Dangerous Attachments

category- P/J      kind of a mystery/thriller/romance
rating-R
timeline- takes place the day after "The Longest Day"
author-Cocoa426
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Chapter 2

    Joey had just drifted into a semi sleep when the phone next to her bed rang. She considered not answering the phone but then thought better seeing as how the ringing could and probably would wake up the B&B guests.

Joey- Hello?

Dawson- Hi, Joey.

Joey- Dawson, hi. What time is it?

Dawson- It's 9. I'm sorry did I wake you?

Joey- Yeah but don't worry about it. Not to be rude but are you calling for a particular reason? I mean after last night I didn't think I'd hear from you for a long time.

Dawson- Yeah I know. Uumm... actually that's why I'm calling. See... I've been doing a lot of thinking. A lot and..uuhh.. actually I lost a lot of sleep over this last night.

Joey- Yeah, well I know what you mean.

Dawson- Yeah I bet. So any ways I was thinking about how everything went down and I wanna try to mend..ya know... God I had a whole speech prepared and now it just went right out the window.

    Both Dawson and Joey laugh at that.

Joey- I can imagine. So I'm gonna assume you wanna try to fix what happened. Mend some fences?

Dawson- Yeah.. that's what I was trying to spit out. Maybe we can get together later today? Do something together?

Joey- Yeah Dawson, that sounds great but.. what about Pacey? I mean is this whole mending friendships thing go for him to?

    Dawson knew this might come up. He was afraid of how she would react when she found out that no.. this did not go for Pacey too.

Joey- Dawson? Ya there?

Dawson- Yeah, Jo, I'm here. Uumm right now, no it doesn't go for him.

Joey- Gees Dawson, you say him like it's an infectious disease.

Dawson- Jo, it's just that right now I wanna concentrate on you and me. Pacey really isn't even a thought in my head right now.

Joey- Dawson I... I really wanna make things right with you and me but I really don't wanna alienate Pacey. I know you feel betrayed and hurt but Pacey didn't do anything I didn't do. I still want him to be a part of my life.

Dawson- I know Joey..and I respect what you're saying but right now I really wanna concentrate on us. I will talk to Pacey... just not this second.

    Dawson knew that was a lie... he would try to never speak to him again. But he would say whatever he could to get Joey to go out with him today.

Joey- Well..what did you have in mind for today?

Dawson- Well that's a surprise.

Joey- Ok I'll go.

Dawson- Great!! Thank you so much Joey.

Joey- If you promise that you will talk to Pacey really soon. And you will try to get your friendship back.

Dawson- Yeah, Joey. I promise.

Joey- Ok great. Well seeing as how this little escapade is a surprise what should I wear?

Dawson- Just jeans and a sweater are fine.

Joey- Ok. And when should I be ready by?

Dawson- I'll pick ya up at 12.

Joey- K, see ya then.

Dawson-  Bye, Jo.

    Joey was excited that Dawson seemed to forgive her so quickly but she really was worried about how Pacey would take this. He would definitely be hurt and maybe mad. Honestly though, she could she why. She looked at the clock. It was almost 9:30. Way to early for Pacey Witter to be up. But oh well. She had to call him and tell him about going out with Dawson today. If she didn't then he would inevitably find out and make it into something it wasn't. Well at least she wouldn't wake up Doug. He gets up at the crack of dawn just to start his house cleaning. With that decision made she picked up the phone and dialed Pacey's number.

Doug- Hello?

Joey- Hey Doug. Is Pacey there?

Doug- Yeah the little ingrate is here but he's still catching up on some much needed beauty rest.

Joey- Yeah I figured. Is there any way you could get him up? It's pretty important.

Doug- I'll see what I can do. Hang on.

Joey- Thanks Doug.

    Doug walked down the hall to Pacey's room and knocked once. When he didn't get a response he knocked again louder. When he still didn't answer Doug opened the door and stepped into Pacey's room. What he saw surprised him. Pacey was still sleeping under the covers but scattered across his bed were probably every single picture of him and Joey he owned. Deciding to wait until later to question him about the pictures he went over and shook Pacey lightly.

Doug- Pace wake up.

Pacey- Go away. I just fell asleep like an hour ago so please Dougy, for the love of God, leave me alone.

Doug- Well fine if you don't wanna take the call from a certain Potter girl then I'll just tell her you're in the shower walking the dog.

Pacey- Joey's on the phone?!

Doug- Yeah, she said it was important.

Pacey- Tell her I'm still sleeping.

Doug- I did. She told me to wake you.

