Chapter 5
Eat Your Veggies
Summary: What if Joey was pregnant in Late
Disclaimer: I don't own it, never will.
Rating: PG-13 just to be safe, its mostly fluff
Thanks to everyone that has reviewed. I hope you like the chapter!!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~ In the last chapter Joey takes the test and finds out that she is pregnant
A week after the previous chapter It's a Saturday and Pacey is at the bookstore. He was supposed to meet Joey in 45 minutes so that they could go to the doctor, it was their first appointment, just to basically confirm the pregnancy. Without realizing it Pacey had wandered over to the aisle that had books on parenting and began browsing. He knew that most of these books would be worthless, he didn't even know why he was looking. He was skimming through a book on baby names when he felt something. "She's her" he thought to himself. He didn't know how it was possible, but every time Joey entered a room, no matter what the size or how far apart they were, he knew. He couldn't explain although he had tried to many times. The only thing he had come up with was that this was obviously some cosmic sign, the universe's way of telling them that they were meant to be.
As Pacey was thinking all this Joey was wandering through the books with no particular destination in mind. She had some time to kill before she had to meet Pacey and the bookstore was right across from their meeting place so she decided to go in. Mysteriously, Joey to found her way unintentionally to the parenting aisle. That was when she saw him. She had a feeling that he was in there when she first entered the store, but she shook it off, thinking it was just the pregnancy. "Of course it wasn't the pregnancy" she thought to herself "Even when my hormones aren't being thrown out of whack I always know when he is around. It's like this magnetic attraction that we have, it connects in a way that I have never felt before." Joey stopped right before Pacey could see her, she wanted to check out what he was reading.
"Hey Jo" Pacey says. He had known that she was watching him, he was watching her as well.
"Hey Pace, how long did you know that I was there?" Joey questions, even though she already knows the answer.
"Since you walked in the door. Hey I was reading this book of baby names, since when is Macon a name, it sounds more like a breakfast food." Pacey asks.
"I think we'll have to try some other names, you're right Macon sounds like Bacon, the poor kid would be teased for his life." Joey replies. She doesn't mention that Pacey isn't the most normal name either because she knew that would only start him calling her Josephine. "But enough name talk, we have a doctors appointment to get to. Come on, let's go."
Together they walk to the OB/GYN office.
"Josephine Potter, you can follow the nurse." An older receptionist calls out. Pacey and Joey had arrived about ten minutes before and spent the time they had to wait talking.
"Okay, come on Pace." Joey calls out. She had already told Pacey that she wanted him with her every step of the way, doctor's appointments included. Pacey wasn't complaining though, he loved to be a part of something so major.
In the doctor's office "Hello Josephine, I'm Dr. Morano." A friendly woman says as she walks into the examining room. She appears to be in her mid- thirties Joey thinks.
"Hi Dr. Morano, it's Joey actually. Nice to meet you. This is Pacey Witter, my boyfriend." Joey smiles as she says this. She really likes this woman and thinks that she will make an excellent doctor.
"Well Joey, it says here that you think you are pregnant. Is that correct?" Dr. Morano asks.
"Um, yeah, that's right. I took a home test and it came out positive, but we just wanted to make sure." Joey replies, glad that the doctor did not say anything about their age.
"Well that's always a good idea. Let me tell you what we are going to do. You'll take the test and we will get the results today, it will probably take 10 minutes. Then if they are positive we'll take a sonogram. Now if you are pregnant the baby will be very young, so you won't see much, you won't even be able to tell the gender, that is assuming you want to know. Then the nurse will give you some information on what to expect during your pregnancy and then you can schedule your next appointment and be on your way. Now, let's get started." Dr. Morano begins to walk out the door. "Oh and just to make sure, Pacey, you are the father?"
"Yes, I am" Pacey proudly answers. It is apparent to everyone in the room that Pacey could not be more thrilled about being called "the father."
15 Minutes later Dr. Morano walks back into the room where Pacey and joey nervously await her return.
"Well Joey, congratulations, your pregnant!" the doctor says with a half smile on her face. She is not sure whether this news will bring joy or tears. She also hoped that Joey would choose to follow through with the pregnancy. She had dealt a lot with teen pregnancy and in her experience more teens opted for abortion than for continuing the pregnancy.
The couple did not say anything, they didn't have to. The smiles on their faces spoke for themselves. The doctor knew she did not have to worry about dealing with another abortion in this case.
In the sonogram room "Now Joey, this might be a little cold, but it won't hurt." The doctor instructs Joey as she applies the gel to her stomach.
As the doctor begins to roll the camera things over Joey's stomach, Joey instinctively reaches for Pacey's hand. Just then the image comes up on the screen.
After searching for a moment Dr. Morano points something out on the screen. "Look right there, that's your baby."
Joey looks up at Pacey and sees that he has tears in his eyes. "He is going to make a great Dad."
Back at the B&B "Here you go Joey, dinner is served." Pacay says as he walks over to the table. Joey's plate is overflowing with vegetables and pasta.
