Andie McPhee opened the wrapper of Juicy Fruit and placed the gum in her
mouth. She chewed it fiercely as she focused on the computer screen in
front of her. Andie had a Chemistry paper due Monday and she was trying to
get a head start before the weekend. She wanted to have the paper finished
before the Regatta Festivities and didn't want the thought of it lingering
over her shoulder all weekend.
Andie's fingers tapped on the keyboard as thoughts came into her head, but she was having trouble focusing. She was in the public library which was supposed to be quiet, but some rude couple was giggling and kissing in the back. Andie couldn't see their faces but it was apparent the two were making out. The couple was making a serious amount of racket and bugging Andie to death. She blew wind through her bangs and tried to ignore the sound of lips smacking together. Get a room people, thought Andie as she typed her paper.
"Pacey, stop it." sounded through the bookshelves and Andie froze instantly.
The feminine voice that just spoke was laughing, playful, and extremely familiar to Andie. She turned her head in the direction of the bookshelves and focused through the darkened area. Andie knew that it was Pacey behind the shelves but the question was, who was with him? She had a sneaky suspicious that all of her worst fears were about to come true. Andie swallowed hard, stood from the computer desk, and proceeded toward the bookshelves.
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Pacey kissed down Joey's neck as she pressed him close to her. Joey let out a light sigh of delight as Pacey caressed her collar bone with his lips. They were in the public library making out but they just couldn't help themselves. Joey had started off the morning with the innocent intentions of studying but Pacey decided he wanted to tag along. They had sat quietly in the library for about ten minutes but didn't last much longer than that. Pacey watched quietly as Joey read a book that had been assigned in her English class. He had his head in one hand and used the other to tap on the table. Pacey kept his eyes glued to Joey's moving lips.
"You move your lips when you read." he laughed.
Joey looked up from her book and glared at him.
"You shouldn't be thinking about my lips right now; you should be thinking about your math homework."
"I'm sorry Joe but you're lips are the ONLY thing on my mind right now." stated Pacey emphasizing the word only.
"Well if you keep this up, you'll NEVER have the chance to think about my lips again." snapped Joey, mimicking Pacey's emphasis.
"You are too cruel, Ms. Potter." shot Pacey as he scooped up his math book.
"That's me." she replied, turning her attentions back to her assignment.
Pacey glanced over his math book for the total of five point six seconds and then slammed the book shut.
"I'm bored. Let's go do something."
"We're supposed to be studying Pacey! You need to work now, so you don't have to worry about it later."
"But it's a free day Joey! We don't have school today and you're making me study!"
"Fine Pacey, do whatever you want but I'm finishing my book."
"Well what if we took a study break?" asked Pacey, raising his eyebrows devilishly.
Joey stared at Pacey for a moment but suddenly a blushing smile cracked across her lips.
"Here?" she whispered, her cheeks stinging red.
"Sure, anyplace is a good place."
"No Pacey. Not now."
"Pleeeeeaasssse. I'll love you forever and ever."
"You'll do that anyway."
"You're right but I'm only asking for five tinsy winsy minutes."
Pacey batted his powerful blue eyes and suddenly Joey's defenses shattered around her. Her tiny smile turned into an uncontrollable big one.
"Five minutes." announced Joey, with a serious look on her face.
"Deal!" shouted Pacey, taking Joey by the hand and leading her to the secluded part of the library.
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So here we are, thought Joey, making out in the public library. We should really try to control our raging hormones.
Pacey didn't seem to care. He seemed capable of making out with her in a sewage dump just as long as he was with her. Joey smiled as Pacey kissed her earlobe. He truly was something special. Suddenly, Joey heard footsteps.
"What was that?"
"What was what?" asked Pacey, pulling away from her.
"I heard footsteps."
"What is this? Are we in some kind of B movie horror flick and you forgot to tell me?"
"I'm serious Pacey. I heard someone."
"It's probably the big bad librarian. I'm sure she doesn't appreciate us defacing the books like this." he said with a laugh.
"Will you quit joking around?"
Suddenly, Andie McPhee came around the corner of the book shelf and stared directly at Pacey and Joey. Joey's mouth fell and Pacey just sighed.
"Great." he said heavily.
"Great?! I find you two making out and all you can say is great?!" shouted Andie.
"Andie, this is just a huge misunderstanding." informed Joey.
"I can't believe this! Do you have any idea what this is going to do to our group of friends?"
"Look Andie, I can explain." stated Pacey.
"Save it Pacey. I don't want to hear it." shouted Andie, tears falling off her face.
"You're not going to tell Dawson are you?" asked Joey, fear in her eyes.
Pacey turned to Joey in shock. He couldn't believe she had said that. Here she was with him but suddenly her thoughts turn back to Dawson. Pacey managed to keep his mouth shut.
