"She is out like a light." Will said, closing the nursery door behind him.

"I'm sure, she was pretty tired, but we had a great time tonight." Paul said, when Will dropped down beside him on the couch.

Will swatted his arm, "I think you played harder than she did." He teased.

"I did not." Paul said indignantly. "I was just trying to make sure that she had a good time."

Will nodded. "And you did that for sure. She had a blast chasing you through the ball pit. You two made such a ruckus, I thought they were going to ask us to leave." He laughed.

"Were we really that crazy?" Paul asked, suddenly worried that he had embarrassed Will.

"No." Will denied, "You were fine."

Paul grinned, "Good, cause Arianna already asked to go back again."

"OH NOOO." Will groaned.

Paul reached out and tickled Will's ribs. "You know you had a good time too." He said.

"I had a good time watching you play with my daughter." Will agreed, "She is already head over heels for you. I can't believe you won her over so quickly."

"And what about you?" Paul asked. "Have I won you over?"

"You're definitely getting there…." Will said, "I'm crazy about you."

"Hmmmm." Paul murmured, "That sounds promising."

"It does huh?" Will asked, scooting closer to Paul.

"I think it is pretty close to head over heels." Paul said. "And that isn't too far from love."

Will closed the gap between them, scooting over until his lips were a hairs breath from Paul's. "Umm nope not too far… just a hop, skip, and a jump." He said, pressing their lips together.

Paul put his arm around Will, pulling him closer and Will opened his mouth over Paul's flicking his tongue against Paul's lips. Paul opened to his kiss, giving Will the freedom to explore his mouth.

Will leaned his head back against the back of the couch, placing a hand on each side of Paul's face urging him to follow. His tongue tangled with Paul's, twisting around it, pulling it into his own mouth, sucking on it greedily, his teeth nibbled at Paul's lips, devouring him.

Paul groaned and broke the kiss, breathing heavily. "I have to go." He said, backing away from Will.

"Nooooo." Will groaned, clutching at him. "I don't want you to go." He said, twisting his hands in Paul's shirt, holding him still.

"And I don't want to go." Paul whispered, "But I have to, it's getting late."

"You could stay here tonight." Will said hopefully.

Paul leaned his forehead against Paul's. "Why must you say things like that?" he groaned. "You are way too tempting for your own good."

"Then stay with me." Will said, pressing his lips to the corner of Paul's mouth, then his chin, planting little kisses all around his mouth, running his hands down Paul's chest, coming to rest on his thighs.

"I can't." Paul said. Kissing Will one last time, before he backed away and stood up.

Will looked up at him, his eyes filled with a look that Paul hadn't seen there before. "It's okay, I understand." He said, brushing by Paul to get to the door. He opened it slowly. "Have a good night." He said sadly.

Paul turned and walked to the door. "Wait," he said, "You can't possibly think that I don't want to stay?" he asked.

"It's okay," Will said again. "You don't have to explain anything to me."

"Will!" Paul said, startling him. "That's not the problem at all…. Believe me, . ….." he said pointedly. "I want to take you in to that bedroom and make love to you all night long….I want to worship every inch of this body." He said, trailing his hands down Will's torso... "But I can't."

"Why can't you?" Will said, "That's what I want too, so what's stopping us?"

"When we finally make love, I want to know that I am the only person there, the only person in your mind…. the only one in your heart." Paul said softly, "I'm kind of stingy like that."

"You're the only person here Paul, the only one I will be thinking about, You have filled my life and my mind so full there is no room for anyone else." Will said.

"But what about your heart?" Paul said, "Is there room for anyone else there?"

Will eyed him warily. "I am working on that." He said. "Letting go of the past is easier said than done. Even though it is over and has been for a long time."

"I just need you to be sure of what you want… I don't want you to have any regrets." Paul said. "Good night Will."

"Goodnight." Will whispered.

Paul turned and walked off down the hall.

Will watched his retreating form until he could no longer see him, then he went back into the apartment and closed the door.

