This chapter includes a new twist. We learn a bit about Sonny's past. I know some people may not like what happens to Sonny in this chapter, but it was an idea I had. I hope people don't dislike it to much. Much more to come. Sorry it took so long to post. I am new to writing and this chapter was rather long and hard to write.

Chapter 5- The Surprise Visitor

Sonny and Will arrive at the Coffee house at 5:30 am. Sonny was surprised they got their so quickly, considering Will had been so frisky that morning. He knew their was a reason he set his alarm so early. He was also glad he had found a boyfriend who was as horny as he was.

After Sonny gets the door open and puts the code in the alarm system, he leans in and kisses Will and says, "You can go ahead and study wherever, I gotta turn the espresso machine and get a pot of coffee started." He smile at Will and heads back to the espresso machine and starts getting everything going that he needs to for the day.

In the meantime what Sonny doesn't realize is someone from his past is about to re-enter his life and change his world forever.

Just as Adrienne Kiriakis is reaches the foot of the stairs of the Kiriakis mansion she hears the ring at the door and hears Henderson rushing to come answer it.

"No worries Henderson, I got it," she hollers at him.

She opens the door and see's a beautiful young blond standing in the doorway. She smiles at her wondering who this attractive young girl might be, she did notice her nervous fidgeting and how she was looking down until the door had opened.

"Hi," the girl smiles at Adrienne, "I was hoping I have the address correct, I believe this is the Kiriakis mansion?"

"Why yes it is honey," Adrienne smiles back at her, "I am Adrienne Kiriakis, how can I help you?" she asks.

"Oh, you are Sonny's mom," Adrienne notices the girls demeanor relax as she brings up Sonny, "I am Rachel, Rachel Melbourne. I met Sonny in Europe, back when he was traveling."

"Why yes," Adrienne said, taking her hand out to shake the young ladies hand, "Sonny mentioned you quite a bit in his e-mails and letters."

"Oh," Rachel blushes a little bit, "Glad to know I meant enough to him for him to mention me to his parents."

After a minute of a little awkward silence Adrienne finally asks, "Are you looking for Sonny then?"

Rachel smiles again and replies, "Yes, I am he wouldn't happen to be here would he?"

"Actually, he doesn't live here, he has his own apartment, but he spends most of his time at the Common Grounds, the local coffee shop he runs with a friend."

"Well, that doesn't surprise me, Sonny always was quite the entrepreneur." Rachel states.

"Yes he was, I remember when he was little, being the youngest wasn't easy, but he always knew his way to negotiate get whatever he wanted, especially when it came to his brothers, he became quite efficient at conning them," Adrienne smiles thinking back to the good ol' days when her kids still lived with her and Justin.

Rachel giggles, thinking of Sonny as a little boy. "So he would be at the coffee shop right now then?"

"I would assume so," Adrienne replies bringing brought out of her thoughts.

"You wouldn't mind giving me the address would you, my brother and I have come into town for a little while and I wanted to get the chance to catch up with him and introduce him to…." She stops herself, realizing she is babbling and may be saying to much.

Adrienne is confused at why she stopped, she decided to finish, "Introduce him to your brother?" she asks giving Rachel a questioning look.

Rachel smiles, thank goodness she had given her an out, "Yes, my brother. I always thought they might make a cute couple."

"Well, isn't that sweet, but I am afraid Sonny already has a boyfriend."

"Oh well, should've figured a hot guy like Sonny wouldn't stay on the market long." she wasn't to surprised at the revelation of Sonny having a boyfriend. Besides she knew that her brother, Thomas, wasn't really Sonny's type. Thomas was more of a hit it and quite it type guy, she loved her brother but he was a bit of a man whore. Sonny was always the relationship type. He could never just have a one night stand.

"If you would like I can take you to the coffee shop, I was actually going to head there myself, I haven't seen my boy in ages." Adrienne says looking into the bright blue eyes of this young lass.

"Thanks, I really do appreciate this. I am quite excited to see the look on Sonny's face when he see's I am here."

"Let me grab my purse and I will be right out," Adrienne says, then inviting the young lady into the parlor to sit for a minute, she runs to the other room to grab her stuff.

She quickly returns and they head out the door.

