"I don't need you worrying about me."

"How can I not?"

"You need to worry more about you. About getting better."

"Don't you get it. I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you!" Sonny whispers, eyes brimming with tears.

"You have got to be kidding me, Sonny! I have lived with that fear for weeks." Will cries out. "Do you have any idea what it was like watching you lay there. Not knowing if you would ever wake up. Not knowing if I would ever see your beautiful eyes again. Not knowing if I would ever feel your touch again. Or feel your lips again."

"I'm sorry I did that to you. I never want you to feel that way again."

"Neither do I." Will whispers.

"Will, you know I can't talk to you about this."

"Please. He's my boyfriend. And I feel like he is hiding something."

"Sweetie, you have to talk to Sonny." Marlena says, grabbing Will's hand.

"Grandma, what can I do? He won't talk to me about it."

"You have to be patient with him. He will open up when he is ready."

"But what if he is never ready?"

"Will, Sonny loves you."

"I know he does. And I love him. So much."

"Then trust that. Trust that he will open up to you when he is ready."

"Has he opened up to you?"

"I can't answer that for you."

"Please. Tell me something. Do you think these sessions have helped?"

"I hope they are. But that is all I can say."

"I need to know how to help him through this. I just don't know what to do."

"You just love him. That is all you can do. And let him know that you will be with him, no matter what."

"Hasn't being next to him through everything demonstrated that?"

"Maybe. Maybe not."

"What else am I supposed to do to show Sonny that I will never leave him or stop loving him?"

"That is something you may need to figure out, sweetie. But right now, I want to know how you are handling everything."

"What do you mean?"

"I know you heard Sonny recount what happened. And you have barely left his side since everything happened. How are you doing?"

"It's been so hard. I just really don't know what to do. I have tried to stay strong for him. I have tried my best to be his rock. I just don't think I have done a very good job of it."

"What makes you say that?"

"I don't know. Maybe if I was a better boyfriend none of this would've happened. And he won't open up to me. Maybe I have failed him and that is why he feels that way. Maybe he doesn't trust me to be understanding enough. Maybe he thinks my love for him is conditional. He deserves someone better than me."

"I don't want to ever hear you talk like that. Do you understand me?"

Will nods his head yes. "But I can't help but doubt myself. I love Sonny so much. When he was hurt, I didn't know what to do. I always want him next to me. But what if he is beginning to change his mind. What if this whole thing is my fault?"

"Do you honestly feel like Sonny doesn't want to be with you?"

Will shrugs his shoulders and says, "I hope not. But I can feel him pulling away."

"You boys need to have an honest talk with each other. Soon."

"We had a talk earlier. But Sonny just kept saying he was worried about me. I know it has something to do with what that guy that attacked him said. But do you think there is more that he is not telling me?"

"All I know is the two of you need to talk." Marlena kisses him on the cheek and says, "But I need to go and you need to check in on your boyfriend. Don't think I haven't noticed that you keep looking at the clock."

Will smiles at his grandmother. "Thanks. I will try to keep all of this in mind."

"That's all I ask."

Marlena walks away, as Will heads back to Sonny's room. All he can think about is their conversation and that there is something Sonny is hiding. Will wants to know everything that happened. He doesn't care if it is too painful to hear. He needs to know everything to help find this guy who hurt his love. Will was not going to rest until the guy paid for what he did. He didn't want Sonny to know the lengths he was going to protect him, because he knew his boyfriend wouldn't approve. Will knows how Sonny feels about EJ. He will thank me later. I know he will. Will thought.

"WILLLLLLLL!"

Will hears Sonny scream his name out in agony and he races into Sonny's room.

"WILLLLL! NOOOOOOO!"