It was eight in the morning and everyone was ready to go back to
Capeside from their junior class trip. Mr. Gauge took roll call and noticed
two people didn't answer.
"Does anyone know what rooms Pacey Witter and Josephine Potter are in?" He asked.
"I do." Answered Jen. She went on this trip because she wanted to follow a guy.
"Good, Good. You can go wake them up and tell them the bus is leaving in fifteen minutes."
Jen said fine and walked off. She knew they had shared a room together so she was expecting a floored Pacey and a queen Joey. Jen opened the door.
"Rise and shine Joey." Jen looked at the bed and saw Joey sleeping. Pacey was sleeping in the same bed not only that, they were spooning too. Jen smiled and spoke from the door. This time she was louder.
"Wake up!"
Joey heard that, opened her eyes, and popped up. She pulled the covers more on top of her. Joey stared at Jen and started hitting Pacey without moving her eyes. Pacey got up and told Joey to stop but Joey just turned Pacey's head so he was looking at Jen. Pacey looked at Joey and noticed the look on her face.
"Uh, Jen, we were just," Pacey tried to explain.
"No need to explain. The bus is leaving in fifteen so you should get dressed and go downstairs." Jen said before leaving and closing the door.
Joey got up and started to change. "Shit!"
Pacey got up and started to change too. "She probably doesn't know Joey."
Joey turned to face Pacey. "How can she not know! We were in the same bed practically naked Pacey."
"Is it really a big deal if she does know?" Pacey asked when he was done changing and was starting to pack up.
"I just don't want people to find out this way." Joey said as she was buttoning up her Jeans.
"By people you mean Jack."
"No Pacey. Well yes, Jack is in that category but so are Bessie and the populars who will make a big deal out of it."
Pacey turned around Joey and made her face him. "If Jack asked you right now, what would you tell him?"
Joey smiled and encircled his neck with her arms. "I'd tell him the truth."
Pacey wrapped around Joey. "Are you sure you would? Joey, we would have to stop doing what we just did if you would lie."
"I would definitely tell the truth because I don't want to stop our new kind of romance. I love you Pacey."
"I love you too Jo'." Pacey leaned in and gave Joey a longer short kiss that was so romantic. They separated and started to pack again. Joey had a question on her mind.
"Pacey, I was thinking that maybe we could not tell people about last night unless they ask or guess. Is that okay?" Joey looked at Pacey who walked over to her.
"If that's what you want, then it's okay with me, as long as you tell me that we could do that again, because I could do that for the rest of my life with you." Pacey was holding Joey's hands.
"If I told you that it's not that we could but we will, probably in the near future, would you carry down my bag?" Joey asked then kissed Pacey.
"If I got an answer like that then I'd do anything, but you didn't really answer so I guess you get the bag." Pacey started to walk out the door and he laughed then took her bag. They walked into the elevator and shared one last kiss alone before the doors opened.
When it was time to load the bus, Joey saw Carmen and told Jack that she was going to sit next to her. Joey and Carmen sat together in front of Sam and Pacey. Jack sat with Melody Shark on the other end of the bus. The bus started to drive. When they were driving for a half an hour Joey noticed that Carmen never stopped smiling.
"I'm guessing you made up with Sam." Joey said.
"Did we ever." Carmen turned from the window and smiled at Joey. Joey smiled at Carmen and Carmen asked what.
"OOOOOOOO!!!!!! You had sex with Sam didn't you!?" Joey said kind of loud.
"Shh! Not so loud. Yes we did Joey. I have never felt this good. I know he loves me with everything he has, and I love him the same way." Carmen said.
"I know how you feel." Joey said then covered up her mouth. Carmen looked at her and smiled wickedly.
"I knew you had a glow to you!" Carmen said excitedly.
"No I don't!" Joey said knowing that Carmen knew already.
"Yes you do. You have that I've just had sex with the guy I love for the first time glow. You're as glowy as I am."
Pacey and Sam were sitting next to each other. Sam was smiling out the window and Pacey was staring into space with a grin on his face. Dawson and Charlie were in the seat behind them and popped up to say Hi. Neither of the two said anything.
"What's up with them?" Dawson asked Charlie.
"Look at them Hun. They are guys in love." Charlie answered.
"Hey Charlie, Dawson." Sam said when he noticed them.
"Hey you two." Pacey said facing them. "I didn't know you guys were coming on this trip."
"We weren't," Charlie said, "But we thought we might as well go because really when do you get to go to Boston for free? We had fun though."
"You two must have enjoyed yourselves because you two look so relaxed and happy. Don't they Char.?" Dawson said.
