"I thought you Dimera's had your own private doctor on hand," Will commented lightly as he walked out of an elevator with EJ in the hospital.

"My father does," EJ replied, walking forward and taking a turn to a row of offices. "But I'm not inclined to trust him at the moment."

"I see," Will followed after EJ, having to walk faster to keep up with EJ's long strides. "Stefano was being really weird the other day when I saw him."

"When did you see him," EJ looked at William in concern.

Holding in a sigh Will answered, "The other day when I saw my mom. He showed me some family pictures. It was weird. You look like your grandfather and it's kinda creepy."

Remembering what Chad had informed him EJ gritted his teeth and shook his head. 'Chad is going to explain that mess to William, not me.' "You just stay away from my father," EJ demanded.

"Between you, Paul and Sonny I'm going to end up spending my days completely alone," Will grumbled under his breath.

Giving William a sharp look EJ stopped in front of an office door and knocked, "You should be glad we all have your interests at heart."

"Yeah, sure you do," Will mumbled before walking in the office when it opened. "Oh," Will smiled slightly. "It's you."

"It's nice to see you again Mr. Horton," Dr. Garcia responded, the doctor who treated Will when he was admitted to the hospital after his kidnapping. Reaching out for Will's chin the woman turned Will's head from side to side, "Your mouth looks good."

"Thanks," Will said plainly.

"But it's fairly swollen," she commented sternly, guiding Will to sit in a chair. "You've been overworking it haven't you?"

"…Maybe," Will told her sheepishly, cheeks pink, refusing to look at EJ yet feeling his glare.

Making a tsking sound Dr. Garcia opened a small refrigerator in her private office and put a few ice cubes in a paper towel and shoved it against Will's mouth.

EJ, sitting down next to William, imagining what William had to do to make his mouth swell, feeling his heat rate increase, turned to the doctor, "Take my blood pressure."

Paul paced back and forth in a small room anxiously. 'Oh god, I can't do this.' He kept wiping his sweaty palms on his nicely pressed black pants.

Sami, fixing her hair in the mirror, caught sight of Paul's reflection, "I don't why you're freaking out. You know what you're going to say. It won't be that bad."

"Wow," Adrienne walked into their room, "There's a larger turnout than I thought. I can't believe how many people showed up."

Face paling, Paul leaned against the wall and held his head in his hands. 'Oh god.'

"What's with him," Adrienne asked Sami only concerned about the state of their presentation and not Paul's wellbeing.

"He's nervous," Sami explained walking over to Paul and patting the top of his head. "Do you want me to call Sonny or Will?"

"Sonny's going to be here soon and Will's coming after he's done with EJ," Paul answered immediately.

"OK," Sami said rubbing his back comfortingly.

"I don't want Will to see me like this," Paul whispered trying to focus on his breathing.

"Why not," Adrienne couldn't help but ask. She was looking at Paul oddly. 'Why does he only care about Will seeing him and not Sonny?'

"I need to be the strong one for him," Paul tried to explain. "He's, I just, Sonny and I are the ones who take care of him."

"I know my son," Sami told him gently, "Will would want to know if you were freaking out. He loves you."

"He's going through so much already," Paul sighed, "Sonny and I promised him yesterday that we weren't going to let anything else stress him out."

Feeling odd about what Paul was saying, 'I'll save that for a later day,' Sami decided, 'For now just keep him talking about Will and Sonny.' "You need to just stop thinking about what's going to happen," Sami told him, "Tell me about the first time you heard about Will."

"What," Paul lifted his head up, "Why do you want to know about that?"

"I'm helping distract you," Sami smacked his back, "Shut up and tell me."

Adrienne watched Sami and Paul carefully while listening to him talk about his relationship with Sonny and Will. Adrienne didn't know what to think anymore. She was concerned about Sonny and his involvement with the Dimera's and by extension Will. She still didn't know how Sonny could want to be with Paul either. 'The only thing I know for sure is that I need to keep Sonny safe, whatever way I can.'

Sonny wiped down a table at Common Grounds keeping an eye on the time. He wasn't entirely sure about going to the seminar his mom put together with Sami but since they roped Paul into helping them he was going. However, Sonny was still thinking about last night when Will woke up from his nap.

