Note: thanks for the nice feedback everyone, it's a bit short but next one will be longer. Enjoy.

Chapter 11 – Visit to Seattle

After the disastrous Monday at school and the visit from the two NTAC agents the rest of the week seemed to flow by for the three Capeside habitants. Pacey and Joey both remained silent about their feelings for each other, both telling themselves now wasn't the right time for it. Dawson had gotten back to LA for college but called the Potter B&B a lot, with which Joey wasn't happy with. She had ignored his phone calls on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday she finally decided to talk to him in which she told him she wasn't going to change her mind about them. All she could offer Dawson was her friendship and he should either take it or get no contact with her whatsoever. Dawson had reluctantly agreed to it hoping that from a new built friendship she would realize she was still in love with him like he was with her. Pacey and Jen weren't happy with Joey making up with Dawson but Pacey refused to talk about it with her and whenever Jen brought it up Joey would dismiss her warnings saying she knew Dawson and she wasn't going to let this destroy over 10 years of friendship with him if he was willing to make an effort to rebuild that friendship.

Their check ups and therapy they had to do for NTAC we're the most annoying thing they had to do, at least, that's what they told each other when they complained, but the therapy was actually helping Jen deal with her past, Joey deal with her conflicting feelings for Dawson, Pacey and being back. And Pacey dealing with his feelings for his mother, the shrink had tried to talk to him about his father but Pacey hadn't let him in about the subject. All he had said was that he hated him for years of emotional abuse and for treating his mother they way he did when he came back. The therapist tried to tell him that he should visit his father in the hospital and tell him how he felt about him. Pacey said he'd think about it just to shut him up about it. He had no intention of thinking about it because he already knew he wasn't going to go.

They called Shawn regularly to see how things were in Seattle. Other students seemed to avoid them and while some teachers treated them like any other student other teachers seemed to watch them carefully and sure enough Friday afternoon the three sat in English class bored and anxious to get out and see Shawn again.

"Miss Lindley, perhaps you can tell me why Othello listened to Iago and not to his wife?" the teacher asked.

Jen smiled sweetly as she opened her mind to him and read his thoughts she provided a perfect answer, since she knew the teacher hated her, Joey and Pacey for being allowed in the school and not in quarantine for study. Especially because he had heard what Pacey could do. She glanced at Pacey briefly and smiled then looked back at the teacher who was looking at her suspiciously since she had given what he was thinking in her own words.

"Anything else?" Jen asked him sweetly.

"That's anything else sir or Mr. Rifkin." The teacher told her.

"How about anything else you fucking ass?" Jen said with her mind to Pacey and Joey as she put on a smile and said out loud "anything else, sir." "asshole."

Joey and Pacey both had to keep a straight face as Jen said one thing to them but another out loud, which was hard. Jen decided to get creative and while changing her voice as she projected it in the teachers head and Joey's and Pacey's.

"You are such an asshole, just because they came back differently doesn't give you a reason to abuse your authority on them." Jen projected in an old woman's lecturing voice.

The teacher looked around wildly, "Who said that?" he asked the class and they looked at him weirdly "Who said what, Mr. Rifkin?" Jen asked him sweetly.

"Nobody said anything." Another student told the teacher.

"Of course nobody heard me, I'm your conscious young man. You're being to hard on them, I want you to apologize to the nice young lady." Jen said with her thoughts while trying to keep a straight face at the same time. Which was taking a lot of effort because the teachers reaction was really amusing.

"I don't have a conscious, it's one of you, isn't it? One of you freaks!" the teacher accused Jen, Pacey and Joey.

"We're not doing anything! Sir." Pacey told him offensively.

"Everyone has a conscious, Mr. Rifkin." Joey informed him.

"Well not in the form of an old lady, now tell me which one of you is doing this!" The teacher said to them.

"I don't know what you're talking about, sir? What exactly is being done to you?" Pacey asked him.

"Stop harassing them or I'm going to be here in your head for a very long time. I can be really annoying young man." Jen said with the old woman's disapproving voice.

"Get out of my head you old hag!" the teacher yelled silencing the class and have all students look at Mr. Rifkin shocked or afraid. Except Joey, Pacey and Jen whom had put on a mask of curiosity to keep their amusement hidden from the teacher and the rest of the class.

The teacher looked around and was saved by the bell ringing. Everyone hurried out of class, Jen looked up to the teacher "you know you could see the school counselor about this problem you might be having, it's what they're here for." She said in a sweet tone before hurrying out the class with Pacey and Joey right behind her. Once outside the three burst out in laughter.

