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It's amazing how you knock me off my feet, mmmbr
Every time you come around me I get weak, oh, yeahbr
Nobody ever made me feel this way, ohbr
You kiss my lips and then you take my breath awaybr
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(So I wanna know) I wanna know what turns you onbr
(Hey, I'd like to know) So I can be all that and morebr
(I'd like to know, hey) I'd like to know what makes you crybr
(So) So I can be the one who'll always make you smilebr
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Girl, he never understood what you were worth, mmm, nobr
And he never took the time to make it work, no {You deserve more love than you
get}br
Baby, I'm the kind of man who shows concern, yes, I do, ohbr
Anyway that I can please you let me learnbr
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(So I wanna know) I wanna know what turns you onbr
(I wanna know) So I can be all that and morebr
(I'd like to know) I'd like to know what makes you crybr
(So) So I can be the one who'll always make you smile (Make you smile, baby, oh...)br
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Tell me what I gotta do to please youbr
Baby, anything you say I'll dobr
'Cause I only wanna make you happybr
From the bottom of my heart, it's truebr
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Tell me what I gotta do to please youbr
Baby, anything you say I'll dobr
'Cause I only wanna make you happybr
From the bottom of my heart, it's truebr
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I wish that I could take a journey through your mind, alrightbr
And find emotions that you always try to hide babe, ohbr
I do believe that there's a love you wanna share, oh, oh...br
I'll take good care of you lady, have no fear, ohbr
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(So I wanna know) I wanna know what turns you onbr
(I wanna know) So I can be all that and morebr
(And I'd like to know) I'd like to know what makes you crybr
(Oh...yeah) So I can be the one who'll always make you smilebr
(Boo, tell me, tell me)br
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Tell me what I gotta do to please youbr
Baby, anything you say I'll dobr
'Cause I only wanna make you happybr
From the bottom of my heart, it's truebr
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Tell me what I gotta do to please youbr
Baby, anything you say I'll dobr
'Cause I only wanna make you happybr
From the bottom of my heart, it's true, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahbr
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I wanna know what turns you onbr
(I'd like to know, I'd like to know, yeah) So I can be all that and morebr
(I wanna know) I'd like to know what makes you crybr
(So) So I can be the one who'll always make you smilebr
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(I'd like to know, I want to know) I wanna know what turns you onbr
(Tell me, girl) So I can be all that and morebr
~I Wanna Knowbr
~Joe/center

phr

pJoey walked out of Noah's room, flipping off the light as she left. Her mind was
racing a million miles a minute trying to think of what she was going to say to Pacey while
he sat down stairs. When the kids were at camp, they didn't have to worry about the
consequences of what they might think about them kissing, but they'd seen all the needed
to see tonight.

pShe'd had to evade question after question from both Noah and Sam, two very young
children who didn't even know what the word 'angst' meant or what it had to do with.
And they definetly had no idea about the sexual frustration that a person went through
when they wanted someone.

pBut now, the two had the chance to talk, both Noah and Sam asleep in Noah's room,
and she wasn't exactly sure what she was going to say. She knew what she wanted to say;
she wanted to tell him that she had some how fallen completely and hopelessly in love with
him, that she thinks about him all the time, that she never wanted to let him leave again.
But she couldn't. Knowing Pacey, he would just want to avoid a relationship. Forget that
it could mean happiness for them both, but keep her waiting while he tried to figure out
his feelings for her.

pSo she was trying to prepare herself for him saying that to her. That he wasn't ready.
She'd heard that before, but that kiss, the fact that this time he didn't run...those had to be
good signs, didn't they?

pShe walked down the stairs and found him waiting patiently for her. "Well, they're
sleeping, finally."

p"Sure they aren't faking? Sam's pretty good at it."

pJoey smiled, "I know, she did it to me when she was sick."

pShe took a seat next to Pacey, but didn't look at him, instead at her hands. He turned
to face her, tucking one leg under him. "You said we need to talk...and you're right, we
do."

P"Yeah. There's some pretty major stuff going on right now, between us."

P"Yeah."

pJoey bit her lip before she spoke again, "Did I tell you what your daughter asked me?"

