~*~ Chapter 7 - 7 Days With Pacey ~*~
~*~ Sunday ~*~
The drive to Doug's place took about 5 minutes. Doug had moved from his apartment, and now lived in a house by the creek. Pacey was about to knock on the door when it was flung open.
"Pace, what took you so long? How are you? How's my niece? Where is she?" Doug asked.
"Uh, I had to say goodbye to Joey, I'm fine, Katie's fine, and she's in the car." Pacey answered all the questions at once.
Doug immediately went to the car to get Katie. "Pace, what smells?"
"Oh, Katie probably needs her diaper changed," Pacey chuckled.
"Here, you take her and I'll get your bags." Doug handed Katie over hurriedly.
"What, are you afraid of a dirty diaper?"
"No, but I want to see you do it. She's your responsibility."
"Yeah, I know. It's cool, being a dad!"
Doug smiled and patted Pacey manly on the back, and together they walked inside.
"This is an awesome place, Doug!"
"Thank you Pacey, I like it."
"Uh, I hate to ask, but where's the bathroom? I really need to change her."
"No worries, follow me." Doug led Pacey to the room where he would be sleeping.
"Wow Dougie, you went all out!"
"Not really, it's all Mom & Dad's old stuff." Doug had set up a cot and changing table in the bedroom, and Pacey had noticed a high chair in the kitchen.
"Thank you Doug."
"It was no trouble, none at all."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Pacey went downstairs after putting Katie down for a sleep. He noticed Doug sitting in the lounge room.
"Hey man, whatcha doing?"
"Hey, where's Katie?"
"Asleep."
"Oh. Come here and help me. I'm trying to organize your bachelor party."
"Yeah? What have you done so far?"
"Well, all of the guys going to the wedding are invited, I just don't know what we're gonna do, apart from you getting drunk."
"OK, firstly, I'm not going to get drunk if I can help it, and secondly, once the guys get started on the beer, the games and stuff will come fast and furiously."
"Oh, great!"
"Yeah, just wait until you hear what the activities are!" Pacey muttered on his way out of the room.
~*~ Monday ~*~
Pacey woke at 7:30 am. He got up and checked on Katie, who just happened to wake up right then. "Hey bay girl, let's go see Uncle Dougie!" They went downstairs and found Doug cooking breakfast.
"Morning Pace. Hello! Hello!" Doug said, while Katie gurgled at all the attention.
After breakfast, Doug delivered Katie to the B&B, and came back to find Pacey ready to leave.
"Where are you going?" Doug asked.
"To pick up Dawson, Gretchen and Jack."
"Can I come?"
"Of course, but I know that you just wanna see Gretchen." Pacey smirked.
"So do you," Doug shot back.
"So?" Pacey challenged him, but Doug didn't respond how Pacey expected. Instead, Doug said,
"Dawson's staying with his parents, right?"
"Right, and so is Gretchen. Jack and Jen are staying with Mrs. Ryan, but I think Bessie's gonna pick Jen up."
"Gotcha."
Pacey looked at the clock. "Shit, we better go!"
They drove to the airport, and made it with 5 minutes to spare.
"What flights are we waiting for?" Doug asked, looking at the flight schedule.
"Just one flight, gate 13, Dawson and Gretchen went to New York, and are coming in with Jen and Jack."
The plane touched down as Pacey and Doug came to the gate. Pacey started searching for his sister and his friends. Jen was the first off, and she ran to Pacey.
"Pacey!" she cried as she enveloped him in a hug.
"Hey Jen, how've you been?" Pacey laughed.
"Oh, there's Bessie, I'll see you around?"
"You better!" Pacey warned as Jen ran off.
Jack, Dawson and Gretchen walked up to them. Gretchen went straight to Doug and hugged him, while Dawson hugged Pacey.
"Hey D-man, how are you?"
"I'm great, it's great to be home."
Pacey then turned to Jack and hugged him also.
"Pacey, good to see you!"
"You too Jack."
Gretchen had finished hugging Doug, and rounded on Pacey.
"Hey Gretchen," Pacey said softly in her ear as they hugged.
"Pacey," she said in reply. "How are you?"
"What am I not?" he joked.
They went and collected their bags, then everyone was dropped at their various sleeping quarters - but only after promising to come over in an hour.
~*~*~
They all arrived together, Gretchen apologetically stating that she could "only stay for half an hour, I have to see Joey."
They reminisced about old times until long after Gretchen had left. By the time Dawson and Jack left, it was long after dark, so Pacey and Doug had a quick meal and went to bed.
~*~ Tuesday ~*~
Bessie dropped Katie off at 9 am. Pacey then proceeded to take Katie on a day-long tour of Capeside, by going everywhere many, many times.
~*~ Wednesday ~*~
Doug came home from dropping Katie off to find Pacey lying on the couch watching TV.
"Get up, we have stuff to do" he said, poking Pacey in the stomach.
"Like what?" Pacey groaned, getting of the couch.
"Like suits!"
"No, no suits. Just black pants, black long sleeve shirts and silver satin ties."
