AN: Oh my gosh I am so sorry about the delays. I've been trying to get better and the I just had to babysit and get the flu. Argh, but anyways I promise to update more often. So to anyone who is still reading this I love you all. I never thought I would get so many reviews, but wow you guys rock my socks.. I did not just say that. I'm so sad this is the second to last chapter of this story. Its been a blast to write. Please don't hate me for making it a shorter story. So anyways on with the show...

The ride was terribly shaky and lightning erupted the otherwise peaceful night. A women in the back was faliling miserably to keep her son still. Pacey leaned his chin in his hand and looked out the window. Mesmorized by every rain drop he thought about what his next step was going to be. He didn't really know why he left in the first place but when she gave him that sorrow filled speech he knew he had to. For her. Although she stomped on his already wounded heart, he left knowing it was for the best. Everywhere he turned he saw her face, or thought of a memory. It was too overwhelming making it impossible to think straight or even breathe. As the bus halted to a stop and the door swung open causing only half of the rickety bus' lights to flash on he noticed an elderly man approach him.

"Mind if I have a seat?" he asked politely.

"No not at all." Pacey replied moving his duffel bag so the man could sit down.

"Thanks, by the way I'm William Patterson. But my friends call me Bill." He said sticking out his hand.

"Pacey" he replied accepting the guesture.

"What's a young man like yourself doing on this bus. You should be home in a warm house."

"Actually everything wasn't warm and cozy"

"But a boy your age hasn't nor deserves the right to be out on his own.. It's a dangerous world out her son, I suggest, not to offend or but into your life, that you don't give up on her"

"How do you know it was because of a girl"

"That's because I wasn't to much older, guessing same situation, when I left out on my own"

"Pardon me for being nosey but what made you want to leave?"

"There was this girl Camille. A beautiful girl, whose smile was contagious. Her eyes lit up and everything. I knew instantly that I was meant to be with her for the rest of my life. The only problem was that she didn't know it" he paused to chuckle a bit as did Pacey. "As luck on my side had it, I had an opportunity to be with her, but I being the prat I was chickened out scared that she could never possibly feel the same way for me as I did her. So I left but I only went back twice. About a year later, I went back and noticed how much pain I had actually caused her. I could never forgive myself for it. So for fifty to years I didn't see her again. Untill last week." He trailed off

"Well was she married, happy to see you?" Pacey asked intruiged.

Bill just shook his head and started slowly "She passed away. Lonely. Depressed. Only gave her heart out to one person. She waited forever for me." He said taking out a picture of her and handed it to Pacey. "that's her on the last day we were together. She was so happy. Don't make the same mistakes I did. Go back to her Pacey before its too late."

As the bus halted to a stop the man stood up dropping the picture of the couple. Pacey bent down to retrieve it but when he looked up Bill was gone. He ran up to the bus driver and bribed him almost everything he owned to turn the bus around.

Running as fast as he could with only the picture and his wallet in his hand he ran for three miles down the street tears streaked across his face screaming for Joey. His Joey. He finally caught sight of her and froze. She was sitting alone on a bench crying into her hands.

"Joey!" he screamed at the top of his lungs

She looked apparently startled as she saw him "Pacey? PACEY!" She screamed as she stood up and ran to him.

Running at her still a bit out of breath from his previous run he gathered her body as she leapt into his arms. But she suddenly stoped and pulled away slapping his chest. "Don't you ever do anything like that again. You hear me, I love you too much to let you do something so stupid I...." she trailed off as he cut in.

"Jo, shut up" he said and smirked at her confusion as he caught her lips in his own for a breathtaking kiss. Pulling away he said "I am so sorry. I never want to leave you. Ever. I don't want you to die alone, and I'm not Bill."

"Your not who?" she asked confused as she hugged him once more but then looked into his eyes.

Stifiling a laugh he plainly said "Never mind don't worry about it. Besides I have the rest of my life to tell you. I'm yours forever Potter. I need you. I know I can be a real handful and a doofus sometimes"

"Sometimes?" she asked playfully as he looked shocked "But you're my doofus." She whispered as she softly kissed him. Taking his hand in hers entwining their fingers she said "Let's go home."

They walked into a comfortable silence when she suddenly stopped. "Oh crap I forgot me purse, wait for me?" She asked crossing the street.

He nodded and turned around to take a look at the picture. An earth-shattering noise came after glass breaking and a scream. Pacey whipped around to see Joey lying on the ground unconscious as the driver of the red BMW sped off. He ran over to her instantly placing her head in his lap and taking a hand in his bringing it up to his face "Joey? JOEY. Please wake up. Please. I swear I won't do anything wrong for the rest of my life."

As if feeling the same pain the weathered wind turned into a full on downpour causing her blood to trail down into the storm pipes. Staring up into the sky Pacey screamed

"SOMEBODY HELP ME"