This is an AU fic. Everything has happened up to Cinderella Story and some more stuff. This fic has a tinsy bit of DJ in it but it is NOT and I repeat NOT a DJ fic. So if you like DJ together then you should avoid this because this is NOT a DJ fanfic. Anyway…I had this idea in my head for a while and I just really wanted to write a story on it and I thought Dawson's creek was best for it. So on to the story…

"What the hell were you thinking?" Joey screamed, pushing Pacey away.

"What?" Pacey asked a little confused.

"You kissed me! Are you insane?" Joey said pushing him again.

Pacey moved back and put up his arms in defense. "After you kissed me!"

"That was two months ago! Also, I had a horrible day with Aj and I wasn't thinking AT ALL when I did that, plus, I was drunk. But you, you're sober right now and conscious of what you just did."

"Well sorry for payin' back the favor, Potter."

"You should be! Tell me, what ran through your head as you kissed me, huh?"

"Nothing obviously. It was just a kiss Joey."

Joey got closer. "Not between us Pacey. Do you remember Dawson? Yeah, he's my boyfriend and your best friend. What do you think will happen when he finds out?"

"He won't find out Joey. I have no plans to tell him and I hope you don't either…"

"Of course not! He doesn't need to know about your, your horniness."

"Horniness? Jo, if I was horny I wouldn't grab you, I'd grab a playboy. Now can we please just pretend like this never happened?"

Joey pointed a finger at him, "Pacey, If you ever…"

"I won't try it again! I promise. Besides, I'm leaving tomorrow for the summer, remember?"

Joey took a deep breath and chuckled. "Now whenever I come on Dawson's dock I'll remember your sorry ass."

Pacey smiled his cocky grin. "My ass is anything but sorry. Many women stare at my ass Potter so don't dis it."

Joey rolled her eyes. "I'm sorry if I offended you, Mr. Ass. Pacey, can we please get back to the wedding? I want to dance," Joey said taking hold of his wrist and dragging him back to the house.

That was the last time Pacey and Joey had seen each other. The next day, Pacey left for the keys on his boat for the whole summer. Joey wanted to go see him off but she had work that day and there was no way for her to get off.

Joey sat in front of her house with her can of cherry coke. The can was held up to her ear so she could hear the cracking from the cherry pop rocks she threw in the can.

"I knew you would like pop rocks in a can of pop," Pacey said as he rounded the corner of her house.

Joey stood up and smiled then hugged Pacey. "Well if it isn't Mr. Seven seas himself. Nice of you to grace me with your presence."

"I thought I should, you being my home keeper and all."

"Home keeper? Did Doug throw you out while you were gone?"

"That would be a Yes. Seems that deputy dork has a new lover and wants to be alone."

"Doug? A lover?" Joey asked raising an eyebrow.

Pacey shook his head in agreement. "I know. The weirdest part is that it's a girl."

Joey put her hands on her hips. "Is this your way of asking to live here at the B&B?"

Pacey pouted his lips. "Maybe."

At that moment, Alex and Bessie ran out of the house.

"Pacey!" Alex yelped gleefully as he jumped on him.

Pacey bent down and picked up the smiling toddler. "Is this Alex? You're so big. How old are you?"

Alex held up two fingers. "This many!" he said smirking.

Pacey couldn't help but smile back. "You're so old! I guess its big boy Alex now."

Bessie walked up to Pacey and gave him a hug. "How've you been Pacey?" Bessie said ending the embrace.

"I've been good Bess. The keys were so beautiful. I had to work a little because I ran out of money," Pacey said with a chuckle.

"I can tell," Bessie said scanning him over. "You look buff; also, you have a nice tan."

Joey cleared her throat and all three looked at her. "Sorry to interrupt the bonding here but um, dinner is going to get cold."

"Oh that's right," Bessie said taking Alex. "You are staying for dinner, right Pacey?"

Pacey followed Bessie into the house. "Actually Bessie, I need to ask you a question?"

"About what?"

"Living arrangements."

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"So I practically have to be the personal slave around here?" Pacey said leaning his chair back.

"Pretty much yeah," the Potter girls said in unison.

"…It's manageable I guess," he said right before the door opened.

Dawson Leery walked into the room and squeezed Joey's shoulder. "Hi Joey."

