A/N: As promised here is Pacey's Point of view, we left off with him breaking the news to Natalie that he couldn't marry her. Getting a little down and dirty with her father and ending up in the slammer. Enjoy!!

Going after what's yours

Waking up in Capeside county jail was not one of my favorite pass times. However I have found myself there more times then one. Thank goodness though I was not in there alone, sitting beside me in the same cell was Mr. Boyd. Looking over at him I felt my lips smile in satisfaction, he had a black eye and his lip was bleeding. Doug came up to the bars as I winced at the pain in the left part of my jaw. I walked over to him as he began to open the cell door.

"What are you doing you punk, you're not going anywhere. Sheriff Witter I want to press full charges against this bastard brother of yours." Doug; in that moment shocked me more then once. "Excuse me, Mr. Boyd; first of all; and with all do respect I would appreciate it if you didn't call my brother a bastard and second of all I don't give a rats ass if you want to press charges or not because the way I have heard this story, you should be praying my brother doesn't press charges on you." I looked over a Doug with a face full of astonishment. "What are you talking about Doug?" "Pacey, who was the one to throw the first punch?"

I suddenly felt my stomach untie its own knots. "He did." "That's right I have heard from more then one person that it was you Mr. Boyd that threw the first punch, so you see my brother was just defending himself." Mr. Boyd got up from the bench and closed the space between us, but in stepped Doug. "If you take one more step I will press charges against you myself do you understand me?" With that he backed up and we both stepped out of the cell. "Mr. Boyd, whatever is going on between Pacey and your daughter is just that; between Pacey and your daughter." I looked back at him before walking through the door leading to the lobby.

"I am truly sorry that I hurt your daughter, but please understand that I had to do this for myself." " You better just get go and get on your knees and pray I don't get out of here. You are nothing, just a little shit who thinks he is better then everyone else. A little puke that thinks he can get away with leaving my daughter. That's all you are Pacey a big fat NOTHING." "I'm sorry you feel that way." As I shrugged then walked through the steel door.

I sat down in the chair across from Doug's. "How in the hell did this happen Pacey? and what the hell is going on?" I let out a very tired laugh. "Where do I even begin Dougie?" "Well why don't you begin with the whole 'Not going to marry Natalie, which ended up with me arresting you thing', that would be a good place."

"Well, um… I had a revelation the other night after the engagement party. I just couldn't marry her. I realized Doug; that I have been, am and most likely will always be in love with Joey Potter." " Huh…wow." Leaning back in his chair he looked at me with sadness in his eyes. "How does she feel about you?" I shrugged, "I don't know, I told her how I felt at the party." "Is that why she left in such a rush?" "Yeah I'm assuming, but you want to know the scary part of it is Doug, is that she walked away. She did, she just left, and that is exactly what she has always done. When things don't go her way or when she has to deal with crazy conflict, she runs away."

"There is also another matter you have to deal with too Pace, the fact that she has a boyfriend." I looked down at my hands and let out a low breath. "Oh God I didn't even think about that, what about Christopher?" I looked over at the clock on the wall, "Hey Doug I'm going to take off if there isn't anything left for me to do?" "There's just the matter of signing a statement of what exactly happened and then you are free to go."

When I got home, I never felt so low or tired both emotionally and physically. I needed my best friend, but I had no clue where she was. I tried calling her cell phone but all I got was the machine. Finally I got up the nerve to call Bessie. "Hello?" "Uh, hey Bess its Pacey." "Pacey, what are you doing? Where have you been?"

Surprised that Dougie hadn't called her I replied. "Jail, I've been in jail. I went to tell Natalie it was over and her 'Daddy' didn't like that too much and I have the kink in my jaw to prove it. I was calling to see if Jo was there with you?" There was a long silence followed by a long sigh. "Pacey; do you honestly love my little sister?" I was shocked by her invasive question. But I knew the answer before the question ever left her mouth. "Bessie; more then anyone has ever loved another person in all of history."

Another silence followed with, "Paris." "What?" " She's in Paris, Pacey. She told me not to tell you where she was but you need to tell her that." "So Paris is where she has run to huh? Tell her what?... Bessie I have already told her how I feel. All I can do now is wait for her to come home." "Pacey, you cant do that you need to go get her, tell her what she means to you, tell you that she's the only one." "Bessie, she is my best friend, I know her to well to go get her, she needs time to process everything, I know that she is probably in a museum right now, looking at some painting smeared in love, pain, hurt or heartache.

I know that I cant Bess because I KNOW her." "Pacey are you listening to yourself? You know her and she KNOWS you, do you not think that there is any place in her heart that thinks you are not going to come for her?" I knew she was right, I had to go get her, really tell her what she meant to me. "I'm going to do it Bess, I'm going to go get my best friend, the woman I love." I hung up the phone never feeling so right, justified or confident before in my life.