"Hey," Will blinked slowly, "When did you get home?"

"About an hour ago," Sonny replied sitting on the edge of the couch and running his hands through Will's hair.

"Why didn't you wake me up," Will sat up gingerly, head still vaguely throbbing. "I wanted to see you."

"You need all the rest you can get," Paul answered, sitting on the couch and pulling Will against him. Pushing at Will's shoulders to get a good look at his face Paul cupped his cheek, "You need to take better care of yourself. We need to take better care of you."

"What are you talking about," Will questioned eyes blurry. Reaching up to adjust his glasses Will realized he wasn't wearing them.

Sonny, standing up to get Will's glasses off the coffee table and handing them to him, said, "We're talking about your head and why you aren't getting better."

"But I am," Will insisted, "I don't understand what you mean." Looking around the room, Will asked, "Did Brian and Neil leave?"

"Yeah when we got home," Paul bit his lip. He still didn't particularly like either of them and he was certain the feeling was mutual. But he did owe them for pointing out that Will needed more help. "And after talking to them we realize that you need to stop pushing yourself so much."

"You talked to Brian," Will commented rubbing his head slightly. "I really don't see what the big deal is. I can't just sit around forever."

"We did," Sonny confirmed, pushing Will to the middle of the couch and sitting next to him. "And he's right. This is serious babe. You should be over what happened and you aren't. At least not physically."

"But most of the time I feel fine," Will tried to tell them. "Yes my head hurts sometimes and it was hard for me to be at work but it's not that bad."

"We're not budging on this this time," Paul stated firmly, taking his hand. "This is serious, OK? This isn't just you getting cabin fever and wanting to leave the house. This is your health."

Will, not knowing what to think, "Can't I talk to a doctor about this all first? See what they think?"

"Go talk to EJ and see about the appointment he was supposed to make for you," Sonny encouraged Will.

Getting up and grabbing his phone Will saw a message from EJ already there. Reading it Will informed them, "He already made me an appointment. It's in the morning." Sending a reply to EJ Will sat back down on the couch, "Hey, isn't your thing tomorrow morning?"

"Oh, right," Paul was trying to forget. He was nervous about speaking in public especially about sexual assault.

"Do you want me to change the time," Will immediately asked, sitting on the couch, "I want to see you."

"You don't have to," Paul told Will and looked at Sonny. "Either of you. It's perfectly fine."

"You've been working hard," Sonny shrugged. "Of course we'll go." 'Plus it's probably something Will needs to see anyway.'

"Fine," Paul bit his lip, "But I don't want you changing your appointment. You need to go to that. You can come after."

"Alright," Will agreed. Sniffing the air, realizing that he could smell the dinner Neil and Brian helped him make. Going to stand up Will fell back to the couch when both Sonny and Paul yanked on his hands. "What," Will laughed.

Swallowing, looking extremely serious, Sonny promised, "Will, we aren't going to let anything else happen to you or around you OK. We're going to do anything we can to make sure you get better and nothing ever hurts you again."

"We aren't going to let anything else stress you out or bother you," Paul guaranteed.

Pursing his lips, looking bemused Will nodded, "OK." Not sure what to make of his boyfriends behaviors Will squeezed their hands and stood up, "Um, I tried to make dinner."

Sonny shook his head as he moved to the next table. '5 more minutes and I can leave.'

"Oh good you're still here," Chad said as he walked into Common Grounds. "I was afraid you would have left already."

"Did you need me for something," Sonny asked as he finished up the tables. Sonny was still slightly annoyed with Chad over the whole Gabi situation. 'Why the hell did he involve Will? He needs to get it through his head that Will is off limits.'

"Kind of yeah," Chad followed Sonny around as he buzzed around the shop. "Look," Chad knew Sonny was going to flip out, 'But better to tell Sonny than Paul.' "I have a plan to figure out what my dad is up to with Will."

Dropping his tray on the table Sonny looked at Chad quickly, "What is it?" 'If it helps keep Will safe I'd be willing to do just about anything.'

"Don't freak out," Chad started.

Sonny narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms.

