Episode Fifteen "Kiss Me"
"Are you guys ready yet?" Jen asked, as she and Joey walked into the boys' apartment.
They were all packed and ready for Spring Break. They decided to head to the boys' place to see if they were ready yet, because knowing the boys, they were likely to forget something. Jen headed for Drue who was packing in the living room while Joey went to find Pacey in his room.
"What is it you always say about girls taking ages?" Jen teased, moving to help Drue. He was standing in front of his half full suitcase, his belongings scattered all over the floor.
"Well, you didn't expect me to do something as boring as packing before the last minute did you?" Drue asked, grabbing Jen and twirling her around.
"Drue!" Jen shrieked. "Put me down!"
"Make me." Jen kicked him lightly and he put her down. She tried to pull away from him but he turned her back to him and kissed her passionately, taking in her sweet smell.
"Oh, come on you two," Joey rolled her eyes as she walked back into the living room. "We're never going to get going at this rate."
"It's his fault." Jen pulled away and stuck her tongue out at Drue.
She moved away and shaking her head at the pile on the floor, she grabbed his clothes which were scattered about and started folding them quickly. "Do you have everything here?"
"I think so." Drue said, trying to remember. He smiled at Jen who was taking charge, he didn't know what he'd do without her.
Joey left them and went back into Pacey's room. He was also gathering last minute things and putting them in his suitcase. She grinned, walking up to him, putting her arms around him from the back. She was really looking forward to this break, and she couldn't wait to have some free time to spend alone with him.
She kissed his back softly, smiling to herself and Pacey turned in her arms, looking at her face. She looked into his eyes and he leaned down and kissed her fully, pulling her as close as possible. They got lost in their kiss, and Pacey lost his balance, falling onto his suitcase.
"Ow." Joey laughed at her boyfriend and helped him up. "Didn't I tell you to be all packed by now?"
"You did?" Pacey tried to remember. "I thought you said you were going to help me."
"No," Joey corrected. "I said I was going to help you with something else." She stepped close to him, running her hands over the front of his jeans.
"Oh! Silly me." Pacey laughed, kissing her again, but she pulled away.
"But I guess there's no time for that now, I have to help you pack." Joey moved out of his embrace and Pacey sighed.
"Damnit." Joey laughed and he quickly put his things in the suitcase and closed it up. "Are you sure we don't have any time?" He rose his eyebrows at Joey and she was about to respond when Drue appeared in the door.
"No, we definitely don't guys." He told them. "Sorry."
"Fine. I guess you'll just have to wait till we get there now." Joey smiled slyly and walked past Drue.
Drue turned and watched Joey join Jen in the living room and then turned back to Pacey who read his mind.
"It's going to be one long flight." Pacey said as he picked up his suitcase, and followed Joey into the living room with Drue right behind him.
"Where are the others?" Pacey asked, putting his suitcase down near the door.
"Jack and David are meeting us at the airport. We have to pick Brenda up on the way." Joey told him. "Can you believe how many of us are going? I'm glad Stacy will be there too, It's going to be so much fun."
"Yeah well, I wish Steve was staying here," Pacey said pointedly.
"He's her friend. She's going with her friends and we're going with ours. We don't have to talk to Steve. Happy?" Joey said, kissing Pacey softly.
"Let's go, we're all packed here." Jen said, closing up Drue's suitcase for him. "We better leave now or we'll be late."
"Right." The boys grabbed the suitcases while Jen and Joey locked the apartment.
As they walked to the car, Jen looked at Joey and grinned. "Florida, here we come."
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"Wow!" Jack exclaimed as he entered Drue's beach house. It looked huge from the outside, but inside it was amazing. The floor was marble and everything was white. To the right of the entryway was the staircase, which split at the top off to both sides. They entered into the huge living room with a wide screen TV and an open lounge. Further into the house was the kitchen and beyond that the swimming pool outside.
"Okay, tour of the house first or the room assignments?" Drue asked.
They decided on the rooms so they could put their things away, for now they left their things by the door and followed Drue up the stairs. The stairs came from both sides and reached an open landing, bedrooms on both sides.
"This is my parents room, well it was when they were together. You might want stay clear of there, it may scar you for life," Drue kept walking until he reached another set of rooms.
