Pt 2

NEXT MORNING JACK/DOUG'S HOUSE

Amy was sitting at the kitchen counter eating toast when Jack came down. "Morning." Jack said grabbing some coffee.

Amy looked at him. "Morning." Amy said.

Doug came down bout that time and poured himself a bowl of cereal. "Morning sweetheart." Doug said to Amy.

Amy looked up. "Morning Dougie." Amy said.

Jack looked at Amy. "Amy where do you want to go for Dinner tomorrow night?" Jack asked her.

Amy looked at them. "It'll have to be tomorrow afternoon. I told Uncle Pacey I would work Gretchen's shift at the restaurant." Amy said.

Doug nodded. "Ok. So where do you want to go?" Doug asked.

Amy looked down. "How about you guys come to the restaurant when my shift ends and I'll eat with you guys there." Amy suggested.

Doug looked at Jack who looked to Amy. "Ames you sure? Cause we wanna celebrate your good grade." Jack said.

Amy looked at Jack. "I've gotten A's before." Amy said putting her plate in the dishwasher.

"We know Sweetie but that was a hard math test." Jack said.

Amy sighed. "I know. I gotta go brush my teeth and get my books." Amy said running out of the room.

Doug sighed. 'Something's eating at her. But she won't say what." Doug said.

Jack nodded. "Think she's mentioned it to Pacey or Joey?" Jack asked.

Doug shrugged. "I'm having lunch with Pacey today. I'll ask." Doug said.

Jack nodded. "K. I'll see if I can get her to talk today at lunch.." Jack said.

"K. I need to get going." Doug said draining his coffee cup and placing it in the sink. "Have fun. I love you." Doug said kissing Jack.

Jack smiled. "Love you too. Stay out of danger." Jack said kissing him back. Doug nodded and left.

2ND PERIOD -HALL LOCKERS

Amy was getting her books out of her locker when her locker shut almost closing her hand in it. Amy jumped back and looked to see Mr. Dentworth looking at her. "You didn't say nothing to Mr. McPhee about our little meeting did you?" Gerald Dentworth asked.

Amy shook her head. "No Sir." She said.

Gerald smiled. "Good. We wouldn't want him to lose his job." Mr. Dentworth said.

Amy closed her eyes. "Why are you doing this? He and I didn't do nothing to you." Amy said.

Mr. Dentworth just smiled. "No you're wrong. You did." He said and walked away.

Amy leaned her head on her locker she was startled when Jessie ran up to her. "What did Mr. Dentworth want?" Jessie asked.

Amy shook her head and opened her locker again. "Nothing. Just talking to me about my assignment." Amy said grabbing her books and shutting her locker.

ICE HOUSE LUNCH 3: PM

Pacey was working around the kitchen when one of the waitresses came in. "Hey boss. Sheriff is here." She said.

Pacey smirked and came out. "Dougie. How's life?" Pacey asked slapping Doug's hand.

"Fine. How's my sister in law and Nephew?" Doug asked.

Pacey smiled. 'Fine. Going out tonight. Amy is gonna come watch Noah for us." Pacey said.

Doug nodded. "Amy loves him to death." Doug said.

Pacey smiled. "Noah can't wait til tonight." Pacey said.

Doug smiled sipping his coke. "Listen have you noticed a change in Amy here at work?" Doug asked.

Pacey nodded. "Yeah I was gonna talk to you about that. She seems almost distant." Pacey said.

Doug nodded. "It's cause she is. Jack said her math teacher gave her an A on her last quiz." Doug said.

Pacey whistled. "That's great. But why do I have a feeling she doesn't think so?" Pacey asked.

Doug shrugged. "We asked her if she wanted to go celebrate. She didn't said that she would rather stay home." Doug said.

Pacey nodded. "Want me to see if I can get anything out of her. She does talk sometimes to me." Pacey said.

Doug looked down. "I dunno Pace. I don't think you'll get anything out her. Look how close her and Jack are she hasn't said one word to him." Doug said.

Pacey shrugged. "Maybe she's protecting him." Pacey suggested.

Doug shook his head. "Protecting Jack from what. Come on Pace." Doug said.

Pacey nodded toward the door. "There she is. I asked her to pull a few hours before me and Joey go out." Pacey said.

Amy had spotted Pacey and stepped over to him. "Hey guys. Uncle Pacey where's the rest of the staff?" Amy asked.

Pacey smirked. "Ran off." Pacey said.

Amy smiled. "Alright I'll go get started." Amy said putting her hair up into a messy ponytail and walking away.