Charlie looked from one then to the other. "Yeah they do. Uhhhhh! OH MY GOD!"
Pacey, Dawson, and Sam looked at each other then at Charlie. Charlie kept staring at them.
"Sam, you had sex with Carmen, and Pacey, you had sex with Joey! I so need to talk to the girls a- sap." Charlie said. They all looked at him. "Sorry, I was having a gay best friend moment there."
Joey and Carmen walked off the bus and sat on the cold wooden bench in front of the school. Sam got off the bus and ran to where Carmen was. They were kissing and couldn't stop telling each other how much they love one another. Joey looked at them and envied what they could do. She wanted to hold Pacey again but she didn't want to make it obvious that something happened on the trip. She noticed someone sat next to her. Joey was thinking too much to look. She took in a breath through her nose and smelled the cologne, cool water. She knew who it was.
"Hello Pacey." Joey said before looking at him. Pacey was leaned back against the back of the bench and was looking at her.
"Hey Jo'. How are ya?" Pacey said trying to make their encounter look casual.
"I'm feeling pretty good. How about you?" Joey played along.
"I've never felt so good in my life. I really enjoyed this weekend." Pacey tried not to look at her so much but couldn't resist. His knee accidentally hit Joey's knee but he moved it away quickly. Joey looked at Pacey, Put her hand in the gap that was between them, and propped herself up closer to Pacey.
"I want to kiss you Pacey." Joey whispered.
Pacey looked at Joey. "I want to kiss you too. I want to hold you in my arms and tell you how much I love you. If you want people to talk, then we could take care of our problem right now, but if you don't, then we'll have to wait till later." Pacey whispered back.
Joey sat back but her hand was still between them. "I love you Pacey." Joey said. She wasn't looking at Pacey.
Pacey put his hand over Joey's hand and closed the gap between their legs. Joey flipped over her hand so she can hold his. "I love you too Joey."
They sat like this for a few minutes before Jack walked over. Joey quickly moved her hand. Jack looked at Pacey and then at Joey. A car beeped and Pacey got up.
"That's my ride, Bye Jack. Good bye Joey. I'll see you later." Pacey winked his eye and walked away.
"Bye Pacey!" Joey called. When Pacey reached the car he waved back.
"So how was your weekend?" Jack asked trying to ignore the fact that Joey was waving at Pacey.
Joey stopped waving and another car pulled up. It was Bessie. Joey got up and grabbed her bag. "It was an unexpected pleasure. Bye Jack." Joey walked away and went into the car.
Joey sat down and buckled up. Bessie put the truck in drive and drove off.
"Hey Bessie." Joey said.
"Hey Joey. How was your trip?" Bessie asked.
"It was really fun. Me and my roommate stayed up about half the night." Joey said.
"That's great Joey. You deserve to have some fun. O, before I forget, Andie called to confirm your sleepover at her house tonight." Bessie said.
Joey smiled fakely and looked out the window. She didn't want to see Andie because then she would have to tell her about the trip. The rest of the ride to the B&B was silent except that Black Balloon by the goo goo dolls was playing on the radio.
It was nine that night and Pacey decided to go for a walk. He walked down to the beach and leaned against the railing. Pacey looked off into the water and felt better. A few minutes later Pacey was leaving the beach when he noticed something move. He looked at the beach light and noticed a girl sitting in the sand. She had medium length brown hair. It looked like Joey. Pacey walked up to the girl who was facing the water.
"Joey?" Pacey asked the girl. The girl turned around to face Pacey.
"Hey Pace. Since when have you been taking late night beach strolls?" Joey said.
"I was going to ask you the same question." Pacey said.
Joey turned to face the ocean again. She was sitting with her knees under her chin and her arms were wrapped around them. "Actually this is my first night beach visit." Joey sighed and rocked a little.
Pacey looked at Joey and sat next to her. "What's wrong Jo'? And don't say it's nothing because I can see it in your face."
Joey quickly looked at Pacey then faced the ocean again. "I actually came from Andie's house. All of the girls are together to talk and do girl things. I know that if I stayed there, we would start to talk about the class trip and everything we did."
"You don't want Andie to know about us?" Pacey asked.
"See, I want all my friends to know how happy I am but I don't want to tell Andie because it's like telling her, Hey Andie guess what, I slept with the guy that didn't want to have sex with you, and we're not even dating." Joey still didn't look at Pacey.
Pacey turned Joey's head so she was facing him. "You don't have to tell Andie. She doesn't need to know about us."
"I know. I'm not even sure of what we're doing." Joey said.
"What we're doing? Jo' we're together again." Pacey said.
