You and me | Pacey Witter

seven

"DEAR CLASS, went home with a cold that was considerably more important than you," Andie read off the tiny white sheet of paper that had been taped on the door. "The test is still on for tomorrow. Study the sample questions. Until then, hardly yours, Mr. Peterson," Andie concluded the note, and Aurora let out a low groan, she needed this study session, or else she would most likely fail the test tomorrow.

"So, he bailed on his own session," Pacey clarified. "Great."

Aurora glanced back at Pacey, the two of them hadn't really talked about their almost kiss from last night, but it was bound to happen sometime. Lucas rolled his eyes at the note on the door, "are you kidding me? It's like he wants us to fail. Does he expect any of us to actually study?"

Aurora rolled her eyes at her brother, "that's the entire point of high school, Lucas."

"You four interested?" Chris Wolfe turned around from his conversation from Jen and asked the four of them. Neither one of them had listened to a word he'd been saying. "Come on, let's study at my place."

Lucas opened his mouth to answer but Andie spoke up instead. "I was thinking more along the lines of the city library," she told him. Lucas followed out behind his girlfriend as she began to walk down the hallway.

Aurora ignored the conversation between the two of them and looked up at the brunette instead. She shrugged, "alright, count me in," she told him. "I wasn't planning on doing the studying anyways."

"Yeah, me neither," Pacey cut in. "And God knows I need it."

"All right, we're in."

Chris grabbed his keys from his pocket, "cool, I'll drive."

after they had gathered up everyone else, the seven of them stuffed themselves into the backseat of Chris Wolfe's car. Lucas and Andie sat in the backseat. The door opened up and revealed Pacey, Dawson, and Aurora stood right there. Aurora stepped in first and sat next to Joey, she could feel the awkward tension between the both of them. Next, Pacey got in, then Dawson.

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THE STUDY session didn't last long until the group had decided to do a purity test. "Okay, in an effort to keep this moment of folly under control, I'm taking charge," Andie spoke up. "There's 100 questions total, and I only have one test. So, we'll pass it around and take turns asking. Write your answers on the paper and we'll total when finished." Andie took a seat and looked at the brunette, "um, Pacey, why don't you start?"

Aurora looked down at her paper and picked up the pencil ready to write down her answer. "Alrighty, question one," Pacey spoke up as he took the magazine from Andie's hands, "have you ever been intimately aroused by a relative?" Lucas's face filled with disgust as he marked down 'no' on his paper. "So, it's a Southern test, huh?"

The night went along quickly. Over the time the group had bonded. The night was filled with laugher, jokes, and strange looks at the interesting questions on the test. "Question eighty-four," Andie read off the magazine, "have you ever fantasized about a friend's significant other?" Aurora marked down her answer and looked back up. "Ooo, very quiet in the room all of a sudden."

Jen took the magazine and read off of it, "have you ever had an affair with a friend's significant other?" 

The last question soon rolled around. Aurora was ready for the test to be over, yes it was fun, but extremely personal. "Okay, question 100," Joey said, the smile from her face slowly faded away, "um, have you ever been in love? If so, how many times? Give yourself a point of purity for each time."