Whenever

by adropletofjupiter

JP have spent a lot of time together and Joey starts to fall for him, unrequited love, or is it? When Pacey has some difficult times she is the only one who is there to pick up the pieces, and returns the favour when she has a bad experience,CH4

4. Chapter 4

Whenever You Need Me
Chapter: 4
Achilles heel
By: A droplet of Jupiter
Rating: PG-13
Category: pj

Goodbye to the sky.
You know I can't fly but I feel love.
Do you know how I feel?
You are my Achilles heel.
Hello to below.
I feel love flow like a river flow.
You and I standing still.
You are my Achilles heel.
Feeling free yeah what about me.
Well you gotta give it up cos I feel love.
Do you know how I feel?
You are my Achilles heel.
Goodbye to the sky.
You know I can't fly but I feel love.
Do you know how I feel?
You are my Achilles heel.
But there's a child in our eyes.
And the child never dies.
So, keep the dream alive.
When the air I suck inside.
I can push with all my might.
And the statue in the sky.
With my Achilles heel.
Small cry don't know why.
I gotta get high just to love a lot of you.
I am at high and low from my head to my toes.
I said hey la la.
Will I go far, will I go far?
Cos I love and I feel
Do you know how I feel?
You are my Achilles heel.
I said oh no no.
Will I go slow now will I go slow?
Will the feeling flow.
But there's a child in our eyes.
And the child never dies.
So, keep the dream alive.
When the air I suck inside.
I can push with all my might.
And the statue in the sky.
With my Achilles heel.
-Toploader.
Achilles heel

Pacey stood outside the multiplex theatre in his jeans and a white shirt; rubbing his hands together he hoped the friction would cause some heat to warm him up a little. It was a very cold night, it was March, it was meant to be milder than this, but it felt more like cold night in mid November. It was a Friday evening; there was only four more days until Joey's birthday, he had already arranged her present but was finding it difficult to hide from her prying eyes. He looked to the sky and to the snow floating down to the ground; the night sky was littered with little floating droplets of white, frozen joy. There wasn't enough to make a snowman but definitely enough to make snowballs with. He had realized there was enough to make snowballs with when Joey had tried, and succeeded at it several times that night. 'Where is she anyway?' He thought. 'All she went to do was to get tickets for the show and meet me back… ' A cold sensation at the back of his head snapped him out his thoughts. There was only one person who could throw a snowball like that, with such precision. He turned around quickly and discovered his suspicions were correct, there, standing behind him with at least four snowballs was Joey Potter. She was as evil as she was beautiful at times; playing tricks on him had become a daily occurrence at the B&B. He had only been living with her five days and already she was finding new ways to tease and trick him. He looked at her; she looked so beautiful that night. She was wearing skin-tight jeans and a red jumper, blue socks, white hat, scarf, and coat. Her hair blew in the wind and droplets of snow clung to it, she looked ravishing that night and as much as he wanted to walk over to her in the snow, kiss her and hold her forever, he couldn't. There was still the small matter of Andie, his girlfriend, and the fact that his feelings for Joey were only one sided. Unrequited love was the worst and the most horrible thing, and what made this worst of all was that he had to live with her and see her every day. From the moment he woke in the morning until he went to bed at night, she was there, just walking around being perfect and all Joey-like. He thought a moment about what he had just thought, was Joey-like a word? He decided it wasn't after a moment of thinking but decided to make it one anyway. Two snowballs hit him in the chest as he thought about her. "Hey Doofus!" Joey bellowed playfully. "Snap out of it, you're staring!" She shouted at him as she threw the two the remaining snowballs at him one after another, one hitting his chest and the other in the side of his head. "Come on Witter, what's the matter, don't you know how to dodge a snowball anymore?" She teased. She was so beautiful when she was playful. Pacey had to stop these thoughts before Andie got there, that would have been just plain disrespectful. The worst thing about tonight was that Garry was coming. Garry was Andie's cousin from Philly and tonight he was coming out to double date. Joey broke him out of his thoughts again when she came up and tapped his shoulder. "What is wrong with you tonight?" she asked him bemused and slightly amused. "You're all zoned out," she giggled softly at him and his strange behaviour; he was weird at times.