"Andie, lets sit down and discuss this ok?" asked Pacey, motioning for the three of them to move to a table.
"No Pacey. I don't want to discuss anything with you two."
Just then a librarian came around the bookshelves and she appeared to be extremely angry.
"You three are in a library! You can't be making this kind of ruckus! I'm going to have to ask you three to leave, NOW."
The three arguing teens looked at each other for a moment. They soon realized they would have to discuss their problem some other time.
"Yes mam." replied Joey in a sad demeanor.
Pacey nodded to the librarian and proceeded for the main exit. Joey snatched her backpack and then followed Pacey with her head down. Andie waited for the two of them to get a distance ahead, got her disk from the computer, and headed for the door. The librarian glared at Andie the entire time. I can't believe this is happening, thought Andie with tears in her eyes.
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"Are you going to tell Dawson?!" repeated Pacey as if the question was nothing but gibberish.
"Give it a rest Pacey." stated Joey as they walked across the library parking lot.
"I don't think so Potter. I can't believe you said that. You made it sound like our kissing was some kind of felony and Dawson was the police."
"I said give it a rest!"
"Joey, did it occur to you that Dawson would eventually find out about us or did you plan for us to keep it a secret forever?"
Joey quickly came to a halt. She turned to face Pacey and she had fire in her eyes.
"Look, this isn't the place to be having this conversation but if you insist! I know that Dawson was going to find out about us eventually but I was hoping to tell him myself. I was afraid that Andie was going to do something cruel just to get back at us and it's not her place. So Pacey, do you want your ex-girlfriend to tell my ex-boyfriend that we're seeing each other? I don't! Especially when my ex-boyfriend happens to be our closest friend and did I mention he still loves me!"
Pacey was going to say something but stopped. There were no words to express the way he was feeling. He looked into Joey's eyes and sighed. Pacey had a strange feeling that things were ending between him and Joey even before they had a chance to start.
"So what do you want to do?" he asked.
"I want to tell Dawson."
"Fine, we'll tell him."
"No, I'll tell him. It's my place, not yours."
"Listen Joe, I'm sorry for what I said. I was just confused and surprised to see Andie. I acted badly but I hope this doesn't mess things up between us."
"Look Pacey, I'm not saying its over but I do think we need to cool it until I tell Dawson, ok?"
"Ok, if that's what you want."
"That's what I want." stated Joey with a sigh.
Pacey stood still as Joey turned and headed for her truck. She got a few steps away before Pacey called to her.
"Hey Joey."
"Yeah?" she asked, completing turning around.
"It was nice talking to ya." he stated, waving his hand once.
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Dawson picked up the dirty dishes on a table outside his parent's restaurant. He wasn't particularly in the mood to work but his parent's needed his help. Dawson sighed as he picked up a half empty glass. He thought of Joey and how she had left unexpectedly the night before. Dawson was confused and angry.
The glass slipped from his hand and fell to the floor. As it hit, the glass shattered into several pieces. Dawson cursed out loud and the surrounding customers gave him a dirty look.
"You should really watch your language." stated Mitch, as he approached his son.
"I'm sorry dad. I didn't mean to drop the glass."
"Don't worry about the glass. I'd be more worried about your mother finding out that you cuss."
Dawson snickered lightly as he picked up the broken glass. Mitch laughed as well and then bent down to help.
"So what seems to be the problem?" asked Mitch.
"I don't know. I'm just confused right now."
"About what?"
"About Joey. I just don't understand her."
"Well there's your first mistake Dawson. You're trying to understand women. It will never happen. No man on this Earth has been able to figure out the mystery that is woman."
Dawson laughed as he picked up the last piece of glass.
"I guess you're right." he laughed.
"Why don't you go talk to her?"
"I have to work."
"Well Dawson, consider yourself lucky then. I guess there are a few perks being the son of the owner."
Dawson smiled when he realized what his father was saying. He quickly put the dishes tub on the closest table and took off his apron. Mitch patted Dawson on the shoulder and smiled.
"Thanks dad." said Dawson.
"No problem son but don't tell your mother I let you go, and let's not make a habit out of this."
"You got it." laughed Dawson just before he turned to leave.
Mitch Leery watched as his son trotted down Main Street. He was surprised how fatherly he had been these past couple of days; first Pacey and now Dawson. Mitch laughed to himself.
"Kids."
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Dawson ran down Main Street toward the Mitch-mobile. He knew that Joey had to be at the Potter Bed and Breakfast. Dawson continued to run and thought of the things he was going to say. All of a sudden, a weepy voice called his name.
"Dawson?" cried Andie, weeping freely.
"Andie, are you alright?" asked Dawson, stopping in his tracks.
