I don't own dawson's creek

Joey cried in the night, cover's pulled over her head and tears rolling down her cheeks. She wanted Pacey, she wanted Dawson. She felt cold and alone.

Lily sat at the table, tears running down her face her body shaking she felt weak and alone she felt the weakest she had since she had found about her cancer. She wanted to leave him but she had nowhere to go. She got up from the table as Bessie came through the door. She took one look at her mother and stopped in her tracks. "Mom what is it, what's wrong?"

"Your father you was yelling and shouting and Joey heard and I thought he was going to hit her and now she's locked herself in her room and… "Here she trailed off sobbing uncontrollably.

Bessie rushed to her side and hugged her tightly she lead her into the living room and sat her down on the couch. "I'm going to go and check on Joey I'll be right back." Lily gave a shaky nod as Bessie made her way towards Joey's room. "Jo, Jo are you ok." Bessie tapped lightly on the wooden door that separated the two sisters. She tried the doorknob and the door opened. She softly crossed the cream carpet and sat on the side of the bed rubbing Joey's back under the cover's. "Joey, dear."

Joey pulled the covers and looked at her sister. Young eyes into older. "I just want Pacey and Dawson." Her words wobbled tears invaded her voice.

"Where are they." She asked softly hoping the tears that resided in her sisters eyes wouldn't fall down upon her face again.

"At the fort." Joey whispered as the exhaustion of tears overtook her and she slipped into a light sleep. Bessie tucked her in and made her way out of the room. She went back to the living room.

"mom I'm going into the forest ok?"

"Why?" Lily dabbed at her eyes with a Kleenex.

Bessie sighed as she pulled on her coat. "Pacey and Dawson are at the fort and Joey's one request was for them so I'm going to go find them. Are you going to be ok?"

"I'm fine I'm just worried about Joey."

"Well right now she's fallen into an exhausted sleep. I'll be back as soon as I can find the boys." She left the house and walked across the porch. Bodie was waiting at the end his hands at his back. He looked up when he heard footsteps.

"Bess I need to talk to you please I'm sorry about earlier ok I'm really sorry."

"Bodie." She sighed in defeat. "Listen things are happening my dad and mom got in a fight my sisters really upset and I need to find Dawson and Pacey so I love you." And at that moment Bessie realized that she really did love Bodie, but I have to go find them please understand that."

"Bess." He stroked her cheek and she leaned into his touch. "Where are they I can go and find them?"

She smiled gratefully at him, "they're in the woods about a mile back in fort."

"Ok I'll go and find them I promise." He kissed her lightly and went back into the house.

"I thought you were getting the boys?"

"Bodie's getting them, I'm going to start dinner." Bessie headed towards the kitchen.

"Ok thanks dear. " Lily laid back on the couch.

Bodie made his way back through the forest he heard the laughter of two boys up ahead of him and he came upon a clearing.

Pacey and Dawson both had sticks in hand fake fighting. "Excuse me." The boys turned to look at the intruder. "Bodie?" Pacey was surprised to see Bessie's boyfriend in the clearing.

"Yes.. um Bessie sent me to get you two it seems Mike Potter." Here Bodie spit the name out like it was poison "well it seems him and Mrs. Potter got into an argument and Joey heard it and now she wants you two."

Pacey and Dawson exchanged looks and nodded. "We're coming." They said in unison as they began to pack up their belongings.

"Do you think she'll be ok." Dawson asked as he rolled up their sleeping bags.

"I hope so." Pacey felt horrible that they had left Joey to her own defenses.

"Why do I have a feeling there is more to this story then what we're being told?" Dawson didn't have a good feeling about this.

"I don't know D man but I have the same bad feeling you do lets get to Jo." Dawson nodded and the three guys made their way back to the Potter House.

Pacey put his class clown act on in front of Bessie as he walked into the kitchen. "Well Bess ol girl what do you seem to be cooking." He looked over her shoulder at the spaghetti on the stove. "ooh Spaghetti my favorite." He rubbed his hands together.

"Yes, I know but if you're not nice I won't give you any." She swatted him playfully with a towel she had in her hand.

"Don't mind him he's been in the woods to long." Dawson laughed.

"Har, har." Pacey pouted. "Ok Bess where is my damsel in distress."

Bessie could see past the façade that Pacey was putting up and she smiled sadly. "She's in her room Pace why don't you go and wake her up well Dawson sets the table for me. "

"oh man you mean Dawson gets the easy job and Dawson just has to set the table." Pacey faked outrage though secretly he was grateful that he was going to be able to get Joey by himself. He made his way into her room and gently shook her. "Hey Josephine."

She opened her eyes and saw Pacey. "Pace." She threw herself into his arms and held on tightly. That's when he knew something was seriously wrong she didn't yell at him for calling her by her full name.

"Now Joey my dear I know you love me but your sister has dinner ready and its spaghetti so I'd like to eat it." He pulled her up and they made their way into the kitchen.

She sat down and served herself some food eating hungrily, "hmm and I thought this was Pacey's favorite dish." Bessie teased.

'Yeah Jo leave some for us."

"Bite me Pace."

"once again I don't want rabies Potter."

"Are they always like this?" Bodie asked he hadn't really spent that much time around Bessie's younger sister or her friends.

"Oh usually their worse." Dawson shrugged and went back to his food. Lily smiled fondly glad to see a smile on her daughters face. And Pacey just sighed in relief that she was smiling and the haunted look seemed to be leaving her eyes.

John Witter knew that something wasn't right in Capeside he knew there was some sort of illicit drug ring going on in town he just wasn't able to pin point where or who at the moment but he had his sususpisions that Mike Potter had something to do with it all.

Mike Potter trafficked his next shipment as he seethed at the nerve of his youngest where did she think she got off talking to him like that didn't she knew what a risk he was taking for this family he loved his daughters but sometimes ,sometimes he wasn't sure he liked them.

A/N thanks for the reviews so I've decided to reviews to leave Bessie and Bodie together and make Bessie and Doug like another Jack and Jen. Please comment and thanks to Maddie for her review. I always take reader suggestions into consideration as I write so leave me what you think.