Joey was talking to Dr. Rand after Biology. "Joey, I have a problem. One of my students is not doing to well and I want you to tutor him."
"Sure, as long as it's not Pacey.""Well,..." Dr. Rand trailed off.
"Dr. Rand, how could you?" She said acting like he was sentencing her todeath.
"After the work the to of you did on the snail project, I thought it would be good if you to worked together." "Have you talked to Pacey about this?" Joey asked knowing there was no way she could get out of this.
"Yeah, he didn't like it at first, but gave in towards the end. Just like you are doing now." He said smiling.
"You know the only reason I'm doing this is because you are my favorite teacher. Bye, Doc." She said as she walked out the door.
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"Dawson, this isn't fair. Why can't you tutor me?" Pacey asked sitting on Dawson's bed.
"Because Joey is better than me in Bio. It can't be all that bad having her tutor you." Dawson told his friend.
"Yeah, it can be." Pacey sighed. "Oh well, I guess I have to deal with it."
"Hey, guys." Joey said climbing in Dawson window, and sat next to Dawson on his bed, smiling at Pacey. "So, when do you want to start, Pacey?"
"Never!" Pacey exclaimed.
"Come on. It's not that great for me either." Joey reminded him.
"I guess tomorrow after school." Pacey said defeated. "Bye guys, just don't do anything I wouldn't do." He climbed out of the window.
"Jo, is Bio the only class you tutor in?" Dawson asked his girlfriend. "Yeah, I guess. I hope it doesn't turn out like Ty's adventure did. "Joey said think about him."I hope not either. But it's Pacey." Dawson reminded her.
"I know, that's what I'm afraid of." Joey smiled and kissed Dawson. "Just protect me tonight." He kissed her again and they fell back onto the bed. Joey broke away from his kiss. "Dawson, I just got done from work. I'm to tired to make love right now."
"It's OK, Jo. There are plenty things we can still do." He said smiling.
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"Jen, I'm sorry I couldn't do more for our last date for a while. But then, this is Capeside." Pacey said sighing.
"It's OK, Pacey. I'm just glad that it went smoothly. Plus I don't care where we go as long as I'm with you." Jen said knowing that it was going to be hard for the both of them to be away from eachother for so long.
"Really? I wish you would have told me, I could have saved a lot of money." Pacey smiled as they reached Jen's door.
"Pacey, do you want to come in?" Jen asked with a shyful voice.
"Won't your Grams be mad?"
"Yeah, if she were here. She's out of town for a few days." Jen filled him in.
"Sure, I'll come in." He walked into the house. He had this odd look on his face. Jen saw it. "What's wrong, Pacey?"
"Nothing, but I just realized that this is the first time I have ever been in the house. "He told her.
"Well, Pacey there is a certain room I want to show you." Jen said in a playful but sexy way."What room would that be?" Pacey asked suspiciously.
"Just follow me." Jen walked up the stairs and into Jen's room. Pacey followed.
After they got there, Pacey was a little shocked. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yeah I am." Jen shut the bedroom door.
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"Come on, Pacey. This is an easy one." Joey was tutoring him.
"Can we take a break we have been at this for two hours?" Pacey was begging her.
"Not until you answer the question." She said strictly.
"OK." Pacey thought hard. "Chlorphlast?"
"Good job, Pacey. Now we can take a break." Joey said throwing down her book. Pacey got up. "Do you want a drink?"
"Sure. So how are you and Jen doing?" Joey asked.
"Great." He thought back to the other night. "How about you and Dawson?"
"Never better." Thunder rolled in the back ground. "Great a thunderstorm." As Joey said that, the lights went out. "Could we have anymore surprises?" Joey sighed."Hang on, Jo. I'll go get some candles." He left the room. He came back a few minutes later. "Here we go." He sat the candles on the table and lit them. Then sat next to Joey. "So what do you want to do?"
"I don't know." She looked over at him and thought. *He looks so handsome in the candle light. Shut up, Jo. You have Dawson and he has Jen. But Pacey does look good.*
"You want some ice cream? I think we have some chocolate chip cookie dough." Pacey asked her."Sure." He got up and went to the kitchen.
