The Unseen Obstacle CH.31

I Disclaim

Jen noticed the change immediately, as soon as Pacey opened Joey's door. She knew something had gone down during their delay to the cabin. Pacey was giving Joey his usual looks of love and adoration, but instead of them being on the sly, they were quite blatant. What's more was that Joey seemed quite aware of them, and was even sending back a few of her own. "My god they hooked up."

Jack turned from the sight of their friends leaving the car to the blonde on his right and with wide eye shook his head." You can't tell that from here."

"Really, watch them closely." Jen turns towards the window and motions for Jack to watch them. "See how Pacey helps her out of the car, usually he just opens the door for her, and look there how he places his hand in the small of her back." "Notice how Joey isn't fidgeting or jumpy at all like she comfortable in his presence."

"Well of course she's comfortable, they've been friends forever." Jack says defending the notion.

"Not true even when she was with Dawson was she ever comfortable in his presence, she always walked a little ahead putting space between them, and she's practically leaning on his hand." The duo watched as Grams met them outside pulling them in for hugs, but as she lets them go, Pacey retakes his position with hand on Joey's back." See right there, she goes right back to his arms, very intimate, they hooked up."

"Whatever, I guess we'll never know." Jack said as they neared the front door.

"Speak for yourself, I'm getting Joey and getting the 411, I suggest you conduct your investigation." She said as she made her way to the door to greet their friends.

" So a blizzard." Jack asked as he helped Pacey get settled into the room they were sharing. "That must have been exciting, huh?"

"You know Jack for a gay guy; you really do suck at this sensitive stuff."

"Fine whatever, did you and Joey hook up?"

"Now what makes you ask that?"

"Jen says you did, apparently you're touching Joey in a more intimate manner, not that I could tell you've always been a little too handsy with Joey in my opinion." Jack said as he sat down on his bed, and watched Pacey took out some clothes to change into." But you do seem to be a little more blatant about your feelings for her, so what happened?"

"Well you know Joey, she won't let things go, and you tell her to drop stuff and of course…"

"She doesn't, she keeps hounding you."

"Exactly." Pacey says excitedly, he should have known that Jack would get, women could just deal with Joey's stubborn nature, but Joey had a fighting style that just got to men all men even gay men, whether it was arousing or amusement, her anger held men in a state of fascination. "She won't let go, so she's on me about why I'm going along with this fake boyfriend thing, making all this sacrifices, getting nothing in return, putting up with her moods and bitchiness."

Jack picks up a ball of socks from Pacey's suitcase and throws it at him." Joey didn't not say anything about being bitchy, she wouldn't admit to that, even thought I agree it's true."

"Fine I'm ad libing, but she keeps harping on me, so I tell her."

"Tell her what?"

"He yells he's in love with me, and that everyone in town knows it but me." Joey says to Jen in a room across the hall from the boys." Is that true?"

"YES." Jen yells back, and then lowers her voice." Everyone, everyone in this cabin, everyone at school, in town, in neighboring towns, there are messages board on the net about Pacey's love for you, its huge Joey, I don't know how you missed it." She shook her head." It amusing really, you're the smartest girl in school, and yet you missed it completely, and it's not like he's been doing a good job of hiding it either, I mean he's only been picking you up from school and carrying your books since you were like a sophomore."

"Well I was a little busy with other things."

"Yeah, well speaking of other things, how did that conversation go down?" Jen asked taking a seat on the bed.

"Well things got pretty intense pretty quickly, following your advice I just let go, but we didn't do anything because he came up."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah." Pacey sat down on the bed and faced Jack." And she's right he's involved we can't get rid of him just because he's not here."

"How do you really feel about him and …"

"When he told him about them, I hit him and I swear if my dad didn't stop me, I would have kept on hitting him." He clenches his fist. "The idea... the thought of them…. Together, makes me so angry, cause I think if everyone knew like I think they did then he knew that I loved her and went after her anyway, knowing that they couldn't last, knowing he was going to break her heart."

"And the worst part is that I know she love… that she cared for him, and still cares for him."

"And do you?"

"I can't not care about him; we spent months together getting to know each other, confiding in each other." Joey drops her head." And I feel so awful because if I had known how Pacey felt, I think maybe Doug and I wouldn't have happened, and I feel guilty because I keep thinking I may have ruined any chance with Pacey before it even started cause of this." "But then I feel guilty trying to blame this on him when I fought for us to be together." "You know the funniest thing is though?"

"What?"

"I somehow feel this would all been so much easier, if t had actually just been about me, Dawson and ore 'history'."

"Well you know that's not true." At his look Jack continued." Cause I think we all know that Dawson is a Tool and that he wouldn't have let it go, and hell he hasn't let it go, so don't going thinking Dawson would have been an easier obstacle to overcome."

"Good point."

"Yeah, Dawson would have made into some movie plot point, the undeserving sidekick sneaking in on the hero's woman, while his back is turned." Jen gave Joey a condensing look." Hun Dawson would have been a whole new story."