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Capeside
By Maria C.
The clock
rings at 6 a.m on the dot, Dawson, still half sleeping,sluggishly reaches over
to turn it off,he rolls over to take a nice long stretch,looking over at the
window to see it's still dark outside,he can here the sound of the birds
chirpping as he slowly gets out of bed and walks toward the bathroom to take
his shower.
After his
shower,he gets dressed and makes his way down stairs to find his mother Gail
cooking breakfast and his dad Mitch reading the morning paper.
"Good
morning dear" Gail says to Dawson as she puts his plate of eggs,bacon and
toast on the table
"Good
morning mom" Dawson says as he sits down to eat
"Hey
Dawson, first day back to school, are you excited?" Mitch asks Dawson
"Yeah, I
am actually" Dawson says with a smile
"What are
you doing up so early Dawson? it's only 6:30 and you've already had your shower
and eatting breakfast" asks Gail
"Well Jen
asked me if we could walk to school together today,I said ok" Dawson says
to his mother
"Oh and
Dawson, don't forget you said you'd help me at the restaurant after school
today" Gail says to dawson
"Yeah mom
I remember" Dawson says back to his mother
Dawson
finished his breakfast and grabbed his bookbag and headed off to Jens house.
He knocked on
the door and Grams answered
"Hello
Mrs.Ryan, is Jen ready?" He asked with a smile
"Not
today she not" Grams said with a small laugh
"She's
still trying to find something to wear,she's already tried on 3 different
outfits" Grams says again
Just as Grams
said that, Jen comes out in a plane pair of blue jeans and red and white
stripped shirt.
"Hey
Dawson, ready?"Jen asks him
"Sure,
lets go" Dawson says
So off they
go, taking the 20 minute walk to school rather than taking a car
"We
should walk to school more often,it feels kinda good to get in a nice long walk
everyday, don't ya think Dawson?" She asks
"Yeah but
I don't think I can get up everyday at 6 am,I need that extra 30 minutes os
sleep if I'm going to function during the day" Dawson says with a laugh
"Oh come
on Dawson, you can do better than that" Jen says
Just then, it
starts to rain
"Well
this 20 minute walk is gonna turn into a 10 minute run!" Dawson says and
they both start running
They both
reach the school soked and dripping water everywhere
"What a
way to start off the first day of school" Jen says with a laugh and a
smile as she walks off to home room
Dawson gets to
his homeroom and takes his seat, he watches as everyone else comes in,Andie
comes in and takes the seat right in front on him
"Hey
Dawson...your soked, what'd you do walk to school?"Andie asks
"Yeah I
did...Jen's idea" Dawson says back
"Hey lets
compare schedules, I wanna see if we have any other classes together"Andie
says with a smile
Dawson reaches
for his schedule and hands it to Andie
"Looks
like we have P.E together too"Andie says as she hands Dawson back his
schedule
"P.E?
looks like Jen will be with us too" says Dawson
"Really?
so will Jack, this is gonna be so cool that we all have P.E together"
Andie says with a giggle
Finally it was
4th period, P.E, after the teachers took roll,everyone got to to their own
thing, Dawson found Jen and they both went to sit on the bleachers
"Hows
your first day coming along Dawson? besides what happened this morning?"
Jen asks
"It's
going fine...for now"Dawson says with his head down
"I know
what your wondering Dawson" Jen says
"No you
don't" Dawson says with a small laugh
"Yeah I
do, and I'm gonna tell you,she got back last night, her first day will be
tomorrow" Jen told Dawson
"How do
you know that?"Dawson asked
"She
called me" Jen said
"She
called you? why did she call you?" Dawson asked
"Just to
talk,I mean she hasn't really talked to anyone in almost 3 months"Jen told
Dawson
Just then
Andie and Jack come over and sit down next to Dawson and Jen
"Hey
guys, what are you doing?"Andie asks
"Oh
nothing, just talking about what's happened so far today" Jen says to
Andie
"Hey
Dawson wanna play some ball?"Jack asks Dawson
"Sure why
not?"Dawson says
"Heyyyyy,
what about us?"Jen asks
"You, Jen
Lindley wanna play ball?" Jack asks
"Well if
you would have asks me in the first place, you would have found out that I DO
wanna play"Jen says with a laugh
"Alright
then, come on"Jack says
"Hey Andie,
come on"Jen says
"No
thanks, first day of school and I already have homework, I think I'll get
started on it"Andie says
"ANDREA
MCPHEE!"Jen say loud
"What?"
