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A/N: Hi everyone! I know I know… I write too many new stories… but I can't help it! I have so many ideas that are just flowing through my mind 24/7! I've wanted to write something along the lines of how Joey copes after her breakup with Pacey since before I even started posting fan fictions. I hope you guys enjoy this. I personally think it is a really good storyline… whether or not I was the one to write it. ENJOY!

Summary: What are your most prominent memories of the prom? Probably not when the love of your life dumped you. Well for Joey Potter that's the case. How will she cope when she arrives at school Monday morning… how will she face her fears? Will she? Or will she just hide from them and walk away from it all…

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Ch.1 – There's No Gettin' Over You

I walk into school and hear the hushed whispers of onlookers. The news has spread… Pacey broke up with me… at the Prom. At our prom that represents more to me than words can even describe. I hang my head low as I continue to walk the halls… walking the familiar route to my locker.

My head is still facing the ground… just looking at all of the tiles laid out in order… I'm counting them… 1,2,3,4,5… I'm pulled out of my tranquil state of mind by being shoved. I get jostled around a little bit more as my books fly out of my hands. Wonderful… I can already tell this is going to be a great day. I grab my books off the ground and get pummeled a few more times before I finally look up. If I want to stop running into people I guess my head has to come off of the ground.

But then I see him. I see him standing in front of my locker just staring at me. He wants to talk to me… I can tell… but I don't. I just want to disappear… I can't even look at him without my heart breaking more. It's like he wants me to feel worse than I already am. Well not today. I quickly retreat from him… my head to the ground once more. I can't help but feel like I'm a freshman again… walking the halls so frightened of what would find me there. I can tell that he's trying to reach me but I don't stop… I don't tear my gaze off the tiles. I just keep counting… 1,2,3,4,5…

Lunch… lunch lunch lunch… well… what am I to do? I can't go sit down with my friends because they're Pacey's friends too. I guess I don't have friends anymore. I can't be associated with Pacey Witter in any way shape or form if I ever want to even consider getting over him. I quickly grab my lunch from the line and sprint out of the cafeteria. I can only hope that no one saw me. I make my way to an unfamiliar spot in the school… where I know they won't find me.

I open the plastic wrapping of my sandwich carefully… my hands shaking slightly… I'm trying to hold back my tears. The cruel and bitter truth just gnawing at me... I have no one. I have no shoulders to cry on. Everyone is gone from my life. But I guess I can't blame them. So I'll just go back to my lunch and try to drill one thing and one thing only into my mind… I am alone… forevermore…

I open the pull top of my diet coke and set it back down onto the tray. I bring the sandwich to my mouth and my teeth can't even bite down all the way… I'm trembling too much. Slowly I feel tears escape my eyes as I break down. I can't take it anymore. I can't keep all of my emotions inside. I place my hand over my eyelids just to feel some sort of protection from the outside world… but to no avail. I still feel cold. The wind is biting at my arms and I can't do anything to stop it. I just cradle myself and cry.

Finally the bell rings and I reluctantly tear myself away from my place on the ground, which will be evermore the mourning place of Joey Potter. I begin to make my way to my class hoping I don't run into anyone. Everyone is staring at me. I don't know why… but then I realize… my eyes must still be puffy from crying. Crying over Pacey. Pacey… oh Pacey… I love you so much but we can't be together anymore. I don't know why or how I hurt you… but just knowing that I did is tearing me apart. Pacey… oh god… I just remembered… sixth period. Our class… god I can't approach him… approach this. Not now not ever. I can't bear to look into his beaming blue eyes. I can't stand to be so close to him that I can smell his intoxicating scent. I can't do it. I can't face him.

I quickly dart my way through students passing my classroom where I see him waiting for me attentively. He eyes me but I don't stop… I just keep on walking. I lower my head to the ground to avoid eye contact, which I guess is my new thing around him. But I can't look at him… because if I do then I could break down here and now. And I don't want that… I never want that. I swiftly make my way out of the main doors and rush down the street. I only hope that no one has caught me. I can hear the door open but I don't turn around… because if I do than my worst fears might be realized. I feel his hand on my shoulder… too late…

"Jo. Are you going to avoid me forever?"

I don't turn around. All I do is shrug off his touch and begin on my way again. But he doesn't let me go that easily…

"Jo. We need to talk about this."

I hear the urgency in his voice and know that he won't give up on me. I reluctantly turn around and see the pain in his eyes. I guess I was expecting that… but not to this degree.

"So talk."

I can barely make the words come out of my mouth without some sort of crack in my voice. I can see that he noticed and he becomes more urgent than before.

"So… about what happened this weekend. Jo… I'm really sorry. I didn't mean it. Well… maybe I did, but that wasn't the way I wanted it to come out. I didn't mean to hurt you. I'd never want to do that."

I see the sadness that fills his eyes and I can tell that I'm about to cry. My eyes water up and I feel a tear escape me. He mistakes my tear for joy and smiles slightly brushing it away. When his hand caresses my skin I can't help but close my eyes. Reveling in the touch of him. But I rapidly break away from it again and he is a bit confused.

"What's wrong Jo?"

I chuckle at his question. What's wrong? Everything is wrong! You broke my heart! You hurt me! Because of you I'm broken! I'll never be the same… never…

"Everything Pacey."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Exactly what I said."

I bite back at him. I feel bad after doing so but I feel a little bit better that I'm finally showing some sort of feeling other than sorrow and regret.

He looks at me again pained. Whatever happiness I may have just unleashed is gone in the blink of an eye. I feel so horrible because I can't just kiss away all of his pain. I can't be the one who helps him through this. That's someone else's job now.

"What now then Joey? Do you just want me to forget about us? Because if you do than the answer is gonna have to be no."

"I'm not asking you to do anything Pace. Just walk away."

I turn around as more tears come to my eyes. A small whimper escapes my lips and I finally begin to walk away… knowing that he's not going to stop me. I feel like my heart has just been ripped out and trampled… I can never go back to Capeside High again. I can never be in Capeside again. The tears are still fresh and I can't just sit in them until I get better... because if I do that then I'll never get better.

Goodbye Capeside…

Goodbye Pacey…

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Reviews are very much appreciated! If you have any questions or anything I'll answer them in the beginning of the next chapter! Also I would really appreciate some constructive criticism (if you have any that is). THNX FOR READING MY FIC!

So did you guys enjoy it? I hope so. Again I would love some feedback. So what do you think will happen? Will Joey really be able to leave Capeside… leave Pacey? How will Pacey react if she leaves? Do you think that Joey will ever get over the pain of Pacey's hateful words? Or just take them to heart and become a lifeless… heartless being who doesn't believe in love and happiness… OH THE POSSIBILITIES! ;)