Author's note. Yes I know I'm a lazy bint for not updating sooner. Work.
Home etc...plus 5 birthdays in 2 weeks....takes it out of a girl... Anyway,
onwards with the angst...PS, thanks for all the great reviews!
Old Friends, New Lovers.
Andie excitedly got off the plane. She was completely exhausted by the long flight, but the hot breeze that hit her face made her feel all the much better. She had taken 4 connections to finally get to the tiny airport, near where Pacey had docked the boat. Australia had looked so immense from the plane, miles and miles of nothing, that when they started to descend she was frightened they were going to be stuck in the middle of the bush.
She heaved her bag over her shoulder and made it down the long steps leading from the plane. There was no terminal here, just a small out building with 'Airport' painted on a board. She looked around the group of people waiting for their loved ones and tried to spot Pacey's grin. She couldn't see him and panic struck her. Suddenly she heard his voice.
'MacPhee!'
She looked around and saw him, running from the building towards her. He was still dressing like he was in high school, Hawaiian shirt and board shorts. He hair had grown shaggy and wavy, bleached blonde in the sun. He almost looked the same as the day they had met. She grinned wildly when she saw him.
'I have to say Witter, it's nice to see you made an effort. I travel halfway around the world and you look like you've crawled out of bed,' Andie playfully shouted as he started to approach.
He swooped her up in his arms and swung her around.
'Well, you know, I don't want to make it look like I'm too eager,' he said, placing on the ground and hugging her tightly. 'How's the flight?'
'Okay actually. Apart from the food, the service, the waiting, the flying, the turbulence, the...' 'God I forgot how you like to talk MacPhee,' Pacey interrupting her. He picked up her bag and the luggage that the flight crew had unloaded from the small plane. 'Shall we go madam?'
'That would be great, I need to get this holiday started!' Andie looked over a Pacey as he led her to the car he had rented for the day. This was going to be a fun trip.
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'Maria,'
'Too Spanish,'
'Joseph?'
'Too biblical,'
'Steven,'
'Too obvious,'
Joey threw the baby name book at Dawson. 'Well then you look through it then!'
'Fine then.....Daniel,' Dawson flicked through the huge book that Joey had purchased. It was the 5th one she had bought home and they still hadn't liked any names from it.
'Nah, had an ex boyfriend called Daniel,' Joey said, absently forgetting who she was with.
'Oh really?' Dawson put the book down
'Not that it really matters...it was a 1 month thing years ago,' Joey quickly defended herself. She was now 5 months pregnant and her stomach was enormous. It had seemed she had grown over night. At Thanksgiving everyone was really shocked at her size, with Jack joking that she must have eaten their turkey whole. She got up and made her way to the bathroom, it was only 11.30am and she had been 4 times. She knew the baby needed it's space, but why did her bladder have to provide it?
'How about Katie,' Dawson offered.
'God, I hate that name,' Joey shouted from the bathroom.
Dawson flicked to another page but before he could offer any further suggestions the phone rang. He tossed the book aside and grabbed the phone from the coffee table.
'Hello?'
'Hello can I speak to Dawson or Joey please?'
'This is Dawson speaking,'
'Oh hi Dawson, this is Dr Crisp,'
'Hi Dr, how are you?' Dawson pleasantries covered the fear in the pit of his stomach. They had been in for tests last week because Joey was so concerned about her weight gain.
'I'm fine Dawson. We have the results of the test and I would like it if you could come down to see me today?'
'Is it bad news?' Dawson said, his hand shaking
'No, we just need to review the test results and do another sonogram. Is that okay?'
'Yes doctor, that's fine. We will be there in around 20 minutes.'
'Okay, see you soon. Bye,'
'Bye,' Dawson hung the phone up and tried to think what the doctor would want to see them for. He knew if it were bad news Dr Crisp would have told them there and then.
'Who was that honey?' Joey said, walking back from the bathroom.
'That was the doctor he wants to see us,' Dawson said, walking across to their coats and pulling his on.
'Now?' Joey asked, panic crossing her face.
'Yes, but he said not to worry. He just wants to do another sonogram and review the test results,' Dawson slipped Joey's coat over her shoulder and passed her a scarf and hat.
