Disclaimer: I don't own the character's of Dawson Creek I'm just borrowing them for this story.

Note: After finally seeing the series finale (which I have to admit that I did enjoy) I got inspired to write this story. I've never written anything to do with gay characters before but I'm taking a stab at it because I really liked Jack and Doug as a couple, so please don't judge me to harshly on that subject. I also really wanted Jen in this story so I changed a few things but that will become obvious as you read. I hope you enjoy.

Jack put his hands over his ears trying to drown out the sounds of the crying baby in Jen's arms. It was times like these when he wished that he hadn't let Jen move in with him after the death of her grandmother. He loved Jen, and his daughter too but the crying was enough to get on anyone's nerves.

"I'm sorry," Jen said like she always did not looking up from the face of her crying daughter.

"Here let me try," Jack said standing up and holding out his arms for the crying infant. As he cradled Amy in his arms he walked slowly around the room but the crying continued.

After handed over Amy, Jen had flopped on the couch exhausted. She was starting to understand why all parents were crazy. It was the lack of sleep they had to suffer when their child was an infant.

"We might have to call Doug again," Jen said after a few minutes of Jack having us much luck as she had.

"Oh he's going to love that," Jack said thinking of his steady boyfriend. Doug seemed to be the only one who could get Amy to sleep when she got into these crying fits. Jack glanced at the clock. At least it was only eight o'clock. The last time they had called him it had been three in the morning. After two hours of Amy's crying Jack had finally broken down and called him at the ungodly hour. Even that early in the morning Doug was his usual understanding self and within ten minutes of showing up had Amy to sleep. Jack didn't know how he did it.

"You know it would be easier if he would just move in with us," Jen commented from her place on the couch. Jack gave an uneasy laugh.

"Don't even suggest it to him. Doug might have finally come out of the closet but I think he's just as uptight about us as he was before if not more so," Jack told her. He didn't say anything out loud but he couldn't help but think that something was going on that Doug wasn't telling him about. He just seemed guarded and uptight about something but in a different way than it had been before. Before Doug was trying to keep hidden that fact that he and Jack were actually seeing each other. He hadn't been ready for Capeside to know that their Sheriff was gay.

That was different though now. Doug no longer had a problem with them going out to eat at a restaurant, or holding hands as they walked down the street. Doug would even kiss him as long as there weren't too many people around. Still Jack felt as if Doug was hiding something.

"I won't," Jen reassured Jack with a smile. "And you have to admit Doug has come along way in the last two months. I saw the two of you dancing at the ice house last night."

"Yeah, you and the three other customers and the employees that were there," Jack said. He had asked Doug jokingly to dance last night and had been surprised when Doug said yes. He had noticed Corey with his camcorder (probably recording the moment for his boss, Doug's older brother Pacey) but hadn't pointed it out to Doug. He hadn't wanted to spoil the moment. "I'm just glad he came around when he did," Jack continued. " I was thinking about leaving Capeside when Andie died. There just didn't seem to be any reason to stay any longer and every reason to leave. I just knew I couldn't be with Doug with all the sneaking around and I knew I couldn't deal with seeing him everyday. I'm not sure how I would've dealt with losing both of them," Jack told her.
Jen nodded. She wasn't sure what to say. This had been the first time Jack had talked about his sister since her death two months earlier. Jen knew he missed and he wasn't the only one. Even though they hadn't been together since high school, Jen knew that Pacey had taken Andie's death hard and although she hadn't been close to her, Jen missed Andie too. Andie had been impossible not to like.

Amy was finally starting to settle down. Her crying was now only a soft wimper and her eyes were heavy with sleep. Jack started walking to Jen's room where the crib was. Jen was right behind him. Jack laid Amy down in the crib and then Jen covered her little girl up with the blanket. Jen and Jack stood there silently for a few moments waiting for the crying to start back up. When it didn't they quietly walked out of the room, Jack turning off the light as he left the room.
The two of them walked back out to the living room and sat down on the couch. Jen looked over at her best friend. She didn't know how she could've gotten through these last few weeks without Jack. He had not only giving her a place to stay but had been a tremendous help with Amy. It had been Jack who had insisted she come back to Capeside with him after her grandmother had passed away even though it wasn't hard to convince her. Without Grams, Jen really didn't have any other family to turn to for help raising her daughter as she still didn't get along with her parents. She knew she couldn't endure their endless lectures.

"So is Doug a good kisser?" Jen asked out of the blue. She just wanted to break the silence that had fallen over the room.

"Where did that question come from?" Jack said opening his eyes and looking over at her.

"Oh its just something I've been wondering ever since I was fifteen. He's hot even if he is gay," Jen told him admitting to the silly school girl crush she had secretly had on Pacey's older brother ever since moving to Capeside. She knew if Pacey had ever found out he would have never let her live it down.

"Yeah, he's a good kisser," Jack told her with a smile.

"Must run in the family. So's Pacey."

"I'll take you're word for that," Jack said absently and then her words registered. "Wait a second when did you ever kiss Pacey?" Jack asked although with the numerous love triangles in his little group he shouldn't have been surprised.

"Which time would you like to hear about?" Jen asked him more than willing to talk about the past with him.

"Now are you absolutely sure about this before I go telling people?" Pacey asked Joey as the two of them walked up the sidewalk toward the Icehouse. It was late but he had seen the lights on so he knew Doug was still there overseeing clean-up and locking up for him. Doug didn't know much about the restaurant business but his employees, even though they were young, were quite capable of keeping things running with the little incentive that the Sheriff would be checking up on them.