"Yeah I know I'm sorry. I just hate Garry," Pacey lied about his thoughts, but he did hate Garry. "He's so annoying and sleazy, I don't know why Andie set you two up, he's so not your type," Pacey complained whilst wiping off the traces of the snowball from his shoulder and chest.

"And what exactly is my type?" Joey asked interested in his opinion. Pacey did not know her type; she didn't even have a type. All the men she ever dated she could list on one hand. Anderson Crawford, that relationship was nothing but a lie. Dawson Leery, less said about that relationship the better and Jack McPhee, Gay. What else could she say, she didn't have a type.

"Not Garry. You are exceedingly too good for him. Y'know you deserve better!" Pacey said to her, she gave him a shy smile. "Much, much better."

"I do?" Joey asked moving closer to him, huddling with him in the cold night air, he looked at her with a questioning glance. "It's cold," she told him. "So why do I deserve better? If you know what I deserve then what do I deserve?" she said wrapping her arms around his stomach under his coat; it was warm back there and her hands warmed themselves on his back. He had jumped when she put them there originally, but gently smiled as she rubbed them against the soft material to warm them.

"Joey, you are so smart, so beautiful, so talented, so amazing," he swallowed a lump in his throat; he put his arms around her and brought her closer to him in a warm bear hug. " You deserve someone who will treat you like a queen, make you happy, never hurt you. Never even think about hurting you," Pacey took a deep breath and continued. "Someone who makes you laugh and tells you every day just how lucky they are just to be within the air that you breathe," he lowered his lips to her head as he talked and kissed it. He rested his chin on her head continued. "Someone who cares for you so much that they would do anything, anything at all for you, just to make you smile, no matter how it much cost them or how stupid it made them look. Someone who is your friend, who will look after you, no matter what the circumstances are. Someone who will provide for you and tell you every day of your life how beautiful, amazing and special you are," Pacey moved his eyes to her and smiled softly at her, he looked into her deep eyes and swept some snowflakes off her hair. He wished he could stand in this moment in time forever, it felt right. Holding her in his arms, sheltering her from the cold night was making him weak; he could imagine being with her like this all night, not even moving from this spot, just standing on the sidewalk with the beautiful girl holding her forever. "You deserve someone who would do anything to stop losing the grip on you, who couldn't contemplate or manage to spend one hour apart from you, let alone one lifetime apart from you. Someone who deserves you. Someone who will tell you that your eyes are so deeply entrancing they're scared to look at them in fear that they would fall into them and get lost in you," Pacey told her truthfully. He was getting lost in her depths and words were coming out of his mouth that weren't meant to come out. They were the things he felt and definitely not the things he should be telling her, but he couldn't stop, the moment had mesmerized him. " Garry is none of those things Joey, not by a long, long way," it was then Pacey realized she was looking at him. Her eyes were in an intense stare and she had nothing to say. She opened her mouth but no words came out. She thought about his words, his beautiful heartfelt words. The feeling that someone would think she deserved all that was breathtaking.

"I…" Joey finally managed to speak after a few moments of intense staring into his ocean eyes, his big blue ocean-like eyes, deeper and clearer than anything else ever imagined, deeper than any water she had ever sailed on and bluer than any sky she had ever seen. She stuttered. "I think that is the most beautiful thing I have heard anyone say to me, or about me," Joey fell silent and smiled to him. Pulling one of her hands from his embrace she placed it on his cheek, running her hand down the soft skin slowly she knew she loved him. "I think it may be the most beautiful words I have ever heard about anyone. And I don't quite understand why you would say such beautiful things about me," she said as she ran her thumb over his lips. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the sensation. Her hands were warm against his cold lips, they sent a river of sunshine over them and he wished he could just kiss her with them, he remembered he couldn't. "What even made you think those things about me?" She asked still taken back by his flattering words.

