It's been a while (great song) since I've last updated. I'm so sorry about that. I wanted to finish my other story before I continued with this one. But here's a new chapter…enjoy!

"It's been a week, Jen," Joey said into her cell phone.

Joey had been sitting on a bench in the middle of the Worthington campus just thinking when Jen had called.

"Well that's not long at all," Jen replied.

"Pacey hasn't said one word to me. Not one word. Why did I have to kiss him? I feel so stupid."

"Joey, you're not stupid. Did it ever occur to you that maybe Pacey is just as confused as you are?"

"That's still not a reason to not talk to me."

"You didn't talk to him either."

"…True…"

That's when he walked in front of her. Everything froze. Joey could have sworn her heart skipped a beat. "Pacey?" she said softly.

He turned his greenish blues towards the sound and stopped walking when he saw her. She was sitting on a bench with a dark blue hoodie on; his hoodie. Her hair was left wavy. That's when the memory hit him.

Pacey and Joey were lying under the sheets, getting themselves together after their recent "encounter." It was the first Saturday after the trip to Harvard. The beginning of the week they barely spent time together. Joey was still trying to cope with the complete removal of Dawson and, even though she denied missing him, Pacey knew that a part of her deteriorated that day. As the week progressed, though, they had begun to be more intimate with each other, this time in public. Finally, after a week not spending any afternoons or nights together, Pacey had invited Joey over that Saturday evening when Gretchen wasn't supposed to be back till late. What began as an innocent movie night, quickly escalated into a few hours of passion and a scattered trail of clothes leading into Pacey's room. So there they were, Joey in the crook of his arm and Pacey holding her on her hip with his eyes closed and on his back.

Joey lifted her head off his chest so she could see his face. He looked so sweet. Joey smirked.

"What's going through that head of yours?" Pacey said with a smirk as he opened his eyes.

Joey lifted her shoulders. "Nothing. I'm just thinking about how different this is."

"Different good or different bad?" Pacey said holding onto her more.

"Definitely good. Two weeks ago I blushed every time you watched me as I put back on my shirt or fixed up my pants and now look at me. Here we are, completely naked, and I couldn't feel more comfortable. It's even different because I'm with you. If someone would have told me I would lose my virginity to you, I would have laughed in their face. I had no idea that an amazing person was under all that cockiness."

Pacey started stroking her arm. "And I had no idea that under the rough exterior, there was a sex goddess."

Joey smacked him hard on the arm. "I'm trying to be serious, Pacey."

Pacey chuckled. "So am I! Jo, if I would have known how great this was I would have seduced you a lot sooner."

"I thought I was the one who seduced you," Joey retorted.

Pacey smiled and kissed her sweetly. "You think that, baby."

Joey rolled her eyes. "You are never going to change."

"You know it's true, Joey. I know how hard it is for you to keep your hands off me. You were about ready to do it in the car when I picked you up."

She looked at him and smirked for a second. "Sweetie, you're delusional."

He grinned wide and moved her so she was on top of him. "You were thinking about it, weren't you? Now don't lie because I saw you smirking. Joey Potter was actually thinking about having sex with her boyfriend in a car. Tell me Jo; were you or I on top? Because I would really like to know for future reference…"

"Pace, shut up," Joey said before kissing him. That was the only way she knew how to make him keep quiet.

Pacey smiled against her lips before deepening the kiss. He wrapped his arms around her and rested his hands on her back. As the kiss continued, his hands slowly made their way down. Joey began to feel the heat again and well, that heat only got her into trouble. She broke the kiss and crawled off to the side of the bed. Pacey sat up quickly.

"Potter!" Pacey said to her.

Joey wrapped the top sheet around her and began to look around the floor. "Pacey, we don't have time for that. I need to get dressed… when I find my clothes. We made such a mess. I'm going to track down my clothes and put them on and I suggest you do the same, seeing as Gretchen will be home soon," she said putting his boxers on the bed.

Pacey rolled his eyes and slid them on under the remaining sheet. "Fine," he huffed before getting up and straightening up the bed.

