| Reaching out he took both of her hands in his and gave them a gentle squeeze. �What if I have a relapse?� He asked with a smile. She laughed. �Well, then you just call me and I will be on the first plane back to Capeside to help you through it� But you won�t.� She reassured him softly. He opened his mouth about to say something, hesitated and shut it again bowing his head. �What? What is it?� She asked. �I just� I still feel like there is something that I haven�t said� something that I should say and for the life of me I can�t think of what it is.� He admitted. She nodded. �How about� Andie you are my Goddess and the Sun just won�t shine the same without you here in this small provincial town that I call home?� She joked. �Well, I was thinking more on the lines of� I love you Andie, and my days won�t be the same without your smile.� He whispered. �That works too.� She remarked and fell into his embrace as he hugged her tight. Potter Bed and Breakfast� �Is it just me or does this still seem extremely surreal?� Joey asked. �What would that be?� �Andie�s impromptu departure� I mean not only is she leaving this fractured group of dare I even say it, friends, but she managed to put some adhesive tape over the cracks that existed. I mean she bridged the gap between Jen and Jack. She even managed a small truce between the three of us. How did she do that?� She asked softly. Pacey sighed deeply truly thinking over her question. �Well she�s an angel.� He remarked with a smile before he got serious. �We all know that you never truly know what you have until it�s gone and I have to admit that I never believed in that saying until now. I mean Andie and I kind of fell out of the loop a little while back and I guess I just never stopped to think about how important her presence was and is in my life. Even when we stopped fighting and just let things be, we still weren�t on that same sparring level that we once had been and now that I think about it, I know that I�m going to miss that� I�m going to miss it more then I thought I would. So even with all the good that she did tonight, she still left a broken heart in Capeside.� He whispered looking over at Joey. She smiled sadly. Reaching out she stroked his cheek and placed a kiss on the center of his forehead. �I think she left a few broken hearts Pacey.� She remarked softly holding him close to her. Gram�s house� Jack stopped as they approached her house and stood right in front of her porch. �Here we are.� He remarked. She turned to him. �Yeah� do you want to come in and hang out? We could have a snack� God tell me when did I become the stereotypical teenager?� �Nothing about you is remotely typical� that�s why I love you.� He stated with a smile. �But no� I want to get home.� She nodded understanding. �Okay right now what are you thinking?� �At this very moment?� �Yeah.� �How do I ask Andie to stay� without asking her to stay? I mean I love you Jen, I really do but�� �But I�m not Andie.� He nodded. �Yeah, Andie�s like my twin soul you know? There has never been someone who has known me better then she has. I can talk to her about anything and even when she doesn�t agree with me, I know that she�ll support me in the end. And when I can�t talk� she usually will and the sound of her voice can calm my nerves and relax me better then any herbal substance ever could. She has been with me for the last eighteen years of my life and the furthest apart we�ve ever been has totaled up to the five minute walk it took to get from your house to mine. Not counting the summer she went to that hospital� And I just don�t know what I�m going to do without her.� His voice cracked with emotion as the tears welled up in his eyes. Jen exhaled deeply as she reached out and took him into her awaiting embrace. �Hey it�s okay.� She whispered into his ear. Reaching up he clung to her as though she were the only real thing he had. |
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