Pacey's POV
By the time I get back upstairs with one of the restaurants specialities for her to taste, she is sound asleep. She looks so tiny lying on my sofa. I lay down the tray and gather her into my arms. She feels so great. She even snuggles further into my embrace. Typical Joey. She would never admit it but really she just wanted to be loved and cared for.
I left her sleeping on my bed while I went back out to the living room to work on a few things for the restaurant. I don't know how long I was working but when she screamed I dropped everything and ran to her.
She was sitting bolt up right on the bed, beads of perspiration dripping down her face, her breathing laboured. "Hey, it's okay. I'm here Jo. I'm here." I reassured her as I took her into my arms and held her.
"Pacey, I am so sorry." She apologised after a while. Her breathing had finally gone back to normal and she could talk.
"What are you sorry for? There is no need to be sorry." I told her as I placed the piece of hair that was plastered to her face behind her ear.
"But there is so much to be sorry for. All these years when I haven't spoken to anyone. Haven't been in contact. Avoided people just for the sake of it."
"What do you mean?" I felt confused. What was she talking about?
"All those times you called inviting me up here and I refused, blaming work. it was all untrue. I just couldn't face coming back." Fresh tears were in her eyes. "There is something I should have told you long time ago but I just didn't have the confidence then and as time went past it just got harder to tell you."
"What is it JO? You know you can tell me anything." I changed position so she lay in my arms. Her head on my chest. It felt so comfortable.
"Pacey, I love you." She said it. She actually said it. The thing I had wanted to hear for years she had finally said.
I looked down to her face. She was chewing her bottom lip, the way she did when she got nervous. "You mean it don't you?" She nodded. "Joey, you don't know how long I have waited to hear you say that. I love you too." I bent my head down and took her bruised lips into my own. The kiss was soft but so passionate.
As we parted she looked to me with such a happy face. "Pacey Witter you have made me the happiest girl alive. I was so frightened to tell you. I thought you would have a girlfriend and you wouldn't want me."
"Joey, you are the only girl for me. No-one else compares to you. No-one else ever has." She snuggled down into my chest again. We were finally going to be a couple.
By the time I get back upstairs with one of the restaurants specialities for her to taste, she is sound asleep. She looks so tiny lying on my sofa. I lay down the tray and gather her into my arms. She feels so great. She even snuggles further into my embrace. Typical Joey. She would never admit it but really she just wanted to be loved and cared for.
I left her sleeping on my bed while I went back out to the living room to work on a few things for the restaurant. I don't know how long I was working but when she screamed I dropped everything and ran to her.
She was sitting bolt up right on the bed, beads of perspiration dripping down her face, her breathing laboured. "Hey, it's okay. I'm here Jo. I'm here." I reassured her as I took her into my arms and held her.
"Pacey, I am so sorry." She apologised after a while. Her breathing had finally gone back to normal and she could talk.
"What are you sorry for? There is no need to be sorry." I told her as I placed the piece of hair that was plastered to her face behind her ear.
"But there is so much to be sorry for. All these years when I haven't spoken to anyone. Haven't been in contact. Avoided people just for the sake of it."
"What do you mean?" I felt confused. What was she talking about?
"All those times you called inviting me up here and I refused, blaming work. it was all untrue. I just couldn't face coming back." Fresh tears were in her eyes. "There is something I should have told you long time ago but I just didn't have the confidence then and as time went past it just got harder to tell you."
"What is it JO? You know you can tell me anything." I changed position so she lay in my arms. Her head on my chest. It felt so comfortable.
"Pacey, I love you." She said it. She actually said it. The thing I had wanted to hear for years she had finally said.
I looked down to her face. She was chewing her bottom lip, the way she did when she got nervous. "You mean it don't you?" She nodded. "Joey, you don't know how long I have waited to hear you say that. I love you too." I bent my head down and took her bruised lips into my own. The kiss was soft but so passionate.
As we parted she looked to me with such a happy face. "Pacey Witter you have made me the happiest girl alive. I was so frightened to tell you. I thought you would have a girlfriend and you wouldn't want me."
"Joey, you are the only girl for me. No-one else compares to you. No-one else ever has." She snuggled down into my chest again. We were finally going to be a couple.