Disclaimer: I paceyjoeytruelove in no means owns Dawson's Creek or it's characters if I did the show would still be going and we'd have a P/J wedding.
A/N: Ok, so I am going to do something a bit different for me here. Each chapter is going to be an episode I hope you like this one. Reviews are welcome good or bad even if you think this story sucks and I should just give up now let me know. Well enough of me talk, now on to the story.
One other thing italics are flashbacks.
"The Road That Leads Home"
On the True Love Joey is sitting on the upper deck looking out in to the distance, when Pacey comes up from below.
"amazing isn't it?" Pacey asks coming up behind Joey
"yeah, it is." Joey takes a deep breath and looks at Pacey
"just, think in about three hours we'll be home." Pacey tells her holding her close to him
"you, know if someone would've asked me if I'd be sailing on a boat with you for three months, I would of looked at them like they we're crazy." Joey tells him
"so, do you regret coming with me?" Pacey asks
"no, I'm glad I came." Joey shakes her head
"well, you know we don't have to go back we could just stay here." Pacey suggests
"Pacey, we can't do that. What about Bessie and everyone at home, and what about jobs?" Joey tells him as she lays her head on his shoulder
"well, we lasted this long by taking odd jobs and stuff, who knows we could do this for the rest of our lives." Pacey tells her brushing a strand of hair out of her face
"you do want to go back to Capeside don't you?" Joey asks
"not, really Jo? I have nothing left in Capeside Jo." Pacey explains
"what about our senior year, don't you want to finish school?" Joey asks concerned
"you know Jo senior year is highly over rated." Pacey sighs
"yeah, but you know we can't stay out here forever." Joey tells him
"I know but I can wish can't I?" Pacey says to her
"yeah." Joey closes her eyes and sighs
"well, hey since we have bit a time let's do something fun." Pacey gets up quickly and grabs Joey's hand
"Pacey, what are you doing?" Joey says confused
"this." Pacey Jumps off the boat with Joey
"are you insane Pacey?" Joey yells at him
"yeah." Pacey picks Joey up out of the water and kisses her
opening credits
At the Leery house hold Gale and Mitch are at the table when Dawson walks in the kitchen.
"morning son, so are you ready for your first day of senior year?" Mitch asks taking a bite of his pancakes
"come on dad, senior year is highly over rated." Dawson tells him taking a carton of milk out of the fridge
"I know but, I was meaning are you prepared to see Pacey and Joey?" Mitch asks
"dad, I'm as prepared as I'm going to be, she made her choice and I have to accept it." Dawson says pouring a glass of milk
"are you sure honey?" Gale asks placing dishes in the sink
"yes, mom I'm sure I know that things between us weren't good when she left, I've had the whole summer to get over Joey." Dawson tells her
Mitch and Gale both look at Dawson strangely
"what?" Dawson asks taking a drink of his milk
"nothing honey you're dad and I are just concerned right Mitch?" Gale gives Mitch a look
"yeah, we know that you and Joey have a very rocky relationship we just want to make sure you're ok with her being with Pacey." Mitch tells him
"trust me guys I am ok with Pacey and Joey, she made her choice and I have to deal with it." Dawson tells them as he walks out the door
"ok, then." Mitch nods
"bye guys." Dawson leaves
At the B&B Joey opens the door and peers around the house
"hello?" Joey yells
Joey walks to her room and opens it she sees a man halfway dressed
"hey." the man yells
"oh, my God I am so sorry." Joey quickly opens the door and goes in to the kitchen
"Bessie what is some stranger doing in my room?" Joey asks confused
"that's no stranger that's a guest." Bessie points out to her
"ok, so when can I have my room back?" Joey asks
"Tuesday." Bessie tells her
"Tuesday, where am I going to sleep." Joey exclaims
"I don't know maybe at your boyfriends house or something." Bessie tells her
"great, just great." Joey sighs and walks out of the B&B
At Doug's house Pacey walks in and plops down on the couch when Doug walks in the living room
"Pacey, what are you doing here?" Doug asks surprised to see Pacey
"well, hello to you too Dougie." Pacey pretends to be shocked
"it's not that I'm happy to see you it's just I'm surprised you're back already." Doug explains
"what, you finally went hetero and got a girlfriend?" Pacey jokes
"ha, ha Pace as much as I would like to validate my sexuality to you I don't have a girlfriend." Doug tells him
"good, then the couch is still mine right?" Pacey asks lying on the couch with his arms under his head
