It was a cold Saturday morning. You could see your breath outside.
Joey was outside with the rest of the people waiting for the bus to come
and take them to Boston for the junior class trip. Jack was off talking to
his friends and Joey had her arms crossed. She was wearing her black winter
coat and a black hat. Joey was looking around and she noticed the back of a
head that surprised her.
"Pacey?"
Pacey heard somebody call his name and he turned around. His jaw fell to the floor.
"Joey? Why are you here?"
Joey was still staring at Pacey. He walked toward her.
"What am I doing here, what are you doing here? You shouldn't be here."
"I am a junior so I'm entitled to go."
Joey grunted and spun around. "I'm going on this trip to get away from you and you're here so I can't get away. Why did you have to come?"
Pacey chuckled. "Well rest assured, I came on this trip so I could get away from you too. I won't be seeing you on this trip because I hope to be occupied."
Jack walked up and put his arm around Joey. "Is there a problem Joey?"
Joey looked at Jack and then looked at Pacey. She shook her head. Off in the distance Melody Shark was calling Pacey and all three of them looked at her. Pacey waved back and turned to Joey.
"Well, my weekend obligation calls so I'll see you later, or not. Good bye Joey, enjoy your weekend."
Pacey walked off and went on the bus with melody. Joey and Jack walked onto the bus but didn't talk the whole way there.
Joey walked off of the bus and waited for Jack so she could have her bag. Jack didn't give her the bag and walked to where the teacher was. Pacey ended up standing across the semi- circle from Joey and Melody was all over him. He didn't look very comfortable. The teacher spoke up.
"Now settle down juniors. I'm Mr. Gauge and I'll be the leader this weekend. Right now I have to do something so my assistant, Abigail Morgan, will pass out the room keys and please no complaining because it's only for one night and do what she says, or else." Mr. Gauge walked away.
Abby held the bag of keys in her hands and smiled. "Well lucky me, I get to pick partners today." Abby picked up four keys. "Let's see I have a private suite, I guess that's mine. I have a regular room here, who should get this?" Abby looked at Carmen. "The rooms are small but the beds are great so here you go Carmen, for you and Sam." She gave her the key and they walked away. "Well, well, well, we have the master room." Abby looked at Joey. "Here you go Joey, a nice room for you, and Pacey."
Joey looked at Pacey and then looked at Abby. "You can't do that Abby."
"Actually I can. I'm in charge of rooms so have fun. There's a king size bed and a couch too, in case Pacey doesn't feel very playful." Abby smiled at Joey and told her to go.
Joey got her bag and the key and stormed to her room. Pacey came in a minute later. Joey was mad and heard Pacey come in. she was unpacking and started talking to him with attitude.
"Before this horrible weekend happens, let's get a few things strait. You are sleeping on the couch first of all, next you cannot bring miss slut of America in this room." Joey said.
"Hey I'm not happy about this either but you don't see me giving out commands now do you?"
Joey stopped unpacking and turned around to face Pacey. Pacey was leaning on the dresser with his eye brows up and a smirk on his face. Joey stood up strait and slowly walked to Pacey. She spoke slowly.
"I came on this trip to get away from you and YOU end up going. I was going to have a fun weekend with Jack but YOU ended up ruining that plan. There is no way in hell that YOU get to have that slut come into this room and do god knows what with you. I have to suffer so I at least get the bed." Joey was a few inches from Pacey's face. "If at anytime I find out that Melody Slut Shark was in this room, I will make you sleep outside and then I'll make you pay."
Pacey smiled at Joey and moved away towards the door and opened it. He turned around.
"You know you should try some Midol. I heard it helps with PMS." Pacey walked out when Joey was giving him a dirty look.
Carmen was unpacking and Sam was sitting by the window and looking out of it. Carmen looked at Sam and couldn't take it anymore.
"You know I might have made you go on this trip but I don't deserve the silent treatment because you're mad. I thought we would have a good time."
Sam slowly turned around and looked at Carmen. "I'm not mad and I'm not giving you the silent treatment, I'm just wondering if we're doing the right thing."
Carmen threw down the clothes. "You could have fooled me Sam. I'm going to leave you to wonder." Carmen huffed out the door and slammed it in Sam's face.
Joey was listening to her portable CD player when Pacey walked in. He was hiding something behind his back. Joey saw his hand in front of her face so she took off her head phones. Joey had the kind that goes inside of your ears.
"What do you want Pacey?" Joey said with haste.
"Nothing much, uh, what are you listening to?" Pacey was trying to change the conversation. Joey rolled her eyes.
"I'm listening to Fiona Apple. What did you want again?"
Pacey smiled and sat next to Joey on the bed. He gave her a tulip. Joey smiled.
"Pacey it's a tulip."
"I know, they had roses but I like these things better. It's my way of a peace offering."
Joey smiled and hugged Pacey. "You are forgiven. Do you want to hear a song from her?"
