Note: this one is based on baby. I don't remember Mrs. Witter's name, if they ever mentioned it, so I made on up. Hope you enjoy. ï ï
Disclaimer: I don't own anything really. If some stuff sounds familiar that's because it might be a line from the show.
"What a stupid man!"
Dawson almost choked on a cornel of popcorn. "What did you say?"
Joey reached over Dawson and grabbed a handful of Popcorn that was in the bowl next to Jen. "You heard me."
Dawson's mouth fell wide open. "And who exactly are you calling stupid?"
Joey rolled her eyes. "Hercules of course."
Jen got on the bed with the two of them. Pacey followed and sat on the end of the bed. He rolled his eyes at Jen.
"They're going to fight again Jen."
"I know. They do it every time we watch a movie."
Pacey smiled at Jen. "Would you like to watch this or would you just like to go home because clearly they are going to get into it and you know as well as I do that when it comes to fighting over a movie, we do not even exist in their little mellow drama worlds."
"I actually want to watch this if you don't mind."
"I don't mind at all. I was actually going to tell you that I would like to see how this name calling plays out and maybe if I'm lucky I can partake in this little fight fest that we call movie night."
"Okay then." Jen and Pacey turned their attentions to the fighting friends.
"How exactly can you call Hercules stupid?" Dawson said.
Joey lifted up her shoulders. "Easy Dawson. The man gave up eternal life for a girl who, may I add has an anorexic body; he met a few days or so prior to that day. It was his chance to finally be with his parents and have what was taken away from him but he threw it away. That is stupid."
"How can you say giving up something that you never had before to be with the one you love stupid? So he can't live forever but the amount of time he does have he will be happy. That is nothing short of honorable."
"Honorable Dawson? Saving your neighbors dog from a burning house is honorable. That is nothing but dumb. People don't fall in love that quickly."
"Didn't you ever hear of love at first sight?"
"Of course but I also believe it doesn't exist. Hercules is just blinded by lust not love. Love takes time to develop. It doesn't just happen at a drop of a hat. How could he even be in love with her before they kissed? Nobody can want a kiss that bad. The ending is just not realistic."
Pacey cut in.
"The whole movie isn't realistic Joey. Horses don't fly, there aren't goat people name Phil and there isn't a bunch of people living on a cloud. This movie is not supposed to be taken in the literal sense."
Jen started laughing.
"I'm sorry but why exactly did we watch this movie? It is somewhat juvenile for us but yet we can still fight about it. What's next on the list, Dumbo and how the mouse tried acting like a dictator?"
Pacey put up his hand.
"Did you just dis Dumbo?"
Joey shook her head at Jen.
"Jen, you should know that Dumbo is Pacey's favorite cartoon movie. He's very touchy on that subject."
"Sorry Pacey, I didn't mean to bruise your ego," Jen said smiling.
Pacey shook his head slightly. "It's okay Jennifer, let's not let that happen again."
Jen rolled her eyes. "Can someone answer my question?"
"Well, we watched the movie because we are studying Greek mythology in English and Dumbo lover over here doesn't exactly know who's who at Mount Olympus so we popped in the most accurate depiction of gods and stuff in a form that Pacey would understand: cartoons. It didn't work because the whole time he was too busy trying to build his popcorn tower instead of actually learning something," Joey said.
Pacey scrunched up his face.
"Is everyone against Dumbo? What did he ever do to any of you besides flap around his big ears and fly to prove that you can do anything if you really want to? He is a great animal. So you know JOSEPHINE, it is very hard to make popcorn stand on top of each other and it takes much concentration."
Joey stood up. "I'm going."
Jen stood up on the other side of the bed. "So am I."
Pacey and Dawson looked at each other. "What?" They said together.
"I'm leaving. I don't want to fight with you Dawson and I know I will get into it with Pacey if I stay. I'm only leaving if Jen leaves because I don't want her to be with you two alone," Joey said.
"Same here, I won't leave until Joey leaves," Jen said, "I can't stay either because I will have to take Joey's place in the fight with you Dawson and I might fight with Pacey about Dumbo."
