Chapter Thirty-One ~ Pacey's P.O.V.
"How did I get talked into this?" I ask looking over at Bodie and Jack, as the tailor takes measurements and adjusts the hem of the tux pants I'm wearing.
"Joey." They both say in unison, and I smile thinking about her. This past week has been amazing, waking up with her in my arms and knowing that it's exactly where I'm supposed to be.
"I believe the exact moment was when you promised that you would do anything to make her happy." Jack says smiling at my discomfort.
"Watch it Jackers, you're next on this stand."
"Come on Pace, it isn't that bad, I mean you wear a suit to Jo's Worthington dinners all the time."
"That's different."
"How?" Jack asks.
"A suit isn't as confining. It's the damn bow ties, that make these so unbearable." I say pulling at the tie around my neck.
"We can fix that." Bodie begins.
"Actually, we cant, Jo insisted on bow ties." I say cutting him off. "I think she enjoys the thought of me having to suffer."
Jack coughs and I'm sure I can here him say Whipped! as he covers his mouth and leans closer to Bodie.
"All done, now please try on your jacket." The tailor says.
"Harry, I don't know about this." I say to the man placing a few pins in the back of the jacket, making sure it fits just right.
"Trust me sir, your bride will find you most handsome in this. She has wonderful taste."
"I'll be sure to tell her." I grumble, vowing some kind of revenge on her for this torturous act.
Finally after another hour, Jack and Bodie are finished with their fittings as well. We have to pick the suits up the day before the wedding and endure another fitting just to make sure that the alterations Harry is doing are correct. I pull the list that Joey gave me out of the back pocket of my jeans as we walk out of the store.
"So what do they have planned for us now?" Bodie asks squinting against the bright afternoon sun.
"We have to go to the printers and pick up the invitations, and response cards. Then we need to go to the post office and pick up stamps."
"Then were done right?" Bodie asks.
"Yep, then we can go home and watch the game." I say pulling my car keys from my pocket.
"Hi guys, how'd it go?" Joey asks as she, Jen, Bessie, Grams, and Alex come into the house.
"Not bad, the invitations and stuff are in the kitchen. But I'm afraid that I have some bad news. The tuxes you picked out Harry didn't have any left for that week-end so we had to go with the baby blue ones." I say winking at Jack and Bodie. "They look really nice too, Harry said no one will even notice that they're a little worn."
"WHAT?" she screams from the kitchen. "I talked to him a week ago, gave him all you're measurements." He assured me he had the suits I wanted and would put them on hold for me.
Joeys eyes bore into mine, trying to figure out if I'm kidding or not. Bodie just smiles and walks quietly from the room, not wanting to be in the way when Joey explodes. Jack no longer able to contain his laughter cracks and almost falls off the sofa.
"Pacey Witter." she says threateningly.
"Jo, relax everything is fine, we got the suits you wanted." I say grinning up at her as she stomps over to me. Picking up a throw pillow I can tell she's going to hit me with it so I duck, reaching out to pull the pillow from her grasp.
"Arg, Pacey why would you do that to me?" she asks pouting a little, trying to make me feel bad for teasing her.
"Babe, come on you're on wedding overload lately. I just wanted to see what would happen if you thought something were to go wrong."
"I just want everything to be perfect." She says sinking on to the sofa beside me.
"And it will be, but please relax a little."
"It's my wedding I can't relax."
I pull her into my lap and cup her face between my hands. "Jo, please try. If you're this stressed about the wedding now; I don't want to see how crazy you're going to be in two months." I say to her quietly before lowering my lips to hers and set about kissing her breathless.
"Jo, what do you want me to do with the invitations?" Jen asks carrying the box in from the kitchen.
Breaking away from our kiss she smiles at me and says, "I'll try Pace." Before turning towards Jen. "Bring them over here, I want to see them."
Jen sets them on the coffee table and pulls one from the box handing it to Joey, she inspects it for any inaccuracies. The front has a picture of a boat sailing on the ocean and you can see two people on the boat standing in each others arms watching the sun set over the water; inside has our names, and the date, time and location for the wedding and the reception afterwards. The response cards have the same picture on the front.
"What do you think Pace?" she asks leaning back against my chest.
"I think I love you." I say kissing her temple softy.
"Good, because I think I love you too." She smiles at me again. "The painting came out really well. I wasn't too sure when I was doing it but look." She holds the invitation for me to see. I smile remembering the picture she used to create the painting from. It was taken in Florida just before we left to come home; we were on the True Love and asked someone to take a picture for us so we could remember what the sunset looked like. It turned out so much better than we had hoped, and now it will always hold a place in my heart, because Joey thought it was special enough to share with our friends and family on our wedding invitations.
"Guys, I'm going to start dinner soon so if you want anything out of here come and get it now." Bodie says, when he gets cooking he doesn't like anyone to be under his feet in the kitchen.
"I could use a drink, Jo you want anything?" I ask as I make my way towards the kitchen.
"Nope I'm good. Thanks." She says her focus still on the invitations.
I return with a can of soda and a couple of cookies. I sit back down beside her and move to hold her in my arms again. We stay on the sofa cuddling for the rest of the afternoon, just watching the end of a movie. I couldn't even tell you which one because I was more focused on her and how good I fell when she's in my arms.
"Pace?" she asks quietly.
"Mmm?" I respond groggily.
"You know the next time we're home is going to be the wedding."
"I know. I can't wait, you're finally going to be Mrs. Josephine Witter."
"Can you believe we've made this far?"
"I can actually. You've always been here for me, and as much as I don't want to put any stock in the soul mate mumbo jumbo Dawson always believed in, I do believe in true love. You are my true love, and nothing can stand in the way of that."
"Oh Pacey. You're such a romantic."
"Only when it comes to you Love." I kiss her softly, not having the energy to put any passion behind my actions. "To the rest of the world I'm as much of a cynic as the rest of you."
"Sure, Pace what ever you say."
"Hey lovebirds, dinner time." Bessie says coming in to the room and lighting the fire. It's much warmer this time of year but still cold enough at night that you need a fire to keep things warm.
The next morning we all pile into our cars and make the drive home to Boston.
"It looks like all we need to do now is send out the invitations and wrap up a few loose ends and the wedding will be planned." I say to Joey as we drive.
"Yeah, Jen's going to help me address the envelopes this week."
"I can help you with that." I say.
"No offense Pace I know your handwriting, I want the invitations to reach their destinations, but you can read address out to us, if you really want to help."
"Hey, my hand writings not that bad."
"For a six year old maybe." She teases sticking her tongue out at me. I know my writing is messy that's why I got my laptop computer and type out all of my assignments.
"Joey, I've warned you about sticking out your tongue.
"I know, I know, unless I plan on using it I better put it away."
"That's right." I say as she slides over next to me and proceeds to lick my ear. I just about drive off the road, when she dips the tip into my ear and begins nibbling on my ear lobe. "Potter, I'm trying to drive here."
"I know." She smiles her sexy I want you now smile at me and continues to blow in my ear. I concentrate harder on the road and getting home in one piece so I can do something about all of the naughty thoughts running around in my head.