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"Hey Jo," Pacey said as she opened her door. "It's not too late to back out you know."
She sighed. "You know what Pacey - I'm over it. Forget it, I'm not coming."
She abruptly turned back towards her room and sat on her seat next to her packed suitcase.
Pacey followed her, speechless. "Wait… are you really not coming?"
She turned to him frustrated. "Do you want me to come Pacey? Do you? Because all you've done all week is talk me out of it. Well congratulations, you've done it. I'm going to take my new dress, and my new lacy thong underwear and go out with Amber instead."
He froze. "You got thong underwear?" he asked, a hint of desire filling his eyes.
"Is that all you heard?" she asked, incredulous.
"No, listen. I'm sorry Jo. I want you to come. I need you to come. Knowing you'll be there has been the only reason at all I've been looking forward to this. I'm not trying to talk you out of it, I'm just .. I mean things have been better with my dad and Julie. But I'll always feel like the black sheep of the family. I dread these things. And I don't want to scare you away."
She stood up. "A little honesty goes a long way Pace, let's get going."
He picked up her suitcase and started walking towards her door. He turned to look at her over his shoulder as he opened the door. 'So tell me again about your new undies?"
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"Oh my God, is this drive ever going to end?" Joey moaned as she looked out the window.
"Two more hours Jo. We probably should have just taken the shuttle boat."
They both fell silent, knowing how much more money the shuttle boat would have been. "No this is fine. I think I'm just getting hungry."
Pacey reached into his back seat and grabbed a cooler bag. "Snacks m'lady?"
She peered in the bag, surprised to find he'd made sandwiches and packed hummus, carrots and celery.
"I tried to pack you things I know are on your eating plan. I know it might be hard to follow all weekend."
"Thanks Pace," she said softly. "This was really nice of you."
"Occasionally I'm a nice guy, don't tell anyone," he grinned.
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"Jo, Jo, we're here," he said softly, gently touching her shoulder.
"Oh… I guess I fell asleep. Sorry about that," she said softly. She grabbed the bag at her feet and opened the door.
"Pacey! Joey!" Julie exclaimed running over and giving each of them enormous hugs. "Joey, can I talk to you for a minute? Pacey, maybe you can bring your bags into the foyer?"
Joey waited nervously while Pacey grabbed their bags and started inside. "Sorry for the drama," Julie laughed. "I just… Pacey usually gets stuck in the bedrooms with the kids, and I thought the two of you might enjoy the balcony room, but it only has one bed. I just wanted to make sure that was okay with you, before I put you in that situation."
Joey smiled with relief that Julie didn't have something more dramatic to say. "That's very nice of you, he and I will be okay sharing a bed. And I think it would mean a lot to him to get to sleep there."
Julie smiled at her. "I just want you to know, this is no way because I'm trying to encourage you two dating. Nope… not at all… nope," Julie teased.
"So, what's the plan?" Pacey interrupted.
Julie looked over to Pacey. "So we are meeting for dinner at six tonight. Which gives you guys about an hour to get ready and get over to the restaurant. So um… bring your stuff up to the balcony suite and get yourself settled."
"The what?" Pacey asked, a large grin crossing his face.
"You heard me. See you guys in an hour."
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"Wow, this is amazing" Joey said in awe as they walked into the enormous room. The king size bed was by a large sliding glass door which led out to a balcony overlooking the ocean.
"I've actually never been up here. All the years we've been coming here, I've always been downstairs with the kids," Pacey said, his voice catching slightly.
"So… now that we are up here, what did you want to do?" Joey asked, trying to keep any eagerness out of her voice.
"Well we don't have that long to get ready, so why don't we do that? You can get dressed in the bathroom and I'll get dressed out here?" he suggested.
She nodded her head, feeling disappointed. "Oh okay, sounds good."
She grabbed her bag and entered the large bathroom. The bathroom had a shower and a separate soaking tub, and for a brief moment Joey imagined her and Pacey taking a bath together. She shook her head to clear it, obviously that was not what he had on the agenda.
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"You decent?" Joey asked opening the door a crack.
"Have you ever known me to be decent?" Pacey teased. "You can come out."
Joey walked out of the bathroom, smiling shyly at him. She had chosen a modest sundress for the rehersal dinner, but still felt shy about being dressed up with him.
"Wow, you look great," Pacey said grinning at her.
"So do you," she said, her eyes surveying his khaki pants and button down shirt. "So did you want to head down or…."
Pacey glanced at his watch. "We don't have to be downstairs for thirty minutes. Want to watch some tv?"
She shrugged, "yeah okay."
Pacey laid down on the bed and patted the spot next to him. Joey climbed up on the bed as he grabbed the remote. "This is seriously the biggest bed I've ever seen," she exclaimed. She started jumping on the bed on her knees. "And bounciest."
Pacey laughed and rolled over to his knees and started bouncing. "Okay, we are never leaving here. I'm keeping you here forever!"
Joey laughed as she pounced on him, straddling him as he fell to the bed. "Maybe I'll keep you here forever?"
"Maybe I like the sound of that?" he said swallowing thickly. She could feel him hard against her, and her mouth dropped slightly in surprise.
"I'm sorry," he said hoarsely. "All I can think about is what kind of underwear you have on underneath that dress."
"Why don't you tell me?" she challenged, her eyes playful.
He looked to her in surprise. "Is this some sort of trick that ends in me getting slapped?"
She shrugged her shoulders, silently begging him to touch her. He stared at her in disbelieve. "Are… are you sure?"
Joey sighed and slid off of him. "Forget it."
"I can't," he said sliding next to her and placing his hand on her lower thigh. She turned to face him as he slowly ran his hand up her thigh. "Oh God," he moaned as his hand landed on her naked butt. He hungrily leaned forward and kissed her, as she eagerly returned his kiss. His fingers traced the line of her thong as he slowly moved his fingers along the outside of small scrap of fabric covering her. Her breath was short as she moaned into his mouth. Fueled by the positive encouragement he slowly slipped his finger under her underwear. She moaned again and he pulled away to look at her. "Too fast?"
"Don't stop," she panted as she brought her lips back to his. He smiled against her lips as he allowed his finger to explore her. Her breathing grew more shallow and suddenly she cried out loudly.
"Holy shit," she muttered as he slowly moved his hand back to her leg. "I may have lied to you when I told you I'd had an orgasm before. Jesus."
He smiled feeling rather proud of himself as she laid back in shock. She turned to look at him, suddenly feeling shy. "So um…."
"Pacey! Joey! We're leaving," they heard Becca's voice call up to them.
"Shit… they didn't hear us did they?" Joey asked, her face turning red.
"I don't think so. You read to go?" he asked offering her his hand.
"I'm only ready if they didn't hear me," Joey said standing up and straightening her dress. "Let me just run to the bathroom."
She ducked in the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She took a deep breath as she replayed what had just happened. She let the air slowly out of her mouth through pursed lips as she looked in the mirror. She quickly ran her brush through her hair and reapplied her lip gloss.
"Ready," she said emerging from the bathroom.
They slowly made their way down the stairs to his car. She glanced over at Pacey as they slid into their seats. "How far is the restaurant?" Joey asked looking at the clock.
"Like five minutes, we're fine." he said, looking at the road as he pulled out of the parking lot.
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Pacey glanced over at Joey as the two of them entered the restaurant. He suddenly realized that his family was going to have lots of questions about Joey as his date, and he wasn't sure he had the answers yet. He felt like the right thing to do was to hold her hand, but instead he felt himself taking a step away from her as they entered in through the door.