"Because you deserve every one of those things I said and every single thing I said about you is true," Pacey opened his eyes and paused, looking at her. "You deserve more than anyone can give you and in my eyes no one is good enough for you," Pacey said honestly. It was true. No one he knew was good enough for Josephine Potter, and anyone who thought they were had made a mistake. That was yet another reason that he could not be with her, he would not be good enough for a girl like that. He would never be able to satisfy a woman like Josephine Potter or deserve her in any way, shape, or form.

"Pacey?" She smiled at him and kissed his cheek softly. "You are such a charmer aren't you? I mean no one else could make me melt in the snow but you," she said blushing at her words. If she wasn't aware of the very obvious line in the ground and the repercussions of crossing it, she would have crossed it right there and then. She wanted just to lean closer to him and kiss him, taste him; she wondered what he tasted like. How did he kiss? Were his kisses sweet? Were they slow and intense? She imagined they were sweet just by the way he would kiss her hand. It was near impossible to be around him now, ever since they had spent the summer together she had found him the best person to spend her time with. But now it was just unbearable, all she wanted was him, he was out of reach and way out of bounds. He was her Achilles heel; there was not a doubt about it in her mind. They were forced out of their stare when they heard a familiar, high-pitched voice shouting across the street. She recognized that voice anywhere; it was like scratching nails down a blackboard, it had the same effect on her. It was Andie.

"Pacey! Joey!" Andie shouted running across the road with Garry, they were definitely not dressed for the night's activities. Garry was wearing black dress trousers and a green shirt, whilst Andie wore a pretty pink skirt and blue twin set; it was pretty and everything but not right for that night. Joey pried herself away from Pacey's warm embrace and wrapped her arms around herself to try and make up for the loss of his touch. There was no comparison, she missed his arms, his strong arms around her, warming her, and she wanted them back. "Sorry we're late Garry is so vain!" Andie said looking pointedly at him, he was smart alright but something about him wasn't right, his eyes were cold and untrustworthy, plus he was at least an inch shorter than Joey and that was just humiliating for her. She had always been a tall girl and hated short men, if he had put his arms around her right them he wouldn't have even come to her eye level, she hated that.

"Joey, you're looking particularly nice tonight," Gary said, touching his slimy lips to her hand and kissing it. It seemed more of a sleaze-worthy gesture than a nice one, she felt his tongue come into contact with her flesh, making her skin crawl, she quickly whipped her hand away from him and wiped it on her trouser leg.

"We should go or we'll miss the movie," Joey said, walking in front of the group and into the movie theatre, coming face to face with Dawson, Jen and Jack. She almost bumped into them literally. "Hey guys, what are you doing here?" She asked them intrigued. They said they were studying tonight.

"Oh we just came to catch a study break," Dawson said looking at Andie, her hand clutched onto Pacey's tightly and she snuggled into him on the sight of him. "ET is showing, can you believe it ET!" Dawson exclaimed excitedly.

"Oh wow," Joey said not enthusiastically. "Because it's good to come and see a movie you never saw before isn't it?" Her voice drowned in its own sarcasm, Dawson was so predictable. "So where's the mystery woman tonight Dawson?" Joey asked, he knew he got touchy about it in public and she loved to watch him squirm.

"Err, she's err…" Dawson said, he was squirming just the way she liked it, Joey exchanged a look with Pacey and laughed.

"Don't worry Dawson I'm just teasing, we have to go, movie is starting in a few minutes and we wouldn't want you to miss the beginning of ET would we?" Joey told him as she walked beside Garry into the movie theatre. Pacey and Andie followed behind them and chose a seat at the back, three rows from the back. She loved sitting there with Pacey; every time they came they would sit at the back and throw popcorn at people. When their victims looked back to see who it was Pacey would turn as if to kiss her so they didn't know who it was. The memory made her laugh and Garry looked at her weirdly.

"Do we have popcorn?" Pacey asked, giving Joey a knowing look, who just smiled, it was amazing they were thinking the same thing at the exact same time. They had been in such a rush to get in the theatre that they had actually forgotten the popcorn. Pacey noticed this "We have no popcorn!" Pacey announced in disbelief. "I'll go get some," He offered, standing up from the seat he had just sat down in.