Joey lifted up a corner of her mouth slightly. "Hi," was all she said.

Dawson sat down and looked at Pacey. "You're back already?"

"Yup, came in this afternoon. I would have come and said hello D, but the Potters' three kept me here all day."

"Oh," Dawson said shortly before turning back to Joey. "Do you want to watch a movie tonight, Joey?"

Joey stood up and picked up some dishes. "I don't know if I'm doing anything tonight Dawson," she said before walking into the kitchen.

Pacey stood up and picked up the remaining dishes and followed Joey into the kitchen. She was washing at the sink and Pacey walked up to her.

"You okay Jo?" Pacey asked placing down the dishes.

Joey shook her head. "I'm fine…really," she said still focused on the dishes.

"You sure?"

"Yeah, just getting ready for another fun filled night of old crappy movie watching," she said scrubbing at a dish.

Pacey picked up on her sarcasm and smiled before sighing. "Aw shucks, I was hoping we could do something tonight. You know, party one last time before summer is over and we start school on Monday."

Joey rolled her eyes. "Pace, you tend to party with sex and alcohol. I think I'll pass."

Pacey shrugged his shoulders. "Fine, tell me how Jaws is, Okay?" he said before walking away.

"Pacey wait…"

Pacey turned around to grin at the brunette. "Yes?" he said innocently.

Joey wiped her hands with the towel. "No sex."

Pacey raised an eyebrow. "But alcohol?"

Joey smirked. "Gotta have fun sometimes. You bring the booze, I'll bring myself."

"Hey wait a sec…that's not an even trade. You are free to bring but I have to 'find some alcohol that fell off a truck.' That's not cheap you know."

Joey walked up to Pacey and placed the towel on his shoulder. "I have to tell Dawson that I have plans with another guy and Pace, this is me we're talking about, and you know I'm a pretty cheap drunk."

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"…And I swore I would never talk to you again but I did, didn't I Pacey?" Joey slurred her words as she clung onto Pacey and her bottle of strawberry vodka at the same time.

"Yes you did," Pacey said with a slight slur as he clung onto the upper part of her thighs as he carried her on his back.

"You are so strong. You can put me down now," Joey said letting go.

Pacey let go of Joey and she dropped to the floor. Pacey kneeled down next to her to see if she was alright but Joey started laughing. "I guess I fell," Joey slurred between laughs.

Pacey started laughing too. "I dropped you."

Joey sat up and pushed against Pacey's chest so he lay down next to her in the grass.

"I like this strawberry vodka. It tastes…fruity," she said taking another gulp.

Pacey grabbed the bottle and took a gulp himself. "It tastes more like strawberries."

Joey started chuckling again. "Strawberries are a fruit, Witter!"

Pacey joined in and the two were laughing up a storm on the lawn of Joey's house. Once the laughing died down, Joey let out a sigh.

"I haven't had this much fun in a long time," Joey said.

"Really?" he said taking another drink and passing the almost empty bottle back to Joey.

Joey took in another gulp. "Yeah, Dawson never wants to do things like this…ever. All he wants to do is watch stupid movies with me. Even Bethany gets to go out with him at night at least."

"Who's Bethany?" Pacey asked remembering of his three month absence.

Joey moved her arms in a drunk like way. "Oh, she's just Dawson's other girlfriend I guess."

At that, Pacey spit out his drink. "What? Jo, Dawson's cheating on you?"

"Eh…yeah. Bethany moved in about two weeks after you left. It was about a month ago when I caught them."

"What were they doing?"

"Dawson was banging her," Joey said casually.

"Dawson? Mr. Forever virgin was having sex with some girl?"

"Yeah, he always had a thing for blondes so…It's really not that big of a deal."

"Yes it is. Joey, he's cheating on you…Please tell me you two never…" Pacey said making hand motions.

Joey shook her head furiously and laughed. "Never, not even close. I barely kiss him anymore. I just…there's nothing there. I never felt anything when we kissed. What Dawson and I had was safe and that was it. You know, I think that's why I started dating him again. I wanted to take the easy way out. I mean, if I did what I wanted I would be dating you now."

Pacey felt a slight headache so he rubbed his head. "Me? Why would you want me?"

