Will sat down across from Lucas and his Grandma Kate at The Pub. 'I didn't really want to spend my break doing this but I might as well get it over with.' True to what he told everyone at Common Grounds yesterday Will was not going to hide from what happened. That included finally going back to work. 'It's a good thing Grandma Caroline is so understanding or else I would have lost this job a long time ago.'

Will had been met with curious looks and whispered conversations all day at work. Thankfully the majority of their clientele were friendly with Caroline so Will didn't have to answer too many awkward questions. Just force a strained smile and be as polite as possible. It had been ridiculously busy all day and Will couldn't help but wonder if it was because of him. 'Are they just coming in to get a good look or is that self-centered?' However, pocketing the twenty dollar bill two older gentleman left for a tip Will couldn't help but think it might have something to do with him.

Bracing himself for this conversation Will smiled at his dad and grandma softly, hoping he didn't look as uncomfortable as he was. 'Here we go.'

"Son," Lucas nodded at Will extending his hand for their signature handshake.

"Will," Kate said, putting down her phone and flipping her hair out of her face. "How are you?"

"I'm OK Grandma," Will told her honestly, leaning over to kiss her cheek. Looking between them both Will took a deep breath and told them, "Go ahead, start asking."

"Why didn't you tell me this was happening," Lucas demanded. "You're my son. Do you know what it's like having to read about this in the newspaper?"

"Lucas," Kate scolded, putting her hand on his arm, "I think the better question would be how Will is handling all of this?"

"I didn't tell you Dad because I knew you would react like this," Will said heatedly, pointing at the vein bulging in Lucas's forehead. "Because I know how you feel about me."

"How do I feel about you," Lucas asked throwing his hands up in the air. "You're my son and I love you. I think I deserve to know what's happening in your life especially when it's something like this."

"What did you want me to do," Will questioned, annoyed and upset, "Call you on the phone and tell you I'm seeing Paul and Sonny. Tell you about the date we went on or the weekend away I spent with them? Is that what you want?"

Unconsciously grimacing Lucas exhaled and explained, "Yes. I want to know about your life."

Laughing sadly Will shook his head, crossing his arms, "No you don't. You don't want to know this. You don't want to know about how I feel about them or what we do together."

"Don't tell me how to feel about this," Lucas argued. "I want to be involved." 'Even if it does make me uncomfortable.'

"I know that you didn't like me being friends with them," Will shrugged, "Just like I know you would try to convince me to stay away from them if I told you."

"Regardless of the way I feel about it I want to know what's happening in your life," Lucas insisted loudly. When his mother smacked his arm he lowered his voice, realizing everyone was staring over at them. 'And Will doesn't need anyone else making his life difficult.' Looking at the table and pursing his lips Lucas continued, "I know that I haven't been as supportive of you coming out as I should have been but I'm trying. Just, just let me be a part of your life."

Cutting his dad some slack Will agreed, "OK, I promise I'll try to keep you involved." 'It's kind of nice having so many people wanting to support me.'

Reaching her hand across the table Kate smiled at her grandson, "Now, Will, how are you handling everything? Do you have everything you need?"

Rubbing the back of his neck Will sighed a bit, "I'm dealing. There's not much I can do except keep on living my life. And EJ said he would take care of things at the paper."

Lucas, frowning at the mention of EJ, 'I hate that man. He ruined my relationship with Sami and now he's trying to take my son.'

"And you trust him with that," Kate questioned raising her brow. "I didn't think you and EJ were getting along nowadays."

"Things change," Will answered, "He ran into me the other day and things have progressed from there. He's just been really supportive. I know that he'll do everything he can to clear things up."

Setting his jaw Lucas said, "That's nice but are you comfortable with the way he's going to deal with everything? I mean, Victor and EJ were pretty secretive when I left last night."

"Victor," Will asked shaking his head, "Why were they both together?"

"They're working together on this," Lucas clarified mouth set in a straight line. "I just think it's dangerous. Who knows what they'll do."

Kate, concerned and suspicious, "A Kiriakis working side by side with a Dimera? That can't lead to anything good."

"Well Victor cares about Sonny and EJ cares about me so I guess it makes sense," Will stated simply. "But um I hope they don't go overboard." 'Or kill anyone,' Will thought, not willing to put it past them.