Sonny is busy serving the first morning rush. Will can't help but be amazed at how cool Sonny remains while being bombarded with customers, He has offered to help many a time, but Sonny won't have it. He can handle the work, besides that is what he has paid employees for, and he definitely does not consider Will an employee. Will smiles to himself and tries to get back to the paper he is working on.

"The Serenity of Daosim," Will read the title of his paper out loud. Why was he taking this stupid class anyways, he never really had been that into religion, but I guess with his uncle being back in town, and as of late his families Catholic roots do kind of add family issues with his sexuality, he figured taking this World Religions class may give him some insight into how to best address the issue. Well, especially when it came to his snake cousin Nick, who to be honest really was the only one who seemed to have a problem with him being gay. Even his priest uncle seemed to be ok with his realized sexual orientation.

"If my Uncle Eric is ok with me being gay, why can't Nick get over it," Will says, speaking to himself again. He was completely perplexed as to why his cousin all of a sudden hated him so much, it just doesn't make sense. This confusion and frustration with trying to understand Nick may be what pushed him to turn to the devil himself for help, that and actually a lot more. Will was tired of thinking so much about his problems, it really was giving him a headache thinking how screwed up his life has become, then his eyes managed to fall on the one person who kept Will grounded, the one person who made him feel like everything was going to be ok. He had no idea how he had managed to deserve such a great guy like Sonny. He was the best thing to ever happen to him, how did he ever deserve him. Thinking about this caused him to stress more about Sonny's birthday. He hoped that the presents he picked out with Brian would be ok, he hoped that Brian was right and that this would be what Sonny wanted. Will and Sonny although in a good place, still had things to work out. Yes they had a new honesty commitment, which they where doing a great job at keeping, and although Sonny seemed to starting to trust him again, he felt he still needed to do so much more to prove himself. Getting an ex-girlfriend pregnant is a pretty big deal, and lying to someone you claim to love about it, gives that person every right to not trust you again, especially after making so many promises to tell each other everything.

"Why am I such an idiot sometimes?" Will asks himself, the memories kept flooding back of all the stupid things he has done and the many ways he has managed to mess up his life and those around him. Will starts to realize he really has been following in his mothers footsteps, a different path, maybe, but the same destination. He needed to something to change, he couldn't let this viscous cycle continue, especially when he is about to become a dad, wow the realization of this is starting to become more real. Will couldn't believe that statement, he isn't ready to be a dad, he barely can handle his own life, how can he take care of anothers, then he manages to look back at Sonny. He was so perfect, never screwed up, never lied like he did, yea he knows something about Gabi and Chad, but at least he knows he knows something that he can't share with him, besides does what happened with Gabi and Chad really matter, its not going to change his current situation. No matter what Sonny or Chad may have on Gabi, it doesn't matter, what matters is making sure Nick won't keep him from his daughter. Will manages to look over and sees Sonny busy working behind the counter. Sonny, he would be a perfect dad, and deserves that opportunity. It's weird how important it had become to Will for Sonny to be part of Ariana's life. She wasn't even born yet but knew that with Sonny's help, they together would be great dads for his little girl. He needs Sonny at his side, he makes him better, and is now more determined than ever to make sure that Nick can't keep them away from her. Nick doesn't deserve her, and maybe he doesn't either, but Sonny does, although Sonny may not think it or realize it, he does. Besides, this is Will's daughter not Nicks, Will already loves this little girl with all his heart and although he is scared and has been insecure and unsure about his capabilities, he needs to step up for her sake. That is the real reason he has turned to Stephano, he can't let his little girl be raised by a bigoted son of a bitch. He won't have it.

While Will sits there lost in his thoughts, in walks Adrienne with Rachel behind her. Adrienne see's Sonny busy working the espresso machine, his back to her and Rachel. She gets an idea.

"Rachel," Adrienne say turning to her young companion, "Why don't you go sit over at that table," She points at an empty table back in the left corner, "And I'll bring Sonny over."

Rachel looks and sees the line at the counter and notices Sonny's back to them. Her nerves started to get the better of her, seeing Sonny again, for the first time in three years was starting to cause her to become very nervous. She had no idea what to expect when she would reveal the news to him. How was he going to handle the truth, would he hate her forever. She couldn't handle the thought of Sonny hating her. She had to think of a way out,.

"Are you sure he's not to busy, we can come back later, when he's not so busy," Rachel turns to leave when Adrienne grabs her arm.

