Joey rolled out of bed and glanced over at her clock. It was 11:00am and
she and Pacey were both still in bed. They'd been up until about 4:00am
addressing and sealing wedding invitations before giving up and going to
bed. She reached over and nudged her sleeping fiancé.
"Wake up, sleepyhead." The only response she got was a groan. "Your promised Mike you'd catch the early afternoon train to Capeside and check in on the Ice House."
"Did I?" Pace rolled over and opened his eyes, beginning to rub them as Joey got out of bed and put on her robe. "Are you sure?"
Joey just stopped and stared at him, hand on her hip, her mouth in a scowl. "Yes, and you can take some of these invitations with you, save some postage."
"If you insist." Pacey threw aside the covers and slid out of the bed. As he did so, Joey smile and made her way out into the living room as Pacey headed for the bathroom. Twenty minutes later, Pacey entered the living room to find Joey seated on the couch with her laptop, laughing under her breath. "What's got you so tickled this morning?"
"I just checked my e-mail, and I got one from both Dawson and Gretchen, letting us know when they were going to be getting here." She motioned for him to join her on the couch. "The reason I'm laughing, is this."
Pacey sat down next to Joey and looked at her computer screen. There were two windows open, one the e-mail from Gretchen, the other the one from Dawson. Pacey quickly read both of them, and looked at Joey. "You've got to be kidding me."
"That was what I thought. I don't think this could have worked out better. They're going to have a 4 and a half hour flight out here and then a whole week once they get here before we even get to the wedding." Joey slipped one of her arms through Pacey's.
"Don't you find this a little strange?" Pacey turned to face Joey. "I mean, us trying to put them together is one thing, but we didn't really have anything to do with this. What are the odds?"
Joey just shrugged her shoulders. "If I had to guess, I'd say not too good, but then again, it's Dawson and Gretchen we're talking about here. What were the odds they'd have gotten together the first time?"
"True." Pacey released Joey's arm and stood up. "I better get going if I'm going to make the 1:00pm train. I should be home around 10:00 tonight."
Joey stood with him and gave him a kiss and a hug. "Actually, you know what.give me a couple minutes and I'll go with you. I've got some wedding stuff I need to finalize with Bessie and Gayle."
Pacey agreed and twenty minutes later, they were in a cab on their way to the train station. Then two hours later, they were stepping off the train Capeside. They hadn't been there since Christmas, and it felt good to be home. Joey had called Bessie when there were almost to the Capeside station, so she was there to meet them. She greeted them both with hugs and they quickly loaded into her car.
"Bess, could you just drop me off at the Ice House, I've got some stuff there that I need to take care of." Pacey was sitting in the backseat, while Joey and Bessie were in the front.
"No problem, Pace. What about you , Joey."
"I'll just head back to the B&B with you. There some last-minute stuff about the wedding that I want to discuss with you, and then I've got to go see Gayle." Joey was looking through her purse for something.
A couple of minutes later, they were dropping Pacey off at the restaurant and heading on to the Potter B&B. When they arrived, Joey and Bessie made there way into the kitchen. Brody still hadn't brought Alexander home from school, so they had the entire place to themselves.
"What was it you wanted to talk to me about?" Bessie asked as she opened the refrigerator to get herself a soda.
Joey took a seat at the kitchen table and fiddled with here phone. "It's nothing, really, Bess. Just something I realized the other day. Dad's still in prison, and that means that I don't have anyone to give me away at the wedding."
Bessie joined her sister at the table. "I'm sure Brody would be more than happy to do it."
"I know that, Bessie, but that wasn't exactly what I had in mind."
"Who were you thinking of?"
"Well, I was going to ask Dawson, but I can't now, he's going to be Pacey's best man. I was wondering if you and Gayle would consider doing it." Joey looked up to see her sister's face. A tear was beginning to roll down her cheek.
"I'd love to, sis. And I'm sure Gayle would too." She reached across the table and gave her sister a great big hug. "Why don't you go over there and ask her?
"I think I will." Joey released her sister and stood up to leave. Five minutes later, she found herself across the creek and standing in front of Gayle's door. She knocked and heard little feet running towards the door.
