Hanging by a Moment
Prologue

authors note: okay this fic is totally original (except for the song of course) and i hope you like it! please feedback. Also, since I don't know how to use italics and bold and stuff on this fanfiction.net thing i'm going to do this:
+ thoughts are going to be in between 's (ex: 'omg,' she thought)
+ flashbacks and dreams are between ++++++ (ex: ++++++ i had mad sex with Joshua Jackson ++++++ note that was a dream. tee hee)

oh yeah and i know most of my fics switch between Joey and Pacey's POV, but i'm trying to make this one strictly Pacey's except for a few chapters, k?
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Hanging by a Moment

Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
Closer to where I started
Chasing after you

I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you

Forgetting all I'm lacking
Completely incomplete
I'll take your invitation
You take all of me, now...

I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you

I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
And I don't know what I'm diving into
Just hanging by a moment here with you

There is nothing else to lose
There is nothing else to find
There is nothing in the world
That could change my mind

There is nothing else....
There is nothing else....
There is nothing else....

Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
Closer to where I started
Chasing after you

I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you

I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
And I don't know what I'm diving into
Just hanging by a moment here with you

Just hanging by a moment
Hanging by a moment
Hanging by a moment
Hanging by a moment here with you

~Hanging by a Moment
Lifehouse


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'Okay, Witter. Remember what Doug said. It's now or never.'
Walking up to the door, Pacey knocked. Joey opened the door, and upon seeing it was Pacey, abruptly went to close it.

Pacey put his hand on the door, stopping it from closing. "Hold on. Please."

Pacey took a deep breath, trying to remember the speech he prepared. He looked into Joey's eyes. "Look, what I said last night was way out of line," he said, pausing for a moment, then adding,"And yes, I was drunk, but more to the point, I was just plain wrong. And I want you to know that I'm really sorry."

Joey smiled softly. "Well, I was worried about you too, Pacey."

'Huh?' "Me? Why?"

Joey looks uncomfortable for a moment, then shrugs nonchalantly. "I don't know," she says, closing the door behind her as she steps out. "Because, I mean, Satan himself could lead Dawson into the fiery pits of hell but he would still emerge with his moral code intact. But you... Maybe I think that nobody's worrying about you right now."

Pacey's floored. Not quite sure what to do, he says, "So then, (clears his throat) what you're really saying then, is that given the highly dysfunctional nature of our relationship, this is how you actually express concern for me?"

"You got to learn to read between the banter, Pacey. "

Pacey lets out a relieved sort of laugh. "Right."

There's an akward pause, with both of them standing there. Pacey watched Joey, shifting from one foot to the other. 'If only...'

"So. So are we all finished here?"

Pacey looks up, surprised. "Um... no, actually. Um, there's something else," he replies nervously.

Joey gives him a probing look. "Something else?"

'Here we go.' "Yeah." He pauses, glancing at her, then back down at his feet. "It's just something that I've been meaning to tell you."

Joey just stares at him. "Yeah?"

Okay, the time's come. "Uh, look, uh... Joey?"

Pacey looks at Joey, marveling not for the first time at her mere beauty. 'Just tell her, dumbass! Who cares if she rejects you?... Well, okay, you care. But it won't matter, you'll just go back to life as it was. You've done it before, you can do it again...'

Or not.

"You're lingering on your clutch, OK?" Pacey rushes, chickening out. "I know you think you're just easing into the gear, but it's not a good idea. You know, maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon you're gonna do a lot of damage to your transmission. So, what I was thinking is that if you wanted to, I could show you?" Chicken. Dumb ass. Dork. Goober. He was running out of words to call himself, considering his vocabulary isn't too hot (or maybe that's just mine...).

Much to his surprise, Joey smiled. "Now?"

Pacey smiles back. "Yeah. Yeah!"

"OK, Pacey."

"OK," Pacey says, following her to the truck. They get in and Joey starts to pull out of the driveway slowly.

"Now?" Joey asks him, ready to change gears.

Placing his hand on top of hers, he stops her. "No, no." 'My freaking hand is on hers.' Quickly, Pacey pulls away, but Joey is concentrating on driving too much so she doesn't seem to notice.

"Now?"

"Now! Shift."

Joey manages to change the gear without stalling. Pacey's about as ecstatic as Joey. "Huh? Huh?"

Joey looks at Pacey, her eyes laughing with happiness. "I did it! I did it!"

'God, I could stare into those eyes forever.' "Yes you did!" Pacey said, laughing. "Congratulations, Potter, you are finally getting somewhere."


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That was months ago. But Pacey could still remember every bit of it. It was one of those moments. A moment where everything was perfect. Just him, the girl he loved, and the open world.

If only she felt the same.

Then, it would be perfect.


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