Disclaimer: These characters are not mine.
Authors Note: This story takes place around Christmas time. The 20th of December: to be exact. Joey Potter arrives in Capeside running away from an abusive ex, and meets Pacey, the doctor.
Joey the Mysterious Beauty
Chapter One: The Doctor
Grumble. Grumble.
I can't take much more of my stomach rumbling. I have to find food, and fast. Oh no, there's someone coming toward me. I better hide, it might be my ex John. Joey thought.
What a lovely night. It was late winter and snowing outside. What was that noise that I heard coming from the dumpster.
I hope he didn't see me. I start backing up when I run into the dumpster behind me, losing my balance. Everything goes black and the last thing I hear is the man coming towards me.
I know I saw something. Wait, was that a woman's scream? He starts running towards the sound. When he gets there he finds a beautiful woman lying on the ground unconscious. He then checks her head for injury and finds none. It seems she landed on her bag. He dials 911, and a few minutes later he hears sirens.
I'm in a strange room. He's taken me somewhere. What's going to happen now? The guy from the alley comes in.
"Hi, I'm doctor Pacey."
"Hi, I'm Joey."
"You've seemed to have fallen." Pacey says
"It seems so. So where am I?" I ask
"You're in a hospital." Pacey answers
"I know that much, I meant what hospital am I in?" I ask
"You're in my hospital." Pacey answers
"I doubt you own this hospital." I retort
"You're right, I don't." Pacey says
"So what's the name of this hospital?" I ask
"What?" Pacey answered
"What?" I question
"Hi Pacey, Nurse Delilah said coming in to the room, how's our little patient doing?"
"She seems to be having a little bit of a memory problem." Pacey said.
"What?" I question
"What?" Pacey answers See what I mean.
"I do not have memory problems. Can I leave now?" I ask
"What's the rush?" Pacey asked
"I want to get away from you." Joey answered
"She likes me, she really likes me." Pacey retorted
"Not on your life buddy!"
"Okay, Nurse Delilah interrupts, Joey your free to go."
"Thank you." I say
"I'll go get your clothes." Nurse Delilah offers
"Thank you." I say
"I leave you now then." Pacey offers
Where am I, and who was that handsome doctor?
"Here you go dear, Nurse Delilah said while handing me my clothes, you may leave after you get dressed."
So I put on my clothes and went to the front desk.
"I'm ready to check out, I was in room seven." I tell the nurse at the front desk. She starts typing on her keyboard.
"Okay, you're free. Have a nice day." The nurse says
I'll never be free. "Thank you." I say
I walk to the parking lot and spot Pacey.
"Hey!" He calls out, "Would you like to go grab a bite to eat?"
"Go with you?" I ask, "I might not be able to eat my food."
"Are you always this sarcastic?" He asks
"No, I say, most of the time I'm witty."
"Well Witter is my last name." He tells me
"You want a cookie?" I ask
"Are you coming with me or not?" He asks
"Umm…yeah I'll go but, only because I'm hungry." I answer
"That's the only reason I offered." He said while smiling
She was a feisty one. She was also pretty and smart. Not in the way my ex, Andy was either, Joey was more charming. Of course, she cheated on me. Joey made me feel alive.
He's rather charming. I love his smile.
They rode in silence on the way there.
"We're here." He said
"Where's here exactly Pace?" I ask
"We are at The Teapot." He answered
"We are at The Teapot?" I ask
"Are you going to keep repeating me?" He asks
"Do they serve more than tea here?" I ask
"Yes they do serve more than tea here" He answers
They go in and find a corner booth in the back of the restaurant. A second later a pretty pouty faced blond comes walking up.
"Hi Pacey, how are you? Who's your friend? The waitress asks
Who is she? Is she a friend or a girlfriend?
"This is Joey." Pacey tells her
"Hi, I'm Jen. I'm a friend of Pacey's." Jen tells me
Good thing she's just a friend. Wait what am I saying?
"So how'd you meet Pacey?" Jen asks me
"I was a patient of his." I tell her
"What's wrong?" She asks me
"I fell, but I'm okay." I tell her
"That's good. What would you like to drink?" Jen asks us
"I want a beer." Pacey answered her
"Are you on call?" Jen asks
"No." Pacey answers her
"Okay, Joey what would you like to drink." She asks me
Just then a guy walks up.
"Hey guys!" He says and kisses Jen
Ah, the boyfriend.
