Description: this is a story I have been working on for a while. This is my third Dawson's Creek story. I'll writing this as well as Conflicted Love, Love Unrequited and Clueless Affection on here now.
Disclaimer: I may not own the characters but this story is original and from my imagination.
Author's note: this is my forth try at a Dawson's creek story, be nice to me please. This is a Pacey/Joey fic, my version of how they got together. Enjoy and review thanks :)
Chapter #2
(Joey's pov)
" Wow, this is turning out to be a great summer so far.", jokes Pacey as we share a laugh. Yeah, this summer has been pretty lame lately. Since Dawson and I broke up, I've just been keeping to myself. I haven't exactly wanted to hangout with Dawson or anyone else. I've just been helping Bessie run the B&B and take care of the few guests we have coming in and out of there.
Sighing to myself, I lay back on the dock," He said that he needed to find himself."
Rolling his eyes, Pacey tosses rocks into the creek," You can do better Joe, trust me."
" You ever think maybe we're just not meant to be happy Pacey?", I ask after a minute or two of silence. I'm beginning to think I'm never going to find the guy who'll make me happy. I thought that Dawson and I had a good thing going, apparently I couldn't have been more wrong though. We'd been slowly drifting apart and I had no idea about it until things were too late.
" Its crossed my mind a time or two.", mutters Pacey with a growing frown. Yeah that makes two of us. I don't know know why I bother sometimes. I liked Jack, we went out a few times until he realized he was gay. Then I'd been after Dawson for a year and a half, we finally got together and for what? For him to leave me at the drop of a dime? Whats the point of it all? Maybe I'm just better off single for a while.
" You think the pain ever goes away? Sometimes I wish that I could just forget about Dawson.", I confide quietly before glancing up at the now darkening sky. Things would be so much easier for me if that were possible. I wouldn't have to think about Dawson anymore. I wouldn't have to wonder what I did that drove him away from me either. Sometimes I think dating Dawson was the biggest mistake that I ever made. We used to be really close, now whenever I see him I want to run in the opposite direction.
" Dear god, I hope so. If only it were that easy. ….Hey Joe?", questions Pacey as he looks over at me. Shaken from my thoughts, I glance in his direction. Its then that I notice that sad look in his eyes. Wow, Andie must have really hurt Pacey badly. I don't think that I have ever seen him this way before. Andie is the one who is going to be sorry, Pacey might be a prick sometimes but he's a really great guy. He thought the world of Andie, she's never going to find another guy like him. Pacey is better off, its her lose.
Closing my eyes briefly, I kick my bare feet at the water," Yeah Pacey?"
Staring down at Me, Pacey can't help but smile," You ever wonder why things happen the way that they do?"
" All the time Pacey, all the time. Life is funny that way I guess.", I acknowledge with a sad smile of my own. Startled when Pacey places his arm around my shoulders, I lean into his embrace. This is a first, pacey and I are actually getting along for once. This is kind of nice, I could get used to spend time with Pacey if he weren't always such a prick. Its funny that it took our significant others stomping on our hearts for the two of us to finally get along with one another. Wonder how long this friendly understanding of ours will last. ….(End Joey's pov)