Chapter Three: Stay-at-home Mom vs. Career Women.
Later on in the evening, Pacey was walking into his modest and modern apartment complex. He was coming home from his successful job at the restaurant.
"Hey honey." Pacey walked in and kissed his wife. Joey had just put their fifteen-month son, Joshua, to sleep.
"How was your day?" Joey asked.
"Perfect. There is nothing better than coming home to my wife and son." Pacey declared. He then took off his jacket and headed to the kitchen for a quick dinner.
Joey walked into the kitchen and looked at her husband. However, when Pacey turned around, he could tell that something was wrong. The way she was looking at him, indicated that she wanted to talk seriously with him.
"What's the matter?" Pacey asked curiously.
"Aren't you going to ask me how my day was?" Joey wondered.
"Oh… I'm sorry. How was your day?" He asked tediously.
Joey could tell by his tone, that he didn't really care about her day. Therefore she said, "I'm bored Pacey. All day I'm home and I don't do anything?"
"Well… I thought you said that you wanted to spend more time with Joshua?" He assumed.
"And I have… All summer. But I think I should do something else." Joey urged.
Pacey tried to keep a steady tone, "Like what? Going to college? If you want to apply to a college for next semester, I don't know about that…"
"No. I don't know. I just don't want to be stuck in this house anymore." She complained.
"Well, remember this, since my sister isn't here anymore, finding a nanny, a daycare system, or even a simple babysitter won't be easy." Pacey reminded.
"Well, so I'm supposed to stay here and play the stay-at-home role, while you are out in the real world and fulfilling your real dreams. Pacey how is that fair? More importantly, I don't want to play the stay-at-home mom. I want to be a successful career mother." Joey elaborated.
"Okay." Pacey walked up to her, grabbed her hands and said, "I know that you don't want to play the stay-at-home mom. I know you have many dreams and you are right. It's not fair for you to stay here all day. So how about when there is a first available daycare system or babysitter, I promise, we'll make sure that you find a way to carry out your dreams."
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you." Joey apologized.
"It's okay. Now look, I'm very tired and I'm sure you are. I'm going to put Joshua in his crib, then I'm going to take a shower. Then you and I can go to sleep, okay?" Pacey suggested.
"Sure." Joey said with a smile.
Pacey gave Joey a kiss and headed to the bedroom. Once Pacey put Joshua in his crib, he headed into the shower. As he was taking the shower, the telephone started to ring.
Joey picked up and said, "Witter residence."
"Wow… That sounds so weird to here." A familiar voice said.
"Dawson. Dawson is that you?" Joey put an immense smile on.
Next time on this fanfict: (Chapter 4)Something bugging Jen. Can Jack knock some sense into her,and Dawson visits an old friend.