"Pacey I really don't need that much food. What did you do, cook enough for a small army." Joey questions.
"No, I was reading in one of those pregnancy books that your going to need a lot more food, especially things like fruits and veggies and grains because it's good for the baby." Pacey says in the most sincere voice. He knew that there was too much food there for one person, but he was just trying to make sure that Joey was healthy.
"Oh Pace that's so sweet. Come here." Joey pulls him down for a lingering kiss. "Now let's eat." They finish their meal about half an hour later. Joey surprisingly finished most of her plate of food. She begins to get up to clear her plate when she is stopped by Pacey. "Come on Pace, we have to clear the table"
"No, we don't, I will clear the table. You look really tired." Pacey says
"I'm really not tired" Joey makes vain protests.
"Jo you yawned through most of the meal. Now you sit here while I do the dishes then we can go lay down in your room for a little while before I have to go home." Pacey says to Joey who is no longer protesting. She really was tired.
"Fine, I'll go along with your plan except for one part. You're not going home because you are spending the night. We have some stuff to talk about. Most importantly, the fact that we have to tell everyone." Joey states. The real reason that she wants him to stay is because it is getting harder with each passing night to fall asleep when she wasn't with him.
"Okay Jo, let's go to bed. I'm all done with the dishes." Pacey says as he picks up Joey, who is to tired to protest, and begins to walk to her bedroom.
In Joey's room Pacey and Joey are under the covers. Joey is snuggling into Pacey's chest, who has his arms wrapped protectively around his girlfriend. "We have to tell people sooner or later Pace. Their going to start to suspect when my morning sickness really kicks in, which Bessie tells me should happen around the second month. Her and Gretchen are the only one's who know so far." Joey tells Pacey.
"Are you going to tell him." Pacey asks. They both know who he is talking about.
"Of course I am. Why wouldn't I, he's our friend." Joey tells him, rather offended that he would think she would hide something like this from one of their best friends.
"I didn't expect you not to, I just think that he should be first on our list, you know, so he doesn't her it from some one else." Pacey isn't worried that Joey still has feelings for Dawson. He knows that she will always love him, but in the best friend way. He actually feels bad for the guy.
"That's a good idea Pace, Let's tell everyone tomorrow." Joey says, interrupted by a yawn. She is barely awake, it's been a long day and she is exhausted.
"Okay. Goodnight Jo." His words are lost, Joey has already fallen asleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ In the next chapter Pacey and Joey tell everyone How will Dawson react? Joey plans something for Pacey
Hoped you like this chapter. Please review, it really helps. Oh I got the name Macon from How To Deal, which I just saw last night.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~ In the last chapter Joey takes the test and finds out that she is pregnant
A week after the previous chapter It's a Saturday and Pacey is at the bookstore. He was supposed to meet Joey in 45 minutes so that they could go to the doctor, it was their first appointment, just to basically confirm the pregnancy. Without realizing it Pacey had wandered over to the aisle that had books on parenting and began browsing. He knew that most of these books would be worthless, he didn't even know why he was looking. He was skimming through a book on baby names when he felt something. "She's her" he thought to himself. He didn't know how it was possible, but every time Joey entered a room, no matter what the size or how far apart they were, he knew. He couldn't explain although he had tried to many times. The only thing he had come up with was that this was obviously some cosmic sign, the universe's way of telling them that they were meant to be.
As Pacey was thinking all this Joey was wandering through the books with no particular destination in mind. She had some time to kill before she had to meet Pacey and the bookstore was right across from their meeting place so she decided to go in. Mysteriously, Joey to found her way unintentionally to the parenting aisle. That was when she saw him. She had a feeling that he was in there when she first entered the store, but she shook it off, thinking it was just the pregnancy. "Of course it wasn't the pregnancy" she thought to herself "Even when my hormones aren't being thrown out of whack I always know when he is around. It's like this magnetic attraction that we have, it connects in a way that I have never felt before." Joey stopped right before Pacey could see her, she wanted to check out what he was reading.
"Hey Jo" Pacey says. He had known that she was watching him, he was watching her as well.
"Hey Pace, how long did you know that I was there?" Joey questions, even though she already knows the answer.
"Since you walked in the door. Hey I was reading this book of baby names, since when is Macon a name, it sounds more like a breakfast food." Pacey asks.
"I think we'll have to try some other names, you're right Macon sounds like Bacon, the poor kid would be teased for his life." Joey replies. She doesn't mention that Pacey isn't the most normal name either because she knew that would only start him calling her Josephine. "But enough name talk, we have a doctors appointment to get to. Come on, let's go."
Together they walk to the OB/GYN office.
"Josephine Potter, you can follow the nurse." An older receptionist calls out. Pacey and Joey had arrived about ten minutes before and spent the time they had to wait talking.
"Okay, come on Pace." Joey calls out. She had already told Pacey that she wanted him with her every step of the way, doctor's appointments included. Pacey wasn't complaining though, he loved to be a part of something so major.