"Nonsense, Sonny would have my head if he knew I let you leave now, just go sit down and I will bring him over," Adrienne pushes her towards the back table she mentioned and heads to the line at the counter.

Sonny is so wrapped up with the espresso machine and making the lattes and what not that doesn't notice his mother in line. Sonny and his employee Hannah and Charlie, had a pretty good system set up. Hannah was working the register, while Sonny made the coffees and other hot drinks. Since May was fast approaching Salem was warming fast and Charlie was working on the cold and iced drinks and shakes. Hannah also got the pastries and other snack foods people would order along with working the register. The line was finally down to the last person. Once Adrienne is at the register, it finally clicks with Hannah who is standing there.

"Why hello Mrs. Kiriakis, what can we get for you today," Hannah says with a big smile. Sonny quickly turns around when he hears Hannah say Mrs. Kiriakis, wondering which Mrs. Kiriakis had decided to stop by and check on him. Once he sees his mom, he gives her an awkward smile. Not sure whether to be happy to see her or annoyed.

"Why hello Hannah," Adrienne replies, ignoring Sonny's annoyed smile, "I would like a small cappuccino, and a scone, please."

"That will be right up," Hannah says, she then turns to Sonny and starts to tell him what she ordered, but he cuts her off.

"No worries Hannah, I'll take care of this order…" He says after finally making eye contact with his mother.

"Okey dokey," Hannah responds and lets Sonny take over the register for her, "It's a pleasure to see you again Mrs. Kiriakis," she smiles at Adrienne.

"The pleasure is all mine," Adrienne replies.

"Charlie and I will get started on that cappuccino," Hannah says to Sonny as she moves to go help her co-worker.

"Well honey, you guys seem rather busy today," Adrienne says looking at her exhausted son, "Are you sure you are getting enough sleep hon, you seem rather tired."

"I'm doing alright, I opened today. Luckily Will and I don't have any classes today, so once I get off we are going to go back to my place and take a nap." Sonny replies.

"Ok, I am glad to hear things are going well with you and him."

"Thanks mom, I really appreciate you supporting me. I know it must be hard for you, I know Will has a lot going on and you don't like the idea of me being caught up in it all, but it's not like our family has the right to throw any stones."

"I know honey, and I actually do really like Will. He has a good heart."

"Yes he does," Sonny says nodding in agreement. He looks over to were Will is sitting and smiles to himself.

"Oh, well I was wondering if you might have a couple minutes to take a break?"

"uh….yea sure. I think it'll be ok, things seem to have slowed down. Will is over at his regular seat." Sonny responds pointing to his left. Adrienne and Sonny see Will focusing his attention on his laptop, obviously working hard on something.

"Oh, well, I guess I should've started with this but I didn't come alone." Adrienne says giving Sonny a mischievous look.

"Really," Sonny says looking around thinking he would find his dad or maybe even Uncle Vic hiding somewhere. "Who is it dad, Uncle Vic?"

"Actually it is a surprise someone you haven't seen in awhile," Adrienne says trying to gage her son's reaction to having a surprise.

Sonny just stares at her, his mind starts wandering trying to think who the heck would be here that he hasn't seen in a long time. Really, it could be anyone.

"Why don't you go grab Will and you can introduce him to your friend," Adrienne says breaking the silence, "We will be over in the back corners," Adrienne points over at the table in the back left corner.

While Adrienne was busy with Sonny, Rachel is sitting there completely freaking out. What am I doing she thinks, maybe this wasn't such a good idea. This could turn out really bad, why did I allow Thomas and my parents into coming here. They did make some good points, Sonny did deserve to know the truth, she should have told him four years ago when everything happened. Sonny also may be the only person who can help. She needed to do this. Rachel's mind started wandering back to when she first met Sonny. Rachel's family wasn't super wealthy, although they weren't hurting for money, they weren't exactly world traveler's or anything. Rachel had been attending Ohio State, when she learned of an opportunity for a study abroad. She had always wanted to visit Europe. She had always daydreamed about being kissed beneath the Eiffel Tower, or the love of her life confessing his love for her on a romantic gondola ride. Because of it being for school, she was able to apply for some financial aide and what that didn't pay for her parents were able to chip in. She also talked her GBFF (Gay Best Friend) Blake into going with her. Rachel had always seemed to find herself drawn to gay guys, she blamed it on her older brother Thomas. She said him always bringing his gay buddies and boyfriends around kept her from knowing how to act around straight guys. They both knew it wasn't his fault but she loved giving him a hard time about it.

