Will lay stretched over Alex and Sonny for two terrible movies. His eyes lidded and heavy. He felt so relaxed and happy. He just wanted to curl up and go right to sleep.

Something large and warm touched Will's face, a hand.

Alex chuckled when Will nuzzled into his hand. "You look sleepy."

"Mmm hmm," Will agreed, closing his eyes.

"He should go home," Sonny said, voice tight. For some reason, he hated seeing Will so close to Alex. Sonny had never seen Alex touch anyone that way before and it unnerved him.

"Why?" Alex asked, eyes narrowed. "He can stay here."

"Okay," Will mumbled. He adjusted on the couch so his nose pressed into Alex's stomach. He took a deep breath and said, "Smell good."

"I know," Alex answered. He squirmed feeling Will's puffs of breath against his sensitive stomach.

"Okay," Sonny said a little too loud. He pushed Will's legs off of him and stood up.

The sudden movement jarred Will, causing him to fall halfway off the couch.

"Hey," Will whined, flailing.

"The fuck was that for?" Alex complained as he helped Will right himself. Which coincidentally entailed pulling Will onto his lap.

"Time for us to go," Sonny explained. "Come on!"

Will groaned as Sonny grabbed both his hands and yanked him off Alex a little too hard.

"Ow," Will pulled away from Sonny and rubbed his wrists.

"Sorry," Sonny sighed. He took Will's hands again, this time brushing his thumbs over Will's pulse point. "I didn't mean to do that."

"It's alright," Will said with a gentle smile, looking right into Sonny's bright brown eyes.

"You don't need to go," Alex insisted, arms crossed.

"He does," Sonny argued. "He has class in the morning. If he stays here, who knows what you'll convince him to do."

"What the hell does that mean?" Alex demanded coming up to stand behind Will.

Will whipped his head back and forth between the two of them. He'd seen the two of them argue before and didn't want them getting into it again.

"You got him stoned," Sonny said as if that explained everything. "He doesn't do that."

"To be fair," Will interjected, "that wasn't my first time. And I wanted to, Sonny."

"Yeah, well, whatever, you still need to go home," Sonny stated. "So do I. So, let's go."

"I guess I should go home," Will said to Alex with a helpless look. "I need to bathe anyway. I'm pretty sure I reek."

Alex shrugged but didn't say anything.

"Little bit," Sonny said. "Better hope your mom isn't home to smell that on you."

"Great," Will replied with a shake of his head. He searched around for his shoes and shoved them back on, retying them.

Sonny edged closer to the door, eager to go. He didn't know what it was but seeing Will and Alex so comfortable together bothered him. He didn't know if it was jealousy or fear but Sonny knew he had to put a stop to it.

"Will, you coming?" Sonny asked, already standing at the door.

"Yeah, just give me a sec," Will told Sonny. He nudged Alex and said, "Thanks for tonight."

Alex nodded.

"I had fun," Will said with a teasing smile. He didn't want Alex to feel like he was ditching him for Sonny. "You'll have to spend some more time with me and the kids."

With Will's wide smile staring up at him, Alex rolled his eyes. "I have a Chutes and Ladders title to defend."

"I knew you had fun," Will grinned. Before he could think about it, Will brushed his lips against Alex's cheek.

"See you, Horton," Alex said looking a little less grumpy. "Night, Son."

"Bye," Sonny responded with a pinched face. "Come on, Will."

Will and Sonny headed out of Alex's hotel in silence. Once they were outside, Sonny broke the silence. "Alex played Chutes and Ladders?"

The two headed in the direction of Will's home.

"Oh, yeah," Will laughed. "He got super into it too."

"Huh," Sonny tried to picture it and couldn't. "My parents banned us from playing board games a long time ago. We all got too competitive."

"I can see that, yeah," Will nodded. "Who was worse, you or Alex?"

"Alex but the twins always said it was me," Sonny huffed.

"What are the twins like?" Will wondered. "Alex talks about them sometimes but you know how he is."

"They're good guys," Sonny said. "Vic's the mature one, I'd say. Joey's more of a goof-off."

"They're off at school, right?" Will clarified. "Somewhere back east?"

"Yeah, not the same school but close," Sonny answered. "The two are never far apart."

"I'd like to meet them," Will said, "one day. I'm sure they'd have great stories about you and Alex."

"Oh, yeah?" Sonny laughed.

"I get stories from you and Alex. I figure the truth's in the middle somewhere between the two of you," Will teased.

Sonny pushed Will's shoulder. "Jerk."

