"Will, you promised you would take her today."

"I know. But they scheduled me to work and I just started. It's not like I can call in. I've only been there a few weeks!"

"I understand that, but you knew ahead of time that I needed you today. Why didn't you tell your boss?"

"I forgot, Gabi. I'm sorry. Can no one else take her?"

"No. Everyone else is busy. Will, this is your daughter, too. You need to take care of her sometimes."

"Gabi, that's not fair. You are the one that came up with the arrangement. How many times have I told you I wanted more time with her…."

"And that is exactly what I am giving you. More time with YOUR daughter!" Gabi interjects.

"Let me call Brian and see if he can watch her while I am at work."

"Absolutely not! You know how I feel about him. It's bad enough having Arianna around him with you. There is no way I am going to allow him to be alone with her!"

"I don't know what you want me to do, then."

"Call your work and tell them you have your daughter today!"

"Fine. I will be by to pick her up in 15 minutes. Are you happy?" Will said, exasperated.

"Ecstatic," Gabi replied, dryly.

Will hangs up the phone and fights every urge to throw his phone across the room. He absolutely loves his baby girl, but hates dealing with Gabi. He figured after everything went down with Nick that things would be better, but they only seem worse. It's like Gabi blames him for Nick being committed to the mental hospital after he had that breakdown and almost lost their daughter. Will takes a couple of deep breaths and calls Sonny.

"Common Grounds, Sonny speaking."

"Hey, Sonny. It's Will."

"Hey Will, what's up? Aren't you supposed to come in soon?"

"Yeah. That's what I need to talk to you about."

Sonny lefts out a deep sigh. "Don't tell me you are already flaking on me?"

"No, no, no. That's not it at all."

"Ok. So what's up?"

"Well, I have a 3-year-old daughter and I can't find anyone to watch her while I work. So, I don't think I can work today."

"Oh," Sonny lets out.

"I'm really sorry to do this to you. And I wouldn't call you unless I really had no choice."

"No. I understand. Your daughter has to come first. Let me see what I can do. I will call you back in a couple of minutes."

"Oh, ok." Will hangs up the phone, confused. What was that about?

Will grabs his things and races out of his apartment. He has to go pick up Ari before Gabi has a shit fit about his taking too long.

Once Will gets in the car, his phone starts ringing. "Hello?"

"Hey, Will. It's Sonny."

"Oh, hey."

"I just talked with Chad. Just bring her on in. We really need you this afternoon. I will watch her in my office, while you work. I have paperwork I need to do anyways."

"Are you serious?" Will says, louder than expected.

"Yeah," Sonny replies. "We need you today. There is no one else that is available for this shift. And I love kids, so it's really not a big deal."

"Oh, man! Thank you so much."

"Hey, it's no problem. Just come in when you can, but come back to my office first."

"Ok. Thanks. Bye."

Will hangs up, relieved. He can't believe his new boss is being so understanding about this. Most would fire him over something like that.

Ten minutes later, Will arrives at Gabi's apartment. He knocks on the door and it swings open. "It's about time!"

"I got here is quickly as I could. Where's my baby girl?"

"Daaaaaaddy!" Arianna shrieks and comes flying across the room into her father's arms.

"How's my baby girl?" He smiles at his daughter.

She looks at him with her huge blue eyes, just like her father's. "I'm great!" She exclaims and nuzzled her face into Will's neck.

"Oh, sweetie. I've missed you so much!"

She giggles and says, "Daaaddyyy, you just saw me yesterday."

"Well, that is too much time since I've since my princess."

"Ok. Ok. I need to get going. Arianna, grab your bag." Gabi looks at Will, annoyed.

"What?"

"You know I don't have time for this. I have to get going."

"Fine. Go. I will lock up."

Gabi glares at him, "Fine."

A couple of minutes later, Arianna comes bounding out of her room with her backpack. Will grabs the bag and makes sure she has everything, plus something to keep her occupied while he works for a couple of hours. He picks her up and locks up the apartment.

"What are we gonna do today Daddy?"

"There have been a change of plans. Daddy couldn't get off work. So how about you hang out with me at the coffeehouse?"

Arianna wrinkles her nose. "But Daddy…."

"I'm sorry, sweetie. I wish we could hang out at the park like I promised yesterday."

Arianna sighs, "It's ok, daddy. I just wanna hang out with you."

When his daughter says things like that, it always chokes Will up. He doesn't know how he got so lucky with this little girl. She is his life. Will puts her in the car seat and then gets into the car. He puts in her favorite CD of nursery rhymes. Her face lights up and she sings along. In these moments, Will wouldn't change a thing about his life. This little girl makes him happier than anyone ever could.

"Ok, sweetie. We're here."

He gets her out of her car seat and grabs her bag. She is still singing the nursery rhymes as he walks into work. He nods hello to the other barista, who give him a confused look as he heads back to the office. He knocks on the door until Sonny answers.

"Can I help you?" Sonny asks as he swings open the door. He sees Will's gorgeous daughter with her wavy black hair that hits her shoulders and big blue eyes looking back at him. "Well, hello there. Aren't you a pretty girl!"

Arianna is shy around strangers, so she nuzzled her head into Will's neck and giggles. Will laughs at this and says, "Sonny, this is Arianna. My daughter. Ari, this is my boss, Sonny."

"Hi," she whispers with her face still pressed into Will's body.

"She's shy at first around people she doesn't know. But she usually warms up to them pretty quickly."

Will begins to set her down on the ground and she begins screaming. "Daaaaaaaddyyyyyy! Noooooooooo! Daaaaaadddyyyyyyy!" Alligator tears are coming down her cheek and Will lifts her back up.

"Baby girl, I told you I had to work. You are gonna sit here with Sonny. I will be right out here. You have your coloring books and your dolls….."

"Daaaaddyy, don't leave me," she whimpered.

Will looks at Sonny with apologetic eyes. "I'm so sorry. She usually isn't like this, but she's had to deal with a lot of changes lately."

"No. It's ok. I understand," Sonny smiles at Arianna. "How about we sit at one of the tables out there, so you can watch your Daddy? Would that be ok?"

Arianna nods her tear-stained face yes.

"I really am so sorry about all of this."

"Hey. It happens." Sonny smiles his warm smile at Will.

Will walks back into the coffeehouse. He lets Arianna choose a table and sets all of her stuff out. Her coloring books and dolls. He grabs her sippy cup and snacks. Then gives Sonny directions on how much she can have.

"Don't worry. She is going to be just fine."

He places his paperwork down across from Arianna at the table. She smiles shyly at him, as Will looks on. Sonny begins talking with Arianna as Will begins to work. He glances over at them every once in a while and sees that they are having a good time. Sonny is playing dolls with Arianna, instead of doing his paperwork and Will feels guilty that his daughter is distracting him. But Sonny doesn't seem to mind. He seems so comfortable and at ease interacting with his daughter, that it makes his heart constrict. If only Brian was that good with her.