Will woke to a light knocking at the door. Face smushed against Paul's arm Will tried to lift himself up only Sonny was clinging to his back dead asleep. Making a loud questioning sound Will hoped whoever was at the door heard him.

Neil, hands closed over his eyes, opened the door slightly and told Will, "You need to get up now if we're going to get to school." 'Don't look, don't look.'

Yawning widely Will grumbled, "Don't wanna. Too tired."

"Come on," Neil chuckled lightly, "You can't neglect your studies. Halloween is coming up. Then before you know it the semester will be over."

"Fine," Will sighed dramatically. Wiggling and worming his way out of Sonny and Paul's embrace Will sat on the bed stretching. Seeing that Neil had his eyes closed Will stated, "You can open your eyes you know. You aren't going to see anything bad."

"I wouldn't be so sure," Neil mumbled under his breath. Taking his hand off his eyes Neil's heart leapt in his throat seeing Will so rumpled from sleep. His hair was sticking up in places and his face was pale, over his eyebrow there was an indent from where it was pressed against Paul. Trying not to imagine Will wrapped between Sonny and Paul Neil asked quickly, "What do you need to do to get ready?"

"I'm going to hop in the shower. We can get something to eat and leave," Will explained yawning loudly and scratching his stomach, his shirt lifting up slightly.

"I'll be downstairs," Neil blurted out, eyes wide and miserable before walking out the door, slamming it closed. 'Fuck, I am not going to last long doing this.'

"What's going on," Sonny questioned, voice laced with sleep, having been startled by the door.

"Nothing, go back to sleep," Will replied smiling at Sonny warmly leaning over to give him a kiss on the cheek.

Sonny grinned before rolling onto his stomach and going back to sleep.

Will, not wanting to leave bed or Sonny and Paul, frowned before climbing off, grabbing some clothes and going into the bathroom.

Walking into the kitchen Will paused when he saw EJ sitting with his head in his hands at the island. Neil, leaning against the stove across from the island, shrugged at Will, arms crossed over his chest. Biting his lip Will sat next to EJ and bumped him with his elbow. "Hey," Will said happily, not wanting to bring up EJ's late night freak out.

Lifting his head EJ glanced at Will briefly, noting Will's bright smile, EJ couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Why are you so happy?"

"Just happy that everyone I care about is under one roof," Will admitted giving EJ a pointed look. "Oh and that Neil didn't kill anyone."

EJ, a laugh startled out of him, reached over and smacked Will teasingly on the face, "Uh huh. I'm shocked they managed to keep their hands off of you."

Will lifted his nose in the air, voice light and mocking, "It's not my fault I'm nearly impossible to resist." Snorting loudly at the end of his sentence Will couldn't help but laugh, unable to take himself seriously. Retrieving a bowl and some cereal Will wondered, 'Why are the servants never here to make me breakfast?'

Neil, openly staring at Will, turned his eyes immediately away from EJ when he detected him looking in his direction.

"I noticed," EJ mused. 'And it's making my life a living hell.' Seeing Kiriakis and Narita ambling into the kitchen EJ closed his eyes and groaned, 'Why the hell did I agree to let them stay here? It's bad enough with just Neil panting after William like a dog chasing a bone do they all three have to be here.'

Will bounced on his seat excitedly when he saw Sonny and Paul walk into the room. "Hi," he exclaimed with a wide smile before taking a ridiculously large bite of cereal.

"Hey," Sonny said, ignoring EJ and Neil, walking over to Will and kissing his temple.

Paul, still uncertain as to how to act around EJ, squeezed Will's shoulder affectionately.

Will, oblivious to the tension in the room loudly chewed his breakfast, before asking Neil, "You aren't going to eat?"

"I had something before you came downstairs," Neil flashed Will a brief smile before his face became blank, trying not to read anything into Will's concern.

"As touching as that is," EJ butted in, "Do you have it?"

Neil patted his jacket pocket gingerly, the gun felt heavy against his body, as if it was weighing him down.

"Good," EJ decided. 'At least I can count on him protecting William from harm. Now if I could just get William to see the benefits to a relationship with him my life would be much easier. I'm sure he must have some good qualities. Maybe.'