Joey rolled over so she was on top of Pacey. "Many a things Pace. As much as I don't want to inflate your enormous ego anymore, well, I'm drunk so…You know you're hot Pacey. You're like the American badass and who wouldn't want you. Besides, you are a great kisser. My knees went weak every time we kissed. I still get butterflies from just being near you. What about you Witter? Felt any flying friends lately?"

Pacey wrapped his arms around Joey's waist and brought her to eye level.

"I still get nauseous around you Potter."

Joey rolled her eyes. "Great complement there Pace."

Pacey wiped away her loose hair from her face. "What I meant was…you still give me butterflies whenever I'm around you."

Joey smiled and touched his lips with her fingers. Pacey smiled and kissed her fingertips. "I could kiss you right now," he said.

Joey leaned in. "No one's stopping you."

Pacey gently put his hand into her chestnut hair. "I wish you would," he said before connecting his lips with hers.

Joey put her hands on Pacey's back then rolled over so Pacey was on top. They kissed hungrily at each other, letting their hands roam about the anatomy of the other. Pacey moved his lips down from hers to her neck. His hand that wasn't on her shoulder explored her body, finally resting on her breast. Joey let out a soft moan before opening her eyes and shaking Pacey. After a few seconds he got off of her and Joey got off her back and crawled a few feet to the street before vomiting. After she was done, Joey laid back down and held her head.

"Jo?" Pacey said standing up and walking to her.

Joey shook her head. "I don't feel so good."

Pacey smiled and helped Joey to her feet. He picked her up and carried her into the house. He almost ran into a few walls, since he was starting to become sober as well, but managed to make it into Joey's room without hitting any. Pacey laid Joey down and covered her with a blanket.

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Bessie shook Pacey and then flicked his head. Pacey touched the part of his head that was flicked and turned towards Bessie.

"Good morning to you too," Pacey said looking at Bessie with only one eye.

"I kept shaking you but you didn't respond. Breakfast is ready," Bessie said moving into the kitchen.

Pacey stood up and yawned before walking into the kitchen after Bessie. "Are all the Potter women always so violent?" he said sitting at the table.

"We're only when we need to be." Bessie placed a glass of water and two white pills in front of Pacey. "Take these."

Pacey put the two pills in his mouth. "What are they?" he asked before swallowing.

"Aspirin. I figured you would need them."

Pacey smiled. "Always one step ahead."

Bessie smiled back and looked towards Joey's room. "Where is she?" Bessie said to herself. She took in a deep breath.

"Please Don't…" Pacey started.

"JOEY! TIME FOR BREAKFAST!" Bessie yelled.

Pacey grabbed his head and they heard a loud thud. A few seconds later Joey emerged from her room rubbing her arm. Her hair was messy and she stalked over to the table.

"Bad night?" Bessie said to her sister.

Joey put her hands to her head. "If I ever see alcohol again it will be too soon," Joey said before wiping at her eyes.

Bessie put two aspirins and a glass of water in front of Joey. "That's what you get for drinking a whole bottle of vodka."

"How did you…"

"It was on the lawn when I went to get the paper. I'm not even going to ask about the puke."

"That was Joey," Pacey said before picking at his food Bessie gave him.

Joey looked at Pacey through tired eyes. "Was it? I don't even remember most of the night."

"Really?" Pacey said remembering EVERYTHING from the night before.

Joey raised an eyebrow at him. "Should I? What happened last night that I should be aware of?"

Pacey shook his head and looked back down to his eggs. "Nothing, we just got drunk and had a good time. Or at least it seemed we did."

Joey lifted up her shoulders. "I couldn't tell ya," she said before standing up. "I'm going back to sleep."

Bessie stopped Joey and sat her back down. "I don't think so Missy. Just because you have a hang over, doesn't mean you get to sleep all day. Finish your coffee and then take a nice cold shower. After that I want you and Pacey to go down to the store for me and pick me up a few things. Don't forget, you are babysitting Alex for me while I go see the lawyer about the money from The Icehouse."

Joey rolled her eyes. "Yay," she said sarcastically.

"Aw c'mon Jo, it's not all bad. You get to spend the whole day with me…alone," Pacey said suggestively.

Joey glared at him. "Pace, I might be hung over but I still know where the knives are."

Pacey raised an eyebrow. "Is that a threat?"