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Pacey was driving the Witter Wagoneer on their way to Seattle, Joey was sitting in the backseat and Jen in the seat next to the drivers seat.

Jen's cell phone rang, she looked to see who it was and recognized the number, "not again" she muttered before she answered "yes Dawson, what can I do for you?"

"Hey Jen, I was hoping to talk to Joey, Is she there, she mentioned staying the weekend in Seattle with you, Pacey and Shawn." Dawson voice boomed from the cell phone into Jen's ear.

"You know this is my phone, and you know I am not liking you very much at the moment. Joey might be too unwilling to see what you're doing but I'm not. I'm not going to let you manipulate her again Dawson. Now don't call again or I'll just turn my phone off." Jen said hanging up.

The only sound in the car was a 3 doors down song, "here without you" because neither Joey, Jen or Pacey said anything for a long time.

"You know you could just let me talk to him." Joey told Jen breaking the silence.

"I know I could but as much as I've tried to tell you Joey, it's better if you don't. For the both of you." Jen replied.

"That's not your decision to make Jen." Joey told her stubbornly.

"As a friend it's my job to protect you as much as I can. And that's what I'm doing." Jen replied.

"Well I don't need your protection, I can take care of myself." Joey told her.

Jen sighted "Why can't you see what you're doing Joey? You're giving Dawson hope and you're ruining whatever you and Pacey have."

"Pacey and are just fine." Joey told her although she knew they weren't exactly fine. Pacey acted fine but their flirtatious banter was gone and he just avoided her a lot. And when they talked he was distant. It was like he had already given up on them, he hadn't said a thing about her and Dawson when she told him. He just accepted it like he'd been expecting it when she told him he wouldn't stop calling her. And he had walked away. Him avoiding her and his so easy giving up on her was hurting her but she Joey Potter refused to let anyone see that. No, she pretended everything was fine between them.

Pacey didn't say anything, which spoke volumes and Jen asked "Really is that why he's been avoiding you ever since you told him you and Dawson were friends again?"

"I haven't been avoiding her. I'm just busy." Pacey finally spoke up.

"Oh, come on Pace we all know you've been avoiding Joey because you think she's getting back together with him and you don't stand a chance against their history." Jen told him

"I'm not discussing this. I'm driving." Pacey said avoiding the discussion and focusing on the highway they were driving at.

"Pacey, you know I'm only becoming friends with Dawson again, nothing more." Joey tried to convince him.

"Of course you are" Pacey said unconvinced. Then added before Joey could reply "Jen where do I go off again? The next one or the one after that?" Pacey asked her and Jen pulled out the map of Seattle. And traced the route they had gone over before they went to Seattle. Joey sighted but decided to let thing rest, for now at least.

"The second one." Jen answered him.

Pacey nodded and continued to drive.

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"So when are they going to be here?" Danny asker his older brother even thought they were basically the same age now.

"They should be here any minute" Shawn replied, "relax."

"I am relaxed." Danny said defensively.

"We're just a bit nervous about meeting your friends from quarantine, especially Jen." Nikki said from her position on the couch next to Danny. Shawn was in the kitchen fixing himself a sandwich trying to hide his excitement that his friends were finally coming. Sure calling helped him not feeling alone but when the hung up he was alone again. He heard a car and walked towards the front door checking the window. Somehow he already knew it was them when he opened the door he could see his three quarantine buddies riding in what could only be the infamous Witter Wagoneer.

"Ok, it's got to be one of those houses." Jen said and the three Capeside residents checked the numbers of the houses. "Look there is Shawn." Jen said smiling. Pacey saw it and pulled the car up the driveway and parked it.

Jen was out first and she and Shawn were hugging when Joey stepped out the car. Pacey came out after, they smiled at Jen and Shawn then looked at each other, Pacey quickly looked back at Shawn and Jen and walked up to them. "Hey man, you missed us?" Pacey asked extending a hand.

Shawn smiled hugging Jen tight to him, he had missed seeing her, smelling her scent. H pulled back and saw Pacey and Joey looking at each other uncomfortable, Pacey greeted him first and they shook hands then pulled each other closer in a short hug, happy to see each other again.

Joey walked up to him last saying "nice to see you again, do I get a hug as well or do I have to beat one out of you?" she asked smiling, Shawn smiled back and they hugged as well.

"Let's get inside." Shawn said to the three when a cold breeze made him shiver slightly.

As the entered the Farrell home and put away their jackets, put their bags down in the hall and took off their shoes the entered the living room where Danny and Nikki were, Shawn's mother had to work and wouldn't be back until about 5 pm.

