Will whined and shoved his face back into the pillow it was on but he could still hear an obnoxious buzzing sound. Finally when it stopped he sighed only to groan loudly when it happened again. Rolling onto his side he opened his eyes but everything was fuzzy. Without thinking about it Will groggily answered the phone on the bedside table, "-ello?"

"Paul, why do you sound like that? Are you sick," Tori demanded over the phone as she tapped her perfectly manicured nails along her desk.

"Not Paul," Will yawned loudly as he tried to find his glasses. Realizing he left them on Sonny's side of the bed Will gave up. 'It's too far away.' Squinting at the alarm clock Will blurrily got a look at the time. While Will still had almost two hours before he had to get to campus he knew Sonny had to have left a few minutes ago. Hearing the familiar spray coming from the bathroom Will knew Paul was taking a shower.

"Sonny," Tori asked with a frown beginning to feel confused.

"Sonny's at work," Will explained as he stretched his arms over his head. "Paul's in the shower."

"Excuse me," Tori choked out. She didn't want to jump to conclusions but the picture she was beginning to paint in her head was not very flattering.

It took Will a few moments to answer. He really wished he was still sleeping. For the first time in a long time he didn't wake up during the night or before Sonny and Paul. Will closed his eyes gently and collapsed against the pillows. "I'll tell him to call you back," Will promised before dropping the phone to the bed still in hand and falling back to sleep.

Paul ambled back into the bedroom, skin prickling from the slight chill in the air. He hurried to the dresser to pull out some underwear and clothes. Catching sight of Will completely spread out on the bed Paul smiled lightly. When he was completely dressed Paul sat on the edge of the bed and ran his eyes over Will's prone form. Smiling at the scratches and bruises still lingering on what was exposed of Will's skin Paul paused when he saw his phone in Will's hand.

Reaching out for it Paul looked at the screen to see he had a few missed calls. Upon realizing they were from his mom and that one of the calls was answered Paul began to panic. He immediately got off the bed backing away in horror. 'Oh god what could have happened? Oh god.' Walking out of the room Paul dialed his mother back and prayed that everything wasn't ruined.

"Paul," Tori answered voice short and firm. "Who answered your phone earlier?"

"Mother," Paul panted out feeling his heartrate increasing already. "I don't know what happened but I can explain."

"I should hope so," Tori snorted a bit inelegantly. "Who could possibly be in your apartment so early in the morning while Sonny is at work and you're in the shower?"

"It's, um, it's nothing," Paul rushed out, rambling in his fear that his omissions were going to catch up to him.

Tori lifted one eyebrow, lips set in a straight line, and sighed, "Son, whatever foolish nonsense you are doing right now needs to stop. I don't need all the details but I am warning you nothing good will come of this."

Closing his eyes and leaning his forehead against a wall Paul clenched his fists, "Mom there's something I have to tell you."

"No," Tori shook her head, "No. You are not doing this. I did not raise you to do this. I want it taken care of and done." Before giving her son a chance to respond Tori cleared her throat, "Now we are never speaking of this again. Good bye." Hanging up quickly Tori put her hand to her forehead to think, 'What kind of person is my son turning into?'

Paul groaned when his mom was off the phone. 'Fuck,' he ran his fingers through his hair and turned back towards the bedroom to continue getting ready for work. 'God I would be able to tell her if she would ever let me talk.' As Paul got ready for work he couldn't help his eyes from going back to Will. Paul never really appreciated how hard it must have been for Will to explain to his family about their relationship before, 'Especially since they're so overbearing and crazy.'

Tearing his eyes away from Will Paul made sure he had his wallet, phone and keys as he put on his jacket, grabbed his hat and walked out the front door. 'I have to tell him soon,' Paul thought. 'If my mom won't let me talk maybe I can get Will to understand why she doesn't know about us.'

