"You will not believe what we just saw," Kevin proclaimed as they walked into the clubhouse and saw Paul sitting down at a free table reading over some papers.
Looking up when Kevin, Gray and Chris sat down across from him Paul asked, "What did you see?"
"Well," Gray started explaining, "It all started when we saw Will sitting down for lunch."
Will, books spread out in front of him, was trying to get in as much studying as he possibly could before the party tonight. 'This would be so much easier if I was remotely interested in chemistry.'
Over the past few days, to distract himself from his sad love life, Will had been writing a lot in his journal. Sometimes he complained about Sonny and Paul. Sometimes he wrote about how he felt about Ian and Stefano dying and what the two of them tried to do to him. What would have happened if Stefano's insane plan would have worked? But recently Will had been writing just for fun.
'I wonder if I should take some English courses soon,' Will thought. 'Although I did plan on taking a semester off. Maybe I'll have figured out what I want to do with my life by then.'
Will was completely lost in his own little world when a Styrofoam cup was placed in front of him. Forehead wrinkling Will pushed his lips out slightly before looking up, "Oh." 'It's the smoothie guy again.'
"Hi," the boy grinned as he sat down across from Will uninvited. "I know we didn't get to talk that much on the dance floor the other night but when I saw you I had to come over."
"Right," Will smiled awkwardly. "Thanks," he said lifting up the smoothie in acknowledgement. 'There's no way I'm drinking this. I don't know what he might have done to it.'
When the guy continued to stare at him Will said, "Um, you know, I don't actually know your name."
"It's Evan," he said as he stuck out his hand and shook Will's holding on for just a bit too long for Will's liking.
"I'm Will," he replied. 'How do I get this guy to go away?'
Before Will had a chance to say anything however Evan said, "Look I know you said you had a boyfriend on Sunday but I kind of heard around campus that you didn't anymore."
"Where did you hear that," Will was curious. 'What the hell? Are people still talking about me?'
"Around," Evan shrugged. "I didn't want to believe it but someone saw you getting a gift from someone in class yesterday. Or at least that's the rumor. And I'd say that's kind of a big indicator you're single."
"What," Will blinked a few times before chuckling, "No that's actually just a misunderstanding."
"And I figured I should get in there too," Evan smiled ignoring Will. "So, um, maybe we could go out sometime. I've kind of been waiting for a while now."
"I'm really sorry," Will started to say, getting a little freaked out, "But I can't."
"Did I miss out again," Evan demanded starting to get upset. "Seriously?"
"No, it's not that," Will tried to explain, grabbing all of his books, ready to get out of here. "I'm actually still seeing-"
"No, don't go," Evan pleaded. "Didn't we have fun the other night?"
"Not, not really," Will replied, 'Damn I wish I took that pepper spray now.' "Evan, I'm sure you're a nice guy but I'm not interested."
"Hey," someone said interrupting Will and Evan.
Will turned his head and didn't know what to think when he saw the baseball player from yesterday standing there with two other guys.
"Is he bothering you," one of the guys asked, arms crossed over his chest, glaring at Evan.
"I can handle this," Will tried to say before the third guy practically pushed Evan out of his chair. Will watched on in confusion as the group of baseball players forced Evan away with an ominous warning to leave Will alone.
'What the fuck is this about,' Will thought as the three players sat down across from Will and smiled.
"Uh, hi," the one who gave Will Paul's gift yesterday said, "I'm Kevin. This is Gray and Chris." He pointed to the two other guys with him.
"I'm Will," Will shook their hands to be polite.
"We already kind of knew that," Gray nodded. "Paul talks about you a lot."
"Does he," Will wondered feeling baffled.
"Oh yeah," Chris confirmed. "He's totally got it bad for you. And that coffee dude but we don't really know him."
'And you know me,' Will couldn't help but think.
"We just wanted to say," Kevin told Will, "That we totally have your back."
"If anyone tries to bug you or anything we'll definitely take care of it for you," Gray agreed.
"And why would you do that," Will asked shaking his head in amusement.
"Having Paul Narita help our team is the coolest thing that's ever happened to us," Chris practically gushed. "And since we know he loves you we won't let anything happen to you."
Will smiled as he fiddled with his books, 'Oh my god Paul has fanboys.'
"Did you guys bug him," Paul questioned looking at the three in disbelief.
"No," Kevin shook his head, "No we totally kicked that creep to the curb."
"We're going to watch out for him," Chris informed Paul.