Pacey nodded and put one ear piece in his ear and Joey put the other in hers. The lyrics started to play. "I've been a bad bad girl, I've been careless with a delicate man.
And it's a sad sad world, when a girl will break a boy, just because she can.
Don't you tell me to deny it.
I've done wrong and I want to suffer for my sins.
I've come to you 'cause I need guidance to be true.
And I just don't know where I can begin."
Pacey started to bop his head to the beat and Joey started laughing. Pacey stopped and laughed with Joey. After a few seconds he stopped and smiled at Joey. Joey was laughing and looked at Pacey and slowly stopped. Pacey looked at her lips and she looked at him wide eyed. Slowly Pacey put his hand on her face and gave her loving eyes. Joey tilted her head to the side of his hand and closed her eyes. Pacey was stroking her cheek with his thumb. Slowly, she opened her eyes. Pacey smirked once more and gradually moved closer to Joey. When he was close enough, he parted his lips and so did she. When their heads were tilted and they were ready to kiss, there was a knock at the door. Pacey stopped and Joey opened her eyes. Joey got off the bed and put down her CD player. The person knocked again.
"Who there?" Pacey asked.
"It's me Melody. I have some wine Pacey." The person at the door said.
Joey started to put on her coat.
"Joey we need to talk about what just happened."
"Why Pacey? Nothing happened. Something may have if your personal slut didn't come a calling but right now, nothing happened. I can't find any reason why we should talk about anything. I need to talk to Carmen."
Joey walked to the door and put her hand on the door knob. Pacey grabbed her fore arm.
"I still love you Jo'."
Joey looked at her arm and looked at Pacey. "Let me go right now Pacey." Pacey looked at Joey and let her arm go. Joey opened the door and bumped into Melody.
"Bitch." Melody said.
"Slut." Joey responded. Joey walked away.
Joey went down the elevator and into the outside lounge where Carmen was sitting. Joey pulled out the chair across from Carmen and plopped down.
"This trip sucks." Joey said.
"You can say that again." Carmen replied and sighed.
"What happened to you so far?" Joey was concerned for her friend because she never saw Carmen so sad before.
"Okay, so I was in the hotel room unpacking my stuff and Sam was sitting by the window just staring out and giving me the silent treatment. I know I forced him into going on this trip but he doesn't have to ignore me. He said he wasn't but I don't believe him." Carmen was losing some of her tension.
"Maybe he's homesick." Joey said to make Carmen feel better.
"Sam said that he was just wondering if we were doing the right thing. I think Sam wants to break up with me." Carmen had a tear in her eye.
"I doubt that Sam wants to break up with you. He loves you Carmen."
Carmen wiped away the tear. "Yeah well, I'm a little lost right now. Anyway, what happened between you and Pacey?"
"What makes you think something happened with Pacey?" Joey asked.
"If you have a problem it's always with Pacey." Carmen chuckled at how oblivious Joey was.
"Okay, so it's with Pacey. When I first got into the room I was pretty ticked off that I had to share a room with the person I was trying to get away from." Joey looked at Carmen. "When Pacey came into the room I made some rules. I told him that he would sleep on the couch and that if Melody Shark came into the room I would make Pacey sleep outside. Pacey left and I decided to listen to some music. Pacey came back in with something behind his back and made me take off my ear phones so I wasn't that thrilled. Pacey gave me a tulip as a peace offering. He said he liked the tulips better than the roses. He doesn't know how much that means to me. I said thank you and Pacey wanted to listen to a song so I pressed play and criminal by Fiona Apple started playing. Pacey started to bop his head to the song and we laughed then Pacey put his hand on my cheek and started to rub it with his thumb. It was so nice to feel Pacey again. Pacey came closer and right when we were going to kiss, someone knocked on the door. Guess who it was?"
"Who? This is terribly interesting." Carmen was into the story.
"It was Melody Shark asking if Pacey could come out and Play." Joey said slowly.
"Oh that slut!" Carmen responded loudly. People looked at them.
"Yeah I know. So I got off the bed and grabbed my coat to come down here and sit with you because I saw you leave from my window. Pacey wanted to talk and I told him nothing happened so we didn't need to talk and I started to leave. Pacey grabbed my arm and told me he still loved me, and then I left. So I don't know what to do."
"Do you still love him Joey?" Carmen asked very bluntly.
"Yeah, I do but that's not the problem. The problem is how am I supposed to stay in a room with the guy I love knowing that he had sex with that slut Melody after he told me he loved me?" Joey started to get sad.
Carmen smiled at Joey. "If he meant what he said then he isn't having sex with Melody. I know Pacey truly loves you and he's too in love with you to think about anyone else. You should go find him and tell him you love him too."
"Where should I look?" Joey said.
Before Carmen could answer a guy walked up to their table and looked at them. It was Sam.
"Hey Josie, Carmen." Sam tried to act casual.
