6. Waiting on a Friend

(Jen's POV)

I realized going back to Pacey's apartment might have been a mistake. But for selfish reasons I knew I needed him, and I didn't want to be alone tonight.

"So do you want to see the bedroom?"

"Pace, as much fun we'd have in the bedroom I want to ask you a favor?"

"What's that Jen?"

"Well, other then Jack I never had a true friend I could just talk to. And now that he is paired up with Doug I don't want to get in the way. So could you be there for me Pacey? A true friend I can count on. We can watch movies, and maybe you can even teach me how to cook."

"No chance of us being friends who have sex is there?"

"Pacey.." I said my voice sounding harsher then I meant for it too.

"Jen, I would be honored to have you as a close friend."

"Can I sleep in the bed with you tonight, and you just hold me. I honestly need someone just to hold me."

"No problem, Lindley." He said taking my hand and leading me into his bedroom. I was impressed how big the bed was in there. Most of the apartment was bare, but in his room there was a king size bed with a beige comforter.

"You can sleep in this." He said handing me a foo shirts t shirt. I smiled as slipped off my dress and put the shirt on.

"Nice underwear." He said looking down at my white lacey panties.

"You too." I said noticing his black boxers. We both laughed. That night Pacey held me in his arms and made feel safe. The next morning he made me French toast for breakfast, and we promised not to let our hormones get in the way of our friendship. I told him how I needed to extra to pay of my student loans and he offered me a job at the icehouse. After spending the morning together Pacey drove me home.

I picked up my phone and called Victor. He promised things would be different this time, and we could make this relationship work. I made the same promise to him as well. In one day I made a promise to two different men. One was to keep a pure friendship, and the other was to make a relationship work. Little did I know I would be unable to keep both of these promises.

7. You're All I Need

(Pacey's POV)

So Jen and I didn't have sex that night. But we were able to become closer friends then I could ever imagine possible. When I opened the restaurant she was there helping to make sure everything went smoothly. We started working out together, and she told me about how she wanted to become a personal trainer at the gym. Which explained her rocking body. She was working out four to five times a week. I tried to work out with her every morning I could. I taught her how to make chocolate chip cheesecake, steak, homemade bread, bbq nachos, blue berry pancakes, and anything else she wanted my advice on in the kitchen. Some nights she come over and we'd watch American Idol, Grey's Anatomy, Sunday Night football, or just whatever was one tv. I even surprised her by taking her to a Foo Fighters and Weezer concert just outside of Boston. I found myself so lonely on the nights she was out with Victor, or wasn't at work I found myself looking for her. I was starting to realize that I needed this girl. She was the best friend. She just seem to understand me in way that no one else ever could. I just couldn't help but wonder what she thought about me. I knew her relationship with Victor could fall apart any day now. If and when this happened would we cross that line out of the friend zone, and was I ready for that? Deep down I knew the answer. I just had to let myself finally let go of the past and move on from Joey. But was that even possiable?