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Will lays awake, staring at the ceiling for the third night in a row. Tossing and turning. Looking for any distraction that can turn his mind away from Sonny. But nothing has worked for three nights. He's not sure if anything will work at this point. He no clue what to do.

"I left that note for him, that means it's his turn to reach out. That means if he wants to see me again, he will say something, right?" Will asks, trying to convince himself that he is doing the right thing.

The doubts continue to flood him. And his heart feels like it is sinking into his stomach. Nothing can turn his thoughts away from Sonny. Not even his daughter. He tries to distract himself when he is with Arianna, but it seems impossible since all she talks about is Sonny.

"What am I going to do?" Will whispers to himself.


Sonny checks his phone for the hundredth time that day. He keeps hoping that he will get a message from Will telling him that he is no longer with Brian. That Will wants to see him. That Will needs to see him. That everything is different now. That they can finally be together after wanting this for so long. Because right now that is all he really wants. Sonny misses being around Will and Arianna. They have become such a major part of his life in such a short time and Sonny is unsure how that even happened. Not that he is complaining, because he loves it. He loves how much everything in his life has changed because of those two and he isn't ready to give that up.

Sonny had no clue this whole giving Will space thing would be this hard. That it would hurt this much to not be around him all the time. Sonny had gotten so use to Will and Arianna's constant presence in his life. And now everything seemed so empty.

Sonny wants to give in and call Will, but he knows that is not what he needs right now. That Will needs space to figure things out. That he needs space to decide whether or not he wants to be with Sonny. Sonny knows that he is doing the right thing.

"But why does it have to be so hard? And why does this hurt so much?" Sonny asks himself, sadly.


"Do you think I should just call him?" Will asks, earnestly.

"You clearly miss him, right?"

"Well, yeah. But..."

"But what?"

"It's not that simple. It's really complicated, Abs."

"You are just making it complicated, dear cousin."

"No. You just don't understand. If he wanted to talk to me, to see me, he would. And I haven't heard from him in days. He even makes sure we aren't working the same shifts."

"How do you know that, Will? What if he is waiting to hear from you, but you are being too stubborn to call or talk to him? And what if it is just a coincidence that you guys aren't working together?"

"Because it's not."

"Just talk to him, Will. You will feel much better once you get some answers, even if they aren't what you want to hear."

"So, you think I'm right?" Will questions his cousin.

"Now I didn't say that."

"But you implied it."

"Just talk to him, Will!" Abby responds adamantly.


"Dude, just call him."

"Who?" Sonny asks, confused.

"The Pope," Chad retorts.

"Why would I need to call the Pope?"

"Don't play dumb, Sonny. Will. Call Will."

"No. He doesn't want to hear from me. He has made that pretty clear."

"How has he made that clear? He wanted to make it all up to you. That's what it said in the card he left for you, right?"

"Yeah. But he hasn't talked to me since then. What if he changed his mind? What if he and Brian are still together?"

"You won't know until you ask."

"Chad, you just don't understand."

"Maybe not. But what I do understand is that you have been moping around here for days and you are starting to depress me."

"Sorry to be such a downer," Sonny replies sarcastically.

"Dude, I hate seeing you this depressed. You just need to call him."

"I don't know, Chad. Don't you think he would let me know if he wanted to see me?"

"You haven't let him know that you want to see him, right?"

"Chad, it's not the same."

"Dude, just call him!"


Will lays awake for the sixth night in a row. Thinking of Sonny. Contemplating what he should do. If Abby was right and he should reach out to Sonny. But the doubts maintain their footing in his mind. And he can't stop every insecurity from surfacing again.

Will grabs his phone off the night stand and looks at it. He goes to Sonny's contact in his phone and stares at his picture. Like he has done for so many nights already. The picture just makes the ache feel a little bit deeper. And it doesn't help that Arianna keeps begging to see Sonny. This was his biggest fear. That Arianna would grow attached and then he would pull away. He never wanted his daughter to get in the crossfire of any of his relationships. But he did it with Sonny and now he is scared that his daughter's heart might get broken. Will understands being cold towards him, but not his daughter. He just doesn't understand what is going on with Sonny.

"Why doesn't he want to see me? To see us?" Will thinks out loud.

Will places his phone back on the night stand and tries to fall asleep. Again.

Then he hears the ding. The ding he has been praying for. Incoming message.


Sonny is playing out the conversation with Chad in his head. He wants to believe that Chad is right. But he still has this nagging feeling that Will doesn't want to talk with him. As much as he tries, he can't shake that feeling. But Sonny knows not seeing both of them is killing him. And Chad was right, his mood has been horrible. Sonny feels bad for all the people that have had to put up with his attitude and moping.

Sonny has done his best to avoid being around Will at work. It kills him to see Will and know that Will doesn't want to see him. When all Sonny wants to do is take him in his arms and never let him go. And fighting that urge has become harder by the day.

Sonny finds it weird how much he misses Will. How much he wants Will around him. That each day that passes and they don't talk, it just makes things worse. He has never felt like this about anyone he has ever dated. Actually, he has never felt this way about anyone period. And he doesn't understand this feeling. Will has become this need for him. He needs him in his life. And the more time that goes by that they don't talk, the more this need makes itself apparent.

Sonny decides he is done fighting the urge. He is done with the distance. He needs to know where Will's head is at. Because this silence is getting to be too much. He needs Will to know exactly how he feels.

Sonny picks up the phone and finally sends Will the message that he has fought sending all week.