Status: Completed. This is the sequel of The First Cut is the Deepest, so if you haven't read that story, you should read that story first then come back here for this story. =) Third and final installment is already up.

Here We Go Again

Chapter 3

The time that I stayed with my family seemed to end too soon. My family absolutely loved Will and we spent a lot of our time with them. Eric had especially grown fond of Will, because then, he could have a guy to play video games with and such. Because we all knew I was pretty bad at video games.

By the time we both knew it, Will and I were about to head back over to England three weeks before school started to settle back in. Of course, Eric didn't like the idea of me leaving so soon, but he handled it pretty well, to be honest. He only cried once.

The flight back to England was a long one, but it was fun seeing as how I bugged Will for practically the whole flight. He only snapped at me twice. And even though I bugged the hell out of him, he still offered his shoulder for me to lean on to sleep. Of course I took it, because I could.

Then we landed back in England. Chris had picked us up from the airport with Hayley in the front seat. They had gotten pretty close near the end of our junior year and then while Will and I were in California, they had apparently spent nearly every day with each other. Chris told me he was completely over me and he not only liked spending time with Hayley, but he also had started to like her back. Eventually, they finally got together. So I was beyond happy for the both of them.

And as Will and I sat in the backseat of Chris' car and watched him and Hayley hold hands as he drove, I couldn't help but be all giddy inside.

I smacked Will on his arm to get his attention and when I did, I pointed to their connected hands with a huge smile on my face. He rolled his eyes at me as he patted my leg. I playfully shoved at his leg before I faced forward.

"So," I started. "how was your guys' summer?"

"It's been great actually," Hayley replied. "I've been spending almost all of my time with this guy though," she said as she held up their entwined hands.

"And that's a bad thing?" Chris asked with a laugh.

"You know what I mean," she replied.

"I know," he said with a chuckle. I couldn't help but glance over at Will with that same huge smile on my face. "How about you lot? How was your break?"

"Well, you know Will actually spent some time with my family," I replied.

"And?" Chris asked.

"They love him," I said simply. "Especially Eric."

"When are you going to meet Will's family next?" Hayley asked. I glanced uneasily at Will before he replied for me.

"That's a whole other story," Will said with a chuckle.

"Yeah, I'm not mentally prepared to meet his parents yet," I said with a laugh. "Anyway, have you guys seen anyone else from school during your break?"

"We saw Sara and James a few times, but they were always so busy with each other," Chris replied.

"Of course they would be," I said.

"We hung out with Annabella a couple of times," Hayley said. I felt Will tense up at her name, but I didn't really bother.

"Oh, that's cool. Is she doing good?" I asked. I was genuinely asking seeing as how I still thought of her as my friend. After her and Will broke up and I got together with him shortly after, things were a little rocky between all of us. After a while though, we all just got used to each other and let bygones be bygones. I didn't have any hard feelings towards her and I hoped she didn't have any towards me.

"From what I could tell, she's doing good. She's been busy with things though," Chris said.

"What things?" Will asked.

"I don't know. She didn't specify," Chris replied. Will nodded and eventually the subject of Annabella was dropped as we drifted onto other subjects.

After a while of driving, we finally arrived at the school. As we pulled up by those big black gates, I couldn't stop the smile that crossed my face. Other than the hard times that I had here with Will, this school was actually pretty great. The teachers and students were all really friendly and helpful and this school had a really high college acceptance rating. Not only did I like learning here, I felt it was better for my mental health here than it ever was back in California.

"We're here," Chris said as he drove into the parking structure. He pulled into a parking space and we all got out of the car. Chris and Hayley helped us with our bags and we made our way to our room.

Everyone in our dorm building had the same room and roommates unless we otherwise requested to change, but none of us did. Hayley though had to move into a different room with a different roommate because some new students had moved into her dorm building.

Will and I held hands as we got to the elevator and continued holding hands until we reached our room. We had stopped by the front desk before we got to our dorm building to pick up our key cards and Will reached into his pocket to grab his. He unlocked the door and we all walked into the room and set down our luggage near the door.

I walked towards the kitchen and opened the fridge. "Do you guys want something to drink?" I asked them.