'Okay, lets get going then,' Joey said, silently praying that her baby was alright.
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'It's so beautiful here,' Andie said, looking over the coastline from Pacey's boat. It was early evening and she had slept most of the day. When she awoke late that afternoon, they had moved further along the coast and were now turning the corner on west Australia. She took a sip of the wine Pacey had poured her and turned her attention to her host.
'I can see why you wanted to be here so much,' she said, glancing over to the coastline one more time.
'I saw a documentary one night, while Joey was at work late, and it just appealed to me.' Pacey eyes glazed over at the thought of all the time he had spent alone in that apartment. Joey had to work so hard to get her position at her company that she didn't come home much before 10.
'Well, think of it as fate. If you hadn't have chosen to travel here, I couldn't have seen it.' Andie said, draining her glass. She approached any subject involving Joey carefully.
'Before you start to ask me, I am fine...' Pacey pre-empted her. 'I think being away from Capeside and my life has helped.' He looked at his hands. 'But being away from you hasn't,'
Andie blushed. She didn't know what was happening to her and Pacey's relationship. They had never strayed into that territory, like Pacey and Joey had. They dated, they broke up and it was history.
'I feel the same way,' Andie said, quickly pouring herself a new glass of wine. She raised the glass. 'Here is to my holiday and a chance to get away with my best friend,'
They clinked glasses as the sun went down on her first day in a strange land, with a familiar love.
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'Stop fidgeting,' Joey snapped, slapping Dawson's hand. She was lying on the Doctors table waiting for her sonogram. Her hormone levels were very high and the doctor wanted to make sure that everything was okay.
'I can't help it. You know I love these sonograms. A chance to see out child before it's born. Do you know how amazing that is?' Dawson looked up at her with puppy dog eyes.
She was about to retort with a smart remark about how amazing childbirth was and whether they wanted to swap, but the doctor returned.
'Okay, let's get started,' he said, moving Dawson out of the way and starting the procedure.
The familiar boom of the baby's heart beat filled the room and both of them were relieved. But Joey didn't feel right. It sounded blurred, almost as if it was going through two speakers rather than one.
'So, have you picked out any names yet?' the doctor asked, turning the screen so neither of them could see it. There was a sly smile creeping across his face.
'Actually, we are having a bit of trouble deciding on a name. Any suggestions,' Joey asked, trying to lighten the mood. The truth was she was terrified.
Dr Crisp giggled and started to spin the screen back towards the anxious couple.
'If I were you, I would start looking for more than one name,'
Two hearts beats showed on the screen. Two little babies curled up next to one another. Joey was pregnant with twins
Both Dawson and Joey were speechless. Of course it made sense, the large weight gain and the abnormal hormones. Joey almost felt stupid for not realising.
'There are two?' Dawson asked, eyes fixed to the screen.
'Yes there are Mr Leery, both of them strong and well. Is there any history of twins in either family?'
'No on my side, Joey? Dawson asked, eyes still unable to tear themselves away fro the screen
'I think my great great grandmother was a twin. I can't be sure though. Is everything going to be okay with them? Will I have to do anything differently,' Joey asked, full of concern.
'Not really, some extra vitamins and more rest, apart from that keep doing what you're doing. I'm going to get you in touch with a multiples support group in the city and I would recommend reading up on having twins. Any further questions, ask me.' Dr Crisp stood up, shock Dawson by the hand and went to leave the room.
'Oh, and before I forget. Merry Christmas,'
'Merry Christmas Doctor,' Dawson said. He turned and faced Joey. She looked radiant.
'Wow. Two of them,' Dawson said, reaching over and squeezing Joey's hand. 'Are we going to have to move?' Dawson asked.
'There is a chance. Don't think our apartment can hold all four of us.' Joey said sadly. She didn't want to move, but they needed to consider it.
'My mum is going to go wild over this. Two grand children to spoil,' Dawson helped Joey off the table after she had cleaned herself up.
'Your mum? Think how Bessie's going to be!' Joey smiled.
'Shall we call them when we get home?' Dawson said, helping Joey into her coat.
'No. We are going home in 3 weeks for Christmas. Let's tell them all together then!'