Pacey rubbed his forehead. "Wait a second. Joey, you can't stay because you'll fight with Dawson and I'm going to most likely piss you off?"
"Exactly," Joey said with her arms crossed.
"And you Jen," Dawson said, "You won't stay because you will fight with me and Pacey will start with the Dumbo thing again?"
"That's right," Jen said smiling.
"Well then..." Pacey said lifting an eyebrow.
"There's only one thing you two can do," Dawson said finishing off the sentence.
Joey and Jen smiled at each other. They looked back at the two boys on the bed.
"Bye boys," they said together.
Joey walked to the window and climbed out. Jen walked to the door and left. Dawson and Pacey looked at each other wondering what just happened.
Joey walked down her stairs and into the kitchen. Bodie was making a cup of tea at the counter and Bessie was sitting at the table somewhat sweaty.
"Good morning Bodie," Joey said getting a glass of orange juice.
"Good morning Joey. How did you sleep?"
"Okay. Good morning Bessie."
"What's so good about it? I can't walk unless I start to sweat, my back hurts, I can't get dressed without help and I've been carrying around a baby that's not due for another week," Bessie said wiping herself off.
"A little cranky, are we Bess?" Joey said with a chuckle.
"Why are you still here JOEY?"
Bodie placed the cup in front of Bessie on the table.
"Be nice Bessie, Joey just likes to mess with you."
Bessie rolled her eyes. "Shut up Bodie!" Bessie looked back to Joey.
"I'm leaving for school right now Bessie," Joey said picking up her backpack.
"I meant when are you moving out? You know, leaving the house."
"I'm 15. Where do you want me to go?"
"I don't know! Go...live with Pacey for all I care. In some states you are considered old enough to live alone."
Lily Potter walked in and looked at her two daughters.
"Are you two fighting again?"
"I think Joey was about to leave, right Joey?" Bodie asked.
Joey shook her head.
"Yes Bodie, I'm leaving right now."
Lily hugged her daughter. "I'll see you at six Joey girl. Have a good day at school."
"At six? Where are you going all day?"
"I'm going with Bodie into Boston to get some stuff for the restaurant. I told you yesterday."
"O yeah, I forgot. I'll see you at six then. Bye mom."
Joey walked down the hallway and opened the door.
"Hey Joey girl?"
Joey turned around. "Yeah Mom?"
"Be nice to your sister. She'll be back to herself when the baby's born."
Joey laughed. "That's what I'm afraid of."
Pacey pushed Dawson into the boys' bathroom and closed the door. He looked under the stalls.
"What are you doing Pacey?" Dawson asked.
Pacey looked under the last stall. "Looking for people. I can't have this information spread you know?"
"What info is that?"
Pacey took a deep breath. "Okay. I didn't know who I could go to and talk to about this so I came to you because you're my best friend and I thought you could help."
"Does this have to do with Joey? Are you guys broken up or are you seeing someone else?"
"NO, NO! This has absolutely nothing to do with Joey. It's about...other people."
"Pacey you have to spit it out."
"Well you see," Pacey took a step back and rubbed his hands together, "It's between two older people who we both know and..." his voice trailed off.
"Say it Pacey!" Dawson said annoyed.
"Ms. Jacobs is pregnant," Pacey said quickly.
Dawson's mouth fell and he rolled his eyes. "Are you serious Pace? You had trouble telling me that our freshman English teacher got knocked up? What's the big deal?"
"It's not the pregnancy as much as it is who did the knocking up."
"I'm lost now. Who is it?"
Pacey licked his lip, "It's...um," he put his hand on his head, "Oh god, It's my father."
Dawson chuckled lightly. "What? You're dad got Ms. Jacobs pregnant?"
Pacey shook his head. "Yeah, he got her impregnated. He scores one for the Witter team!"
"When did you find out?"
"Eh...this morning. I was over by Dougie's because as per usual I got yelled at by Mr. Sheriff and I needed a place to crash last night so I went there. Over breakfast and his morning dose of Diana Ross, he decided to tell me that our father finally helped to conceive a child with his girlfriend of at least a year. Apparently she told him the day of the hurricane and he thought I would get mad so he withheld this notice of a new sibling on its way."
"What did you do?"