'Oh god,' Paul thought pulling out his phone, 'They better not have ruined any progress I might have made.'
Seeing Will already sent him a message Paul frowned, 'Oh god.'
-Your fanboys are cute!
-OMG they aren't fanboys!
-They said you were the coolest thing to ever happen to them and gushed for ten more minutes about you
-Well I promise I didn't send them after you.
-Sure you didn't send your minions to do your stalking?
-I didn't lol. Total coincidence I swear.
-Do you think if I asked them to they would do my bidding too?
-There is no bidding happening.
-I'm going to try it tomorrow. See if I can get them under my control too
-You're ridiculous
-I'll just say "Paul wants you to do…"
Paul smiled a bit stupidly to himself almost forgetting Kevin, Gray and Chris were still there watching him with wide smiles.
"Shouldn't you be changing," Paul told them when he finally looked away from his phone.
"Thanks for coming," Sonny said as he sat down across from his Uncle Vic.
"Of course," Victor responded reaching out for the coffee Sonny placed in front of him. "What did you want to discuss?"
"I just," Sonny licked his lips and looked at the table. He had been doing a lot of thinking about his uncle recently. 'I can't forgive myself if I don't forgive Uncle Vic first.' "I just wanted to say that I've been thinking a lot about things," Sonny admitted. "And I want to start fixing things between us."
Vic smiled, "That is excellent news. What brought this on?" Vic hoped this reconciliation might mean that Sonny would move closer to his own family and away from any DiMera influence.
"A lot of things," Sonny answered vaguely. "But I suppose the biggest sway was Will."
"Will," Vic repeated, smile on his face dimming. "I thought you were moving away from him."
"No," Sonny looked in his uncles eyes. 'There's no trying to talk me out of this or trying to confuse me.' "Actually we're working everything out. When we were talking he requested that I put aside this grudge I'm holding against you."
"I see," Victor replied with a nod. 'Adrienne won't be pleased. And this certainly will make everything more challenging. Thank goodness the second location will be opening soon. That will keep Sonny busy.' "And how has Will been dealing with everything since Stefano's death," Victor couldn't stop himself from prying.
"As well as can be expected," Sonny shrugged before standing up, seeing the line was getting long again. "He's just trying to figure out what to do with everything Stefano left him. Thanks for coming by Uncle Vic but I've got to get back to work."
'Interesting,' Victor thought as he stood up to leave. 'Very interesting.'
Will walked down the stairs to the mansion as soon as he got a text from Brian. He didn't want Neil or Brian to ring the bell and risk running into his mom or EJ. He had a hard enough time convincing EJ it was perfectly fine for him to go out on a Wednesday night with his friends.
'OK maybe most friends don't have as complicated of a relationship as we do,' Will thought as he grabbed a hoodie and a jacket to take with him. 'But it's going to be fine.'
"Hey," Will greeted as he closed the door behind him.
"Hi," Neil smiled when he saw Will. He was legitimately scared that he wasn't going to get to see Will again after what happened on Sunday. 'I'm just glad he isn't letting Paul or Sonny run his life anymore.'
"Blondie," Brian nodded before smirking, "If I'm driving we're taking your car."
"Why is this party happening on the beach when it's going to be freezing out," Will asked. He was crammed in the tiny backseat of his car, leaning forward so his head was between Neil and Brian's seats, "It doesn't sound very fun."
"Ever hear of this invention," Brian started explaining as he was driving, "It's relatively new. It's called fire and surprisingly it makes things around it warm."
Will rolled his eyes, "I know that but I don't want to turn blue. Besides it's probably not good for my head."
"Find someone to cuddle you and you'll be fine," Neil suggested trying to keep the laughter out of his voice.
"Oh yeah," Will shook his head with a chuckle, "I'll just go up to the first stranger I meet and ask to use their body heat. Sounds like a great way to make friends."
"Just bat those lashes and flash them your big eyes and you'll get whatever you want," Brian informed Will seriously as he frowned slightly. 'If he does get too cold we're going right home.'
"That's ridiculous," Will insisted, "The fact that I somehow managed to get two guys to pay attention to me at all is a miracle."
Neil burst into laughter, "Are you serious right now? Really? Will, you are ridiculous."
"What," Will asked while frowning, "What's so funny?"
"You're hot," Brian stated. "I think we've all established that we're attracted to you. I think you're passed the insecure about your looks stage."
"Well," Will played with the cuffs on his jacket, "There's a difference between people being attracted to me and thinking I can waltz onto a beach and smile at someone and get them to do what I want."