Pacey sighed. "I'll see what I can get out of her. Hey tomorrow night why don't you and Jack come here and we'll all have dinner." Pacey said.

Doug nodded. "I'll ask Jack. But we had already planned to come and have dinner with Amy." Doug said.

Pacey smiled. "Reason I said come here. That way we can tag team her." Pacey said noticing Amy taking an order from a couple that loved her as their waitress. "Every older couple loves her." Pacey said.

Doug watched her smiling. "I know. Well I better go." Doug said standing up.

Pacey stood. "See you later Sheriff." Pacey said watching Doug walk out of the restaurant. Pacey looked back to Amy sighing,.

8: PM PACEY/JOEY'S HOUSE

Pacey was in their bedroom getting dressed when Joey came in. "Did Doug say what Amy has been down about?" Joey asked combing her hair.

Pacey shrugged. "He and Jack don't know. Jack and him want to celebrate cause she got an A on her last math test." Pacey said.

Joey raised an eyebrow. "I know she mentioned the test was gonna be hard." Joey said.

Pacey nodded. "I tried talking to her before I left the restaurant. But she said that school was going good. Said that her math teacher has been giving them harder material." Pacey said.

Joey smiled. "Well I'm sure she's handling it." Joey said hearing the doorbell. "There she is." Joey said.

Noah who had been in his room came running into the hall just as Pacey came out. "Whoa there buddy." Pacey said grabbing his toddler up. Pacey and Noah opened the door to see Amy standing there.

"Amy!" Noah cried trying to jump from Pacey's arms.

"Hey there buddy. Come here." Amy said taking him.

"What are you doing?" Amy asked walking in past Pacey into the living room.

Noah sat on her lap and smiled. "I'm glad you're here." Noah said.

Amy smiled down at him. "Me too. Now have you eaten dinner?" Amy asked.

Joey came in. "Hi Sweetie. Yes he ate dinner. And he should be about ready for bed. He wanted to stay up and see you." Joey said.

Amy smiled. 'Awww. Alright say bye to mommy and daddy." Amy said.

Noah turned to his parents. "Bye." He said running the stairs.

Joey and Pacey burst out laughing. "Bye buddy. We love you." Pacey called.

Joey smiled and hugged Amy. "We'll be back about 11. I got your favorite drink in fridge. And there is a couple movie's on the VCR." Joey said.

Amy smiled. "I got a book report I'm gonna do. And then start my math homework." Amy said.

Pacey smiled. "Dougie told me about that A. I'm proud of you." Pacey said hugging her.

Amy smiled. "Thanks." Amy said looking at her hands.

Joey noticed this. "Alright. We'll see you later." Joey said pushing Pacey out the back door. Amy smirked and ran upstairs to tuck in Noah.

10:30 PM DOUG/JACK'S HOUSE

Jack and Doug were sitting on the back porch in each other's arms when Pacey and Joey came up. "Hey guys. Aren't you supposed to be on your monthly date?" Doug asked.

Pacey smirked. "Yeah. But Joey wanted to come by before we went home." Pacey said.

Joey nodded. "I noticed something in Amy tonight." Joey said.

Jack looked at her. "She's been distant." Jack said.

Joey shook her head. "When Pacey mentioned her A she almost froze. Almost like she doesn't think she deserved it." Joey said.

Jack looked off in the distance. "I looked at that material. It was hard stuff." Jack said.

Pacey was thinking and Doug noticed. "What's that warped brain of yours thinking about Pace?" Doug asked.

Pacey looked at the other 3 adults. "Doesn't Amy's friend Jessie have the same Math class as Amy?" Pacey asked.

Jack nodded. "Yeah. Why?" Jack asked.

Joey knew where Pacey was going. "Maybe we need to look at Jessie's math test and Amy's." Joey said.

Doug was confused. "I don't understand what you guys are getting at." Doug asked.

Jack looked at his lover. "That Dentworth gave Amy a harder quiz to test her." Jack said.

Doug looked at them. "Why would he do that?" Doug asked.

Joey shrugged. 'Why do a lot of teacher's do a lot of things." Joey said earning her a glare from Jack.

"Not you Jack. Amy when we talk she loves your class. In fact she was working on her book report." Joey said.

Jack was concerned. "That book report ain't due til next Friday." Jack said.

Joey shrugged. "She also said she was gonna study Math. So." Joey said.

Jack knew something was wrong. "Guys we've got to get her to talk." Jack said.

Joey nodded. "We're having dinner together tomorrow night. We'll get her to talk then. If not I know me and her are do a shopping trip I'll get it out of her." Joey said. Jack Doug and Pacey all nodded.

TBC