23 William Carters Day Off (1/2)

”Knock knock.” Will was woken out of a dreamless sleep to someone at the door. Getting up, he grabbed a pair of jeans and a white t shirt from his dresser. Grabbing his jacket from his usual place on the back of his chair, he opened the door to see Bianca waiting for him.

”Morning bed head,” she said as she giggled at his unmade hair. ”I thought you would sleep all day, it's already noon.” She said as she winked at him ”Breakfast is waiting upstairs for you.” With that, they were off to the dining room.

Will had no choice but to smile at her. Seeing how much she had just been through, it was hard to believe she could be this energetic. After all she had been through the previous night, he thought she might even be a little bit more guarded. Chuckling to himself, Will followed the girl who seemed to be humming the tune to a song he didn't recognize.

Following the hallway back to the staircase, they went up to the second floor. Before they reached a seemingly endless hallway, Will stopped in front of a glass door Seeing Michael at a table drinking coffee.

Will knocked at the door to get his uncle's attention. With a flip of a finger, Helga opened the door to allow the two youths entrance. ”You need a raise,” Will said before heading inside the room.

”Morning you two,” Michael said As he set down his cup. ”You slept well I hope?” a smile playing on his lips.

Will couldn't help but return the smile. ”Its kind of hard not to have a good night's sleep when you almost succeeded in modeling my room after the one in Colorado.” he chuckled as he went to the counter and picked up his favorite breakfast; scrambled eggs and cheese, bacon and toast with a mountain dew.

Michael was taken aback. ”Almost? I had everything sent from your room to your new one what could be different?”

Will rolled his eyes, ”I do know the difference between a pillow top bed and a temprepedic one.” he said as he put his food on the table. Will could tell the difference between the bed he had back at home and the one he had there. True, the pillow top was not as comfortable as the temprepedic, but the familiarity was thrown off by the slight difference. He supposed he shouldn't have been complaining. Will had gotten so used to sleeping on grass, he didn't even know a real bed existed anymore.

”That old bed looked horrible for your back,” his uncle said with a look of indignation. ”If I kept that one, you would be crawling upstairs instead of walking.”

As Michael chuckled at his joke, Will ate his food. To his surprise it tasted exactly the way Jonathan would make it. He thought of the old man and how he must be doing. Will felt like crap for not calling him the moment he could have, but too many things had happened for him to have the time.

”You are not training today by the way, you can thank your girlfriend for that.” his uncle said while watching him eat.

Will looked at Bianca who was nursing a plate of sunny side up eggs. ”I figured we should hit the town, seeing as though it is the Big Apple.” She gave him a sheepish look. ”Its been a while since it was just you and me, so your uncle agreed to postpone your training for the day.”

Will looked at Michael, completely shocked at what he heard. His training had taken priority above all else since the moment he met him. To give him a break was almost too good to be true.

”You haven't been able to spend a single day with your girlfriend in six months, the least I could do is give you a day of uninterrupted time together.” Michael said as he brought his now empty coffee cup to the counter. ”That being said, I have something for you William.”

Michael took out his wallet and presented a card to Will. Taking it from his uncle, Will was surprised to see his name on it. ”There is more money on that card than you can spend in a lifetime,” his uncle said with a wink. ”Spend wisely but have fun.”

With that, Will watched his uncle exit the room, leaving him and Bianca alone. Given the opportunity to be alone with his girlfriend, he didn't know what to do. So many experiences he had been through, so much had happened in the last six months, he just didn't know where to start.

”Your uncle seems like a nice person,” Bianca said, obviously uncomfortable with the silence and tired of playing with her fork.

Will snorted, ”Yeah he's a real saint.” The silence suddenly broke with a giggle coming from his girlfriend.

”Come on Will, it couldn't have been that bad living with Michael.” she said looking at Will questioningly. ”How could it have been with a person living in this place,” she waved her hand around the room.

”You'll find out when you see my training schedule later,” Will said with an inward groan. ”So what do you want to do today?” he said, clearly ready for a change of subject.

”Will we are in the big city!” she exclaimed with big eyes, ”What would I not want to do?!”

Within a few minutes the two found themselves outside the manor. The driver From earlier waiting in a sleek black Mercedes.

Loading themselves in the back of the car, Will instructed him to show them the sights of the city. As the driver took off, Will looked out the window to see Michael waving them off.