"Noah, I think this one would suit you," he said, stopping outside the first door on his right. Noah looked in and smiled, the room was decorated in blues and was quite big with a nice view of the beach.
"Thanks. Wow, I really appreciate you letting me stay here." Noah smiled his gratitude and Drue waved it off.
"As you can see, no shortage of space here."
Drue smiled brightly, trying to ignore the pain of being in a house which held some happy memories, back in a time when things weren't so bad, or he didn't realize they were bad. Jen put her arm around him, a small gesture to show she knew what he was going through, as they continued.
"Brenda, here's yours." Drue pointed to the room opposite Noah's. "Although I'll warn you, all the obviously girls rooms may have been used by my father's many mistresses. So, I wouldn't touch any clothes or things that may have been left behind."
"David, Jack, this is your room, sorry you have to share." He said, pointing to the room next to Noah's.
They looked at each other and went inside, weird feelings from their conversations still hanging in the air.
"Pacey and Joey, you're in here." Pacey eagerly grabbed Joey, pulling her into their large room.
Leaving the others to settle in, Drue turned to Jen and grinned. "And you my princess, have this room over here."
"Oh thanks." Jen turned and walked into the room, almost closing the door behind her.
"Hey!"
"Oh! Oops, you're in here too, right? If you insist." She said, opening the door.
He grabbed her, twirling her around like he had done earlier. She shrieked and tried to pull away, but he didn't let her. They laughed, falling onto the bed together.
Jen smiled at Drue, running her hand over his face. "We didn't have to come here, you know." She said softly, knowing this place held a lot memories for him.
"It's okay," Drue smiled. "Besides, why waste such an amazing place?"
"You used to come here a lot." She said, more a statement then a question.
"A long time ago."
"Was it bad?"
"No. Actually it was really good." Drue laughed lightly. "The best ever. But then again I didn't know what was really going on, did I? I didn't realize that my father was screwing every thing in a skirt, while my mother was left to turn into the heartless bitch she is now."
Drue rolled onto his back so he was looking up at the ceiling; running his hands through his hair, angry at himself for letting himself think about them. About their mistakes. He was supposed to enjoy this break and he'd be damned if he let his parents spoil it.
Jen looked at her boyfriend and sighed, wanting to do something to make his pain go away. She knew exactly what it felt like and she couldn't bear to see him hurting. She sat up on the bed and then staddled him. He looked up at his girlfriend's grinning face and smiled.
"And what do you think you're doing, Miss Lindley?" Drue asked.
Jen leaned forward, kissing him softly and then moved her lips to his ears.
"Well, if you don't know, we've obviously been doing something wrong." Jen said jokily, before looking at him seriously. "I want you to enjoy this break babe, and I'll do anything I can to make sure you do."
Drue couldn't describe how lucky he felt in that moment. He pushed all thoughts of his parents out of his head, before grabbing Jen and flipping them over so she was lying underneath him.
"I think I'm enjoying myself a lot."
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"So…" David shifted uncomfortably, looking around the room. The room was big, comfortable, and obviously built for a couple.
"So." Jack turned after looking around the room. He fell back on the bed and sighed.
"I guess I'll take the floor?" David said.
"What? Oh." Jack looked uncomfortable. "It's quite big, we could share. It's not like we have anything to worry about."
"Right. Of course." David said nervously. "Thanks for letting me tag along."
"Don't be silly, you know everyone wanted you to come."
"So, where's Tobey for Spring Break?" David asked. He hated talking about Tobey, but if he was going to be a real friend to Jack, he needed to be able to confront this.
"He's home spending some quality time with his family."
"Cool."
"Yep, cool." Jack said a little strangely and David looked confused.
Before he could say anything else, Jack changed the subject. "So shall we go and get our things? I'm sure the others are going to be taking advantage of their rooms for a while."
"You're right, I guess we'll have to amuse ourselves."
"I think we'll manage. Have you seen the pool?" Jack grinned as he followed David downstairs.
He closed his eyes for a second, trying to stop himself from getting that weird feeling again. The feeling that something was wrong and the feeling that something was right. He hated feeling good around David, he hated the fact that he was realizing that maybe he felt too good around David. He hated the fact that maybe he was falling in love, and it wasn't with Tobey.