"Yep," Dr. Garcia said, "You were right. Your blood pressure is way too high." Writing down a few notes in the chart she was carrying. "And you said you've been very stressed out?"

"Yes," EJ grunted while rubbing his arm where the blood pressure cuff had been.

"Extremely," Will chimed in from his spot next to EJ. He tossed his soaked paper towel into the trash can realizing the ice had melted.

"Well," Dr. Garcia declared, "I want to write you a prescription. But it's not going to be an easy fix. You're going to have to watch what you eat or drink and start exercising more often."

EJ nodded understandingly.

"And he shouldn't smoke either," Will announced, moving out of EJ's way when he went to smack him.

"Fine, take away my own form of relaxation," EJ looked up at the ceiling. "Well, not my only one." EJ looked at Will with a smirk.

"Gross," Will complained, "I don't want to hear about you and my mom. It was bad enough I saw it."

"If I have to hear about your relationship and whatever kinks you have you can deal with this," EJ stated over Will's complaints, "You owe me this."

Dr. Garcia, chuckling at her patients, tossed one file to the side before picking up the other. "Don't mind me gentlemen."

Will closed his mouth when the doctor stood in front of him feeling embarrassed.

"Now, Will," Dr. Garcia questioned as she pushed Will's hair to the side and examined where Ian's gun hit him. "EJ said you still were having concussion symptoms?"

"Yeah," Will told her slowly. "My head hurts a lot right there and behind my eye. And my eyes hurt but I don't know if it was because I needed glasses or because of the concussion."

"Hmm changes in vision," she said softly, "Anything else?" She started moving her fingers through Will's hair around his scalp.

"Yeah," Will tongued the scar on his lips. "I tried to go back to work and it was really hard actually. And I guess I don't sleep that much."

"What about emotionally," she asked as she felt around, "Have you been more emotional or anxious?"

"Yes," Will answered slowly. '.I didn't even realize it but yeah' "But that's normal right? I mean because of what happened to me?"

"Can you turn around," Dr. Garcia suddenly asked sharply. "EJ hold this up," she requested.

EJ immediately leaned over and held back William's blonde hair as Dr. Garcia pulled out her light and shined it along the back of William's head.

"When I treated you a few weeks ago," Dr. Garcia commented, "You didn't have this. Did you hit your head again?"

"Have what," Will asked in a panicked voice. "What is it?" He uselessly tried to look over his shoulder as if he would be able to see the back of his head.

"Damn," EJ cursed as he took a look. "Yes, he did get hit again. He fell and cut his head a few days after he left the hospital." Seeing the look the doctor was giving him EJ added, "We put pressure on it and it stopped bleeding. He never complained about it afterwards."

"You should have come back to see me right away," she stated firmly, "This is a much bigger deal now. I want to order a CT scan and make sure there isn't any bruising or bleeding."

"But it's been weeks," Will stated freaking out slightly. "Is that really necessary?"

"Yes. A single hit to the head is one thing but to have a second? No it's too dangerous," Dr. Garcia insisted, picking up her office phone and making a call. "Any of the symptoms you have could be attributed to either of them. I want to make sure."

"EJ," Will said suddenly turning around to look at him with wide eyes.

"Relax," EJ put his hand on his shoulder, despite how tense he felt himself. "It's just a precaution. We don't have to worry yet." 'Why the hell did I never get his head checked out again?'

"No," Sonny shouted incredulously, "Absolutely not."

"But Sonny," Chad tried to argue while lifting his hands up trying to quiet him. 'The whole damn shop doesn't need to hear us.'

"No," Sonny huffed, "There is no way I am giving you permission to pretend to date my boyfriend."

"Not pretend dating," Chad told him lightly, as if that would make it better, "Just pretend courting. I just have to follow him around and look pathetic." Taking a step back from Sonny carefully Chad said, "It's just to find out what my father is planning."

"No," Sonny stared at Chad like he as stupid. "Why would I ever agree to that? Jesus I can't even imagine what Paul's going to do when he finds out about this."

"That's why I came to you first," Chad admitted guiltily. "I know Paul's jealous or whatever because Will wanted me first but this wouldn't be real."