Pacey- Tell her I wouldn't wake up. I dunno.. tell her anything.

Doug- Why don't you want to talk to her?

Pacey- Doug, it's to early for this. Please just tell her I can't talk.

Doug- Ok. But you are telling me later.

Pacey- Whatever Doug.

    Now Doug was completely confused. He was gonna make his brother give him the scoop whether he wanted to or not. Crap, what was he going to tell Joey?

Doug- Joey?

Joey- Yeah?

Doug- Pacey must've gone to bed really late or maybe he's just ignoring me but he won't wake up. I would've gone into his room and splashed cold water on his face but he's got the door locked.

Joey- Oh, I see.

    Joey knew Doug was lying. She knew Pacey just didn't want to talk to her but there was nothing she could do. To say she was disappointed and hurt was the understatement of the year.

Joey- Ok, well thanks. When he does wake up can you tell him to give me a call?

Doug- Sure thing Jo.

Joey- Ok, thanks. Bye.

Doug- Bye.

    Well there was really nothing she could do so she decided to hop in the shower and get ready for her soon to come excursion.
 

    Pacey knew that there was no hope of his getting to sleep so he decided to get up and face the inevitable conversation he and Doug were going to have. As he got out of bed he noticed the pictures sprawled across his bed. Now Doug would definitely know something was up! My door is going to be permanently locked from now on Pacey thought. He got up and padded down the hall and into the kitchen. He could smell coffee brewing in the kitchen.

Pacey- Hey, Doug.

Doug- Well well well. Look what the cat drug outta bed.

Pacey- Speaking of bed quarter if 10 is an ungodly hour to get up if you don't have to.

Doug- Please Pace. Spare me. Now on to the more important subject. What was with the call and the pictures?

Pacey- Nothing. I was just lookin at pictures and I didn't take the call because I didn't wanna get out of bed.

    Pacey was actually proud that he came up with such good excuses on the spot.

Doug- Listen Pace. I know you're lying and I'm not gonna stop bothering you until you tell me what happened.

    Pacey weighed his options. He could either be harassed by Doug until he inevitably told him the gruesome story or he could just get it over with now. He decided to just get it over with.

Pacey- Ok you might wanna sit down because this is gonna be a while.

Doug- Ok. Spill.

    And Pacey did. He told Doug everything. Doug was shocked and felt genuinely bad and concerned for his little brother.

Doug-I'm sorry Pace. Maybe you should talk to her.

Pacey- Yeah I probably should. I'll give her a call later.

Doug- Don't worry. It'll get better.

Pacey- I know. After all it can't get any worse.

    And with that Pacey left the room to take a shower.
 

    It was 11:45 when Joey heard a knock at her door. She went to open it saw Dawson standing at her doorstep.

Joey- Hey. You're early.

Dawson- Yeah, I'm sorry. I was anxious.

Joey- Well that's ok. I'm ready so we can leave now. Let me just go say bye to Bessie.

Dawson- Ok, great.

Joey- Bessie Dawson's here so I'm leaving now.

Bessie- Ok, have fun.

Joey- Yup. Bye. Ok Dawson let's go.

Dawson- Yeah let's.

    And with that they left. Joey couldn't believe it. He was acting like nothing happened. Like it was just a regular day. Like yesterday never happened. He had certainly forgive her easily. Actually, now that she thought about it, it was almost to easily......
 

    It was almost 12:30 when Pacey got the nerve to call Joey. He picked up the phone and dialed the B&B. Bessie picked up on the second ring.

Bessie- Good afternoon, Potter B&B.

Pacey- Hey Bess. Is Joey around?

Bessie- Hey Pacey! No, actually she left a little while ago. She and Dawson were having a day out or something. I don't really know. I just know he picked her up around quarter of 12 I think.

Pacey- Oh really?

Bessie- Yeah. Want me to tell her you called when she gets home?

Pacey- Sure but tell her there's no need to call me back. I understand everything perfectly now.

Bessie- Ok Pace. Hey is everything all right?

Pacey- Yeah, everything' s great. Thanks for taking the message.

Bessie- No problem kid. Talk to ya later.

Pacey- Bye Bess.

    Pacey couldn't believe it. No...actually he could. He knew this would happen but my God the next day? He saw everything crystal clear. Fine.. if he was so unimportant then he would just forget about Joey Potter. He didn't need her. Yeah right he thought. He needed her more than he needed air. What was he going to do?? He really had no clue.
 

Ok that's the end of chapter 2. Did anyone notice the hint in this chapter? Please send me some feedback...good or bad. Thanks!!