Carmen didn't even look up at Sam. "What do you want Sam."
"I want to talk to you Carmen."
Carmen looked up at Sam with a mean sad look on her face. "I don't want to talk Sam." Carmen looked away again.
Joey knew she should leave. "I'm gonna go Carm, see you later." Joey got up and turned away. Carmen called her.
"Hey Joey," Joey turned around. "You should first check in your room then check somewhere else." Carmen said with a tear in her eye. Joey nodded and walked off. Sam sat where Joey was sitting. Carmen refused to look at him.
"Carmen I'm sorry for the way I acted. I shouldn't have ignored you like that. I was too worried about myself that I didn't even notice what I was doing to you." Sam noticed tears in Carmen's eyes when she looked up. "Please don't cry Carmen."
Carmen sat back and wiped away her tears. "It's kind of hard not to when your boyfriend tells you he's wondering if he's doing the right thing. Sam, I know you're sorry but I don't want to make you stay in this relationship."
Sam looked at Carmen with confusion. "What are you talking about Carmen?"
"When you said that you were wondering if you were doing the right thing, I couldn't help but think that you were thinking this relationship is not working. If you're not happy then tell me Sam. I just want you to be happy." Carmen stared at Sam.
Sam's mouth fell open. "Don't ever think that Carmen. I love you and I don't want to break up with you. When I said that I was thinking if we were doing the right thing I was talking about sharing a room together, alone." Sam looked at Carmen.
Carmen gave Sam a confused look. "Why are you afraid of sleeping in the same room with me alone?"
"Carmen, you know I'm not a virgin and I know you are so I'm afraid that I will rush you into something you're not ready for."
Carmen smiled. "Sam, if and when we decide to have sex it will be when we're both ready for it. If your not ready then we won't do it, if I'm not ready then we don't do it, if we're both not ready then we won't have sex, but when the right time comes and we are both ready, we might just have to have sex to keep the flow." Carmen started to giggle. Sam was serious.
"Don't laugh Carmen. You're the only one who has to be ready because I've been ready. If you told me right now that you were ready I might find the nearest flat surface and do ungodly things. Now you can laugh." They both started to laugh. Sam leaned over the table and kissed Carmen.
Joey walked into the hotel room and called Pacey's name. No answer. Joey decided to look in the upstairs lounge. She stepped into the glass elevator. One side had a window where you could look down into the eating area. If Joey looked out the window she would have seen Pacey sitting at a table. The elevator reached the second highest floor and the gold doors opened. Joey stepped out of the elevator and walked to the lounge. The door was locked so Pacey couldn't have been in there. One again Joey got into the glass elevator and the doors closed. This time Joey went down to the main floor because her throat was dry and she needed to get something to drink. Joey walked from the elevator to the dining area. The dining Area was huge. There were about fifty tables, all with blue and gold table clothes and blue dishes. The area by the bar was dimmer and was surrounded by fake plants. Joey sat down on a bar stool and ordered a cherry coke. (Best pop!) When Joey got her pop she took some cherries from the bar and put them in her glass. Joey started to drink from her glass.
"Well, if it isn't Jenny Poster. I didn't know that you would follow me here."
Joey drank and rolled her eyes. She put her glass down and turned to face Melody Shark.
"I'm not following you. What do you want Melody?"
Melody looked Joey up and down and smiled. "Ha, what would I want from you?"
Joey rolled her eyes and turned around. Joey picked up her glass and Melody tapped her on the shoulder. Joey turned around drinking her pop.
"Actually Jenny since you're here, you should take a look over at the right corner by the fire place. You remember him?" Melody pointed to a guy.
Joey looked up from her pop and looked. Her mouth fell open. "It's, it's Pacey."
Melody stood in front of Joey and smiled. "Yes it is Pacey, your ex boyfriend. I told you I'd get him. Now you sit and watch as I get Pacey to accompany me later tonight. It won't be too hard though since he's already eating out of my hand."
Melody walked towards Pacey and when she reached him she slide her hand over his shoulders and down his arm. She gave Pacey his drink and she sat across from him with her legs crossed.
Melody had flowing blonde locks and was wearing a black mini skirt and a white low V neck shirt. Melody was also wearing a pair of black strap shoes with a buckle. Joey felt ugly when she looked at Melody. Joey was wearing a pair of scuffed up one star black and white low tops (Converse). She was also wearing an old pair of Mudd jeans and a black aeropostale hoodie over a plain white cami. Joey's hair was pulled back into a ponytail.
Joey saw Melody and Pacey talking. Melody was giggling a lot and touching Pacey's knee. Joey couldn't hear what they were talking about so Joey casually walked over to a seat by them but far enough away so they wouldn't see her. Joey listened and heard Melody laughing. All of a sudden she stopped laughing, looked at Pacey and licked her lips.