"Not with that attitude you won't," Brian snorted.
"And anyway," Will said loudly, "I don't want to sit around and cuddle with anyone. The only thing I'm interested in is meeting some people and having fun."
"I'm actually kind of shocked you're here at all," Neil admitted. "What with what happened on Sunday."
"Yeah well," Will shrugged, "I'm allowed to do what I want." Will couldn't help but think that maybe he should tell Paul and Sonny where he was going. 'If I want them to be honest with me I need to keep being honest with them.'
Will pulled out his phone and sent a quick message to both Sonny and Paul:
-Just letting you know I'm going out with Neil and Brian to a party at the lake.
Will wasn't sure how Paul and Sonny were going to respond. 'I know how I want them to respond. I want them to tell me it's OK. I want them to tell they trust me,' looking at his phone Will thought, 'Please say you trust me.'
Paul and Sonny walked into the Pub shivering slightly. "Geez it's getting cold out there," Sonny said as he rubbed his arms up and down.
"Yeah," Paul nodded reaching over to put his cold hands on Sonny's neck just to see him squirm.
Sonny squirmed away from Paul and shrieked, "Oh my god you jerk."
"Oops," Paul smiled wriggling his fingers at Sonny's face.
"You stop that," Sonny warned spotting their friends sitting in the middle of the restaurant and heading over there. Including Sonny and Paul there were eight guys and two girls sitting together.
Sitting down in a free chair Sonny took off his coat and put it on the back of his chair. Pulling out his phone Sonny immediately opened the message from Will.
"What's with that face," Paul questioned as he sat down next to Sonny and greeted their friends. It had been a long time since they'd seen anyone.
"Will's out with Neil and Brian," Sonny responded catching Paul's eyes with a wary look.
"Oh," Paul slumped in his chair. 'We haven't even talked to them yet why is he with them? What if something-no, stop it. Will's just being honest. He could have lied about it but he didn't. If he can be honest with us we can at least show him that we trust him.'
Looking at his phone Paul sent a reply to Will:
-We're out to dinner with our friends too. I hope you have fun.
Sonny, looking over Paul's shoulder to read his text, nodded, "Right. We need to show him that he can trust us with anything."
Sonny sent his own message to Will:
-I trust you babe.
"So," Dustin looked between Sonny and Paul. "Where the fuck have you two been?"
Kareem added, "And what is actually going on with Will and you guys?"
Sonny took a sip from one of the cups of water on the table, 'This is going to get long.'
"Oh my god," Will whined as they made their way across the sand to the shoreline. "Why did I let you talk me into this? This is awful."
"Shut it you big baby," Brian laughed. "It's not that bad."
"How would you know," Will argued, "Neil's all over you."
"Well you could have had all of this," Neil gestured up and down his body, "But you put a stop to that."
"It's my body now," Brian sighed purposely snuggling close to Neil, "Mmm so warm."
Will glared at his friends, "You two are awful."
"Just remember," Neil told Will, "You don't have to cling to us all night. You said you wanted to make some friends so go out and make some friends."
"Hey," a red headed guy said as they walked up to a group before Will had a chance to reply.
Will vaguely recognized the guy as one of Brian's friends. He was pretty certain that the guy was with Brian the night he grabbed Will's ass and freaked him out. 'Oh goodie.'
"Hey," Brian nodded at everyone. He wasn't sure how they were going to react to Will. 'Probably shouldn't have spent so much time talking about Will with them before I knew him.' "You guys know Neil," Brian put his hand on Neil's chest.
"Hi," Neil waved to everyone, "Thanks for letting us know about this." When he saw everyone staring at Will Neil rolled his eyes, "This is our friend Will."
"Um," Will tried not to fidget as he waved his hand at everyone awkwardly, "Hi."
Brian, seeing a few of his friends smirking, cleared his throat, "Don't even think about it. He's taken."
"Oh we've heard a few stories about that," the red head teased smiling at Will as he moved closer and put his arm around Will's shoulders. "So, I don't have a boyfriend but I bet I could find a way to satisfy you anyway."
Giving the guy a judgmental look Will pushed his arm off his shoulders. Looking him up and down Will smiled sweetly and said, "I somehow doubt that."
As everyone started laughing Will smiled at Neil and Brian proudly. 'I can totally make friends.'
After hanging out with the rest of Brian's friends, laughing and joking, Will spotted someone he recognized. "I'll be right back," Will told Neil and Brian as he walked towards another group of guys and girls.
