Pacey looked at the meter to see how much gas had been put in the truck. He moved his eyes over to the car and smiled at what he saw. Joey had her head on the window and was fast asleep. The light came into the truck at an angle, causing her hair to be three different shades of brown.

Jack walked up to Pacey and smiled at Joey.

"She's still sleeping?" he said.

Pacey nodded his head and kept his eyes on Joey. "I could watch this woman sleep forever. She looks so peaceful," Pacey said with a little shake of his head.

"Yeah…" Jack agreed, "So how long till we get to Capeside?"

"About an hour. We should definitely be there by five."

"Great. I'm going to get in the car," Jack said getting in.

Pacey finished pumping gas and then got in himself. He started the truck and drove off. After about fifteen minutes of silence, Pacey turned on the radio. Joey jumped up at the loud music and hit her head on the glass.

"Ouch," she moaned while rubbing her head. Joey lowered down the radio and scowled at Pacey. "Thanks for the great wake up call there, Pace."

Pacey shrugged his shoulders. "Sorry Jo but how much sleep do you need? You've been sleeping for the past half hour now."

"And…" Jack added, "…I was getting bored."

Joey looked at Jack in the backseat and rolled her eyes. "Who wouldn't be with Pacey as their only means of conversation? One can only take so much caveman talk."

"Are you saying that I talk like a caveman?" Pacey asked.

"Wow, Pacey, you catch on fast," Joey said sarcastically.

"Is she always this wonderful after she wakes up?" Jack laughed.

"Only on her good days," Pacey responded.

Joey let out a chuckle and hit Pacey on the arm. "Watch it, Witter. I'm not the one with bed head which, may I add, you still haven't combed."

Pacey ran a hand in his ruffled hair. "Combs are overrated. Besides, the messy look is in."

"You keep telling yourself that," Joey said with a smile.

XXX

The three finally hit Capeside by 4:45. Joey ran a hand over her stomach and felt a small ache. She turned towards the two boys.

"I'm hungry," she said with a smile.

Pacey pulled to the nearest restaurant and parked. They went inside the warm burger place and looked around for some seats.

"I'll get the food. Jack, do you want a burger?" Joey asked.

"Sounds good," Jack said before pointing to a table and going to it.

"You want one?" she asked Pacey.

Pacey smiled and brought Joey into a kiss. "I'd rather have you…but a burger is fine."

Joey smirked. "Hey Pace?"

"Yeah?" he asked still looking at her lips.

"Can I have some money?"

Pacey rolled his eyes and let her go to get out his wallet. "I'm going to go broke because of you, Potter."

Joey kissed him on the forehead. "Thanks sweetie," she said before walking off.

XXX

Joey interlocked her fingers with Pacey's as they walked up to her house.

"I enjoyed this weekend," she said with a smile.

Pacey smiled back. "Me too."

They reached the porch and just stood in the snow, holding hands and looking at each other.

"Can I come over tonight?" Joey asked.

"Of course…So I guess it's completely back to the old ways, huh?"

Joey bit her lip. "I guess so…" she grew a small smirk, "…except for our new activity."

Pacey chuckled and smiled back. "We can't forget that new indoor one. Same time, same place?"

"Yup, see you tonight," Joey said leaning in and kissing him goodbye for the day.

Joey walked into the house with a huge smile on her face. Bessie looked to the door and smiled at her sister.

"Had fun this weekend?" Bessie asked.

Joey smiled wider. "It was unbelievable."

Bessie lost her smile. "Jo, something happened while you were away."

Joey put on a serious face. "What happened?"

"Dawson was in a car accident on Friday."

Joey put a hand to her mouth. "Is he okay?"

"Gail said he was a little banged up but was okay. She said you could go over there when you got back."

"Thanks Bess," Joey said before leaving.

"Hey Joey!" Bessie called.

Joey turned back. "Yeah?"

"There's something else you should know…"

XXX

Joey shook the snow from her shoes as she stepped onto the front porch of the Leery's house. Dawson was on the chair wrapped in a blanket.

"Hey," Joey said softly.

Dawson replied, "Hey."

"Bessie told me you got in an accident."

"I did."

There was a brief silence. "How do you feel?" Joey asked.

Dawson rolled his eyes. "I was in a car accident and broke my arm. How do you think I feel?"

Joey nodded and lowered her head. Dawson sighed. "I'm sorry…how was your weekend?"

"I had fun."

Dawson huffed. "I bet," he said.