Rachel and Blake both were so excited to go on this trip. The trip included tours of England, Ireland, France, and Italy. They spent two weeks in each country. They had classes were they were taught the history of each country and some basic important information they would need to know to get around, but the main purpose of the study was for the students to go experience the culture for themselves. The trip started in England, then they made their way to Ireland. France was next and that is where she and Blake met Sonny. Blake had drug Rachel with him to a gay bar. That is where they met Sonny, and lucky for Rachel, his best friend Ryan. Ryan, unlike every other guy in the place, happened to be straight. Blake was drawn to Sonny the minute he saw him. He was nervous, but made the first move. He found his opportunity when he saw Sonny order a drink at the bar. Blake came up behind him and offered to pay for it. After giving Blake the once over, Sonny accepted his offer. That is when Rachel was introduced to Sonny, then to Ryan. The four of them hit it off right away. Two weeks isn't a long time but, the Rachel definitely felt like if she wasn't already she was falling in love with Ryan, and she knew the same went for Blake and Sonny.

The four of them where happy. Maybe even starting to be too happy, if that can ever happen, so of course that was when tragedy struck. The four of them had taken a cab to go visit some museums when they were hit by a drunk driver. By some miracle Rachel and Sonny had made it with just a few scratches and bruises, but both Blake and Ryan were killed. Rachel feels the tears start to flow thinking back to that horrific day, the day that led to her life changing forever. It was all starting to become to much for her to handle, she wasn't sure she could do this, seeing Sonny again just reminded her of Ryan and Blake. But she was too late, before she was able to get out of the booth, Sonny's mother had returned.

"Don't leave," Adrienne says as she notices Rachel seems to getting ready to bolt, "Sonny and his boyfriend will be right over."

"I don't know Mrs. Kiriakis, maybe this wasn't such a good idea," Rachel says. Rachel was so torn at the moment, she really did need to tell Sonny what was going on, but at the same time didn't want to bring up these old memories. The last time they had seen each other, things hadn't exactly gone as planned.

Meanwhile Sonny heads over to grab Will. He is confused on who from his past his mother could have with her. Oh, well, he thinks guess I will find out in a moment.

"Hey Will," Sonny says as he approaches the table Will is sitting at. Sonny loves how innocent and cute Will is. Well, maybe not so innocent anymore, Sonny smiles to himself, but definitely cute. He just emulates cuteness. He loves the facial expressions Will makes. He can never hide how he is feeling. That is what makes Sonny love him so much, although Will may have lied about what was upsetting him in the past, he was slowly beginning to get that trust back.

Will looks up from the paper he is working on and takes in the sight that is Sonny Kiriakis. Gorgeous brown hair, hair that he loves to just lose his hands in. Deep brown eyes, that always seem to captivate him. Strong broad shoulders and arms. He had definitely recently learned how strong those arms can really be. Will smiles thinking of their morning adventure.

"So, I guess my mom is here and has someone with her." Sonny tells Will.

"Oh really, who?"

"I don't actually know, she says it is someone from my past tho."

"Sweet, I've always wanted to meet your pre-Salem friends."