*God, she looks good. I mean, she always has, but tonight, it's different. Pacey stop. You have Jen and she has Dawson. Nothing can come out of these feelings. Or can they?* Pacey thought as he finished fixing the ice cream. He walked out of the kitchen with two bowls in his hand. "Here you go, Joey."
"Thanks, Pacey." Joey said as she took a bite of her ice cream.
"Joey, you got some ice cream on your face. Right there." He pointed to the spot on his face."Did I get it?" Joey asked wiping her face.
"No, I'll get it." He took his hand and wiped it off. Then he moved his hand under her chin. They looked into eachothers eyes. Pacey lowered his head and met his lips with Joey's. They kissed passionately and Joey deepened the kiss. Pacey broke away. They looked at eachother for a few seconds, then Joey jumped up.
"I have to go. I'll see you later."
"Jo, it's raining outside. Let me take you home." Pacey said to her.
"No, I'll walk. Bye." With that she walked out the door.
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"Joey, are you OK?" Dawson asked.
"Yeah, fine, never better. Why do you ask?" Joey said acting like everything was fine.
"You seem far away. Like you have something on your mind. You've been this way since you tutored Pacey. Did something happen over there?" He askedsuspiciously.
"Nope. We studied. Then the lights went out during the storm. After a while, I went home." Joey said coolly.
"OK. Do you have anything planed for tonight?" Dawson asked.
"Actually yeah. I have to help Pacey some more. I hope this will be the last time. I'll see you after that. Maybe we could see a movie or something." She gave him a kiss and climbed out the window.
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"Joey, we need to talk." Pacey said as he opened his front door.
"Yes, we do." She replied. She sat on his couch. "I think we need to forget what happened. We both have great relationships and this would destroy them both."
"I don't think we can, Jo.""Why?"
"Because I know something else is there, more than a little fling. I have to admit that I have had a crush on you since the snail project. I know you know that." Pacey said blushing.
"Yeah, I've known that. I think you are a great guy and I have to admit that I do have feelings for you. I guess all the arguing we do is some kind of ay to cover up the feelings I do have." Joey finished.
"So what do you think we should do?" Pacey asked not knowing himself.
"I think we need to wait on this attraction we have and see if it is something small or something big, and I think we need to tell Jen and Dawson about what happened yesterday."
"I know you're right. I'm going to call Jen and tell her to meet us at Dawson's. You call Dawson first, and let him know that Jen is going to meet us at his house.""OK." Joey picked up the phone.
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"So, what is so important?" Jen asked having no clue why they were all there.
"Well,." Pacey started. "First, let me and Joey explain everything that has been going on before you talk."
"Well, the first day I tutored Pacey, was the day we had that storm. The power was off in the house and we had candles lit. And...." Joey trailed off almost crying.
Pacey picked up the story. "We got caught up in the moment and we kissed eachother." He stopped. Jen and Dawson were in shock. "But.." He started again, so Jen and Dawson couldn't speak. "It didn't mean anything to us. I love you, Jen. I didn't want anything to come between us." Pacey grabbed Jen's hand. "I thought I had to let you know. Can you forgive me?" Jen looked into his eyes and she knew he was sincere. "I forgive you." Jen gave him a kiss.
"Let's go, Pace. We'll see you two tomorrow." They climbed out the window and left. Joey sat next to Dawson and grabbed his hand. "Dawson, I love you. I didn't mean for something like this get in the way of our relationship. It didn't mean anything to me. Can you forgive me?" Joey was crying.
"Answer this, Jo. Do you have any feelings for him?" Dawson looked into hereyes. Joey choked back more tears. "A few but nothing close to how I feel about you. I love you."
"I Love you, Joey. Now let's go to sleep and forget about this." Dawson laid down on his bed.
Joey laid down next to him. He put his arm around her. "Night, Joey. I love you."
"Night, Dawson. I love you and only you. " She closed her eyes, feeling the warmth of his body. *If that's true, then why am I only thinking about Pacey?*
~~*THE END*~~