Acceptance

Part 1

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own them, I'm not getting any money out of it, blah blah…

Genre: P/Jo Romance

Rating: PG-13

Spoilers: Season Finale 3^rd season.

Author Note: First fanfic, please tell me what you think, send me feedback. Just one tiny little note. But please constructive criticism :-)

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It was getting dark as Pacey Witter locked the boat down. He thought it was time to go inside. As he entered the room, he saw Joey and smiled a little; watching her organize some things. Walking behind her, he wrapped his arms around her waist, turning around she hugged him and pressed her lips against his. Pacey suddenly broke the kiss.

"What's wrong?"

"Jo, I think we should talk," he said.

"Sure, what about?" She answered, sitting down on the bed.

"Jo, you know that I love you and always will, right?" he asked.

"Yes, I know and I love you too, but… why are you asking me this?" she said, a look of concern on her face.

"Well, as you know, we're going to be together on this boat for about, 3 months" he said "And I don't really expect anything to happen between us, but I just wanna know what you think about it, about us having sex?"

"I don't know, Pace, I…I mean, it's really scary, and well, to tell you the truth, I want to do it… eventually. But first, I need to know that you really love me and I need to now that you're not going to just walk away from me when we get back to Capeside. I need to be sure that what we have is more than that." Her tone was worried, her gaze matched Pacey's.

"Come on, Jo, do you really think all of this is just about that? Do you think I would have thrown all my friendships away if what I feel for you, wasn't love, True Love? God, I…I love you Jo, I've loved you for a long time and I always will… I'm not going to walk away from you, not now, not ever, of course it's more than sex to me" He said, and hugged her.

"I love you too, Pacey" she said "And Pace?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks"

"For what?"

"For risking it all, for trusting me, for being so sure that what we have is real"

"There's nothing to thank me for, 'cause all that, all of what I did… You did it too, we did it together, for each other."

He wrapped his arms around her and she let herself melt into him and stayed in his embrace. After a long time, she lifted herself up, looked at Pacey and gave him a small, but sweet, kiss…

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Pacey opened his eyes when the first rays of sunlight started to creep into the small room, they had already spent one month on board the 'True Love', in fact, today was their first month anniversary. He was planned to pulling ashore and have take them for a romantic dinner, have a nice walk and then return to the boat to watch the stars from the deck. They had been clothes shopping for Joey, since she hadn't brought anything, and in one store they bought a little dress perfect for this occasion. He didn't even know how he managed to convince her to buy that dress. It was black, tight, but not too tight, it adjusted perfectly to her hips and other parts of her body, making her look like a real goddess. When they went to the store and he saw the dress he knew it was perfect, but the difficult part was trying to convince her to try it on, and then to buy it. But after a long hour of Joey constantly changing her mind about the dress, he decided to buy it whether she liked it or not. It was going to be a perfect night. The perfect night for the perfect woman. He still couldn't believe she was there with him, it was like his dream come true. God, she was beautiful, he bent his head to stare at her sleeping peacefully in his embrace wearing a pair of Pacey's boxers and a t-shirt. They hadn't had sex yet, they hadn't even touched the subject since their first night on board.

He stared at her for a long time just thinking about Capeside, on what would be waiting for them, he certainly wasn't looking forward to going back but he couldn't help but think about what would happen when they did return. What would Dawson have to say? What would everyone would say? Pushing the thoughts to the back of his mind, he stared back at Joey, he couldn't help it. God, he would be happy just staring at her; he admired her beauty, her intelligence, he admired everything about her. That was the major reason he found it hard to believe that she had chosen him over Dawson, "the golden boy", that was all he needed to realize that she did love him back.

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She opened her eyes slowly catching his gaze.

"Mornin','" She said sleepily.

"Good morning." He said thinking on how beautiful she looked even when she just woke up.

She bent her head and gave him a kiss.

"I should get up and make some breakfast," she said.

"No let me, please," he insisted.

"K'" She said without hesitation

She went into the bathroom to change her clothes while he started to make breakfast. When she came out of the bathroom, he already had their breakfast on the deck of the boat. She climbed the stairs and sat down beside him.

"Happy Anniversary."

"So, you didn't forget," he smiled.

"How could I forgot?, So what are you gonna do for me?" She said with a mischievous look in her eyes.

"What? you expected me to do something for ya'? I almost forgot about this."

"Pacey, I know you didn't." She said firmly

"I did."

"Pacey, I can see it in your eyes, you can't trick me."

"You know me too well for my own good." He said defeated

"Well…"

"Nope, I'm not telling you, it's a surprise."

"Come on, Pacey," Joey whined.

"Nope." Pacey said firmly.

She gave him a passionate kiss and looked expectantly into his eyes.

"Whoa, that almost made tell you"

She gave him another kiss, this time longer than the last one.

"Jo… I'm not telling you."

"Pacey, please, come on, you know you want to." She said with puppy eyes.

"Jo, you're not gonna get it out of me, you'll just have to wait 'till tonight." Pacey's blue eyes gleamed

She gave up with a defeated look and they started eating.

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End of part 1.

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