Andie says with a laugh
"You are
gonna play ball with us damn it!" Jen says with a laugh also
"It's
HOMEWORK!, that means you do it at HOME!" Jen adds
So finally,
Andie goes and plays ball with them, and everyone has a nice time
Right after
P.E was lunch time for Dawson, he gets inline and gets a tray and sits down at
a table
As he eats his
lunch,out of the corner of his eye, he sees someone standing by him, he looks
up, and it's Pacey
"Hey
Dawson" Pacey says as he sits down next to Dawson
"Pacey!
what are you doing here?" Dawson says in a surprising voice
"The
first day of school man, why wouldn't I be here" Pacey says
"Well I
heard you didn't get back untill really late so I thought your first day
wouldn't be untill tomorrow" Dawson says to Pacey
"Yeah
well, I wasn't gonna come today, but I said what the hell, beside I already
missed the first 4 classes, only 3 to go"Pacey says with a smile
"I can
not believe you're doing this Pacey" Dawson says with a serious voice
"Doing
what man?"Pacey says back
"You come
and sit by me like old times like nothing happened"Dawson says in a louder
voice
"Dawson,
man don't get loud, where at school" Pacey says in a calm voice
"LOUD?
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN LOUD!"Dawson yells
"DO YOU
THINK YOU CAN JUST COME BACK TO CAPESIDE AND WE CAN JUST BE FRIENDS
AGAIN?"Dawson says as he stands up
Pacey just
sits there while Dawson yells at the top of his lungs
"YOU TOOK
MY HEART AWAY,YOU TOOK EVERYTHING THAT EVER MATTERED ANY FROM ME PACEY, YOU
TOOK THE ONLY GIRL I WILL EVER LOVE AWAY FROM ME, SOME BEST FRIEND YOU
ARE!"Dawson says while still yelling
Pacey stands
up and starts yelling also
"I DIDN'T
TAKE A DAMN THING AWAY FROM YOU DAWSON!......YOU GAVE HER TO ME, I TOLD YOU
THAT IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE HER WHILE YOU HAD THE CHANCE, SOMEONE WOULD COME AND
SWEEP HER OFF HER FEET...AND THAT SOMEONE WAS ME DAWSON!"Pacey yells
The silence
was deafening after that, everyone in the lunch room looking at two people that
use to be the best of friends fight like bitter enemys
Pacey just
picked up his tray and threw it away and walked out, Dawson went home
At 3:00 p.m
Dawson headed down to his moms restaurant, Jen was already there, she pulls
Dawson into the back stock room
"What
happened between you and Pacey today at lunch?"Jen asked Dawson
"Nothing"
Dawson replys
"I know
thats a lie Dawson, from what I heard it looked like a WWF match about to
start" Jen says with a small laugh
"Don't
laugh Jen, it's really hurt when he just came and sat by me like nothing
happened, like he didn't sail off into the sun set with the girl i loved on his
arm" Dawson says sadly
"I'm
sorry Dawson" Jen says as she hugs Dawson
Just then Gail
comes in
"Hey you
two, what's going on?"Gail asks
"Nothing
Mrs.Leery, just talking about the first day of school" Jen says with a
smile
"Alright
but Jen I need you out here to seat some customers and Dawson I need you to
bring in the new juke box and set it up ok?"Gail says
"Ok
Mrs.Leery" Jen says as she walks out
Mrs.Leery
stops Dawson and shuts the door
"Dawson,
the school called me today,anything you wanna tell me honey?"Gail asks
"I don't
wanna talk about it right now mom" Dawson says
"Was it
over Joey" she asks Dawson
"Yeah it
was but I really don't want to talk about it right now mom please" Dawson
says and walks out the door
Mean while,
Jen was seating costomers when she looks over and sees Henry standing there
dressed in a very nice pair of pants and a dress shirt with a white rose in his
hands, her eyes light up and a big smile comes across her fase as she walks
over to him
"Henry
Parker, I thought you wouldn't be back for another 2 weeks?" she says with
a smile
"Well I
lied, I wanted to surprise you"Henry says with a little smile
"And you
did just that... I missed you so much Henry"says Jen as she gives him a
big hug ans kiss
"And your
in luck, a table just opend and I take my break in 5 minutes...and I guessing
this rose is for me?" Jen says
"Oh..oh
yeah it is,I'm sorry" Henry says
And Jen and
Henry sit down for a romantic dinner, the first real dinner they've had
together in almost 3 months
Now just a few
feet away was Dawson, dragging in the juke box his mom and dad baught for the
restaurant, he plugs it in and trys to play a song, but it's not working,after
reading the manuel a million times and he still can't get it to work, he's
almost ready to kick it when he hears a very familar voice came from behind him
"Did you
flip the on switch in the back?"
