Chapter 10
Joey awoke the next morning , to find that Pacey had already gone to work. She felt so awful, she had such a bad night, hardly any sleep and she knew that Pacey was awake too. She tried to talk to him a couple of times, but he just ignored her. She knew that he wasn't really angry, he was upset, that upset her even more knowing that she hurt him with her comments. She sighed, swung her legs out of bed, and head towards to the kitchen. As she walked towards the kitchen, she felt uneasy. Oh my, she thought, I feel a bit dizzy. She ran towards the bathroom and was sick. She knew she was feeling awful about yesterday, but this was a bit extreme. Come to think of it, she had been feeling unwell for a while, just put it down to the moving and stress. Shaking off the feeling, she carried back towards the kitchen and made herself some breakfast.
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Pacey busied himself in his office, when he heard a knock at the door. 'Come in', he said, waiting for whoever it was to let themselves in. Joey appeared behind the door, 'Hey', she said shyly, 'I bought you some strawberries from home, peace offering.' She moved towards Pacey cautiously, not sure if he would accept them graciously, or pick them up and throw them at her. Pacey gave Joey a beaming smile, and pulled her in towards him. 'Hey babe, thanks. I'm sorry about last night, but I really was just tired.' Joey relaxed, relieved, 'It's ok, and I'm sorry about my comment, I don't even know what my problem was. I guess I was just tired too and took it out on you and I'm sorry, I shouldn't have.' She leaned into him and gave him a warm kiss. He accepted the kiss and deepened it further, and when he pulled back, his eyes were full of love and admiration for this woman. 'I have a surprise for you, if you're still willing to be my wife?' Pacey asked teasingly. 'It depends what the surprise is Pace, some of your surprises don't appeal to me...' she mocked back, giving Pacey a knowing look. 'Funny Miss Potter, you know that?' 'You won't be able to keep calling me Potter soon you know Pace, I'll be a Witter...' Joey thought, laughing. 'Oh, so you ARE still willing to be my wife , eh?' Pacey chuckled, as Joey gave him a quick shove. 'Ok, ok Jo, sorry. Anyway, I was thinking about us getting married sooner than later, and I really want you to be my wife soon, and I can ravish you all the time and get to order you around, and say, wife, cook, wife clean... well... not ask you to cook, that's my job, as you can't cook.. I'm Kidding', Pacey finished, as Joey was standing there with one eyebrow raised and a 'I'm not too impressed' look on her face. 'What I meant to say Jo, was that, I love you more than anything, and I want to make you my wife, I've waited long enough I'd say. So, I heard that there was a cancellation with Father James, and he would be able to Marry us at the B&B in about 2 months time, rather than the original year.' Joey looked momentarily stunned. 2 months? Pacey and Joey had spoken about getting married on the land and B&B and thought it was perfect. She felt that somehow it would make her feel closer to her Mom, and it would be a perfect day with friends and family at the place she knew and loved. '2 months Pacey? That's pretty quick, I mean, there's loads to organise and sort out, can we pull it off?' Pacey gave Joey a small smile, 'Only if you want to babe, we can leave it longer if you want.' Joey thought about it for a moment, and she only had to look in Pacey's eyes and know that 2 months was perfect. 'You know Pace? You're right. We've waited long enough. Let's do it!' Pacey was so happy, he picked Joey up, and swung her around. 'Oh my god Jo, I can't wait! You're going to be my wife.'Joey was giggling and Pacey swinging her around, then suddenly she felt dizzy again. She held onto Pacey as she tried to steady herself. 'Woah, Jo, are you ok?' Pacey asked, suddenly awash with concern. 'Yeah.. I think, this happened earlier and I was sick,but I think I'm just really stressed with the move and everything, sleep is catching up on me or something. I'll be fine.' Joey gave Pacey a reassuring smile, but Pacey wasn't returning her smile. 'Jo, I'm making you an appointment with the doctors for today, promise me you'll go. Infact, I'll go with you. I'll rearrange my meeting this afternoon for tomorrow and come with you, just sit down and put your feet up.' Joey shook her head, 'No Pacey, I'm fine, I'll go by myself, it's just tiredness and I'll feel embarrassed if that's what the doctor tells me and you're there too, how embarrassing.' 'You just have to make sure that you're ok, and as long as you're ok with going by yourself..' Pacey continued, he already grabbed the phone ready to make an appointment for the woman he loved so much. Joey knew that he cared so much about her, he always did everything to make her life easier for her. She smiled gratefully at him, and waited to hear what time she had to make her way to the doctors.
At 2pm, Joey was waiting patiently in the waiting room. She hated doctors, ever since her Mom had been ill, and now she was regretting telling Pacey she would be ok on her own. She was about to get her cell phone out and call him and tell him to come along as her name was called. 'Miss Potter? Dr Wigan will see you now.', said the receptionist. Uh oh, too late now, she thought. Shall I make a run for it? She knew Pacey would drag her back kicking and screaming if she did. Urgh, let's just get this over and done with. She stood up, and headed towards the doctors' room.
'Hi Joey, I'm Dr Wigan, what seems to be the problem today?', the polite doctor asked, smiling at her. She felt more at ease. 'Well, I've been feeling a bit unwell recently, tired and I've been sick. I've recently moved house so I just put it down to the stress, but my fiancé just wants me to find out for sure, as he's a bit worried', Joey smiled shyly. The doctor returned her smile, and stated, 'Ah, men, always worried for us, why don't you do a urine test for me to make sure everything is ok with that, then we'll go from there and sort out some blood tests if we don't get any result?' She handed Joey a pee-pot, and she headed towards the bathroom.
Joey waited anxiously for the result of her urine test. She suddenly got herself into a panic, fearing the worst. What if she was ill like her mother? She never discussed this thought with anyone, and she always thought that she would end up dying young like her mom, no matter what she did to prevent it. As the doctor returned to her office, her face gave nothing away, leaving Joey feeling worse.
'Right then Joey, I have you're results here. It looks like you're pregnant!',Dr Wigan announced joyfully. '...I'm... what?' Joey stumbled, completely shocked and speechless. 'You're pregnant Joey, I thought you were when you told me your symptoms I just wanted to make sure first without providing you with false hope. I can sort you out with a scan now to see how far along you are and we can work out your due date'. Joey wasn't listening. All that was running through her head was pregnant...due date...scan...baby...pregnant... Oh my god. A baby?