Joey, finding only her socks and underwear in the room, put on what she could before wrapping the sheet tighter around her before opening the door. "I'm going to see what I can find in the hallway," she said closing the door behind her.

Joey made her way down the hallway and stairs, stopping every so often to pick up the clothes. She found Pacey's socks, pants, undershirt and his T- shirt. She also found her pants, cami, shirt and hair tie.

'Where is my bra?' Joey said to her self as she rounded the corner into the living room.

Joey caught her breath at what she saw.

"Gretchen…Hhey. I, uh, I wasn't expecting to see you," Joey barely said.

"I'm guessing that's why you're wearing the sheet," Gretchen replied.

Joey took in a sharp breath. "See, I was just um…" she began to turn a bright red.

Gretchen shook her head. "I don't need to know what you were just doing. Listen, I get that you and Pacey are young and in love and just started…this new part of your relationship, but I would really appreciate it if you two tried to be neater." She held up Joey's bra. "Things like this should stay in his room, okay?"

Joey could only nod. She wasn't even sure if she was breathing.

Gretchen smiled and put the bra on top of the pile Joey was carrying. "Good, you can go now."

"Okay," Joey squeaked before heading back upstairs.

Once back in the bedroom, Joey closed the door and put her back flat against it before dropping the pile of clothes to the floor with a red face.

Pacey smiled at her blush. "What happened? You're as red as a tomato," he said with a small laugh.

Joey rolled her eyes and sat on the bed. "As I was picking up the trail of clothes, clad in nothing but a sheet, Gretchen just happened to come home and see me."

Pacey chuckled. "That sucks," he said between laughs.

Joey smirked but hit him hard on the arm. "Don't laugh! Why didn't you go and pick up the clothes? Some boyfriend you are."

Pacey shook his head and kissed her lightly, still with a smirk. "I'm sorry, baby. Next time I'll be a better boyfriend and pick them up."

"How do you know there'll be a next time, smart ass?" Joey said.

"I just do. C'mon, Jo, I'll take you home," he said before hitting her knee and standing up.

Joey shook her head furiously. "No. There is no way that I'm going out there."

"What are you going to do then?"

Joey bit her lip. "I'll…climb out through your window."

"Joey, we're on the second floor. You'd kill yourself."

"Then I'll sleep here."

"Bessie won't let you."

"I don't care, Pacey! I am not going to face your sister today."

"Fine," Pacey said before walking to his dresser. He opened a drawer and pulled out a dark blue hoodie. "You can sleep in this and there's a phone by the closet. You should go call her."

Joey smiled and took the hoodie before grabbing the phone and closing the closet door behind her.

Pacey laid down on the bed and pulled up his comforter. The conversation must have lasted a while because he ended up falling asleep. Joey ended her phone call and walked over to the bed in the hoodie. She smiled at Pacey who had fallen asleep. Joey turned off the light, got into bed and cuddled under the covers next to him.

"Pace, I talked to Bessie. She's going to let me spend the night," she said in a sweet and soft tone.

Pacey, who had just awoken, smirked a bit. "Really?" he said in a groggy voice.

"Yes, really. Bessie trusts me and understands that I am a mature and responsible adult."

"What did you really tell her?" he asked not believing Joey.

"Okay, so maybe I told her I was sleeping over by Jen's house."

"So much for trust," he said with a smirk.

Joey rolled her eyes. "Go to sleep," she said before kissing him.

Pacey pulled her closer. "Okay," he whispered.

Joey watched him for a bit. "Hey Pace," Joey said into his ear.

"Hmm?"

"You do realize you're probably not going to get this hoodie back, right?"

Pacey chuckled. "I guessed that."

Joey smiled before closing her eyes for the night.

"Pacey!"

The sound of his name quickly brought him back into reality.

"Uh…Hey, Joey," he said.

"Hi," she said shortly.

"How have you been?"

Joey rolled her eyes. "Absolutely stupendous."

"That's good, "Pacey said trying to ignore the sarcasm.

"And you?" she said with an almost sneer.

"I've been okay. Jo, about this past week, I…"

"You what Pacey? You forgot that I existed?"

"No…"

Joey laughed and crossed her arms. "Go ahead, tell me. This should be good."