Paul, unable to stop himself, blurted out, "I don't trust him around Will with a gun. He doesn't know what he's doing."

"Well it's a good thing no one asked your opinion," EJ stated deliberately not caring in the slightest what Narita had to think.

"If he has to use that thing he's going to get Will hurt," Paul argued, his worry over Will overshadowing his fear of EJ.

"I am not going to hurt Will," Neil insisted affronted at Paul's tone. "I would never let anything happen to him over this."

"Right," Sonny interjected with a sneer. "Like we can trust you around Will when you just want him for yourself."

"Oh my god," Neil yelled, arms thrown up in exasperation, "Not this again."

"Everyone can see the way you look at him," Paul gritted out, hands automatically going to Will's shoulders, wanting to pull him away from Neil's line of vision.

"Oh like you're one to talk about hurting William," EJ scoffed glaring at all three of them.

"I'm sorry," Sonny said openly, "But didn't you go behind his back and expose what Paul did to him in front of a giant group of people humiliating him?"

As EJ opened his mouth to reply Will cut them all off, "Will all of you just shut up!" Pushing his bowl away from the counter angrily Will moved towards the door, fed up with all four of them arguing all the time. "I'm sick of this. It isn't a competition. I'm not some prize you get to pull in all different directions until I break apart. I've had enough of that with my parents I don't need it from all of you too." Snatching the backpack he tossed to the floor when he walked inside Will informed them all, "Figure out how to get along because I'm not putting up with this anymore. You all made mistakes and hurt me before. If I'm willing to forgive you than that's all that matters." Will turned around and marched to the door, yelling over his shoulder, "Move it Neil."

EJ, Paul and Sonny stood on separate sides of the kitchen glowering at each other. Sonny, the most rational of the three, sighed and rubbed the sides of his hands against his face, 'You're doing this for Will. He loves EJ; you can get along for Will. You don't want to make an enemy out of him.' Taking a deep breath Sonny stated firmly, "I know you don't like us but we all care about Will. For Will's sake we all need to work this out."

"Work what out," EJ asked with a shrug, "I don't like you around my son and I don't trust you to not hurt him again."

"No," Paul interrupted, "You don't like me. Let's be real here, I'm the one you have a problem with. I'm the one that hurt Will the most."

"Actually I don't like either of you but fine," EJ replied. "I despise you for what you did."

"Trust me, I'm well aware," Paul sighed, "But Will is giving me a chance to prove myself. And I'm not going to blow it."

Sonny, putting his hand on Paul's forearm as a sign of support, added, "Will isn't just forgiving us right away. We're working on earning him back." 'Hopefully the coffee gets to him in time today. He looked like he really needed it.'

"Right," EJ scowled, "Because sending him presents and letters is going to prove you can be trusted."

"How do you know about those," Paul asked suddenly suspicious.

"About the letter," EJ asked with a raised brow, "Because I opened it and never gave it to William." Seeing Paul's outraged face EJ shrugged, "How was I supposed to know it was from you and not some stranger. I'll give it to him eventually."

"Oh my god," Sonny shook his head, "How does Will put up with you?" Turning to Paul Sonny added, "How does Will not see how crazy this is?"

"Excuse me," EJ barked, insulted by their implications.

"I think you know," Paul contended. "You think you're in charge of him. You track his phone. You put him in hotels. You steal him from his bed in the middle of the night. How do you think this is OK?"

Cheek twitching, nostrils flaring, EJ slammed his hands on the countertop, "William is always going to be my responsibility. I am going to be taking care of him for the rest of his life."

"He's not," Sonny insisted. "You can't make every decision for him. He's not going to let you."

"You just want William for yourselves," EJ smirked. "You can't stand when he follows my directions instead of your own."

"I'm pretty sure it's the other way around," Paul snorted shaking his head at EJ.

"How many times do I have to tell you," EJ gritted his teeth, fists clenched, "What I feel for William is not sexual. I want to protect him. You want to own him."

"You don't even see it, do you," Sonny asked absolutely amazed. "You literally carried him over your shoulder out of our bed because you wanted to talk to him. How do you not see how that looks?"