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Drue and Jen walked downstairs, arm in arm and took in the sight before them. Jack was sprawlled out on the couch with David sitting at the other end. Noah was sitting on the floor, flicking channels on the huge TV. As they reached the living room, Brenda walked in from the pool and sat down in a chair next to the sofa.
"Where are Pacey and Joey?" Jen asked as they joined everyone.
"Still making use of their room," Brenda smirked. "I think I heard some noises when I went past," she laughed.
"When's the pizza getting here?" Drue asked. "I'm starving."
"Yes, exercise does that you, honey," Jen smiled sweetly at her boyfriend, kissing his nose.
"Eww. I think I'm going to throw up with all the sexual innuendoes being thrown around."
"Not to mention the actual sex?" Noah added and Brenda smiled at him.
"Well, as soon as we eat we'll go down to the beach and see what's going on." Jen offered.
"Sounds good to me." Brenda said. "I'm telling you now Jen, we are going to have fun this break. And I mean real fun, not 'sex with Drue' kind of fun."
"Hey!" Drue pretended to be offended, before adding, "Sex with me is real fun." Everyone laughed as Brenda threw a pillow at Drue. "She's really coming out of her shell isn't she?" Drue whispered to his girlfriend.
"Don't worry honey, I'll pay attention to you too."
"Oh! Look who decided to join us." Jack teased as Pacey and Joey stumbled down the stairs, still kissing.
David grabbed pillow from under Jack and chucked it at the couple. The broke away from each other, finally noticing the gang. Joey blushed, but Pacey just walked into the living room smiling.
"So, what's happening?" Pacey asked, falling onto another couch and pulling Joey into his lap.
"We were just saying that we're going to the beach after we eat."
"Good. I'm starving." Pacey said and everyone laughed remembering Drue's comment about being hungry.
"What?"
"Don't worry man, they're just pissed because they're not getting any." Drue smirked. Jen and Joey hit their boyfriends.
"That's enough talk about our sex lives…" Jen started.
"In front of our friends." Joey finished.
The others just laughed, knowing the couples would be like this all week long.
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Brenda grinned as she sat in the grass watching her friends. Pacey and Joey were running about in the water. Joey was shrieking as Pacey kept trying to pick her up. Drue and Jen were lying closer to the water, wrapped up in each others arms. And David and Jack were out swimming.
She sighed, trying not to think about herself and just enjoy the atmosphere around here. But seeing them all so happy just made her think of Matt. She missed him so much and it felt so weird being here without him. He had been there for her through everything over the last few years and without him it just felt empty.
She was deep in her thoughts and didn't notice Noah sit next to her. "Do you mind if I sit?"
"No, of course not." Brenda tried to smile, pushing thoughts of Matt out of her mind. Noah followed her line of sight to the happy couples and smiled.
"They're a little too happy, aren't they?" Noah said, sensing Brenda's thoughts.
"It's nice," Brenda smiled. "Nice to be that in love."
"Yeah. I wouldn't know, but they seem happy."
"They are," she told him. "I've only known them a short time, but you can tell they go way back. Especially Drue and Jen."
"Yeah, Pacey and Joey too."
"So, you don't have a girlfriend?" Brenda asked casually and Noah laughed.
"Hmm, you get right to the point don't you?"
Brenda laughed too, realizing how it sounded.
"Don't read anything into it Riley, I was just making conversation."
"Of course you were. It's okay, most women can't resist me."
"Can't resist what, you're enormously big head?" Noah laughed.
"I'll have you know, most women find me charming." Noah pretended to be insulted. "Not that I was trying to charm you or anything."
"Obviously." Brenda looked out at the others and then grinned. "Why not?" she asked jokily.
"Because you're obviously mending a broken heart," Noah said softly and Brenda looked at him surprised.
"What makes you think that?"
"I have an incredible sixth sense for things like this."
"Just another one of your many talents, right?" Brenda laughed to herself.
"Come on," Noah stood up, putting his hand out for Brenda.
"What?"
"You're here to have fun, aren't you?"
She looked at his outstretched hand and then smiled. She took his hand and stood up, following him into the water.
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Joey woke as the morning light peaked through the windows. She smiled, turning to look at her boyfriend who was lying on the right side of the bed, still asleep. Leaning over, she kissed his forehead softly, moving her lips to his nose, his left cheek, his right, before finally kissing his shoulder.