"No," Sonny growled, ripping off his apron and throwing it on the floor. "You are not ever going to tell Will this idea. I am not having him involved with any of this." Storming towards the exit Sonny wanted to tear his hair out.

Rushing after Sonny, glad his legs were so long, Chad yelled, "Look, it's not going to be dangerous. I'll just hang around my father. He can see me hang around Will to make it look believable. I'll say I couldn't convince him to leave you and that would be that."

"No," Sonny shouted loudly rounding on Chad. "If I have to prevent Will from going anywhere near you I will. But you are not getting him mixed up in any of this. Do you understand me?"

"Just trust me," Chad tried one last time. "I know this is what's best."

"No," Sonny sighed, "You are not getting Will and that's it. Stop following me."

Chad watched Sonny walk away before throwing his hands in the air in frustration, "I'm doing what's best for Will! You'll see that in the end!" 'God, why did I even bother asking his permission?'

"What in the world was that," Kate asked walking up to Chad. "Chad?"

Putting his hands on the back of his head Chad sighed, "I don't even know how to explain this Kate. I really don't."

"Why don't you just tell her the truth," Gabi, popping up out of no where, replied.

"Where did you come from," Chad asked suddenly, slightly weirded out. "In fact, where have you been? I've been trying to talk to you."

"Did you ever think I didn't want to see you," Gabi asked despondently. "You broke my heart and now I have to hear you screaming about Will in the middle of town."

"I did not," Chad ran his hands through his hair and turned around holding in a scream. "If I broke your heart I am so sorry. That wasn't my intention. But I have to talk to you about Will."

"What about Will," Kate interjected looking between her two part-time models in confusion. "Why were you shouting about him with Sonny?"

"That doesn't matter," Chad started to say before Gabi cut him off.

"Because he's in love with Will and he's trying to steal him from Sonny and Paul," Gabi loudly told her holding onto her elbows eyes red and wet.

Sonny threw himself into a seat near the back of the building. He was a little surprised by how many people had showed up. 'Are these people actually interested in the topic or seeing Paul and Sami?' Sonny pulled his phone out of his pocket, wanting to check on Will and Paul when he saw it was dead, 'Fucking perfect,' Sonny rolled his eyes.

He couldn't believe Chad. 'I'm trying to make life easier for Will not harder. In what universe would pretending to date him be a good idea? Not to mention Paul would freak out. And Will would probably want to go along with it.' Shaking his head Sonny knew he had to keep this from Will and Paul. 'More secrets,' he frowned.

"Why the long face," a voice asked from the side.

Sonny jumped when he looked over and saw Will's therapist, Wendy, "Huh?"

Giving Sonny a lopsided smile Wendy repeated, "You look upset."

"Yeah just a lot of stuff on my mind," Sonny reluctantly told her. He didn't know what he should say to the woman and what he shouldn't. He also got the distinct feeling that she didn't think Paul and himself were good for Will.

"I see," Wendy noted before changing the subject. "I didn't expect to see you here."

"Paul's helping out," Sonny told her, "We wanted to support him."

"We," Wendy clarified. "Oh, so Will is coming?"

"He should be here soon," Sonny admitted. "He's at a doctor's appointment."

"I see," Wendy nodded. 'I hope everything's OK with him.'

"What are you doing here," Sonny questioned slowly. "If you don't mind me asking."

"Well," Wendy looked at him and said, "I've known Marlena for a few years and I was interested to see what this was all about. Not to mention I have a few patients who could benefit from this."

"Oh," Sonny thought about it before saying automatically, "You mean like Will?"

"Well Will is a special case," Wendy answered slowly. "Not that I can admit anything but Will's case is very different."

"Well yeah," Sonny commented. "Kidnapping and date rape all within a few weeks is kind of rare."

"What," Wendy asked quickly. "Date rape?" 'What in the world?'

"Well, I guess not technically but yeah," looking at Wendy's face, blinking slowly Sonny closed his eyes, "Which he hasn't told you about. Right, of course not. That's just my luck today."

Paul, shaking slightly, smiled at the polite applause he received before he walked off the stage and waited for his next part. 'Holy crap,' he thought nervous energy coursing through him.