"I don't care how it looks," EJ said plainly. "I know and William know how it is. And it's none of your business what we do."

"It is when you're trying to keep him away from us," Paul commented. "Why can't you just let him make his own decisions?"

"Because you're going to hurt him, again," EJ yelled.

"No I'm not," Paul screamed back, face red. "I'm never going to hurt him again." Now that he started Paul wasn't able to stop. "I will regret what I did every day for the rest of my life. I will remember the look on his face when I told him what I did forever. You don't know how badly I regret ever hurting him."

Sonny, alarmed by the intensity in Paul's voice, couldn't help taking a step back and really listening.

EJ, worked up too, "No, I don't know. I don't know how you could take that naively stupid little boy and do what you did."

"Don't call him that," Paul fumed. "It's not his fault." Looking at his feet, breathing heavily, Paul continued, "I could do it because I thought I would never get another chance. Because I wanted him and he wanted me too. He was trashed and I didn't stop to think if he knew what he was doing. But that was before. I would never do anything he didn't want now."

Sonny put his hand on Paul's lower back and swallowed heavily. 'He does regret what he did. He is sorry.'

EJ didn't want to admit it but he understood. He couldn't imagine doing what he did to Samantha now. Forcing her to be with him. 'Is it really so hard to imagine that he's sorry?' EJ wasn't so blinded by hatred that he couldn't see the look Narita gets in his eyes when he looks at William. The look in his eyes right now. 'Maybe he's telling the truth,' EJ mused, 'But I still don't like him.'

"I will do whatever I can for however long I need to for Will to forgive me," Paul promised, tears of frustration in his eyes. "Even if it means doing this with you for the rest of my life."

EJ, looking Paul straight in the eyes, teeth clenched, nodded slowly.

Will stomped down the sidewalk ignoring Neil. 'Stupid idiots,' Will thought meanly.

"Look I'm sorry," Neil said, hating the pinched look on Will's face, "I know you hate us all arguing over you. It's just, god, we just all care about you and don't know how to get along."

"Well you better all work it out," Will pouted, "Because I am so sick of this." Turning to look at Neil Will bit his lip, feeling bad, slowing his pace Will told Neil, "Look, I know this is hard on you and I'm sorry. You didn't ask to be involved in this."

"It's weird," Neil admitted, "That's for damn sure. But I'm not backing out. I'm going to watch out for you." 'Even if it hurts to be around you now.'

"I hate this," Will whispered, arms wrapping around himself, "Everyone is arguing. The whole town knows what happened between Sonny, Paul and me, well mostly. And now this whole creepy picture thing. I just wish things would go back to normal."

Neil, wrapping his arm around Will's neck, wanting to comfort Will, asked, "And what was the last normal thing in your life?"

"Going on a date with you," Will shrugged, shrinking away from Neil's hold, knowing Sonny and Paul wouldn't appreciate it.

"Yeah," Neil exhaled bitterly, "If I wasn't such an asshole that night none of this would be happening."

"I could have said no to all the shots," Will said, not wanting Neil to feel responsible for everything, "I thought I needed them because I was so nervous."

"You were nervous," Neil laughed, "About what?"

"It was my first date with a guy and you were really cute," Will replied with a slight blush.

Neil smiled sadly, "Would we have worked out if you weren't with Sonny and Paul?"

"I don't know," Will whispered uncomfortably. "Maybe. But I am with them and that's not going to change," Will stated decisively, not wanting to give Neil the wrong idea.

"Yeah, I know," Neil said with a frown. Glad to be near Will's lecture hall already, wanting to be away from Will so he could sulk in private, Neil noticed almost every student stopped to stare at Will when he walked by. 'Oh god, what now?'

Will's eyes swept back and forth across the campus unnerved by the eyes following him. Neck tingling and a chill sweeping across his body Will was certain the boy with the dark eyes was nearby. Grabbing Neil's hand Will stopped, "Neil, I think he's here."

"Where," Neil demanded, turning around, gripping Will's hand firmly. "Where, Will?"

"I-I don't know," Will cried, moving closer to Neil, practically hiding behind him. "I can feel him. It's different when he stares."