"How could you say that?" Will put his hand over his heart and slowed his walk, pretending to fall over. "You wound me."

"You're ridiculous," Sonny shook his head with a big smile on his face.

"Who's ridiculous?" a feminine voice asked behind them.

Will and Sonny turned around to see Adrienne, holding a few shopping bags.

"Mom, hi," Sonny greeted, rocking forward and back on his heels. "What are you doing out so late?"

"Shopping with Jennifer," Adrienne raised her many bags up. "I'm exhausted."

"Do you want us to help you?" Will offered, stepping forward, motioning to grab her bags.

The second Will stepped closer, Adrienne's nose wrinkled and she took a step back.

"No, thank you," Adrienne responded, looking at Will with blatant disapproval. "Sonny, walk me home."

"I was walking with Will," Sonny said. He gave her a pointed look.

"I know but my knee's been giving me trouble," Adrienne shoved a few bags in Sonny's arms. "Help your poor mother."

"It's alright," Will said with a shrug. "I'm almost home anyway. I had fun tonight. I'm surprised you and Alex were able to get along for so long."

"Yeah, get along," Sonny repeated with a strained smile. He cleared his throat, a softer smile replacing the fake one. "Tomorrow, do you want to go to the movies? You know, just you and me?"

Will nodded so fast his neck cracked. "Yes! I mean-uh-yes, if you want to."

"Okay, good," Sonny couldn't stop smiling. "I'll text you the details."

"Okay," Will grinned. "I'll just-uh-go now. It was nice to see you, Mrs. Kiriakis."

"Bye, Will," Adrienne said with a short nod.

Sonny and Adrienne watched as Will walked off. Adrienne waited until Will was out of sight before turning to Sonny with a disapproving glare.

"You have to be kidding me," Adrienne stated.

"What?" Sonny frowned. "What are you talking about?"

"Couldn't you smell him?" Adrienne said as she turned to walk home. "My goodness, Sonny. You don't want to associate with anyone like that."

"Why don't you guess who gave him the pot, Mom?" Sonny rolled his eyes.

"Ugh," Adrienne groaned. "What is it with my children and Will Horton?"

Sonny thought back to the strange closeness between Will and Alex. "I wish I knew."

Will walked off with his hands shoved into the pockets of his hoodie and a smile on his face. Tonight was a good night. He didn't anticipate anything that happened. The unexpected game with his siblings, the smoking and kissing with Alex even the movies with Sonny. But, in particular, Will didn't expect the invitation from Sonny.

Did he ask me on a date? Is it a date? I think it's a date? Oh my God, I'm going on a date! I am, aren't I?

Will didn't know and didn't know how to ask either. He couldn't just ask Sonny after all. That would be embarrassing.

It was late at night and the streets were just about deserted. Will didn't even know how Adrienne could have been out shopping this late. Everything closed for the night.

Will, lost in his thoughts, didn't notice anyone rushing up behind him until they grabbed his arm.

"Hey," Alex said, a bit out of breath. He jogged almost the entire way from his hotel to catch up. "Where's Sonny?"

"Huh?" Will frowned, surprised. "What are you doing here?"

Alex shrugged, digging his hands in his pockets. "I needed to get some smokes. Where the hell's my brother? I thought he would walk you home."

"He ran into Adrienne," Will said. "She had a lot of bags and asked him to help her."

"He ditched you for Adrienne?" Alex frowned. "What the fuck?"

"I'm a big boy," Will said. "I can walk by myself."

"I know that, stupid," Alex retorted. "After what we smoked you shouldn't wander by yourself. I didn't think Sonny was stupid enough to leave you alone. If he was, I wouldn't let you go."

"That was hours ago. I'm fine now. Wait," Will thought things over before clapping his hands together and laughing. "You're worried about me."

Alex stood there and let Will laugh. "You done?"

"Nope," Will said. "You rushed all the way over here to check on me."

"No, I didn't," Alex denied. "I can only buy my cigarettes at the store on the other side of town."

"Liar," Will shook his head "I spent all night in your hotel. You had two packs in the kitchen."

Alex dragged his tongue over his teeth, glowering at Will.

"Since you ran all the way here," Will couldn't stop giggling, "walk me home."

"Yeah, whatever," Alex grunted, stalking off at a fast pace.

Will had to rush to keep up. "You know, the first time I had weed was in a brownie. No one told me so I ate three."

Alex laughed. "Sounds like you. God, you're a dweeb."

"Hey," Will half-laughed, half-complained.