"sorry little bro but the couch has been taken, so it looks like you'll have to find somewhere else to sleep." Doug tells him
"you can't do that where do you expect me to sleep?" Pacey asks
"well, there's always mom and dads." Doug suggests
"seeing as Krissy and the monsters are staying there I don't think so." Pacey tells him
"well, you could stay at Joey's seeing she's your girlfriend." Doug suggests
"yeah, you're right." Pacey gets up and walks towards the door
Gretchen walks in the door as Pacey starts to leave
"Gretchen?" Pacey asks surprised
"hey little brother." Gretchen says giving him a big hug "where you off too?" Gretchen asks
"you're staying here now? I thought you were at college?" Pacey asks confused
"I took a leave of absence." Gretchen tells him
"ok, well I'm off to see if I can sleep on Joey's couch tonight seeing as you have taken my couch." Pacey tells her
"ok, then good to see you little brother." Gretchen tells Pacey as he walks out the door
At the B&B Joey is on the dock when Pacey walks up behind her
"hey, beautiful." Pacey tells her
"hey, Pace." Joey turns around and gives him a kiss
"so you think I could possible stay at your house tonight?" Pacey asks
"sorry I'm on the couch as well." Joey tells him
"do, you ever get the feeling that we weren't missed at all this summer?" Pacey asks with his arms wrapped around Joey
"yeah, it kind of seems that way doesn't it?" Joey says leaning back on Pacey
"well, hey how about we go get some pizza and a couple of movies tonight?" Pacey asks
"uh, I kind of have plans tonight Pace." Joey says hesitantly
"really?" Pacey says surprised by Joey
"well, don't sound too surprised there Pace." Joey says dryly
"so, what are your plans for tonight then?" Pacey asks
"well I was thinking about going to the dive in tonight." Joey tells him
"the dive in why?" Pacey asks
"well, I thought it would be fun I don't know." Joey shrugs her arms
"fun, how could it be any fun?" Pacey protests
"I don't know I mean Andie, Jen, and Jack are going to be there." Joey explains to him
"Dawson's going to be there too isn't he?" Pacey asks
"well, I think so I haven't talked to him or anything." Joey tells him
"I really don't feel like seeing Dawson today." Pacey sighs
"why not Pace I mean we are going to have to see him sometime seeing as he does go to the same school." Joey questions
"I know it's just I don't think I am ready to deal with him just yet." Pacey explains
"well, I'm going to go so if you change your mind then I will see you there." Joey starts to get up when Pacey grabs her hand
"so you're going anyway?" Pacey asks
"yeah." Joey says confused
"well then I guess I have no choice but to go with you." Pacey says giving her a kiss on the cheek
"well you don't have to go no one is forcing you." Joey tells him
"I know and you're right we're going to have to see Dawson eventually." Pacey tells her
"ok, well I need to change so I will meet you later." Joey gives him a kiss and walks off
"ok, then." Pacey tells her
At the dive in Jen, Jack, Andie and Dawson are sitting on one of the boats talking
"so, have you talked to Joey yet?" Jen asks Dawson playing with her hair
"no, I haven't." Dawson tells her
"are you going to?" Jack asks
"I don't know I mean I know that she is with Pace-" Dawson pauses as he see Joey and Pacey walk along the beach
"Dawson you can't keep avoiding her you are going to have to talk to he sooner or later." Andie tries to stop him from getting up
"I know but I thought I could handle seeing the both of them together, right now I can't" Dawson gets up and moves to another boat
"Jack you go talk to Joey and I'll go talk to Dawson." Jen says as she goes after Dawson
"ok." Jack says as he walks towards Pacey and Joey
"hey guys." Jack says to Joey and Pacey
"well I see someone is not in a hurry to talk to us." Pacey says as he watches Dawson move to another boat
"yeah, I guess he's having a harder time than we thought." Jack sighs
"I didn't mean to hurt him Jack." Joey says quietly
"I know." Jack says to Joey
"I'm going to get something to drink Joey you want anything?" Pacey asks
"um, yeah sure." Joey says looking out into the distance
Pacey walks off and Joey and Jack walk towards the boats
"Jack is he ok?" Joey asks concerned about Dawson
"yeah, I mean he's been keeping himself busy this summer." Jack tells her
"I mean is he really ok?" Joey asks
"to be honest I don't know Joey, he does put up a pretty good front." Jack explains to Joey
"I know that things between us were not very good when I left, but I had to find out if Pacey and I had a chance at being happy. (Joey pauses) You know I never meant to hurt him." Joey explains to Jack
