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Seasons in the Sun

Chapter Five

We had joy we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the hills that we climbed

Were just seasons out of time

We had joy we had fun

We had seasons in the sun

But the wine and the songs

Like the seasons have all gone

3 Weeks Later

Michelle got her wish, just not the way she expected it. She was in the cemetery on her mother's birthday and she did have flowers to place on Joey's grave, but that would come later. First she had to make it through her father's funeral. She looked around at the group of people surrounding her. She didn't remember her mother's funeral, but she was sure that the same people had been there. Uncle Dawson and Aunt Andie were with her and Uncle Dawson's parents and Lily were standing behind them. Aunt Bessie and Uncle Bodie were there with Alex. Grandpa Witter and Uncle Doug, Jack and Jen along with her husband and their son, Josh, and her Grams. Daddy's old friend Will Krudsky was here today too. The only person Michelle didn't recognize was a woman around the same age as Mr. and Mrs. Leery who was standing by herself at the back of the crowd. Michelle found out later that the lady's name was Miss Jacobs and that she was a teacher at the high school for part of a year when her parents went there. Michelle couldn't figure out why the lady had come to her father's funeral though. Maybe he was one of her favorite students or something.

Michelle made it through most of the funeral without crying. She knew that it was okay to cry and that everyone was worried about her because she wasn't crying more, but for some reason she just couldn't do it. After the funeral she stayed by her parents graves by herself to talk to her mother.

"Happy birthday mommy. I brought you flowers. Lilies…your favorite. I know that everyone thinks I should be sad about daddy leaving, but I'm not. I'm glad that daddy is going to take care of you now. I have a whole bunch of people to take care of me, but you didn't have anyone. You need daddy. I know that you two will take good care of each other. I love you both. I'll talk to you again soon. Bye mommy."

After she finished visiting her mother Michelle walked over to Uncle Dawson's car and rode home with him and Aunt Andie to her house. She knew that her life was changing forever, but she knew that everyone would take care of her.

13 Years Later

Michelle stood in front of her mirror looking at her reflection in awe. She had the perfect mixture of her parents good looks. At least that is what everyone told her. She looked at their picture one more time and smiled sadly. She hated that they had missed out on watching her grow up. She hated how her family and friends had to fill her in on what her parents where like. How they had gotten together, all of the difficulties they had to surpass in order to stay together. Now, as she was getting ready for her senior prom, she wished again that she had had more time with them. She went to visit their graves a few times a year, but she wanted more than that. She wanted to hear them, to hear the voices she hadn't heard in over ten years.

There was a knock at the door and her Aunt Andie walked in. " Joshua will be here any minute. How are you doing?"

"Good. Almost ready."

"I have the perfect jewelry to compliment your dress. It'll look great on you. Here you go," her aunt said as she handed Michelle a jewelry box. Michelle opened it and found a pair of gorgeous diamond earrings, a diamond tennis bracelet and a matching necklace.

"Aunt Andie, you shouldn't have," she sighed.

"Actually, I didn't. They're your mother's. I think it's time you had them."

"Thank you so much. Will you help me please?" Michelle asked with tears in her eyes.

They had just finished applying the jewelry and touching up her makeup when the door bell rang. Dawson opened the door and let Joshua Valentine into the house along with his parents, Jen and Drue. Michelle came down and pictures were taken, then Michelle and Joshua headed to their senior prom.

Three weeks later Michelle was getting ready for her graduation when her Uncle Dawson entered her room. He had a video tape in his hand and tears in his eyes. "I found this up in the attic. I added some stuff to it and I wanted you to have it," he said as he handed her the tape. "I thought you might like to have it when you go to Worthington in the fall." Michelle didn't have time to watch it until much later, after graduation and the post graduation parties that she and Josh attended together. She popped the tape into the VCR, turned on the TV, and settled down to watch it. She didn't really know what to expect, but somehow she wasn't surprised to see her mother fill the screen. Joey was probably around fifteen, laying on the dock. Suddenly a cheesy looking sea monster jumped out of the water and attacked her. The scene jumped to her mother walking off the dock, followed by her father, in the sea monster costume minus the head, both looking very disgusted about something. Her mother was arguing with someone, probable Uncle Dawson, about not wanting to kiss her father. From this the scene changed to her parents bickering during a trip to Witch Island with Uncle Dawson and Aunt Jen, then to her father performing in a school play, then her mother organizing a rally to save their principal's job. After all of this came her parents wedding. Her mother looked so beautiful in her wedding gown. Then there were a couple scenes of her parents together while her mother was pregnant and finally a scene with her mother holding Michelle as a newborn while Pacey stood behind them. Both of them had tears in their eyes and expressions of joy and love were on their faces.

"She's the most perfect baby in the world," said Joey quietly.

"That's because she's ours," answered Pacey, just as quietly. Then he leaned over and kissed Joey gently on the forehead as she held their sleeping daughter.

Michelle rewound the tape and watched it over and over again. The next morning at breakfast she hugged the man she had always called her uncle fiercely, then fighting back tears she said, "Thank you so much Uncle Dawson. It's the perfect gift."