"Just saying," Alex said. The two walked a few blocks before he said, "You should have just stayed the night with me."

"Where would I have slept?" Will wondered.

"With me," Alex answered.

"Oh," Will couldn't help his mind from going somewhere dirty. The idea of him and Alex in a bed. He could still remember the feel of Alex's tongue in his mouth, the taste of Nutella between them.

"Yeah, oh," Alex said in a husky voice. "Would have been better than this."

"Yeah?" Will whispered.

"Yep," Alex swatted at Will's butt making him jump. "Here's your building."

"You gonna walk me up or what?" Will asked wide-eyed.

"Let's go," Alex held open the front door and followed Will into the elevator. An elderly couple walked in behind them.

"Hi, Mrs. Goldstein, Mr. Goldstein," Will greeted. "You guys are out late."

"Just got home from visiting our daughter," Mrs. Goldstein explained. She chatted the whole elevator ride, rambling on and on.

"This is my stop," Will told her, interrupting a story about her daughter's cat. "Goodnight!"

Will and Alex overheard Mrs. Goldstein tell her husband, "He's such a polite boy."

"Aw, Horton," Alex cooed. "You're just so polite and sweet."

"Uh-huh, laugh it up," Will shook his head. When they stopped at his front door, Will shoved Alex against it. "I'll show you polite."

Alex raised his brows as Will pulled him into a deep kiss. He let Will set the pace, enjoying his soft, warm lips.

Will pulled away once he was breathless.

"Maybe you should talk to old ladies more often," Alex commented.

"Shut up," Will laughed.

"You busy tomorrow?" Alex asked with a small smile.

"I've got school and work. And I'm going to the movies with Sonny," Will answered. "Why?"

"No reason," Alex said right away. "Curious. I'll see you around then."

"Sure," Will said. "See you."

"Later," Alex waited until Will opened the door and walked inside to leave.

Alex didn't plan on chasing after Will and Sonny but he's glad he did. Alex knew if anything happened to Will it would be his fault. He still couldn't believe Sonny just let Will wander off alone. If the wrong person got a whiff of Will, he'd get in more trouble than it was worth.

Dumbass, Alex thought. He also couldn't believe Will saw through his lie about getting cigarettes so easily. He sees through me too easily.

Alex hurried off in the direction of his hotel. He considered going out to a club or something but dismissed it. He still felt too relaxed from earlier. He wouldn't enjoy a night out the way he should.

Taking a shortcut, Alex passed the front entrance to Titan's headquarters, his uncle's corporation. Walking out the exit was his father.

"Dad!" Alex yelled out. He hadn't seen him in a few days.

"Alex?" Justin answered. "What are you doing in these parts?"

"Heading back to my hotel," Alex said. "You?"

"Looking over some new contracts," Justin said. "Were you out?"

"No," Alex said.

"No?" Justin quirked a brow and looked at their surroundings.

"I walked Will home. Sonny's too much of a dumbass to handle it," Alex explained.

"Uh?" Justin wasn't sure he wanted to know what that meant. "The three of you hung out?"

"Sonny crashed our party," Alex said with a shrug.

"I see," Justin responded even though he didn't.

"Will and I were hanging out and Sonny came to my room," Alex expanded. "He said he'd walk Will home and ditched him for Adrienne."

"Alex," Justin warned. He heard the change in Alex's tone when he said Adrienne's name.

"What? I'm not allowed to say her name now?" Alex crossed his arms, giving Justin a defiant look.

"I don't understand the hostility," Justin said. "Why do you always act like you're mad at her?"

"Gee, I don't know," Alex said, "maybe I'm still pissed she had me arrested."

"You were underage," Justin said, "and so were your brothers. You're just lucky it happened in Texas instead of Dubai."

"Lucky?" Alex spat out.

"You don't know how many hours I agonized over you when we lived there," Justin said. "I was so certain you were going to get arrested and something terrible would happen to you."

"I'm not a total moron," Alex rolled his eyes. "Thanks for the faith in me, though, Dad."

"Can you blame me?" Justin questioned. "You didn't make things easy on me or Adrienne."

"Was that my job? To make your life easy?" Alex wondered with a sardonic grin. "Because I sure as hell don't remember you making my life easy."

"Alex, not now," Justin pinched the bridge of his nose. "I've had a long day."

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Alex said in a sarcastic manner. "Heaven forbid I talk to my father about my picture perfect childhood. My mistake."

"Alex, that is not-," Justin tried.