She looked up at him as his eyes fluttered open, taking in her beauty. He smiled, still half asleep, wrapping his arm around her and pulling her body close to his, the heat from last night already building again.
"Mornin'" she smiled sexily and he kissed her softly.
"Morning."
"Sleep well?"
"With you in my arms, how could I not?" He turned so he was half on top of her, kissing her passionately.
"We should get up." Joey said, when he pulled away and moved to her neck.
"What time is it?" Pacey mumbled in between kisses.
"Um…" Joey tried to reach for the clock as Pacey continued showering her with kisses. "It's nine."
"Then we have a bit of time, don't we?" Joey laughed, trying to protest some more, but really not wanting to.
"The other's are going to kill us, you know?" Pacey stopped kissing her for a minute and looked into her eyes.
"Jo, does it look like I care right now?" Joey realized he was right and leaned up to kiss his nose.
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"I'm bored," Brenda said pointedly looking at Drue.
It was mid afternoon and the gang was hanging out in the house. Drue and Jen were snuggled on the love seat, while Pacey was sitting on the couch with Joey lying across it, her head in his lap.
"Hey, I provided the accommodations, I think it's up to you guys to bring the fun." Drue pointed out.
"We're going to that party on the beach tonight, right?" Jen asked.
"Yeah, there's supposed to be some bands playing there." Brenda stood up and looked outside towards the pool where David and Jack had gone.
"Come on," she said before heading outside. The others just looked at each other and shrugged, getting up and following her out.
David was sitting at the edge of the pool while Jack was swimming, occasionally stopping to talk to him. David smiled at Brenda when she came out, the others following behind. She grinned, looked at everyone else and then jumped into the pool, not bothering to take of her clothes first. Everyone stared at her shocked at her nonchalant attitude.
"Come on in, the water's fine." Brenda splashed Jack and he laughed, throwing some water back. Everyone looked at each other, noting Brenda's strange behavior, but shrugged, and jumped in one by one.
"You guys are crazy," David shook his head from his position at the edge of the pool. Jack grinned and swam upto his friend.
"Don't think you're getting off that easy." David looked at Jack's mischievous look and was about to move when Jack pulled him into the water. David splashed about, trying to get his balance.
"Thanks, McPhee."
"Anytime," Jack laughed.
Noah smiled at Brenda, she had kind of surprised him, she hadn't seemed like the kind of girl who would just throw caution to the wind like that. "What?" Brenda asked, noticing him staring at her.
"Nothing." Brenda blushed slightly.
She turned and saw Pacey and Joey had started kissing and Drue and Jen were fooling around too. "You guys!" She pretended to be angry. "Drue, do you have one of those big pool balls?" She asked, getting an idea.
"Yeah."
"Great. Okay we're playing. Girls against boys." Brenda said, swimming over to Jen and Joey.
"There's three of us and like five of them." Joey pointed out.
"Fine, Noah can be on our team."
"Gee, thanks," Noah said sarcastically.
"No problem, sweetie." Brenda said, smiling at him sweetly.
Drue ran to get the ball and then jumped back into the pool, ready to kick some ass.
They played for a few hours, laughing and joking while trying to get the ball through the 'goal' area. Finally, they set a time limit on the game and the girls smiled triumphantly when they finished. They got out of the pool, laughing as they retrieved their towels. The clothes they were wearing over their bathing suits had been shed early in the game because they were too heavy in the water.
Drue came up behind Jen and grabbed her waist, pulling her to him. "Hey." He grinned, leaning in to kiss her neck. Jen pulled away from his touch, teasing him.
"Uh-uh, you lost remember?" Jen reminded him.
"Yep, boys lost so they aren't allowed to touch the girls." Brenda said, walking up behind them.
"But you had Noah!" Drue disputed, he looked at Jen giving her the puppy dog eyes.
"Sorry sweetie, not my rules." She winked, before leaving Drue standing there.
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Pacey and Joey walked hand in hand towards the loud music playing on the other end of the beach. A stage was set up and various bands were playing and there was a bonfire a little further away.
"Wow! Big keg party with lots of beer. How fun!" Joey said sarcastically.
