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Chapter 2: Spilled Beans

"I can't believe we're doing this," Portman was banging his head against the window. "She's going to murder me, do you realize that? I mean, you guys she'll just get mad at, but me, me she'll kill."

"I can't believe I'm sitting bitch," Connie said, "I'm a freaking girl, I should get the comfy seat."

"Your ass is smallest," Charlie shrugged, from his comfortable shotgun seat. "When do you want to switch driving Banksie?"

"I can probably go for two more hours." He shrugged. "We have to go all night, I hope you know that."

"Yes," Charlie said, "But we only have one day to get out there. That's all Pacey could guarantee."

"I still don't see why I have to sandwich between the Bash Brothers," Connie whined, "I mean, the smell alone could kill me."

"Hey," Portman and Fulton said.

"I'm just saying," Connie sighed. "It's not that I don't love you."

"So," Charlie said, "How are you going to sweep the Cat Lady off her feet Portman?"

"I'm not," he said, "I'm going to apologize for you people being crazy and continuing to bother her about this. She loves him guys, it's over; she just spent a month, out on a boat with him, probably having lots and lots of sex." He banged his head against the window again. "I am a pathetic wreck of a man." He looked over at them, they all nodded. "You could disagree with me you know."

"Sorry Portman," Banks said, "You are definitely a wreck."

"And just a teensy bit pathetic," Connie nodded.

"So glad I have these amazing supportive friends," He mumbled.

"This is why we have to stick to the plan," Fulton said, "We break them up, then you come in,"

"No," Portman said, "I'm not breaking them up! Julie can screw whoever she wants. She made it pretty clear many many times that she doesn't want me."

"Yeah," Charlie said, "All those times she made out with you, total indication that she doesn't want you."

"That was a year ago," He said.

"We need to stop," Connie said suddenly.

"Connie, we don't have time for unplanned stops." Charlie sighed, "Hold your piss until we need gas."

"Charlie," She said, clenching her teeth, "I need a rest stop."

"Why the insistence, Velvet Hammer?" Fulton looked at her.

"Seriously," Adam said, "Why the urgency?"

"I just got an unexpected visitor." She said with defiance. No need to spare them the details if they were going to be annoying about it.

"Ugh" the guys all said. "Gross!"

"I tried to spare you," She sighed, "But no, we don't have time for unplanned stops."

"I'm pulling the car over Connie," Adam said, turning the wheel, as they spied a rest stop. "Relax."

The next morning Julie woke up on the boat early. She often did, at least when they were docked. She liked wandering around whatever town they were in on her own a little bit. She went to her bag and got dressed, trying not to wake Scot up. She walked out into the sun and then onto the dock. She wanted breakfast. Her eyes glanced over to the Ice House. Did they serve breakfast? They looked open, so she walked over. She saw Joey behind the counter. She walked in and waved. Joey smiled and waved her over.

"Hi," Julie said sitting at the counter. "You don't by any chance serve coffee?"

"Yeah," Joey turned and poured her a cup. "Where's Scot?"

"Sleeping," Julie shrugged, "I felt like taking a walk."

"So he's your boyfriend?" Joey asked.

"Mm hm," Julie smiled. "We just spent the past month sailing up and down the coast. It's been amazing."

"If you don't mind me asking," Joey leaned in, "Are you two, well, you know,"

"Having sex?" Julie filled in the blank, Joey nodded. "Yeah, since mid November."

"Before that though?" Joey sighed, honest to God there were days when she felt like the last living virgin. She always felt so completely inadequate when it came to boys. "I mean, had you ever,"

"Oh, he was my first," Julie said, "I mean, before that there was someone else, but it never happened."

"Did you want it to?" Joey asked, for some unknown reason her mind jumping to Dawson.

"Yes," Julie sighed, picturing Portman, "And no. I mean, my first everything, well, our first everything was together. I mean, it's weird, I still think about him all the time, and what things would be like if we stayed together, but I love Scot, and I love being with him, it's just sometimes I don't know," she sighed.

"Trust me," Joey said, "I understand. It's like someone knows you so well, you're not sure if they know you at all."