Pacey cleared his throat. "It was just…awkward, ya know? I didn't know what to say."

"So you thought not saying anything at all would be better?"

Pacey nodded slowly. "Bad logic, I know."

"That's an understatement."

"How about I make it up to you? Tonight, why don't you come over to my place?"

Joey could feel a small smirk coming on. "Um, okay. I think I can find some time to check out the Witter apartment."

Pacey smiled. "Good, that's…great. You should ask Jack and Jen to come along as well."

Joey was taken back. "…sure…"

"Alright, see you guys tonight," he said before leaving.

XXX

"Jen, why can't I wear what I'm wearing already?" Joey said looking at her clothes.

Jen looked her up and down before going back into her closet. "You need to look nice, Joey. You never know what could happen."

"Oh yes I do," Joey said from her place on the bed. "Nothing is going to happen."

"You don't know that," Jen said before throwing a shirt to Joey. "Put that on."

Joey took off her hoodie and put on the new shirt. "I do know, Jen. If Pacey wanted anything to happen he wouldn't have invited you and Jack along."

"Jack and I are just a minor detail. Pacey probably just wanted us there so he wouldn't maul you as soon as you walked in."

"Or kill me. Pacey has become pretty handy with the knives lately."

"Don't worry. He would have his way with you before he sliced and diced."

Joey threw a pillow at Jen's head. "That's reassuring."

Jen smiled and shrugged her shoulders. "Oh well. We should get going. I'm sure you don't want to be late to see you lover boy."

"You should sleep with one eye open from now on," Joey said following Jen outside.

The two girls got into Joey's car and waited a few minutes for Jack. Jen opened her door and beeped Joey's horn.

"JACK! LET'S GO!" Jen screamed.

Jack hurried to the car, holding one shoe as he walked. "What's the hurry?" he said getting into the car.

Jen rolled her eyes. He was definitely the worse gay man to ever live. "Jack, where are we going?" Jen said as calmly as she could.

"By Pacey's house," jack replied.

"And who is in the car with us?" Jen asked, feeling like she was talking to a two year old.

"Joey," he replied simply.

"And why might she want to see Pacey?"

Jack thought about it. "I…don't…know."

Joey rolled her eyes and looked and him in the back seat. "Jack! I haven't talked to Pacey since last week and I would really like to get this over with and hopefully find out why he told me he wanted me and then ignored me for a whole FRICKEN week!"

Jack could almost see the steam come out of her head. "I understand now. Well then, we should stop wasting time talking and go."

Both girls rolled their eyes before they took off.

XXX

The snow had just begun to fall as Joey gained enough courage to get out the car. Jack and Jen had already left. Her excuse? She forgot something in the car. Lame, but time consuming. Joey locked up her car and looked at his building. The building was a dull tanish brick with a few red ones here and there. A window that looked into the basement apartment had been covered with duct tape. There were three apartments in that building. Joey would find out later that Mrs. Smith and her six cats lived in the basement and Mr. Fisher, an old a crabby man, lived on the second floor. Pacey lived on the first floor. Each apartment had its own entrance. Pacey's was on the side of the building. Joey dug her hands deep into her coat pockets and walked the short walk to his door. Once she reached it, she just looked. The door was red. Not a dull red wither but an illuminating red. There was a small glass window on the top of the door. Light showed through. Joey's stomach began to flop. Slowly she took her finger out of her pocket and brought it to the doorbell. Once her finger barely touched it, the door opened.