"OK," Neil said, trying not to panic, encouraging Will to walk, "Let's go. Inside, right now."

"What are they all looking at," Will questioned. "Why are they looking at me like that?"

"Just get inside," Neil hushed, dragging Will by the hand into the chemistry building. Neil tried to think about what he should do. 'Will can't be here. This was stupid. He never should have come.'

"Neil," Will let go of Neil's hand, walking over to a poster hanging on the bulletin board just inside the building. Ripping the paper down Will rounded on Neil, shoving it in his face, "Look at this!"

Neil took the paper out of Will's hands and felt his stomach drop. 'Oh my god.' There was a collage of photos featuring Will, EJ, Sonny, Paul and Neil all taken from the night before. The first was EJ holding Will over his shoulder, seconds away from throwing him on the bed. The next showed Will holding EJ in his arms. The last featured Neil pointing a gun at Will and EJ with Sonny and Paul standing in the background. The word SLUT branded over the collage. "Fuck," Neil screamed.

"Neil," Will said desolately, pointing down the hall, the same picture taped to the wall every few feet.

Neil yanked his phone out of his back pocket and dialed the first number he could think of, "Fuck, Chad, Will needs you."

Sitting in awkward silence, eating quietly, Sonny didn't think anything could get any more uncomfortable until Sami walked in with all three of Will's siblings.

Johnny walked over to EJ and sat on his lap, "Daddy, why are all these boys staying with us?"

"They're friends of William's," EJ said simply.

"Oh," Johnny said slowly, waiting for his mother to make him breakfast, "Will has a lot of boyfriends."

Snorting EJ stood up, placing Johnny on the stool, "Yeah I noticed that too."

"EJ," Sami said warningly from the fridge, getting out the milk for their cereal.

Raising his hands up EJ said, "I didn't say anything."

Allie, looking up at Paul, asked quickly, "Are you the reason Will never has time to babysit us anymore?"

Eyes wide, not knowing how to handle children, Paul stuttered, "Uh, I guess."

"What exactly are they doing here still anyway," Sami demanded, placing breakfast in front of the kids. "I know Will left earlier. "

"We were discussing some things," EJ said simply, giving Samantha a meaningful look. "We've come to an understanding. " EJ glared menacingly at Paul before giving Samantha a fake smile.

Sami, looking incredulous, put her hands on her hips, "Oh really?" 'You're supposed to be scaring Paul off and keeping Will with Sonny.'

"We're trying," Sonny said quietly, knowing that Sami liked him better. 'Getting both EJ and Sami on our side would really help Will out. He's so stressed out. This will be good for him.' "Um, Sami, do you think we could talk to you?"

Sami, eyebrow raised, said, "Fine." Flouncing out of the room Sami merely expected them to follow.

Paul, nervous, followed behind Sonny into the front room. Shuffling his feet anxiously Paul tried to calm himself down. 'Just be honest and let Sonny do the talking.'

Sami, not wanting to beat around the bush, crossed her arms and asked Paul, "Are you going to rape my son again?"

Paul, coughing, practically choking on his own spit, "Excuse me?"

"You heard me," Sami jeered looking at him expectantly.

"Sami," Sonny said calmly, "Paul didn't rape Will."

"Then what would you call it," Sami asked mockingly.

"I touched him when he was drunk and asleep. I didn't force anything on him or in him. I just took advantage," Paul rushed out, 'I didn't rape him. I didn't.'

Sami, a bit confused, "What?"

Realizing Sami might not actually know the details Sonny glanced at Paul quickly before saying, "Will was drunk and Paul got him off. They tried out a blowjob but Will fell asleep so Paul rubbed himself against Will." Closing his eyes, Sonny tried not to picture it. 'Well, I've come a long way if I'm the one defending Paul.'

Eyebrows crinkling Sami, unsure what to think now, shook her head, "Well you still didn't let him choose. You took that away from him."

"I did. I know I did," Paul informed her, "And that will never happen again. Ever." Deciding to be honest Paul added, "I even read a book about it. I got it for Will but I'm certain he'd just be angry about it. I want to make sure it never happens again. That Will knows he can say no. That he trusts me to listen."