"I'm fine, thank you," Hayley said.

"I could go for a water," Chris said.

"Got it," I said as I grabbed a water bottle from the fridge. "How about you, babe?" I asked Will. He shook his head as he walked into the kitchen as well.

"I'll make myself some tea," he replied.

"You're so English," I muttered to myself with an eye roll. Will didn't say anything to that and started to put a kettle of water on the stove. I grabbed another water bottle for myself before I closed the fridge door. Once again, I was so happy that the school supplied the fridge and cabinets with food essentials before school started. "Catch," I said as I turned to Chris. I tossed one of the water bottles towards him and he easily caught it. I opened my own water bottle and started drinking from it.

"What do you guys want to do now?" Chris asked after he stopped drinking from his water bottle.

"Well, I'm gonna stop by the PJY room right now and see if anyone is there yet. Does anyone want to come with me?" I asked.

"I'll go with you," Will said.

"I actually still have to settle into my own room," Hayley said.

"I'll just help her out instead then," Chris said. "See you lot later?"

"Yup," I replied. Chris and Hayley left the room leaving Will and I alone. Will finished making his tea and was drinking it right now.

"After I finish my tea, do you want to head over there?" he asked me.

"Sure," I replied. "I don't want to unpack yet." I let Will finish his tea before I grabbed my own key card and cellphone and made our way to the PJY room.

When Will and I got to the PJY room, we were surprised to find not only Annabella's roommate Travis, but Annabella herself in there.

"Hi, guys," I said with a wave.

"Hi," Travis said quietly as he stood up from his seat.

"Oh hey," Annabella said as she stood up straight from the desk in front of Travis that she was leaning on. "You lot are back already?"

"We just flew in," Will replied as he let go of my hand that he was holding before we entered the room.

"Did you guys have a good flight?" she asked.

"Yeah, it was good," I replied. "What brings you to the PJY room?" I asked Annabella.

"Oh, I was just talking to Travis about our room. You know, roommate business," she said with a wave of her hand. "Right, Travis?" she asked as she turned to him.

"Uh, yeah," he replied. "Roommate business," he repeated absentmindedly.

"Oh okay. That's cool," I said. "Anyway, I just came by to see if anyone from the club was here yet. I see you're already here, Travis. Do you know if anyone else is back yet?" I asked him.

"I don't know about everyone else, but Marissa is coming back tomorrow," he answered.

"Oh okay. Well, I guess I'll just stop by again later to see her," I said. "And I guess that's it." I turned to Will and grabbed his forearm. "I'm good to go if you are," I said with a smile as I looked up at him.

"Huh?" he said as he looked down at me. "Oh yeah. I'm good. Let's go," he said.

"It was nice seeing you guys after so long," I said. "I'll see you guys later, yeah?"

"Yeah," Annabella replied. "It was good seeing you two as well."

"See you later," Will said and Travis nodded at us. I waved at them before we both left the room.

As we both walked back to our room, I looked up at Will. "You good?" I asked him.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm good," he replied as he avoided my eyes.

"Are you sure?" I asked as I stopped walking. "You seem kind of out of since we left the PJY room. Was it because you saw Annabella?" It wasn't that I was mad at him or anything, but I was genuinely concerned. Will stopped walking and turned towards me.

"I'm sorry," he started. "but it's been awhile since I've last seen her. I was so used to seeing her so often before," he explained.

"I completely understand," I said and I really did. They were together for so long and not seeing her after a while must have been weird for him. I smiled at him and he eventually smiled back at me.

"Anyway, enough of that," he said. "Are you hungry?" he asked.

"Of course I am," I said with a laugh.

"Let's go out and get some food. Airline food isn't that great."

"I thought it wasn't so bad," I said. He looked down at me as if I was crazy. "You just have really rich taste buds." Will rolled his eyes at me before he chuckled.

"Let's go eat already," he said as he led the way to the front of the school to hail a cab.

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As we sat in the cab and went to get food somewhere, I thought about Ann. I mean, what I told Nicole was true. I hadn't seen Ann in so long and I was so used to seeing her a lot, so it felt a little weird seeing her. And even though I felt a little twinge in me after seeing Ann, there was no way I was going to tell Nicole that. It was probably nothing and I didn't want to worry her over nothing. So I just tried to ignore that little twinge and focus on lunch with Nicole.