Neil and Brian both turned to watch Will walk away and laughed when they saw who he was walking to.
"This is going to be fun to watch," Brian whispered in Neil's ear.
Will, trying not to trip over the sand, put his hand on someone's shoulder from behind, "Guess who?"
"Hmm," Kyle pretended to think, "It sounds like a vodka loving underaged kid I know."
"Hey," Will said feeling slightly offended, "Guess again."
"It's the perfectly aged blonde that bugs me at work," Kyle tried again.
Will smiled as Kyle turned around. "Ding, ding, you won."
"Yeah, I think I did," Kyle responded as he caught Will's eyes and grinned. Seeing the way Will was practically shivering Kyle said "Come here. I've got some stuff you might like." He grabbed Will's elbow and steered him towards a log and a free firepit.
"Well damn," one of Sonny and Paul's friends laughed once the two were done explaining everything.
"And here we were thinking you two were just having some fun," Dustin teased.
"Who knew you would actually fall for the kid," Kareem smiled. "Although I guess that means none of his win the bet."
"Bet," Paul looked at his friends suspiciously. "What bet?"
"Oh nothing," another guy said from further down the table. "We just took tabs on who we thought would sleep with Will first."
"Excuse me," Sonny choked out. "What does that mean?"
"Oh come on," Dustin laughed, "With the way you two treated him we all figured at least one of you would crack and go after him. We just never would have guessed it would be something serious."
"I personally picked you Sonny," Kareem put his hand on his chest. "No offense or anything but when you introduced us to him it was a bit like you were showing off your shiny new toy."
"He is not a toy," Sonny said firmly although he was smiling. He knew his friends didn't know the whole truth behind their relationship with Will. 'And I'm not going to tell them anything that would offend Will.'
Another guy, Oliver, interjected, "I put my money down on Paul."
Paul quirked an eyebrow, "Oh really?"
"Uh yeah," Oliver chuckled with a big cheesy smile. "Have you seen the way you look at Will? I thought you were going to throw him against a wall instead of Neil that night."
Dustin, pouting slightly, "Oh Neil. He walked in and out of my dreams so fast."
"Did you know he's dating some guy named Brian," Kareem interrupted Dustin's daydreams.
Sonny and Paul looked at each other and rolled their eyes.
"Anyway," Dustin pretended to wipe some tears from his eyes, "After I got over the heartache of Will stealing the man of my dreams I put my money down on Will going after you both."
Giving an unimpressed look to Dustin, feeling upset on Will's behalf, Paul, clarifying everything a bit, "Actually you're all wrong. We went after Will."
"Although," Sonny gave Paul a teasing smirk, "If there really is money I think Oliver should get it."
"Ooh," their friends called out.
Paul opened his mouth in shock and pushed Sonny's shoulder lightly, "Oh come on!"
After about an hour of laughing and joking everyone was finished eating. Sonny and Paul were even surprised when Caroline personally came over to give them their leftovers and requested they give her great grandson a big hug.
"Aw," everyone cooed at them. "That's so sweet," Kareem clasped his hands together.
"I don't see anyone else getting free pie," Paul announced as he looked through the large bag Caroline gave them.
"We're not all banging her grandson either," Dustin laughed loudly.
As everyone started putting on their coats and getting their leftovers Dustin told Sonny and Paul, "We heard there was a party down at the lake. You guys interested?"
"Oh," Sonny said as he bit his lip and frowned. He knew that's where Will was and as curious as he was to know what he was up to he knew Will wouldn't appreciate it. 'Besides we trust him.'
"I actually have some work I need to do," Paul told everyone, knowing exactly what Sonny was thinking. "But this was really fun."
"Well you guys should come more often," Oliver told them, "And bring the boy toy with you."
"I wouldn't call him that if I were you," Sonny advised. "His uncle used to be a boxer and taught him everything he knows."
"I'll keep that in mind," Oliver said while wincing.
"Here," Kyle chuckled as he sat down closely to Will on the log. He brought a large gallon of water, a few packets of something, a weird blue looking thing and a blanket plus a reusable bag.
"What's that stuff," Will questioned having no clue.
Smiling at Will Kyle started pouring the water in the blue enamel percolator before putting it on the grill that was settled over the firepit. He handed Will the packets.
Reading the label Will smiled, "You're making me hot cocoa?"
"You're freezing," Kyle shrugged as he unfolded the blanket and wrapped it around Will's shoulders.