Pacey was standing on the other side. His coat was half hanging off his shoulders. Their eyes instantly connected. Her browns mixed with his greenish blues and nothing could break the connection. Breathing had slowed down, if not stopped. They searched in each other's eyes for something, but they weren't sure of what. All they knew was that they had this connection that people only dreamed of. The connection was nothing new to them. Ever since they were little, when their eyes caught the others, time had stopped. Joey hadn't found this connection with any one else. A few times she had tried to look into Dawson's eyes, but he laughed at her and called her crazy because she was staring. There really was nothing to find in his eyes. Joey didn't even want to think about Dawson after the summer incident. Pacey couldn't find this connection with any one else as well. Tamara, Andie, Audrey; Pacey just couldn't get these kind of sparks from looking into their eyes. Honestly, he never got these sparks with any of them. Sure, he had loved Andie and Tamara, but not to a point that every fiber in his body had felt alive at the mere thought of them. They had broken his heart and tried to repair it…unsuccessfully. Then Joey happened. She hadn't tried to mend his heart ever. She just cared for him. In the process, though, his heart had mended by itself and loved her. He truly loved her. This awoke feelings he thought never existed. Even this time around, Joey had not tried to fix what she broke but just cared for him. As always, his heart fixed itself, slowly but surely. Still, there was that fear.

Joey gave a small smirk. "Hey," she said breaking the silence.

Pacey smirked back. "Hey," he said. "Do you want to come in?"

Joey nodded and went inside. Her eyes were still connected with his. She took off her coat.

"I'll take your coat," Pacey said taking the coat from her.

They kept staring at each other for a few more seconds Pacey broke it and looked at the floor. Joey, a bit saddened by the break, walked into the tiny living room and sat on the couch next to her two friends, and Jen was smiling at her.

"What?" Joey said to her smirking friend.

"That was some staring contest you two had going on," Jen replied.

Joey blushed a little and tucked some hair behind her ear before looked away. "Yeah," was all she said.

Jen smiled again. She had noticed that as Pacey was putting some chips in a bowl, he kept sneaking glances at Joey and smiling. Jen decided that these two needed some serious help. They were mad about each other and were too scared to just say it. An Idea popped into her head and her grin grew bigger.

"Pacey," Jen said to him from across the room.

Pacey looked up. "Yeah?"

"Why don't you show Joey around? Jack and I have already seen this place."

Joey had mouthed a very mean no to Jen. Pacey looked at the back of Joey's head and smiled. "What do you say, Potter? Want to see my place?"

Joey quickly turned around. When her eyes caught his all of her anger left her. "Okay," she said getting up.

The pair walked into another room. Jen quickly got up and pulled Jack up with her.

"Hey!" Jack said.

Jen put her hand firmly over Jack's mouth. "Shut up!" she spat in a whisper. "We are leaving…now!"

"But I'm hungry," Jack whispered as he followed Jen to the door.

Jen rolled her eyes and picked up the bowl of chips with the hand that wasn't holding the coats. "Here," she said shoving the bowl into his stomach. "Let's go already. We need to catch a cab."

With that, Jen and Jack were off.

"It's a decent place you got here," Joey said walking back into the living room with Pacey, still looking at him.

"What did you expect? I work for eight buck an hour. This was all I could afford," he said.

Pacey looked around the living room and noticed Jen and jack were gone. He laughed. "They left," he said.

Joey laughed as well. "They took your chips with them," she said with a smirk.

Pacey shook his head. "I can't believe they left us alone!"

Joey bit her lip and looked at him. "Is it really that bad being alone with me?"

Pacey sighed. "I didn't mean it like that, Joey."

"What did you mean then?"

"I meant that I can't believe they just left when we were in another room. I don't mind being alone with you; in fact, I prefer to be alone with just you."

"Why did you invite Jen and Jack if that was true?"

"I was nervous I guess. I hadn't spoken to you in a week and then I was going to be alone with you. I'm sorry about that, Jo. I did mean what I said before."

"You did?" Joey said with a small smirk.

Pacey smirked as well. "Of course, Joey. You make me happy. I fell like nothing could pull me down. It's nice to have someone care for me just the way I am, not who they think I can be. When I'm with you I feel so…"

"Alive?" Joey said for him.

Pacey nodded slightly. "Yeah," he said in a husky tone.

Joey smirked again and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I feel the same way," she said before kissing him.

Pacey wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her down onto the couch.

XXX

"That's it? You only kissed him?" Jen said through the phone.

"For like three hours, Jen. Then some alarm broke the mood and I went home," Joey said fixing her shirt. It was about a half hour before she had to work.

"What did he say?"

"Nothing. We've made out a few more times since then."

"What's going on?"