Sami, perfectly still, processing what Paul was telling her, didn't know if she believed Paul but she appreciated what he had to say. 'It sounds nice but will he follow through?' Recalling what she talked to EJ about before Sami relented a tiny bit. 'If I could forgive EJ and fall in love with him than maybe Will could forgive Paul. But I still don't like him.'

"Fine," Sami stated. Looking at her watch Sami cursed, "I have to get the kids to school. Johnny, Allie, Sydney get out here!"

Sonny, cringing at Sami's screeching, smiled at Paul, squeezing his hand reassuringly.

EJ, walking into the room with the kids trailing behind him, began talking to Samantha when the bell rang. Escorting the children and Samantha to the door EJ opened it and said, "No," before slamming the door in Lucas Horton's face.

Chad posed with Gabi in his arms, trying to look serious and sexy when all he felt was ridiculous.

"Chad," Kate said sternly, standing behind the cameraman, "You aren't focusing. You need to sell the brand and all you're doing right now is making everyone feel uncomfortable."

Lifting his hands to his hair, remembering how much product was in it and how long it took to the hairstylist to do, knowing he couldn't ruin it, Chad clenched his hands into fists, frustrated. Blowing out air Chad groaned, "I know. I'm sorry I just have a lot on my mind."

"Let's take a break," the cameraman suggested, ogling Gabi out of the corner of his eye.

Chad, sprinted away from the set, Gabi hot on his heels. "Chad," Gabi yelled, running to catch up to him, "Chad, wait up." Grabbing his arm and stopping him in his tracks, "What's wrong?"

Shaking his head Chad began to pace, "It's Will." 'I just don't even know what to do about him anymore. Everything has gotten so out of control since the article came out. And it's all my fault. I just wanted Paul to be humiliated, not Will. I can't believe I did this.'

"What about Will," Kate demanded walking up to them. "Chad, what is going on with my grandson?"

"What isn't," Chad yelled out. "EJ called me yesterday and said there's some psychopath stalking him and sending him threatening videos."

"What," Kate asked, eyes widened and face contorted in anger, "Why didn't anyone let me know?"

"It just happened," Chad retorted, "Everything has been happening so fast that it's hard to keep up." 'Why did I go to that stupid editor?'

Gabi, reaching out to rub Chad's arm, confused, "I didn't think you and Will were this close that you're so concerned about him."

"Will and I have been through a lot," Chad confessed, "And it's my fault this article got so out of control." Closing his eyes tightly, Chad looked at Kate, knowing he could tell her what was really bothering him, "And EJ has teamed up with Victor and I don't trust it. I just know that Victor's waiting for the perfect moment to screw EJ over."

"Of course he is," Katie agreed, 'I would know that best about him.' "Victor likes to act like he's so sanctimonious when really he's just a selfish bastard."

"He claims that he's fond of Will but I know he's just doing this for Sonny," Chad added, face frowning, still upset with Sonny.

"Cares for Will," Kate snorted, shaking her head, hair fanning around her face, "No. He doesn't care for anyone but his family. The second he gets the opportunity he will betray EJ and Will."

"So what do we do to stop it," Chad questioned, prepared to do anything he had to make things right with Will. Before Kate could answer Chad's phone began to ring, seeing it was Neil Chad considered ignoring him before he recalled EJ saying something about Neil following Will all day, "What?" Mouth opening, air rushing in and out rapidly, "What do you mean? No just shut up and tell me. You aren't making any sense-stop interrupting-just tell me where you are!"

"Chad, what is it," Kate asked insistently, "Is it Will?"

Ignoring everyone Chad ran down the hall and out the door, unconcerned that he was still in his wardrobe, yelling behind him, "Will needs me. Let's go."

Neil sat Will down on a bench inside the Chemistry building, hovering so no one could see him. 'Fuck, fuck, fuck.'

"He was watching us last night," Will said quietly, "He could see us."

"Stop thinking about this, Will," Neil ordered, hating the bleak look in Will's eyes. Needing to distract Will Neil asked desperately, "Tell me, um, tell me about Sonny and Paul. Who did you kiss first?"