"You still care about Paul, don't you," Lucas asked suddenly. "Because you should probably talk to EJ and make sure he doesn't go after him. I know that's what he wants to do."

"Oh," Will said, mouth open, "Yeah, I don't want that."

"So," Kate inquired, "Are you still going to be seeing them? Sonny and Paul, I mean."

Nodding his head shyly Will responded, "Yeah, I think so." Biting his lip to keep from smiling Will added, "They're just going to have to prove to me that they're serious about me." Rubbing his hands together Will pushed away from the table and smiled at them, "I need to get back to work, um thanks for you know, not saying anything bad."

"We would never think anything bad about you Will," Kate assured him with a smile, "Now, don't let this thing get you down. Everything will be OK."

When Will walked away from the table Lucas and Kate shared a look. Turning back to watch Will take a customer's order Lucas informed his mother, "I don't like this. I don't want Will getting in between EJ and Victor."

"Neither do I," Kate agreed, "You know this means we'll have to get involved too, right?"

Shoulders slumping, pinching the bridge of his nose Lucas stated, "Yeah, I know."

Sami set down a tea pot and two mugs on the coffee table in her apartment. "Sorry, this is all I've got here. I haven't really had time for grocery shopping lately."

Grabbing a cup after it was filled Adrienne smiled understandingly over the rim, "Trust me I understand." Taking a sip Adrienne placed the mug down before stating, "I'm actually kind of surprised you haven't moved in with EJ fully. Haven't you all been staying with him lately?"

"We have," Sami said settling down onto the couch, "It's just been one thing after another lately though." Circling her fingers over the edge of the mug Sami told Adrienne, "I know that it's been pretty confusing to the kids what's happening but they're just so happy to be with EJ that I don't think they mind. Well, Allie might mind but she hasn't said anything so I'm not sure."

Adrienne, biting her tongue on Sami's parenting skills, nodded, "Of course. So, have you given any thought to what I mentioned?"

"Yeah," Sami voiced her, rubbing her forehead, eyes closed tightly, "I just hate having to think about it."

"So do I," Adrienne admitted, pulling her cardigan across her chest, "But it's something that happens so often here that I think it could do a lot of good. And with your company behind it and my family pull I think that it would really work out."

Blowing out air and shaking her head slightly Sami added, "I'll see if my mother and the hospital can help out. As well as call my dad and ask if we can get some police backing too."

"Good," Adrienne nodded. Lifting her mug Adrienne and Sami pressed their cups together, "Hopefully a few lessons as well as self-defense can help prevent this from happening to anymore people."

"I'll drink to that," Sami smiled before taking a long pull of tea. Swallowing the hot liquid Sami adjusted on the couch before turning to Adrienne, "So, I was also thinking. Since I know that you were behind the wedding stuff and that Sonny really seems to like Will that maybe we could, you know," Sami lifted her eyebrows, "Push them together."

"And away from Paul," Adrienne simplified. Scratching her neck Adrienne thought about the matter. 'I don't want Sonny near Paul anymore, god only knows what he could do to Sonny if he had no problem hurting Will. And I certainly don't want Will hurt again either. Sonny does like Will that much is clear. Hmm, this just might work.'

"We wouldn't have to do much," Sami jumped in excitedly, she did love a good scheme. "Just you know arrange for them to be together a few times, when Paul won't be able to join them. Help them see that they don't need him."

"And this time we know that they won't be hurt by our involvement," Adrienne included, justifying a new scheme. "Maybe a romantic date, just the two of them."

"Exactly," Sami stated with a smile. "I mean, it's not like they wouldn't want to spend the time together. We just need to find a way to make them understand they can be happy and fulfilled with just the two of them."

"Agreed," Adrienne said clinking her mug together with Sami's once again. Chuckling a bit she couldn't help from commenting, "Who would have guessed you and I would be plotting to get our sons together one day?"

"Definitely not me," Sami laughed leaning back against the couch, already beginning to plan a special night for Will and Sonny.

Sonny, head lifting up from where he was filling out order forms on the counter at Common Grounds, frowned darkly when he saw Chad walk inside.

Chad, glaring at Sonny, gestured with his head for him to join him at a table. Sitting down Chad tried to remember that Will wanted to forgive the guy. 'Don't lose your temper.'

