Chapter 4

January 12, 2015

Will's POV

Will was laying in a bed, but it was not his bed. He looked next to him and saw Paul. Just then the door opened. Sonny walked in. Sonny looked shock and said, "Will, we are over. I want a divorce." Will woke up in his own bed with tears in his eyes whispering "Sonny…"

He looked next to him. Sonny was not in their bed. He panicked and jumped out of the bed. He quickly walked into the living room. He saw Sonny on the couch and was relieved. But then he had to wonder why Sonny was sleeping on the couch. I guess he is still upset about our fight. I have to make this up to him.

Will stepped back into the bedroom. He decided it was too early to call Paul. He decided to get ready first.

After he was ready he checked on Sonny. He was still sound asleep. He went into Arianna's room. She was awake and playing with her doll in her crib. Will picked up his daughter. He texted his dad saying, "Can I bring Arianna to your house this morning?" His dad texted back "Sure. How long?" "Just an hour or 2." Will got Arianna ready to visit her grandpa.

He checked on Sonny again. He decided to leave a note for Sonny before leaving the house.

On his way to his dad's house he called Paul. "Hello." Will thought Paul sounded like he had just woken up. "Hi Paul. Would you mind if I come by? I think we need to talk more about the article." "Sure, Will. Come on over." Will quickly replied "OK. See you soon." and hung up the phone. He was worried about giving Paul the wrong idea. He needed to focus so that he could clearly communicate to Paul that what happened before cannot happen again.

Will quickly dropped Arianna off with Lucas. He jumped into his car and speed off to Paul's hotel. He was in a hurry to get this over with, but he was also getting more and more anxious. If he told Paul the truth about why it could not happen again, Paul could use this information against him. He could break up him and Sonny out of spite. He just hoped Paul could accept that they could not be together.

Paul's POV

As Paul waits for Will to come over he starts to get worried. He doesn't want to do anything that will upset Sonny. He could not give away the fact that he knew Will was married. He also could not do anything physical with Will. He tried to think of a way out of the situation. Maybe he could tell a half truth. He could tell Will his first love was back in his life, and he wanted to try to win his first love back.

He heard a knock on his door and almost jumped. Paul opened it and motioned for Will to sit in the chair. The same one he had Sonny sit in the day before, and he pulled the other chair back to sit across from Will. He wanted to create space between them to decrease Will's ability to touch him. Paul started by focusing on the article. "I want to come out in the article you are writing."

Will looked shocked. "Are… are you sure?"

"Yes," Paul replied simply.

"What made you decide to do this?" Paul thought he saw a look of concern. Perhaps Will was thinking it had to do with what had happened between them. And in a way it did.

"I want to be honest with everyone. Years ago I lost a man I loved, because I was hiding who I was from the world. He recently came back into my life, and I want to show him that I have changed. I feel terrible about this happening after you and I slept together. I just don't think I was ever over this man. I have to take any opportunity I have to be with the man I love. Even if it is only a small possibility. I hope you understand."

Will looked relieved and said, "Yeah, I completely understand. And I am happy to help you. So tell me more about this man."

Paul told Will about the places had gone to with Sonny and the experiences they had. He told him that the man had been supportive and patient. But that hiding their relationship had made things difficult for them. Paul finished by saying "If I could go back in time and change one thing about my life, I would give up everything to convince him to stay with me."

Will said, "Paul I hope everything works out with you and this man. I better get home and finish this article. I will call you before I submit it to the editor."

"Thank you, Will." Paul felt bad for Will. If Will had only know he had just said he hoped things worked out between Paul and Will's husband. Will seemed like a nice guy overall, but he had cheated on his husband. And his husband happened to be the greatest man Paul had ever met. Paul didn't want Sonny to hurt, but he hoped that Sonny would be with him instead of Will.

Sonny's POV

Sonny woke up on the couch. I need to buy us a more comfortable couch, he thinks.

He finds a note from Will on the table. "I hope you don't mind. You were sleeping so soundly that I didn't want to wake you. I took Arianna to my dad's. I needed to do another interview with the subject of my article. I will be home soon. Love, Will."

Sonny cringed as he read "the subject of my article." He trusted Paul not to sleep with Will now that he knew Will was Sonny's husband, but he wondered what Will's intentions were for going there this morning.

Sonny decided he needed to distract himself. He started to get ready for the day.

As he walked back into the living room Will was walking into the apartment with Arianna. Sonny smiled. He was so relieved to see them both home. He picked up Arianna saying, "Hi sweetheart." Will gave Sonny a kiss on the cheek. "I hate that I have to go into work right now," Sonny said with a frown.

"Will you be back for dinner? Arianna and I were thinking about cooking something special for you." Will looked at Sonny with what looked like fear in his eyes.

"I plan to be," Sonny said hoping Will was planning to tell him about the affair after dinner. "I will see you tonight," Sonny said as he walked out of the door.

Sonny heard Will say, "goodbye," as he shut the door. There seemed to be a hint of sadness in Will's voice. Sonny tried to block Will out of his mind. He needed to get to work. He needed a distraction.

Not long after he got in the car he could not resist the urge to call Paul and hear about his conversation with Will. Paul answered the phone and told Sonny everything that was said. Sonny could not tell from the conversation if Will had planned to have sex with Paul. It seemed that Paul had guided the conversation. But Paul did say that Will did not fight him when he told him there was someone else he was interested in.

Will's POV

Will could tell from the brief interaction he had with Sonny this morning that Sonny was angry about their fight. He put Arianna down for a nap. He tried to put his marriage issues aside and focus on finishing his article. When he finished the article it would put an end to their financial issues, and he would never have to see Paul again.

By the time Arianna woke up from her nap, 2 hours later, Will had finished adding the new information to the article. He had included the information about Paul losing the man he loved to baseball. He used the direct quote "If I could go back in time and change one thing about my life, I would give up everything to convince him to stay with me."

As Will spent time with his daughter he thought about how lucky he was to be married to the love of his life. He wondered if being honest with Sonny would cause him to lose him.

He decided to focus on showing Sonny how much he loved him. He started preparing a traditional greek dish, Moussaka, based on recipe he had found online.

Sonny's POV

Sonny smelled delicious food as he walked through the door. He saw Will in the kitchen and Arianna in the playpen. He decided to go to Will. "Hey honey. What are you cooking?"

"Moussaka," Will mispronounced. Will had a huge smile on his face causing Sonny to smile.

They had a wonderful dinner together as a family. It was making Sonny very happy to see Will putting so much effort into their relationship. Surely he was going to tell him about the affair tonight. Sonny put Arianna to bed, then sat next to Will on the couch. He wanted Will to open up to him. So he tried his best not to cringe as he asked, "How is the article going?"

Sonny could see so many emotions in Will's eyes, but ultimately he smiled and said "done, hopefully."

"That's great. Have you submitted it to Sonix?"

"Not yet. I told the subject of the article I would let him know first. I want him to read over it to make sure he is comfortable with everything that is in it."

"That sounds good. Can you tell me who it is about now?"

Will hesitated. He seemed to be having an internal debate. "I think I should wait. But if all goes well you will know in the next few days."

Sonny was starting to think maybe Will was waiting until the article comes out to tell him about the affair with Paul. Sonny felt exhausted from pretending like everything was OK. "Honey, I feel exhausted. I am going to bed."

Will replied, "OK. I will be right behind you."