"Thanks for meeting me Dad," Sonny told Justin as he slipped into the empty seat across from him at Common Grounds. "I really want you to take a look at some papers for me."

"Of course," Justin smiled at him over the rim of his coffee cup. Justin slid the folder Sonny brought with him closer and began to leaf through it. "You know I thought this was going to be about your mother," Justin smiled despite the fact that he wasn't too amused. He had warned and warned his wife to stay out of their children's business but it was almost like she couldn't help herself.

Sonny rolled his eyes as he put his elbows on the table, "Well, we can talk about her too. Dad, you have to know that Chad would never do that to Will. I know he's an ass sometimes but he really does care about Will."

Justin gave his son an odd look a bit confused as to what Sonny meant by 'care'. "You know those things are tricky for your mother," Justin explained slowly to Sonny. "Knowing what we know about Will already I think she was just overly emotional and jumped to conclusions."

"I just want to make sure she isn't going to do anything that will embarrass or hurt Will," Sonny shrugged helplessly. "He's got too much going on already."

While reading through the file Justin smiled slightly, 'It's nice to hear Sonny so protective of someone.' "We haven't really had a chance to talk much about your relationship you know," Justin said with a light tone.

"I know," Sonny nodded, "Everything's just been so crazy lately." Catching his father's eye Sonny smiled, "But I'm really happy Dad."

"I believe you," Justin teased, "I'm not sure I quite get it but I can see how much you care about Will and Paul."

"What's to get," Sonny asked quizzically.

"OK," Justin lowered the folder, checked to make sure no one was listening and leaned closer to Sonny. "If it was your mother and I? I could never imagine a relationship like this working." Picturing his wife and one of his former flames all in the same relationship made Justin shudder in horror.

Sonny made a disgusted face and leaned back in his chair, "Oh yeah. That would be a disaster."

Shaking his whole body to perish those thoughts Justin closed the file carefully and told Sonny seriously, "Sonny, this looks really good."

"Really," Sonny asked excitedly. "I was just afraid it was too good to be true right? I mean things like this don't just land in your lap every day. But I feel so much better knowing that you looked it over."

"I'm still going to make a few calls I think," Justin informed him with a nod, "But I think you and Chad should really start to get serious about it."

"You and Chad should get serious about what," Adrienne asked. She was meeting Sami here in a little bit and was surprised to see her son and husband together. Looking between them suspiciously Adrienne lifted her eyebrows, "Well?"

"Business stuff Mom," Sonny told her. He wasn't sure how to deal with his mom at the moment.

Remembering what Victor had showed her Adrienne held her breath slightly, trying not to give anything away. She could see how excited Sonny was by how bright and shiny his eyes were but she had her reservations. Biting her lip Adrienne asked, "Are you sure you should be partners with Chad?"

"Mom," Sonny shook his head, "I am telling you that Chad did not try to hurt Will."

Shocked, Adrienne stared at Sonny with an open mouth, "He put his hands on your boyfriend and tried to kiss him against his will. How is that not trying to hurt him?"

"It's not like that," Sonny knew he couldn't tell his mom the real reason Chad had tried to kiss Will. Too many people already knew and Sonny was afraid if Stefano found out he might retaliate against Will. Deciding to go along with Chad's idiotic plan, at least a little, Sonny sighed, "We talked to him. He apologized. He's not going to touch Will again."

"Sonny, I don't like this," Adrienne confessed. She pulled an empty chair from a nearby table over to sit with them. "Everything has happened so quickly for you Sonny. Just a little over a month ago you were happy with Paul and now suddenly you have private chats with EJ and, and you're so secretive."

Getting fed up with his mother's attitude and accusations Sonny stated firmly, "I explained about EJ. We're both concerned about Will and were agreeing to watch out for him. And for your information I was not happy over a month ago. Paul and I were not happy together."

"But now you are," Justin butted in with. He reached over to put his hand on Adrienne's knee and squeezed. He might not always see eye to eye with his wife but he knew that she meant well. She's had been overprotective of Sonny all his life.