Wiping his hands on his apron Sonny sat across from Chad, scowling, "Did you remember you're supposed to work here too?"

Gritting his teeth Chad told Sonny, "I figured it was better to not be around you before I knew I wouldn't bash your face in." Closing his eyes and trying to halt his anger Chad looked at Sonny, "Look, I promised Will that I would stay out of it to make up for the article but I'm still pissed at you."

"Your pissed," Sonny questioned heatedly, "Newsflash Chad, I'm the one that has a right to be angry. You ran your giant mouth to the media and made everything worse. And in case you didn't realize, I didn't even do anything to Will. And the only reason he thinks I did is because of you!"

"You wrote that resolution yourself," Chad insisted, "I was just the one who showed it to Will. And you obviously weren't very stable if he didn't have any problems believing you weren't serious about him."

"Well whose fault is that," Sonny hissed, "You and your stupid brother have been poisoning Will against me the whole time."

"With good reason," Chad argued, "Seeing as how you and your stupid fiancé had already hurt Will before you even got together."

"I had nothing to do with what Paul did," Sonny seethed, "The only one that knew was Paul. Do you really think I would ever do something like that to Will? Or keep something like that from him?"

"Well I never pegged you as someone who would keep a boy toy around," Chad shrugged, "but here we are."

"Fuck you, Dimera," Sonny spit out, fed up with everyone thinking the worst of his intentions. "Will is more than that! I know how I feel about him. Will knows how I feel."

"OK, Kiriakis," Chad lifted one eyebrow mockingly, "You wanna go by last name's? Fine. You sure Will understands that? Or is he just so willing to forgive and forget and get things back to how they were that he's pretending everything is fine so he doesn't have to face the repercussions?"

"He hasn't forgive or forgotten anything, yet," Sonny informed Chad, arms across his chest. "We wouldn't let him do that. I wouldn't let him do that. We're going to prove that what we feel for him is real this time around."

"That so, huh," Chad asked, crossing his arms and smirking, "And how exactly do you think that's going to go? Will has been pulled between parents, moved from house to house and step-father to step-father his entire life. He has no idea what a normal, loving relationship even is. And something tells me you and Paul are just going to be pulling Will in different directions too."

Swallowing and looking away, pretending to be surveying the customers when really Sonny didn't want Chad to see how his words hit their mark. 'Will has been jerked around too often. How are we supposed to work on everything if I can't get over what Paul did?'

Feeling triumphant, Chad informed Sonny, "I just don't want Will to be hurt again. He's a good kid who makes dumb decisions. He wants you two so bad he'd probably forgive anything just to make sure you didn't leave. You have to be certain about what you want Sonny. As angry as I am at you you're still my friend. I don't want this to blow up in your face either."

"I know," Sonny admitted, burying his head in his arms on the table, Sonny's stifled voice continued, "I just, it's all been so much lately. I wish none of this ever happened."

"You mean Will," Chad asked in concern. 'Oh god, please tell me I didn't convince you to break his heart.'

"I don't know," Sonny said moving his head so he could see Chad, "I know that I want him, want to be with him. But it just seems like if Paul and I never got involved with him everyone would be better off."

"You'd have a lot less stress and I doubt anyone would be staring at you out of the corner of their eyes right now," Chad said with a pointed glare at a group of girls watching them from the corner, pleased to see them turn around, "But I don't think you'd be better off." 'Fuck why am I saying this,' Chad wondered to himself. "Look, I haven't seen Will looking so happy as when he did last week when I picked him up from your apartment. And that was because of the two of you. Will wants to be with you both. Is willing to get over what happened to be with you. So don't you sit there and tell me it was all for nothing. That he was a mistake."

"I'm not saying that," Sonny acknowledged, "I'm just saying life was easier than it is now."

"Except Paul had already did what he did," Chad pointed out "So eventually it would have come out. If you weren't with Will you would probably hate him right about now."

Thinking about it Sonny could see that, 'Maybe a part of me does blame Will for what happened. He wanted Paul and he tried to go after him.' Angry at himself for the thought, 'No, it's not Will's fault he had a crush. He didn't know what he was doing.'

"If you're having second thoughts than you should just let Will go now," Chad concluded. "I don't want you messing with his head anymore, do you understand me? But you just think about if you can handle not being with Will. Seeing him move on with someone else, no longer being his friend."