"I thought we left Capeside Joey Potter at home," Pacey mocked.
"Nope, I packed her in my bag, she's still here." Pacey grinned and kissed his girlfriend softly. "Well leave her in your bag because we're going to have fun tonight, Potter."
"Right. She's all locked away." Joey giggled, bringing her lips closer to Pacey's. Just as they were about to kiss Joey's phone started ringing and she pulled away, answering it quickly.
"Joey!" Stacy shrieked down the phone.
"Stacy? Is that you?"
"Yeah. I can see you," she shouted. "You're sucking face with Pacey."
"I prefer to call it kissing. Where are you anyway?" Joey shouted.
She could hear the same music blaring in the background and knew Stacy was somewhere in the huge crowd in front of them.
"Come towards the party. I'm coming out." Stacy said before hanging up. Joey smiled and grabbed Pacey's hand walking towards the group of party goer's who were standing by the stage.
As they got closer Joey looked around for the familiar face. Stacy emerged from the crowd, grinning as she hugged Joey.
"Joey!" She smiled, turning to Pacey and giving him a quick smile.
"Hey Stacy, how's it going?"
"Great! Do you see this? This is a group of people you definitely want to party with." She shouted over the music.
"How long have you been here?"
"About an hour. Come join the fun!" Stacy said, trying to pull Joey into dancing. Joey laughed, looking over at Pacey for help but he just shook his head, walking into the crowd himself.
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Jack walked down the beach with two cups, he was heading back to David who was waiting for him by the fire. He stopped suddenly noticing David talking to another guy. He was leaning in to listen to what the guy was saying and was laughing.
Jack felt pangs of jealousy go through him and he turned away, trying to compose himself. He wasn't supposed to get jealous, definitely not over David talking to someone else. He was with Tobey and he didn't even have feelings for David. He tried to convince himself, but couldn't shake the jealous feelings.
He shook his head, feeling stupid for getting jealous. He had no reason to be. He turned back and joined David, who had finished talking to the stranger.
"There you are," David said as Jack approached him. "I was starting to think you forgot me."
"Nah, it just took a while to get the drinks," Jack said, handing him the cup.
"It's a good party isn't it?" David commented, looking at the huge crowd.
"Yeah."
"Come on McPhee, why don't you show me if you know how to dance." David finished his drink in one huge gulp and walked toward the crowed, Jack following behind.
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"Joey?" Joey turned and jumped as someone touched her shoulder, spilling the contents of the cups she was holding over her top.
"God, Steve you scared me."
"I'm sorry. Oh god, I ruined your top." Steve moved to help her clean it, but she stepped back.
"It's okay."
"I'm really sorry." Steve apologized again and Joey felt bad.
"Don't worry about it."
"Do you want to dance?"
"What?"
"Dance? You know, what people usually do at a party." Steve said sarcastically. Joey sighed, she could tell by the way he was acting that he hadn't forgotten about their kiss.
"Yeah, I know what dancing is. I'd just rather not."
"Oh come on Jo, live a little. What your little boyfriend doesn't know won't hurt him."
"Yes it will. And I'm perfectly happy with my boyfriend." He stepped forward a little, not believing her and she moved away.
"Sorry," Steve tried, but Joey was getting creeped out by his attitude.
"Yeah, so you said. I'll see you around Steve." Joey walked off, leaving Steve to watch her walk right into Pacey's embrace.
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Drue sat on the edge the main dance floor, his arms wrapped around Jen's. They had been dancing and decided to take a break and just watch. Jen looked out at the dance floor and saw Brenda in the middle of the crowd, dancing crazily, while drinking quite excessively.
"Is that Brenda?" Jen asked, pointing into the crowd.
"I think so."
"Hasn't she been drinking a bit too much?"
"I hadn't noticed." Drue rubbed his girlfriend's arm softly.
"She's just been acting a bit strange lately. She's been a little too eager to have fun." Jen watched as Brenda danced closely with a stranger, moving like a vixen on the dancefloor.
"Isn't that what Spring Break's about? Having fun."
"Yeah, I guess." Drue noted the tone in Jen's voice, turning to kiss her softly.
"Don't worry so much. She'll be fine." Jen smiled into Drue's arms, looking up at him.
"What about you?"
