It works for them... why not?

I was ready

I was ready

Will paused the video, with a visibly disturbed expression on his face, then stood up.

Mike asks somewhat annoyed - Are you going to the kitchen again? - Will with a "Wendy" smile answers - No, I'm going to the bathroom to make myself vomit -

Joyce a couple of seconds later, whispers confused and dismayed - What? - Will, without losing his smile, gives her her glass and walks to the bathroom.

She, looking at him strangely, smells the glass and with great surprise tastes the last thing that was left there, then she sighs annoyed and resigned when she finally understands what had been happening that night.

Lucas just looked away and hurried to finish his, before he was discovered.

In the bathroom, seen from a third perspective, Will had his head buried in the toilet and could be heard gagging.

He finally raised his head, wiped the corner of his mouth and flushed the toilet, then staggered slightly to the sink (from where the point of view was coming from) and rinsed his mouth with a thimble of toothpaste.

He heard a malicious giggle and raised his head angrily.

Lloyd asked from the reflection, slightly mockingly - Did you not like the drink, Mr. Torrance? I can prepare something else for you if... -

He did not finish his sentence, because at that moment Will created a giant box of cigars in his mind, he opened it and put a spark of his glow inside.

Looking like a moth to a flame, Lloyd walked straight into the box, and with a loud bang, it closed, fastening itself with a golden lock, the box swayed for a few moments, until it remained static and silent.

Will was tired, but he still checked the other boxes, just in case.

The jewelry box belonging to the lady with the honeycomb hair was fine, the wooden box belonging to the man in the dog costume was fine, and the aluminum container belonging to the woman in the shower was fine as well.

He only took a quick glance at the large iron doors, that was enough, the last thing he wanted to hear was her voice right now.

He sat on the floor and put his hands on his face, with a huge desire to just stay there and fall asleep, he knew he couldn't, he had to go back there and make something up... Danny was much better than him at pretending to be calm, but he didn't want to go out anymore, he wished he didn't have to be Will or Danny right now.

He started to feel something new but familiar in his head, like a leaf being torn, but he stopped when he heard someone knocking on the door, Joyce asked from the other side - honey... are you okay? -

He answers - yes, it's okay Joy... Mrs. Bye... mom - then he thought out loud "Will, now you have to be Will" and continued - if you want, come in-

He didn't want her to see him like that, but he didn't want to be left alone with the voices in his head either.

Joyce opened the door and seeing her son sitting on the floor, she sighed and sat down next to him, she said in a tired tone -the funny thing is that I always knew we would have this conversation like this...-

Will looks at her surprised and asks -really?- to which she rolls her eyes and says -well, the magic videos from some cosmic stalker were a surprise...- making her son smile a little and continued -... I thought that one day you would go to some party with your friends and end up here vomiting, I would go in, pretending that you woke me up and that I hadn't waited up for you all night... and that I would pretend to be angry while I held back my laughter-

That caused a small laugh from the teenager, he turned to look at her and then lowered his head in shame not wanting to open his mouth and she asked with a sigh -am I making the "please apologize" face again right?-

He didn't want to look at her, which confirmed it, she said -sorry, but I have no control over that... you'll have to learn to ignore it like all the other teenagers in the world, maybe now that I know, it won't bother you so much-

Will only managed to shrug his shoulders, she continued -are you going to tell me what happened at the children's center?- he felt his whole body shake and answered -nothing like you're imagining, but the other children... some talked about the things that happened to them, about what their parents and adoptive parents did to them-

He saw the pain in Joyce's eyes and before she could start apologizing she clarified - that's why as soon as I saw... the Torrances, Tony told me that I had to go with them, no matter what it takes -

Joyce trying to reason about what happened asks - and what happened with Jonathan? - Will shifted uncomfortably and Joyce clarified - honey, I really need to know that...-

Will looks her in the eyes and says - look, if he doesn't appear here or in his movie, I'll talk to him and we'll see how to tell you, really... I promise-

She sighs tiredly and says -well, I have to be fair... I also prefer the coward's way out and for them to see what happened to me from a screen- Will hesitates but finally asks -was it that bad?-

His mother says -I suppose that if I compare it with what happened to you it's even boring, but... from my perspective it was terrifying and tormenting, I've dedicated a life to trying to forget it, but I'm glad I didn't, I'm glad I went through that-

He asks surprised -Why?- Joyce caresses his head and answers -because thanks to that, when the time came to cross a wound of flesh and blood in the time-space continuum to go for my son... I was ready-

Will hugs her and she accepts him, a moment later she says -ouch, honey not so strong- he separates and murmurs sadly -I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm still not used to it-

She laughs and answers -I understand, one of the disadvantages of puberty is that you can't hug people with all your might anymore... you've grown a lot son, more than I thought-

They hug each other again, a little more controlled and she finally asks -ready?- he nods somewhat doubtfully and helps her get up to return to the living room.

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Well, the truth is that from the beginning I knew that this scene would be dramatic and uncomfortable, but I think I went a little too far, even so, I hope that now you understand why I arranged things the way I did and why I expressed things the way I did, the truth is that this is "THE SCENE" the first one that came to mind for this whole concept, from which all the others branched off, and I really hope that you liked it.

Criticism and comments are welcome.