Note: Thanks to all who reviewed, the girls at PoTL who kept me in the right path.
Next day
Joey is on her hospital bed, bored. Pacey had gone home to shower and change clothes, so she was alone, with nothing to do. She hears the knocks on the door and three heads plop through the doorframe.
"Hey, mommy." They say in one voice.
"Jen, Jack, Andie. Thanks god you're here, I thought I was gonna die bored…"
They come in, bringing flowers to her. She thanks them and asks, happiness written all over her face:
"Have you seen them? They were out of ICU this morning, the doctors said they were fine, like if they were born in full term."
"We have, Jo, they're so cute...and they look just like.."
"Pacey...Andie, it's unfair, I carried them for 8 months, suffered all the pain, sickness and they look nothing like me."
"That's a lie, Potter, they're as beautiful as their mommy…" Pacey comes back, carrying lots of things with him, including stuffed animals and balloons. He kisses her, sitting on the bed beside her.
"Oh, no, stop you two…can't you keep your hands off each other?"
"Don't listen to Jen; it's the green-eyed monster speaking…"
"All right, Mr. I'm glad my boyfriend is out of closet and asked me to live with him…"
"What? My dear closet brother finally…" Pacey replies surprised.
"He came out and asked me to live with him." Jack tells him with a grin.
"It was about time, man…I'm happy for you guys…"
"Thanks, Pace, and Doug said he would come here later with your parents to see the newest Witter babies."
Pacey rolls his eyes as Jack mentions his parents.
"I forgot to tell my parents...and my sisters…now I will have the whole Witter clan after me…"
"Don't worry, sweetie, I'll protect you." Joey mocks.
"Nah, I'll just take my medicine like a grown man." He kisses her forehead.
"I'm kinda feeling like we should let these two love birds alone."
"Oh, Andie, sorry...we didn't mean to scare you guys…"
"No, I'm just kidding…you didn't even tell us the babies' names."
"Joshua Pacey and Emmeline Marie Witter." Joey tells them proudly.
"Jo, are you sure about this boy's name? You will have two Pacey Witters at home…"
"Jen, I'm in the room if you haven't noticed."
"He will be a handful anyway, if he takes after his father."
"How sweet of you, Jo." Pacey replies sarcastically.
"Anything for you, sweetheart."
They chat for a while about life, Andie tells about her life in Italy and that she will be back home for good in a couple months, Jack talks about his plans with Doug, Jen tells about her talk to Dawson.
"So, you guys have settled an arrangement?" Pacey asks.
"It's not the most practical thing, but we're not a couple, so, the best we could think about is Dawson going to NY whenever he wants and the same goes to me for LA."
"And how is he dealing with the whole Daddy thing?" Joey is curious…funny, she didn't change more than few words with him the whole weekend.
"He's completely in love with Amy, that I can tell. Actually he is with her right now; he took her to see Gale."
"Gale didn't travel? Bessie was going to take care of Lily for her…"
"When she heard you had been taken to the hospital, she decided to stay until she had news about you and then Dawson told she was a grandmother…"
"How did she react?" Joey couldn't help laughing when she imagined Gale's surprised face
"Dawson told me this morning that first she thought it was some kind of practical joke, but when she noticed he was really serious...well let's say she doesn't like me so much now."
"So, Dawson took Amy to see Gale?"
"Were you guys thinking I was going to let my baby girl all by herself with Dawson? At least I know Gale will help him with diapers and bottles…."
They talked and laughed for a while, but soon noticed Joey was getting tired. Pacey takes their friends to take another look at his babies, leaving Joey alone for a moment. She sighs tired and mumbles to herself
"I need to rest just a minute before they bring the babies here." She closes her eyes, but soon she hears another knock on the door and somebody enters. She opens her eyes and smiles.
"Dawson!"