"It's been really fun but this is starting to get boring. Why don't we go back to my room and I'll, show you around." Melody looked Pacey up and down then sat forward so her shirt revealed more.
Pacey looked at Melody's face and sat back to talk. "Melody, I came on this trip to have fun, maybe even your fun, but that plan went to the dogs."
"It can still happen." Melody put her hand on the lower part of Pacey's thigh.
Pacey took off Melody's hand. "No, it can't Melody. Someday you're going to make some guy so happy because he'll be with you but I'm not the guy you're waiting for. I love someone already. No matter how hard I try to forget about this girl I can't. When I'm with someone else I'm sad because that girl isn't her. When she's with someone else I'm mad because I'm not the guy to hold her, kiss her, or even to fight with her and make up. But when I get to be that guy and she's in my arms, I'm so happy that I want to tell the world how much I love her." Pacey looked at Melody.
Melody had a few tears running down her face. "That is so beautiful Pacey. I hope a guy will feel that way about me one day."
Pacey smiled. "Someone will eventually."
Melody wiped away her tears. "You really love this girl with your whole heart don't you?"
Pacey sighed. "Yeah, I do. Sad thing is, she doesn't love me back. I'm afraid that I'll scare her away. I need her in my life one way or another. I have to go apoligize to her. Bye Melody."
Melody waved bye with the hand that wasn't wiping her tears. Pacey got up and walked away.
Joey realized that Pacey would be going to the room and Joey wouldn't be there. Joey ran to the stairs so she could get there faster. When she got into the room she was out of breath but combed her hair down all pretty. She sat on the bed with her legs crossed over the side. She faced the door and was trying to catch her breath. 30 minutes passed and no Pacey. No big deal. After about an hour Joey got bored and turned on the TV. when it was an hour and 45 minutes, Joey had watched 30 infomercials and a talk show about people leaving their cousin spouses for their other cousin. Joey paced the floor back and forth worrying about Pacey. Joey decided to go look for him. She was in her pajamas because she wasn't comfy in the outfit she was wearing when she was waiting for Pacey. Joey was putting on her coat when Pacey opened the door and walked in. He noticed she was putting on her coat.
"You going by Jack?" Pacey asked.
Joey looked at him and noticed he was getting a black eye. She took off her coat. "No, I was going somewhere else but I'm not anymore. What happened Pacey?"
Pacey put down his coat and looked at Joey. "I got into a fight with this guy. He was saying some shit and I hit him. He punched back and as you can tell, he has pretty good aim."
Joey tried to smile but she didn't like that Pacey was hurt. "Sit on the bed. You need to put something cold on that eye."
Joey walked into the bathroom and came out with a washcloth with cold water on it. Pacey was sitting on the bed with his head down.
"We don't have any ice so this'll have to do. How can I put this on your eye if you're facing down?" Joey picked up Pacey's head with her hand and held the cloth on his eye. "Who did this to you anyway?"
"It was Dec Rom." (I made up this Name!)
"why would you get in a fight with him?"
"Like I said before, he was saying some shit that I didn't like." Joey looked at him. "Okay, Dec was talking about how bad looking you looked today. I told him that you're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Joey started to smile. Pacey looked away. "Then we started to argue and we got in a fight."
Joey moved his head so he was facing her. "You shouldn't get upset when December Rom talks. He's not one that should be heard. You don't have to defend me Pacey." Joey said.
Pacey looked up at her and automatically responded without thinking. "I always defend the people that I care about."
Joey smiled and sat next to Pacey. They looked at each other and Pacey got closer. When they were going to kiss Pacey stood up and walked over to the couch to sit. Joey looked confused.
"Pacey?"
Pacey looked at Joey. "Joey, I'm sorry about what I said earlier today. I take back all of that I love you stuff. I would like it if we could be friends still." Pacey said.
Joey was still sitting on the bed and looked at Pacey. "Is that what you want Pacey?"
"I just want you to be happy." Pacey said. He looked at his hands.
Joey looked down at her feet and swung them slightly.
"What if I told you that what you're doing to make me happy is doing the opposite?"
Pacey looked up at her and shifted his feet. "What do you mean by that Joey?"
Joey was still looking down and fidgeting with her hands. "Well, I don't want you to forget about me, I want you to love me. I want to know you do."
Pacey stood up. "Why Joey? Why do you have to put me back into that agonizing spot again?"
Joey stood up and walked a little closer to Pacey but still looked down. "I need to know that my feelings aren't just something I made up. I love you Pacey and I'm afraid that if I don't know that you love me then I'll never come to terms with it."
Pacey stood in the same place he was at. "Look at me Jo'." Joey looked up. Pacey walked over to Joey and stood in front of her. "I love you with my whole heart Joey. I've always loved you. I've never stopped loving you. I could never forget about you. Is that convincing enough?"
Joey put Pacey's arms around her and she rested her arms on his arms. "That's all I needed. I Love Pacey Witter."