Will gets up and interlock his fingers with Sonny as they head over to Adrienne. That is when Sonny see's her. Rachel. Not Rachel. Rachel's eyes meets Sonny's and they both just stare at each other. Sonny stops dead in his tracks, how did she know where to find me? Why is she here? What is going on? While these thoughts are going through his head he thinks back to Paris, and Blake and Ryan. The adventures they had, the love they had found. Only to be taken away from them. Then the memory of his last time with Rachel. It was after the accident. They both had been released from the hospital. They had asked to be released early, their parents had been notified and were heading their to be with their children. They doctors had wanted them to wait until the parental figures had arrived, but the two insisted on being released. They weren't injured badly, and had stayed the night for observations, and since they were adults the doctor caved and let them go. They both were emotional wrecks, they felt like they had lost everything. They didn't know how to handle what had happened. Sonny was really struggling. Sonny had become someone great at keeping his emotions in check. Not allowing anyone or anything to cause him to act out. Part of that came from learning from this mistake he made after Blake and Ryan's deaths. Sonny had felt powerless, he had no control of what was going on so, he decided to drink his problems away. Sonny wasn't a big drinker, but he needed to do something to get rid of the pain he was feeling. Rachel had found him, at the very club they had met. Sonny was an emotional wreck, yet so was she. But she knew she needed to get Sonny back to his apartment, away from the noise and craziness going on around him. She managed to get some help to get him back to his and Ryan's place. Well, now it was just his place. That is where he looses it. He just breaks down, he can't control it the tears just keep coming. Rachel sits down next to him and wraps her arms around him. She allows herself to let go as well. The tears just keep coming. They both hold on tightly to each other. Both needing the physical contact and comfort, and that is when it happened. The moment that they both regretted. They aren't even a hundred percent sure why or how it happened. But they kissed. It just happened, but it was something that although it felt wrong to them they both just went with it. They needed the release, and it just so happened that they were their for each other in their time of need, both emotional and physical, The kiss had led to more kissing, and deeper kissing, which led to clothes being pulled off, then next thing they knew Sonny was on top of her, fucking away her pain and his own. It was a rough night for both of them, but Rachel had woken up first. She felt so guilty about what happened she just bolted, she couldn't face seeing Sonny. What had she done, she felt like she had taken advantage of him. He was drunk, this wasn't right, she new Sonny was gay, how could she allow this to happen.

When Sonny awoke, he was in a daze. His head was splitting. He slowly pulled himself up out of bed, when he realized he was naked, then everything started coming back to him, the need to forget, the need to let go, the drinking away his pain. Then Rachel, oh Rachel, what had he done. He calls out for her, but no one responds, he looks around for her, but it is apparent she isn't there. This wasn't right, how could he do this, he was gay, he knew he was gay, he had always been gay. How could he do this to his best friends girl. He felt the pain and guilt begin to build up inside him. He had to make this right, but he wasn't able to find Rachel. She had returned back to the states that day with her parents.

Now here she was four and a half years later, standing before him. He didn't know it but his skin was beginning to pale, that is when he felt Will shaking his shoulder.

"Sonny, are you ok? You look like you have just seen a ghost."

Sonny turns to Will, he gives him a crooked smile and leans into him allowing himself to get control of his body. He then leans back and gives Will a kiss, thanking him for pulling him out of his trance, then with their hands still interlocked, pulls him towards his mother and Rachel.

"When my mom said she was here with someone from my past, I wasn't expecting you." Sonny says looking at Rachel, he wanted to go in for a hug, but considering what happened the last time he saw her, he wasn't sure that would be appropriate. So he stuck his hand out instead.

Rachel smiled at him. Glad to see although surprised by her visit, he wasn't upset. She looked at his hand, put hers out to grab it, then pulled him in for a full hug. They both just held tightly to each other for a bit. Sonny felt a bit odd, he hadn't seen this woman for years and now here she was holding on to him for dear life. It was odd, but he went with it feeling that she just needed to feel the closeness to him for some odd reason. After a minute or so, Rachel finally pulls away, allowing Sonny to return to stand next to Will.

"So Sonny, I see you have a new boyfriend," Rachel says turning to Will.

"Oh, yes…Rachel this is my boyfriend Will. Will this is my old friend Rachel." Sonny says gesturing to each of them as he says their names, "And I see Rachel that you have already met my mom." he continued after Rachel and Will had shaken hands.

"Well, now that we have all been introduced, shall we take a seat," Adrienne says, motioning for them all to sit.

They all sit down at the table. Sonny and Rachel both want to talk but neither one knows really what to say, Sonny hadn't told Will about what happened in Paris, not trying to keep anything from him, just because he felt that what was in the past was in the past, it made no real impact on the current relationship. Now, with Rachel being there may open a can of worms he hadn't dealt with in years. He figured that part of his life was over, Rachel really was the only one still living that played a major role in that part of his life and figured she was out of his life for good. Now here she was, and he was already starting to feel some old pent up emotions that he hadn't dealt with. Mostly ones dealing with his night with Rachel, he had been able to cope and deal with the deaths of Cameron and Ryan. There was no hiding or running away from that reality, but from Rachel, he could just block that out. Sonny was glad to have his mother there, although she didn't know what had happened between him and Rachel, he had no reason to tell his parents about his indiscretion, she was aware of the deaths and emotional roller coaster he had gone through, yet he figured his mother hadn't quite connected the dots on who Rachel was yet.