"Do you always carry these things in your car," Will chuckled softly as he snuggled under the blanket.
"Actually," Kyle gave Will a sheepish look before turning to stare at the fire, "I don't have a car. It's my parents."
"Oh," Will shrugged, "That's OK." He didn't want Kyle to feel bad so he admitted, "My mom's boyfriend gave me my car."
Kyle didn't know why but that made him feel a bit better, "Really? That was nice of him. Wow for a second I thought you were going to say yours was the ridiculously fancy one I parked next to."
Will looked over his shoulder to see where Kyle was pointing before facing front again quickly. "Um," Will bit his lip cheeks going pink, "That is mine."
"You can't be serious," Kyle chuckled, "Who buys that for someone else? God, how much money does this guy have?"
Will just smiled amiably not wanting to get into that. Wanting to change the subject Will asked, "So are you into all that camping stuff like your parents?"
"Oh no," Kyle shook his head, "They used to make me go when I was younger with all my cousins and stuff. It was fine when I was a kid but as an adult? No way. I like civilization."
"Me too," Will nodded. "I think this pretty much shows how useless I would be in the woods," Will lifted up his blanket wrapped arms.
"I just don't get it," Kyle confessed. "Who wants to sleep on the hard ground or be that close to so many bugs?"
Will made a face, "Not me." He lifted up his arm to scratch his face getting distracted by the glint of the metal off of his bracelet. He paused and sighed. 'Sonny likes all this stuff. Maybe I should try to give it a chance?'
"Looks like our water is ready," Kyle announced as he moved the percolator over and started dumping in the cocoa mix and stirring. "Hey can you open up the bag and get out two cups," Kyle asked Will.
Leaning over Kyle's lap to get the bag, hurrying so he wouldn't be touching Kyle for long, Will lifted up the full bag. Pulling out cups made out of the same weird blue stuff as the water thing Will handed them to Kyle.
"Did you see what else was in the bag," Kyle smiled as he poured the cocoa.
Will started rifling through the contents and laughed loudly when he realized what it was, "S'mores? That's awesome!"
Neil and Brian, huddled together a little farther down the beach from Will smiled at each other widely.
"At what point in the night is Blondie going to realize he's pretty much on a date right now," Brian asked, tilting his head back to rest on Neil's wide shoulder.
"Probably not until we get back in the car and explain it to him," Neil responded as he watched Will attempting to skewer a marshmallow on a metal stick.
"Should we do something," Brian wondered.
"Nah," Neil decided, "I think Will can handle it."
"Are you seeing this," Gray demanded looking over at the log Will was sitting on. "That dude is totally putting the moves on him."
Kevin pulled out his phone and zoomed in until he got a fairly clear picture and sent it to Paul. "Let's just wait and see what he wants to do," Kevin said as they all stood in a line watching Will.
Paul pulled out his phone and stared at the screen in shock. "Sonny," he yelled.
"What," Sonny responded from the couch.
"Come see this please," Paul called trying to be polite.
"What," Sonny sighed as he walked into the office. Taking Paul's phone when it was offered to him Sonny's mouth opened, "Oh. He looks, he looks cozy."
"What," Paul ran his hand through his hair, "What should we do?"
"How did you get this," Sonny asked as he didn't recognize the name Kevin at the top of the screen.
"Some of the ball players," Paul rolled his eyes, "They have it in their head to watch out for Will. I guess they're at the same party as him."
"OK," Sonny said looking at Paul oddly. "And what, what would they do about it?"
"Probably go in there and bust it up if I asked," Paul took his phone back and looked at Will's form. "He looks happy," Paul commented.
Sonny, looking over Paul's shoulder, nodded, "He does. He hasn't looked like that in a long time." 'We haven't made him look like that in a long time.'
Paul deliberated for a few moments as he stared at the large grin on Will's face. Sighing loudly Paul sent a reply back to Kevin:
-Make sure nothing happens to him but try to stay out of it
"He said not to go over there and break them up," Kevin explained to his friends with a frown, feeling disappointed.
"What the hell," Chris asked. "Does Paul not see what we're seeing?"
"I'm sure he does," Gray rolled his eyes. "Maybe they're just friends or something."
"That dude keeps moving awfully close for friends," Kevin stated while glaring at the guy.
"Maybe that's what gay dudes do," Chris shrugged, "How do we know?"
"Really dude," Kevin gave him a look before shoving him away. "That's fucked up."
"I really don't know," Chris defended with a laugh.