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After having lunch with Will, we headed back to the school. We both needed to unpack and Will wanted to do that sooner rather than later.

When we got back to our room, the first thing I did was unpack my laptop. I plugged it in to charge while I played some music. While the music was playing, I unpacked the rest of my things. I took many breaks for snacks and I got tired and lazy too many times, so Will finished way faster than I did.

When I finally did finish unpacking, I threw myself onto my bed and laid face down. I glanced over at Will and he was changed into sweatpants and was on his own laptop.

"Wha'cha doing?" I asked as I propped up my elbows and leaned my head on my palms.

"I'm online," he replied quietly as he typed something.

"Doing what?"

"Doing stuff."

"Like what?"

"Stuff."

"Are you watching porn?" I asked him bluntly. He threw an annoyed look my way before he turned back to his laptop.

"How'd you know?" he asked nonchalantly in a flat voice. I rolled my eyes at him and got off my bed and turned off the music on my own laptop. I walked over to his bed and crawled over him to his other side. He had to hold up his laptop so I wouldn't drop or hit it. As I got comfortable on Will's left side, he set his laptop back down onto his bed.

"Seriously though, what are you doing?" I asked him as I leaned my chin on his shoulder and looked at him.

"I'm looking for your birthday present," he said.

"Really?" I asked excitedly as I lifted my head.

"No," he said with a scoff. I sneered at him as he closed the only internet tab he had up.

"Anyway," I said as I grabbed his laptop and put it on my lap. "Let's take pictures."

"Why?"

"Because wouldn't you want tons of pictures of this beautiful face?" I asked as I framed my face with my hands. He scrunched his nose up at me, but opened the camera anyway.

We spent a good fifteen minutes taking pictures with each other. Most of the photos, I was pulling a funny face while Will looked at me as if I was crazy.

"Can't you just look normal?" he asked me.

"I am looking normal!" I retorted.

"No, you're not! Stop pulling ugly faces!"

"That's just my face!"

"Just smile!"

"No!" I replied with a pout.

"Smile!" he said again. I shook my head and before I could say no again, Will tackled me down to his bed and started tickling me. "Smile!" he said again as he continued to tickle me.

"Never!" I said with a laugh.

"You're smiling now," he said with a laugh.

"No, I'm not!" I said as I tried to wiggle out of his grip. Before I almost peed my pants, he stopped tickling me and laid on top of me.

"Yeah, you are," he said with a smile on his own face. I couldn't help but smile back at him. The next thing I knew, he was kissing me and I was kissing him back.

And before I could comprehend it, Will had unbuttoned all the buttons of my shirt and was now working on the button of my jeans.

"Whoa, buddy," I said as I stopped his hand from going down any further. "Let's slow it down, yeah?" I asked.

"Right. Sorry," he said as he moved his hand. "I just can't help myself sometimes," he said as he rubbed the back of his neck. I noticed a faint blush on his cheeks and I smiled at that.

"It's okay, but let's just slow it down a bit," I said as I touched his shoulder. He nodded and I leaned up to kiss him again.

He was tentative at first and then eventually began kissing me harder like before I stopped him. Before I had a chance to stop him again, he pulled away from me.

"Sorry..." he mumbled quietly before I could say anything. "I need to slow it down, I know," he said.

"How about we just stick to, I don't know. Cuddling?" I suggested as I buttoned up my shirt.

"That sounds safe," Will said. He got off me and rolled onto my right side and leaned back onto his bed. I waited until he was comfortable before I snuggled into his left side. He wrapped his arm around me and pulled me closer. As we both got comfortable, I looked up at him.

"Good?" I asked him. He nodded and I leaned my head against his chest.

"Yeah, good," he replied as he kissed the top of my head.
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And here's the next chapter.
As a heads up, this coming July is going to be pretty busy for me, because I'm staffing for Anime Expo and then like two or three weeks later, I'm gonna be in San Diego for Comic-Con. So hopefully, I'll be able to post the next chapter before Anime Expo and maybe another chapter again before Comic-Con.
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