"I love you too Josephine Potter." Joey lightly hit Pacey and smiled. Pacey caught her in a kiss.
The next chapter starts the next morning and most or all of the characters will be in that chapter.
"Pacey?"
Pacey heard somebody call his name and he turned around. His jaw fell to the floor.
"Joey? Why are you here?"
Joey was still staring at Pacey. He walked toward her.
"What am I doing here, what are you doing here? You shouldn't be here."
"I am a junior so I'm entitled to go."
Joey grunted and spun around. "I'm going on this trip to get away from you and you're here so I can't get away. Why did you have to come?"
Pacey chuckled. "Well rest assured, I came on this trip so I could get away from you too. I won't be seeing you on this trip because I hope to be occupied."
Jack walked up and put his arm around Joey. "Is there a problem Joey?"
Joey looked at Jack and then looked at Pacey. She shook her head. Off in the distance Melody Shark was calling Pacey and all three of them looked at her. Pacey waved back and turned to Joey.
"Well, my weekend obligation calls so I'll see you later, or not. Good bye Joey, enjoy your weekend."
Pacey walked off and went on the bus with melody. Joey and Jack walked onto the bus but didn't talk the whole way there.
Joey walked off of the bus and waited for Jack so she could have her bag. Jack didn't give her the bag and walked to where the teacher was. Pacey ended up standing across the semi- circle from Joey and Melody was all over him. He didn't look very comfortable. The teacher spoke up.
"Now settle down juniors. I'm Mr. Gauge and I'll be the leader this weekend. Right now I have to do something so my assistant, Abigail Morgan, will pass out the room keys and please no complaining because it's only for one night and do what she says, or else." Mr. Gauge walked away.
Abby held the bag of keys in her hands and smiled. "Well lucky me, I get to pick partners today." Abby picked up four keys. "Let's see I have a private suite, I guess that's mine. I have a regular room here, who should get this?" Abby looked at Carmen. "The rooms are small but the beds are great so here you go Carmen, for you and Sam." She gave her the key and they walked away. "Well, well, well, we have the master room." Abby looked at Joey. "Here you go Joey, a nice room for you, and Pacey."
Joey looked at Pacey and then looked at Abby. "You can't do that Abby."
"Actually I can. I'm in charge of rooms so have fun. There's a king size bed and a couch too, in case Pacey doesn't feel very playful." Abby smiled at Joey and told her to go.
Joey got her bag and the key and stormed to her room. Pacey came in a minute later. Joey was mad and heard Pacey come in. she was unpacking and started talking to him with attitude.
"Before this horrible weekend happens, let's get a few things strait. You are sleeping on the couch first of all, next you cannot bring miss slut of America in this room." Joey said.
"Hey I'm not happy about this either but you don't see me giving out commands now do you?"
Joey stopped unpacking and turned around to face Pacey. Pacey was leaning on the dresser with his eye brows up and a smirk on his face. Joey stood up strait and slowly walked to Pacey. She spoke slowly.
"I came on this trip to get away from you and YOU end up going. I was going to have a fun weekend with Jack but YOU ended up ruining that plan. There is no way in hell that YOU get to have that slut come into this room and do god knows what with you. I have to suffer so I at least get the bed." Joey was a few inches from Pacey's face. "If at anytime I find out that Melody Slut Shark was in this room, I will make you sleep outside and then I'll make you pay."
Pacey smiled at Joey and moved away towards the door and opened it. He turned around.
"You know you should try some Midol. I heard it helps with PMS." Pacey walked out when Joey was giving him a dirty look.
Carmen was unpacking and Sam was sitting by the window and looking out of it. Carmen looked at Sam and couldn't take it anymore.
"You know I might have made you go on this trip but I don't deserve the silent treatment because you're mad. I thought we would have a good time."
Sam slowly turned around and looked at Carmen. "I'm not mad and I'm not giving you the silent treatment, I'm just wondering if we're doing the right thing."
Carmen threw down the clothes. "You could have fooled me Sam. I'm going to leave you to wonder." Carmen huffed out the door and slammed it in Sam's face.
Joey was listening to her portable CD player when Pacey walked in. He was hiding something behind his back. Joey saw his hand in front of her face so she took off her head phones. Joey had the kind that goes inside of your ears.
"What do you want Pacey?" Joey said with haste.
"Nothing much, uh, what are you listening to?" Pacey was trying to change the conversation. Joey rolled her eyes.
"I'm listening to Fiona Apple. What did you want again?"
Pacey smiled and sat next to Joey on the bed. He gave her a tulip. Joey smiled.
"Pacey it's a tulip."
"I know, they had roses but I like these things better. It's my way of a peace offering."
Joey smiled and hugged Pacey. "You are forgiven. Do you want to hear a song from her?"
Pacey nodded and put one ear piece in his ear and Joey put the other in hers. The lyrics started to play. "I've been a bad bad girl, I've been careless with a delicate man.