"I got mad! I really could have used this new discovery last night when my father was beating on me for once again embarrassing the family and demolishing the Witter name. I would have said it so casually too. Hey dad, guess what? Your sex on the side got pregnant by you."
"Whoa, your dad doesn't know?"
"As of now only her, Doug, you and me know of the new baby to be."
"I don't know what to say Pacey. I've never been in a situation like this."
"I know. I don't expect you to say anything because there is nothing TO say."
"You know your dad will be upset once when finds out."
"That's not even the worst part D; the worst part is that I feel bad for her. She's going to have this kid alone and they won't know their father...ever. It really takes a part out of you if you don't have a parent around."
Dawson lowered his head. "I know. Something really goes missing once they're gone."
"I don't want that to happen because no matter how it came about, the baby still is going to be my sibling whether I like it or not. Its blood related."
"Pace, I think that you need to forget about this for the rest of the day. It will eat at you if you keep dwelling on it. This is not your problem. No one will know anytime soon so just forget you even knew there was a baby," Dawson said putting a hand on Pacey's shoulder and smiling.
Pacey looked at his grinning friend and couldn't help but smile too. This wasn't the worst tragedy in the world. Pacey could definitely forget about this for a few hours and not dwell on something that doesn't even really concern him. He could do it. Or so he hoped.
Pacey nodded his head then left the bathroom followed by Dawson. Little did they know that loud mouth Alan DeMarco was scrunched on the toilet smoking and overheard the whole thing.
Lunch time. It was definitely the best period out of the whole day. There were no tests or teachers watching you like a hawk. It was a time to relax. The only problem you had was what you wanted to drink. Best of all, there was food. That was the best four letter word to some people. Food fed the soul for boys who needed a better day. Two particular teenage boys like Pacey and Dawson.
Dawson walked down the hallway that seemed like it lasted forever. His big eyes were set on one thing: the large sign that read cafeteria. He was waiting all day to sit down, eat and let all of his thoughts float away in his can of coke. Dawson was almost there. One last group of lockers and his day would get better. As Dawson passed the first few lockers, a hand reached up and touched his shoulder. He closed his eyes and let out a sigh. Dawson glanced admirably at the big blue sign before shifting his eyes towards the owner of the hand on his shoulder.
"Hey Jen," Dawson said somewhat sadly.
Jen gave a sincere look to her boyfriend.
"Are you okay sweetie?"
Dawson snapped out of his trans. "Yeah, I'm fine. What's up?"
"Did you hear about this rumor going around school?"
Even though Dawson was a boy, he enjoyed gossip as much as the next person.
"No, what's the rumor?"
"Well, it seems that our last year's English teacher got pregnant by a certain Witter we all know and love."
Dawson's eyes got big. "Who told you that?"
"Don't you mean who didn't? Everyone is talking about how Pacey got Ms. Jacobs pregnant."
"You don't believe that do you?"
"Of course not. Pacey would never have sex with her or cheat on Joey. I just wish I knew who started this."
Joey walked up behind the two.
"Hey guys," Joey said with a huff.
Jen turned around.
"Hey Joey. So I'm guessing you've heard?"
"Do you mean heard that my boyfriend got Ms. Jacobs pregnant? O I've heard. I've heard it all day. These girls who I don't know just come up to me and say their sorry then bash Pacey. I swear if I hear one more sorry I'll snap!"
"I don't know who started this. Do you Joey?" Jen asked.
"No, but if I did they would get a piece of my mind. I know when Pacey finds out about this he will definitely go off. Do you know who did this Dawson?"
Dawson shook his head. Behind him he could hear some girls talking. The three looked at the girls and the girls gave sympathetic looks at Joey. Joey rolled her eyes and growled. Jen hit Joey and Dawson lightly and pointed in front of them. Pacey walked down the hall with a slight grin on his face. He looked around and noticed people laughing and pointing at him. Pacey stopped and a girl came up to him and whispered in his ear. The girl walked away and Pacey looked at his three friends. Jen tried to smile, Dawson lifted up his shoulders and Joey bit her lip.
Once again, Pacey took Dawson into a vacant room. This time, it was an unused classroom where they could make sure no one would hear. Dawson leaned against a desk and Pacey stood up with a frown on his face.