"Whatever," Gray laughed, "Let's go have some fun and check on him later."
"I'm not an expert," Kyle laughed before taking Will's stick out of his hands, "But I know you're not supposed to completely incinerate it."
"Well I don't know," Will complained, "I've never done this stuff before. And if you'd stop talking to me I would be able to concentrate."
"Oh sure blame me," Kyle grabbed the graham crackers and got the newly toasted marshmallow off the stick. After putting a wedge of chocolate on it he handed it to Will, "For you."
"Thanks," Will said before taking a large bite. 'Oh my god this is so good,' he thought as he moaned around his mouthful.
Kyle shook his head at Will, trying not to get distracted, "That good huh?"
"It's ridiculously good," Will confirmed as he finished the rest of it and licked the dripping chocolate and marshmallow off of his fingers. "What," he asked Kyle as he noticed his staring.
"Oh nothing," Kyle averted his eyes, "I just don't think you even know what you're doing."
Feeling lost Will didn't say anything as he popped his finger out of his mouth. Upon hearing the sound reverberate out of his mouth Will's eyes widened, "Oh. Oh my god, I did not mean that in a sexual way. It was just really good."
'Oh my god I'm an idiot,' Will thought as he looked at his feet, face down and bright red.
"Yeah I figured," Kyle joked, "It really wasn't any worse than you telling me about your trip to the bathroom at The Spot. It's not like I work there and have to go in there or anything."
"I did not tell you that," Will insisted as he moved away from Kyle. "Oh god I'm gonna die of humiliation," Will said before putting his head in his hands.
"It's not the worst thing that's happened in that bathroom I'm sure," Kyle tried to comfort Will. "I shouldn't have brought that up. You clearly didn't know what you were doing right now. I was just teasing anyway."
"I really didn't," Will whispered. When he was certain his face was back to a normal color he lifted his hands and looked around the beach. Spotting three familiar looking baseball players Will paused for a moment.
'Did Paul send them to spy on me,' Will wondered as his mouth slowly opened in shock. Ripping his phone out of his pocket Will was ready to send Paul a scathing message when he saw he already had a message from him:
-Guys from team are at your party. I didn't send them, promise. I just want you to have a nice time. I trust you.
Will pursed his lips as he read the message over and over. He didn't want to admit it but he was actually touched by the text. 'Isn't that what I want? For them to trust me? To be around other people and not have to watch how I act or what I do.'
Will had done a wonderful job of not thinking about Paul or Sonny during the party but now he couldn't stop. 'Would I have as much fun if I was with them? Would we sit on this log? Would they hold me close? Would they kiss me in front of everyone?'
'Ugh stupid Paul,' Will thought as he put his phone away, 'Now all I can think about is how much I wish they were here.'
"You OK," Kyle asked as he handed Will another s'more.
"Yeah," Will told him, sighing a little bit, "Just confused."
"What do you think he's doing," Sonny asked nervously. All he could think about was his dream. 'That stupid, stupid dream.'
"He's probably just talking," Paul tried to reassure Sonny, giving him a small smile. "He had a blanket wrapped around him. He's probably cold."
"Yeah," Sonny nodded, "That's, that's it. We told him to try to make new friends so maybe he is."
"I just," Paul nibbled his bottom lip slowly, "He wouldn't use this break to get over us right? Because we've been trying to show him that we're sorry and he can trust us."
"He said he loved us," Sonny remembered, clinging to that thought, "He wouldn't just get over that in a few days."
"Neil was in love with Will when he started seeing Brian," Paul remembered, wrapping his arms around his waist.
"No," Sonny shook his head, "That's not. Will's not going to do that. He wouldn't do that."
"What if he doesn't want us anymore," Paul whispered. He had been thinking about it late at night when he couldn't sleep. "What if he decides we've hurt him too much? What if he decides we're the ones that aren't worth it anymore?"
"He's," Sonny weakly attempted to say, "He loves us. He loves us and we're going to do everything we can. He loves us." 'He loves us; he loves us.'
Will handed Kyle over his blanket as he helped him put everything away in his car. Will put his hands in the pockets of his jacket feeling how cold it was again without the blanket wrapped around him.
"I think that's it," Kyle said as he closed the trunk with a loud snap. Leaning against the car Kyle looked over Will's face, "Um, I had a lot of fun tonight."
"I did too," Will nodded and smiled, "Thanks for the hot cocoa and s'mores. Not to mention the blanket. I probably would have turned into an icicle without you."