Face scrunched in anger Sonny said firmly, "No, that's not what I want. I want to be with Will. Doubts aside I absolutely know that. I'm just trying to deal with everything too."

"Good," Chad stated, "That's what Will wants. So, what's going to happen?"

"Paul said he's going to work on getting us to trust him again," Sonny told Chad, "And I'm going to work on forgiving him and earning Will back."

"Fine," Chad nodded, "Just make sure you and Paul are able to work things out between the two of you. I don't want you two fighting over him or using him to hurt the other. Will doesn't need to feel like that again. He's had enough of that from his parents."

"I'm working on it," Sonny pointed out, 'It's only been a few days. And I would never do that to Will.'

"You get the hell out of here," Chad said, rolling his eyes at how pathetic Sonny looked, "I can finish up."

"Thanks," Sonny replied grudgingly, 'I'm still pissed at him for the article but at least he's trying.'

"You should be thankful," Chad informed him seriously, "If it wasn't for your Uncle stepping in EJ would probably be planning your murder right now." 'I think he's just planning that for Paul,' Chad thought uneasily.

Neil drummed his fingers against his knee nervously, 'Why do I keep following their orders? Oh yeah, they'll probably kill me if I don't. Although I think they have bigger problems on their hands right about now.' Checking his phone for the time Neil rolled his eyes when he saw Brian was late.

About ten minutes later Brian sat next to Neil on a barstool at the bar, not The Spot, 'I don't think I can go there anymore without thinking about everything.'

"So, I expect you to buy all my drinks tonight, for making me ditch the books," Brian informed Neil with a smug smile.

"Right, I really had to twist your arm," Neil replied with a huff flagging down the bartender and ordering them a round of shots. 'Not tequila this time.'

Three shots later, Brian, smiling blindingly, leaned against Neil, "Why did I even have to meet you here anyway, huh?"

Lifting a brow at Brian's sloppy behavior Neil replied, "Just passing on some friendly advice."

"Being what," Brian questioned, blinking heavily.

"Just stop bugging Will," Neil stated firmly, looking stern.

Laughing Brian shoved Neil slightly, "I really didn't think my tweet would become famous or anything. I mean, I didn't even name him in it. But I've gotten thousands of followers out of it. I was tempted to find Will and see if I could get any more info out of him."

"Nope," Neil insisted. "No way, you aren't going near him anymore. You aren't talking to him or tweeting about him. Got it?"

"Why the hell not," Brian asked, confused, "I know you aren't fucking him so why do you care?" Taking a drink from his beer Brian retorted, "Oh and I'm super pissed you blew that by the way. That would have been a fantastic fuck."

Looking at the ceiling, 'Am I as obnoxious as this,' Neil questioned to himself. "Just leave the kid alone. He's my friend and his step-father is super pissed about you." 'And trust me I know that would have been great.'

"So," Brian asked, "What do I care about that?"

"Because I doubt you want EJ Dimera calling you up and threatening you," Neil added, crossing his arms, smiling when Brian's blinding smile faded a bit. "Yeah, didn't think so."

"Fine," Brian conceded, pouting a bit, "I won't talk to him. But if he comes up to me I won't be held accountable." Bored with the conversation Brian finished his beer before dragging Neil to the dance floor, "Let's dance."

Paul stared at his laptop screen in annoyance, holding his phone to his ear arguing with his lawyer, "No, it's not true. I want to know what can be done about this."

"Well, I'm sorry Paul since the article simply suggested it and didn't say it was true you will probably be better off just sending out a statement denying the allegations instead of trying to sue," the woman over the line answered firmly. 'I would be more worried about the sex scandal if it was me.'

"That isn't helpful," Paul informed her, "Why do I pay you for legal advice when you don't even do anything?"

"My advice is for you to stop making a big deal out of this," his lawyer ordered, "If you make a big deal about it so will the media. Just have your publicist send a statement to ESPN or a major broadcasting publication and laugh it off."

"That doesn't seem right," Paul told her, "I think it would make more sense for me to fight this."

"That's the worst thing you could do. If it's not true you don't need to worry about it," she argued. "Now, call me back when you have something for me to do."

