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Chapter 8

Jen and Joey met Dawson halfway because he was also walking towards them.

"God, I just heard about this. Is Pacey ok?" Dawson asked acting dumb and panicked.

Before Jen could say anything Joey said "Like you'd care. You arranged this somehow, didn't you Dawson? What do you think is going to happen? That'd I'd just forget about him and come running back into your arms?" she paused her angry eyes glaring at his blue ones whom she knew were hiding something, even if she couldn't see it.

"Now wait a minute Joey, I had nothing to do with this!" Dawson defended himself. "I loved Pacey, he was my best friend."

"Yeah, a best friend whom you beat up and left to die. What amazes me is that you didn't roll his body into the water. Or were you afraid someone might hear you?" Joey continued to accuse her former best friend.

"Joey" Jen said trying to calm her down. "This isn't helping, this isn't going to bring him back."

"He's not dead Jen!" Joey screamed at her. "It'd be too easy for him to let him die. No Dawson would want him to suffer" she suddenly balled her fists and punched Dawson hard against his face. And then threw herself on top of him and as they crashed against the ground she held her hands at his throat trying to strangle him "Where is he?" she yelled at him. "I know you set this up, this has one of Dawson Leery scripts put into action all over it. Tell me where he is and I might just let you live!" she threatened.

Dawson was surprised, he hadn't suspected Joey to still believe Pacey was alive after all the evidence pointing that he wasn't. Still he wasn't going to let his master plan fall into the water just yet "I don't know Joey" he said forcing tears to form in his eyes and roll down his cheeks.

"You really think I would do this to him?" he said in a heartbroken voice.

Joey looked at him her grip loosening a little bit, 'was she wrong? Could Pacey really be…No, I will not believe it! He's not dead!' she thought and was about to tighten her grip again when strong arms pulled her off Dawson.

"Easy, Joey, calm down. I know this must be horrible for you to accept but you can't just attack people based on your belief he's still alive and this is a set-up." Douglas Witter's voice said to her.

"It's not my belief he's alive…I kno-w…he's a- a-live" her voice began to break and suddenly Joey felt her legs go weak and everything turned back and she hung limp in Pacey Witter's brother.

"She's fainted." Doug said as he carefully laid her down.

Dawson came closer but Doug looked up "Look Dawson, I know you must feel terrible right now but Joey obviously doesn't need you right now. I think it is best if you stay away from her. "Jen, would you get the car door open, I'm taking her to the hospital."

Jen did as he asked and Doug got Joey laid down in the backseat. "I'm coming with you" Jen said to him getting into the seat next to the drivers seat. She then took a shaking hand out her pocket, retrieving her cell phone. "I should call grams and the McPhee's." she said to no one in particular and Doug just nodded. She turned to Dawson "I don't know if you have anything to do with this or not Dawson. If you don't I'm sorry, but please try and understand. But if you do have something to do with you, last time you tried to kill Pacey we as a group decided to let you off easy, we just wanted you to get better. This time, however, if I found out you had something to do with this I'm going to do the everything I can to get you behind bars for life. Minor nor not." With that said Doug started the car and drove off leaving a angry Dawson behind.

'His plan wasn't going as well as he had planned, they were suspicious of him. But at least Pacey should be dead by now.' He smiled at that thought but quickly wiped it off his face, worried someone might see it.

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She was standing on water, which was impossible but for some reason she was. She looked around she could see the open see on one side and a cove on the other.

'where am I? Am I dreaming? Last thing I remembered was yelling at Dawson…Pacey, I have to wake up or something and find out where he is I have to…' Josephine Lillian Potter stopped thinking when she saw a small ball of light hover before her and then there was a flash of white light and Joey had to cover her eyes.

"Mom?" Joey asked recognizing the woman revealed in white light before her when she could see again.

"Hello sweetheart, it is good to see you again. Though I had hoped it would be under better circumstances." Lillian Potter said in a soft voice to her daughter.

"How? You're…" Joey started and her mother smiled "It's a dream honey, and yet not quite a dream. More like a vision. I'm here to help you find your true love before he is lost to you." Her mother answered her.

Joey still had trouble compensating that her mothers' spirit was actually here in her dream talking to her. "I knew he was still alive, where is he?" she asked.

"Look inside your heart Joey. Don't be scare at what you might find there. He is very much alive and reaching out to you. You must hear him in order to find him." Her mother told her.

"But…how?" Joey asked her.

"Shh, close your eyes. Clear your mind, and now open your hearth, feel him inside, listen, see" Lillian Potter said softly and Joey did as her mother said.

'Jo, I love you. Please be careful. I'm sorry but I can't…' Joey could here a familiar voice inside of her.

"don't you dare leave me alone Pacey Witter!" she practically yelled to the voice.

'Jo?' the voice asked 'is that you?'

