Joey was in the delivery room for a long time. Actually, she was in labor for almost seven hours. There were no complications or difficulties. The only problem was the pain. Joey could not bare the pain.
Pacey, on the other hand, was thinking about his plan with his lawyer. All that was going through his mind was that he was sneaking around Joey's back. He was going against her own wishes by secretly keeping the baby. Was he doing the right thing?
After all those hours and after all the long pain, Joey had finally delivered her baby. It took her hours and she had to fight the pain, but she finally delivered her baby. She had delivered a beautiful, healthy, baby boy.
The adoption agency could not arrive until tomorrow morning. Therefore, Joey could hold on to her child. Joey was amazed that she produced this innocent life. She looked back at the past and realized after all that pain and after all the stress, delivery this beautiful baby boy, was worth it.
Joey had kept the baby in her room that night. She barely got any sleep because she spent the whole night watching her son. Luckily, for Joey, the baby had gotten plenty of sleep.
She then recognized that this was her only night that she could watch her son fall asleep because as soon as it was seven o'clock the next morning, the adoption agency would come and take her baby. Joey was starting to have doubts about the whole adoption. She did not know if she could give up her own baby.
The next day, around six o'clock in the morning, Joey, who was still in the hospital room, was holding her son. Her son was looking straight back at her with the greatest smiling ever. She knew that time was ticking which meant the people from the adoption would be here soon. This was her last chance for Joey to stand up for herself.
As she continued to think and comprehend about the situation, Joey's door opened. Joey looked and saw that it was Jen. Jen walked in not only to find Joey, but she saw that Joey was holding her baby boy.
"Hey." She greeted.
"Hey." Joey said softly.
Jen closed the door and walked towards Joey, "How are you doing?"
"Just fine." she answered, but Joey was still gazing at her son.
Jen took a long glance at the baby and she said, "Oh my gosh, Joey, he's beautiful."
"I know… I can't believe after all this time… thirty four weeks of a pregnancy, including back pain, morning sickness, nausea, mood swings, food cravings; all those abnormal exploitation. Then next of the sequences were seven hours of labor…, which was the most painful experience of my life…, but in some laconic way, it was all worth it. I mean I did this Jen… I made a human being…" Joey expressed her feelings. She was obviously in a good mood.
Jen took another glance at the baby, "God… He looks just like Pacey."
Jen's comment stunned Joey and she then looked at her baby boy. He did look just like Pacey. After all this time she was with her son, she never acknowledged that her he looked just like Pacey. They shared the same nose, the same eyes, mouth, head shape, and all the other features.
"Oh my gosh you're right." Joey stated.
"You didn't realize that… Have you even spoken to him?" Jen asked.
"He was here at the beginning but I haven't seen him since." Joey declared.
"So he doesn't know…" Jen questioned.
"Oh my gosh… No. He has no idea. You haven't seen him, have you?" She started to get tense.
"No." Jen said.
"Can you look for him? I mean, the people from the adoption agency should be here in about an hour or so and I want Pacey to get a chance to see his son." Joey wished deeply.
"I'll go look for him." Jen said.
Nonetheless, when Jen opened the door, unexpected guesses were at the door's entry. Joey then saw that it was the people from adoption agency, her father, her sister, and Dawson.
"What's going on?" Joey asked.
"Joey it's time." Dawson declared.
"No… I still have a little more time with my son." Joey insisted.
Mr. Potter interfered, "Joey, honey… This is Mr. Armstrong… He's from the adoption agency. He is here to take your son."
"To put your son in an appropriate home." Bessie finished.
"Can I just have him just for a little more longer?" Joey begged.
"Joey, you had all night, it's time for him to go." Mr. Potter initiated.
Joey was get nervous and frustrated. All of this was happening too fast and she knew that she needed to speak for herself now. She tried to speak up, but she started to hyperventilate. She was feeling claustrophobic. The room was closing in on her, but now was the time that the decision needed to be made.
Everyone was starting to make little comment, which did not help Joey didn't feel any better. She only got even more nervous and they commented their impatience.
"Come on Joey." Dawson pushed.
"Is this going to take long?" Mr. Armstrong said impatiently.
"It's okay Joey." Bessie permitted.
"Let's go Joey." Mr. Potter pressured.
Joey just looked down at her baby and saw that he was just smiling. However, Joey realized that she was unwittingly stalling. Her pertinacious mind finally had a revelation. With all her might, she wanted to keep her son. She did not care about her own future, or what the consequences of keeping her son. She wanted to be his mother for all his life. She wanted to watch him grow up and understand life.
All she wanted was her son, but she then apprehended that it was not about her. It was about this innocent baby boy. This baby needed a normal life with real parents. Joey had no idea how to be a mother. For most of the pregnancy, she did not even know if she wanted to keep the baby. How could she be the mother even though she could not make the decision?
She took one last look at her son, her beautiful baby; she handed him over to her father and then Mr. Potter handed him over to Mr. Armstrong.
"Thank you." Mr. Armstrong said.
"You made the right decision." Dawson said.
"Don't feel ashamed." Bessie said.
Dawson, Bessie, Mr. Potter, and Mr. Armstrong all left the room. The only person who cared to stay was Jen. Jen looked at Joey and knew that she was in emotional anguish. Jen had never given up a baby before so she had no idea how Joey was feeling, but she did knew it could not have been easy.
"Joey…?" Jen spoke.
However, Joey was too detrimentally sad to say anything. She started to boisterously crying. Jen leaned to Joey and both of them hug as Joey continued to cry.
Giving up her baby boy was the hardest thing for Joey and she would not want to do it again. It was too painful!