"What do I do? People think I got a teacher pregnant who my father actually did. What can I say?" Pacey said walking in a circle.
"I don't know. I don't think you can reverse this."
"I knew I should have kept this to myself. It was safe in my head where no one could find out. I'm such an idiot! Someone must have been in there with us. Do you know who?"
Dawson shook his head yes. "Alan DeMarco was crouched on a toilet smoking and overheard the whole thing."
"I'm Gonna kill him!" Pacey put his hands into tight fists.
Dawson put his hands in front of Pacey.
"You can't Pacey. Alan was suspended today when they caught him smoking. He didn't get taken away until AFTER he told the whole school that some Witter got Tamara pregnant. I guess the only Witter they could think of was you."
"This really sucks man. Once my pops finds out he is going to freak! I...I can't go home. He's going to kill me."
"You can stay by my house if you want. Don't worry Pacey. This will all blow over in a day or so. Just go out there like this is a joke because if you look like its true then the day is just going to get worse."
Pacey nodded his head. "You're right. I'll just go out there like nothing happened and I'll be fine. I only have two periods left anyway. I can do this. I can walk down the science hall with my head held high like I have not a care in the world. Thanks D."
Dawson patted Pacey on the shoulder before following him out. Pacey walked down the hall and smiled at the people laughing at him. As he turned the corner to a vacant hallway, Pacey lost his smile and rubbed his head.
Joey walked along the sidewalk next to the park with backpack in hand. It was a hectic day. People kept telling her things about her boyfriend and one even asked if she planned on helping to raise the baby. Every time Joey tried to get near Pacey, a group of people would crowd around her to stop her. She didn't have any communication with him besides the few glances they could throw at each other. Joey noticed something moving in the corner of her eye. She looked towards the bench and there sat Pacey. His head was down and she could tell he wasn't feeling well. Joey turned onto the path towards the bench.
"Hey Witter, long time no see huh?" Joey said taking a seat next to him.
Pacey lifted up his head and looked at Joey. His blue eyes were dark and somewhat droopy. Pacey gave a crooked frown.
"Hey Jo. How was your day?"
"It was...interesting. So how was yours?"
"Oh you know, great. I always love hearing that I'm going to have a baby with a teacher by everyone in school."
"All I heard all day was how bad you are for cheating on me and how sorry they feel."
"I'm sorry you're a part of it. I didn't know this would get out."
Joey got thrown back by this comment.
"What do you mean by that? Is...is it true?"
Pacey rolled his eyes. "No! How could you think it was?"
"You just said..."
"I know what I said. I didn't mean it to sound like that. Yes, Ms. Jacobs is pregnant but no, I'm not the father. It's a different Witter who planted his seed."
Joey nodded her head. "Does he know yet Pace?"
"No. I just found out this morning. The whole town is going to know by tomorrow."
"I know," Joey said before hugging Pacey. When they stopped hugging they just held each other.
"Do you want to come by my house sweetie?" Joey asked.
Pacey shook his head.
"No, I have to go and take care of something. I'll talk to you later."
Joey smiled and nodded. She got up and kissed him before walking back on her way home.
Joey heard an engine having trouble working. Joey laughed at the thought of Bessie trying to leave but the old truck wouldn't start. She walked up to the truck.
"Having trouble Bessie?" Joey asked chuckling.
"O thank god you're here Joey. I tried to go to the doctor but the damn truck wouldn't start," Bessie said getting out.
"Are you okay? Is the baby fine?" Joey said sincerely.
Bessie nodded and held her stomach.
"Yeah, we're fine but I think I'm in labor."
Joey watched as her sister bent down in pain.
"Shit Bessie! What do we do? Did you call 911?"
"See, I would have, but our phone isn't working."
"Our phone isn't working!"
"No and I need to get to a hospital NOW!"
"Bess, the neighbors aren't home yet and..."
"Take me to Dawson's house. He has a phone."
"The only way to get there is by boat and I don't think you can..."
Bessie started walking to the boat.
"Get in the boat NOW!"
Joey got in the boat and started rowing. After a few seconds Bessie had another contraction.