Glaring at the phone after she hung up Paul tossed it on the bed in frustration. 'I just want to work on my relationship not deal with this bullshit. It isn't even true.' Staring at the latest article about him Paul frowned.

Narita in HGH, Steroid Controversy?

Amidst a local sex scandal allegations have come forth that shortly before a career ending injury Paul Narita was close to being under investigation for potential Human Growth Hormone (HGH) or anabolic steroid usage. Sources claim a teammate of Narita's came forth to their team's owners expressing concerns that Narita was using some form of illegal drugs to better his athletic performance. Narita announced his retirement from baseball before the investigation could be complete. Having discovered that Narita has been involved in two physical confrontations over Will Horton one must wonder if his temper is linked to any drug habits.

For more information about Narita's sex scandal including updated details from social media, pictures of Narita, Horton and Sonny Kiriakis and discussions on Horton's other lovers follow this link.

Paul almost sighed in relief when the link he clicked on was dead. 'Probably EJ's doing,' Paul mused. Snorting at the article Paul shook his head, 'Teammate came forth? Oh please, that jackass was just jealous my ERA has always been lower even though I'm younger.' Paul knew exactly who the article was talking about and wasn't even surprised. Most of the time Paul got along well with his teammates even after he got engaged and came out to the guys. But one guy in particular always gave Paul a hard time. He complained about everything Paul did to the management and owners. He was definitely the boy who cried wolf. 'I'm sure they had no intention of investigating anything,' Paul thought rolling his eyes. 'I'm not even that big who the hell would believe I was taking drugs?'

Sending a quick email to his publicist telling her to make a statement and send it off saying that the article was not laughably untrue, Paul slammed the laptop closed and threw himself on the bed. Rubbing his eyes Paul yawned. He finally got a little bit of sleep last night. When Sonny and Will left Paul was able to relax and let himself unwind. Things weren't fixed between the three of them but Paul felt better knowing they were giving him the opportunity to make things right.

'Now I just need to figure out how to do that,' Paul thought anxiously. 'Probably by making this whole scandal go away.' Paul considered making a statement about the original article and picture but quickly dismissed the idea. 'That would just bring more attention to Sonny and Will. I have to find a way to prove that they can trust me.'

Stumped, Paul went to the box on the kitchen table, a few books he had shipped overnight delivery inside. Looking through the titles Paul wondered if these would help Will and Sonny or make them even angrier. While Sonny might appreciate his book (After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful) Paul was pretty positive Will would just throw his book at Paul's face (I Never Called It Rape: Recognizing, Fighting, and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape).

'I think I'll read these before I give them to either,' Paul thought, 'I don't want to piss them off too much. Or completely turn them against me.'

Will relaxed on the couch at Grandma Marlena's condo, eyes closed and feet up. 'It's been a long time since I've been here.'

Opening his eyes when he felt the couch dip beside him Will blinked at his grandmother's smiling face, "There's those beautiful blue eyes I love."

Turning his face Will smiled, "I think you're biased."

"Nope, absolutely not," Marlena insisted. "It's genetic. Your mother's are beautiful and so are yours."

"Yeah, well, thanks," Will whispered bashfully.

"You haven't really been over that often lately," Marlena stated with a fond look on her face, "I've missed you."

"Well, I've been busy," Will told her, rolling his eyes at himself, "As you obviously know. You and the rest of Salem."

"I don't care about all that," Marlena waved her hand, "I just care about you. I want to hear it from you. If you want to tell me that is."

Instantly Will turned to face his grandma, biting his lip, afraid she was going to hate him, "I um, the article, it was true, mostly."

"Mostly," Marlena clarified furrowing her brows, "What does that mean?" 'Oh Will, what have you gotten yourself into?'

"Just you know, the basics are true," Will confessed, exhaling loudly, "Sonny, Paul and I did spend the weekend together in a hotel. Well actually two weekends but it wasn't just for sex." Blushing Will rushed out, "It's because we're together, all three of us, in a relationship."

Surprised, Marlena nodded, "OK, and what about the picture?"

"I didn't know about the picture until a few days ago," Will admitted, feeling uncomfortable, scratching at the fabric of the couch, not wanting to look Marlena in the eyes, "I guess, um, I was with Paul before we all agreed to be together and he took a picture of it."

