"Hi daddy." Amy and Jack sat at a table at the Icehouse and Doug had come over to say hello.
"Hi." He kissed both Jack and Amy on the head. "I'll have a server right with you. I really have to get back to work."
Jack sighed, but he understood. Being a teacher wasn't exactly the best paying profession in the world. But he enjoyed the weekends he was able to spend with Amy. "Did you know, I used to be a waiter here?" Jack asked Amy.
"You did?"
"Yes. I was very clumsy. I broke a lot of things and I spilled all the time. Your Aunt Andie did to."
"She was a waiter?"
"No, she broke stuff and spilled things all the time."
The waitress walked over. "Hey Jack. Hello Amy. What can I get for you guys to drink?"
"I'll have... a root beer."
"Chocolate cake!" Amy giggled.
"She will have apple juice." The waitress walked away. Jack tickled her. "I said for dessert. So what do you want to eat? Chicken nuggets? Hot dog? Cheeseburger?"
"Chicken nuggets."
"Okay, that's a good idea." He saw Doug wiping off the counter. "I'm going to go talk to Daddy for a minute. You sit here. You can color." He walked over and sat on the swivel chair. Doug looked at him. "Doug.... Amy finally asked."
"What?"
"Why she had two daddies and no mommy."
"Oh." So Doug comforted him, telling him he had done the right thing, just as Joey and Pacey had. "It will be fine. She's only four. You don't need to tell her anything right now."
"Thanks." They kissed, but it was interrupted by Amy, pulling on Jack's shirt.
"I have to go to the bathroom." He led her towards the bathroom and waited. When she was finally done, and he had asked her all the third degree questions ('Did you wash your hands?'), They returned and ordered their meal.
Jack and Amy sat there thirty minutes later, sharing a large piece of chocolate cake, and Jack found himself telling Amy the story about his senior prom. "Aunt Jo and Uncle Pacey went together. Dawson went with Pacey's sister, Gretchen."
"Who did you go with." He scratched the back of his head and smiled.
"I went by myself." He knew that was a lie. He had gone with Tobey, his first real boyfriend. He didn't feel like talking anymore, so he took a drink of milk and continued eating the cake. Amy had chocolate all over her face.
"When I go to kindergarten, will we get to dance like you did?"
"I don't know." Amy was still in preschool now, but she couldn't wait to start grade school.
~
"Jo, you want any popcorn?" Pacey shouted from the kitchen.
"No, I'm fine. But we need to talk," she shouted, then realizing pacey was in the room and raising her voice was unessecary. She stood up. Her smile was wide, and she was biting her tongue like she always did when she was excited. "Is Mitch asleep?"
"Yea. What did you want to tell me?"
"Um, you know that extra room next to Mitch's?"
"Yea..."
"Well I think we have someone who can fill it for us."
Pacey was excited. He had wanted to rent out that room ever since he moved in. "Who?"
"Pacey... I'm pregnant." He stood in shock for five seconds. Then he picked her up and swung her around.
"Jo..That's so great! When?" His smile stretched from ear to ear.
"I've known since yesterday. I wasn't ready to tell anyone."
"That's so....oh god I am so happy." He kissed her, and kissed her, and kissed her again. Then he picked her up, as if they had just been married, and carried her into the kitchen. He picked up the phone and called the doctor, to get an appointment. Joey could only think to herself how lucky she was to be in Capeside. When they had moved out here together last year, Joey thought she would never get as good a job as she had in New York. But she, surprisingly, did. She was still editing books. She listened to Pacey's soothing voice.When he got off the phone, he kissed her again. "Do you want a boy or a girl?"
"Oh Pace, I don't care. I'm just glad to be having a child."
"I want a girl, so we can name her Jennifer."
"Jack and Doug will like that. And I'm sure grams would, if she hadn't died last year." He smiled and set Joey down on the couch. He popped in the video. It was called 'Stiff as a Board', Dawson's latest flick.
"Hi." He kissed both Jack and Amy on the head. "I'll have a server right with you. I really have to get back to work."
Jack sighed, but he understood. Being a teacher wasn't exactly the best paying profession in the world. But he enjoyed the weekends he was able to spend with Amy. "Did you know, I used to be a waiter here?" Jack asked Amy.
"You did?"
"Yes. I was very clumsy. I broke a lot of things and I spilled all the time. Your Aunt Andie did to."
"She was a waiter?"
"No, she broke stuff and spilled things all the time."
The waitress walked over. "Hey Jack. Hello Amy. What can I get for you guys to drink?"
"I'll have... a root beer."
"Chocolate cake!" Amy giggled.
"She will have apple juice." The waitress walked away. Jack tickled her. "I said for dessert. So what do you want to eat? Chicken nuggets? Hot dog? Cheeseburger?"
"Chicken nuggets."
"Okay, that's a good idea." He saw Doug wiping off the counter. "I'm going to go talk to Daddy for a minute. You sit here. You can color." He walked over and sat on the swivel chair. Doug looked at him. "Doug.... Amy finally asked."
"What?"
"Why she had two daddies and no mommy."
"Oh." So Doug comforted him, telling him he had done the right thing, just as Joey and Pacey had. "It will be fine. She's only four. You don't need to tell her anything right now."
"Thanks." They kissed, but it was interrupted by Amy, pulling on Jack's shirt.
"I have to go to the bathroom." He led her towards the bathroom and waited. When she was finally done, and he had asked her all the third degree questions ('Did you wash your hands?'), They returned and ordered their meal.
Jack and Amy sat there thirty minutes later, sharing a large piece of chocolate cake, and Jack found himself telling Amy the story about his senior prom. "Aunt Jo and Uncle Pacey went together. Dawson went with Pacey's sister, Gretchen."
"Who did you go with." He scratched the back of his head and smiled.
"I went by myself." He knew that was a lie. He had gone with Tobey, his first real boyfriend. He didn't feel like talking anymore, so he took a drink of milk and continued eating the cake. Amy had chocolate all over her face.
"When I go to kindergarten, will we get to dance like you did?"
"I don't know." Amy was still in preschool now, but she couldn't wait to start grade school.
~
"Jo, you want any popcorn?" Pacey shouted from the kitchen.
"No, I'm fine. But we need to talk," she shouted, then realizing pacey was in the room and raising her voice was unessecary. She stood up. Her smile was wide, and she was biting her tongue like she always did when she was excited. "Is Mitch asleep?"
"Yea. What did you want to tell me?"
"Um, you know that extra room next to Mitch's?"
"Yea..."
"Well I think we have someone who can fill it for us."
Pacey was excited. He had wanted to rent out that room ever since he moved in. "Who?"
"Pacey... I'm pregnant." He stood in shock for five seconds. Then he picked her up and swung her around.
"Jo..That's so great! When?" His smile stretched from ear to ear.
"I've known since yesterday. I wasn't ready to tell anyone."
"That's so....oh god I am so happy." He kissed her, and kissed her, and kissed her again. Then he picked her up, as if they had just been married, and carried her into the kitchen. He picked up the phone and called the doctor, to get an appointment. Joey could only think to herself how lucky she was to be in Capeside. When they had moved out here together last year, Joey thought she would never get as good a job as she had in New York. But she, surprisingly, did. She was still editing books. She listened to Pacey's soothing voice.When he got off the phone, he kissed her again. "Do you want a boy or a girl?"
"Oh Pace, I don't care. I'm just glad to be having a child."
"I want a girl, so we can name her Jennifer."
"Jack and Doug will like that. And I'm sure grams would, if she hadn't died last year." He smiled and set Joey down on the couch. He popped in the video. It was called 'Stiff as a Board', Dawson's latest flick.