"Very carefully planned Pace, that's unusual."
"Joey decided."
"Well, that explains it. Ok, what about hair?"
"What? Dougie, it's fine!"
"Dawson and Jack are meeting us there in 10 minutes, let's go." Doug said.
When they had finished, they all went out for lunch.
"Hey, are you both coming Friday night?" Pacey asked.
"Hell yeah!" Jack scoffed.
"Same here, any excuse to give you a hard time." Dawson joked.
"Good," said Doug.
They spent the afternoon at the Leery's, watching movies for old time's sake.
~*~ Thursday ~*~
Doug took Pacey and Katie sailing for the day. Pacey wasn't sure if it was a good idea, Katie being so young and all, but true to his word Doug stayed near the shore, and Katie had her own lifejacket.
~*~ Friday ~*~
Pacey and Doug spent up big on beer and chips for that night. They bludged for the rest of the day, watching TV and sorts, until Dawson showed up at 6:00.
"Hey, I thought you might like some help setting up," Dawson said, holding up a carton of beer and a bag of pretzels.
Jack arrived ten minutes later, also laden with beer and food.
The doorbell rang. Pacey got up to answer it, and found Audrey standing on the doorstep with a gorgeous guy.
"Audrey! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the B&B?" Pacey questioned, reaching out to hug her.
"Yeah, but I wanted you to meet Trent. he's not staying, he has work to do-"
"Why, coz you take up all his free time?" Pacey smirked. Audrey poked him in the ribs.
"Trent, good to meet you." Pacey smiled genuinely.
"Yeah, you too Pacey - I've heard some things about you." Trent joked. Pacey liked him immediately - he was friendly and genuine.
"Ok, time to go, see you on Sunday Pacey!" Audrey called as she dragged Trent off.
Two taxi's pulled into the drive.
"The man of the moment!" Mitch called as he got out of the first taxi. Pacey's father got out of the second one, and walked up the drive with Mitch.
Pacey thoroughly enjoyed himself that night. He was, expectedly, the butt of every joke, the idiot in every story, and the subject of scorn. However, his father was completely good-natured in his approach to all jokes and stories, and Pacey could honestly say that this was the first time that his father had shown pride in him. This was shown even more when everybody left, because on his was out Pacey's father said, "I'm proud of you Pacey."
~*~ Saturday ~*~
Pacey didn't wake up until 2:00 pm, after all, people hadn't left until 5:00 am. The rest of his afternoon was spent organizing everything for the wedding before he went and picked Katie up from Gale and Mitch. He was ready for the next day, he just hoped Joey was as certain as he was...
~*~ Sunday ~*~
The drive to Doug's place took about 5 minutes. Doug had moved from his apartment, and now lived in a house by the creek. Pacey was about to knock on the door when it was flung open.
"Pace, what took you so long? How are you? How's my niece? Where is she?" Doug asked.
"Uh, I had to say goodbye to Joey, I'm fine, Katie's fine, and she's in the car." Pacey answered all the questions at once.
Doug immediately went to the car to get Katie. "Pace, what smells?"
"Oh, Katie probably needs her diaper changed," Pacey chuckled.
"Here, you take her and I'll get your bags." Doug handed Katie over hurriedly.
"What, are you afraid of a dirty diaper?"
"No, but I want to see you do it. She's your responsibility."
"Yeah, I know. It's cool, being a dad!"
Doug smiled and patted Pacey manly on the back, and together they walked inside.
"This is an awesome place, Doug!"
"Thank you Pacey, I like it."
"Uh, I hate to ask, but where's the bathroom? I really need to change her."
"No worries, follow me." Doug led Pacey to the room where he would be sleeping.
"Wow Dougie, you went all out!"
"Not really, it's all Mom & Dad's old stuff." Doug had set up a cot and changing table in the bedroom, and Pacey had noticed a high chair in the kitchen.
"Thank you Doug."
"It was no trouble, none at all."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Pacey went downstairs after putting Katie down for a sleep. He noticed Doug sitting in the lounge room.
"Hey man, whatcha doing?"
"Hey, where's Katie?"
"Asleep."
"Oh. Come here and help me. I'm trying to organize your bachelor party."
"Yeah? What have you done so far?"
"Well, all of the guys going to the wedding are invited, I just don't know what we're gonna do, apart from you getting drunk."
"OK, firstly, I'm not going to get drunk if I can help it, and secondly, once the guys get started on the beer, the games and stuff will come fast and furiously."
"Oh, great!"
"Yeah, just wait until you hear what the activities are!" Pacey muttered on his way out of the room.
~*~ Monday ~*~
Pacey woke at 7:30 am. He got up and checked on Katie, who just happened to wake up right then. "Hey bay girl, let's go see Uncle Dougie!" They went downstairs and found Doug cooking breakfast.
"Morning Pace. Hello! Hello!" Doug said, while Katie gurgled at all the attention.
After breakfast, Doug delivered Katie to the B&B, and came back to find Pacey ready to leave.
"Where are you going?" Doug asked.
"To pick up Dawson, Gretchen and Jack."