"Everyone this is Danny, my little brother." He introduced him.

"We basically the same age now Shawn." Danny told him and Shawn smirked "but I can still take you Danny. Oh and this is Nikki, my brothers girlfriend. Danny, Nikki these are my friends Pacey, Joey and Jen."

"Hey" Joey said nervously, she never liked meeting new people.

"You'll have to forgive Potter here, she's a bit shy when it comes to meeting new people" Pacey informed them smirking, then winced when Joey elbowed him in his stomach.

Nikki smiled at the two, they made a cute couple. Then she turned to Jen, 'so this is the blonde Shawn is into. I can see why but still…he could never be serious about her, it's just his hormones. Cool it Nikki, Shawn isn't your boyfriend no matter if you had a crush on him ever since you turned 14 and your own hormones kicked in. You're with Danny, stop thinking like this. Danny is a nice sweet guy. But he isn't Shawn.' Nikki thought to herself.

Jen looked at the other blonde whom Shawn introduced as Nikki, his brothers boyfriend. For some reason she didn't like her, she had no idea why, she seemed nice and couldn't be into Shawn because she was with his brother, well should could be into him but there was no way Shawn would look at her like that, since she was his brothers girl. She and Shawn were getting close and Jen knew she had to tell him of her past soon, well she didn't had to be she felt like she did, he did deserve to know. But she was scared he would run away like Dawson had when she first told him, but Henry hadn't run away when she told him. Dawson had run away because reality threatened to ruin his perfect world. The character of her he had in his mind was destroyed by revealing her secret past. Shawn wasn't like that, he knew her. Well as much as he could in just 7 weeks, but part of her knew he wouldn't run away when she told him.

"I'll show you the guestroom, I'm afraid we're a bit tight with space so either two can take the bed in the guestroom and the other can share my bed with me. Or someone could to sleep on the couch or floor. We have sleeping bags. It's your call.

"Pacey and Joey can share a bed in the guestroom, I'll stay with you. But if you're not behaving I'm going to make you take the floor" Jen said with a grin on her face.

"Hold up, stop rewind. I am not sleeping with jailbait." Joey said not trusting herself with him in one bed.

"Why Potter? Afraid something will happen?" Pacey asked her forgetting about Dawson for a second.

"Oh yeah, I'm afraid I'll kill you in your sleep." Joey told him.

"Right what was it again you always threaten me with? A screwdriver through my skull in my sleep?" Pacey replied.

Joey nodded "Yes but I don't know this house and so I don't know where to find a screwdriver. I'll have to do with a knife from the kitchen." Joey told him.

"You would want to handcuff me to the bed before you try anything to this gorgeous body Josephine." Pacey told her.

"It would be so like you to pack some with you. You stole them from Doug again?" she asked.

"Why, you want to use them?" Pacey asked back.

"Like you would know how" Joey countered.

"I would, Tamara could be really kinky." Pacey replied.

"That is just so gross, thanks now I have a mental picture of my old English teacher and you with handcuffs in my head." Joey said disgusted.

"Well if you play your cards right you could be Miss Jacobs in that fantasy of yours." Pacey told her.

"You really are delusional if you think I'm going to…ugh." Joey said angry at herself for wanting him and loving him the way she did.

"Well like I said, if you play your cards right, but at this rate I think you're going to get the floor." He told her.

"Oh that is just so gentleman of you." Joey said sarcastically.

"Why thank you Miss Potter." Pacey said ignoring her sarcasm on purpose.

Joey couldn't suppress the smile on her face and turned her head away from him. "Let's go see this guestroom." She almost ordered Shawn.

Shawn and Jen were watching amused by the two other 4400 having their usual banter which they knew was just their way of venting their sexual tension for each other.

Danny and Nikki however looked at them uncomfortable not knowing if to step in or do nothing, from the looks of Jen and Shawn they chose to do nothing.

"Alright this way." Shawn said leading them up the stairs to the guest bedroom. To Jen he whispered "did you make sure to get them protection?"

Jen nodded "yeah, phase 1 complete, phase 2 is about to start. How long before they're together again when we start phase two?" she asked projecting her thoughts in his head.

"I dunno, maybe an hour, maybe only 15 minutes, or maybe if their being stubborn a couple of hours." Shawn replied with his thoughts.

"Are you two doing you know what behind our backs?" Joey asked the two suspiciously.

"And why would we do that?" Jen asked her "what is there to hide from you, or Pacey for that matter."

Joey did reply but her look showed she was unconvinced.

Next chapt is called Confessions, I'm not saying anything more.