"He can still see me," Will whispered rocking back and forth. "He can see me now. I can feel it."

"No, stop that," Neil begged, bending over and grabbing Will's face, "Now tell me who you kissed first."

"It was Sonny," Will admitted, 'Well the time I can remember.' "Paul told him to kiss me."

"Right," Neil stated, 'You're doing this for Will. You can deal with this.' "Who did, who um, who did you sleep with first?"

"Sonny," Will said again. "I was lying in Paul's lap as Sonny took me." Relaxing a bit, mind focusing on something else, "Then it was Paul's turn and he pushed me on my shoulders and-"

"OK, that's enough," Neil's face scrunched together, 'Stop picturing it. Stop it.'

"Sorry," Will replied, remembering how hard that must have been for Neil to hear. "Um, you know, I didn't think you actually liked me that much. I thought you just wanted me for sex."

"Yeah," Neil acknowledged, "I did too. Guess not." Chuckling darkly Neil smiled bitterly at Will, "Hindsight, huh?"

Will was saved from answering when Chad burst into the building, immediately shoving Neil to the side, and kneeling down, taking Will into his arms. Giving Will a hug Chad placed his hands on Will's cheeks and looked into his eyes, "Are you OK?"

"Yeah," Will said unstably. "I just, I'm really freaked out right now."

"That's understandable," Chad nodded. "I'm going to take you home OK. Neil and I. And while we do that Gabi and Kate are going to track down all the pictures, alright?"

Looking over Chad's shoulder Will noticed his grandma and Gabi standing in the background uncertainly. "Oh, hi," Will said, sinking his forehead against Chad's collarbone, embarrassed that even more people will see how humiliated he's been.

"Hi sweetheart," Kate smiled at Will, trying to show him that she didn't care about the pictures. That he could sleep with anyone or everyone and she would still love him.

"Hey," Gabi said with a lopsided smile, watching the way Will clung to Chad, unsure what to think.

"Thanks for doing this," Chad told them both, "But I need to get him home. Come on little buddy."

Neil, following behind, murmured to Chad, "Keep your eyes peeled for a scrawny creep with dark hair. Will said he can feel him watching."

Nodding, disturbed, Chad moved Will to his side, arm wrapped around his arms. Noting Neil was on Will's other side Chad teased Will, "So, you must be used to this. Being in the middle of two guys."

Rolling his eyes Will elbowed Chad, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, joke all you want."

"I'm just saying," Chad joked, barely able to hold in his laughter, "I'm sure you've dreamed about this, wrote about it in your diary, wished on stars, to have me holding you so closely."

"Ha," Will blurted out, "You wish. I'm attracted to boys with substance not skin and bones like you. Being held by you is like having two sticks jabbing at me. "

"Psh," Chad dismissed easily, "You know you've always wanted me. You have to have two boys to distract you from the pain of never having me."

"Right," Will laughed, "That must be it."

Neil was glad to see Will distracted and laughing while he played look out as they made the short trip to Chad's car. 'Where are you, you little asshole?'

Chad, unlocking his car, opened the backseat for Will, "You know I'll always be the one that got away."

Will giggled while he buckled up before looking at Chad oddly, "What in the world are you wearing?"

Shutting the door instead of answering Chad got in the front seat motioning for Neil to get inside.

As Chad reversed out of the parking spot and began to drive away Will put his hand against the window and panicked, "Neil, he's right there! Chad, stop!"

Slamming on the breaks Chad turned his head to the left and saw a bony dude with limp dark hair standing in the middle of a sidewalk staring inside the car. Chad, unbuckling quickly, turning his head to put the car in park, opened the door. Stepping outside Chad paused, the guy was gone.

Sami opened the front door with a grunt, "Sorry about that," she told Lucas before shoving him aside and dashing to the car, three children hurrying after her.

"Hi Daddy," Allie shouted when she ran past.

Lucas, stepping inside the Dimera Mansion, stopped short when he saw Sonny and Paul standing near EJ. "You have got to be kidding me," Lucas stated disbelieving.

"I don't have time for you," EJ said dismissively. "No one cares what you have to say so just save us all the trouble and leave."