"No, no," Alex swept his arms out. "My apologies for keeping you. Please, run off to your mansion. Oh, wait, it's your uncle's."

"You could stay there too," Justin said, ignoring Alex's tone. "You don't have to pay for a hotel."

"And miss out on these fun little chats?" Alex said. "Why ruin a good thing? And I can afford the hotel. I can afford whatever I want."

"Your mother and her long line of ex-husbands," Justin shook his head.

"I earned that inheritance," Alex insisted. "Do you know how much schmoozing I had to do to get that trust fund?"

"You can be nice to your step-fathers' but not the step-mother that raised you," Justin noted.

"One gives me money. The other sends me to juvie. Guess which one I'm gonna like?" Alex responded.

"Don't blow your money on cheap hotels," Justin warned, not taking the bait.

"I won't," Alex said. "And it's not cheap. Did you think I was staying at the Salem Inn? Get real, Dad."

"Uh-huh," Justin shook his head. "Can we finish this tomorrow? I want to get some sleep."

"Yeah, whatever, old man," Alex said. "I'm out."

Alex walked off, annoyed with everyone and everything.

Will closed the front door behind him and leaned against it. Tonight was weird and wonderful and left him a confused mess. He loved spending time with Sonny and he loved spending time with Alex. He loved kissing Alex and the idea of a date with Sonny left him giddy.

He didn't know if that was normal or not.

Opening his eyes, fingers on his tingling lips, Will let out a loud sound of disgust.

"Ugh!" Will yelled, covering his eyes. "I sit on that couch!"

Sami rolled off of EJ and adjusted her dress. "We were just kissing. Stop whining."

EJ adjusted his tie and rolled his eyes. "Clothing's on, Will."

"It's still disgusting," Will shook his head. "I'm getting flashbacks."

"Keep your food down," Sami warned. "I'm not cleaning up your puke."

"Oh, when have you ever?" Will rolled his eyes.

Will went to the kitchen and poured a glass of water. Sami and EJ joined him.

"So, where did you go?" Sami asked. "Your father was pretty vague on the details."

"Hung out with Alex," Will said. "Dad tell you he yelled at me for having Alex over?"

"He did what?" Sami frowned, sitting at the counter.

"Yeah, told me I was irresponsible and how could I bring a strange guy around his daughter?" Will mimicked his father's voice. "Stopped caring when he found out who Alex was but still."

"Your father is an idiot," Sami declared. "There's nothing going on with you and Alex. Psh, and a stranger, I know Alex."

EJ smirked, eyes on the counter.

"What?" Sami wondered, seeing his expression. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing," EJ said. "Just curious how observant Lucas is."

Will's eyes flashed to EJ, trying to decipher if he knew more than he let on. Better safe than sorry, Will decided to get to his room.

When Will walked past Sami, she sniffed the air and asked, "Why does it smell like a skunk?"

EJ inhaled as well before looking right at Will. "Anything you'd like to tell us, William?"

"No," Will said right away. "Nothing. I'm going to sleep."

"Just what do you do when you're with Alex?" Sami asked with a laugh.

"Oh, Samantha, Darling," EJ put his hand on her shoulder. "I don't think you want to know."

"What? Like I've never smoked pot before?" Sami tossed her hair over her shoulder.

"What?" Will turned around and stared.

EJ laughed at Will's wide-eyes.

"Did you buy the stuff?" Sami asked. Will shook his head no. "Did you drive after you got high? Did you endanger yourself or anyone else?"

"No," Will said. "Alex and I ate Nutella and watched crappy movies. Then he walked me home."

"There you go," Sami clapped her hands. "And see, I knew Alex would take care of you. He's not as big and bad as he pretends."

"I think someone just brings it out of him," EJ responded with a shrewd look in Will's direction.

"Right," Will said. "I'm gonna take a shower and go to bed."

"I expect to see you at the office around noon," EJ said. "Don't be late."

"Night, sweetheart," Sami called, "love you."

"Love you too," Will said, "night."

All clean and smelling of body wash, Will pulled down his bed and climbed inside. He used an electric blanket so he was snug and warm. As Will settled into his mound of pillows, his mind drifted.

Sonny, Alex. Alex, Sonny.

So close to sleep, Will could admit his feelings for both brothers went far beyond friendship. Despite how different the two were, Will liked them both.

Is it weird I can go from kissing one to imaging a date with the other? Oh, well. It's not like I have a real chance with either of them, anyway.

Author's note:

Late again posting. Sorry about that.

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