"Are we Pacey? Can you truly say we are? Getting back together is just as easy as having sex? I don't think we are fully a couple and I think it would be better that way." Joey was standing up now and Pacey stood up to look her in the face.
"What do you mean not fully together? Joey, we love each other still right? If we do then that's all we need. Do you want us to stop Joey? Just tell me it's over and I'll walk away right now and never bug you again." Pacey said looking into her eyes.
Joey walked away a few steps and looked back at him. "Yes, I still love you and no, I don't want us to end. Love is not all we need Pacey, it never is. I'm just saying it would be easier if we had an open relationship. I don't want to hold you back because you might find the love of your life when we're together and if we're exclusive then you'll pass her up. I don't want that to happen. Also, Bessie knows that we shared a room because Andie called earlier and told her. If we make us dating public knowledge then Bessie will know we slept together and so will Andie and Jack. I don't want to hurt them anymore then I already have." Joey was just looking at Pacey with her hair in her face from the wind.
Pacey stared at Joey for a few seconds then spoke. "Will this arrangement make you happy?" Joey nodded. "What are the terms to follow?"
"Well, you and I can go on dates with anyone we choose and you can even kiss your date if you want. You can do whatever you want except you can't have sex with her. I want to be the only one who's gettin' some from you." Joey said.
"And vice versa with the sex right?" Pacey asked.
"Of course."
"Well then I'd say you got yourself a deal Josephine."
Joey smiled and ran to Pacey she started saying thank you and smothering him with kisses. After a minute Joey stopped and they walked back to the side walk hand in hand.
Joey looked at Pacey and he looked at her. "I guess this is where we say good bye." Joey sighed.
"I guess so. You really don't want to go back there do you?" Pacey asked.
"No not really." Joey said. Pacey smiled and pulled Joey with him. "Andie's house is the other way Pacey."
Pacey stopped and looked at her. "I'm not taking you to Andie's house; I'm taking you to mine. What time do you have to be back there?" Pacey asked.
"I need to be back in an hour, hour and a half. I don't think your parents want their son and his girlfriend doing whatever in their house." Joey said.
"That's plenty of time for us, and besides, my 'rents ain't home. They had some overnight cop convention crap type deal in Lowell so they'll be gone for the next two days."
"Well I guess it will help me sleep better tonight. I need to get this sand out of my shoes first though." Joey said. She bent down and took off a shoe and Pacey took off the other one.
"Does anyone know what rooms Pacey Witter and Josephine Potter are in?" He asked.
"I do." Answered Jen. She went on this trip because she wanted to follow a guy.
"Good, Good. You can go wake them up and tell them the bus is leaving in fifteen minutes."
Jen said fine and walked off. She knew they had shared a room together so she was expecting a floored Pacey and a queen Joey. Jen opened the door.
"Rise and shine Joey." Jen looked at the bed and saw Joey sleeping. Pacey was sleeping in the same bed not only that, they were spooning too. Jen smiled and spoke from the door. This time she was louder.
"Wake up!"
Joey heard that, opened her eyes, and popped up. She pulled the covers more on top of her. Joey stared at Jen and started hitting Pacey without moving her eyes. Pacey got up and told Joey to stop but Joey just turned Pacey's head so he was looking at Jen. Pacey looked at Joey and noticed the look on her face.
"Uh, Jen, we were just," Pacey tried to explain.
"No need to explain. The bus is leaving in fifteen so you should get dressed and go downstairs." Jen said before leaving and closing the door.
Joey got up and started to change. "Shit!"
Pacey got up and started to change too. "She probably doesn't know Joey."
Joey turned to face Pacey. "How can she not know! We were in the same bed practically naked Pacey."
"Is it really a big deal if she does know?" Pacey asked when he was done changing and was starting to pack up.
"I just don't want people to find out this way." Joey said as she was buttoning up her Jeans.
"By people you mean Jack."
"No Pacey. Well yes, Jack is in that category but so are Bessie and the populars who will make a big deal out of it."
Pacey turned around Joey and made her face him. "If Jack asked you right now, what would you tell him?"
Joey smiled and encircled his neck with her arms. "I'd tell him the truth."
Pacey wrapped around Joey. "Are you sure you would? Joey, we would have to stop doing what we just did if you would lie."
"I would definitely tell the truth because I don't want to stop our new kind of romance. I love you Pacey."
"I love you too Jo'." Pacey leaned in and gave Joey a longer short kiss that was so romantic. They separated and started to pack again. Joey had a question on her mind.
"Pacey, I was thinking that maybe we could not tell people about last night unless they ask or guess. Is that okay?" Joey looked at Pacey who walked over to her.
