Some things need to be remembered"

Summary: PJ. Pre-finale. A few years after the last episode Pacey and Joey are already having marriage problems. This story goes through their memories since they first met. R&R

Disclaimer: We do not own Dawson's Creek or any of the characters in this story apart from Gerry.

A/N: Thank you for reviewing our last two stories we hope you enjoy this one.

"He's the one that started it!"

"What? That's rubbish! That is not true!"

Sometimes Gerry wondered what would have happened if he paid more attention in medical school. Well first he could have become something more respectable such as a surgeon or a consultant instead of a marriage counselor. Second he wouldn't have met his future ex-wife. It was quite ironic that a marriage councilor didn't know how to fix his own marriage. People would often come up to him and ask him about his job and if it helped him with the 'old girl at home'. Well it hadn't. People just assume that if you were good at your job you could somehow relate it to your own personal life but you can see bankers in debt and doctors smoking. Most of the time he felt that he wasn't even good at his job as most of his clients ended up in the courthouse discussing who gets the bread maker. But then again, maybe those couples just weren't to be together.

"Please would you tell him to stop pushing the blame away from himself."

"Yeah but tell her to stop taking all her stress out on me."

Gerry could see this couple was on a road to divorce. They needed some serious counseling otherwise they wouldn't be arguing in his office, they would soon be doing that in court. It made him sad to think that this young couple was so near to heartbreak and turmoil. He looked at them closely and could see that they looked good together. But looks can be deceiving, as he knew very well himself. But he was going to put more effort into this case than he did with any of the others. He wanted to accomplish one thing in his life and maybe saving this marriage was it. He failed his marriage but he wasn't going to let his past experiences cloud his judgment.

"Okay Mr. and Mrs. Witter, lets take some time to calm down and discuss what's troubling the both of you," Gerry broke in gently.

Joey turned her glare away from Pacey and directed it at Gerry. "You want to know what's troubling us?" she asked rhetorically.

Pacey sighed and put his head in hands looking as though he wanted to be somewhere else right now.

"Well look around Mr.Walsh, we are having problems with our marriage and I am nearly nine months pregnant. What do you think is troubling us?" Joey exclaimed.

Gerry wished he put a notice in his advert not to let any angry pregnant women into his sessions; it was scarier than watching the Exorcist - infact probably the same.

"Jo," Pacey said wearily, rubbing his face slowly, "He's just trying to help okay? Cut him some slack."

"No Pace, why can't you cut me some slack? I'm pregnant" Joey retorted

"Oh please don't start this again," Pacey whined, "I have to work so we can actually afford to look after the baby, don't you understand?"

"Listen"-

"Okay!" Gerry broke in. "Okay we have several issues to sort out but I think we need to go through these problems slowly and without shouting," he threw a look at Joey who just sighed and turned to look out the window. Pacey just nodded.

"Right," Gerry said calmly "We are going to go right back to the beginning of your relationship. When you two first met."

Joey turned away from the window and looked at Gerry skeptically. "You mean the first time my eyes fell on this asshole?"

Pacey looked up at this remark with indignation. "You mean the first time I saw this control freak?"

"I wouldn't have put it that way but yes the beginning of your relationship," Gerry smiled slightly.

Pacey and Joey looked at each other, alook full of knowing but also a slight hint of fond memories. Joey turned to Gerry "Well Mr. Walsh, how long have you got?"

"It doesn't matter as long as we get to the bottom of these problems because the first meeting is always important," Gerry said with eagerness. His old training was coming back to him.

"Well Mr. Walsh," Pacey replied with a teasing look on his face, the one that was usually there when he was up to mischief, "That would take us back to 1988 when we were both five-years-old."

Gerry's shoulders sank and he sat down at his desk and picked up the telephone.

"Mrs. Anderson, could you cancel all my other appointments? Thank you."

Boy this was going to be hell of a long session. "Oh well," he thought "At least I'm getting paid for this."

Please R&R.