Will kept working at it, but his phone went off again and once again it was from Ali. What he wanted to tell her was not going to be able to properly tell her in a text so he decided to call her. He picked up the phone, hit talk on his phone with her contact name highlighted and heard the phone start to ring.<br/><br/>(The rest is pulled from IM so that we could move the story forward. GaGa is in red, I am in blue.)<br/><br/><strong> Ali heard her cell phone ring and she answered it without looking to see who it was. "Hello?" She hoped to God that it was Bree, but she wasn't holding her breath for that.<br/><br/> He was glad to hear her voice as she picked up rather quickly. "Ali, I know she is hurting and I know you are hurting too. But, I don't want you to lose her. You two have been friends since you could both crawl more or less. And I am not going to let you lose that because of me. So do whatever you can to convince her that I was to blame. And about work, don't leave. I will get you transferred on Monday if you would like, but don't leave. You are literally days from becoming a full worker." Will explained all of this to her in a even tone. But there was some obvious self-loathing in his voice as well as a big helping of sadness.<br/><br/> She recognized Will's voice and smiled slightly, she shouldn't be this happy to hear his voice but somehow she was. "It's not because of you, though, I figured it was kind of coming for a while. I've always been the one who screwed everything up and Bree was the one who fixed everything. She had to get tired of it, eventually, I don't really blame her. I always mess up everything, I'm just not as strong as she is. I don't think she'd believe me or even care if I did that. I don't wanna do that to you Will and you don't have to transfer me, I'm a big girl and I'm gonna have to suffer for what I did." Ali knew that some of her words were slurred, but she tried to make sure that didn't happen. She heard the self-contempt and sadness in his voice.<br/><br/> He could tell that she was a little bit drunk, just a little. But still there was some alcohol in her system. "You are strong Ali, never doubt yourself like that again. It is just that you show your strength and thus also your weaknesses. Whereas Bree, is safe behind a wall that she has constructed herself." he paused for a moment before he continued. He was thinking about all of the things he knew about the girls. <br/><br/> "If she chose to, Bree could totally ruin my life, I don't think she would, but she's really mad and hurt right now. She said that she hates me, the only people that have ever said that to me are my parents. Oh, Jim's not doing the poker thing tomorrow night."<br/><br/> "She doesn't seem like the type to do anything that rash. And I would take anything she says with a bit of doubt. People say a lot of things when they are hurting. And he isn't, I am assuming both you and Bree canceled then." He took a breath and looked at the presentation that was pretty much finished thanks to his fury. And then he knew the next thing he was going to say was going to be dangerous but he was still going to say it. "Ali, I don't think you should be alone tonight. And I think to be just across the street from her is going to hurt you even more. So, if you want to, I could come pick you up and bring you back here." he cringed as he finished speaking. He knew she could construe it as him wanting sex but that was not the case. He just did not want her to be alone like this.<br/><br/> "I don't know if that's such a good idea, I'm going to hate being alone tonight but Bree thinks that I'm into you now, I mean, don't get me wrong, you're an amazing guy but I'm interested in Jim. I don't think he's into me though." She did want to go to Will's so she wouldn't have to be alone, but that could make things even worse than they are now.<br/><br/> "I figured that you were interested in Jim. And I know that matters to you, but I can't have it on my conscious if you get hurt will you are allowed to dwell alone in your house. For now, I have to take care of you because I screwed up your life." He said in a serious tone. He got up from the desk and grabbed his keys. She could probably hear the keys jingle on his side of the line as he headed across the room to his front door.<br/><br/> She heard his keys jingle and knew he was coming to get her anyways, that made her smile because he was a really sweet guy and she wanted him and Bree to have another chance, she just didn't know if Bree would go for that. "I know you're coming over anyways so I'll be here. Do you mind if I bring my dog with me? She's little and doesn't like staying by herself at night."<br/><br/> He stopped for a moment as he made it to her car and heard her as she told him that she knew he was on his way. It was the keys that had given him away. Will shook his head for a moment as he unlocked his car door and got into it. "Yes, the dog is fine. I don't mind. Though do give me a chance to clean the glass up before you let her in the house. And get some slothes packed up if you don't mind. I will stay on the phone with you if you like." Will said just as he turned the key and started the engine of the car. He put his phone on speaker and put it in its holder. He then headed on his way to her house.<br/><br/>"Okay." She got up and walked inside to get some clothes and stuff packed. Walking over to Cleo, she smiled and put some dog food in a little bag so she'd have some food for the night. She forgot that Will was still on the phone as she walked around getting everything ready. "Come on Cleo, we're not gonna stay at home tonight. Okay, does Mama have everything that you need...oh, how could I forget your little toy. Now, where did it go? Got it, come on Cleo,let's go wait outside." Ali picked her up and grabbed her bag to wait out on her porch for Will.<br/><br/> Will pulled up slowly to her house, with a slight smile on his face as he realized that she had forgotten the phone. He looked out at her and stopped the car. He got out and opened the door for her and her dog. he hoped that Bree was not looking out the window or anything or else he would be in trouble. But as long as he got her in the car and out of here quickly he would be fine. <br/></strong><br/>