"I don't know and honestly it doesn't matter. I don't need to define this. Pacey and I are together…kind of, and it works for me." Just then there was a knock on her door. "Jen, someone's here so I have to let you go," she said before hanging up the phone.

Joey opened her door and a grinning Pacey was on the other side.

"Pace, you're…" Joey was cut off by Pacey kissing her. She didn't mid at all. These were the nice interruptions.

Pacey picked her up and placed her gently on the bed. He began to trail kisses down her neck.

"You're early," she said as best as she could with a steady voice.

"I know. I just missed you so much, Jo," Pacey said in a husky voice between kisses.

"My shirt is getting wrinkled," Joey barely said.

Pacey brought his face back up to hers. "I'm sorry, Baby."

Joey could feel the heat. She loved it when he called her baby. "It's okay," she said quickly before running her fingers in his hair and kissing him deeply.

XXX

It was nothing new. They had been like this the whole time. They always ignored each other at work. It wasn't the best thing for either of them but yet they kept it up. It was even worse when Audrey and Frank came into the picture.

"Hey Pacey," Audrey said running a hand down Pacey's arm.

"Hi," he said feeling repulsed by her.

"How've you been?" she said taking a seat next to him. It was closing time.

Pacey smiled as he remembered. "Great."

"Oh," she said a bit sad. "I've missed you."

"That's nice."

"Have you missed me?" Audrey said with a smile.

Pacey looked at her. He couldn't stand her but he didn't want to be mean. "Not really," he said quietly.

Audrey only nodded.

Joey had been watching them. Boy was she jealous. What is the worse way to get back at someone? Get them jealous. Joey made her way to Frank and began flirting.

"Hey," she said in a sexy voice.

Frank smiled wide at her. "Hey, Joey," He said back.

"How was your day?" she said crossing her legs on the stool she was sitting on. This just happened to be close to Pacey and Audrey. Pacey had begun to ignore Audrey and glare at what Joey and Frank were doing.

"It just got better now that I see you," Frank replied. Joey smiled.

This was too much for Pacey. He decided to go somewhere else. Joey had continued with this flirting for a few more minutes before noticing that Pacey wasn't around. She excused herself and went to look for him. As she passed the janitor's closet, she was pulled in, only to be caught in a kiss by Pacey.

"We're going to get in trouble," Pacey said between kisses.

Joey backed up against a wall. "I don't care," she said before kissing him harder.

Nick, the boss of Civilization, just so happened to walk past and see the two. He walked in and cleared his throat. "Witter! Potter! My office now!" he said before walking out.

Joey and Pacey walked timidly to his office. Nick had taken a seat behind his desk and just stared at him.

"Listen," he began calmly. "I understand that you're young and very open to anything right now. And it's fine that you two are together and happy and what not, but I'm waning you, if I ever catch you doing that again, you both are fired…got it?"

All they did was nod. What could you say? They had been caught making out; in a janitor's closet no less.

"Good," Nick said with a smile. "Now go home."

Pacey and Joey left the office as well as the restaurant and started to walk to the car.

"This is crazy," Pacey finally broke the silence.

"I know," Joey agreed.

"Jo, I don't want to make-out in the back of a janitor's closet because we can't keep away from each other. I knew we both want more than that. You deserve more than just person to fool around with once in a while…"

"What are getting at Pacey?"

"I guess what I'm trying to say is that I want you to be my girlfriend again. This time there won't be sneaking around or stolen kisses, just you and I together."

Once they reached the car they just stood there. "I would like that," Joey said.

Pacey grinned. "So it's official?"

Joey smiled and nodded. "I suppose so. Pacey Witter, you are my boyfriend once again."

Pacey kissed her and got into the car. "So, Potter, how does it feel being the girlfriend of Pacey Witter for the out numbered second time?"

Joey smirked. "It feels good, even though I have to sacrifice my single life."

"But you did gain a lot of good kisses."

"That is true," Joey said in agreement. She couldn't say that kissing him wasn't good. Hell, even great…but she wouldn't tell him that.

They had no idea that the flirting they did today was going to have a bigger affect on Audrey and Frank than they planned.