"Exactly!" Julie smiled. Joey was surprisingly easy to talk to.

"Joey!" A tall boy with long dark blonde hair came bursting in the door. "We can shoot this weekend!"

"That's great!" Joey said. "But I thought you still had to find a crew? Oh God!" She said, "I'm so rude. Dawson Leary, Julie Gaffney." Julie waved.

"Hi." Dawson said. "Well, we have a crew, Pacey's cousin and some friends are coming, so,"

"Wait, what?" Julie looked over. "Did you say Pacey's cousin?"

"You know Pacey?" Dawson said, he pointed at her and turned to Joey, "She knows Pacey?"

"This was a set up," Julie said to herself, "'Call my cousin Julie, you guys'll have fun.' I'll kill him."

"I'm lost," Dawson said.

"She's friends with Pacey's cousin," Joey shrugged, "Not getting the rest."

"I'm sorry," Julie said, "It was nice meeting you Dawson, nice talking to you Joey, I have to go." She left the money for the coffee on the counter, she walked out and bumped into Pacey.

"Hey," he said with a smile.

"Don't you 'hey' me!" She said. "Scot and I are leaving and you can tell Charlie, and whatever Ducks are with him, probably, Fulton, Adam, Connie and Portman right?"

"Those were the names he said," Pacey nodded.

"Well," Julie huffed, "tell them that I am not breaking up with him, Portman and I are not getting back together and they have to deal with it."

"Do they do this often?" Pacey asked.

"You have no idea how many break Julie and Scooter up plans I've foiled over the past few months." She shook her head.

"Scooter?" Pacey laughed, "What kind of a name is Scooter?"

"What kind of a name is Pacey?" She said.

"Fair enough," he said, "but don't leave. Tell him, them, off yourself. Look, I personally don't care if you stay with your boyfriend or not, but I do care about letting my cousin down, and I said that I could detain you for at least 24 hours, so,"

"Fine," she said. "I'll stay. He said Portman was coming?" She bit her lip.

"Yeah," Pacey nodded, "Portman, Fulton, Adam, Connie, possibly Averman if his plane got in from Miami on time, because he was visiting Luis? I assume these names have meaning for you, because they mean nothing to me."

"Yeah," Julie said, "Great, bye Pacey."

"Little brother!" An older guy in a cop's uniform came running up. "You have to get home, Charlie called, he's about a half hour away."

"Right," Pacey said dryly, "Doug, this is Julie Gaffney, she's"

"Pacey, Pacey, Pacey," Doug shook his head, "I know who Julie 'The Cat' Gaffney is. You're the back up goalie for our cousin's hockey team."

"Julie, my brother Doug," Pacey said.

"I'm actually not the backup anymore," Julie said, "But it's nice to be recognized. I was just leaving. It was nice to meet you Doug. Pacey, when they get here, let me know, Scot and I are about two rows down." She walked away indignantly.

"She's not with the ones that are coming?" Doug asked.

"Apparently she's the reason for the coming," Pacey shrugged, "They disapprove of her boyfriend and are out to sabotage."

"How mature," Doug said.

"Well Dougie, you know us wandering adolescents." Pacey shrugged, "No sense of maturity or respect."

"Yeah," Dougie said, "Well get home."

"I'll head right there," Pacey smiled sarcastically. And then walked into the restaurant, and saw Dawson and Joey. "Ok, which one of you spilled the beans to Julie?"

"All Dawson," Joey pointed.

"I didn't know who she was," Dawson said, "Joey just told me her name, I didn't know she was the one who's relationship we're supposed to be ruining. Which by the way, still doesn't sit right with me."

"Hey," Joey said, "Is Charlie the other guy?"

"What other guy?" Pacey said.

"Julie and I were talking and she said something about this other guy," Joey explained, "Who she was with before tall, rich and preppy."

"Charlie didn't say anything about another guy," Pacey said, "So maybe, but I don't think so. Look, I have to go greet them, make sure that she doesn't leave."

"I have to work here." Joey said. "I can't baby sit her."

"I'll do it," Dawson shrugged. "Where is she?"