"I know Joey, and I think deep down he knows that, it's just going to take him sometime to get used to you loving someone other than him." Jack tells her as he put his arm around her shoulder
"Jack can I tell you something" Joey asks
"sure Joey what is it?" Jack asks
"there was a time on that boat when I thought that maybe I had made the wrong choice." Joey tells him tucking a strand of hair behind her ear
"what do you mean Joey?" Jack asks
"well, you know I had loved Dawson for so long I thought that maybe Pacey was just a replacement for Dawson." Joey begins to explain
"well do you feel that way now?" Jack asks Joey
"no, I do love Pacey with all my heart, I think I always have loved him but being with Dawson just seemed to be the norm." Joey explains to Jack
"I know what you mean, for as long as I've know you and Dawson you two have always been intertwined some how. With you and Pacey it was different you two have the real thing. I see the way he looks at you and I now he loves you and you love him." Jack tells as he sees Dawson walking up
"thank you Jack." Joey smiles and looks up and sees Dawson
"hey guys." Dawson says
"Dawson look who I found." Jack says with a nervous laugh
"hi, Dawson." Joey says shyly
"Joey." Dawson says in a somber tone
"how have you been?" Joey asks awkwardly
"good, I've been good." Dawson tells her
"ok, well I think I am going to find Jen now." Jack says uncomfortably
"see ya Jack." Dawson says
"bye Jack." Joey tells him
Jack goes to find Jen
Dawson and Joey stand in silence
"so." Joey says breaking the silence and taking a seat on the boat
"um, yeah so how was your summer?" Dawson asks awkwardly
"it was good saw a lot of beautiful places, and you how was your summer." Joey says awkwardly
"it was good." Dawson tells her
"Dawson is it always going to be like this between us?" Joey asks
"I don't know Jo." Dawson chuckles at the awkwardness between them
"I'd really like us to still be friends Dawson." Joey tells him
"Jo, I don't know right now. Do you know how hard it is just to talk to you right now?" Dawson tells here moving closer to her
"Dawson, no one ever said it was going to be easy." Joey tells him
"I know, but right now all I want to do is kiss you." Dawson says inches away from her face
"Dawson I don't think that would be a good idea I'm with Pacey now." Joey says as she Pushes Dawson away
Pacey walks up from the distance and sees Joey talking to Dawson.
"what the hell?" Pacey says to himself and walks away from where Dawson and Joey are
"I know Joey and I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that." Dawson apologizes to Joey
"I need to go find Pacey now it was nice to see you Dawson." Joey starts to walk off
"you too Jo take care." Dawson says
"I will and you too Dawson." Joey nods and walks off
Dawson let's out a deep sigh and walks towards Jen and Jack
Joey is walking along the beach when she sees Pacey in the distance sitting by the water.
"hey, Pace." Joey says sitting next to him
"hey, Jo." Pacey says huskily
"Pace what's wrong?" Joey asks noticing something is wrong with Pacey
"nothing, Jo." Pacey tells her
"Pace, I know there's something wrong tell me please." Joey says giving him the look
"it's just that I saw you talking to Dawson and I thought to myself if you could ever love me the way you love him." Pacey explains to Joey
"Pace I chose you, you're the one I want to be with." Joey tries to reassure him
"Jo, that's not what I asked." Pacey tells her
"Pace, Dawson and I have this complicated past you know a piece of me will always love Dawson I mean he's been my best friend for the greater part of my life. ( Joey turns to Pacey and places her hand on his.) You are my future Pace I love you more than anyone could every love someone. I chose you not because I felt I had to, but because I want you." Joey places a kiss on his cheek
"Jo, I don't doubt that you love me, it's just that I don't want to feel like you chose me to get back at Dawson." Pacey tells her holding her hand
"I know and me choosing you is no a means to get back at Dawson." Joey reassures him
"good, cause Joey I can't have my heart broken again I have never in my entire life loved someone as much as love you. This is it Joey the moment you got on that boat with me, it was a dream come true I never thought in a million years you'd pick me, I am glad that you did though." Pacey tells her
"I'm glad too Pace." Joey gives Pacey a kiss
"hey Pace?" Joey breaks the kiss
"yeah, Jo?" Pacey asks
"do you think we could go back to the boat and just talk?" Joey asks
"yeah I think we could do that." Pacey helps Joey up and pulls her close to him and the walk along the beach to the boat.