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"Hey Pace! What are you doing sitting here with that beautiful new truck sitting over there?" Jen said walking over to where he was sitting on the docks.

"Hey Lindley, slumming?" he asked as she sat down next to him.

"I just thought you might need a friend?" she offered gently.

"Why would she tell him?" Pacey moaned. "I just… I don't understand."

"She said you told him," Jen said confused.

"Why the fuck would I tell him," Pacey asked, sounding irritated. "That makes no sense."

"Well she didn't tell him Pacey. Sounds like maybe the two of you need to talk?"

"Do you know what happened between her and Dawson last night" he asked, Dawson's words ringing in his ears.

Jen shook her head. "I was more curious in the details of a certain other incident. Pretty sure whatever happened with her and Dawson is the last thing on her mind right now. Go talk to her Pace."

"Hey Jo?" Pacey said knocking on her door. "Bessie let me in."

Joey opened her door, her eyes swollen. "Haven't you said enough?" she asked turning away from him and walking over towards her bed.

"Listen Jo," he said as Joey sank to the floor. He sighed and sat down next to her.

"I didn't tell him, I swear."

"Well Pacey, this makes no sense. The only two people who knew what happened were you and I. I know I didn't tell him…"

"And I know I didn't tell him," Pacey said softly. "In fact I rarely talk to him these days, you however, seem to have had some incredibly special night with him last night."

"He proposed," Joey said cringing.

"I'm sorry, he what?" Pacey asked turning to her.

"Oh God Pacey, it was awful. He was wearing this god awful suit I think he got for his grandfathers funeral. He had Round Here playing on his cd player."

"Haha you were so obsessed with that song. Thank God you're over that one."

"And a ring."

"And you said?" he asked hesitantly, kicking at her rug.

"You seriously need to ask that? I told him that it was over. Forever. And that I was in love…. with you…."

"You did what? Shit Jo… I wish… I wish you'd told me."

"It was too late to call you last night and we didn't get a chance today. I was going to tell you all about it, but then you said his name and I just…"

"Joey I told him," Pacey said, his voice strained.

"But you said…" she turned to face him.

"So he came up to me in the cafeteria, and he was raving like a lunatic. And so I told him… it was just a bet and it didn't mean anything. And he asked how I thought your feelings were a bet. And I told him I tried to stop you from doing it… and then he asked if I really let you blow me. And I said yes. I had no idea he was upset about what you'd said last night. I really really didn't mean to tell him, or even realize I had told him."

Joey nodded her head, feeling tears in her eyes. "I've never been so humiliated in my life Pace."

"Look on the bright side Jo,' Pacey said, a slight smile on his face.

"What possibly could be the bright side of the entire school finding out I had your dick in my mouth?" she grumbled.

"We're leaving school the same way we started," he grinned at her.

Joey sighed loudly. 'Wow you know how to cheer a girl up. Did you drive your new car over?"

Pacey stood up and extended his hand out to her. She took his hand and allowed him to pull her to her feet. He didn't let go of her hand as he led her out to her driveway.

"Wow Pacey!," she said excited as she scanned the large red truck. "It's like you knew you'd have to cart all my stuff out to school!"

"It's actually that I knew I'd be taking your v-card in the back," Pacey joked. "I mean um… if you still are… and it doesn't matter at all to me if you are or not." he added as Joey didn't respond.

"Jo, I was teasing, I don't have any expectations from you."

She sighed and finally met his eyes. "Hey Pace, if you have a question, ask it."

Pacey shuffled his feet awkwardly. "So… in the closet today, it was amazing, but at some point it became clear to me that it obviously was not your first rodeo. And I didn't realize you had done that with him. And I'd wanted to ask you so many times how intimate you'd been with him, but I didn't think I could handle the answer."

Joey smiled slightly as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to him.

'What is this?" he asked as he unfolded the paper and began reading.

"Make eye contact, no teeth, provide visual interest (buy new bra?), don't neglect the balls…" he read with one eyebrow raised. "Um Jo…. did you write notes on a blow job?"

She blushed as she looked away. "I wanted to make sure I did it right. So I borrowed a bunch of Jen's magazines and watched some porn. I wanted it to be special. I have never been near Dawson's… well I've never been near his anything. He's implied he would like me be… but I just, I never really felt that way about him. And since you kissed me, I've been acutely aware of what it's supposed to feel like when you want someone."

Pacey breathed a sigh of relief. "I should have just asked. And maybe waited until a more opportune time to find out why you were so damn good. But Joey… you were so damn good," he said his eyes darkening with lust.

"Don't expect that again for a while Witter," Joey grinned as she took her note back and folded it up.

"What about this?" he asked lowering her lips to his. She hesitated for a moment before she returned the kiss, pressing her body against his. He brought his hands to her hair as he continued kissing her. She felt herself go weak in the knees as his tongue gently probed her mouth. He hesitantly pulled away to check her reaction.

"Hey Pace?" she asked softly.

"What," he asked cautiously, fearing the worst.

"It is with the utmost love and respect that I tell you when you take my.. v-card as you so eloquently put it, it will not be in the back of a truck. Got it?"

"Want to bet on it?" he asked, his voice husky as he returned his lips to hers.