P"I don't know. Did you?"

pShe shook her head, "She wanted to know if I was going to be her new mommy,
Pacey."

pPacey's eyes widened a little, as Joey looked up at him, "I didn't know exactly what to
tell her."

pPacey nodded, "I understand that."

pJoey let out a sigh, looking at the ceiling then back at Pacey, his blue eyes burning
holes into her. "I don't want either one of them to get hurt. I'm more worried about Sam
and Noah getting the wrong idea than I am about anything else. I mean, Pacey, we have
no idea what's going on here...or at least I don't. Do you?"

pHe shook his head, "No. I do know...it's getting harder for me to control how I feel
about you. I mean, I see you with Noah and Sam and this animal instinct inside me tells
me to hold you and never let you go."

pJoey smiled, "You aren't telling me anything new. When I see you playing with
Sam...something happens to me...and I get all these...thoughts."

PPacey smiled, "What kind of thoughts?" he asked as he leaned closer to her.

pJoey leaned forward, looking up at him through heavy lids, "Probably the same kind
you're getting now."

p"Those are some pretty....vivid thoughts..." he said as his lips lightly pressed against
hers.

pWhen the phone rang, Joey jumped apart from Pacey. Looking at him with wide eyes,
she reached over him for the phone, "Hello?"

p"Hey, so how did it go today?"

pJoey stood, phone in hand, "I'll be right back. Don't...move."

pShe walked into the kitchen and put the phone back to her ear. "You have the worst
timing in the world, do you know this?"

PJen smiled, not sure of what exactly was going on, "No, do tell."

p"You couldn't have waited to call me until tomorrow?"

p"Sue me, I was bored. What's going on at the Potter household that I am
interrupting?"

pJoey sighed, and looked back into the living room to find Pacey staring at his hands,
"Pacey kissed me again," she whispered.

P"No shit!?"

p"Jen...call me back later..."

p"What? You can't just tell me that and then hang up!"

P"I'll tell you later, I'll call you back when he leaves."

P"What if he doesn't leave?" she asked with a smile.

PJoey couldn't keep the grin from stretching across her lips, "He will. Talk to you
later..."

P"Joey wait..."

p"Bye."

pShe hung up the phone and took a deep breath. She walked back into the living room
and Pacey perked up when he saw her re-enter. She sat next to him again, setting the
phone down on the coffee table.

pShe turned back to look at him, and caught his eyes in a heated gaze. She licked her
dry lips, then felt his on hers. She hadn't felt this out of control since she was in high
school. As his tongue invaded her mouth, she felt things inside of her explode, her body
reacting to his searing kiss.

pHe somehow managed to pull her on top of him, her knees on each side of his body as
she straddled him. His mouth moved from hers to her long exposed neck, kissing, and
nipping at the fevered skin. He wanted her so badly. He wanted to taste her and possess
her, as much as he could. He wanted nothing more than to just spend the rest of the night
with her, doing things he hadn't done in a while.

pAnd then she popped into his mind. The entire day he hadn't thought about her, until
he was here like this with Joey. He slowly pulled away from kissing her neck, and looked
up at Joey. She felt him pull away, then looked down at Pacey. The look in his eyes told
her everything she needed to know. But he didn't run this time. He was still there,
looking up at her, his hands resting on her jean clad thighs.

p"Pacey?"

P"You didn't do anything wrong."

P"Are you okay?"

pPacey shook his head 'no', then rested the top of his head against her chest, closing his
eyes as he took in a deep breath. Joey moved her hands behind his neck, stroking the
short hairs at his nape. She placed a kiss on the top of his head and they just stayed like
that, for what was an undetermined amount of time.

p"I can't help it, Jo."

P"I know, Pacey. You don't have to explain this to me. I know you miss her."

pPacey looked up at her, "I'm sorry," he said sofly.

P"Don't be. I understand, okay?"

p"But I don't, Joey. I don't know why...why I can't be happy. I want...I want to be
with you, I know that much. You make me happy, and I want you to be in my life...but I
can't let go."

pJoey brushed her fingers through his hair. "You need closure."

p"Huh?"

pJoey took a deep breath and climbed off of Pacey, one leg still resting over his lap.
"You need to find your closure with her. She was taken away from you so quickly that
you never got the chance to properly say good-bye."

p"So, you're saying that I need to find a way to say good bye?" She nodded. "How?"

p"You have to think of that on your own."

p"You're a lot of help."