'So much for a quiet Christmas,' Dawson muttered under his breath as he opened the door and led Joey out of the surgery.
Old Friends, New Lovers.
Andie excitedly got off the plane. She was completely exhausted by the long flight, but the hot breeze that hit her face made her feel all the much better. She had taken 4 connections to finally get to the tiny airport, near where Pacey had docked the boat. Australia had looked so immense from the plane, miles and miles of nothing, that when they started to descend she was frightened they were going to be stuck in the middle of the bush.
She heaved her bag over her shoulder and made it down the long steps leading from the plane. There was no terminal here, just a small out building with 'Airport' painted on a board. She looked around the group of people waiting for their loved ones and tried to spot Pacey's grin. She couldn't see him and panic struck her. Suddenly she heard his voice.
'MacPhee!'
She looked around and saw him, running from the building towards her. He was still dressing like he was in high school, Hawaiian shirt and board shorts. He hair had grown shaggy and wavy, bleached blonde in the sun. He almost looked the same as the day they had met. She grinned wildly when she saw him.
'I have to say Witter, it's nice to see you made an effort. I travel halfway around the world and you look like you've crawled out of bed,' Andie playfully shouted as he started to approach.
He swooped her up in his arms and swung her around.
'Well, you know, I don't want to make it look like I'm too eager,' he said, placing on the ground and hugging her tightly. 'How's the flight?'
'Okay actually. Apart from the food, the service, the waiting, the flying, the turbulence, the...' 'God I forgot how you like to talk MacPhee,' Pacey interrupting her. He picked up her bag and the luggage that the flight crew had unloaded from the small plane. 'Shall we go madam?'
'That would be great, I need to get this holiday started!' Andie looked over a Pacey as he led her to the car he had rented for the day. This was going to be a fun trip.
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'Maria,'
'Too Spanish,'
'Joseph?'
'Too biblical,'
'Steven,'
'Too obvious,'
Joey threw the baby name book at Dawson. 'Well then you look through it then!'
'Fine then.....Daniel,' Dawson flicked through the huge book that Joey had purchased. It was the 5th one she had bought home and they still hadn't liked any names from it.
'Nah, had an ex boyfriend called Daniel,' Joey said, absently forgetting who she was with.
'Oh really?' Dawson put the book down
'Not that it really matters...it was a 1 month thing years ago,' Joey quickly defended herself. She was now 5 months pregnant and her stomach was enormous. It had seemed she had grown over night. At Thanksgiving everyone was really shocked at her size, with Jack joking that she must have eaten their turkey whole. She got up and made her way to the bathroom, it was only 11.30am and she had been 4 times. She knew the baby needed it's space, but why did her bladder have to provide it?
'How about Katie,' Dawson offered.
'God, I hate that name,' Joey shouted from the bathroom.
Dawson flicked to another page but before he could offer any further suggestions the phone rang. He tossed the book aside and grabbed the phone from the coffee table.
'Hello?'
'Hello can I speak to Dawson or Joey please?'
'This is Dawson speaking,'
'Oh hi Dawson, this is Dr Crisp,'
'Hi Dr, how are you?' Dawson pleasantries covered the fear in the pit of his stomach. They had been in for tests last week because Joey was so concerned about her weight gain.
'I'm fine Dawson. We have the results of the test and I would like it if you could come down to see me today?'
'Is it bad news?' Dawson said, his hand shaking
'No, we just need to review the test results and do another sonogram. Is that okay?'
'Yes doctor, that's fine. We will be there in around 20 minutes.'
'Okay, see you soon. Bye,'
'Bye,' Dawson hung the phone up and tried to think what the doctor would want to see them for. He knew if it were bad news Dr Crisp would have told them there and then.
'Who was that honey?' Joey said, walking back from the bathroom.
'That was the doctor he wants to see us,' Dawson said, walking across to their coats and pulling his on.
'Now?' Joey asked, panic crossing her face.
'Yes, but he said not to worry. He just wants to do another sonogram and review the test results,' Dawson slipped Joey's coat over her shoulder and passed her a scarf and hat.
'Okay, lets get going then,' Joey said, silently praying that her baby was alright.