He wiped the back of his hand across his forehead, sweating more than usual. 'Damn lights,' he thought wishing he had thought to bring an extra tube of deodorant.

"See," Sami walked over and handed him a bottle of water. "That wasn't so bad was it?"

"Are you kidding me," Paul retorted. "It's awful. Why did I let you talk me into this?"

"Because you're afraid of me," Sami smiled widely, feeling proud of herself. Waving Adrienne over Sami held her hand. "This is going so well," she squealed as she watched a few police officers demonstrate self-defense.

Adrienne, looking over at the crowd, frowned when she noticed Sonny looking distracted. Checking her watch Adrienne asked, "I thought Will was supposed to be here?"

"He is," Paul answered her surprised Adrienne was acknowledging his existence. "Maybe his appointment is running late." Normally Paul would be concerned but he was too nervous to focus on anything other than the note cards clutched in his sweaty hands.

"Excuse me," Kate hissed standing completely still.

"Oh my god," Chad said, "This is getting out of hand. Gabi I only told you that because-"

"I know," Gabi sniffed. "Because you wanted to be honest with me. I just, I can't even believe this. Do I only attract closet cases? Is there something about me that screams beard?"

"Gabi," Chad wanted to tell her the truth. He really did.

"Why did it have to be Will," Gabi shouted at Chad, "You know how upset I was by him. You knew."

"Gabi you don't understand," Chad tried once again. "If you would just let me explain-"

"You don't need to," Gabi snorted, shaking her hair out of her face, "I understand about Will. I know about wanting him when he doesn't want you." Beginning to pace back and forth almost talking to herself Gabi ranted, "I should have known. I tried to do everything to get you I should have known Will would ruin it. That's what he does to me."

"What," Kate asked dangerously not appreciating her grandson being talked about that way.

Ignoring Kate and Chad Gabi raved, "I should have told Ian more."

"What did you just say," Chad asked loudly. He couldn't believe what he just heard. Stepping towards Gabi and grabbing her shoulders Chad screamed, "What the fuck did you just say?"

Seething Gabi snarled in Chad's face, "I said I should have done more to help Ian get rid of Will!"

Will sat in Dr. Garcia's office bouncing his legs up and down, feeling jittery. He stared at his phone hopelessly.

"They're not answering," EJ asked from where he was leaning against the desk.

"No," Will sighed, "Paul's doing his seminar thing but I don't know about Sonny." Biting his lip, playing with the pair of scrubs Dr. Garcia made him change into, "EJ, I want them here."

"I know," he replied, covering his face with his hands, "Do you want to call someone else?"

Will lifted his phone and dialed quickly. When Neil didn't answer Will tried Brian, 'Someone I know has to answer.'

"Blondie, I know you undergrads live the life of luxury but some of us have to study," Brian answered the phone with, flipping through one of his textbooks.

"Brian," Will said forlornly. "Do you think you could come to the hospital?"

"Why are you in the hospital," Brian demanded slamming his book shut and shoving it in his bag.

"Getting a CAT scan apparently," Will explained. "I can't get ahold of Sonny or Paul."

"Alright I'm on my way," Brian demanded closing the study room behind him.

Hugging Sami tightly Paul laughed, "Oh thank god it's over."

Frowning at Paul's sweaty figure Sami pulled away quickly, "Yeah, yeah."

"I'm gonna go find Sonny and Will," Paul told her with a wide smile. 'I am never doing something like that again.' Walking his way over to where he saw Sonny Paul was stopped by a professional looking man.

"Excuse me," the man told him with a friendly voice. "I know this might not be the time or place but I'm the coach for Salem University's baseball team. I wanted to talk to you about maybe coming to work with us."

"Oh," Paul, surprised, told the man. "Um, actually that sounds kind of nice."

"Well, here's my card," the man offered, "Why don't you come by my office tomorrow and we can figure it all out?"

"Yeah, thanks," Paul put the card in his pocket before walking over to meet Sonny. "Hey," Paul kissed Sonny's cheek.

"Hi," Sonny gave him a weak smile. "You did really great."

"I was ridiculously nervous," Paul admitted with a laugh. "I'm so glad it's over." Looking around Paul asked, "Where's Will?"