"I'm absolutely positive," Joey told him with a smile. "Never been more sure of something in my life."

"Great," Pacey siad smiling and pulling her close. He leaned down and gave her a quick kiss. Things were wonderful. They couldn't be better, he thought as he looked toward the Icehouse again. Suddenly his smile faded.

"Pace, what's wrong?" Joey asked as she saw the smile on his face disappear. When he didn't answer she followed his gaze to the front door of the Icehouse. What she saw sent a shiver down her spine.

A fake cop badge was stuck to the front door by a knife. Joey watched as Pacey walked to the front door and grabbed the hilt of the knife. Joey didn't think it was possible but as Pacey looked at the knife the look on his face got angrier. Forgetting about Joey, Pacey grabbed the door handle and stormed in with Joey right behind him still trying to figure out what was going on.

As Pacey stormed in Corey and Jill, who were cleaning the tables looked up but quickly went back to the tables when they saw the look on their boss's face. They had never seen him so angry.

Pacey strode across the restaurant to the bar where Doug was helping out by wiping it down. He too looked up from his work as the door flew opened. One look at his brother and he knew something was wrong. Before he could ask anything though Pacey spoke up.

"How long has stuff like this been going on?" Pacey demanded as he tossed the knife and badge with a hole in the center down on the top of the bar. Joey couldn't hold back a gasp as she saw what was written on the hilt of the knife - die fag.

Doug looked down at the items and then back at his brother. He wasn't surprised because this wasn't the first time something like this had happened and not just here but at his house and the station too. He hadn't mentioned it to anyone though and he hated that his brother had to find out, especially like this.

"Pacey, it's nothing..." Doug started.

"Nothing," Pacey said in disbelief. "A cop badge with a hole through it is nothing too you. I consider that a threat but if you don't could please explain to me what you would consider a threat."

"Pacey, don't worry about. I can handle it," Doug told him not wanting to admit that he was scared. Scared for himself and scared for those he loved. He didn't want them involved and that was why he had kept everything to himself.

"Doug, this could be serious," Pacey said although he didn't really think he had to point that out to his brother.

"Pacey, all it is, is an idle threat," Doug told his brother. "I knew not everyone in Capeside was going to be happy about me and Jack seeing each other. Why do you think I hid it for so long? I expected stuff like this Pacey. Just let it go."

"Let it go. How can you say that?" Pacey said. He was about to say something else when he felt a hand on his arm. He looked down at Joey's concerned face. The look in her eyes was telling him not to say something he was going to regret. "Doug, why didn't you let me know what was going on? Why did you shut me out?" he asked instead letting his concern for his brother replace his anger.

"I didn't want to worry you," Doug told him. "And the two of you can't tell anyone else?" Doug said looking at his brother and Joey.

"But Jack..." Joey began.

"Especially not Jack," Doug said quickly cutting her off. "Promise me," he demanded.

"Okay, I promise," Joey said. Pacey's brother had always scared her a little bit because of his intensity. His piercing blue eyes were scaring her now.

"Pacey?" Doug said looking at his brother.

"I don't know," Pacey said uncertainly his eyes resting on the words written on the knife. Those words scared him and he knew they were scaring his brother even if he was trying to hide it.

"Pace please, do this for me," Doug begged.

Pacey let out a sigh. "On one condition Doug. You don't shut me out anymore. If anything else happens you let me know. I want to be there for Doug and if anything happens..." Pacey trailed off not wanting to finish the thought.

"Okay, Pacey, but you can't tell anyone else."

"I promise. Not a word to another soul." Pacey said. He had a feeling that this was one promise he was going to regret making but he had just made it.

"Now what are the two of you doing here. You weren't suppose to be back until tomorrow Pace?" Doug asked trying to change the subject. Pacey had gone to New York to visit Joey but he hadn't been expecting her to come back with him.

Pacey suddenly felt the joy of the night come back and a smile slowly came back to his face. "I just couldn't wait to share the great news," Pacey said happily remembering the original reason he had stopped by. "Doug I would like you to meet my fiancé," Pacey said indicating Joey beside him. Despite the events of the night Joey had to smile herself. She couldn't remember a time when she had felt this happy.

"Are you serious?" Doug asked in disbelief. He didn't think his brother would actually ever get around to asking anyone to marry him or someone would actually say yes to him for that matter.

Joey held her hand out to show Doug the ring on her finger. Doug quickly hopped over the bar and gave his little brother a hug.

"Congratulations," he told him.

"Thanks," Pacey said returning his brother's hug. "Doug I want you to be my best man."

"I'd be honored," Doug told him. Doug released his brother and hugged Joey.

"I'm so happy for the both of you," Doug told them both as he released Joey. There were a dozen questions that came to mind but Doug figured now wasn't the time to bring them up.

"How about we finish cleaning up this place and celebrate," Pacey suggested. He wanted to tell his mother and Bessie and Bodie but he didn't think that they would appreciate being woken up.

"Sounds good," Doug told him as he was off the following day.

"Corey, Jill, why don't the two of you call it a night," Pacey called to his two employees who were as far away from the group as they could get. "We'll finish up here."

"Okay," Jill said.

"Thanks, Mr. Witter," Corey said.

The two teenagers quickly headed to the back to get their stuff and disappear for the night.

"We got work to do Mr. Witter," Joey said handing him an apron and a dishrag. Pacey just laughed and put the apron on.

"Yes ma'am," he told her throwing in a little salute which got him a playful punch on the arm.