"Yes, now we're all happy. Paul, Will and myself, together," Sonny said heatedly. "My business is expanding. Paul just started a new job that's perfect for him. Will's head is slowly healing and he's working with EJ. Everything is going great Mom. And nothing is going to get in the way of that. Nothing."

Will trudged into EJ's office in the middle of the afternoon feeling slightly down. When he woke up again that morning the apartment was empty and neither Sonny nor Paul had left him a note or a text like they usually would. He didn't want to be that needy, insecure boyfriend but he was so used to them breathing down his neck that he didn't know what to do.

"Why do you look like that," EJ asked with narrow eyes as he sat in his desk chair. He hadn't seen that particular look on William's face in quite some time. He was not pleased to see it had returned.

"Nothing," Will started to say before changing his mind. He tossed his backpack to the floor and sat down across from EJ. "Actually it is something." He recalled his most recent conversation with Wendy about how he needed to see if he could open up to people without them overreacting. "It's Sonny and Paul. Well kind of. Maybe it's me."

EJ saved what he was working on before closing his laptop and giving William his full attention, "What are you talking about?"

"I don't even know," Will laughed sadly. "They're usually so suffocating you know? One of them has always been there or talked to me all day. Even when we were just friends. And now," Will trailed off.

"Now what," EJ wondered. He wasn't certain what to think about this development. While he wasn't thrilled about William's relationship and he certainly didn't care for his boyfriends he was concerned about William's wellbeing.

"Sonny's been busy with the coffee shop all week. Paul has this new job. And that's great. It's with the university baseball team. He's going to be so good at it," Will explained, "And it's only really been a day but I've just never been alone in a long time."

"I see," EJ nodded. He didn't want to give this pep talk but he owed it to William, "Well have you talked to them about it?" When William shook his head no EJ resisted rolling his eyes, "Well you should. They might not even realize something is wrong."

"OK," Will's tongue played with his scar on his lips absentmindedly. "Thanks," Will smiled at EJ. He loved EJ the most when he was being supportive and understanding.

"Speaking of," EJ added, "I expect to see you with us for Thanksgiving. Not that I understand that holiday all that well but the children are excited."

Will smiled, thinking about his brother and sisters. He wasn't certain what Sonny or Paul would want to do on Thursday but Will knew what he wanted, "I'll be there." Remembering something Will asked, "Did you do anything with that paper I found-"

"Shh," EJ held up his hands to quiet William. "Don't speak of it. No one can know yet." EJ put his hands down and smiled widely, "But I have a feeling things are going to be turning around for us soon." 'Father will be out of my hair. He won't be threatening William. And he'll leave Chad be.'

"Turning around for who," Stefano asked as he opened the door without knocking and strolled inside, Chad following behind him.

Sami sat down across from Adrienne with a bright smile on her face. She was still basking in how successful Will's party had been. She was afraid something dramatic was going to happen with that many people around but everything had gone smoothly. 'And best of all Will was happy.'

Adrienne gave Sami a sad smile. She wasn't sure what she should tell her friend. 'Do I tell her my concerns about Chad? Do I tell her about my meeting with Lucas? Do I tell her my fears for Sonny?'

"What's wrong," Sami asked instantly. She may not have had too many friends over the years and she never would have imagined Adrienne would be one. However she was determined to keep this friendship going. 'It's nice to have a female to talk to that isn't arguing with me, scheming to get my man or backstabbing me.'

Adrienne licked her lips and decided to say, "I saw something at the party on Saturday. Something between Will and Chad." 'And Will and Neil and Brian.'

"What could you have seen," Sami questioned feeling confused. "They're friends."

"I guess I should start at the beginning," Adrienne rubbed the side of her head, feeling a headache coming. "The other day I ran into Lucas. He was really upset."

"Lucas," Sami rolled her eyes. "I am not talking to that man until he apologizes to Will."

