Today is Just a Memory
Chapter 2: Remember Us?
"Do you remember when Joey's dad burnt down the Icehouse?" Doug asked Jack as they walked up to Pacey's restaurant.
"How couldn't I? I was almost killed. As was Jo." Jack replied.
"I can't wait till Pace gets home so this place will be swinging again." Doug changed the subject with a look from Jack. Jack hasn't spoken of the past since Jen died. He refused to remember.
"Yeah, Pace really has gotten this place up again." Jack and Doug pushed Amy into the Icehouse.
"What are we having this morning fellas?" a familiar voice asked.
"PACEY!" The two men shouted together, seeing their best friend was home again.
The three met around the counter in a hug; close friends, lovers, and brothers all in one hug.
"I knew you were gay, but when did you become cheerleaders?" Pacey laughed.
The three laughed each with their arms around each other. Pacey's young face seemed as care free as when he was fifteen, and Doug's handsome blue eyes shone with delight. Jack looked less troubled than he had in some time; more carefree than he had been in a long time. Jack's eyes sparkled with mirth, his teeth showing from his mouth.
"Mama..." Amy cooed from her stroller, "Mama.... Dada..."
"Oh, is that little Amy? How's my favorite niece?" Pacey said, running to Amy and lifting her out of her stroller.
"Baba..." she said.
"She's hungry. Doug, can you get into her bag and get the bottle I brought along?" Jack's smile had wiped clean off when Amy said 'Mama'.
"Sure, hun." Doug reached behind the stroller and into Amy's bag for the bottle Jack made reference of.
"Pacey? Can I use your stove?"
"Sure thing, buddy." Pacey said, bouncing the crying baby, "Shh... Shh..." = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = "Can I ask you something?" Doug asked Pacey.
"Yeah, anything bro."
Doug looked at his hands, then moved one across the table wiping invisible crumbs away. He shifted in his seat, and sat on a hand. Finally, he just rested them in his lap. "Pacey, Jack is really worrying me. Ever since Jen died, he hasn't been the same. I mean, I know they were best friends, but he has to go on. I mean, people are noticing and asking me at the station, 'What's wrong with Jack?'. I didn't want the world to know our business, but even I would like to know what's going on. Is that to much to ask?"
"Douggie... You love Jack, of course you are going to be worried about him. He just lost the best friend he ever had. She was the only one he would even think of going straight for. I have known him for a long time, and even I am worried. He's always been this happy guy you know. I think we should talk to him, and make him feel like it's okay to talk about Jen, and the past, and the present. And be happy."
"You are right..." = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Jack put a pan of water on the stove, and listened to the soft music playing in the background. 'Pacey must have been listening to this when he was cleaning the kitchen for opening.' Jack thought.
He heard someone humming in the back, "If I could reach the stars/ Pull one down for you/Shine it on my heart/So you could see the truth/That this love I have inside/Is everything it seems/But for now I find/ It's only in my dreams/That I can /Change the world/ I would be the sunlight in your universe/ You would think my love was really something good /Baby, if I could change the world"
"Joey!" Jack cried, "Joey! You came back!" he ran around the corner and picked up a surprised Joey from the floor.
"Careful McPhee!" she laughed. He placed her back on the floor, "You know, you aren't just picking up one of us now..."
"Joey, you're not?" She nodded her head.
"Joey!" Jack hugged his friend, congratulating her on her pregnancy.
"Three months after the wedding, that's some record. Does Dawson know yet?"
She shook her head no, "I want to tell him when he comes home next week."
"Oh, I'm so happy for you, Jo!" Jack said kissing her on her cheek. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Thanks to Yelak and Sam Cdn for your support ( It is appreciated.
Chapter 2: Remember Us?
"Do you remember when Joey's dad burnt down the Icehouse?" Doug asked Jack as they walked up to Pacey's restaurant.
"How couldn't I? I was almost killed. As was Jo." Jack replied.
"I can't wait till Pace gets home so this place will be swinging again." Doug changed the subject with a look from Jack. Jack hasn't spoken of the past since Jen died. He refused to remember.
"Yeah, Pace really has gotten this place up again." Jack and Doug pushed Amy into the Icehouse.
"What are we having this morning fellas?" a familiar voice asked.
"PACEY!" The two men shouted together, seeing their best friend was home again.
The three met around the counter in a hug; close friends, lovers, and brothers all in one hug.
"I knew you were gay, but when did you become cheerleaders?" Pacey laughed.
The three laughed each with their arms around each other. Pacey's young face seemed as care free as when he was fifteen, and Doug's handsome blue eyes shone with delight. Jack looked less troubled than he had in some time; more carefree than he had been in a long time. Jack's eyes sparkled with mirth, his teeth showing from his mouth.
"Mama..." Amy cooed from her stroller, "Mama.... Dada..."
"Oh, is that little Amy? How's my favorite niece?" Pacey said, running to Amy and lifting her out of her stroller.
"Baba..." she said.
"She's hungry. Doug, can you get into her bag and get the bottle I brought along?" Jack's smile had wiped clean off when Amy said 'Mama'.
"Sure, hun." Doug reached behind the stroller and into Amy's bag for the bottle Jack made reference of.
"Pacey? Can I use your stove?"
"Sure thing, buddy." Pacey said, bouncing the crying baby, "Shh... Shh..." = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = "Can I ask you something?" Doug asked Pacey.
"Yeah, anything bro."
Doug looked at his hands, then moved one across the table wiping invisible crumbs away. He shifted in his seat, and sat on a hand. Finally, he just rested them in his lap. "Pacey, Jack is really worrying me. Ever since Jen died, he hasn't been the same. I mean, I know they were best friends, but he has to go on. I mean, people are noticing and asking me at the station, 'What's wrong with Jack?'. I didn't want the world to know our business, but even I would like to know what's going on. Is that to much to ask?"
"Douggie... You love Jack, of course you are going to be worried about him. He just lost the best friend he ever had. She was the only one he would even think of going straight for. I have known him for a long time, and even I am worried. He's always been this happy guy you know. I think we should talk to him, and make him feel like it's okay to talk about Jen, and the past, and the present. And be happy."
"You are right..." = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Jack put a pan of water on the stove, and listened to the soft music playing in the background. 'Pacey must have been listening to this when he was cleaning the kitchen for opening.' Jack thought.
He heard someone humming in the back, "If I could reach the stars/ Pull one down for you/Shine it on my heart/So you could see the truth/That this love I have inside/Is everything it seems/But for now I find/ It's only in my dreams/That I can /Change the world/ I would be the sunlight in your universe/ You would think my love was really something good /Baby, if I could change the world"
"Joey!" Jack cried, "Joey! You came back!" he ran around the corner and picked up a surprised Joey from the floor.
"Careful McPhee!" she laughed. He placed her back on the floor, "You know, you aren't just picking up one of us now..."
"Joey, you're not?" She nodded her head.
"Joey!" Jack hugged his friend, congratulating her on her pregnancy.
"Three months after the wedding, that's some record. Does Dawson know yet?"
She shook her head no, "I want to tell him when he comes home next week."
"Oh, I'm so happy for you, Jo!" Jack said kissing her on her cheek. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Thanks to Yelak and Sam Cdn for your support ( It is appreciated.