Joey smirked. "Only if it needs to be," she said before walking into the bathroom.

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"Toothpaste, milk, deodorant, cheese…" Joey said walking next to Pacey who was looking through the cart.

"Check, check, check and check," Pacey said touching all of the items listed. "Is that all?"

Joey looked down the list. "No, we need tampons."

Pacey put his hands up. "Whoa, I don't touch those."

Joey turned towards Pacey. "You should be use to them, growing up in a house full of girls and all."

"Well, seeing a basket full of bloody ones kind of did the exact opposite."

Joey pushed Pacey forward. "Too bad. I need to pick up some books so YOU get the tampons," Joey said walking away.

Pacey rolled his eyes and started moving forward. He saw a cute redhead and smiled at her. The redhead smiled back. Joey grunted and rolled her eyes.

"Pace…" Joey said from a far away isle. "…Tampons."

The redhead giggled and walked away. Pacey looked at Joey and faked smiled.

"Thanks Jo."

Joey fake smiled back. "Anytime," she said before disappearing into the isle again.

Pacey turned down the isle he needed and lowered his head. Jen and Andie were looking at different products. They saw Pacey and walked up to him and hugged him.

"Long time no see, huh Pacey?" Jen said.

"Three months long."

"How was your trip?" Andie asked.

"It was…nice. I enjoyed getting away but, of course, I missed you two dearly."

"When did you get back in?" Andie said.

"Yesterday. I saw Doug first so I could throw my stuff down before seeing everyone but it turns out Doug got a girlfriend and he kicked me out. So I went over to Joey's to see about a room. I'm living there now."

"I don't want to be rude Pacey but um, what are you doing in the feminine hygiene section?" Jen asked with a giggle.

"I never said living there was free. Bessie sent me and Joey on a shopping trip and lucky me, I got picked to pick up the tampons."

They giggled for a while then made plans to go out that night and said goodbye before parting ways. Pacey walked down to the book isle and saw Joey standing there, wiping at her eyes.

Pacey put the cart to the side and walked over to her. "Are you okay Joey?"

Joey wiped away the rest of her tears and slightly smiled. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" Pacey asked concern.

Joey shook her head and gained back her composure. "Umm Hmm. We should go uh, check out so Bessie can go," Joey said walking past Pacey.

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Pacey leaned against the doorframe that led into Joey's room. He looked at the closed door then to the little boy wrapped in a Barney towel staring at him. Pacey smiled then knocked on the door.

"Joey, there's two eager boys waiting to play in the sprinkler," Pacey said into the door.

"I'm almost done," Joey responded.

"Oh, before I forget, I made plans to go out with Jen and Andie tonight."

"You mean I have to spend a whole night without you?" Joey mocked.

Pacey smirked. "Nope. You're coming with us at eight."

Joey opened her door quickly and looked at Pacey. "Thanks for not telling me…" Joey noticed Pacey's mouth fall. "What?" she said putting a hand on her hip.

"Nothing," Pacey said with a crackly voice. He cleared his throat. "Uh, nothing. You ready to go play?"

Joey rolled her eyes. "I can't believe I'm going to play in the sprinkler with you and my two year old nephew."

"I'm enjoying myself. I get to see you in a bikini and well, the view is nice," Pacey said with a cocky smirk.

Joey gave a glare to Pacey and roughly handed him his towel. "I know where you sleep Pacey. If I were you I wouldn't start with me because if you do, I swear I'll make sure that Pacey Jr. never comes out to play again," she said before giving a smug smirk and walking outside with Alex.

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The three played for two hours until Bessie got home. Bessie took Alex inside and dried him off before going to dinner and to see Bodie. Joey lay down in the grass while Pacey put everything away. Pacey finished and lay down next to her. They looked up into the slowly darkening sky.

"You know, I always wanted to touch a cloud," Joey said still looking up.

Pacey didn't move his eyes either but put his arms behind his head. "Really?"

Joey shook her head. "Umm hmm. You know how smooth water feels when you barely glide your finger tips across it? That's how I thought clouds would feel. Before my Mom died, we would sit outside and say what the clouds looked like."

Joey grew silent. Pacey grabbed her hand and rubbed it. He pointed to a cloud.

"That one looks like a fish on a bike."