"So Rachel, how do you and Sonny know each other? I don't really know that many of Sonny's old friends, it's nice being able to meet one of them." Will asks, breaking the few moments of silence.

"Well," Rachel starts, "Sonny and I met at a club in Paris, my best friend Cameron had talked me into checking out this gay bar with him. And there was Sonny, along with his best friend Ryan."

Sonny looks at his mother and notices the wheels start turning in her head, then he see's the light bulb go off, and before he can say anything he, she gasps, "Oh my God, you're her. Rachel was the girl that disappeared before we got there." Adrienne says looking at Sonny. Then she notices the confused look on Will's face, instantly regretting her outburst. She gives Sonny an I'm sorry look, he just smiles back and nods his head signaling it is ok.

Adrienne didn't really know how to react to that either. She just looked surprised by the sudden outburst of Sonny's mother. She did wonder how much his mother knew about what happened, but wasn't expecting to be called out right there about her disappearing act she pulled, besides once she learned the whole truth, she may out right hate her. How can I do this, Rachel begins thinking. She then looks over and sees the completely confused and serious look Sonny's boyfriend was giving her and Sonny. Now he wanted answers, but would he be ok with them? She decided to just explain why she disappeared.

"Ya, I'm sure you both are wondering about that." Rachel starts to explain.

"Rachel, you don't need to explain anything. We both were going through a lot. I completely understand why you took off." Sonny then gave her a look saying that Will and his mother didn't know everything that had happened. Seemed to her that Will didn't know anything about what happened to them back in Paris. She decided she should at least explain a little, Sonny's mother had been so helpful and nice to her through her silent freak out, she deserved some answers.

"It's ok Sonny, you do deserve an answer. But really to be honest there isn't a good answer," she paused for a minute, trying to gather her thoughts. "I guess just everything seemed to get to me and I just needed to get away from everything." She then turned and looked at Sonny, before she could even started talking she could feel her eyes start to well up with tears, "I am so sorry Sonny, for just taking off. I know that NOTHING THAT HAPPENED was your fault. You didn't deserve what I did to you, it's just after everything that happened…..I guess I just needed the chance to breathe away from it all."

Sonny luckily had caught on to what Rachel was referring to about nothing being his fault. He could now feel the tears falling from his face. His mind was turned to Blake, he hadn't thought of him in years. He thought of Ryan and what a great friend he had been, then he felt an arm slide around him and pull his face to look at him. He saw Will's confused look. Will hated seeing Sonny in pain. It's weird because this was the first time Will had seen Sonny in pain by something that he hadn't caused. Since he and Sonny had gotten together everything about their relationship seemed to revolve around Will. Will now had the opportunity to be there for something Sonny needed help to get through.

"Sonny are you ok? What is going on?" Will asks, searching his eyes for answers.

Sonny just looks at Will, he can't stop the tears from coming, he starts to break down. He collapses into Will resting his head on Wills shoulder. Will is completely confused, he has never seen Sonny like this. He had always considered himself the crier and emotional wreck, Sonny had always held himself together and kept his emotions in check. This was different, this had to be something big to send Sonny over the edge like this. He looked at Rachel and Adrienne pleading for them to give him answers. He made sure to hold on to Sonny, he began rubbing his back telling him it was going to be ok. After a few moments of this exchange between Will and Sonny, Sonny finally manages to compose himself. He lifts his head from Will's shoulder, moves his hands so he can wipe his red and swollen eyes. Then says, "Well, I guess we better explain to Will about how we know each other, Rachel." Sonny says.

"Are you sure you are up for this," Rachel asks, you see some tears falling down her face. Although she has been able to keep herself pretty composed this whole type, guess it was unfair she had some time to mentally prepare for this reunion, while it was sprung on Sonny out of nowhere, in front of his new boyfriend no less.

"Yes, Will deserves to know, we have promised to have no secrets, and well I guess now it is my turn to share some of my past with him," Sonny says, he then turns to look at Will, "Well Will, I guess we should start at the beginning, so after I graduated high school, as you already know I had decided to tour Europe. It was my opportunity to grow and gain new experiences. Well, what you didn't know is I also took my best friend Ryan with me."