"If that's what you want, then it's okay with me, as long as you tell me that we could do that again, because I could do that for the rest of my life with you." Pacey was holding Joey's hands.
"If I told you that it's not that we could but we will, probably in the near future, would you carry down my bag?" Joey asked then kissed Pacey.
"If I got an answer like that then I'd do anything, but you didn't really answer so I guess you get the bag." Pacey started to walk out the door and he laughed then took her bag. They walked into the elevator and shared one last kiss alone before the doors opened.
When it was time to load the bus, Joey saw Carmen and told Jack that she was going to sit next to her. Joey and Carmen sat together in front of Sam and Pacey. Jack sat with Melody Shark on the other end of the bus. The bus started to drive. When they were driving for a half an hour Joey noticed that Carmen never stopped smiling.
"I'm guessing you made up with Sam." Joey said.
"Did we ever." Carmen turned from the window and smiled at Joey. Joey smiled at Carmen and Carmen asked what.
"OOOOOOOO!!!!!! You had sex with Sam didn't you!?" Joey said kind of loud.
"Shh! Not so loud. Yes we did Joey. I have never felt this good. I know he loves me with everything he has, and I love him the same way." Carmen said.
"I know how you feel." Joey said then covered up her mouth. Carmen looked at her and smiled wickedly.
"I knew you had a glow to you!" Carmen said excitedly.
"No I don't!" Joey said knowing that Carmen knew already.
"Yes you do. You have that I've just had sex with the guy I love for the first time glow. You're as glowy as I am."
Pacey and Sam were sitting next to each other. Sam was smiling out the window and Pacey was staring into space with a grin on his face. Dawson and Charlie were in the seat behind them and popped up to say Hi. Neither of the two said anything.
"What's up with them?" Dawson asked Charlie.
"Look at them Hun. They are guys in love." Charlie answered.
"Hey Charlie, Dawson." Sam said when he noticed them.
"Hey you two." Pacey said facing them. "I didn't know you guys were coming on this trip."
"We weren't," Charlie said, "But we thought we might as well go because really when do you get to go to Boston for free? We had fun though."
"You two must have enjoyed yourselves because you two look so relaxed and happy. Don't they Char.?" Dawson said.
Charlie looked from one then to the other. "Yeah they do. Uhhhhh! OH MY GOD!"
Pacey, Dawson, and Sam looked at each other then at Charlie. Charlie kept staring at them.
"Sam, you had sex with Carmen, and Pacey, you had sex with Joey! I so need to talk to the girls a- sap." Charlie said. They all looked at him. "Sorry, I was having a gay best friend moment there."
Joey and Carmen walked off the bus and sat on the cold wooden bench in front of the school. Sam got off the bus and ran to where Carmen was. They were kissing and couldn't stop telling each other how much they love one another. Joey looked at them and envied what they could do. She wanted to hold Pacey again but she didn't want to make it obvious that something happened on the trip. She noticed someone sat next to her. Joey was thinking too much to look. She took in a breath through her nose and smelled the cologne, cool water. She knew who it was.
"Hello Pacey." Joey said before looking at him. Pacey was leaned back against the back of the bench and was looking at her.
"Hey Jo'. How are ya?" Pacey said trying to make their encounter look casual.
"I'm feeling pretty good. How about you?" Joey played along.
"I've never felt so good in my life. I really enjoyed this weekend." Pacey tried not to look at her so much but couldn't resist. His knee accidentally hit Joey's knee but he moved it away quickly. Joey looked at Pacey, Put her hand in the gap that was between them, and propped herself up closer to Pacey.
"I want to kiss you Pacey." Joey whispered.
Pacey looked at Joey. "I want to kiss you too. I want to hold you in my arms and tell you how much I love you. If you want people to talk, then we could take care of our problem right now, but if you don't, then we'll have to wait till later." Pacey whispered back.
Joey sat back but her hand was still between them. "I love you Pacey." Joey said. She wasn't looking at Pacey.
Pacey put his hand over Joey's hand and closed the gap between their legs. Joey flipped over her hand so she can hold his. "I love you too Joey."
They sat like this for a few minutes before Jack walked over. Joey quickly moved her hand. Jack looked at Pacey and then at Joey. A car beeped and Pacey got up.
"That's my ride, Bye Jack. Good bye Joey. I'll see you later." Pacey winked his eye and walked away.
"Bye Pacey!" Joey called. When Pacey reached the car he waved back.
"So how was your weekend?" Jack asked trying to ignore the fact that Joey was waving at Pacey.