"Don't worry Pacey" Andie told him. "I'll go, I'm closer," she said getting up from her seat at the end and walking out into the lobby. Seeing Dawson she walked over to him and smiled. "Hey," she whispered to him. "How are you?" She asked nervously.

"I'm fine, I miss you," Dawson told her softly touching her cheek; she quickly moved her head away from his hand.

"Not here Dawson!" She said through gritted teeth. "Pacey's right in there y'know or hadn't you noticed?" She asked him looking around nervously. "And he's already suspicious, the other day he asked me if I was having an affair, I had to say no I couldn't admit to it. So just cool things okay?" She suggested tensely.

"I know, I know. But what can one kiss do?" He asked her moving closer to her. "There is no one in the lobby, we're alone. One kiss can't hurt," He suggested, swiping the hair out of her face and kissing her softly on the lips, entrapping her mouth in a searing kiss. She pulled away quickly after a moment and composed herself walking away without a word to him, smiling back she mouthed to him. 'Tomorrow'

Jen stood by the doors to the ladies bathroom and covered her mouth in shock. Did she just see what she thought she had seen?

Pacey skated on the ice, shooting around smoothly with expertise, the frozen water beneath him sped by as he skated competently and successfully in a figure eight, people watched him as he commanded the ice underneath him. He sped over to the boards where Andie, Joey, and Garry were sitting in the seats. He came to a halt in his skates deliberately showering them with ice and smiled. Andie scowled at him for doing it but Joey just laughed at him. Pacey had loved the ice ever since he was small and loved ice hockey, he was pretty good.

"Come on Andie want to have a skate around with me?" He asked her, leaning on the boards, she just shook her head at him. "Please McPhee?" He complained. She really was no fun tonight. "Garry, come on you going to show your cousin how it's done?" He suggested to him.

"Sorry Pacey, I can't skate and I have no intention in making a fool out of myself in front of the lovely Joey," he said sternly. He softened his look and glanced at Joey, she visibly shivered, that look was chilling. It made her feel dirty almost.

"Don't worry about making a fool out of yourself. I make a fool out of myself all the time," Pacey laughed and offered his hand to Joey. "Well excuse me then Garry, I'm just going to steal your date," he smiled and lifted Joey over the boards and onto the ice; she smiled as he lifted her over. Putting her feet onto the ice she clung to Pacey's strong shoulders until she steadied herself, she hadn't skated for over a year and was rusty to say the least. "Come on toots, show them how it's done," Pacey said playfully skating away from her speedily.

"Hey come back!" Joey shouted skating after him quickly and crashing into him, pressing him against the boards deliberately. "Don't you think you can get away from me Witter! I will always get you in the end, you know that don't you?" She said playfully, with a secret double meaning. "You cannot just run away from Joey potter without a little bit of pain," she threatened him, he just looked at her sideways and laughed, breaking her hold her skated away laughing cruelly. "Hey Witter get your cute little ass back here!" Joey shouted at him, chasing him again. She stopped when she saw him skate very quickly towards her. She thought he was going to pass her like a shot of lightening but instead, as he was passing, he leant over grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder, taking her with him as he continued to skate. "Put me down you Neanderthal!" She screamed trying to sound serious but failing miserably.

"You said I had a cute little ass," Pacey said smugly and waved over to Andie who just scowled at him. "Uh oh Joey, I'm in trouble," he said still skating with her. "Andie isn't a happy bunny, she's scowling at me and I think she's pissed off. She's jealous, I can tell," he told her putting her down finally. She just smiled at him and skated off, but he was not going to let her get away that easy. He ignored Andie's look and started to skate after her. Andie only had herself to blame, if she had came on the ice with him she would have had fun too instead of sitting scowling on the sidelines.

"Jealous much?" Garry asked Andie on the sidelines. He looked at her scowl and laughed in his throat. Andie was a very jealous person.

