"Pacey?" Joey whispered, not wanting to believe her eyes. She felt like she was caught in a bad dream, one she could not wake up from.

Pacey didn't respond, he just looked at her with a mixture of love and anger in his eyes.

"Don't I even get a hello? After everything I don't even get that?" Joey took a step closer to him. Provoking him to get angry. "After all that happened I think you owe me at least a hello!" Now Joey was mad, how dare he! She felt Jen's hand on her arm.

"Jo honey? Dawson and I are going to go grab a drink. Will you be okay?" Jen wanted to give them some privacy, but at the same time she wanted to make sure Joey would be okay. Joey nodded.

"I'll be fine Jen. I'll catch up with you guys in a minute." Jen gave her a brief hug and led Dawson to the bar.

"Wow!" Pacey finally spoke, "Gone for three months and my two best friends didn't even say hello." He sneered, "Guess I've been really missed."

"Gee Pace, guess you're not at the top of everyone's best buddy list. Wonder why?" Joey mocked him, as she tried to hold back her tears.

"Well Josephine, we all know who's on the top of your buddy list. Eddie...is that his name?"

Joey felt like someone had punched her in the stomach. "What the hell does Eddie have to do with this? It's been three months, care to explain yet?" Joey was desperate for answers.

"No Jo, I don't think I want to get into that now. In fact, I came here tonight to see one of my best friends and have a good time. Guess that plans ruined." Pacey winced when he saw the look of hurt in her eyes. It was killing him to just look at her and not pull her into a loving embrace. But the pain of what had happened was still too fresh in his mind. Be Strong He told himself. Don't let yourself be hurt again.

"Pacey if you're trying to hurt me, you've succeeded. But damn it! I want to know what the hell is wrong with you!" Joey shouted. People stared at her but she didn't care.

"Jo I really don't want to get into this now. I'm tired and I'd just like to have a drink before I go to sleep." Pacey turned to walk away. Joey lunged forward and grabbed his arm.

"Damn it Pacey!" Joey exploded, "For the past three months I've wondered what the hell went wrong. I thought that for once that you and I had worked everything out. This was supposed to be our summer. You and I on the boat again. What happened!" Joey couldn't hold back her sobs anymore. Through her tears she saw Dawson and Jen looking at her. Dawson started to get up off his stool, but Jen held hi back.

Pacey noticed this as well, "Look Jo, here comes another of your men in waiting" And with that, he walked out.

As Joey looked at his retreating back, she felt Jen's arms around her. She sobbed uncontrollably on her shoulder.

"It's okay Jo. Well figure this out".