheme' Nick looked shocked at Gaby. Though Gaby was standing only a few feet away she obviously had not heard what the men just said.

Sonny saw this change in Nicks mimes. He lowered his voice not really knowing why, because he did not even care a little about Nicks marriage.

"You didn't tell her, why Will turned his parental right down?" Sonny whispered. This time Nick looked at him, pretending not to hear what Sonny just asked. But Sonny didn't care about that.

It wasn't important to get Nick soft. He knew he wouldn't achieve what E.J and his dad tried for several years. I was just important to him that all this frustration off of his chest. Because had not just stolen something from Will. Nick hadn't just stolen Will's daughter.

He had stolen Will from Sonny. Will had never been truly the same. Sonny knew that, even Will had tried to cover up all feelings. Sonny still loved Will with the whole of his heart but he got more sensitive to his true feelings. He saw the sadness in the blue eyes, felt the caution of Will's actions when they were around children.