And it's a sad sad world, when a girl will break a boy, just because she can.
Don't you tell me to deny it.
I've done wrong and I want to suffer for my sins.
I've come to you 'cause I need guidance to be true.
And I just don't know where I can begin."
Pacey started to bop his head to the beat and Joey started laughing. Pacey stopped and laughed with Joey. After a few seconds he stopped and smiled at Joey. Joey was laughing and looked at Pacey and slowly stopped. Pacey looked at her lips and she looked at him wide eyed. Slowly Pacey put his hand on her face and gave her loving eyes. Joey tilted her head to the side of his hand and closed her eyes. Pacey was stroking her cheek with his thumb. Slowly, she opened her eyes. Pacey smirked once more and gradually moved closer to Joey. When he was close enough, he parted his lips and so did she. When their heads were tilted and they were ready to kiss, there was a knock at the door. Pacey stopped and Joey opened her eyes. Joey got off the bed and put down her CD player. The person knocked again.
"Who there?" Pacey asked.
"It's me Melody. I have some wine Pacey." The person at the door said.
Joey started to put on her coat.
"Joey we need to talk about what just happened."
"Why Pacey? Nothing happened. Something may have if your personal slut didn't come a calling but right now, nothing happened. I can't find any reason why we should talk about anything. I need to talk to Carmen."
Joey walked to the door and put her hand on the door knob. Pacey grabbed her fore arm.
"I still love you Jo'."
Joey looked at her arm and looked at Pacey. "Let me go right now Pacey." Pacey looked at Joey and let her arm go. Joey opened the door and bumped into Melody.
"Bitch." Melody said.
"Slut." Joey responded. Joey walked away.
Joey went down the elevator and into the outside lounge where Carmen was sitting. Joey pulled out the chair across from Carmen and plopped down.
"This trip sucks." Joey said.
"You can say that again." Carmen replied and sighed.
"What happened to you so far?" Joey was concerned for her friend because she never saw Carmen so sad before.
"Okay, so I was in the hotel room unpacking my stuff and Sam was sitting by the window just staring out and giving me the silent treatment. I know I forced him into going on this trip but he doesn't have to ignore me. He said he wasn't but I don't believe him." Carmen was losing some of her tension.
"Maybe he's homesick." Joey said to make Carmen feel better.
"Sam said that he was just wondering if we were doing the right thing. I think Sam wants to break up with me." Carmen had a tear in her eye.
"I doubt that Sam wants to break up with you. He loves you Carmen."
Carmen wiped away the tear. "Yeah well, I'm a little lost right now. Anyway, what happened between you and Pacey?"
"What makes you think something happened with Pacey?" Joey asked.
"If you have a problem it's always with Pacey." Carmen chuckled at how oblivious Joey was.
"Okay, so it's with Pacey. When I first got into the room I was pretty ticked off that I had to share a room with the person I was trying to get away from." Joey looked at Carmen. "When Pacey came into the room I made some rules. I told him that he would sleep on the couch and that if Melody Shark came into the room I would make Pacey sleep outside. Pacey left and I decided to listen to some music. Pacey came back in with something behind his back and made me take off my ear phones so I wasn't that thrilled. Pacey gave me a tulip as a peace offering. He said he liked the tulips better than the roses. He doesn't know how much that means to me. I said thank you and Pacey wanted to listen to a song so I pressed play and criminal by Fiona Apple started playing. Pacey started to bop his head to the song and we laughed then Pacey put his hand on my cheek and started to rub it with his thumb. It was so nice to feel Pacey again. Pacey came closer and right when we were going to kiss, someone knocked on the door. Guess who it was?"
"Who? This is terribly interesting." Carmen was into the story.
"It was Melody Shark asking if Pacey could come out and Play." Joey said slowly.
"Oh that slut!" Carmen responded loudly. People looked at them.
"Yeah I know. So I got off the bed and grabbed my coat to come down here and sit with you because I saw you leave from my window. Pacey wanted to talk and I told him nothing happened so we didn't need to talk and I started to leave. Pacey grabbed my arm and told me he still loved me, and then I left. So I don't know what to do."
"Do you still love him Joey?" Carmen asked very bluntly.
"Yeah, I do but that's not the problem. The problem is how am I supposed to stay in a room with the guy I love knowing that he had sex with that slut Melody after he told me he loved me?" Joey started to get sad.
Carmen smiled at Joey. "If he meant what he said then he isn't having sex with Melody. I know Pacey truly loves you and he's too in love with you to think about anyone else. You should go find him and tell him you love him too."
"Where should I look?" Joey said.
Before Carmen could answer a guy walked up to their table and looked at them. It was Sam.
"Hey Josie, Carmen." Sam tried to act casual.
Carmen didn't even look up at Sam. "What do you want Sam."
"I want to talk to you Carmen."
