Title: Green Apples � Part 2
Author: Angie
E-mail address: [email protected]
Category: Pacey/Joey
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: These characters are not mine. They belong to Kevin Williamson, Paul Stupin, and the WB.
Summary: The gang is finally graduating! Everyone is planning on attending college together...except Pacey. Joey is upset, but love can withstand anything, including separation, right? But when the unthinkable happens in the lives of these six friends, will it cause Pacey to rethink his situation? Find out the answers in this new fan fiction series.
Author's Note: Well, I had some positive feedback so I am continuing. Hope you all enjoy it.
Pacey had jumped straight from his make-shift bed on the couch and ran for the door, slipping his feet into his Nike�s on his way. He was wearing his usual bedtime attire: a pair of drawstring pajama bottoms and a wife beater, but he wasn�t about to take the time to change.
�Pacey, what�s wrong?� Doug asked coming out of his bedroom.
�That was Dawson. Joey and Jen were in an accident, and if you�re coming with me, you had better be in the car by the time I get it cranked.� He shouted as he ran out the door.
Doug went to the door and yelled after him. �No, go ahead. Take my car. I have the patrol car, and I will be right on.�
Pacey got in, reached under the floor board mat for the car key, cranked it, and sped away. He couldn�t help thinking the worst. �Shoot...a red light.� He looked carefully to make sure there was not another car in site and then sped through the light. He ran through two stop signs and nearly missed the driveway to the hospital. He whipped in sideways to the nearest parking place, jumped out of the car, and ran as fast as his legs would carry him toward the main entrance in emergency.
He quckly found the nearest nurses station. �I need some patient information!�
�Yes sir. What�s the name?�
�Jennifer Lindley or Josephine Potter.�
�Ok, Miss Lindley has been admitted. She is in room 409.� The nurse said, then she typed in Joey�s name. �Miss Potter is in Neuro IUC on the third floor.�
�Thanks,� Pacey said. He didn�t have time for the elevator. He felt his legs could carry him much faster. He threw the door open to the first staircase he came to and took them two at a time to the third floor. With every step he took, he kept repeating to himself �this is not happening. It has to be some horrible nightmare.�
He found his way to the ICU waiting area. There he found Mrs. Ryan holding a wide eyed Alexander, Dawson, Mr and Mrs. Leery, Jack, Andie, Henry. Andie was the first person he reached and he threw his arms around her. She was hysterical.
�Ok, please, somebody tell me what exactly happened,� Pacey pleaded.
Mrs. Ryan spoke first. �They were on their way home from renting a video. The light turned green and they started to go, but apparently the eighteen wheeler wasn�t paying attention and had not known that his light had turned red. And he...hit them...� Jen�s grandmother trailed off.
�So...um...what...how are...umm...�
�Well, surprisingly enough Jen is fine. Some cuts and bruises. She is one floor above us. They gave her something to help her sleep, so she is resting now.�
�Joey?� Pacey asked, his voice cracking.
�Well, Bessie and Bodie are in with her now...and...� Mrs. Ryan couldn�t finish her sentence.
Mrs. Leery went over to Pacey and put her arms around him. �It doesn�t look good, sweetie.� She said quietly.
�I don�t understand. How can this be?� Pacey asked her with pleading eyes. Tears streamed down his face.
�Honey, the doctor said it was a miracle that either of them are alive. The eighteen wheeler couldn�t have been going very fast at all. But...it hit on Joey�s side.�
�So, what�s wrong with her?�
�Well, she has a broken leg, a fractured wrist, and...some head injuries.�
Pacey nodded. �Will they let me see her.�
�You can go in now,� a voice said, coming from behind.
Pacey turned around. �Bessie...� he said quietly. He put both arms around her. He looked up at Bodie who had tears in his eyes. �Hey man...� he whispered then hugged him as well.
�Well...� Pacey began. �I am gonna um...go in and uh...check on her.� He turned and headed through the double doors.
