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Chapter 7 – Who Do You Love?

Joey was in the middle of the creek, just lying in her boat… lying and thinking… who did she love?

Easy… both.

Joey sighed at the fact that this would be one of the hardest decisions of her life…

She stayed in the boat for a couple of hours until she heard someone rowing her way…

Joey sat up wondering who it was.

"Joey…"

He looked at her… all he saw was confusion… how can she not know who she loves?

"Oh… hey."

Joey lied back down in the boat as he climbed in with her.

"What are you doing? You're gonna make the boat capsize!"

"I don't care… and as for your first question I would ask you the same thing."

Joey rolled her eyes and sighed… she wasn't in the mood right now.

"Can you just please leave me alone? I don't need you to be here right now."

"Are you saying you need someone else?"

Joey's face shot up at him.

"No! Of course not… I just… I need to be alone and think…"

"Sure you do…"

He looked at her urgently… needing to get something out of her… who did she love?

Joey looked at him again getting very frustrated… why is he being like this? He's never this rude… well… not usually…

"Fine… I'll leave… but only if you tell me one thing…"

"And what pray tell is that?"

"Who do you love?"

Joey was taken aback… she didn't have enough time to think… she was only just getting to the part of who she loved… in all respects she loved both… but that's not the answer she wanted… or anyone else for that matter.

"I… I…"

He looked at her with such anticipation it killed her… how was she supposed to tell him she didn't know?

They sat there awhile… him looking at her… her trying to find the right words to describe that she just didn't have the answer…

"What if I told you I don't know? What if I told you I love you both?"

"Both? How can you love us both? I mean… either you want me or him… there is no both in this situation."

Joey sighed and resumed her grumpy attitude that she had momentarily set aside… she was not in the right mood for this conversation… she didn't know if she would be any time soon.

"Well I'm sorry if I've disappointed you…"

Joey had a sincere yet sassy look on her face… she was beginning to ease out of her nasty attitude.

"It's okay… I just… I don't know how much longer I can take this… I mean… when you left I just laid on the bed for hours… until I couldn't take it and had to talk to you. Just… say you love me so that we can finally be together."

He was so blunt it killed her. She would never be able to just say what she wanted and not care what people thought.

"You know it's not that simple."

His face fell as she answered…

"Yeah… I know… I just wish it was…"

"Me too."

Joey's voice was almost inaudible… but somehow he managed to hear it.

They sat there for awhile… not knowing what to say to each other… if there were even words that could come close to what they wanted to say…

The sun began to roll down the creek when Joey finally broke the silence…

"It's beautiful out here… isn't it?"

He turned around taking in the scene. He had never seen a more beautiful sunset… the perfect array of yellow orange and red painting the sky… the creek blazing with the magical colors… it was something that could make a grown man rethink life's basics.

"It is… but not as beautiful as you."

He whispered. Joey began to blush furiously… that was the nicest thing anyone has ever said to her.

"Thank you."

She put her hand on his shoulder as they just sat and watched the sun fall. A little while later he slowly grabbed her hand in his and felt his body pulse at the touch of her… this was right… this was what it was all about… the times of sheer beauty… when nothing could ever be more important… these were the things he lived for.

When the sun had fully gone down and it was now pitch black other than the lights coming from the docks miles and miles away… nothing could reach them out here… nothing.

"So…"

Joey finally spoke up again… she knew that this moment would have to end… the only problem was… she never wanted it to.

"So…"

He turned around and looked into her eyes… only seeing one thing… love… sheer and utter love.

He leaned closer into her face until he could smell her scent… his eyes closed as he came closer and closer until their lips where grazing each other's. They were like that for awhile too… just sitting there almost kissing… just taking in the moment.

Finally Joey pulled back from him breathing heavily.

"What are we doing?"

Joey began to fumble… she wanted to leave… she wanted to go… she wanted this awkward moment to go away… but it never would… there would always be awkwardness around them now.

"I think that we were about to kiss."

He leaned in again only to get pushed away by Joey.

"I should go now… I have… things to think over."

That statement shoved him back into reality… oh yeah… she still has to choose… great… just great.

"Yeah… I should go too."

He got back into his boat and began to row away from her… hoping that he hadn't made the biggest mistake of his life…

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Reviews are very much appreciated. This is the first story that I've posted so I would love some constructive criticism. I will be updating on weekends. Thank you for reading my fic!

Hey everyone! Don't you just HATE me? And guess what? You don't get to find out who it was until next week! MWAHAHAHAHA! Gosh… I'm SO evil! SORRY!

Oh yes… about the Andie and Jack coming to town… don't worry… they still will… just… in later chapters… we must first resolve this issue… then move onto the next!

So… if I get A LOT of reviews telling me who you want it to be talking to Joey… Pacey or Dawson… I might just cut y'all some slack and update on Sunday. ;)

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