He turns
around to see and sure enough it was...JOEY!
"Uh?"Dawson
says
"Did you
flip the switch in the back?" Joey says
"Ummm I
don't think so, hold on" Dawson says while he turns the juke box back
around
"Well
what do ya know, there is a switch"he says
He flips the
switch and the juke box lights up and starts to play it's first song, the song
is called "Whereever you go" by Voices of Theory, as they listened to
the lyrics, it was hard for Dawson to hold back tears as they started to build
up in his eyes
LYRICS
"Since
you left me My life ain't been the same I'm useless without your love I'm
calling, crying out your name But when I look around Your love is nowhere to be
found Please come back to me Baby, you know you're my everything
Who will
love me and who will care Who will be there when I need someone for me Who will
be there to dry my eyes When I fall down on my knees Will I hear you say
Wherever you
go Whatever you do You know I'm waiting You know I'll never leave Whatever it
takes Whatever's at stake Just know I love you And know I'll be right here
And no
matter what it takes I'll be waiting here for you always
Goodbye is
such a hard thing to say When you're all I know When you're my everything And
who will stay and care for me When you're gone, I'll be all alone Who will care
and comfort And fulfill my needs I've got to know, baby
Who will
love me and who will care Who will be there when I need someone for me Who will
be there to dry my eyes When I fall down on my knees Will I hear you say
Wherever you
go Whatever you do You know I'm waiting You know I'll never leave Whatever it
takes Whatever's at stake Just know I love you And know I'll be right here
All my life
I've waited for someone like you So please don't say it's over Don't tell me
This just can't be true Please don't leave me Don't walk away You know your
love is something I can't do without So whatever it takes Or how much my heart aches
You know I'll always be around"
Dawson turns
to look at her, she looked so different,her hair was so long,she looked
taller,slimer,and just so much prettier
"I just
came by to get some take out for Bessie, she loves the food from this
place" Joey says with a nice smile
"Oh sure,
I'll get that for you" Dawson says, trying not to look at her again
Joey slowly
walks over to the counter, putting her hair behind her ears nervously
"So how
was the first day of school Dawson?"She asks
Dawson with
his back turned away from her, with his heart down to his feet and trembling
"It was
good, Jen and I walked, and got rained on"he says
Joey gives out
a small laugh
"My first
day is tomorrow, we...I mean I didn't get back untill"
Dawson
interupts her
"Here ya
go, tell Bessie I said hi" Dawson says with a fake smile
"Ok
thanks Dawson"Joey says and walks away
Dawson just
stands there, watching her as she leaves, tears building up, he wants to just
run up to her and tell her he's sorry and give her the best kiss she's ever
had, but he doesn't, he watches as she gets into the car and drives away.
He asks his
mom if he can take the rest of the night off, she says yes and he takes a
stroll to the creek and sits on the dock,he sits there for almost an hour when
it starts raining yet again, he gets up and runs back to his house.
"Hey
honey dinner is almost ready,get out of those wet clothes and come eat"
Gail says to Dawson
"I'm not
really that hungry"Dawson says back to his mom as he walks up the stairs
"Are you
ok Dawson?"His mom asks
"I'm fine
mom, just tired,remember I got up 6 this morning" Dawson says
"oh ok
honey"Gail says
Dawson makes
it to his room, opens his door and sees Joey sitting on his bed
"What are
you doing here?" Dawson asks Joey
"I wanted
to see how you were doing" Joey says in a low voice
"I'm
fine" Dawson says in a careless voice
"Is that
all you wanted?" Dawson adds
"I wanted
to talk to you"Joey says as she stands up
"How did
you get in here anyways?as you can see I took down the ladder"Dawson says
as he puts his jacket over his desk chair
"Through
the front door, your mom let me in" she says
"What do
you want Joey? whatever it is just tell me"Dawson says
"Look,
forget it Dawson, you are acting like a total jerk talking to me like
that" Joey says in a loud voice
"WHAT DO
YOU EXPECT JOEY?YOU AND PACEY BOTH COME BACK HERE AND TRY TO ACT LIKE WE'RE ALL
STILL BEST BUDDIES OR SOMETHING,IF YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ALREADY,LET ME REFRESH YOUR
MEMORY,YOU TWO LEFT TOGETHER! ON A BOAT, OFF INTO THE SUNSET,THE GIRL I LOVED
MORE THAN ANYTHING AND MY BEST FRIEND,DID YOU REALLY THINK I'D FORGET ABOUT
THAT?I THINK NOT JOEY"Dawson yells
Joey starts to
cry
"YOU TOLD
ME TO GO!"Joey yells back
"AND YOU
WENT,DIDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT IT EITHER"Dawson yells again
Both stop
yelling and compose themself
"I think
you should leave Joey" He says while not looking at her
Joey still
crying walks to the door and opens it but first turns around
"I missed
you so much Dawson"she says then she walks out the door
Dawson starts
to cry and looks at his door, just then he knew that he loved her still, even
after everything, Joey was his soulmate, and no matter what she's done, he can
and will forgive her, he runs out his door, and down the stairs and runs to
catch up with Joey
"JOEY!!!"