"I don't know. Him and EJ never showed up," Sonny answered beginning to feel nervous. "My phone's dead."

"I left mine in the room over there," Paul grabbed Sonny's hand and marched him over. Finding his phone quickly Paul saw the amount of missed calls from Will. Paul shared a freaked out look with Sonny. Grabbing the few things he brought with him Paul and Sonny ran out the room to the exit while Paul dialed his voicemail.

Will sat in between EJ and Brian outside the room waiting to use the CAT scan machine.

"It's just like getting x-rays," Brian reassured Will. "They'll check that there isn't any swelling or burst blood vessels. Nothing to worry about."

"It sounds scary," Will noted lightly. He was glad to have EJ and Brian with him but they weren't Sonny and Paul.

EJ, assessing Brian, put his hand on William's shoulder, "There's nothing to worry about. I'm sure everything will be fine." 'Why does William surround himself with men I have to worry about?'

"Besides," Brian pointed out. "If they find anything I'm sure it will be small. Although you could have mentioned you sliced your head open when I was checking you yesterday."

"Will," Dr. Garcia poked her head outside of the room. "We're ready for you now."

"You're sure they can't come with me," Will asked her one last time as he walked inside. Seeing her shake her head Will turned back around and waved at EJ and Brian languidly. Taking a deep breath when he saw the large, intimidating machine Will exhaled, 'OK, nothing to worry about.'

"EJ," Chad shouted as he flung the door to his office inside the mansion open. "Oh," he paused seeing his father standing in the room. "Father," Chad said.

"Ah, Chad," Stefano smiled discretely moving the black bag he was holding behind him. "I was looking for a file. You'd think I would see Elvis more often since he lives here but as it were."

"Do you know where he is," Chad asked, hands shaking in anger. 'I can't believe that stupid bitch. Where the hell is EJ?'

"I'm afraid I do not," Stefano regarded Chad curiously. "What has gotten you so worked up? Something to do with William perhaps?"

"Kind of," Chad admitted before pausing. 'I can't tell him this. I can't let him know this.' "I got into it with Sonny," Chad told his father attempting to steer the conversation away from the real problem.

"I see," Stefano chuckled. "Well, if you want my advice to gain William's attention you'll have to prove that you are the better man. Screaming matches will not win his allegiance."

"Allegiance," Chad repeated. "I thought I was winning his heart."

Waving his hand Stefano easily replied, "It's the same thing is it not?" Walking towards the door Stefano informed his son, "If I were you I would be more concerned with keeping William safe than fighting with his lovers."

Watching his father walk away Chad took the nearest object he could find, a stylistic paper weight, and tossed it at the wall. 'How the hell did this happen?'

Sami and Adrienne standing closely together watched in confusion as Paul and Sonny tore off for the exit.

"What was that all about," Adrienne asked feeling worried.

"I don't know," Sami answered, "The only thing that would make them react like that though is," Sami inhaled sharply, "Will." Running for her purse Sami shoved her hand inside, searching for her phone. Pulling it out Sami blinked at the amount of missed calls from EJ. Calling him quickly Sami shared a heavy look with Adrienne, "EJ, what's going on?"

"Samantha," EJ sighed watching through a window as William's head was being scanned. "I have a bad feeling about this. Meet me at the hospital. And bring William's boyfriends with you."

"OK, I'll be right there," Sami hung up quickly, gathering all of her folders and papers.

"What's wrong," Adrienne questioned as she trailed Sami out the door and along the same path as Sonny and Paul earlier. "Sami?"

"It's Will. I have to go to the hospital," Sami explained quickly before running for the exit.

Adrienne stopped. 'When isn't it Will?' Turning back around and walking towards the remaining participants in their seminar Adrienne knew she would have to deal with them before she could deal with yet another Will Horton emergency.

Author's note:

My knowledge of head wounds is limited so keep that in mind please.

OK, lots of things happened in this chapter. So please review and tell me what you thought.

Thanks for reading!

PS. I was writing the latest smutty scene today and I kept telling myself 'do not make it kinky. It's supposed to be sweet. Do not make it kinky.' Needless to say I did not follow my own advice.