Will sat down on the couch and pulled a throw pillow into his arms. He rested his chin on the pillow and closed his eyes thinking about what Paul had said.

Had he been honest? Or Sonny still in his heart? He thought about that for a minute.

He knew that at least part of the love that he felt for Sonny was still embedded deeply in his heart. It would probably always be there, Sonny had been his first love. But was he still IN LOVE with Sonny? He didn't think so, but how could he be one hundred percent sure. He had spent so much of the last two years, well nearly two years, pining over Sonny, hoping that he would just come back to him, give him a second chance. That had been a continuous refrain in his mind even after Sonny had announced that he was marrying Brian. Will had prayed that Sonny would wake up one day and realize that he was making a terrible mistake. But he hadn't. He hadn't looked at Will even once like Will yearned for him to. To Will it seemed as if Sonny had looked through him, past him, not really seeing him at all.

Would he want another chance with Sonny? If fate were to be cruel enough to offer him that, right now, would he take it over what he had with Paul? Paul had given him so much of himself, shown him what it was to have someone totally devoted to him. Paul loved him, he knew all of Will's faults and he loved him anyway…. But Sonny had been the one that had been there for him, supported him when he came out to his family and his friends… He had taught him what it was to love someone….because God knows he had loved Sonny, he had loved him enough to almost give up his child…. That kind of love doesn't just go away…... But then Sonny had left him… had walked away because he had made a mistake….

He didn't know what to think, things were getting confused in his head, making him unsure of what he wanted.

A knock on the door startled him out of his thoughts. He looked at the clock, it was nearing midnight. Maybe Paul changed his mind, he thought as he rushed to open the door.

"Change your mind?" he asked, surprised to see Abigail on the other side. "What are you doing here?" he asked. "Is everything okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine." Abigail said, "But I need to talk to you."

"Yes, of course… come in." he said stepping aside, allowing her into the apartment.

She went to the couch and sat down, while Will went to the kitchen and grabbed them both a bottle of water out of the refrigerator.

He walked back to the couch and sat down, handing her a bottle. "What's going on?" He asked. "You are hardly ever out this late?"

"I just came from the club." She said. "I was with Sonny."

"Oh, everything okay?" he asked.

Abigail shrugged, "Honestly, I don't know." She said, "I am worried about him."

"What's wrong with Sonny?" Will asked her.

"He is going through a hard time." She answered. "Brian left town almost two weeks ago."

"What do you mean… left town?" Will asked. "Did they break up?" he said unable to help himself.

"Not exactly." Abigail said. "But things aren't good between them, and I don't think Sonny knows if Brian will come back or not."

"Wow." Will said, thinking about what that may mean.

"Sonny isn't eating a lot, he looks terrible. He hasn't shaved or anything." She said.

"I saw him tonight." Will said. "At the hospital, he does look like he could be taking better care of himself."

"He told me he saw you at the hospital." Abigail said. "He was upset because Ari didn't want to have anything to do with him."

Will's eyes met hers. "Arianna was tired and grumpy from her nap." He said, "She wouldn't even let you hold her." He defended his daughter.

"I know." Abigail answered. "That's what I told him, but he wasn't hearing it."

"Well that's all it was." Will said, getting frustrated.

"How are things with Paul?" Abigail asked suddenly, changing the subject.

"Good." Will said. "Things are really good."

"Cool." She said. "He seems like a really good guy. "I'm actually kind of surprised that I didn't find him here."

"Umm no." Will said. "He left a little bit ago, going back to the hotel."

"Oh…." She said. "So you two haven't… umm…been together?" she asked, blushing.

Will looked at her strangely, but shook his head no.

"Why not?" She asked, "I mean, he's really hot." She teased.

"We are just taking things slow." Will said. "There's no need to rush into that, we have plenty of time."

"Are you in love with him?" She said, studying his face.

Will thought about that for a minute, "I think I could easily fall in love with him." He said. "But, I'm not there quite yet."

"Why?" Abigail asked. "Are you scared to fall in love again?"