"What?" Andie asked him with attitude. "No way, why would I be jealous of her!" Andie said looking at Joey and Pacey playing on the ice. She hated Joey; she always had, with her long legs, big eyes, and dark hair. She had admired Joey in the beginning for being an artist but then started to hate her quickly when she saw how well she knew Pacey. "I have nothing to worry about, they're just friends and even if she had more in mind Pacey loves me, not her, me!" Andie said brutally, trying to convince herself more than anyone else. "So why would I be jealous?" She finished, she knew she was jealous. How dare Joey Potter flirt so outrageously with her boyfriend!

"Well maybe because they haven't stopped their little game all night. I mean every time I do what he does she squirms away. I went to put my arm around her and she shrugged it off as if it was nothing. She's so in love with him that she can't even imagine anyone else," Garry said a little annoyed. He was going to get Joey Potter to be his if it killed him. No girl had not wanted him before and this was going to be no exception.

"Well she's just going to get hurt because there is no way Pacey would leave me. Not now," Andie said looking out at them. "I need to go to the bathroom," Andie said hastily as she got up and headed in the direction on the Bathroom.

On the ice, Pacey continued to chase Joey, grabbing onto her small waist he pulled her to a halt. He took her hand, skated to the side with her, and bit his lip, thinking. "Joey? Do remember when we were seven?" He asked her and her eyes grew wide, she knew what was coming.

"No Pacey! No way in hell!" She told him harshly, there is no way she was going to do what he was suggesting. She shook her head furiously and he looked at her with his puppy dog eyes. She looked at him; he was trying to change her mind. "No, don't look at me like that!" Joey moaned at him, he was effecting her with those eyes and he knew it. Even before her attraction to him, she never could refuse those big eyes. She turned her head away from him and skated off quickly, hoping to get the idea out of his mind. He followed her and kept looking at her, his puppy dog eyes and his lip stuck out, she knew his next step would be the whimpering, she looked away and tried to get away from him, but he followed her. "Pacey! No way! I am not doing that we will hurt ourselves, it was ten years ago. No!" She refused and it started. He whimpered at her with his puppy eyes and his stuck out lip. She avoided his glance again, but he followed and she stopped, she knew she was fighting a battle she would only lose. "Fine!" He had succeeded. "But if I hurt myself I blame you. I' will hold you personally responsible if I break my legs. And if I do break my legs you will have to carry me to the hospital, and it will be your job to scratch my leg with a ruler when it itches." she smiled.

"I will, but you won't break your legs," he promised skating backwards. "Trust me!" He shouted as she skated fast towards him. He leant down and placed one hand on each thigh, lifting her to the air in a small split, carrying her as he skated in tight circles. Putting her down, he smiled at her. "See?" He grinned widely, his smile lighting up the arena. "I still got it!" He quipped before widening his eyes in horror. "Watch out Joey!" He said warning her. He could see someone skating down the ice towards her back, but it was too late because the man crashed into her causing her to fall, trapping Pacey between her warm body and the cold ice. "Ow!" He said jaggedly. "I'm not gonna say that didn't hurt," Pacey said almost in a whisper.

"Are you okay?" Joey asked, trying to sound serious and concerned but a little amused by it all and he could tell. His face was wrinkled up in discomfort, she, on the other hand was very comfortable, she enjoyed the closeness. There was no mistaking the warmth of his body and the way their body's fitted together like a jigsaw puzzle.

"My ass, my beautiful ass, I have a bruised ass," he moaned and looked at her. "It's not funny, my ass really hurts!" He complained. "You should kiss it better, that always helps," he smirked and received a slap on the arm from Joey for his trouble.

"I will not kiss your but!" Joey said laughing through her words. Pacey was just terrible, trust him to make her laugh like this. They had been lying on the ice for a while now and she could imagine Andie's face, red with anger. She laughed at the thought; Andie looked so funny when she was angry. However, if she had come onto the ice it could have been Andie, who was lying on top of him instead of her, though she was glad she hadn't.