In the doctor's office "Hello Josephine, I'm Dr. Morano." A friendly woman says as she walks into the examining room. She appears to be in her mid- thirties Joey thinks.
"Hi Dr. Morano, it's Joey actually. Nice to meet you. This is Pacey Witter, my boyfriend." Joey smiles as she says this. She really likes this woman and thinks that she will make an excellent doctor.
"Well Joey, it says here that you think you are pregnant. Is that correct?" Dr. Morano asks.
"Um, yeah, that's right. I took a home test and it came out positive, but we just wanted to make sure." Joey replies, glad that the doctor did not say anything about their age.
"Well that's always a good idea. Let me tell you what we are going to do. You'll take the test and we will get the results today, it will probably take 10 minutes. Then if they are positive we'll take a sonogram. Now if you are pregnant the baby will be very young, so you won't see much, you won't even be able to tell the gender, that is assuming you want to know. Then the nurse will give you some information on what to expect during your pregnancy and then you can schedule your next appointment and be on your way. Now, let's get started." Dr. Morano begins to walk out the door. "Oh and just to make sure, Pacey, you are the father?"
"Yes, I am" Pacey proudly answers. It is apparent to everyone in the room that Pacey could not be more thrilled about being called "the father."
15 Minutes later Dr. Morano walks back into the room where Pacey and joey nervously await her return.
"Well Joey, congratulations, your pregnant!" the doctor says with a half smile on her face. She is not sure whether this news will bring joy or tears. She also hoped that Joey would choose to follow through with the pregnancy. She had dealt a lot with teen pregnancy and in her experience more teens opted for abortion than for continuing the pregnancy.
The couple did not say anything, they didn't have to. The smiles on their faces spoke for themselves. The doctor knew she did not have to worry about dealing with another abortion in this case.
In the sonogram room "Now Joey, this might be a little cold, but it won't hurt." The doctor instructs Joey as she applies the gel to her stomach.
As the doctor begins to roll the camera things over Joey's stomach, Joey instinctively reaches for Pacey's hand. Just then the image comes up on the screen.
After searching for a moment Dr. Morano points something out on the screen. "Look right there, that's your baby."
Joey looks up at Pacey and sees that he has tears in his eyes. "He is going to make a great Dad."
Back at the B&B "Here you go Joey, dinner is served." Pacay says as he walks over to the table. Joey's plate is overflowing with vegetables and pasta.
"Pacey I really don't need that much food. What did you do, cook enough for a small army." Joey questions.
"No, I was reading in one of those pregnancy books that your going to need a lot more food, especially things like fruits and veggies and grains because it's good for the baby." Pacey says in the most sincere voice. He knew that there was too much food there for one person, but he was just trying to make sure that Joey was healthy.
"Oh Pace that's so sweet. Come here." Joey pulls him down for a lingering kiss. "Now let's eat." They finish their meal about half an hour later. Joey surprisingly finished most of her plate of food. She begins to get up to clear her plate when she is stopped by Pacey. "Come on Pace, we have to clear the table"
"No, we don't, I will clear the table. You look really tired." Pacey says
"I'm really not tired" Joey makes vain protests.
"Jo you yawned through most of the meal. Now you sit here while I do the dishes then we can go lay down in your room for a little while before I have to go home." Pacey says to Joey who is no longer protesting. She really was tired.
"Fine, I'll go along with your plan except for one part. You're not going home because you are spending the night. We have some stuff to talk about. Most importantly, the fact that we have to tell everyone." Joey states. The real reason that she wants him to stay is because it is getting harder with each passing night to fall asleep when she wasn't with him.
"Okay Jo, let's go to bed. I'm all done with the dishes." Pacey says as he picks up Joey, who is to tired to protest, and begins to walk to her bedroom.
In Joey's room Pacey and Joey are under the covers. Joey is snuggling into Pacey's chest, who has his arms wrapped protectively around his girlfriend. "We have to tell people sooner or later Pace. Their going to start to suspect when my morning sickness really kicks in, which Bessie tells me should happen around the second month. Her and Gretchen are the only one's who know so far." Joey tells Pacey.
"Are you going to tell him." Pacey asks. They both know who he is talking about.
"Of course I am. Why wouldn't I, he's our friend." Joey tells him, rather offended that he would think she would hide something like this from one of their best friends.
"I didn't expect you not to, I just think that he should be first on our list, you know, so he doesn't her it from some one else." Pacey isn't worried that Joey still has feelings for Dawson. He knows that she will always love him, but in the best friend way. He actually feels bad for the guy.
"That's a good idea Pace, Let's tell everyone tomorrow." Joey says, interrupted by a yawn. She is barely awake, it's been a long day and she is exhausted.
"Okay. Goodnight Jo." His words are lost, Joey has already fallen asleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ In the next chapter Pacey and Joey tell everyone How will Dawson react? Joey plans something for Pacey
Hoped you like this chapter. Please review, it really helps. Oh I got the name Macon from How To Deal, which I just saw last night.