"Can I come?"
"Of course, but I know that you just wanna see Gretchen." Pacey smirked.
"So do you," Doug shot back.
"So?" Pacey challenged him, but Doug didn't respond how Pacey expected. Instead, Doug said,
"Dawson's staying with his parents, right?"
"Right, and so is Gretchen. Jack and Jen are staying with Mrs. Ryan, but I think Bessie's gonna pick Jen up."
"Gotcha."
Pacey looked at the clock. "Shit, we better go!"
They drove to the airport, and made it with 5 minutes to spare.
"What flights are we waiting for?" Doug asked, looking at the flight schedule.
"Just one flight, gate 13, Dawson and Gretchen went to New York, and are coming in with Jen and Jack."
The plane touched down as Pacey and Doug came to the gate. Pacey started searching for his sister and his friends. Jen was the first off, and she ran to Pacey.
"Pacey!" she cried as she enveloped him in a hug.
"Hey Jen, how've you been?" Pacey laughed.
"Oh, there's Bessie, I'll see you around?"
"You better!" Pacey warned as Jen ran off.
Jack, Dawson and Gretchen walked up to them. Gretchen went straight to Doug and hugged him, while Dawson hugged Pacey.
"Hey D-man, how are you?"
"I'm great, it's great to be home."
Pacey then turned to Jack and hugged him also.
"Pacey, good to see you!"
"You too Jack."
Gretchen had finished hugging Doug, and rounded on Pacey.
"Hey Gretchen," Pacey said softly in her ear as they hugged.
"Pacey," she said in reply. "How are you?"
"What am I not?" he joked.
They went and collected their bags, then everyone was dropped at their various sleeping quarters - but only after promising to come over in an hour.
~*~*~
They all arrived together, Gretchen apologetically stating that she could "only stay for half an hour, I have to see Joey."
They reminisced about old times until long after Gretchen had left. By the time Dawson and Jack left, it was long after dark, so Pacey and Doug had a quick meal and went to bed.
~*~ Tuesday ~*~
Bessie dropped Katie off at 9 am. Pacey then proceeded to take Katie on a day-long tour of Capeside, by going everywhere many, many times.
~*~ Wednesday ~*~
Doug came home from dropping Katie off to find Pacey lying on the couch watching TV.
"Get up, we have stuff to do" he said, poking Pacey in the stomach.
"Like what?" Pacey groaned, getting of the couch.
"Like suits!"
"No, no suits. Just black pants, black long sleeve shirts and silver satin ties."
"Very carefully planned Pace, that's unusual."
"Joey decided."
"Well, that explains it. Ok, what about hair?"
"What? Dougie, it's fine!"
"Dawson and Jack are meeting us there in 10 minutes, let's go." Doug said.
When they had finished, they all went out for lunch.
"Hey, are you both coming Friday night?" Pacey asked.
"Hell yeah!" Jack scoffed.
"Same here, any excuse to give you a hard time." Dawson joked.
"Good," said Doug.
They spent the afternoon at the Leery's, watching movies for old time's sake.
~*~ Thursday ~*~
Doug took Pacey and Katie sailing for the day. Pacey wasn't sure if it was a good idea, Katie being so young and all, but true to his word Doug stayed near the shore, and Katie had her own lifejacket.
~*~ Friday ~*~
Pacey and Doug spent up big on beer and chips for that night. They bludged for the rest of the day, watching TV and sorts, until Dawson showed up at 6:00.
"Hey, I thought you might like some help setting up," Dawson said, holding up a carton of beer and a bag of pretzels.
Jack arrived ten minutes later, also laden with beer and food.
The doorbell rang. Pacey got up to answer it, and found Audrey standing on the doorstep with a gorgeous guy.
"Audrey! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the B&B?" Pacey questioned, reaching out to hug her.
"Yeah, but I wanted you to meet Trent. he's not staying, he has work to do-"
"Why, coz you take up all his free time?" Pacey smirked. Audrey poked him in the ribs.
"Trent, good to meet you." Pacey smiled genuinely.
"Yeah, you too Pacey - I've heard some things about you." Trent joked. Pacey liked him immediately - he was friendly and genuine.
"Ok, time to go, see you on Sunday Pacey!" Audrey called as she dragged Trent off.
Two taxi's pulled into the drive.
"The man of the moment!" Mitch called as he got out of the first taxi. Pacey's father got out of the second one, and walked up the drive with Mitch.
Pacey thoroughly enjoyed himself that night. He was, expectedly, the butt of every joke, the idiot in every story, and the subject of scorn. However, his father was completely good-natured in his approach to all jokes and stories, and Pacey could honestly say that this was the first time that his father had shown pride in him. This was shown even more when everybody left, because on his was out Pacey's father said, "I'm proud of you Pacey."
~*~ Saturday ~*~
Pacey didn't wake up until 2:00 pm, after all, people hadn't left until 5:00 am. The rest of his afternoon was spent organizing everything for the wedding before he went and picked Katie up from Gale and Mitch. He was ready for the next day, he just hoped Joey was as certain as he was...