"He cheated on Sonny," Marlena asked, shocked. 'I thought they were so stable and happy. How did Will get caught up in all this?'

"Yes," Will said quietly, "But um we're all trying to work things out. So we can still be together."

"And how is that going to work," Marlena questioned. "Are they working things out together or are you going to be there? Does Sonny blame Paul or does he blame you?"

Blinking furiously Will tried to answer, "Well, he said it wasn't my fault. That it was all Paul. And Paul said he was going to make it up to us both."

"Make it up to you," Marlena interrupted, not understanding, "Why would Paul need to do that? And why doesn't Sonny blame you if you were the one Paul slept with?" 'When Sami called me she could have given me a few more details.'

"Well because I didn't know that Paul and I did that," Will said sounding confused himself.

"How could you not have known," Marlena frowned sitting up straighter in her seat.

"Well because I was really drunk and Paul didn't tell me about it," Will replied quickly, beginning to feel odd about the whole thing.

"Excuse me," Marlena paused, eyes going wide. "You were drunk and he slept with you anyway?"

"We didn't have you know um penetrative sex, he just touched me and then rubbed against me when I was done," Will wanted to die explaining this to his grandma. 'Oh my god, I can't look at her, I can't.'

"And you don't remember this because you were drunk," Marlena clarified, not knowing what to think.

"I remember some because I thought it was just a dream," Will added, hiding his face in his hands. "But I found out about it all when the picture came out. I mean I didn't know about Paul getting off on me when I was asleep but everything else started to make sense." 'Oh crap, I shouldn't have said that.'

Frowning, moving closer to Will, Marlena grabbed Will's hands, pulling them away from his face, "Tell me that again." 'Oh god, no wonder Sami sounded so upset on the phone.'

"Um, I just, Paul, um, the picture, what was in the picture, it happened after I fell asleep," Will stuttered, face bright red, "What was showing in the picture."

Horrified, face set and determined, Marlena pulled Will closer to her, "Will, do you understand what Paul did?" 'How could Paul do this?'

"Look Grandma, everyone has already talked to me about this, OK, Adrienne, Sonny, Paul and now you," Will started feeling anxious and frustrated. "I know what you think happened and I know what I think happened."

"And what do you think happened," Marlena asked, 'Oh Will.'

"I think that I was drunk and let my guard down, let my feelings for Paul show," Will blurted out, "I begged him and I took my clothes off. I know that I was drunk and he should have stopped me but I don't see what the big deal is."

"The big deal is Will that if you didn't even remember what happened and that you didn't even know that he used you to help himself to completion then you couldn't have given him your consent," Marlena informed him firmly, looking him right in the eyes.

"But he knew that I wanted it," Will maintained, 'I would have wanted it, right?'

"That's not how it works," Marlena reasoned.

"No, how it works is I get to decide what this is," Will argued, "I do. Nobody else gets to, me."

"Will, calm down," Marlena put her hands on his shoulders, "Just take a deep breath."

"No," Will pulled away from her, not wanting her to touch him, knees pressed to his chest.

Concerned, her hands held out in front of her uselessly, Marlena blinked back tears. "Will, I'm not going to hurt you."

"Paul didn't hurt me," Will protested quietly. "He didn't."

"Will," Marlena said slowly, "Are you sure about that? Look at yourself."

Shaking his head and swallowing harshly, "Why can't everyone leave me alone? I know what happened. Just like I know he didn't mean to." 'He didn't, I know he didn't.'

"Hey, look at me," Marlena requested. "Just look at me." When Will relented Marlena smiled slightly, "Now listen. If this would have happened to someone else, what would you say?"

"What do you mean," Will asked blankly.

"I mean, if it happened to someone you knew. Let's say llie. Allie is a teenage girl, she goes to a party with her friend, she has a nice time dancing and drinking. Then her friend and Allie go into a room and she likes him or her so much but she had too much to drink. The friend decides that it's OK. That they know Allie likes them so it won't matter if Allie doesn't remember or gets to decide for herself. And then when she falls asleep whoever it is goes just a little bit farther and takes a picture of it," Marlena explained to Will.

As Will listened to his grandma everything cleared in his head. Swallowing deeply Will frowned and closed his eyes.

Putting her arm around Will Marlena comforted, "I know it's hard. But you can see why what happened is a big deal, can't you?"