"Well I'm glad I saved you," Kyle grinned. Seeing that Will's friends were preoccupied talking to some people Kyle stepped closer to Will.
Will was looking over at Brian and Neil and waved to a few of the guys he met earlier in the night. Turning back around, suddenly finding himself face-to-face with Kyle Will sucked in a deep breath. 'Oh god, oh god.'
"So, I know you said everything was complicated," Kyle said as he slowly lifted his hand to cup Will's jaw, using his thumb to clean away a bit of chocolate left on the corner of Will's lips, "But I really like you and I kind of don't care right now."
Will didn't know what to do. He knew he loved Sonny and Paul but everything was so chaotic. 'And Kyle is nice. He doesn't treat me like I'm broken or useless. He doesn't know any of the bad things that have happened to me.'
Kyle licked his lips before angling his head slightly and closing his eyes.
Will closed his eyes before opening them again and putting his hand over Kyle's. "I-I'm sorry I just can't," Will whispered as he took a step away.
"Right," Kyle rubbed his lips together. "I don't know why I'm so disappointed," he laughed even though he didn't find it funny.
Will hated seeing him look so upset. "It's just, um, I still-"
"I get it," Kyle cut Will off. "You don't have to explain you did that the other night. Um, to save myself some dignity though, if you weren't spoken for would I have had a chance?"
Will blinked at Kyle for a few moments before nodding, "Yeah I think so."
"Well at least there's that," Kyle put his hands in his pockets and shrugged. "It's nice knowing I'm not a total loser."
"You're not," Will smiled and wrinkled his nose. "I really am sorry though if I lead you on. I didn't really intend to."
"It's not your fault," Kyle said before shaking his head, "Well I guess technically it is."
"Hey," Will huffed out.
"I'm sorry Mr. I'm-going-to-suck-my-fingers-in-my-mouth," Kyle pointed out with a smile.
"Oh sure blame me for giving me melted chocolate," Will shook his head. "I'm still sorry though."
"I think I'll recover," Kyle promised Will. "I work at a gay bar. Someone will capture my attention again."
"Now you're making me feel easily replaceable," Will rolled his eyes.
"Blondie, if you're done flirting we'd like to get a move on it," Brian called as he approached holding Neil's hand.
"I'm done," Will mock sighed. Looking at Kyle Will smiled, "Um thanks for tonight."
"It was my pleasure. You just make sure to let me know if you're ever finished with the complicated," Kyle lifted his eyebrows up and down several times to make Will laugh before walking over to the driver's side and opening his door.
"You two were looking pretty cozy all night," Neil teased as Will climbed into the back seat.
"I know," Will commented as he buckled up. "I really didn't come out tonight looking for that."
"Oh we know," Brian informed Will as he looked out the review mirror and backed out. "So did you kiss him," Brian asked quickly.
"No," Will said in a quiet voice. "I could have but I didn't."
"Why not," Neil wondered. "I mean did you want to?"
"I don't know," Will thought about it. "Maybe if I wasn't all hung up on Sonny and Paul I would have but I am. All I could think about while he was coming at me was Sonny and Paul. How they would feel if I kissed him. How I would feel if I kissed him."
"Ah yes," Brian nodded sagely as he switched lanes, "The two who can't figure out if they want to parent you or put you on a leash."
Making a face Will flicked the back of Brian's ear, "Stop that. They've actually been trying this week."
"Right," Neil rolled his eyes, "And what are they going to say when you tell them you spent the night letting another guy hand feed you desserts?"
"For your information," Will smiled haughtily. "They said they trust me."
"Well just wait until we get you home and they're waiting on the front drive with pitch forks," Brian snorted, "We'll see how much they trust you then."
"I told them I was going out with you two and they didn't care," Will shrugged. "I don't know," Will admitted, "I think maybe they actually listened when I said what I wanted."
Neil wanted to say something rude about Sonny and Paul. Something about how they shouldn't need Will to tell them how to treat him like a person and not a child. But Neil didn't. Turning his head in his seat he saw the contemplative look on Will's face. 'He's really thinking everything over isn't he?'
"You really think things are going to be different this time around," Neil questioned Will.
Will licked over his teeth and nodded playing with his bracelet. "Yeah, yeah I think so," Will smiled a bit. "I hope so."
"And this is a real thing right? Not something you made up in your head because they bought you a present," Brian demanded, "Because I don't want to see them treating you like crap."
"They aren't going to," Will said, "I'm not going to let them. Besides I have two more days before I decide anything."
