::Thanks for all the reviews, guys!  I really appreciate all of you waiting so patiently so that I can finish writing the third chapter of my story.  Maybe you are waiting patiently or you all had other things to do, but either way, thanks for your support.  Well, we shall get this "party" started and read on…READ ON!::

         "Shall we resume?" the priest asked a happy Eddie and a hurt Joey, who was walking back from the pew she sat on with Pacey.

         "Yes," Eddie nodded his head.

         "No…" Joey whispered.  "I'm sorry, Eddie, but I have to think this through."

         "Joey, I don't quite understand.  What are you saying?" Eddie asked a phased out Joey.

         "Father Matthew, is it all right if this wedding was postponed for a while?" Joey asked, turning to the priest.

         "Well, if that's what you wish for, my child," Father Matthew gently said.

         "Then, that's what I wish for," she answered.

         "All right.  Ladies and gentlemen, due to the series of events that has happened during the course of this wedding, the bride—not the groom—wishes that the wedding be postponed." The whole crowd gasped.  "We are sorry, folks.  You may go home or to—"
         "You could go also go to Leery's Fresh Fish House for some late lunch or early dinner," Gale suggested as most of the congregation nodded their heads at that idea and began to leave.

         "Joey, what are you doing?" Bessie asked, running past some of her distant cousins she had never seen in long time, to Joey.

         "I have my doubts, Bess," Joey said, hugging her older sister tightly.

         "I thought you said—"
         "I know that's what I said, but I am not sure if I did the right thing," she whispered to Bessie, not wanting Eddie to hear the reason why she stopped her own wedding.

         "Do you need to be alone?" Bessie asked.

         "That would be nice," she replied.

         "All right, you go in that back room and I'll talk to Eddie for a while.  Don't worry, I won't tell him anything you just told me now, okay?" Bessie told her sister, letting go of her.

         "Thanks, Bessie.  I don't know what I'd do without you," Joey cried, walking to the back room.

         After a few minutes of rethinking what she had just done a few minutes before, the door opened to reveal all her friends.  Joey stood from her chair.

         "Joey, are you feeling all right?" Andie asked.

         "Not yet, but I'll be fine.  How is Eddie?" she asked.

         "Well, he—er—is kinda heartbroken.  He is still here, but he's pretty shaken up," Jen answered.

         "Do you need anything?" Jack asked.

         "Maybe a new life—I'm not very fond of this one," Joey sighed.

         "Well, I can't get you that, but I can give you my ear so I can listen to you," Jack chuckled.

         "Thanks, Jack.  Thanks everyone for being supportive of me today.  I don't know what I'd do without all of you or Bessie," Joey smiled passed the tears.

         "You'll make it through, Jo.  You'll pick the right guy," CJ offered as help.

         "Oh, yes, you'll make it through this.  You're a bloody warrior.  A smart one at that, too," Emma said, hoping it'd make Joey feel better about herself.

         "I hope she picks Pacey," David whispered to Jack.

         "We'll all see," Jack said back.

         "Where's Dawson?" Joey asked, finally noticing that her very best friend wasn't there in that room.  "Don't tell me I broke his heart too."

         "He's trying to contact Pacey.  He wondered if he had stayed within Capeside," Audrey said to Joey.        

         "I doubt that.  You know he's got a new boat," Jen grimaced.

         "You'll be fine, Jo.  He'll come back.  He won't go too far.  And if he does, you can lure him back here with food," Andie joked as Joey lightly laughed.

         "Thanks for the suggestion, Andie," Joey said as Dawson burst in with Bessie.

         "He's not picking up!" Dawson said, grasping his cell phone a little tightly.

         "Don't worry, he probably will later.  I'll try," Bessie said, taking Dawson's phone and left the room again.

         "Dawson, can I talk to you and Jen privately?" Joey asked, as her other friends stared at each other and then left.

         "What do you want to talk about?" Dawson asked her, pulling up a chair for Jen and himself and putting it next to Joey's.

         "Pacey," sighed Joey.  "Should I—you know—should I stay with Eddie or go with Pacey?"

         "It's your decision, Jo.  You know we can't make it for you.  You just have to think what's the best choice for you.  I mean, I know it's rather harsh picking between Pacey and Eddie, and I know it's a hard decision.  So you have to ask yourself, who are you most compatible with.  Are you more likely to be with Pacey because you've known each other for so long and have had a good past?  Or is it Eddie, because you didn't know him your whole life and are still getting surprised with who he truly is?" Jen said, sorting out Joey's choices.

         "Wow, those years at the help line are really rubbing off on you, huh, Jen?" Dawson asked sarcastically, staring at one of his good friends with utter shock.

         "That and all my years with CJ.  But that's not the point right now, Dawson," Jen responded, lightly hitting Dawson's left arm.

         "Hmm…Pacey or Eddie?  I don't know," Joey sighed again, covering her face with her hands.