Nodding Will put his head on her shoulder, "Yeah, I see. I just wish I didn't."

"It's OK, Will," Marlena promised. "Now it will be easier for you to figure out what you want to do."

"I know what I want to do," Will told her leaning back to look in her eyes, "It doesn't change how I feel."

"It doesn't," Marlena asked in disbelief.

"Paul said he was going to prove to me that I could trust him. I want to give him that chance," Will told her sadly. "Sonny and Paul wanted me to understand this. To face the facts about what really happened. And now I can. Now I get it. I just, I still want to be with them."

"Alright," Marlena told him squeezing him close, "That's your choice. But I want you to promise me that you'll come back and talk to me about this. If you have any doubts about anything, any fears, I want you to tell me."

Blinking to clear his eyes Will smiled, "Yeah, I promise."

Wearing Paul's shirt and Sonny's shorts Will was lying in his room at the Dimera Mansion. It wasn't quite as comfortable as his room at home but he was getting used to being there. Holding his book up in front of his face Will tried to focus on studying. 'This is useless,' Will thought tossing the book on the bed. Covering his eyes Will tried to figure out what he should do.

Reaching for his phone Will immediately dialed Sonny, waiting for him to answer, hoping he would answer.

Sonny, watching TV, heard his phone ringing softly from within his pant pocket. Pulling it out and smiling gently Sonny answered straightaway, "Hey."

"Hi," Will said simply, quietly.

"What's wrong," Sonny offered instantly, leaning forward and sitting up straight.

"I talked with my grandma today," Will explained, "About everything."

"Oh," Sonny let out. "And I take it you figured things out."

"Yeah, she painted a not so pleasant picture for me," Will admitted. "I just, I mean that I get what you were saying yesterday."

"How are you feeling," Sonny questioned lowly. 'Please still feel the same way.'

"I don't know," Will admitted. "I um, confused mostly." Rubbing his eyes Will breathed out, "Sonny?"

"Yeah, babe," Sonny asked, the pet name slipping out but Sonny didn't regret it.

"Would you forgive him," Will gently interrogated.

"For what he did to you," Sonny clarified, exhaling loudly. "I don't know. I mean, I've been with him for a long time. If I was drunk and he did that to me I don't know. I would probably yell at him but get over it. But you weren't together. You were just friends. If he did that to me when I was just friends I think I would be really upset."

"Yeah," Will huffed. "I know he wouldn't actually do that. I just I need him to do what he said about making it up to me. Showing me that I can trust him."

"Trust me I understand," Sonny told him. "Will, what about if you were in my shoes? Would you forgive him?"

"I think that I would try to," Will said, face crinkling, trying to think, "I mean we're together now right? It wasn't like he was with someone else. Or that he did it more than once. I know that he lied and tried to pretend it didn't happen but I would try to understand."

Sighing Sonny thought, 'That's what I'm trying to do.' "We're kind of ridiculous, right?"

Chuckling Will agreed, "Yeah, a few weeks ago I thought I was going to date Neil."

Sonny groaned, "Ugh, don't say that," Laughing Sonny continued, "That's an awful image."

"I don't know," Will teased, "Maybe I should give him another chance too. He was a pretty good kisser."

"Oh shut it," Sonny snickered, "I don't want to hear this."

"Yeah I can imagine the headlines now," Will giggled. "He can be my newest victim."

"You're so silly," Sonny told Will, wide smile on his face. Getting serious again, Sonny asked, "Do you think you'll be OK?"

"Yeah, yeah I know I will," Will stated honestly. "What about you? I've been kind of self-centered about this. I know that you're hurting too."

"I'm in the same boat as you," Sonny assured Will. "We'll just have to figure it out together."

"You, me, and Paul right," Will asked smiling, remembering their perfect weekend.

"Always," Sonny promised.

Author's note:

I've been feeling under the weather so I haven't responded to any reviews or PMs yet but I still wanted to get the chapter out. I'll get to those tomorrow.

Please review and let me know what you thought.

Also, thanks to anyone reading. We're approaching 30 chapters and I'm surprised so many people are still here.

PS. My laptop was fixed today and I gave my mom hers back. As per the agreement I sent her a link to this story. Her feedback was she hoped I wasn't writing about my own sex life.