"I thought you were a tomboy. Row faster!"
"I'm going as fast as I can!" Joey yelled.
Bessie pushed her sister out of the way almost making her fall in.
"Move! I'll do it myself."
After a minute Joey noticed the boat had some water in it.
"Bessie! The boats leaking!"
Bessie gripped the paddles tight but kept rowing.
"That's not the boat Joey."
Once they reached the rocks Joey left Bessie and ran to the house. She banged on the door until Dawson opened it.
"Whoa, what's up Joey?" Dawson asked confused.
"I need you to let Bessie on your couch."
"Okay, can I ask why?"
"If you don't Bessie, who is in labor right now, will have her baby on the lawn of your house and I don't think she would like that."
Dawson didn't hesitate to follow Joey outside and bring Bessie in. Once Bessie was settled in and after they called for an ambulance Dawson took Joey off to the side.
"Joey, we don't know how to deliver a baby," Dawson said.
"I know. But what can we do? The ambulance isn't going to be here for at least two hours."
"There is one thing to do."
Joey looked at Dawson and knew what he was talking about. She shook her head.
Grams opened her door and found Joey Potter with her arms crossed. Joey rolled her eyes.
"Listen, I know you don't like me or my family because of our affiliation with an interracial relationship but right now, as we speak, my sister is having her baby next door in a house with only two fifteen year olds who don't know how to deliver a baby and I was hoping that you could put behind the fact that the baby is a mix and you disapprove of us highly and remember the oath you took as a nurse to help anyone in help when they needed and clearly it's needed now so really I'm asking if you can help us."
Grams pushed away Joey and started to walk next door.
Pacey looked at the sand that his shoes pushed around. He looked up when he finally reached the tall grass. She sat on her porch with a pony tail and a frown. Pacey walked up and sat next to her.
"Hello Ms. Jacobs."
Tamara looked up and sighed. "I was expecting you Mr. Witter."
There was a small silence.
"What are you going to do?"
"I don't know. I'm sorry that this rumor started involving you. I don't know where they got me being pregnant by you."
"I don't know how I came into play but the pregnancy thing is true right?"
"Where did you..."
"Doug. He told me what you told him. I guess they just got the wrong Witter this time."
"I'm sorry Pacey. I didn't think this would happen."
"I don't think anyone thinks about pregnancy when they have a purely sexual affair," Pacey bit his lip, "Sorry."
"It's okay. You're aloud to be mad, anyone is."
"The school board is going to make an investigation once they find out. The whole town will know by tomorrow."
"I know." A tear ran down her face.
"Ms. Jacobs, I think you need to tell my mother about the baby."
"What? Pacey I can't. Your father doesn't even know yet."
"He will by tomorrow and once he does he will yell and deny that he slept with you let alone have a kid with you. My dad will convince her that you're lying if you try and tell her later and my mom will stay with a man who doesn't love her. It's not fair to her. She deserves to know."
"This will really hurt her."
"You should have thought about that before the affair. You need to tell her before my father gets home tonight so she will believe you. It's for the best."
"I will right now. Pacey, I don't want you to hate me. I didn't mean for any of this to happen, it just did."
"I can't hate you because you are the mother of my future brother or sister. I understand how things just happen. My relationship with my girlfriend right now just happened too. The only difference was that we were both single. It will get better. There is still hell and back to go through."
"I don't want to leave but I guess I don't have a choice."
"No you don't. I do hope that when the baby is born you will come back and tell me if I have a brother or sister. This child did nothing wrong and it doesn't deserve to be shunned by its family. I plan to be in its life."
Tamara put on a small smile.
"I wouldn't want it any other way. You are a great person Pacey. I want my Daughter to have a brother."
"You're going to have a girl?"
"I'm three months pregnant and I was able to find out the sex of the baby because I'm far enough along. She's going to be named Darla rose Jacobs."
"I like that name. I'm going to have a sister named Darla. You won't move too far will you?"
Tamara shook her head. "No, I'll try and move just outside of Capeside. I looked already for a house and I found one. It's a half a mile from here."
Pacey nodded. "That's good. I'm going to go now. I plan on seeing you in the next hour."