         "Who do you truly love?  I mean, you can't just give your heart away as if it were a prize," Dawson explained.

         "I know, I know.  I just don't know who it is that I really love."

         "Joey, as your best friend and soul mate, the best advice I can give you is the one I already gave.  Other than that, I am pretty much useless at this thing now," Dawson honestly spoke.

         "Oh, Dawson, thanks for the advice, you too, Jen.  I seriously don't know what state I'd be in if I didn't have two of my best friends trying to tell me what to do," Joey cried, getting up to hug Dawson and Jen.

         "You're welcome, my dear partner in crime.  We'd be nowhere without you either," Jen said, crying too.

         "Can I be alone for now?" Joey asked.  "I need to be alone to think about this."

         "Sure, Jo.  If you need anything, we'll be out there," Jen said, pointing to the actual church part.

         "All right.  Thanks guys."

         "Anything for our dear Joey," Dawson mocked.

         Joey sat on the chair, thinking about her past with Pacey.  She thought about how they fought and how much their relationship hurt their friendship with Dawson.  But then, she realized that Dawson had gotten over Pacey and Joey throughout the years and then thought about the good points of her relationship with Pacey.

         Joey reflected upon how Pacey helped to find the person who had ruined her mural, the time they spent together on TRUE LOVE, the time she'd gotten drunk and Pacey let her sleep on his bed, and the night they spent with each other in the K-Mart.  All those things made Joey cry softly to herself and love Pacey even more. 

         Joey did have time to think about her past with Eddie, but her times with Pacey were the ones that really touched her and wanted her to have more memories with him.  She knew she had found the one she truly loved.  But would she be able to catch him in time?

         Everyone looked up at once as they saw Joey walk out of the back room.  Joey was shocked to find that half of the congregation was still seated in their respected pews.  She walked to her friends.

         "Made a decision yet, Jo?" CJ asked, holding on tightly to Jen's hand.

         "I have, but first, I need a few words with Eddie," Joey answered, walking away from her friends.

         When she reached Eddie, she touched his shoulder gently.  He turned around and then whispered, "Joey."

         "Eddie, I have something to tell you."

         "Is this something good?"

         "Well, I wouldn't say that exactly.  Look, Eddie, I cherish all the times we have spent together.  I loved each and every moment of it.  I kinda knew in my head that when we first met, even though we didn't get along that well before, something between us would start.  You helped me so much in and through Hetson's class and helped me moved on with my life.  You comforted me and watched over me.  I love you, you know that.  Promise me, no matter what I say to you, you won't hate me," Joey cried.

         "I can never hate you, Joey.  You know that," Eddie said.

         "Yeah, well, you didn't hear what I have to say," sighed Joey.

         "Well, what do you have to say?"

         "I like you as a friend, Eddie."

         "What?  Joey, I don't understand…"

         "Neither did I before.  Not until I just a few moments before when I thought over this whole thing."

         "I thought you told Pacey—"

         "I got my facts wrong.  Eddie, you are a friend to me.  I don't know why I only figured it out now when we were about to get married."

         "Joey, I am—I—I thought you said you and Pacey were—"

         "I know.  Eddie, please don't be mad at me.  I truly love you and I always will, but times change.  Pacey and I—well, we have some unresolved conflicts that we must get over. and I am not sure if when the conflicts are solved if I would end up back with Pacey or still with you.  But whatever my decision is, I beg you, please don't hate me," Joey pleaded.

         "I could never hate you for doing something to save us both.  I mean, as they say, 'Honestly is the best policy', right, Jo?  And who knows, maybe this is the best thing for the both of us," Eddie said, unable to stop the tears flowing from his eyes.

         "Thank you for being so understanding about this.  I love you so much, Eddie," Joey cried as well.

         "Thanks, I love you too.  Now go get your man," Eddie smiled, lightly patting Joey's back.

         "All right.  I wish you the best of luck," Joey smiled back.  They both stood up and walked to Joey's group of friends.

         While Joey and Eddie were talking, Dawson and the gang had a conversation of their own.  (Well, it was Andie, Audrey, Jen, Emma, Jack, CJ, and David.  Dawson and Bessie are trying to contact Pacey on Dawson's cell phone.)

         "I wonder what Joey's saying to him," Emma asked, anxiously.

         "Maybe she wants to postpone the wedding for a different time so she can think more about her predicament," CJ suggested.

         "That would give her more time to think about Pacey and more about Eddie.  I always knew that girl had such a brain," Audrey expressed.

         "Or maybe she picked Eddie," Dawson said.  "Joey can be surprising at times."

         "I don't doubt any of those suggestions, but maybe she picked Pacey," Jack said as Jen shook her head in agreement.

         "Well, whatever Joey's decision is, I think it's best we let her handle it and not pry into her love life," Andie said calmly.