"I bet Andie is pissed at this," Pacey laughed. "She doesn't like it when gorgeous women throw themselves at me," he smiled. This was not a bad position to be in, despite the face that his but was badly bruised and his back was going numb from the coldness of the ice, he couldn't move, he wanted to stay there. He wanted to stay there close with her, their faces an inch apart, he could feel her breath on his cold skin.

"I fell!" Joey protested. "I did not throw myself at you!" She pointed at the man who knocked them over. "He threw me at you!" She said seriously then laughed. "We should probably get up," Joey suggested.

"I don't know," Pacey pondered, putting his hands on her hips. "I like this, its comfortable," he said seriously. "Plus maybe if Andie is jealous she would get annoyed and ignore me so I don't have to hear her talk to me," he laughed. "Ok we should get up," he finely decided after a few moments.

"Come on," Joey said standing up and pulling him to his feet. "How's the ass?" She asked, humour in her voice, he smiled to her and laughed gently. "I'm going to the bathroom, I need to wash my wound," Joey said, she hadn't noticed because of the cold of the ice but she had a cut on her hand that stung. She held it out for him to see he took it in his hand and inspected it, close to his face; his tongue stuck out of his mouth and curled up as he concentrated. Joey smiled inwardly, thinking about him and how intense he looked. Pacey inspected it closer and frowned worriedly.

"Are you okay that's a skate cut y'know?" He asked her, from experience he knew she had caught her hand on another skate, the cut wasn't deep, but it looked sore. He inspected it carefully some more, he hated seeing her hurt, even if it was just a small cut. Her delicate hand had been injured and blood ran down the crease in her hand, he looked at it with a worried look once more and kissed it for good measure. "There you go, that will heal it, I have magic lips y'know?" He smiled at her and she returned it.

"I'm sure it will magically heal it," she paused. "Well that and the fact that the body heals cuts naturally anyway," she smirked. He was sweet to care about a cut and it made her feel special. For one moment, she felt as though she was the only person in the world. "Well I'm going to go and wash it," she said skating off the ice and into the bathroom. She met Andie standing beside the mirrors re-applying her make up. Andie wore a lot of make up, way more than she did. "Hi Andie," she said casually. Andie glanced at her coldly and ignored her continuing to put make up on her face. "What is that for?" Joey asked surprised, Andie had been expressing dislike for her all night.

"What's what for?" Andie asked her, watching her clean the cut on her hand.

"The look of ice you're giving me and the whole attitude!" Joey said wiping her hands and looking at Andie with annoyance. Andie was pushing her hard and she knew it.

"What look? What attitude?" Andie asked knowing just what she meant; she was not going to admit that she was jealous of her.

"Don't play dumb with me Blondie!" Joey accused harshly; girls in the bathroom nudged each other and watched as the situation unfolded. "The look of steel, the look of ice daggers you know the look I mean and the have a major attitude problem tonight! It's either an attitude problem or you need an enema!" Joey almost shouted at her. Andie was annoying her tonight and she was just pushing her too far

"If you must know Little Miss White Trash!" Andie replied hurtfully. "I can't stand you tonight, draping yourself over my boyfriend all night. Giving him those little glances you think no one notices and now throwing yourself at him on the ice! Do not think I did not see you fall into him. I see right through you!" Andie spat her words at her. Joey listened to those words and they made a bolt of anger shoot through her body.

"What do you mean!" Joey asked angrily. "Someone pushed me into him Andie!" Joey narrowed her eyes at her, she was being a bitch, and she knew it. There was no way she was going to let someone talk to her like that.

"Yeah but I didn't see you hurrying to get off him either!" Andie hissed. "Are you sleeping with Pacey?" she asked unexpectedly.

"What!" Joey shouted angrily, she could not believe her ears. "No! Of course not!" Joey bit back; the girls in the bathroom were looking in excitement and had given them some space to confront each other. "He would never cheat on you, he wouldn't cheat on anyone. Because unlike you he has a heart of gold!" Joey argued. She couldn't believe what she was being accused of, after what she had done to him.

