Dawson is in his room reading. He suddenly finishes the book and grabs the phone. He dials a number and waits impatiently.
"Pacey?" He asks visibly excited. Not waiting for a reply he goes on, "Joey's you're Beatrice! You know in "Much Ado About Nothing," Beatrice and the other guy? Of course you don't, it was English homework. The point is that you and
Joey are like the main characters. In the play they fight constantly and then fall in love. Maybe they were in love the whole time and just disguised it behind their arguing. Who knows? Anyway though, you and Joey belong together.
The play can't lie! So will you ask her out tomorrow?" He finishes in onebreath.
"Dawson?" Pacey asks, still a little unsure who is one the other end of the phone.
"Naturally it's me. So will you ask her? Maybe you two could have a picnic on the beach?" Dawson went on planning. If Joey and Pacey date he also doesn't have to worry about Joey being available to him. As long as she's out of reach he wouldn't have to confront his fears and risk losing her friendship.
"Ok, I am not exactly sure what you said but if eluding to me and Ice Queen
having a relationship, forget it!" Pacey told him, "our verbal sparring has no
overlaying
meaning, no hidden attraction, it just means we can't stand each
other. End of story!" He wasn't sure it was the end of story though. He didn't
really pay any attention to what Dawson had said, but he had wondered what it
would be like to kiss her. He thought she was attractive but he didn't have a
crush or anything on her. He just had this morbid curiosity as to what she
would do. Kiss him back? Recoil in disgust? The latter was much more likely,
but he still didn't know.
". . . so how does that sound?" Dawson finished and asked.
"Yeah, sure. Whatever." Pacey answered, not hearing the first part.
"Okay, I'll Jen and tell her to talk to Joey. Bye!" Dawson replied and hung up the phone.
'What have I gotten myself into?' Pacey thought and then set the phone into the cradle.
After Dawson hung up with Jen he leaned back and smiled. Everything was going to work out just fine.
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"Is Joey there?" Jen asked.
"Yeah, hold on for me." Bessie said and then quickly retrieved Joey.
"Yes," Joey asked on the phone.
"It's me, Jen. Dawson has got 4 tickets to the Barenaked Ladies concert so can you come?" She asked.
"Yeah, sure! I love them." Joey told Jen. They had been beginning to get closer and she enjoyed talking to her. "Want to sleep over at my house afterward?" She asked.
"Yeah, That'd be cool!" Jen agreed, thankful for the chance where her and Joey might be able to bond some more.
"Talk to you later." Joey said.
"Okay, Bye!" Jen replied and they hung up.
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Later at the concert Joey leaves to go buy a coke and Pacey stands up to walk with her.
"'So you like them?" Pacey asks trying to fill the silence.
"Yeah, I love the song "One Week," even if they play it on the radio every five minutes. Do you?" She inquires.
"Well I hadn't really heard of them before hand so it was kind of a let down seeing there was no naked ladies, but I guess there cool." He tells her.
"Can't you keep your mind out of the gutter for ten seconds?" Joey asks exasperated.
"Like your mind would remain pure if you heard of a group called barenaked Dawsons!" Pacey joked.
"Eeeew, gross! He is like a brother to me. God, no!" She shuddered.
"So you really don't like him?" He asked actually seriously for once.
"I don't know. I thought I loved him, but whenever I think of him romantically I want to throw up. I don't know." She said confused.
He looked over at her, with her hair falling into her face. That feeling overcame him again.
'How would she react if I just kissed her now,' he wondered, 'what the hell, I can play it off as a joke if she doesn't like it.'
"You know I think-" she starts to say but before she finishes Pacey grabs her shoulders and kisses her. She is too shocked to pull away, and then she
doesn't want to. She slips her arms around his neck as his hands slide around her waist. They stay locked in a passionate kiss, there bodies completely insync with each others for a minute. Joey is the first one to break the kiss.
"What was that for?" She asks softly out of breath.
"I just wondered how it would feel and what you would do." He answered honestly.
"Well I kissed you back, and I have no clue what I am feeling." She said then leaned against him. "I am so confused, let's just go somewhere and talk." She whispered and they left to go outside into the parking lot and talk.
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"It's taking pretty long to just get drinks." Dawson asked worriedly.
"I doubt there just getting drinks Dawson." Jen smiled wickedly.
Dawson looked at Jen, then stared straight ahead. 'What have I done?' he wondered.