Carmen looked up at Sam with a mean sad look on her face. "I don't want to talk Sam." Carmen looked away again.
Joey knew she should leave. "I'm gonna go Carm, see you later." Joey got up and turned away. Carmen called her.
"Hey Joey," Joey turned around. "You should first check in your room then check somewhere else." Carmen said with a tear in her eye. Joey nodded and walked off. Sam sat where Joey was sitting. Carmen refused to look at him.
"Carmen I'm sorry for the way I acted. I shouldn't have ignored you like that. I was too worried about myself that I didn't even notice what I was doing to you." Sam noticed tears in Carmen's eyes when she looked up. "Please don't cry Carmen."
Carmen sat back and wiped away her tears. "It's kind of hard not to when your boyfriend tells you he's wondering if he's doing the right thing. Sam, I know you're sorry but I don't want to make you stay in this relationship."
Sam looked at Carmen with confusion. "What are you talking about Carmen?"
"When you said that you were wondering if you were doing the right thing, I couldn't help but think that you were thinking this relationship is not working. If you're not happy then tell me Sam. I just want you to be happy." Carmen stared at Sam.
Sam's mouth fell open. "Don't ever think that Carmen. I love you and I don't want to break up with you. When I said that I was thinking if we were doing the right thing I was talking about sharing a room together, alone." Sam looked at Carmen.
Carmen gave Sam a confused look. "Why are you afraid of sleeping in the same room with me alone?"
"Carmen, you know I'm not a virgin and I know you are so I'm afraid that I will rush you into something you're not ready for."
Carmen smiled. "Sam, if and when we decide to have sex it will be when we're both ready for it. If your not ready then we won't do it, if I'm not ready then we don't do it, if we're both not ready then we won't have sex, but when the right time comes and we are both ready, we might just have to have sex to keep the flow." Carmen started to giggle. Sam was serious.
"Don't laugh Carmen. You're the only one who has to be ready because I've been ready. If you told me right now that you were ready I might find the nearest flat surface and do ungodly things. Now you can laugh." They both started to laugh. Sam leaned over the table and kissed Carmen.
Joey walked into the hotel room and called Pacey's name. No answer. Joey decided to look in the upstairs lounge. She stepped into the glass elevator. One side had a window where you could look down into the eating area. If Joey looked out the window she would have seen Pacey sitting at a table. The elevator reached the second highest floor and the gold doors opened. Joey stepped out of the elevator and walked to the lounge. The door was locked so Pacey couldn't have been in there. One again Joey got into the glass elevator and the doors closed. This time Joey went down to the main floor because her throat was dry and she needed to get something to drink. Joey walked from the elevator to the dining area. The dining Area was huge. There were about fifty tables, all with blue and gold table clothes and blue dishes. The area by the bar was dimmer and was surrounded by fake plants. Joey sat down on a bar stool and ordered a cherry coke. (Best pop!) When Joey got her pop she took some cherries from the bar and put them in her glass. Joey started to drink from her glass.
"Well, if it isn't Jenny Poster. I didn't know that you would follow me here."
Joey drank and rolled her eyes. She put her glass down and turned to face Melody Shark.
"I'm not following you. What do you want Melody?"
Melody looked Joey up and down and smiled. "Ha, what would I want from you?"
Joey rolled her eyes and turned around. Joey picked up her glass and Melody tapped her on the shoulder. Joey turned around drinking her pop.
"Actually Jenny since you're here, you should take a look over at the right corner by the fire place. You remember him?" Melody pointed to a guy.
Joey looked up from her pop and looked. Her mouth fell open. "It's, it's Pacey."
Melody stood in front of Joey and smiled. "Yes it is Pacey, your ex boyfriend. I told you I'd get him. Now you sit and watch as I get Pacey to accompany me later tonight. It won't be too hard though since he's already eating out of my hand."
Melody walked towards Pacey and when she reached him she slide her hand over his shoulders and down his arm. She gave Pacey his drink and she sat across from him with her legs crossed.
Melody had flowing blonde locks and was wearing a black mini skirt and a white low V neck shirt. Melody was also wearing a pair of black strap shoes with a buckle. Joey felt ugly when she looked at Melody. Joey was wearing a pair of scuffed up one star black and white low tops (Converse). She was also wearing an old pair of Mudd jeans and a black aeropostale hoodie over a plain white cami. Joey's hair was pulled back into a ponytail.
Joey saw Melody and Pacey talking. Melody was giggling a lot and touching Pacey's knee. Joey couldn't hear what they were talking about so Joey casually walked over to a seat by them but far enough away so they wouldn't see her. Joey listened and heard Melody laughing. All of a sudden she stopped laughing, looked at Pacey and licked her lips.
"It's been really fun but this is starting to get boring. Why don't we go back to my room and I'll, show you around." Melody looked Pacey up and down then sat forward so her shirt revealed more.