Will laughed, "We have been together a very short time, wouldn't it be weird if I loved him already?" he asked. "Besides, I don't want to make any mistakes that I may regret." He said, echoing Paul's concern.

Abigail nodded. "So there is nothing holding you back, you're just taking your time?" she asked.

"Yeah, I guess." Will said. "What would be holding me back?" he asked.

"I don't know." Abigail said. "I thought maybe there was a chance you were holding on to the past."

"You mean Sonny?" Will asked.

Abigail nodded silently.

"You of all people know how much I loved Sonny, I don't have to tell you how hard getting over him was for me." Will said.

"Are you over him?" She asked.

Will remained silent, mulling over his feelings for a few minutes.

"What difference does that make now? Sonny has his life and I have mine." Will said. "We just weren't meant to be."

"But if you still love Sonny…." She started, and then stopped abruptly, closing her mouth again.

She wasn't sure she wanted to get in the middle of this. She had promised Sonny that she would do this for him, but she really did like and respect Paul. Paul was good to Will, and Will had seemed happier than he had been in a long time. Sometimes she hated being a mutual cousin to both of them. She didn't know what the right thing to do here was. But she didn't want Will to find out five years from now that she knew that Sonny still loved him and she never said anything…

"It doesn't matter," Will said. "Even if I did still love him… he is with Brian, he knew that I loved him for a long time and he ignored me. He knew it would break my heart when he accepted Brian's proposal but he did it anyway. He is over me, and that's all that matters."

"Will….." She said. "Sonny loves you. He told me so, tonight."

Will looked at her. "What?" he asked dumfounded.

"He still loves you, he never stopped." She said. "He knows that now."

"Because Brian is gone…. All the sudden he loves me again?" Will said.

"No." Abigail said. "He loved you all along, he was just too stubborn to admit it."

"So, why now then?" Will said. "That doesn't make sense."

"He sees now that he is losing you." Abigail said. "I know this is crappy timing Will, but if there is even a remote chance that you two can make it…"

"So…. Someone else has to want me, before he decides that he loves me?" Will asked. "What happens when that threat is gone? Is he just going to toss me back to the curb?" he was getting angry, but he really didn't understand why.

"Will…." Abigail said. "I don't know what is going on in Sonny's mind. I only know what he told me, and that is he still loves you. He always did. And he wants you back."

"I can't do this again." Will said. "I thought I was going to die, the first time. I don't want to go back through that again."

"But if you still love him….. isn't it worth the risk?" She asked. "Please just talk to him." She said, Handing him her phone with Sonny's picture on the front. All he had to do was press the send button and it would dial the number for him.

Will looked at him and then took the phone . He pressed the send button and put the phone up to his ear before he could change his mind. He listened as the phone rang a couple of times and then Sonny's voice came on the line.

"Hello…." He said.

"Sonny." Will said, "It's Will." He continued unnecessarily.

"Hey!" Sonny said, hope blooming in his voice.

"Hey," Will answered. "Sorry to call so late but I think we need to talk." He said.

"Okay." Sonny said. "Now?"

"No…" Will said. "I was thinking we could meet tomorrow."

"Sure." Sonny said. "Why don't you come over to the apartment about noon?"

"Sounds good." Will said. "See you then."

He disconnected the call and handed Abigail her phone back, "So since you are pushing me toward Sonny, I take it that you don't like Paul." He said.

"Actually, I like Paul a lot." She said. "I just don't want you to go through life wondering what if…."

"Ahhh." Will said.

"I gotta go, it's after One AM and you need to get some rest." She said. "Do you want me to take Arianna tomorrow?"

"No, Paul is taking her out for a lunch play date. He just doesn't know it yet." Will said laughing.

"Okay then Night Will." She said getting up going to the door.

"Night… and thanks for everything, I know you are just trying to help." Will said.

She waved and closed the door behind her.

Will pushed himself up off the couch, locked the door, checked on Ari, and then went into the bedroom and numbly going through his nightly routine, thinking about Sonny all the while.

Soon he climbed beneath the covers and turned his thoughts to Paul. Wondering what he was going to do…