"No," Lucas said fussily, voice almost whining. "No, I want you to stay the hell away from Will."

Giving Lucas a disbelieving look EJ crossed his arms and smirked, "No."

Paul and Sonny watched EJ and Lucas as if they were at a tennis match, eyes bouncing back and forth.

"He's my son," Lucas insisted. "And you're a terrible influence. This whole thing has escalated because of your brother. I don't trust you to handle this either. Especially if you're involving Victor."

"This whole thing would be dealt with if people who are not involved stayed out of my way," EJ said simply. "And William chooses to listen to me. It's not my fault he prefers me over you."

Paul, rolling his eyes, 'Who doesn't have a problem with EJ, damn,' stepped in between them when he saw Lucas take a step towards EJ, "Knock it off. Will is going to be pissed if he finds out about this."

"Shut up," Lucas scorned, "What the hell are you even doing here?"

"Stop it," Sonny yelled, "Paul is right. EJ, you know how upset Will is going to be." Rounding on Lucas Sonny added, "And we're here because Will invited us."

"Fine," EJ accepted, "But only because William doesn't need any more stress right now."

"That's for damn sure," Chad butted in, Will wrapped under his arms, Neil bringing up the rear.

"Hey," Sonny said completely concerned, "Why aren't you in class?"

"This is why," Neil answered, pulling the picture he kept out of his pocket and handing it over. "He posted them all over campus."

Paul, looking over Sonny's shoulder, gasped when he saw the collection of pictures, "Oh my god." Immediately going over to Will, practically ripping him from Chad's arms, Paul held Will tightly, "Are you OK?"

EJ, growling at the paper, immediately pulled out his phone, "Get over here. I need the security on the mansion fortified." EJ paced backwards and forwards needing to concentrate. 'How is this idiot getting so close to William? And why? What am I missing?"

"I'm fine," Will finally said, pulling away from Paul and turning to look at Sonny. "It just freaked me out, especially when I saw him."

"You saw him," EJ demanded staring at Neil for answers, "What happened?"

"We were in the car and starting to drive away," Neil responded. "He was just glaring at the car."

"It was creepy as hell," Chad interjected. "I tried to get out of the car and confront him but by the time I did he had disappeared. He just vanished without a trace."

Sonny, gripping Will's hand tightly, addressed EJ, "What are you going to do?"

"I don't-I don't know," EJ growled, frustrated that these things kept happening. "He's obviously following William. We'll have to find someplace for him to stay that he won't be able to find him." Turning to Neil EJ eyed him appraisingly, "Where do you live?"

"No," Sonny, Paul and Chad fervidly responded at the same time.

Neil huffed, "In a dorm. That won't work." 'And fuck all of you,' Neil thought moodily.

Lucas, holding onto the collage, studied the pictures, face twisted in disgust. 'What the hell has been going on in my son's life?' Observing everyone in the room Lucas shook his head, 'I have to get my son away from these people. Somehow, someway.'

"Why can't I just go back to the apartment," Will asked hating that this was happening. Hating that his life just couldn't be normal. 'I just want to spend time with my boyfriends and not have to worry about any of this.'

"Obviously Will isn't going to be safe by himself," Sonny interposed. "That idiot has been able to follow him everywhere."

"I know," EJ agreed, "Now to decide where to put him."

"I want to stay with Paul and Sonny," Will stated decisively, holding onto Paul's arm and Sonny's hand. Before EJ could argue Will declared, "No, I'm not giving in this time. I feel safest with them and that's where I want to stay."

"William," EJ began closing his eyes and sighing, scratching his eyebrow. Pausing to look at William's face, the determined tilt to his chin, the way he clung to Narita and Kiriakis. Meeting Narita's eyes first and then Kiriakis's EJ covered his face with his hand, "Fine."

Author's note:

Sorry for the screwed up posting time. I didn't get home from work until very late last night and I was too exhausted to even open my laptop. I may or may not have another update tonight. If not it will be posted tomorrow and everything will go back to normal.

This chapter was giving me a lot of problems. It just wasn't doing what I wanted.

Please review. It really is helpful getting feedback.