         "Guys, we got a hold of Pacey.  He said that he's at his house.  He's packing to go sailing on his boat for some 'alone time' as he puts it," Bessie explained, fussing about with the antennae of the cell phone.

         "I'll go try and stop him from making the biggest mistake of his life," Dawson said as Joey and Eddie reached the group.  Joey saw Dawson running out of the church and was confused.

         "Where's he off to in a rush?" she asked, staring at the entrance of the church.

         "Well, Dawson's going to see if he can stop Pacey from sailing off into the distance," Bessie told her sister.

         "Pacey from doing what?!" Joey asked, utterly shocked.  "He can't go away now!  I have to talk to him!"

         "Well, hurry then, sweetie.  Oh, and here.  Give this to Dawson.  I think he would need it," Bessie said, handing Joey Dawson's cell phone.

         "All right.  All of you just wait for me at the B&B.  Oh, and tell all those other people that the wedding was canceled. I wouldn't want to piss them off by making them wait here until the afternoon, wondering when things would pick up again," Joey sighed as all her friends had a laugh.  She looked at her watch.  "Oh, I'd better go now and catch up with Dawson."

         With that, Joey ran from her group of friends and waved Dawson's car down, as it was about to exit the church's parking lot.

         "Thanks for stopping Dawson.  I really needed a ride to go meet Pacey," she breathed hard, putting on the seat belt.

         "Anything for an old friend," Dawson smiled.

         "So where exactly is Pacey?" Joey asked.

         "He would be at the dock ports," he answered, turning his car to the left. (*I am really not good at the place where the boats "hang out".  I actually call that place the "boat parking lot".)

         "Wait, the street that leads you to the port is to the right."

         "And?"

         "Why are we headed for the left side of the town?" Joey asked curiously.

         "We need to get you out of those clothes, don't we, Miss Potter?" Dawson asked back.

         "Ah, so you're really using that brain God gave you?" Joey sarcastically asked.

On the way to the Potter B&B, the two friends talked about their past time at old Capeside, how Pacey and Joey's relationship destroyed Dawson's trust in them, and how different it would be with Pacey gone.  Once they reached the B&B, Dawson waited patiently in his car for Joey to change out of her wedding dress and into something more casual.  When Joey came back out, Dawson woke from his short nap.     

         "Do you think he's still there?" Joey asked, playing with the hem of her teal turtleneck.  She looked at Dawson with a worried look.

         "He's probably looking for some food yet," Dawson laughed.

         "Dawson, I mean it," Joey laughed as well.  "Would his boat still be at the docks?"

         "Of course I do, Jo.  He'd probably have some time to himself to think things through," Dawson explained.

         "Hmm, I find it hard to believe Pacey Witter stopping to think things through.  I always thought of him as the 'spontaneous' kind of guy.  You'd never know what the boy was thinking of doing at all," Joey sarcastically thought.

         "Well, maybe stopping to think things through is something Pacey finds spontaneous," Dawson noted.

         "You've got a good point there, Leery."

         "Thanks, Potter."

         "I'm sorry, Dawson.  But from now on, I only allow one person to call me 'Potter'," Joey sorrowfully said.

         "Would this 'only one person' be Pacey?" Dawson smiled.

         "I would say it would be Pacey.  How do you know this valuable information?"

         "Come on, Jo.  Everyone knows that Pacey calls you by your last name.  Then you caught onto it by calling him 'Witter'.  If I didn't know any better, I'd say the two of you were soul mates," Dawson said.

         "Why Dawson, I am shocked at you.  I thought you were my soul mate," Joey mocked.

         "We are still soul mates, Joey.  But we're not exactly in love.  We are the platonic type of soul mates—not the lover type.  You and me—we're soul mates.  And, as much as it took me to understand it, you and Pacey are meant to be.  You know—what was the name of his first boat?  Ah, you two are each other's true love," Dawson said as Joey thought of his words.

         "Pacey and I are really that?" Joey spoke after a few moments of silence.

         "Yeah, I mean, if you two truly love each other," Dawson added.

         "I guess so, then," Joey said as they reached the parking lot of the dock port.

::Okay, I am really sorry to scare you, Mini Me.  And yes, it is a P/J story.  Right now it would really show it.  I am sorry.  I wanted that kind of reaction from people that's why.  I'd like to thank Elise Marie for giving me the idea of the "soul mate" "true love" difference.  Thanks—and I am sorry if I stole anything off from your story.  So, the credit goes to Elise Marie of giving me the idea of the soul mate and true love thing.  Oh, and this is a little cliffhanger.  This chapter is kinda too long for you all to read and I don't want you to sit on your arse for so many times, just reading this chapter.  Also, I am kinda getting a case of writer's block for chapter four.  Suggestions are greatly appreciated!  And I am sorry if this chapter was a little too long for you guys.  Well, you know your cue!::