Dawson screams
Joey stops and
looks behind her, she sees Dawson running toward her, he stop just inches from
her, they look at eachother
"I missed
you so much Joey.......I love you" Dawson says
Then he grabs
her by the waist and she puts her arms around his shoulders and he gives her
the best kiss she'd ever got.
"Will you
marry me Joey?" Dawson asks
"Cause I
don't ever want to lose you again, I couldn't
handle
it" he adds
Joey,still
crying,pauses for a moment,then looks Dawson in his eyes, and says yes
He gives her
another long kiss, then they take Bessies car and go to the beach,they lay down
a blanket and cuddle all night while watching the moon shine over the water and
waves crashing down on the rocks, they lay there untill 7 in the morning when
the beach police wake them up
"Aren't
you kids supposed to be in school?" the cop asked
"Oh my
god! what time is it?" Dawson says
"It's
almost 7 a.m" the cop answers
"Oh no!
we still have Bessie's car!"Joey says
So they pack
up their things and drive back to Joeys house
When they pull
up, Bessie is right there waiting for them
"That was
no cool Joey, you knew I needed the car at 7 to take Alexander to the
doctors" Bessie says to Joey
"I know
I'm so sorry Bessie,we fell asleep and the beach police woke us up at 7"
Joey says back
"It's
alright now, I called the doctors and he gave us another appointment for 1:00,
now you need to get to school" Bessie says
Joey gets
ready as fast as she can and on her way out the door, Dawson is standing there
with fresh picked sunflowers in his hands
"Why
don't we walk to school today?"Dawson asks
"Dawson,
we're already an hour late,walking is gonna take 30 minutes"Joey says back
to him
"So?"
Dawson says with a smile
Joey just
smiles and they walk very slowly to school
"There's
something I wanna ask you Joey"Dawson says
"What
Dawson?"She replys
"What
about Pacey?"he says to her
"Pacey....well
he knows, we talked about everything on the way back, and I told him that I had
lots of fun and I'm sure that nothing I do will ever make me forget this whole
advnture cause it was great, but that I couldn't be with him, I don't know what
I was thinking 3 months ago,I was just confused and didn't understand
anything"Joey says and then turns to Dawson
"I told
him my heart belonged to you and that nothing he could have done could have
changed that...you're the one I'm meant to be with...forever!" She says
with a smile, then they kiss, then yet again it starts to rain
They run to
school, both walk in very soked and wet again.
"Oh yeah,
let me see your schedule, lets see how many classes we have together" She
says to Dawson
As she looks
she gets a surprising look on her face
"What is
it Joey?"Dawson asks
"We have
every class together....is that possible?" Joey says with a laugh
"Let me
see" Dawson says and gets the schedules from Joey
"No I
don't think it is but lets not tell anyone okie?" Dawson says with a smile
P.E comes and
everyone is together,well almost everyone, Andie,Jack,Jen,Henry,Dawson and Joey
Everyone is
just sitting around, talking,getting along,
when Pacey
walks in and walks over to the group
"Hey
everyone" Pacey says to them all
"You have
P.E with us too Pacey?"Andie asks
"Uh no
not really, just cutting math class right now" he says with a smile
"All
right everyone how about some ball?"Jack says to everyone
"Alright
lets go"Jen says
Everyone heads
over to start playing ball when Dawson asks Pacey to talk to him for a minute
"Yeah
Dawson?"Pacey asks
"I just
wanted to say I'm sorry about yesterday, it was just"
Pacey
interupts
"It's ok
man,don't sweat it, it's cool" Pacey says
Then they go
over to join everyone else in some ball.