"What about me?"
"Will you be fine?"
"I'm always fine." Drue said offhandedly.
"And I can always tell when you're lying." Jen pushed his shoulder lightly, trying to get him to open up.
"As long as you're with me I'll always be fine," he told her sincerely. Jen smiled, leaning up to him and kissing him softly.
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Noah was dancing by the stage when he turned and bumped into someone. "Sorry," he shouted over the music before realizing who it was.
"Noah!" Brenda said excitedly. She started dancing with him, and they moved together with the music. As Brenda moved wildly, Noah noticed something off about her. She smiled, moving seductively against him.
She turned and almost lost her footing, Noah grabbed her quickly, holding her up. Only then did he notice that her eyes were glazed over and she looked quite out of it. "Are you okay?" he asked.
"Just fine." Brenda grinned, putting both her arms around him. He held her up, feeling that if he let go she may fall. "So tell me something, Noah."
"What?"
"You find me attractive, don't you?"
"What? Um I…Are you okay?" Noah asked, confused.
"I'm wonderful," she leered towards him and he held her at arms length.
"Brenda, maybe we should take a break." Noah tried to move away from the crowd but she wouldn't let him.
"Don't be such a party pooper." She pulled him towards her, kissing him suddenly. He kissed her back instictively before he realized what he was doing and pulled away, shocked.
"I…" Brenda looked at him, trying to explain her actions, but felt too dizzy to think of something.
"It's okay," he said quickly.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Brenda ran off and stumbled towards the beach, leaving a confused Noah behind.
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"Joey!" Joey turned and saw Steve chasing after her. She kept walking, not wanting to talk to him right now.
"Joey, listen to me." She stopped and he caught up to her. They were standing by the fire, a few people hanging around.
"No, Steve. I really don't feel like talking to you."
"I didn't mean to belittle your relationship with Pacey…"
"Well you did!" Joey said angrily, then turned and kept on walking.
"I'm sorry!" He called after her, and then chased up to her.
Suddenly, he grabbed her arm forcefully and pulled her into a kiss. Before he knew what was happening, he felt someone pull at him, spinning him around, and punch him square on the nose. He tumbled backwards onto the sand and looked up to find Pacey standing above him.
"Pacey, don't!" Joey shouted.
Steve stood up quickly, pushing Pacey back and Pacey hit him again.
"Steve! What's going?" Stacy said, running up.
Joey and Stacy stood there watching the boys fight it out as a crowd started to form.
The girls moved in, Joey trying to pull Pacey back as Stacy pulled Steve away. "Leave it Pace, he's not worth it." Joey held Pacey off, but he tried to move past her.
"You ever try to kiss her again and I will kill you," he warned as Joey pulled him away from the crowd.
Steve shrugged off Stacy's hold and walked off, not looking too pleased. Before Joey could say anything to Pacey, Stacy walked up to her, looking angry.
"He kissed you?" Stacy said angrily.
"Yeah, I'm really sorry, Stacy."
"I can't believe it."
"I warned him to stay away!" Pacey shouted, still angry. "Are you okay? He grabbed your arm." He asked Joey, concerned.
"I'm fine, Pace."
"He's kissed you before?" Stacy said, realizing what Pacey said.
Joey winced, she looked at Pacey and motioned for him to go ahead without her. He nodded, leaving to go back to the house.
"I'm really sorry I didn't tell you."
"Why didn't you tell me? All this time I've been going on about how much I like him and he liked you all along." Stacy sighed, not believing it.
"It wasn't like that. He kissed me last week and I told him to forget it."
"Well he obviously didn't."
"I'm really sorry."
"Yeah, me too." Stacy said sadly before walking off.
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Jen walked towards the water and saw her friend, sitting in the sand, her head in her lap. She ran up to her, realizing something wasn't right.
"Brenda?" She didn't move as Jen came and sat next to her. She turned Brenda to face her and was surprised to find Brenda's tear stained face, her makeup running. "Oh God, are you okay?"
"I…" Brenda didn't know what to say.
"What happened?" Jen asked. Brenda sighed, looking out into the water.
"I was stupid." Jen waited for her to elaborate, taking her hand. "I thought I could come out here and party and have a good time and not think about him. But it didn't work. I can't drink myself stupid and flirt with strangers and kiss Noah…"
"You kissed Noah?" Jen asked surprised and Brenda smiled a little.