"of course it is me Witter. Who else were you expecting Santa Claus?" Joey said and a warm feeling filled her as he could feel his amusement for her comment. "Listen Pacey, you promised you wouldn't leave me alone. Just hang on. I can't lose you…I just can't."

'Jo, don't trust him, don't trust Dawson.'

"I know Pace, I already had a feeling Dawson had something to do with what happened at Doug's. Everyone else thinks your dead. You have to tell me where you are so we can come save you."

'I don't know Jo, a cave, somewhere. Lots of water, accessible when the tie is low but now when it's high it's filled with water. I can just barely keep my head above water. I'm so tired Jo.'

"I know, honey, but just hang in there, I need you. I love you. If you give up I will never forgive you, you hear me? I will not forgive you if you give up on me Witter!"

Joey could feel their connection falter "Please I need to see where he is?" she begged anyone willing to listen and she gasped when she was back standing on top of the water. Her eyes open again. She could see her mother whom smiled sadly at her "Goodbye" Joey could hear her whisper before she felt her body move fast forwards until she stopped again, this time in some familiar cove, there was something under water calling for her suddenly her body was jerked forwards again and she could herself go through the water and she hover again seeing a cave just underneath and then she was jerked backwards.

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"No, mom, Pacey, don't leave me" Joey mumbled then suddenly her eyes shot open and she could see herself on a bed in a room and people standing at the end of her bed looking worried at her.

"It's ok Joey, we're here" Jen was the first to recover from Joey waking up and weird mumblings, she took Joey's hand in hers, "you're at the hospital Joey, you fainted and Doug drove us here. Jack, Andie and grams are here as well."

"It's ok Joey, everything is going to be ok" Andie tried to reassure her friend who was looking around scared.

"No, it's not, I have to get out of here. We have to save him." Joey said letting go of Jen's hand and tried to get up but a large dark female doctor pushed her back down "You miss aren't going anywhere. You have been through a terrible thing tonight, you are staying for observation for at least 1 night."

Joey glared at the doctor "I don't have time for this, please guys you have to believe me, I spoke to him. My mother, she showed me where Dawson put him. Please?" she begged.

"It was just a dream miss. It doesn't mean anything." The doctor tried to tell her.

"Maybe it was a sign the Lord gave her that the boy is still alive" Mrs. Ryan said causing everybody to look at her.

The doctor looked disapprovingly at the elder woman "I must ask you not to encourage my patients delusions" she said to her.

"This may not be a delusion, you don't know the girl or have seen her together with this boy. I have, they share a deep love. It could be that God gave her a vision as to where she could find him." Mrs. Ryan argued.

"If you are going to be this unreasonable ma'am then I must ask you to leave." The doctor said.

"Tell us where he is child. Where did the lord show you where he is." Mrs. Ryan asked Joey.

"A cove, a Cove near Capeside, Dawson and Pacey used to play there sometimes. It's north of Capeside. Please you have to save him Jack, Jen, Andie, Mrs. Ryan. Take the True Love and at least look, there is a cave, it's hard to see because it's under water when the tie is high but he's there, alive. You have to hurry, I don't know how long he'll be able to hang on." Joey told her friends.

"Don't worry Joey, we'll check it out." Jack tried to reassure her.

"That is enough, out! All of you! I will not have you encourage my patients delusions any longer, she needs rest." The doctor said and after muttering a goodbye the group left.

"Alright, Doug, Andie you make sure Dawson doesn't do something to Joey. Jen, grams, are you up for some sailing?" Jack asked, knowing they would probably need Mrs. Ryan if they found Pacey. She was a nurse after all and knew how to deal with hypothermia, etc.

"I have to get back to duty" Doug said to them, he didn't really dared to believe Joey's vision was true anyways, and he'd rather keep busy then to wait around the hospital to prevent one of Joey's friends to enter her hospital room.

"Fine, Jen you stay with Andie, Grams and I will take True love to find Pacey." Jack said.

"Alright, be careful Jack, and you too Mrs. Ryan" Andie said giving them both a short hug for good luck.

"Take care of Grams Jack and bring him back to us. Or we'll have a very pissed off Joey to deal with." Jen said hugging them both briefly as well.

"We'll be fine dear, and we'll bring him back." Grams said to the young teenagers.

"Will do Jen, take care Andie. Doug can you give us a lift?" Jack said.

Doug nodded and they headed off.

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Dawson was in a closet in the hospital having heard the others talking outside in the hallway. "I will not let you go Joey, Eve if he's still alive I'm not going to give you back to him. No you're coming with me. We'll elope and get married in Vegas, I'm going to make you so happy Jo. I promise" Dawson talked to himself inside the closet.


I know I'm evil, lol, next chapter they will find Pacey, Alive or dead? I dunno, well I know but I'm not saying. :P And Dawson is kipnapping Joey? Or is he? TBC, ok I sound like a stupid soap or something but anyways I'll try to update again tomorrow. Meanwhile, feedback.