"I submitted an ad in the college magazine. Did you put a poster up?" Joey asked Jen as she cut up vegetables in the process of making a salad.

"Didn't you see it on the notice board downstairs? Maybe it's in a bad position."

"Did you stipulate no guys?" Jack asked.

"Nope"

"Pacey's gonna kill you."

"I did it on purpose to spite Pacey. I hope that a guy does apply, and if I know Pacey he'll move in to avoid someone entrancing on his turf."

"Ooh manipulative" Jack approved amusedly.

"I know I know- I'm an evil mastermind!" Jen waggled her eyebrows.

"Look maybe we should leave Pace alone. I have a feeling that it has something to with his financial situation- why else would he live on a boat?"

"Where the hell is Witter anyways?" Jack asked as he finished setting the table.

"This doesn't have anything to do with you feeling awkward if he moves in does it?" Jen asked Joey, ever the intuitive one.

"Jen- we're passed that! The whole Pacey-Joey melodrama is over, once and for all."

"It's funny how the Joey-Dawson one is still going on" Jen stirred, knowing that she was egging on her friend.

"Well that is all because Dawson was a chief player in that ballad, and we all know how he has to beat something to death before he can get it out of his system. Pacey on the other hand is a realist. He lives in the real world and accepts that life goes on."

"So where does that leave you?"

"Somewhere in the middle I guess. To be honest I don't really know exactly- but what I do know is that I am very happy with my life at the moment as a single agent with both of them as my best friends. I feel as if finally life is beginning to return to normality."

"Was there ever a normality?" Jen questioned "I must have missed that phase, cos there was certainly no normality when I arrived"

"Stop that!" Joey shouted laughing.

"Stop what?" Jen asked innocently.

"Stop stirring me, and concentrate on stirring the saucepan."

"I have absolutely no clue what you're talking about"

"Hmm…. sometimes I wonder if it's a good idea living with a psych student!"

"Finally Pacey!" Jack piped up as he heard a knock on the door "Why is he knocking anyway?"

"It's open" Joey called out. "You know that we never lock it Pace."

But it wasn't Pacey.