Joey started laughing. She shook her head. "It looks more like a dragon."

"You're delusional, Potter," Pacey said before they started laughing.

After a while Joey stopped. "Pace," she whispered.

"Yeah?" Pacey said still not looking at her.

"P Pacey. There's a bug in my hair!" Joey softly screeched.

Pacey sat up and looked at her. He moved so he could see her face. There was a ladybug on her chestnut locks. Pacey smiled and picked up the bug. He flicked it and smirked at Joey. "They're all gone."

Joey smiled at Pacey but her smile quickly faded. "Oh god," Joey said before getting up and heading into the house.

Pacey followed Joey into the house. "Is there something wrong?"

Joey paced back and forth in the living room with a hand over her mouth. "I remember last night."

"Oh," Pacey said.

Joey kept pacing around. "We were supposed to get ice cream but we ended up going to your parent's house and stealing some alcohol. We got strawberry vodka and started drinking it right away. By the end of the night we drank the bottle. The whole bottle. You carried me to the house and then we lay in the grass. I told you about Dawson and Bethany. Then we start talking about how we make each other feel and we kissed. Then you're on top of me and you start kissing my neck before I threw up and you…you felt me up Pacey," Joey said putting her hand to her head.

"You didn't complain," Pacey said quietly.

Joey looked at Pacey and put down her hand. "I know I didn't but…this is wrong."

"Why?"

"Because Pacey, I have a boyfriend."

"So? He's cheating on you Joey. Don't you think you're allowed…"

"NO!" Joey cut off. "I said I wouldn't be like him."

Pacey moved closer to Joey so they were only a few inches apart. "Don't you deserve to enjoy yourself too?"

Joey looked away. "Pacey..."

Pacey gently grabbed her arms. "Remember last night Joey. Remember how good it felt. I know you enjoyed it too so don't say you didn't. Why won't you ever think about yourself?"

Joey shook her head but still looked into his eyes. "Pace, I can't."

Pacey let out a deep breath before letting her go. "Okay. If this is what you want…you know where to find me," he said before walking into the bathroom to change.

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Pacey reclined on his bed/ couch, reading one of those "girly" magazines. He thought it was about time that he read up on Women. He flipped to the page about how to find the right color for the inner aura when he noticed Joey standing next to the other side of the couch. Pacey lowered the magazine so he could see her better.

"Yes?" Pacey asked.

Joey took in a deep breath and fumbled with her still damp hair. "Okay."

Pacey sat up and put down the magazine. "Okay what?"

Joey took a seat next to Pacey but didn't look at him. "I want to do it."

Pacey sat closer and looked at her. "You mean…"

"I want to have the affair," Joey cut in.

"Look at me Jo," Pacey said.

Joey slowly faced him. Pacey held her hand and kissed it.

"It's going to be okay Joey," Pacey said softly rubbing her hand.

Joey felt her skin tingle under his touch. She bit her lip. "I know. For the past hour I was sitting in my room, thinking about all of the reasons why I shouldn't be doing this with you but for some reason I also thought about the reasons why I should. I know it's wrong but I don't care. For the past month I have been numb; completely numb from being happy or sad. Then when you came back I started feeling good again. I saw Bethany and Dawson in the store and it really hit me. Dawson is really cheating on me. I felt like balling but there you were, asking if I was alright and I started feeling better. I like myself around you and I don't want to lose it. I have never been so scared in my life Pacey, but I also have never felt so alive." Joey noticed the seriousness of her tone so she gave a small chuckle. "So, isn't there kissing involved?"

Pacey smirked. "Of course."

Joey rolled her eyes playfully. "Then why aren't you kissing me?"

Pacey started to hover over Joey, who had laid her back against the couch arm. "I was just getting to that," he said before kissing her.

After a few seconds, Joey pulled Pacey off her enough so she could look at his face.

"This isn't a sexual affair, got it?"

Pacey swiped some hair from her face. "Got it," he said before kissing her again.

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Jen, Andie and Dawson all stood in front of the movie place that was on the water. Joey walked up to the three and froze. "Dawson, I didn't think you were going to be here."

Dawson walked to his girlfriend and put his arms around her. "We haven't been together for a while so I thought I would tag along."

"Great," Joey said unheard.

Right as Joey was going to move away, Dawson caught her in a kiss.