Neil reached over and held Brian's hand over the stick shift. 'I wonder if Bri and I should go talk to them. Actually talk this time. Just to make sure that they're serious.'
"Wait what's happening," Paul said into the phone trying to talk over the group of guys talking to him all at once.
"Shut up," Kevin said to his friends, pushing them out of the way. "Dude, I am telling you this douche is going to pull something on him."
"What's going on," Sonny demanded, ripping Paul's phone from him and putting it on speaker. "What's Will doing?"
"They're walking to the parking lot," Kevin described as he followed behind, sand flying everywhere with how quickly he was moving. "They're putting stuff in the back. And, yes, oh my god I knew it," Kevin yelled.
"Knew what," Paul flapped his hands a bit uselessly. "Kevin!"
"He's holding Will's face," Kevin whispered lowly.
"Oh my god," Sonny mumbled sitting down on the couch. "Oh my god it's just like my nightmare. Oh my god. Oh my god."
Paul sat down next to Sonny and grabbed his knee, "What's happening, Kevin?"
"Oh, oh damn," Kevin laughed, "Your boy pushed him away."
Paul, head in his hands, immediately sat up straight, "What!?"
"Yeah," Kevin felt enormously relieved for some reason. 'Geez you'd think I was the one dating Will.' "Will's friends are coming over and they're all leaving," Kevin explained happily reaching over and shaking hands with his friends.
Paul let out a relieved breath of air and rubbed his hands over his face, "Whew," he chuckled. "Thanks Kevin for watching out for him."
"No problem man," Kevin said, 'Oh my god we totally saved Paul Narita's boyfriend.'
"I'm gonna let you go," Paul smiled, "And I won't even mention to Jesse tomorrow that you three were out partying tonight."
"Uh yeah," Kevin replied, smiling dropping, "Thanks got to go." 'Fuck, I forgot he's supposed to be our coach too.'
Paul hung up his phone and sat back and relaxed exhaling loudly. "Holy fuck," Paul laughed before reaching over and pulling Sonny against him. "I know we said we trusted him but god I was so scared for a second there."
Sonny buried his face in Paul's chest practically shaking.
"Wow," Paul said when he noticed Sonny's trembling, "Hey, it's OK. Nothing happened. He proved that we should trust him. Everything's fine."
"It was just like my stupid dream," Sonny confessed while sniffling.
"What dream," Paul questioned, putting his hand on the back of Sonny's head. "What, hey, don't cry. Shh, hey just tell me about this dream."
Sonny pulled away from Paul and sat up a bit, wiping at his eyes, "I just, all week I've had this stupid dream and I hate it."
"What's it about," Paul brushed away a stray tear sliding down Sonny's face.
"Will, Will tells us," Sonny tried to explain but he couldn't. He knew it was a stupid dream that wasn't realistic. He knew none of the things in the dream could happen but that wasn't why he was so upset over it. It was because the basis behind it was real. 'Will really could decide that he doesn't want just us. He could decide we're not worth forgiving and try to move on.'
"Will what," Paul shook his head, "I don't know what you mean."
"Will decides he doesn't want to be with us anymore," Sonny began, "And he starts dating everyone and you decide you just want him and I have to watch everyone kiss him and touch him and I hate it."
Paul pulled Sonny back in for a hug, "Hey now. You know that would never happen. Will loves us. Everything's going to work out. And I'm not leaving either. Will and I aren't leaving you."
"But I," Sonny shook his head, "What I did was awful. What if the two of you decide you don't want me anymore?"
"Trust me," Paul grabbed Sonny's cheeks, firmly lifting his head so he would look Paul in the eyes. "Will and I are both ridiculously crazy about you. I know that eventually we will work everything out."
"OK," Sonny nodded slightly in Paul's hands. "I believe you," and he did. With the way Paul was talking and looking at him he would believe anything he said.
Paul kissed Sonny gently on the lips. Smiling when he felt Sonny wrap his arms around him and peck his lips a few times. Pulling away Paul leaned his forehead against Sonny's, "We're gonna win Will back and everything is going to be perfect."
"Even if we have to wait forever," Sonny nodded with a smile.
Author's note:
I think Sonny and Paul are on the right track now. What else would you like to see them do?
Please review and let me know what you thought.
Thanks for reading!
Up next: Paul and Sonny keep working on making things right. EJ learns how Stefano intended to train Will. Sami encounters Tori and Will once again finds himself in the spotlight.