PJoey smiled, "You want help, how's this, no kissing until you figure this out."

pPacey bit the inside of his mouth, trying to control himself, wanting her the more he
looked at her. "Are you sure?"

pJoey looked at him, eye brows raised, "Pretty sure..."

p"Pretty sure? Seems you are having your doubts, Ms. Potter."

p"Maybe I am. But that's your fault."

pHe laughed, "I can't wait to hear how this is my fault. So, do tell, Potter. How is you
having doubts about the no kissing thing my fault?"

pShe smiled, "Because I have found that it's very hard to keep my hormones in check
when I'm around you."

P"Really?" he asked smugly.

P"Yes. Really. There's just something about you that makes me want to...do things to
you."

PHe smiled, "What kind of things?" She shrugged, "That's mean, Joey. You can't just
say something like that then not tell me what you meant."

PJoey furrowed her brow, "What do you think when you see me?"

P"I don't think I can answer that question while I'm looking at you."

PShe tilted her head, smiling, "That bad huh?"

p"Yeah, they are pretty bad..." he said as he leaned in, pressing his lips right below her
ear. "But then again, they are so very good."

pShe popped his hand and he pulled away, "No," she said sternly.

pPacey smiled, "I'll remember you said that."

pShe smirked, "You think I can't do it don't you?"

p"I think that it might be harder than you think."

p"And I think you are underestimating my ability to resist you."

pHe shook his head, "No, I'm not. I just know that right now, knowing the way I feel
about you and pretty sure I know how you feel about me...I'm just thinking that this could
be a lot harder than either one of us thinks."

P"We've been doing it so far."

P"And in the last two weeks we haven't been able to be around each other without
looking at the other one as some sort of...sex object."

P"But we aren't having sex Pacey. I mean, if you ask me, we aren't even close. There
is too much going on right now to even consider moving that fast."

p"I know that. You know that. I'm not so sure our bodies and our hormones are
aware of that."

p"So you're saying we know mentally that it would be best to wait, hold off on the
kissing, groping and what not, but you're not sure our bodies will respect that and cause
us to just pounce on the other?" Pacey nodded his head, "I'm not saying you're wrong,
Pacey, but I've been able to control myself for this long."

PHe nodded again, "Yeah, you have, but...you know I want you. You know that there
is this thing inside of me that just makes me...want you more than even I'm aware of, and
sometimes, it's a little hard to control."

pShe smiled, "Really? Like when?"

pHe thought for a minute, trying to remember the last time that he'd nearly lost his mind
when he looked at her. The last time the very scent of her drove him mad. "I
know...when we had dinner here, you know? That night before Jen and Nick left."

p"Oh, you mean the night when you kissed me then ran out."

pPacey exhaled loudly, "Damn, Joey, I appologized for that!"

pShe smiled, "I know, but it's so much fun to throw in your face."

PHe smiled at her, "You are an evil woman you know that?"

pShe laughed, "Well aware."

pPacey took a breath, "So, if there is no kissing, what are we supposed to do the rest of
the night?"

pJoey smirked, "Well...I've been thinking, maybe we could postpone this whole...no
kissing thing until tomorrow."

PHe raised his eye brows, chuckling, "You are crazy you know that?"

p"Again, well aware of that," she said as she grabbed the collar of his shirt, pulling him
to her. Their lips met again in a series of frenzied kisses that left them both yearning for
more.

pPacey let Joey push him down onto the couch, driving her tongue into his mouth as
she repositioned her body on top of his. She was lying on top of him, her hands
wandering over his chest, over his shoulders and into his dark hair. He pulled her tighter
against him, his hands splayed across her back.

pPacey pulled away slowly, "Just kissing right?"

PJoey opened her eyes, staring into his blue ones, "Just kissing."

pHe nodded, "Okay," then let his mouth find hers again.

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To Be Continued...
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