Pacey walked up to the group with his candy for the movie and glared at the kissing couple for a second before meeting with Jen and Andie.

"We've been here two minutes and they are already making out," Pacey said with an annoyed tone.

"I'm just surprised that they're kissing," Andie said.

"Why?"

"I haven't seen them do ANYTHING romantic in like a month."

"No, longer than that," Jen chimed in. "I would say they haven't been like that since about the time you left Pacey. Then after that Bethany chick moved in, Dawson and Joey had gotten into so many fights. I don't know why they haven't broken up yet."

"Has it really been that bad?" Pacey asked with concern.

"Yeah," Jen said. "I overheard on of their fights about two months ago. Joey was yelling about Bethany and Dawson was calling Joey names. It lasted a good hour before Joey stormed off. Dawson went somewhere, probably by Bethany's house."

Andie added in, "Ever since I moved here I thought Dawson and Joey were perfect for each other but lately I just want Joey to dump the cheater."

"You know?" Pacey raised an eyebrow.

"Of course I know. Everyone knows except for Joey."

"I wouldn't be so sure," Pacey said under his breath.

Joey and Dawson joined the group with Dawson's arm over Joey's shoulder.

"It's nice to see you two on good terms," Jen said.

Joey smiled slightly before looking at Pacey. He had a hard look on his face. She moved out from Dawson's arm and took her candy from Pacey.

"Let's go watch the movie," Joey said walking to the benches.

Everyone followed her and took a seat. At the end of the movie Dawson's phone started ringing. He answered the phone and quickly got up.

"I have to go. My um, mom, needs me," he said quickly before leaving, not even saying goodbye to Joey.

"I should get going too," Joey said standing up. She hugged the girls and looked at Pacey.

"Are you going to go yet?" Joey asked.

"No," Pacey said walking with her after he said goodbye.

"Where are you going then?"

"Why don't you worry about Dawson," he said walking away.

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"Doug," Pacey yelled going into his brother's house.

"Hello to you too," Doug said coming out of the kitchen.

"You can't just throw me out!"

"I thought you were living at the B&B?"

"I can't sleep on the couch the rest of the year."

"Well I can't help you."

Gretchen walked into the house. "Looks like I came at the right time," she said.

Pacey turned around and looked at his sister. "Gretchen? I thought you were at college?"

"I was," she said. "It's a long story but now I'm living in Capeside. So, you're looking for a place to live?"

"Yes," Pacey said in a question form.

"You could live with me. I just bought this cute beach house and I have an extra bedroom."

Pacey smiled wide. "Really?"

Gretchen smiled back. "Of course. What kind of a sibling would I be to let you live god know where?"

"You'd be Doug," Pacey said looking back at his brother. "I'll move in tomorrow morning."

"Great," Gretchen said.

"Do you think I could spend the night by the house tonight? I don't really feel like seeing the residents of potter B&B right now."

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"Welcome to senior year at Capeside High," Principal Matthews said to the auditorium filled with seniors.

Joey walked into the room with Jack. The most of the auditorium was filled.

"Where do you want to sit?" Joey asked.

Jack looked around and noticed Pacey and Andie. "Let's sit by Pacey and Andie," Jack said leading Joey to the two.

The four greeted and sat down. Joey sat next to Pacey on the end and Jack sat on the other end next to his sister.

"Pacey," Joey said whispering to him but not looking at him.

"Jo," Pacey said back in the same way.

"Bessie told me that you moved out this morning."

"I did."

There was a short silence. "Care to tell me why?" Joey asked.

"Not really, no," Pacey responded.

"Where did you go last night?"

"I spent the night by Gretchen and mine's house, if you must know."

"You have a house with Gretchen?"

"Since last night I do. I had the option of living at the B&B, my boat, or Gretchen's house. I picked the house."

Joey looked at Pacey. "Why won't you tell me why you moved out?"

Pacey looked at Joey. "Jo, can we please get through this stupid assemble without having a fight?"

Joey out on an innocent look. "Who's fighting? I'm not. I just want to know why you moved out is all."

Pacey let out a breath. "Why do you keep asking when I keep saying I don't want to say anything here?"

"Why do you keep saying you don't want to talk about it here if I keep asking?"

