Pacey sat in Grams living room waiting for Joey to come back from work.  Every so often Grams, Jen or David would pop their head round the kitchen door and ask if he wanted anything, each time he refused, he was too nervous to eat or drink anything.  Grams gave him a sympathetic look when Jen had brought him home and explained what was going on.  Grams always had a way of making you feel at ease.

Joey arrived home at 6pm and Jen rushed to meet her at the door.

"Joey, sweetie so glad your home."

"Uh ok."  Joey said confused at Jen's sudden thoughtfulness.

"How was your day?"
"Terrible, I think being the new girl they just like to dump all the work that they don't want…"

"Forget about that" Jen said waving her hands.

"Jen, what's going on?"  Joey asked suspiciously.

Jen ushered Joey into the living room.  Joey stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him

"Pacey?"

"Jo" he said standing up.

Jen stood beaming looking at the two of them.

"Jennifer!"  She heard Grams say from the kitchen door.

She turned around and signalled that she would be 1 minute.

"You two kids need to talk; now if you need anything then we'll be in the kitchen but we will not be listening at the door, well in all honesty we might be."

"Jen, sweetie, they need to be alone."  David said coming out of the kitchen to stop his girlfriend from rambling on.

"But!!"

"No but's Jen.  Get your cute ass into the kitchen"

Pacey and Joey laughed nervously as they watched Jen being dragged into the kitchen

"How did..." she said

"I came..." he said

They both laughed nervously again.

"How did you know I was here?"

"I went by your apartment and the super's wife told me that you had moved and then I met Jen."

"I didn't move I'm just having my place…it doesn't matter.  Why are you here Pace?"

"I came to see you."

"Why?"

"To tell you that I'm sorry Jo.  I'm sorry for putting you through hell these past couple of weeks.  For not getting in touch and telling you what you wanted to hear.  I went to the B & B the night that you left, I was going over there to tell you that I wanted to be with you but you left.   There was a time when you told me you wouldn't go anywhere without me"

"Well, I guess that idea sailed into the sunset along with my youth. I sat in the damn B & B for three days willing you to come over but you never did."

"I did come over.  Quite a few times actually.  I saw you standing on the dock drinking your coffee, I saw you play soccer with Alexander, it doesn't matter now but I did come over."

"Why didn't you come up and knock on my door and say something?  You know, it's the not knowing that really killed me.  I thought why the hell doesn't he want me."

"I got scared."  He whispered.  "I just got scared"

"Scared of what?"  she yelled getting frustrated.

"Hurting you.  Scared of not making you happy.  Scared of not giving you what you deserve."

"Shut up!"

"What?"  He said shocked.

"I said shut up.  I love you.  I want to be with you. Simple, easy as that.  The only way that you're ever going to hurt me or making me unhappy is to say that you don't want to be with me.  Pacey, you don't have any control over who you love.  Do you want to be with me?"  She looked Pacey straight in the eye and could see fear and confusion looking back at her.

"I wasn't entirely honest with you about my reasons for going back to Capeside."  He decided at that moment to tell her the truth

"Oh!"

"No," he said "I did know you were going back there.  I spoke to Dawson and he told me that you were going back."

"Why did you tell me that you didn't know?"  Joey asked confused.

"I didn't want you to think that I was coming back there to be with you.  That's sounds bad, but I had to figure out my feelings for myself.  When I spoke to Dawson I got a little clarity.  He asked me why you and I weren't together."

"Dawson asked you that?  I don't get it"

"He seems to think that we're perfect together."

"And what do you think?"

"Well, here's the thing Potter, in the past couple of weeks I've been told that you and I belong together by four very different people and here's another thing sitting there on that dock with you that night, I never felt more at peace with myself.  See, I went back to Capeside looking for my rainbow."

"Did you find it?"  Joey said trying hard not to cry.

"You're my rainbow Jo!"

She looked at him and felt the tears falling from her eyes.

"I love you Joey, I don't know why I've been fighting it.  Actually I do know.  I was scared that I would hurt you like I did the last time.  I was fighting it Joey, but I don't want to fight it anymore.  I love you Josephine Potter, I always have and I always will."

She ran to him and hugged him tight.

"Hey, don't cry" He said tenderly wiping away the tears that had escaped.  "You have my heart Joey Potter.  I tried to get it back on many occasions but you had it."  He kissed her tenderly and Joey felt her knees go weak under her.

"I have wanted to do that for the longest time."  She said and he laughed.

"Potter, you make me want to be a better man"
"Are you going to steal all the best lines from the movies?"
"I guess hanging out with Dawson did have its uses!" 

He laughed again and kissed her more passionately this time.

"Take me to bed Pacey or lose me forever."

"Not in this house young lady!"  They heard Jen shout from the kitchen.

They both burst out laughing.

TO BE CONTINUED…………………………….