"You were right," Julie said as she walked up to the boat, where Scot was sitting, she stepped carefully onto the deck.

"Of course I was right, I'm always right," Scot laughed, "What was I right about?"

"Capeside being a set up," Julie sighed, "They're here, Scot."

"What?" He said, looking at her, "Who's here?"

"Charlie, and Adam, and Fulton, and Connie, and of course Portman," She said, shaking her head. "I told them that it was my life, my decision and that they should stay out of it."

"Do you want to leave?" Scot said. "We're not stuck here you know, we have a boat, we can leave."

"No," she said, "I'd feel bad, I mean, I haven't seen them all summer, and they drove all night, plus, telling them off will be thoroughly satisfying."

"Fine," He kissed her, "I guess I have been selfish, hogging you all summer. So we stay one more day, you tell the Ducks they are out of line, once again, and then we head back to Maine, a few days early, making Abby the happiest person alive, does that sound good?"

"It sounds perfect," she said kissing him again. "I'm really mad about this. And if it was his idea, I'll kill him."

"I don't want you to kill him," Scot said, his hands moving to her waist. "Never speaking to him again would be nice though." She looked and him, shook her head and pulled away. "Kidding! It was a joke, remember joking?" She smiled weakly. "I thought we were past this," he hugged her from behind.

"I thought you weren't jealous anymore," she said, as he rested his head on her shoulder. "Scot, I don't want to get back together with him. I don't know what else I can do to show you that."

"I know," he said, "But what happens in the fall? I'm at college and you two are Eden Hall together,"

"I thought we weren't going to talk about that until we got back to Maine!" Julie said, "And you don't trust me?"

"No," He said, "You I trust, Portman, not so much."

"He hasn't tried anything since we got together," Julie pointed out. "He does respect me, Scot, he respects us."

"How can you be so sure?" He said.

"Because I know him," she sighed, "I'm going for a walk."

"You just got back." He questioned.

"I don't really want to be here right now," she shrugged, "I'll see you later." She started walking.

"So this is New England," Fulton squinted out the window as they drove through Capeside to Pacey's house.

"Yup," Charlie said. "Welcome to the land of J. Crew and clam chowder."

"This explains so much about Julie's fashion sense," Connie nodded as she saw a couple of girls walking down the street. "And continues to propagate the where the hell did Abby come from question."

"Did you guys know Luis slept with her?" Adam said.

"With Abby?" Portman nodded. "Not a surprise. They're both kind of slutty."

"Quick tip," Connie said, "You want Julie back, don't call her sister a slut."

"That's a good one." Charlie nodded.

"You want to know what would really help me get her back?" He said, "Her wanting me back!"

"She does want you back," Adam said, "She just doesn't know it."

"It's this one," Charlie pointed to a house.

"The cops are here," Fulton said, glancing at the car in the driveway.

"No," Charlie laughed, "My uncle's the sheriff and my cousin Doug is deputy."

"Hey Charlie!" Pacey ran out of the house. Charlie smiled and jogged to his cousin.

"Whoa," Fulton said.

"Dude, that's freaky," Portman said, "They're like clones."

"They're cousins," Connie rolled her eyes, "And they don't look that alike."

"I have cousins who I look like," Portman said, "But it's not like that."

"Guys," Charlie said, "This is my cousin Pacey Whitter. Pacey, this is Adam Banks, Fulton Reed, Dean Portman and Connie Moreau."

"Hi, hi, hi, hi, and" Pacey stopped for a second and looked at Connie, "Hello." She smiled awkwardly at him. "Alright, let's get you guys settled. Oh, and Julie knows you're here, she seemed pretty pissed, Dawson is keeping an eye on her, making sure she doesn't skip town, OK?"

"I knew she was going to be pissed," Portman said. "I knew this was a bad idea."

"I take it you are the other guy that Julie told Joey about," Pacey said pointing to Portman.

"What?" He said, "Who's Joey?"

"Never mind." Pacey flipped his hand, "Come on, let's go inside."

It's a little long, I know, they're going to get shorter...Review it please!