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'It's so beautiful here,' Andie said, looking over the coastline from Pacey's boat. It was early evening and she had slept most of the day. When she awoke late that afternoon, they had moved further along the coast and were now turning the corner on west Australia. She took a sip of the wine Pacey had poured her and turned her attention to her host.
'I can see why you wanted to be here so much,' she said, glancing over to the coastline one more time.
'I saw a documentary one night, while Joey was at work late, and it just appealed to me.' Pacey eyes glazed over at the thought of all the time he had spent alone in that apartment. Joey had to work so hard to get her position at her company that she didn't come home much before 10.
'Well, think of it as fate. If you hadn't have chosen to travel here, I couldn't have seen it.' Andie said, draining her glass. She approached any subject involving Joey carefully.
'Before you start to ask me, I am fine...' Pacey pre-empted her. 'I think being away from Capeside and my life has helped.' He looked at his hands. 'But being away from you hasn't,'
Andie blushed. She didn't know what was happening to her and Pacey's relationship. They had never strayed into that territory, like Pacey and Joey had. They dated, they broke up and it was history.
'I feel the same way,' Andie said, quickly pouring herself a new glass of wine. She raised the glass. 'Here is to my holiday and a chance to get away with my best friend,'
They clinked glasses as the sun went down on her first day in a strange land, with a familiar love.
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'Stop fidgeting,' Joey snapped, slapping Dawson's hand. She was lying on the Doctors table waiting for her sonogram. Her hormone levels were very high and the doctor wanted to make sure that everything was okay.
'I can't help it. You know I love these sonograms. A chance to see out child before it's born. Do you know how amazing that is?' Dawson looked up at her with puppy dog eyes.
She was about to retort with a smart remark about how amazing childbirth was and whether they wanted to swap, but the doctor returned.
'Okay, let's get started,' he said, moving Dawson out of the way and starting the procedure.
The familiar boom of the baby's heart beat filled the room and both of them were relieved. But Joey didn't feel right. It sounded blurred, almost as if it was going through two speakers rather than one.
'So, have you picked out any names yet?' the doctor asked, turning the screen so neither of them could see it. There was a sly smile creeping across his face.
'Actually, we are having a bit of trouble deciding on a name. Any suggestions,' Joey asked, trying to lighten the mood. The truth was she was terrified.
Dr Crisp giggled and started to spin the screen back towards the anxious couple.
'If I were you, I would start looking for more than one name,'
Two hearts beats showed on the screen. Two little babies curled up next to one another. Joey was pregnant with twins
Both Dawson and Joey were speechless. Of course it made sense, the large weight gain and the abnormal hormones. Joey almost felt stupid for not realising.
'There are two?' Dawson asked, eyes fixed to the screen.
'Yes there are Mr Leery, both of them strong and well. Is there any history of twins in either family?'
'No on my side, Joey? Dawson asked, eyes still unable to tear themselves away fro the screen
'I think my great great grandmother was a twin. I can't be sure though. Is everything going to be okay with them? Will I have to do anything differently,' Joey asked, full of concern.
'Not really, some extra vitamins and more rest, apart from that keep doing what you're doing. I'm going to get you in touch with a multiples support group in the city and I would recommend reading up on having twins. Any further questions, ask me.' Dr Crisp stood up, shock Dawson by the hand and went to leave the room.
'Oh, and before I forget. Merry Christmas,'
'Merry Christmas Doctor,' Dawson said. He turned and faced Joey. She looked radiant.
'Wow. Two of them,' Dawson said, reaching over and squeezing Joey's hand. 'Are we going to have to move?' Dawson asked.
'There is a chance. Don't think our apartment can hold all four of us.' Joey said sadly. She didn't want to move, but they needed to consider it.
'My mum is going to go wild over this. Two grand children to spoil,' Dawson helped Joey off the table after she had cleaned herself up.
'Your mum? Think how Bessie's going to be!' Joey smiled.
'Shall we call them when we get home?' Dawson said, helping Joey into her coat.
'No. We are going home in 3 weeks for Christmas. Let's tell them all together then!'
'So much for a quiet Christmas,' Dawson muttered under his breath as he opened the door and led Joey out of the surgery.