"Hi, who… are you?" He asks me
"I'm Joey, and who are you?" I ask
"I'm Jack." He answers
"Stop drooling Jack." Jen tells him
"I'm not drooling. She is pretty, though not as pretty as you. He says and kisses her. Pacey will agree with me that she's pretty."
"Well…." Pacey started
"Thank you Jack, but I and Pacey are just friends." I tell him
"I'll be back with your drinks, Joey what did you want?" Jen asked
"I would like a diet coke." I told her
Jen walks off
"So we still up for movie night?" Jack asked Pacey
"What movie are you two going to see?" I ask
"We're going to watch E.T." Pacey answered
"That's my favorite movie of all time." I retort
"Well you're welcome to come along if you'd like." Jack told me
"I'll only go if it's okay with Pacey." I answer
"You'll only go if where if it's okay with Pacey?" Jen asks
"She'll only go to movie night if it's okay with Pacey." Jack answers
"You should come to movie night with us." Jen offers
"That sounds fun to me. I say, who's all going?" I ask
"Dawson, Gretchen, me, Jack and Jen are going." Pacey answered
"Who are Dawson and Gretchen?" I ask
"Dawson is my best friend, and Gretchen is my sister. Gretchen is also Dawson's girlfriend." Pacey tells me
"I just remembered I left my bags in the alley." I tell him
"That's okay; we can go and get them." Pacey offers
"Okay thanks." I answer
"Just meet us at the theatre." Jen told us
"I've got to go grade papers so I can go tonight." Jack said
"Bye." Everybody told him
"What would you like to eat" Jen asked us
"I will have a pepperoni pizza with a salad." I answer
"I'll have the same thing, without the salad." Pacey countered
Jen came back a few minutes later with their food. About thirty minutes later they were done and went to the alley. When they got there they noticed that one of her bags were gone. The one she landed on had crammed itself between the wall and the dumpster.
"So what do you want to do now?" Pacey asked me
"I need clothes Pacey." I answer
"Okay lets go get you some clothes Pacey said Do you have any money?"
"Yeah, before I left town I had sold a whole notebook of my art."
"You're an artist?" Pacey asks
"Yeah I am." I answer
"Cool." Pacey said
They went to the clothing boutique. Joey bought 10 shirts, 3 pairs of jeans, underclothes, a jacket, shoes, a winter hat and a scarf.
"Will this do you for now?" Pacey asked
"Yeah, it should." I answer
"Let's go to my house and you can freshen up and then we can go to the theatre." Pacey said
"Sounds like a plan." I say
They reached his house and spent about thirty minutes inside talking. Then they headed off to the theatre. They reached the theatre about five minutes later.
"Hey Pace!" everybody called
"Hey guys this is Joey." He said when we walked up.
"So are you ready to go watch your favorite movie?" Dawson asked
"I'm always ready to watch E.T." I tell him
"Alright, let's go then." Dawson said
It's after the movie and their walking out of the theatre.
"Well Jen and I are going to go home because we have shopping to do tomorrow." Gretchen said
"Joey you're welcome to come along with us." Jen offered
"Shopping sounds like fun." I answer
"Then it's settled; you three will go shopping and we three will go play basketball." Pacey said
Joey and Pacey are walking to his house.
"How'd you end up in Capeside?" He asks
"I'm vacationing."
"In a town you don't know the name of?" he asks
"Yeah I am vacationing." I answer
"Why don't you tell me the truth?" he asks
I would love to tell you the truth
"I am telling you the truth." I tell him
"No, you're not. If you don't want to tell me then don't, but don't lie to me either." He said
"Okay. I'm running away from an ex, John." I answer
"What did you find out he was gay or something?" he asks
"Ha. No he was abusive, an alcoholic." I answer
"I'm so sorry Joe." He tells me
"It's okay. At least I got away." I tell him
"So can I see some of your art?" he asks me
"Sure you can." I answer
They arrived at the house and for two hours they looked at her art.
"Well I'm getting tired." I tell him
"Okay goodnight." Pacey tells me
"Goodnight Pace." I say to him
He sat there for a couple of more minutes and looked at her last drawing. It was of a small town like Capeside. She must have always wanted to live in a small town, and her boyfriend was her excuse to be able to do so.
He looks at the phone and realizes that there's a message on the phone.
I got up because I had to go to the bathroom all of a sudden.
Hi, it's Andy. I'm coming in tomorrow and I have great news. My plane comes in at eight. I can't wait to see you. Bye.
THE END