"BECAUSE!" Pacey said louder but brought back down his voice. "It's about us, Joey."

Joey caught her breath. "Oh," she said quietly before looking back to the stage.

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Joey sat on the steps that led to Capeside High. She looked at her pink painted toenails and sighed. Two days and it's already over Joey thought to herself. Joey noticed something move in the corner of her eye. She looked at the object and noticed they were legs. Joey followed them up until she got to a face. Pacey was looking down at her. He didn't have on a smile but he wasn't frowning. He just was…looking.

Pacey reached out his hand. "Come with me."

"Where?" Joey said taking his hand and standing up.

"The true love. Apparently we need to talk about my moving out," Pacey said walking away with her.

"Yeah we do," she said.

Pacey stopped and looked at her. "Jo, we can talk when we get there," he said with a slight smirk before walking again.

The whole walk to the boat was silent. Once they got on board and were sitting, they just looked at each other.

"So…" Joey said with a slight nod.

"So… you want to know why I moved out," Pacey said.

"That's a good start."

Pacey stood up and walked around. "I had to move out, Jo. I can't be by you all the time. It wouldn't have worked out. I know that if I stayed there I would inevitably see you and Dawson together and that's not a scene I would like to see…"

"So this is about the kiss last night? Pacey, Dawson is my boyfriend. And no matter how much you and I both don't want him to kiss me, he is going to sometimes. Is that why you moved out?"

"One reason yeah. Joey, when I saw you two together I was angry. I don't know why I got so angry but I did. I would explode one of these days if I stayed in a place where things like that would be happening all of the time…"

Joey stood up in front of him. "So that's it! We're done because of one stupid kiss!" Joey said angry. "You're going to throw away what we could have because you get a little jealous?"

Pacey's mouth feel and he took Joey into his arms. Pacey gently stroked her hair.

"No Joey, you're misunderstanding me. I don't want this to end. I'm moving out so we can be together."

Joey moved back so she could look at his face but still stayed in his arms. "That doesn't make any sense."

Pacey smiled and wiped her hair from her face. "Sure it does," he said sweetly. "If I lived with you I would want to be close to you all the time. Bessie is there and one day I won't be able to control myself and kiss you in front of Bessie then soon everyone will find out about us. You don't want that do you?"

"I guess not."

"See, with me living with Gretchen we don't have to be careful because Gretchen is never going to be home so we won't get caught."

Joey moved her arms around his neck. "I guess you're right Pacey. Besides, after seeing what you look like in the morning everyday will turn me off," she said with a smile.

Pacey gave a cocky grin. "I don't believe you are miss universe in the A.M. either, Potter."

Joey rolled her eyes. "You know all this bickering we do really takes up our kissing time."

"Well then we should stop bickering then," Pacey said before kissing her slowly.

When the kiss was done, Joey smiled. "Mmmm," she said with her eyes closed.

Pacey started kissing her neck. "You like?" he said quickly before kissing her neck again.

"Very much," Joey said opening her eyes.

Pacey stopped kissing her neck and looked into her eyes. "How about we finish this downstairs?"

Joey placed a small kiss on his lips and grabbed his hand before moving towards the steps. "Only if you can resist me until we get there."

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Pacey placed another wood block in place. He lifted up his arms and cut the wood in half with the ax. He had been doing that for a good hour and a half.

"Thirsty?"

Pacey turned around and noticed a smirking Joey looking at him with a towel and a glass of lemonade in her hands.

"Terribly," he said walking up to her.

Joey handed him the drink and she wiped off his forehead for him.

"Why are you doing this when it's eighty- something outside?"

"I am the slave remember," he said between gulps.

"But you're all sweaty."

"But it's hot isn't it?" Pacey said with a twitch of an eyebrow.

Joey took the glass from his hand. "Ha Ha. I think it's time to go back to work, servant."

Joey started walking away but Pacey grabbed her from behind and moved her up against the side of the house.

"Do your really think I'm going to let you go that easy," Pacey said bringing his lips to hers. He placed his hands on the sides of Joey on the wall. Joey wrapped her arms around his waist and brought him closer so they were touching.

After a while, someone walked up to the kissing pair on the wall.

"I never thought I would see you two making out," the person said.

Pacey and Joey stopped mid kiss and opened their eyes.

They had been caught.

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