"Come on, if you're not sleeping with him why does he stay at your place every night?" Andie asked. Andie still did not know about the face Pacey had moved out of home. She needed answers.

"Maybe that's something you should ask him, but I am not sleeping with him. Unlike you he doesn't sleep around!" Joey bit harshly, she knew it was mean but it was relevant. All the girls in the bathroom let out shocked gasps, this was exciting them. A real cat fight.

"What was that comment supposed to mean!" Andie asked angrily. She couldn't possibly know about Dawson and her, she couldn't it was impossible.

"You slept with that guy in providence and you're seeing someone behind his back right now and I won't stand by and watch you hurt him again!" Joey bellowed, her words echoed around the bathroom, hitting of the tiles and reverberating several times before it finally ceased.

"I explained the providence thing to him, that's all done and forgotten. And I am not cheating on him now Joey!" Andie shouted to her. She was going to shut her face or get a fist into it.

"You are cheating on him, I am going to find out whom and I'm going to prove it!" Joey shouted "I will not let you hurt him again; I won't let you kill him, put him down and make him feel worthless again!" Joey warned her. "And I'm telling you now, if you hurt him I am going to come down on you so hard and so fast you won't know what hit you!" Joey screamed threateningly. She had the urge to hit her right now but there would be no way to explain it.

"Just because you're in love with him it doesn't mean you can have him. You can't have him, he's mine we have been through so much together and we're not going to break up!" Andie told her in a harsh tone. "I know him better than you, I know what he's like and he would never have the guts to break up with me because he loves me and I am safe!" Andie told her harshly and watch and Joey shook her head in disagreement.

"Y'know what Andie! I may be in love with your boyfriend but I know I cannot have him, because he is yours. But just you remember he tells me everything he thinks and everything he feels and when you break his heart again he will come to me to put him back together again!" Joey bit at her. "And even if he never loves me, I will always be the one he knows believes in him and loves him, for who and what he is. You tried to change him from what he was I would never want that, how can he love someone who tries to change him. Moreover, how can you say you love him if you try to change who he is? I accept him. I have known him since we were three years old. Pacey and me have a bond even I cannot explain. You if you think that you know him better you are mistaken!" Joey shouted before walking out the bathroom.

"Yes you walk away you piece of trash! That's all you are trash!" Andie screamed but was surprised when Joey walked back and slapped her face before continuing to walk out.

"Bitch" Joey muttered under her breath as she walked past Pacey and Garry "Night Pacey, Night Garry" Joey said moodily, before walking past them, taking her skates off at the door and getting her own shoes back.

"Joey?" Pacey asked confused as she walked past her, he was worried about her. "Joey!" He shouted after her, running after her, grabbing her arm, he saw tears in her large eyes; she wiped them quickly and turned away from him. "Joey what happened are you okay?" He questioned her worriedly.

"I'm fine Pacey, but I'm going home. I am not going to stay here and listen to that, that…" She couldn't find her words. "I am not staying I am going," she said breaking away from him. Andie was right, she was white trash, and she wasn't good enough for him even if he did want her. She was just a girl, with a dead mother, and a jailbird father living on the wrong side of the creek.

"How are you going to get home?" Pacey asked her running beside her, luckily he had his own skates, he followed her out the door.

"I will walk," Joey said stubbornly carrying her shoes in her hand. "Tell Garry thanks for a nice night," she said walking away from him.

"Joey!" Pacey ran after her again and stopped her, placing his hands on her tear stained cheeks he looked to her hurt eyes. "What happened?" He asked softly looking at her, something had upset her seriously and he needed to talk to her, he could not bear to see her like this.

"Nothing okay? If you want to know ask your Ivy League girlfriend!" Joey said harshly before walking away, he caught up with her but she brushed his touch away. "Go and finish your date, tell Garry I'm sorry and don't follow me. I'll see you at home," She said before walking off leaving him in the street.

"Joey!" He shouted down the street but she just kept walking, he thought about following her but decided against it. He needed to go inside and talk to Andie; there was no way he was going to let her get away with whatever it was she had done.