Joey stopped waving and another car pulled up. It was Bessie. Joey got up and grabbed her bag. "It was an unexpected pleasure. Bye Jack." Joey walked away and went into the car.
Joey sat down and buckled up. Bessie put the truck in drive and drove off.
"Hey Bessie." Joey said.
"Hey Joey. How was your trip?" Bessie asked.
"It was really fun. Me and my roommate stayed up about half the night." Joey said.
"That's great Joey. You deserve to have some fun. O, before I forget, Andie called to confirm your sleepover at her house tonight." Bessie said.
Joey smiled fakely and looked out the window. She didn't want to see Andie because then she would have to tell her about the trip. The rest of the ride to the B&B was silent except that Black Balloon by the goo goo dolls was playing on the radio.
It was nine that night and Pacey decided to go for a walk. He walked down to the beach and leaned against the railing. Pacey looked off into the water and felt better. A few minutes later Pacey was leaving the beach when he noticed something move. He looked at the beach light and noticed a girl sitting in the sand. She had medium length brown hair. It looked like Joey. Pacey walked up to the girl who was facing the water.
"Joey?" Pacey asked the girl. The girl turned around to face Pacey.
"Hey Pace. Since when have you been taking late night beach strolls?" Joey said.
"I was going to ask you the same question." Pacey said.
Joey turned to face the ocean again. She was sitting with her knees under her chin and her arms were wrapped around them. "Actually this is my first night beach visit." Joey sighed and rocked a little.
Pacey looked at Joey and sat next to her. "What's wrong Jo'? And don't say it's nothing because I can see it in your face."
Joey quickly looked at Pacey then faced the ocean again. "I actually came from Andie's house. All of the girls are together to talk and do girl things. I know that if I stayed there, we would start to talk about the class trip and everything we did."
"You don't want Andie to know about us?" Pacey asked.
"See, I want all my friends to know how happy I am but I don't want to tell Andie because it's like telling her, Hey Andie guess what, I slept with the guy that didn't want to have sex with you, and we're not even dating." Joey still didn't look at Pacey.
Pacey turned Joey's head so she was facing him. "You don't have to tell Andie. She doesn't need to know about us."
"I know. I'm not even sure of what we're doing." Joey said.
"What we're doing? Jo' we're together again." Pacey said.
"Are we Pacey? Can you truly say we are? Getting back together is just as easy as having sex? I don't think we are fully a couple and I think it would be better that way." Joey was standing up now and Pacey stood up to look her in the face.
"What do you mean not fully together? Joey, we love each other still right? If we do then that's all we need. Do you want us to stop Joey? Just tell me it's over and I'll walk away right now and never bug you again." Pacey said looking into her eyes.
Joey walked away a few steps and looked back at him. "Yes, I still love you and no, I don't want us to end. Love is not all we need Pacey, it never is. I'm just saying it would be easier if we had an open relationship. I don't want to hold you back because you might find the love of your life when we're together and if we're exclusive then you'll pass her up. I don't want that to happen. Also, Bessie knows that we shared a room because Andie called earlier and told her. If we make us dating public knowledge then Bessie will know we slept together and so will Andie and Jack. I don't want to hurt them anymore then I already have." Joey was just looking at Pacey with her hair in her face from the wind.
Pacey stared at Joey for a few seconds then spoke. "Will this arrangement make you happy?" Joey nodded. "What are the terms to follow?"
"Well, you and I can go on dates with anyone we choose and you can even kiss your date if you want. You can do whatever you want except you can't have sex with her. I want to be the only one who's gettin' some from you." Joey said.
"And vice versa with the sex right?" Pacey asked.
"Of course."
"Well then I'd say you got yourself a deal Josephine."
Joey smiled and ran to Pacey she started saying thank you and smothering him with kisses. After a minute Joey stopped and they walked back to the side walk hand in hand.
Joey looked at Pacey and he looked at her. "I guess this is where we say good bye." Joey sighed.
"I guess so. You really don't want to go back there do you?" Pacey asked.
"No not really." Joey said. Pacey smiled and pulled Joey with him. "Andie's house is the other way Pacey."
Pacey stopped and looked at her. "I'm not taking you to Andie's house; I'm taking you to mine. What time do you have to be back there?" Pacey asked.
"I need to be back in an hour, hour and a half. I don't think your parents want their son and his girlfriend doing whatever in their house." Joey said.
"That's plenty of time for us, and besides, my 'rents ain't home. They had some overnight cop convention crap type deal in Lowell so they'll be gone for the next two days."
"Well I guess it will help me sleep better tonight. I need to get this sand out of my shoes first though." Joey said. She bent down and took off a shoe and Pacey took off the other one.