"Apologizes," Adrienne repeated. "For what?"

"You don't know," Sami furrowed her brows. "I thought I had told you. Anyway he and my father ambushed Will when he was at work. They started lecturing him about how all the bad things in his life have happened because he hangs around EJ and he's gay."

Adrienne gasped loudly, "What?"

"Right," Sami asked animatedly. "I told him that he was going to have to figure out what to do or risk losing Will forever." Sami glared at her coffee mug almost wishing it was Lucas so she could wring his neck. "But wait, if you didn't know that what did Lucas talk to you about?"

Completely taken aback Adrienne explained, "Well he said he had run into Gabi Hernandez. That she told him Chad broke up with her and he said it was so he could be with Will."

"What," Sami demanded. She didn't know what to think. As far as she knew Chad was straight and he and Will were just friends. 'But I haven't always been that good about noticing these things. Maybe it is true. But then why would EJ say Chad was trying to find out info from Stefano about Will? Oh,' "Oh my god," Sami said. "That must be it."

"What must be it," Adrienne asked loudly. "Sami?"

"EJ told me something about Chad doing what he had to in order to protect Will," Sami confessed. "I just, I didn't think anything of it. He's been so protective of Will lately but we all have. What if it is true? What if he does want Will?"

"Sami," Adrienne insisted. "It is true. That's what I was going to tell you. I saw Chad trying to kiss Will."

Sami sputtered around unattractively. Her brain couldn't even process this. 'What the hell?'

"And Will didn't want him to," Adrienne continued. She looked over her shoulder glad that Sonny was busy with a large crowd of customers so he wouldn't overhear them. "And Will kept insisting that he didn't want Chad to touch him and I just, I got the impression that Chad was trying to force himself on Will."

"No," Sami immediately shook her head, "No, Chad isn't that dumb. After what he did to-" Sami cut herself off before she said Zach, "After what happened to Will he would never try that. Not to mention EJ would literally kill him."

"I know what I saw," Adrienne insisted, trying to get Sami to understand, "It was just like what happened with Paul. Will kept making excuses and blaming himself. I just, I think something is happening between them. Something that we need to stop."

"You're right," Sami agreed instantly. "Whatever is going on with Chad and my son is going to end, immediately."

Paul sat across from Jesse and the other coaches as they went over the schedule one last time. Paul was very adamant that they create a schedule for the entire team to follow. How often they would work-out and on what days. How often they would practice and when they would have off-days. The more Paul started talking and dabbling in this the more excited he got.

'I really did miss baseball,' Paul thought longingly. Baseball had been basically the only thing in his life he ever did. From the time he was a child until he got injured baseball was everything. For such a long time it was even more important than his relationship. 'I was more concerned about what everyone thought of my career than I was about Sonny.' Paul could remember all the sneaking around he forced Sonny to do. 'Sonny never deserved that,' Paul thought once they took a break.

When Paul accepted Sonny's proposal he was desperate to keep him. He was terrified to let Sonny go. But when he realized that meant coming out, to the world and to his family, Paul was terrified. He just kept reminding himself that Sonny was worth it. That Paul being true to himself was worth it. Paul could still recall the night he told his mother the truth.

"Mother," Paul nervously sat across from her at the table. "There's something I have to tell you. Something I've been meaning to tell you for a long time."

"What is it," Tori asked turning her attention to her son. "Is it your career?"

"Kind of," Paul licked his lips and tried to control the bouncing in his leg. "See the thing is Mom, um, well."

"What," Tori barked beginning to feel frustrated. "Tell me."

"I-I I'm going to have a press conference soon," Paul stared with, "Because I have an announcement to make." Paul closed his eyes, feeling so incredibly nervous, "Where I'm going to tell everyone that I'm, that I'm, I'm gay."

Tori stared at her son unflinchingly. "Why," she questioned.