"No Dawson I'm not alright. I have to tell you something."
"What is it Andie? You can tell me." stated Dawson curiously.
To Be Continued...
Andie's fingers tapped on the keyboard as thoughts came into her head, but she was having trouble focusing. She was in the public library which was supposed to be quiet, but some rude couple was giggling and kissing in the back. Andie couldn't see their faces but it was apparent the two were making out. The couple was making a serious amount of racket and bugging Andie to death. She blew wind through her bangs and tried to ignore the sound of lips smacking together. Get a room people, thought Andie as she typed her paper.
"Pacey, stop it." sounded through the bookshelves and Andie froze instantly.
The feminine voice that just spoke was laughing, playful, and extremely familiar to Andie. She turned her head in the direction of the bookshelves and focused through the darkened area. Andie knew that it was Pacey behind the shelves but the question was, who was with him? She had a sneaky suspicious that all of her worst fears were about to come true. Andie swallowed hard, stood from the computer desk, and proceeded toward the bookshelves.
=====/////=====
Pacey kissed down Joey's neck as she pressed him close to her. Joey let out a light sigh of delight as Pacey caressed her collar bone with his lips. They were in the public library making out but they just couldn't help themselves. Joey had started off the morning with the innocent intentions of studying but Pacey decided he wanted to tag along. They had sat quietly in the library for about ten minutes but didn't last much longer than that. Pacey watched quietly as Joey read a book that had been assigned in her English class. He had his head in one hand and used the other to tap on the table. Pacey kept his eyes glued to Joey's moving lips.
"You move your lips when you read." he laughed.
Joey looked up from her book and glared at him.
"You shouldn't be thinking about my lips right now; you should be thinking about your math homework."
"I'm sorry Joe but you're lips are the ONLY thing on my mind right now." stated Pacey emphasizing the word only.
"Well if you keep this up, you'll NEVER have the chance to think about my lips again." snapped Joey, mimicking Pacey's emphasis.
"You are too cruel, Ms. Potter." shot Pacey as he scooped up his math book.
"That's me." she replied, turning her attentions back to her assignment.
Pacey glanced over his math book for the total of five point six seconds and then slammed the book shut.
"I'm bored. Let's go do something."
"We're supposed to be studying Pacey! You need to work now, so you don't have to worry about it later."
"But it's a free day Joey! We don't have school today and you're making me study!"
"Fine Pacey, do whatever you want but I'm finishing my book."
"Well what if we took a study break?" asked Pacey, raising his eyebrows devilishly.
Joey stared at Pacey for a moment but suddenly a blushing smile cracked across her lips.
"Here?" she whispered, her cheeks stinging red.
"Sure, anyplace is a good place."
"No Pacey. Not now."
"Pleeeeeaasssse. I'll love you forever and ever."
"You'll do that anyway."
"You're right but I'm only asking for five tinsy winsy minutes."
Pacey batted his powerful blue eyes and suddenly Joey's defenses shattered around her. Her tiny smile turned into an uncontrollable big one.
"Five minutes." announced Joey, with a serious look on her face.
"Deal!" shouted Pacey, taking Joey by the hand and leading her to the secluded part of the library.
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So here we are, thought Joey, making out in the public library. We should really try to control our raging hormones.
Pacey didn't seem to care. He seemed capable of making out with her in a sewage dump just as long as he was with her. Joey smiled as Pacey kissed her earlobe. He truly was something special. Suddenly, Joey heard footsteps.
"What was that?"
"What was what?" asked Pacey, pulling away from her.
"I heard footsteps."
"What is this? Are we in some kind of B movie horror flick and you forgot to tell me?"
"I'm serious Pacey. I heard someone."
"It's probably the big bad librarian. I'm sure she doesn't appreciate us defacing the books like this." he said with a laugh.
"Will you quit joking around?"
Suddenly, Andie McPhee came around the corner of the book shelf and stared directly at Pacey and Joey. Joey's mouth fell and Pacey just sighed.
"Great." he said heavily.
"Great?! I find you two making out and all you can say is great?!" shouted Andie.
"Andie, this is just a huge misunderstanding." informed Joey.
"I can't believe this! Do you have any idea what this is going to do to our group of friends?"
"Look Andie, I can explain." stated Pacey.
"Save it Pacey. I don't want to hear it." shouted Andie, tears falling off her face.
"You're not going to tell Dawson are you?" asked Joey, fear in her eyes.
Pacey turned to Joey in shock. He couldn't believe she had said that. Here she was with him but suddenly her thoughts turn back to Dawson. Pacey managed to keep his mouth shut.
"Andie, lets sit down and discuss this ok?" asked Pacey, motioning for the three of them to move to a table.