The door swung open and Joey was greeted by Dawson's little sister, Lilly. "Joey! Mom! It's Joey!"
Gayle came around the corner, a large smile on her face as she saw Joey standing in the doorway. "Well, silly, why don't we let her in?" "Yeah, right." Lilly grabbed Joey's hand and pulled her into the foyer. "You wanna see me dollies, Joey?"
Joey smiled at the little blonde headed girl. "That sound like fun, but first I need to talk to your mother."
"Lilly, dear, why don't you go get our your dollies and Joey and I will talk. Then she can come play with you."
Lilly smiled and ran up the stairs to her room as Joey and Gayle made their way into the living room. Gayle sat down next to Joey and asked, "What was it you want to talk to me about?"
"Well, I just talked to Bessie about this, and she was really happy about it, but now I've got to ask you. Would you be willing to walk me down the aisle at my wedding to Pacey?"
Joey looked at Gayle's face and was greeted with a look, just like Bessie's had been, before Gayle leaned over to hug her. "You had to ask?"
They both sat there crying for just a little while, before Joey said something else. "I don't know if he's told you yet, but Dawson is going to be the Best Man."
"That's good to hear. But if Bessie and I are walking you down the aisle, then who's going to be standing up with you?"
"Ahh.there's another surprise. Pacey's sister, Gretchen." Joey smiled at the look that crossed Gayle's face at her statement.
"But those two haven't even seen each other since."
Joey finished the sentence for her, ".Gretchen went back to school at the end of our Senior year."
"Do they know?"
"No, were trying to keep it a secret until they get here." Joey was now smiling broadly again. "Now, before you start worrying, it will be great. They're both living in LA now, Gretchen just got a job working for a new industry magazine, so they won't have separate again after the wedding."
Gayle smiled slightly at this. "This might just work."
"We'll need your help though. With Pacey and I at the B&B, and Andy and her husband, we're going to need a place for Gretchen and Dawson to stay. We were hoping it could be here."
"I don't see why not. We've got an extra room, along with Dawson's room. That should work fine." "Great. It should make for an interesting week, at the least." Joey and Gayle smiled at each other and started to laugh a little bit.
"Wake up, sleepyhead." The only response she got was a groan. "Your promised Mike you'd catch the early afternoon train to Capeside and check in on the Ice House."
"Did I?" Pace rolled over and opened his eyes, beginning to rub them as Joey got out of bed and put on her robe. "Are you sure?"
Joey just stopped and stared at him, hand on her hip, her mouth in a scowl. "Yes, and you can take some of these invitations with you, save some postage."
"If you insist." Pacey threw aside the covers and slid out of the bed. As he did so, Joey smile and made her way out into the living room as Pacey headed for the bathroom. Twenty minutes later, Pacey entered the living room to find Joey seated on the couch with her laptop, laughing under her breath. "What's got you so tickled this morning?"
"I just checked my e-mail, and I got one from both Dawson and Gretchen, letting us know when they were going to be getting here." She motioned for him to join her on the couch. "The reason I'm laughing, is this."
Pacey sat down next to Joey and looked at her computer screen. There were two windows open, one the e-mail from Gretchen, the other the one from Dawson. Pacey quickly read both of them, and looked at Joey. "You've got to be kidding me."
"That was what I thought. I don't think this could have worked out better. They're going to have a 4 and a half hour flight out here and then a whole week once they get here before we even get to the wedding." Joey slipped one of her arms through Pacey's.
"Don't you find this a little strange?" Pacey turned to face Joey. "I mean, us trying to put them together is one thing, but we didn't really have anything to do with this. What are the odds?"
Joey just shrugged her shoulders. "If I had to guess, I'd say not too good, but then again, it's Dawson and Gretchen we're talking about here. What were the odds they'd have gotten together the first time?"
"True." Pacey released Joey's arm and stood up. "I better get going if I'm going to make the 1:00pm train. I should be home around 10:00 tonight."
Joey stood with him and gave him a kiss and a hug. "Actually, you know what.give me a couple minutes and I'll go with you. I've got some wedding stuff I need to finalize with Bessie and Gayle."