When Sonny mentioned taking a guy with him to Europe Will couldn't help but wonder if this guy was more than a friend, and of course Will be the transparent guy he is, his body language changed at the mention of Ryan.

"No, Will, Ryan was just a friend. Besides he was straight." Sonny said causing Will to relax a bit. Will knew Sonny had a past, and dated and had even been with other guys sexually, but he had decided not to think about that.

"So anyways, Ryan and I traveled all over, we went to England, to Ireland, Switzerland, Spain, it was amazing we were having the time of our lives…..then we ended up in France. Well, I talked Ryan into going and checking out this gay bar we both had heard about, and it turns out Rachel and her Gay Best Friend Blake were at the same bar. Well, making a long story short we met and all four hit it off." Sonny was starting to get all choked up again and needed a moment to compose himself. He hadn't thought or talked about Ryan and Blake in years.

Will managed to wrap his arm back around him to help encourage Sonny. He knew something terrible must have happened. Although he was starting to get the idea that Sonny may have dated Blake, he couldn't let his jealousy get the better of him. He needed to be there for Sonny. Sonny had done so much for him, this was Will's opportunity to prove his love for Sonny.

"So by hit it off, you mean…." although Will was talking to Sonny, he was looking at Rachel, to confirm what he knew was true.

Rachel knew the question was for Sonny, but considering his state she figured it best she continue the story, she put her hand on Sonny's shoulder, he looked up nodding giving her permission to continue the story, "Yes, Will. Ryan and I started dating or going together or whatever you want to call it and Sonny also started dating Blake. It was really kind of cute, Blake was instantly attracted to Sonny and pushed me into helping him approach Sonny. Then when I found out Ryan was actually straight, I allowed myself to be drawn to him."

Will listened intently, many questions building up. What happened to Blake, why did he and Sonny break-up. Obviously something intense happened, then Will began to mini panic, could this reaction be because he wasn't really over Blake? Why hadn't he seen Rachel since they left France? Will's head was beginning to spin. Luckily Adrienne had got them all water glasses, so Will took a sip trying to help get him to focus back on the story, he will get his answers in time.

"So, as we were saying the four of us got together, and well were inseparable we did everything together. Then the accident happened….." This is where Rachel began to choke. The memory of the lights, the noises, the paramedics, was enough to make her head spin. Luckily Adrienne was able to see the distress look Rachel had and decided to take over, she at least knew this part.

Adrienne looked at Will, her eyes beginning to water thinking of the pain this had caused her son, but knowing that Will had a right to know. She could tell how much he loved her son, and how much her son loved him, "Will, the four of them were in a car accident, but only Rachel and Sonny made it. They were hit on the drivers side, with Ryan driving and Blake in the passenger seat behind him. Rachel and Sonny were both lucky to make it out alive."

AT this revelation Will pulls sonny in closer to him.; His own eyes beginning to well, thinking of Sonny being hurt or not being here at all to help him through his current trials caused his eye to well up with tears. He just hugged Sonny, thanking God that he was alive and here with him. Feeling Will closeness and breathing him in allowed Sonny to compose himself again. Until this moment he hadn't realized how much he needed Will, how he was the only person who in this moment could help him overcome his emotions he was feeling now.

"Why hadn't you told me this, Sonny? Why didn't you tell me you almost died?" Will whispered into Sonny's ear. Sonny could feel the concern in his voice.

Sonny pulled his head out of Will's shoulder, eyes blood shot, a tear staining his cheeks, He looked into Will's pleading answer wanting eyes, "Well I hadn't met you until a year after all of this had happened, and as you can tell, this is something that I don't like thinking about to much." Sonny sobs out.

Rachel now cuts in, "I am so sorry Sonny, I knew this was a bad idea. I shouldn't be here. It's not fair of me to put you through all this again. I am just going to go." Rachel gets up to leave that is when Sonny grabs her hand and pulls her back down.

"I am sorry Rachel, that was unfair of me to say. It is hard reliving it, yes. But you went through it as well, besides I believe we have some things we need to talk about."

Rachel blushes a little, not completely sure why she was blushing, and says, "Yes, I believe we do."