"WHAT THE HELL?"
Will is startled awake by Brian's voice.
"Brian, what are you doing here?"
"WHAT AM I DOING HERE? WHAT IS HE DOING HERE?" Brian points to the place next to Will.
Will turns his head and sees Sonny asleep next to him on the couch. Will's eyes widen and he says quickly, "This is not what it looks like, Brian?"
"REALLY, WILL? PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOUR BOSS IS ASLEEP NEXT TO YOU ON THE COUCH AT 1 AM?"
"Brian, stop yelling. You are going to wake up Ari," Will whispers through clenched teeth.
Will hears rustling next to him and looks over to see Sonny waking up. "What's going on?"
"That's exactly what I would like to know!" Brian exclaims.
"What? Where am i?" Sonny asks, groggy.
"Brian, nothing is going on!" Will exclaims, exasperated.
Sonny is beginning to process everything and looks down at his watch. "Shit."
"Will. What the hell is going on?" Brian cries out.
"I have to go," Sonny says as he stands up. "I can't believe I fell asleep. Neil is going to kill me. Tell Ari bye and I will see you at work later." Sonny quickly dashes out of the apartment.
"Shit," Will says under his breath.
Brian is moving closer to Will with fire in his eyes. "I need to know what I just walked in on. Now."
"Brian, Sonny and I fell asleep. That is all."
"Why is your boss at your apartment?"
Will sighs and says, "He was with me today at the hospital."
"Hospital? Why were you at the hospital?" Brian asks, concerned.
"Ari fell. She had to get stitches. Sonny was with me when she fell."
"Is she ok? Where did this happen?"
"At the park."
"Why was Sonny with you guys at the park?"
"Ari really likes him. She asked him to come with us, he agreed."
"Really? He decided to spend his anniversary with you instead of with his boyfriend?"
"Wait. What are you talking about?"
"Neil called me today. Said Sonny stood him up. He had made plans for their anniversary."
"Oh. I had no clue," Will says, quietly.
"Wait. Why did Neil call you?" Will asks with angry intonations.
Brian looks away from Will, but not before Will notices a flash of guilt cross his eyes. "Oh…uh. It was nothing really."
"Brian. Why did Neil call you today? Why would he call you to talk about Sonny?"
"That really doesn't matter!" Brian exclaims.
"You have got to be kidding me! Of course it matters."
"Daaaaaddy," Will hears Arianna whimper.
"We are not done here," Will seethes.
"Yeah. We are." Brian whispers as he turns towards the door. "Go take care of your daughter. You can deal with us later. You always do."
"Brian, don't do this now," Will sighs.
"Soooony?" Arianna whimpers out.
"Oh, that's just wonderful," Brian yells as he slams the door.
"Great. Just great," Will sighs.
Will walks into his daughter's room and sees her crying. "Daddy's here, baby."
"It huuuurts, daaaaaddy."
"What does?"
"My head. It really hurts," Arianna whimpers.
"Oh, sweetie," Will sighs. He kneels down and picks her. "How about you sleep with daddy tonight?"
Arianna smiles through her tears, "Yes, please."
Will walks to his room with Arianna in his arms, crying. He lays her down on Brian's side of the bed. He notices all the bruising on her face from the fall. "I'm going to grab some ice for your head, sweetie. And some of your Tylenol."
Arianna nods her head as Will walks off to grab those items. Tonight is just turning out to be wonderful, Will thinks. He grabs a small baggie and places ice into it. Then grabs a wash cloth to wrap around the ice. He then heads to the medicine cabinet to grab Arianna's children's liquid Tylenol. Then he heads back into his room, where he can still hear his daughter whimpering. He sits her up in bed and gives her the usual dose of Tylenol. She then lays back down and he places ice on her head.
"Daddy?" Arianna whispers.
"Yes, sweetie," Will replies, as he rakes his hand through her hair.
"Will you sing to me?"
"Of course, baby. What would like me to sing?"
"I don't care, daddy."
Will gets up to turn the lights off and begins to sing to Arianna one of her favorite lullabies. She falls asleep before he even gets through the first verse.
"I love you, baby girl," Will whispers.
He takes the ice off of her face and gives her a gentle kiss. He lays down next to her, pulling his daughter into his body. He begins to slowly rub her back as the days events play in his mind. Will is dreading dealing with the aftermath of what all happened tonight. Talking to Brian. Apologizing to Sonny. Explaining to Gabi what happened with Ari. He knows his daughter is going to feel horrible in the morning and right now, that is all he cares about. Brian and his issues are going to have to wait for another day. But he does need to talk with Sonny first thing in the morning.