Tamara nodded. Pacey got up and walked away.
"Pacey," Tamara said.
Pacey turned around.
"Yeah?"
"Thank you."
Pacey gave a smile before he started to walk away again.
"Okay, breathe like you were taught Bessie," Dawson said with his camera in her face.
"I didn't learn how to breathe!" Bessie said holding up her knees.
"You need to relax now," Grams said working.
Bessie threw a death stare at Joey.
"Why the hell did you get her?! She is a racist old woman who hates me and my unborn child. I can't believe you did this Joey!"
"What else could I do Bessie? The only other option was to have me and Dawson deliver the kid." Joey said.
"But why her?"
"My gram really isn't that bad Bessie. Sure she is very big on her beliefs but when it comes to helping people she puts that aside and does her job," Jen said.
"I want this out!"
Grams stood up and swatted Dawson and his camera.
"Go and be useful by getting some towels now!" Grams went and crouched down next to Bessie. "I'm here to help you. This child will be born within the next hour or less. I need you to relax so you need to put aside our differences, let me help you and shut up!"
Bessie started to roll her eyes but felt another contraction. A few more good pushes and the baby would be out.
Pacey sat on the loveseat in his living room. His eyes were watching the flower lawn decoration spin in the wind. So many things were floating in the young man's mind. Pacey thought about how much he hated his father and what he did. He thought about how even though how angry he was at Tamara; Pacey knew he didn't hate her because she couldn't help it. Pacey thought about how much he wished that all of this never happened. He also thought about his up coming sister Darla. She deserved to be loved but Pacey was having trouble with the fact that his sister would be an affair kid. Still, Pacey knew that once he saw her he would love her like a sister that wasn't a mistake. The doorbell rang causing Pacey to comeback to reality. Mrs. Witter went to the door and answered it.
"Hello, can I help you?" Mrs. Witter asked.
"Yes, I actually need to talk to you," Tamara said.
Mrs. Witter looked at her strangely then opened her door. "Would you like to come in?"
Tamara smiled and walked in. Mrs. Witter took her to the room where Pacey was sitting. She smiled at her son.
"Pacey, would you mind if..."
Pacey quickly stood up.
"No need to ask Mom. I'll leave."
Tamara watched as Pacey started to walk out.
"Wait, if you don't mind Mrs. Witter I would like Pacey to stay in here."
Beth Witter nodded at sat down in her chair that faced the couch. Tamara sat on the couch facing her and Pacey sat on the corner of the couch looking at the women. Tamara looked at Pacey and he gave her a small smile.
"Um, I guess that I should start out with the rumor that you will probably hear tomorrow Mrs. Witter..."
"Please, call me Beth," Mrs. Witter said sweetly.
Pacey looked at Tamara. He could tell how hard it was to talk to a woman whose husband impregnated her and call the woman the Mrs. It would have been so much easier if Beth Witter was rude and mean instead of nice and sweet.
Tamara nodded her head. "Okay, Beth. A rumor sprang up in school today that your son got me pregnant."
"I assume that this rumor is not true," Beth said looking from Tamara to her son then back to Tamara again.
"It isn't entirely accurate no, I am pregnant but Pacey is not the father."
"I have to ask why you found it necessary to tell me of this information."
Tamara took a deep breath. "I came over here because the father of my child...is your husband."
Beth Witter sat there not blinking. After a few seconds Pacey put his hand on his mother's shoulder and woke her.
"Mom, are you okay?" Pacey asked.
Beth gave a small smile to her son. "I'm okay Pacey." Beth moved her eyes back to Tamara. "I knew that something was happening when he went on all these late night patrols."
A tear fell from Tamara's eye. "I'm sorry," she whispered.
Beth smiled and sat forward. "There is no need to be. I know how tempting John can be. I fell for him myself. Thank you for having the courage to tell me. How far along are you?"
"Three months. I'm going to have a girl."
"That's nice. I'm sure she will be beautiful. Can I ask you another question?"
"Of course."
"How long have you been seeing my husband?"
Tamara sighed and bit her lip. "A year and a half."
Beth let out a soft Oh. The timer in the kitchen made her stand.