"No Pacey. I don't want to discuss anything with you two."
Just then a librarian came around the bookshelves and she appeared to be extremely angry.
"You three are in a library! You can't be making this kind of ruckus! I'm going to have to ask you three to leave, NOW."
The three arguing teens looked at each other for a moment. They soon realized they would have to discuss their problem some other time.
"Yes mam." replied Joey in a sad demeanor.
Pacey nodded to the librarian and proceeded for the main exit. Joey snatched her backpack and then followed Pacey with her head down. Andie waited for the two of them to get a distance ahead, got her disk from the computer, and headed for the door. The librarian glared at Andie the entire time. I can't believe this is happening, thought Andie with tears in her eyes.
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"Are you going to tell Dawson?!" repeated Pacey as if the question was nothing but gibberish.
"Give it a rest Pacey." stated Joey as they walked across the library parking lot.
"I don't think so Potter. I can't believe you said that. You made it sound like our kissing was some kind of felony and Dawson was the police."
"I said give it a rest!"
"Joey, did it occur to you that Dawson would eventually find out about us or did you plan for us to keep it a secret forever?"
Joey quickly came to a halt. She turned to face Pacey and she had fire in her eyes.
"Look, this isn't the place to be having this conversation but if you insist! I know that Dawson was going to find out about us eventually but I was hoping to tell him myself. I was afraid that Andie was going to do something cruel just to get back at us and it's not her place. So Pacey, do you want your ex-girlfriend to tell my ex-boyfriend that we're seeing each other? I don't! Especially when my ex-boyfriend happens to be our closest friend and did I mention he still loves me!"
Pacey was going to say something but stopped. There were no words to express the way he was feeling. He looked into Joey's eyes and sighed. Pacey had a strange feeling that things were ending between him and Joey even before they had a chance to start.
"So what do you want to do?" he asked.
"I want to tell Dawson."
"Fine, we'll tell him."
"No, I'll tell him. It's my place, not yours."
"Listen Joe, I'm sorry for what I said. I was just confused and surprised to see Andie. I acted badly but I hope this doesn't mess things up between us."
"Look Pacey, I'm not saying its over but I do think we need to cool it until I tell Dawson, ok?"
"Ok, if that's what you want."
"That's what I want." stated Joey with a sigh.
Pacey stood still as Joey turned and headed for her truck. She got a few steps away before Pacey called to her.
"Hey Joey."
"Yeah?" she asked, completing turning around.
"It was nice talking to ya." he stated, waving his hand once.
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Dawson picked up the dirty dishes on a table outside his parent's restaurant. He wasn't particularly in the mood to work but his parent's needed his help. Dawson sighed as he picked up a half empty glass. He thought of Joey and how she had left unexpectedly the night before. Dawson was confused and angry.
The glass slipped from his hand and fell to the floor. As it hit, the glass shattered into several pieces. Dawson cursed out loud and the surrounding customers gave him a dirty look.
"You should really watch your language." stated Mitch, as he approached his son.
"I'm sorry dad. I didn't mean to drop the glass."
"Don't worry about the glass. I'd be more worried about your mother finding out that you cuss."
Dawson snickered lightly as he picked up the broken glass. Mitch laughed as well and then bent down to help.
"So what seems to be the problem?" asked Mitch.
"I don't know. I'm just confused right now."
"About what?"
"About Joey. I just don't understand her."
"Well there's your first mistake Dawson. You're trying to understand women. It will never happen. No man on this Earth has been able to figure out the mystery that is woman."
Dawson laughed as he picked up the last piece of glass.
"I guess you're right." he laughed.
"Why don't you go talk to her?"
"I have to work."
"Well Dawson, consider yourself lucky then. I guess there are a few perks being the son of the owner."
Dawson smiled when he realized what his father was saying. He quickly put the dishes tub on the closest table and took off his apron. Mitch patted Dawson on the shoulder and smiled.
"Thanks dad." said Dawson.
"No problem son but don't tell your mother I let you go, and let's not make a habit out of this."
"You got it." laughed Dawson just before he turned to leave.
Mitch Leery watched as his son trotted down Main Street. He was surprised how fatherly he had been these past couple of days; first Pacey and now Dawson. Mitch laughed to himself.
"Kids."
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Dawson ran down Main Street toward the Mitch-mobile. He knew that Joey had to be at the Potter Bed and Breakfast. Dawson continued to run and thought of the things he was going to say. All of a sudden, a weepy voice called his name.
"Dawson?" cried Andie, weeping freely.
"Andie, are you alright?" asked Dawson, stopping in his tracks.
"No Dawson I'm not alright. I have to tell you something."
"What is it Andie? You can tell me." stated Dawson curiously.
To Be Continued...