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Pacey looked through the window of her cubical before entering quietly. He moved slowly to the side of her bed and looked down at her. She looked so helpless. Her face was swollen and her wrist and head were bandaged. She seemed to have wires and tubes hooked to her from every angle. The constant hum and beeping of the machines seemed deafening to him.
�Hey, Potter,� he said in the most cheerful tone he could muster up. �Please Joey...please wake up,� he silently pleaded. He took her good hand and held it firmly in his. He felt as though he needed to try and hold on to her in any way possible.
�Ah, I see you and little Jen have been playing in the beauty supplies again, huh Josephine?� he asked teasingly, noticing the red fingernail polish on her nails. She rarely wore nail polish, and usually wore very little make-up. Pacey couldn�t think of one reason she should wear any of that stuff anyway. She was beautiful just as she was.
�Well, you know what? If you don�t feel like talking to me right now I think I�ll just step right out here and flirt with this cute young thang I saw on the way in here.� Pacey waited...hoping for a reaction. �What you ain�t gonna argue with me, Potter?� �Please, Joey...�he pleaded with her over and over in his mind.
He had seen it scribbled into one of the blanks when he had sneaked a look at her file on the back of her door. He didn�t want to believe it. But it was true. Joey wasn�t waking up. She was in a coma.
�Joey,� he spoke, leaning close to her ear. �I am going to go check on Jen and let Dawson come in here and visit with you for a while. He looked like he really needed to talk to you, ok? But I will be right back...I love you, Joey.� He added before leaving the room.
As soon as the cubical door click shut behind him he sank down to the floor sobbing. �Dear, God, I need her. Please...please don�t take her from me now.� Sobs continued to wrack his body as he sat and cried.
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Pacey entered Jen�s room. Jack was sitting by her bedside. He had obviously gotten up there only moments before Pacey did, because he was just asking her how she was feeling.
�Well...I actually feel like I was in a fight and lost,� she answered laughing. �Ooooh, ouch...laughing hurts.�
�Hey, Lindley. What�s goin� on up here? You two having a party without me?�
�Hey Pace,� she said. He walked over and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
�Well, Pacey, actually we were about to engage in passionate, meaningless, sex. You caught us in the nick of time,� she said smiling.
�Hey, now I can come back later if you like,� he said, smiling back. They all three giggled.
�Ouch!� Jen said again.
�Aww, I�m sorry. No more funnies guys.� Pacey said.
�Absolutely not,� Jack agreed then asked, �So do you remember what happened?�
�Oh, yeah, it�s all coming back. Me and my driving...ugh!�
A realization dawned on Pacey. �Oh...no. She thinks she caused the accident. She doesn�t remember everything yet.�
�So...have you guys seen Joey? She is so never gonna let me live this one down. Here we are, both scratched and bruised and banged up,� Jen said, trying to keep a light tone, but Jack and Pacey could tell she felt guilty.
�Umm...yeah, we�ve seen her.� Jack said.
�So, did you guys talk to her? How is she?�
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Dawson stood by Joey�s bedside. �This just can�t be.� He thought to himself, a single tear rolling down his cheek.
�Joey...� he whispered. �Joey, open your eyes. Look at me.�
He couldn�t bare to see her this way. This was his lifelong friend. His best friend. And now they are telling him that she may never wake up? �There has to be a mistake,� he thought. �She is just resting.�
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�Dawson???� Joey thought. She could here him, she could feel his presence, but where was he. �Where is Pacey? Didn�t I hear him just a minute ago? And Bessie and Bodie? Where is everyone? I can�t see them! I�m scared.�
Joey felt as though she were slipping further and further from the sound of their voices. There was nothing but this void space. It was as if there were dark walls surrounding her and no way out.
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*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*
Dawson looked up at the machine in horror. Something was happening. All of a sudden there must have been at least 10 doctors and nurses coming through the door. They surrounded Joey and ushered Dawson out the door.
He could hear them faintly through the door. He couldn�t hardly breath.
One of the doctors was doing chest compressions, and another was preparing to shock her heart.
�Come on, we�re loosing her!!!�
�Stand clear!�
�Come on, Joey! Joey! Come on! Stay with us, Joey!�
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End of Part Two.
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