"Excuse me... I'm sorry I never got your name."
"Tamara Jacobs."
"What a lovely name. Excuse me Tamara but my stove calls. It was nice meeting you," Beth smiled once more before walking into the kitchen.
Tamara walked to the door and opened it.
"Will she be okay Pacey?"
Pacey gave a smile. "I think she's better than we know. She'll be fine Tamara."
"You finally started calling me Tamara. Goodbye Pacey."
"Goodbye Tamara."
Once Tamara left, Pacey went into the kitchen with his mother. Beth was taking things out of the oven. Pacey placed his hands on her shoulders.
"How are you Mom?"
Beth smiled slightly.
"I'm okay Pacey. I was actually waiting for a reason to leave your father. I know it's sad but it really doesn't hurt as much as I thought it was. I wish he would have told me himself though."
Pacey pulled Beth into a hug.
"You shouldn't be hurting Mom. He's an ass and stupid to cheat on you. You are an amazing woman and any man would be lucky to have you."
Beth wiped away a tear.
"Don't be so mean towards him. He is still your father. You already knew about the baby didn't you?"
"I found out today. It's a long story but after school I went and talked to Tamara. She's leaving Capeside soon."
"I want you to keep in contact with her. I know you're the only one who will. Her daughter deserves to know someone on her father's side of the family. John won't ever see her. The child did nothing wrong and doesn't deserve to be hated."
"I told Tamara the same thing. I told her that I want to be part of Darla's life."
"Is that her name? Darla? It is very cute."
"Yeah, I'm going to have a sister named Darla Rose Jacobs."
"I love you Pacey. You are a wonderful young man, and so handsome too. No wonder Josephine couldn't keep her hands off you."
Pacey started to blush. "Mom! First of all, she likes to be called Joey and you know that. Secondly, I couldn't keep MY hands off HER."
Beth lifted up an eyebrow. "Really? You have never told me the story of how you two got together and it seems interesting. Please, do tell."
Pacey rolled his eyes but took a seat at the counter to start his long story.
"Okay Bessie you're doing great," Joey said holding onto her sister's hand.
Jen looked down at all of the towels. "Grams, there is a lot of blood."
Bessie stopped pushing and got wide eyed. "What!? Is there something wrong?"
Grams put her hand on Bessie's knee. "Shhh, don't worry. You and your baby are doing fine. Don't listen to Jennifer. Jennifer, I need to talk to you," Grams said taking Jen by the elbow.
"Oww! What's wrong?"
"Listen to me Jennifer. I do not need you worrying my patient. Blood is a natural thing in childbirth."
"I know Grams, I did see one before. I also know what a lot of blood looks like and that is a lot."
"Okay, there is a little more blood then I'd like but there are no signs of any problems so please don't worry her because she stops pushing when she's worried." Grams walked back to Bessie.
"Mrs. Ryan, my sister won't push anymore," Joey said worried.
"Don't worry. Ms. Potter, you need to push."
Bessie shook her head. "No, No, its hurts too much. I'm so tired."
"Ms. Potter, if you give me one last good push, the baby will be out and the pain will die down."
Bessie nodded and pushed as hard as she could. The baby came out.
"O my God! Bessie, you had a boy," Jen said wrapping up the baby.
"I did? I have an Alex?" Bessie could barely lift her head.
Joey put the baby on Bessie stomach. "Yeah Bessie, you did."
Bessie smiled and ran a hand across the baby. At that moment two Paramedics walked into the room holding their orange boxes.
"Is this the new mother?" One asked.
Bessie rolled her eyes. "No shit Sherlock. I'm just the fat one holding the baby. There's no damn need for you now because apparently the baby is out."
Joey turned red.
"Sorry, Bessie must get cranky when a baby comes out of her."
The paramedics laughed but got down and helped Bessie. Joey stood next to Dawson who was still filming. She put on a smile and watched Bessie hold Alex in her hands. Joey never saw Bessie glow so much before. Even though she was in pain, Bessie still had on an ear to ear smile. Joey was finally an aunt of a new baby boy. She couldn't wait to go home and sleep. Joey didn't know the once the baby came home, there was no sleep.