"What," Paul asked. His heart was beating out of his chest. He could feel the sweat beading along his forehead and neck. 'Oh my god I can't believe I told her.'

"Why are you announcing it to the world," Tori elaborated. "Why does anyone need to know?"

Paul was a bit surprised, "Well, because I am, you know, gay. And I don't want to hide it anymore." Looking at his mom's face Paul began to feel dread bubbling in his stomach, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"The whole world doesn't need to know your preferences," Tori explained easily. "Have you even thought about what this would do for your career or your image? Paul, baseball is everything to you. What if this ruins you completely?"

"I just want to be honest," Paul told her feeling uncomfortable. "Why aren't you surprised by this?"

"I am surprised," Tori shook her black hair out of her face. "Surprised you would go through with this. You should continue as you were son. It's for the best."

"You already knew," Paul whispered. "But, but how?"

"I am your mother," Tori informed him sternly. "Of course I knew." She continued to stare at Paul severely.

Paul didn't know what to think. 'She already knew? But she never said. I was so afraid for so long and she already knew?' Shaking his head Paul said, "I am going through with this Mother."

"Paul you must reconsider," Tori told him firmly. "You do not need to do this."

"I do," Paul looked at her imploringly. "Because I'm not keeping anything a secret anymore or anyone."

"What," Tori asked in a low voice.

"I'm engaged," Paul told her in a blank voice. "And I'm telling everyone."

Paul pulled himself out of his memory. Realizing he was all alone, that the others had wandered out at some point, Paul put his head in his hands. 'And now I have to tell my mother all over again.'

Will stared at EJ across the desk refusing to look at Stefano or Chad. He was relying on EJ to get rid of them. Will hoped EJ could see how uncomfortable he was with their presence. 'Please make them go away.'

EJ took a moment to decide what to say, "For William and myself, obviously, Father. Our working relationship is coming along wonderfully. Things can only go up from here."

Stefano looked at his son appraisingly. He was beginning to have his suspicions about his children. Whenever their emotions began coming into play was when they would begin pulling away from him. After the conversation he just had with Chad Stefano knew he would never disobey him. 'But Elvis? He is too much like me to be cowed for long.'

Will felt strange watching EJ interact with Stefano. Even though EJ appeared cool and confident Will could see the way his arms were tensed against his desk chair. Ignoring his own reservations Will turned in his seat and smiled widely at Stefano and Chad, "EJ promised to show me all sorts of stuff about running DiMera Enterprises."

Stefano smiled slightly, "Did he now?"

"Yes," Will nodded his head excitedly, "He said it's about time I figure out what I want to do with my life. And working with EJ again would be a dream come true."

"Will," Chad said, finally speaking, voice sounding a little funny.

"Oh," Will didn't know what to do. 'How am I supposed to act around Chad in front of Stefano?' "Hi, Chad," Will settled with giving him what he hoped was a demure smile.

Stefano observed the interaction between William and Chad carefully, looking for any hint that they were playing him false.

"Can I take you to lunch," Chad asked quickly. He wanted to be away from his father as soon as possible. Not wanting to give that away though he slowed down his speech, "I just, I really want to talk with you."

Will turned back towards EJ and made a desperate face.

EJ nodded in approval, "Go ahead."

"Right," Will said. Getting up slowly from his chair he walked passed Stefano and gave him a shy smile. "Where are we going," he questioned Chad.

Putting his hand on Will's lower back Chad ushered Will outside the door. "Don't worry," he assured Will, "I've got it handled."

Will and Chad ate easily enough in the DiMera Enterprises commissary. In a quiet voice Will asked, "Are you OK?"

Chad, who had been slightly withdrawn, nodded, "Yes, everything is fine."

"You don't look so good," Will admitted looking him up and down. "You look kind of sick. Do you need to go home?"

"I've got it," Chad insisted.

"You don't have to do this," Will told him slowly. "You can still back out. Tell your father after spending time with me you don't want me anymore."