Pacey looked at Melody's face and sat back to talk. "Melody, I came on this trip to have fun, maybe even your fun, but that plan went to the dogs."
"It can still happen." Melody put her hand on the lower part of Pacey's thigh.
Pacey took off Melody's hand. "No, it can't Melody. Someday you're going to make some guy so happy because he'll be with you but I'm not the guy you're waiting for. I love someone already. No matter how hard I try to forget about this girl I can't. When I'm with someone else I'm sad because that girl isn't her. When she's with someone else I'm mad because I'm not the guy to hold her, kiss her, or even to fight with her and make up. But when I get to be that guy and she's in my arms, I'm so happy that I want to tell the world how much I love her." Pacey looked at Melody.
Melody had a few tears running down her face. "That is so beautiful Pacey. I hope a guy will feel that way about me one day."
Pacey smiled. "Someone will eventually."
Melody wiped away her tears. "You really love this girl with your whole heart don't you?"
Pacey sighed. "Yeah, I do. Sad thing is, she doesn't love me back. I'm afraid that I'll scare her away. I need her in my life one way or another. I have to go apoligize to her. Bye Melody."
Melody waved bye with the hand that wasn't wiping her tears. Pacey got up and walked away.
Joey realized that Pacey would be going to the room and Joey wouldn't be there. Joey ran to the stairs so she could get there faster. When she got into the room she was out of breath but combed her hair down all pretty. She sat on the bed with her legs crossed over the side. She faced the door and was trying to catch her breath. 30 minutes passed and no Pacey. No big deal. After about an hour Joey got bored and turned on the TV. when it was an hour and 45 minutes, Joey had watched 30 infomercials and a talk show about people leaving their cousin spouses for their other cousin. Joey paced the floor back and forth worrying about Pacey. Joey decided to go look for him. She was in her pajamas because she wasn't comfy in the outfit she was wearing when she was waiting for Pacey. Joey was putting on her coat when Pacey opened the door and walked in. He noticed she was putting on her coat.
"You going by Jack?" Pacey asked.
Joey looked at him and noticed he was getting a black eye. She took off her coat. "No, I was going somewhere else but I'm not anymore. What happened Pacey?"
Pacey put down his coat and looked at Joey. "I got into a fight with this guy. He was saying some shit and I hit him. He punched back and as you can tell, he has pretty good aim."
Joey tried to smile but she didn't like that Pacey was hurt. "Sit on the bed. You need to put something cold on that eye."
Joey walked into the bathroom and came out with a washcloth with cold water on it. Pacey was sitting on the bed with his head down.
"We don't have any ice so this'll have to do. How can I put this on your eye if you're facing down?" Joey picked up Pacey's head with her hand and held the cloth on his eye. "Who did this to you anyway?"
"It was Dec Rom." (I made up this Name!)
"why would you get in a fight with him?"
"Like I said before, he was saying some shit that I didn't like." Joey looked at him. "Okay, Dec was talking about how bad looking you looked today. I told him that you're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Joey started to smile. Pacey looked away. "Then we started to argue and we got in a fight."
Joey moved his head so he was facing her. "You shouldn't get upset when December Rom talks. He's not one that should be heard. You don't have to defend me Pacey." Joey said.
Pacey looked up at her and automatically responded without thinking. "I always defend the people that I care about."
Joey smiled and sat next to Pacey. They looked at each other and Pacey got closer. When they were going to kiss Pacey stood up and walked over to the couch to sit. Joey looked confused.
"Pacey?"
Pacey looked at Joey. "Joey, I'm sorry about what I said earlier today. I take back all of that I love you stuff. I would like it if we could be friends still." Pacey said.
Joey was still sitting on the bed and looked at Pacey. "Is that what you want Pacey?"
"I just want you to be happy." Pacey said. He looked at his hands.
Joey looked down at her feet and swung them slightly.
"What if I told you that what you're doing to make me happy is doing the opposite?"
Pacey looked up at her and shifted his feet. "What do you mean by that Joey?"
Joey was still looking down and fidgeting with her hands. "Well, I don't want you to forget about me, I want you to love me. I want to know you do."
Pacey stood up. "Why Joey? Why do you have to put me back into that agonizing spot again?"
Joey stood up and walked a little closer to Pacey but still looked down. "I need to know that my feelings aren't just something I made up. I love you Pacey and I'm afraid that if I don't know that you love me then I'll never come to terms with it."
Pacey stood in the same place he was at. "Look at me Jo'." Joey looked up. Pacey walked over to Joey and stood in front of her. "I love you with my whole heart Joey. I've always loved you. I've never stopped loving you. I could never forget about you. Is that convincing enough?"
Joey put Pacey's arms around her and she rested her arms on his arms. "That's all I needed. I Love Pacey Witter."
"I love you too Josephine Potter." Joey lightly hit Pacey and smiled. Pacey caught her in a kiss.
The next chapter starts the next morning and most or all of the characters will be in that chapter.