Pacey agreed and twenty minutes later, they were in a cab on their way to the train station. Then two hours later, they were stepping off the train Capeside. They hadn't been there since Christmas, and it felt good to be home. Joey had called Bessie when there were almost to the Capeside station, so she was there to meet them. She greeted them both with hugs and they quickly loaded into her car.
"Bess, could you just drop me off at the Ice House, I've got some stuff there that I need to take care of." Pacey was sitting in the backseat, while Joey and Bessie were in the front.
"No problem, Pace. What about you , Joey."
"I'll just head back to the B&B with you. There some last-minute stuff about the wedding that I want to discuss with you, and then I've got to go see Gayle." Joey was looking through her purse for something.
A couple of minutes later, they were dropping Pacey off at the restaurant and heading on to the Potter B&B. When they arrived, Joey and Bessie made there way into the kitchen. Brody still hadn't brought Alexander home from school, so they had the entire place to themselves.
"What was it you wanted to talk to me about?" Bessie asked as she opened the refrigerator to get herself a soda.
Joey took a seat at the kitchen table and fiddled with here phone. "It's nothing, really, Bess. Just something I realized the other day. Dad's still in prison, and that means that I don't have anyone to give me away at the wedding."
Bessie joined her sister at the table. "I'm sure Brody would be more than happy to do it."
"I know that, Bessie, but that wasn't exactly what I had in mind."
"Who were you thinking of?"
"Well, I was going to ask Dawson, but I can't now, he's going to be Pacey's best man. I was wondering if you and Gayle would consider doing it." Joey looked up to see her sister's face. A tear was beginning to roll down her cheek.
"I'd love to, sis. And I'm sure Gayle would too." She reached across the table and gave her sister a great big hug. "Why don't you go over there and ask her?
"I think I will." Joey released her sister and stood up to leave. Five minutes later, she found herself across the creek and standing in front of Gayle's door. She knocked and heard little feet running towards the door.
The door swung open and Joey was greeted by Dawson's little sister, Lilly. "Joey! Mom! It's Joey!"
Gayle came around the corner, a large smile on her face as she saw Joey standing in the doorway. "Well, silly, why don't we let her in?" "Yeah, right." Lilly grabbed Joey's hand and pulled her into the foyer. "You wanna see me dollies, Joey?"
Joey smiled at the little blonde headed girl. "That sound like fun, but first I need to talk to your mother."
"Lilly, dear, why don't you go get our your dollies and Joey and I will talk. Then she can come play with you."
Lilly smiled and ran up the stairs to her room as Joey and Gayle made their way into the living room. Gayle sat down next to Joey and asked, "What was it you want to talk to me about?"
"Well, I just talked to Bessie about this, and she was really happy about it, but now I've got to ask you. Would you be willing to walk me down the aisle at my wedding to Pacey?"
Joey looked at Gayle's face and was greeted with a look, just like Bessie's had been, before Gayle leaned over to hug her. "You had to ask?"
They both sat there crying for just a little while, before Joey said something else. "I don't know if he's told you yet, but Dawson is going to be the Best Man."
"That's good to hear. But if Bessie and I are walking you down the aisle, then who's going to be standing up with you?"
"Ahh.there's another surprise. Pacey's sister, Gretchen." Joey smiled at the look that crossed Gayle's face at her statement.
"But those two haven't even seen each other since."
Joey finished the sentence for her, ".Gretchen went back to school at the end of our Senior year."
"Do they know?"
"No, were trying to keep it a secret until they get here." Joey was now smiling broadly again. "Now, before you start worrying, it will be great. They're both living in LA now, Gretchen just got a job working for a new industry magazine, so they won't have separate again after the wedding."
Gayle smiled slightly at this. "This might just work."
"We'll need your help though. With Pacey and I at the B&B, and Andy and her husband, we're going to need a place for Gretchen and Dawson to stay. We were hoping it could be here."
"I don't see why not. We've got an extra room, along with Dawson's room. That should work fine." "Great. It should make for an interesting week, at the least." Joey and Gayle smiled at each other and started to laugh a little bit.