"Not one of my finer moments. I just thought I could do it. I could be different. I could not think about my messed up life. Not think about the fact that I'm still in love with my possessive ex-boyfriend who hit me."
"You can't forget over night."
"But I tried to. I thought this would be my chance, my chance to be happy. But I haven't been happy in a long time."
Jen looked at her friend and hugged her, feeling terrible. Brenda put her arms around Jen, collapsing, letting the tears fall freely. "I'm so messed up, Jen."
"Sshh." Jen said, rubbing her friend's back softly, trying to bring her comfort.
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Joey walked into their room at Drue's and smiled at the sight of her boyfriend. Pacey was sprawled out on the bed, obviously in pain.
"Didn't I tell you, violence doesn't solve anything?" Pacey sat up, trying to smile at Joey. His face was still covered in blood and his jaw hurt.
"I hope you're not going to lecture me about kicking his ass."
"Of course not. He deserved it." Joey grinned, walking up to him and moving his legs apart so she was standing between them. "I came to tend to your wounds."
"Really?" Pacey rose his eyebrows suggestively. "I think I like nurse Joey."
Joey kissed his forehead softly. She let go of him and walked into the bathroom, taking out a first aid kit she remembered seeing in there earlier. She walked back to Pacey and put the box next to him, moving between his legs again. She took a wet cloth out of the box and moved it lightly over his face, trying to clean the blood.
"Oww!" Pacey moaned and Joey laughed.
"He seems to be quite strong."
"Nah, I let him get in a few punches. Did you see him though?"
"No, I was too busy worrying about you." She moved the cloth over his lip and then kissed him softly. He tried to kiss her back, but had to pull away.
"Oww."
"Sorry." Joey said sweetly.
"No you're not."
"Usually I wouldn't be, but it looks like you don't even have the energy to ravish me tonight." She closed the box and was about to move away, but Pacey held on to her.
"I don't think so." He grinned, pulling her down on top of him.
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Jen closed the door to Brenda's room quietly. She looked back at the door and sighed, before heading to her owm room. She walked into her room and closed the door. She smiled as Drue stepped out of the bathroom, his hair wet from his shower. He grinned when he noticed her there.
"I didn't know how long you'd be so I thought I'd take a shower." He explained.
Jen walked towards him and hugged him. He looked down at her strangely, running his hand through her golden locks.
"What's the matter?"
"Nothing." She said standing on her toes to kiss him thoroughly. He brought his mouth down onto her, pulling her closer to him.
"I love you." She said, as they came up for air.
"Love you too." She took his hand and led him to the bed, sitting him down on it, before sitting in his lap. "Long day?" Drue asked.
"You could say that."
"How is Brenda?"
"Okay I guess. She cried herself to sleep."
"You can't help everyone you know," he told her softly.
"I know, I just wish there was something more I could do."
"You're doing enough, you're there for her." He kissed her softly and she sighed into his embrace.
"Drue?"
"Yeah?"
"Thank you."
"What…"
"Just thank you." She said, leaning in to kiss him again, this time with more passion and want.
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Waves crashed against the shore and the sound of music could still be heard in the distance. Jack and David sat on the beach, close to the water, taking in the atmosphere.
"I don't know how you do it." Jack said, turning to look at David.
"I do it because I have to."
"Don't you ever want someone?" Jack asked. He didn't know why he was discussing this with David, it wasn't the best way to forget about any romantic thoughts about him, but he was just so easy to talk to.
"Of course I do." David said, looking away, and Jack tried not to read into it. "But it's not always possible."
"I know. I thought I wanted Tobey…" he trailed off, not knowing what to say.
"But?"
"I feel like I don't even know him anymore. The distance has just made us strangers."
"Why don't you tell him?"
"Because I'm scared." Jack admitted, looking David in the eye.
"What are you scared of?"
"I don't know. Letting go? Being alone?"
"How do you know you'll be alone?" David asked softly, trying to read what Jack was telling him.
"I…" Jack looked at David, feeling himself pull towards him.
"Jack." David's voice was a whisper as he moved closer and Jack looked him in the eye before kissing him softly. The whole world fading away behind him.