The first part is mostly PJ but don't get discouraged. There will be DJ in the next parts as well as the other characters if I decide to include them. The parts of the story will be short but that's just I'm making them right now. They may get longer.

Title: "Home"
Summary: Set after the series finale and my take on what would happen. Everything in all the seasons happened including the series finale. Joey is with Pacey but you will see in the first part that will change.
Rating: PG-13 to R
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Dawson's Creek characters. They are the property of the writers.
Author: Christy on FF)
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Shout outs: Thank you to the Feel Like Home ezboard for staying there and keeping my fanfics present on there.

Chapter 1

A few weeks had passed since Dawson had his meeting with Spielberg. Dawson and Spielberg were now making a film together. Dawson has been very busy with filmmaking and his TV show, "The Creek", to be bothered with dating anyone. Jack and Doug are raising Jen's daughter, Amy, together with Grams. Gale is living happily with her new husband and daughter, Lily. As for Pacey and Joey, they were happy together but their constant bickering had resurfaced. Pacey wanted Joey more than anything in the world. He felt that she was his missing piece in the puzzle of his life. Joey felt like she had stopped running from loving Pacey. In her heart, she knew she was still running. She was running from Dawson, her north star, her soulmate. She was running from the endless love they shared that went beyond the special friendship they shared.

Pacey had sensed Joey being distant from him. Time after time, he saw her looking through old photos, mostly of her and Dawson. He also saw her read Dawson's future scripts of episodes of "The Creek" which he mailed to her every month to see what she thought. Tonight, as Joey was looking through old photos of her and Dawson again, her and Pacey were about to have the last fight they had over and over again ever since they had gotten back together.

Pacey: Reliving the past again?

Joey: (looks up at Pacey) Pacey, I'm not up for having another fight tonight.

Pacey: Well, that's too bad, Jo because we have to get to the bottom of this. You've been doing this several times since we've been back together. You're not adressing the truth here that is so obvious.

Joey: (sighs) And what's the truth, Pacey?

Pacey: You know what it is. You are still in love with Dawson! You know you are, Joey! Every time we have been intimate, I can tell you don't have your whole heart in it. It's like you are not even there sometimes.

Joey: Pacey...

Pacey: Many years ago, you couldn't say you loved me like a soulmate. Back then, I brushed it off, but now, it's becoming more clear why you can never love me as a soulmate. You've said you love me like a woman loves a man but that's not how I love you. I don't love you like a man loves a woman. I love you with everything I have-my heart, body, and soul. You don't love me like I love you.

Joey: You're right, Pacey and I'm sorry. But I chose you, Pacey. I'm with you, Pacey.

Pacey: I know, Jo. You have stopped running away from loving me. But simply being in love with you is enough and clearly you are not IN love with me. I want you to be with someone who makes you the happiest in the world, not just happy. I want you to be able to love someone like a soulmate and be with that person forever. I think we both know who that person is for you and it isn't me. It's him. You have to fix things with him, Jo. You have to finally be with him forever because I can't take it anymore.

By this time, Joey was sitting there crying. She knew Pacey was right and she had to work things out with Dawson. Pacey sat next to her and took her in his arms. She cried on his shoulder for the next hour, letting all her feelings loose and coming to terms with what she had to do next.