You and me | Pacey Witter

thirty-three

THE BENSON family walked up to the Ryan household with a homemade pecan pie made by Aurora and Joshua. Lucas caught glimpse of the Mcphee girl not too far away from him with her brother. Aurora looked up at him as soon as she realized she was there. "Um," Lucas cleared his throat, "excuse me."

Lucas took off in her direction and Aurora sighed as he did so. "Here, I'll take the pie inside," Joshua said as he gently took the pie from her hand before he began to walk up the staircase to meet grams inside. 

Pacey noticed the girl and walked over toward her. She didn't notice the Witter boy until he placed a hand on her shoulder. Aurora looked up at him and a small smile appeared on her face, "happy Thanksgiving, Pace."

Pacey smiled back at her, "happy Thanksgiving, Rory." He looked over at her uncle who had walked up the small staircase and nodded toward him. "So, what'd you guys bring?" he questioned.

"Uh, a homemade pecan pie," Aurora replied. "Me and Uncle Josh stayed up all night trying to make it, because Lucas kept coming into the kitchen and 'attempted to help' them but ruined it. And before we got here, we bought a bottle of wine."

Pacey nodded along, "and you didn't think to buy us kids some wine?" he questioned.

"Yeah, you wish," Aurora scoffed a laugh. "What'd you bring?"

"Cranberry sauce," Pacey replied. "Lame, I know."

"What?" Aurora exclaimed. "What's a Thanksgiving dinner with cranberry sauce?"

Aurora took notice to the Leery's and Potter's walking in through the gate together, as well as Haley who walked along with Dawson and Joey. A smile came to her face but before she went over and interrupted their conversation, she excused herself from Pacey and walked over toward Bessie.

"Hey, Bessie," Aurora exclaimed with a smile.

"Aurora, hey!" Bessie said with a smile as she pulled her in for a side hug, which Aurora gladly returned. "Uh, I think grams and my uncle Josh are in the kitchen if you want to go join them," she stated.

Bessie scoffed, "yeah, because I want to go see Joshua, no offence."

"None taken."

As soon as their conversation ended Aurora headed over to her girlfriend and pulled her in for a small, sweet kiss. Haley pulled away with a bright smile plastered on her face. "Happy Thanksgiving, Hales."

"Happy Thanksgiving, Aurora."

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THE BENSON twins and Haley sat on the couch as everyone wandered around. Lucas's elbows rested on his knees as his fingers interlocked together. Haley noticed his right knee that bounced up and down, anxiously, she sighed as she looked over at him. "Lucas, are you okay?" she asked. "I mean, is it because of Andie, or?"

Lucas looked up to the sound of his name and glanced over in that direction to now see the two girls looking over at him. "What? Oh, no, I'm fine," he shrugged. "I mean, yeah it's a little awkward, given our circumstances, but it's Thanksgiving, I'm here to hang out with my friends and family, I'm not going to let anything, or anyone ruin that."

Aurora smiled over at her brother, "I'm proud of you for that, Luke," she told him. "And it shows how mature you and Andie are for being able to put your past behind you for a day and come together to celebrate."