"No," Chad looked Will straight in his eyes, "I can't stop now." 'Father made that perfectly clear to me earlier.'

"Have you even figured anything out," Will fished for information as he stirred the small bowl of soup he ordered. "About, you know?"

Chad took a bite of his sandwich instead of answering, 'Oh I found something out alright.' Swallowing loudly Chad shrugged, "Not exactly. I have a good idea though."

"OK," Will said. Thinking about it Will asked, "Would you tell me if you did find something out?"

"Of course," Chad lied with a sly smile. "Of course I would." Chad tapped his toe against Will's under the table, "Besides I think you already know that EJ and me? We would do just about anything to keep you safe."

"Right," Will stated with a small smile before looking down at his lunch. He was beginning to think he might be in a little bit of trouble here.

Will slammed the door to the apartment closed behind him. Turning on all the lights and taking off his jacket Will was relieved that Sonny and Paul weren't home yet. After lunch Chad stuck around the office with Will and EJ. Stefano kept popping his head in every now and again to watch them.

Sitting down on the couch Will pulled out his phone and dialed a number quickly. Waiting for an answer his leg jittered up and down.

"Blondie, you have the worst timing ever," Brian complained into the phone.

"Brian? I thought I called Neil," Will said instead of answering him.

"You did," Brian grunted. "We were finishing something up."

"Gross," Will commented, "I don't want to know that."

"You're the one who interrupted us," Brian shrugged. "You're just lucky it wasn't a minute earlier or else you would have been ignored."

"Whatever," Will shook his head, disregarding Brian, "I need to talk to someone."

"Go for it," Brian said as he leaned back against the pillows and closed his eyes. He could hear Neil turning on the shower. Brian had planned on joining him but apparently he wasn't.

"I just," Will didn't even know what to say. "I, um, I had to spend today with Chad and Stefano was watching us and now I feel weird and I don't know what to do."

"Huh," Brian questioned hardly understanding Will's rambling. "I don't understand what you're saying."

"Well me either," Will confessed loudly. "I just, I know that it's all pretend right? Chad is straight and I don't even like him that way anymore. I don't. But it's still, I don't know."

"It still feels nice to have someone showering you with attention," Brian guessed. He rubbed his fingers over his eyes. "I told you this was going to happen."

"That's why I'm talking to you now," Will stated. "I know that I don't want to be with Chad like that. I love Sonny and Paul and I only want them. But yeah it does feel nice I guess."

"Hmm," Brian mused. "You know Neil mentioned to me that something went down between the three of you and you kind of broke up for a bit."

"We kind of broke up yeah," Will said wondering where this conversation was going.

"And that they had to sort of win you back or whatever," Brian continued. "Plus with Paul having a job other than babysitting you now you're probably feeling a bit neglected."

Will didn't want to admit it but Brian sounded right. "Yeah I guess I do. But that's so stupid right? I mean, I didn't want them to follow me around and be so overbearing but now that I have a bit of freedom I miss it. That's not normal right?"

"Hate to break it to you," Brian sighed, "But nothing about you is normal kid."

"Hey," Will pouted slightly.

"Quit pouting," Brian laughed. "You know I'm not their biggest fans but you should talk to them about it."

"That's what EJ said too," Will admitted. "I just, I don't know how to talk to them to explain that I don't want to be suffocated but I don't want to be all alone either."

"Well figure it out," Brian ordered. Seeing Neil walk out of the bathroom Brian said, "And let me know what happens when you do tell them."

"OK. Thanks for talking to me," Will told Brian. "Even though I ruined your afterglow."

"Eh," Brian dismissed, "I'll enjoy it again later, don't you worry."

"I'm hanging up now," Will rolled his eyes.

"Who was that," Neil asked as he sat down on the bed and kissed Brian.

"Will," Brian said when Neil pulled back.

"Is he alright," Neil wanted to know.

