After school, Joey was utterly confused. One part of her was telling her that she should erased Pacey from her life. Nonetheless, the other part of her was telling her that she should forgive Pacey. Each option was vacillating back and forth through her mind. She did not know what to do. However, she did know who turn to.

Joey knocked one a familiar door. She was at her therapist's office. Her sojourn with Natalie Berkley would be a short visit.

"Joey, we don't have a schedule visit today… What's wrong?" Natalie wondered.

"Remember how we found out that Pacey, my ex-boyfriend, was the cause of my depression because he abandoned me when I needed him." Joey reminded.

"Yes…" Natalie prompted.

"I need you to help me confront him." Joey pleaded.

"How…?" Natalie questioned.

"That's why I came to you." Joey stated.

"Joey I'm here to listen to you and give you suggestions. I cannot tell you how to live your life. The decision of confronting Pacey is all in you." Natalie declared.

"I don't know how." Joey confessed.

"Just look deep into yourself and find the answer." Natalie advised.

The choice was all up to Joey. She had to make a choice and no one could help her.

Soon after, Pacey was in his apartment and he was talking to his older sister, Gretchen. He had told her about the day he had.

"Do you think I should tell Joey about Joshua?" Pacey asked.

"You can't hide him from her forever." Gretchen triggered.

"I want to tell her, but I just can't. What if she decides to hate me for it? What happens if she chooses not to forgive? What if she does not want anything to do with Joshua?" Pacey questioned.

"What if… What if...? Why do you always think about the worse outcomes?" Gretchen wondered.

"Looking back at my entire life, the worse outcomes always happens." Pacey recollected.

"But what if she decides to love you? What happens if she chooses to forgive you? What happens if she wants Joshua?" Gretchen imagined.

Later at night, Pacey was sleeping in his bed, but nocturnally he was still thinking. He was thinking about his life. He imagined having a family with Joey and Joshua. It would not be the perfect family, but it would be a good one. However, he also imagined what would happen if Joey wanted absolutely nothing to do with Joshua. He would feel utterly alone and helpless.

Meanwhile, Joey had snuck out her house and meandered around the pier. When she finally stopped, she was standing in front a wall. This was very familiar wall to her. It was Joey's wall. When she walked up to it, she looked up at it and saw that the wall was blank. Someone must had rented the wall and painted over it. Nonetheless, Joey remembered what Pacey had painted on the wall. It said 'Ask me to stay'. She stopped and stared at the blank wall.

At Pacey's place, he was wide-awake. He could not go back to sleep. He was distracted with his life. Unexpectedly, the phone rang in the middle of the night. Pacey rolled over and answered the phone.

"Hello?" Pacey greeted.

However, no one answered the telephone. All Pacey could hear was dead silence on the other line.

"HelloWho is this?" Pacey questioned.

Still no one answers, but now, Pacey could hear tearful cries. Whoever was on the other line, Pacey knew they were sad. Simultaneously, Pacey knew who had called.

"Joey… Is that you?" Pacey said humbly. He sat up, fully aware of his surroundings.
Joey, who was on the other line, wanted to say something, but she could not. She was too afraid.

Pacey, who was sitting on his bed, did not know what to say to comfort Joey. She was not saying a single word. All Pacey could here was Joey panting.

Pacey was still listening on the phone; he did not want to hang up. Therefore, he opened his mouth and then said, "Joey. I'm not going to hang up. I'm going to be on this phone as long as you want me to. I'll be here… It's obvious that you have this number so I want you to know that you should never feel afraid to call me."

Joey started to get more upset and frustrated. She wanted to talk to Pacey and she was grateful that he wanted to listen. She did not know what it was, but something was stopping her intuition. She then pulled the phone away from her ear and hung up.

Pacey heard the dial tone on the other line. He hung up the phone too and closed his eyes. He felt like he should have done more. Nonetheless, he knew he was making progress with Joey. However, would their relationship improve? They had something special, but would they just ignore it, or will they find a way to reach each other?