Joey gave him a questioning look.

"Don't give me that look, Joey," Dawson said. "I'm not an idiot. I know something is going on between you and Pacey."

Joey took in a deep breath. "Dawson I…"

Dawson stood up and shook his head. "Don't try and redeem yourself, Joey. Why don't you just admit that you're having an affair with Pacey?"

Joey wiped away a tear and lifted up her head. "I'm having an affair with Pacey."

Dawson could feel the anger build up inside of him. He took a step back to make sure he wouldn't hit her. "How could you do something like that, Joey? I understand Pacey doing that but not you. Don't I mean anything to you?"

Joey shook her head and wiped away some more tears. She could feel some anger. "How could I have an affair? You were with Bethany on Friday and you've been having sex with her god knows how long!"

"Oh, like you're innocent! You probably screwed Pacey this weekend."

"I did!" Joey admitted. "I had sex with Pacey this weekend and I enjoyed every minute of it. You know what Dawson? The sex was so good we did it twice! Is that what you wanted me to say?"

Dawson felt his heart break in two. He really lost her. Dawson sat on the arm of the chair and turned his head down. "God Joey," he said as a tear escaped his eye.

Joey just stood there, watching as Dawson broke down.

Dawson sniffed back a few tears and looked up at her with watery eyes. "We can work through this. I love you too much to let you go, Joey."

Joey wiped away her own tears and tucked some hair behind her ears. "No," she said. "I don't want to work through this, Dawson. I want to end things with you."

Dawson stood up and grabbed her arms. "Please, Joey! We can forget about Pacey and Bethany…"

Joey moved out of his grip. "I won't be without Pacey, Dawson."

Dawson nodded his head and looked away. "Fine. No more movie nights, no more ladder, no more dating…no more friendship. I want nothing to do with you, Joey."

Joey couldn't stop the tears anymore. "If that's how it had to be," she said before walking away sobbing.

XXX

Bessie walked into Joey's room. "Hey Joey, how'd it go with…Jo, what's wrong?" she said noticing her tearful sister.

"I broke up with Dawson," Joey said putting some clothes in a bag.

"Oh no, what happened?" Bessie said from the doorway.

Joey wiped at some more tears, still packing and not facing Bessie. "I confronted Dawson about his affair with Bethany and he confronted me about mine with Pacey."

"You're having an affair with Pacey?"

"Since he got back from summer," Joey said closing up her bag and turning to leave. "I'm going to be by Pacey's tonight."

Bessie stood in Joey's way. "Wait…we need to talk. Is that were you have been going every night? By Pacey's house?"

Joey felt the hot tears running down her face. "I need Pacey so let me go…PLEASE," Joey pleaded.

Bessie nodded her head and let Joey leave.

XXX

"PACEY!" Joey called knocking on his door.

Pacey opened his door and Joey dropped her bags so she could hug him. Pacey wrapped his arms around her. He could feel her body shaking.

"What's wrong, Baby?" he asked stroking her hair.

Joey held tight to him. "I broke up with Dawson. He knows about us and this weekend. He never wants to see me again, Pacey," she cried.

Pacey rocked her slightly. "It's going to be okay, Joey. I promise. Come on, let's go to my room."

Joey held onto his hand and followed him to his room. "Bessie knows about us too, Pace. She knows that I come here every night."

Pacey closed the door behind them.

XXX

"How is she?" Gretchen asked from the table as Pacey came out of the room.

Pacey sat down and ran a hand in his hair. "She stopped crying and fell asleep."

Gretchen nodded. "Pace, I found some condoms in your room this weekend."

"What were you doing in my room?" Pacey asked defensively.

Gretchen ignored the comment. "I know that Joey has been sleeping over at night…"

"How do you know that?"

"I hear your voices when you let her in and I hear the alarm at three thirty every morning. I'm not judging you or anything, I just want to know if you two are sleeping together."

Pacey looked at his sister and placed his hand over his mouth. "Yesterday," he said softly.

Gretchen tucked in her lips and nodded. "Okay. Are you two careful? Please tell me you use protection because the last thing you two need is her getting pregnant."

"We used protection."

"That's all I needed to know."

Pacey sighed and stood up. "I'm going to go back in there," he said before going back into the bedroom.

Pacey got into the bed with Joey.

"Pacey?" Joey said lifting up her head.

Pacey moved on the bed and wrapped his arms around her. He kissed her tear stained face.

"Shh," he whispered. "I'm here, Baby, I'm here."