"Kid is getting in over his head," Brian told Neil. "All that crap with Chad is confusing him."

"When isn't he confused," Neil sighed before lying on the bed. "He was probably born that way."

Brian smiled lightly. Even though he liked being friends with Will it always made him feel a little good inside when Neil said something like that about Will. Taking Neil's hand Brian asked, "Do you think Will's OK being with Sonny and Paul?"

"I know he wants to be with them," Neil tried to explain his feelings. "But whether it's all going to work out in the end? I have no idea. For his sake I hope so."

"Yeah," Brian pursed his lips. "I don't want to interfere but maybe Will being so confused by Chad is a good thing."

"What do you mean," Neil looked at Brian oddly.

"I just mean that maybe it will make Will see he doesn't need to be as committed as he is to Sonny and Paul," Brian elaborated. "That's all."

Will popped up off the couch as soon as he heard the key in the lock. He didn't care which boyfriend it was he just want one them with him right now. Seeing Sonny walk inside Will jumped over the back of the couch and practically crashed right into him.

"Whoa," Sonny laughed as he suddenly had an armful of Will. "Hi," Sonny hugged Will warmly.

"I missed you," Will confessed, forehead pressed into Sonny's neck, trying not to smudge his glasses. "I haven't heard from you all day."

"Yeah," Sonny shook his head as he pulled away from Will and walked to the kitchen to get a drink. "It was so busy today. The only free time I had I spent talking with my dad. He looked over all the paperwork for the expansion and he said it looked good."

"That's nice," Will smiled at Sonny. He loved that Sonny was so happy about it. "Um, he didn't see anything weird about it though, right?"

"No," Sonny looked at Will oddly. "Of course not. Why would he?"

Will didn't want to raise any of his suspicions to Sonny so instead he just said weakly, "I spent the day going over business proposals with EJ. Just making sure."

"That's kind of cute," Sonny teased.

"What's cute," Will wondered as he scratched his neck.

"You looking over business stuff," Sonny shrugged. "I don't know I just can't see you doing things like that."

"Oh," Will blinked, not sure what to make of that information. 'Is that supposed to be a compliment?'

Sonny didn't think anything of his comment. He pulled out a few takeout menus and said, "I don't feel like making anything. What are you in the mood for?"

"Whatever you want," Will told him.

By the time their food arrived Paul was home too. Will sat in the middle of them on the couch eating quietly. He was trying to find a way to explain to them how he was feeling. 'I miss them during the day. I'm feeling confused about everything. Stefano is weirding me out. And I'm afraid now that everything is settling that they're going to forget about me.'

"Are we going with your mom for Thanksgiving," Sonny asked Will suddenly. "I know you said something about that a week or two ago but I wasn't sure."

"Um," Will swallowed down his nerves. "Yeah, EJ invited us again today. You don't have to go if you don't want to. Chad's going to be there and it will probably be weird."

"Well we aren't letting you deal with that on your own," Paul argued. "And we want to spend it with you."

Will smiled, feeling slightly better about everything he was feeling.

"Plus I'm not talking to Uncle Vic yet," Sonny pointed out, "Not to mention my mom is driving me insane."

"What did she do now," Paul asked seeing the look on Sonny's face.

"Trying to butt in on everything," Sonny rolled his eyes. "I know she means well but I'm an adult. She needs to get over it." Taking a bite and swallowing quickly Sonny added, "Besides I keep telling her everything is perfectly fine in my life."

"For once everything is exactly the way it should be for us," Paul agreed with a wide grin.

'Right,' Will thought. He sat on the couch and watched as Sonny went into the office to work out some ideas about the second coffee house location. Paul was sitting at the kitchen counter drawing up some old practice drills he thought might help. 'Everything is fine.'

Author's note:

I promise Will doesn't want to be with Chad. He's just overwhelmed. No worries there.

Thanks for reading and please review. They really are helpful.