Joey had rowed out to the middle of the lake. She had alot going on in her life.

She wasn't sleepng these days. So many thoughts running through her head. She was living with Bessie, Bodie, and the new baby (who was up all night), Dawson was worried about his parents, she was worried about him, and she kept thinking about the night that Pacey had kissed her.

"Why hadn't I kissed him back ?", she thought. "Was it Dawson that I wanted or was the new found friendship that I had found with Pacey causing uneasy feelings?"

She had told Pacey before he left that she wasn't intrested and he walked away with his heart in his pocket.

Well it was "MOVIE NIGHT" and she wanted to straighten out her feelings. She rowed back to her house to change, standing in front of the mirror she had brushed her hair, put some lipstick on. She changed into a button down shirt and a pair of jeans, slipped on her sneakers and headed out the door.

She got into the boat and rowed over to Dawson's house, tied up the boat and took a deep breath. Walking up to the house, she climbed the ladder and climbed into the window.

"Hi Dawson", she said as she tucked her long brown hair behind her ear.

"Hey Joey, what's up?", he said as he was picking the clothes up off the floor.

"OH, not much.. just spent the day out thinking", she said as she plopped down on the bed.

"Oh yeah, Jo.. what were you thinking about, anything I can help with?", he said as he sat down on the bed next to her.

"Dawson can we skip the movie and just talk tonight?"she asked with an uneasy smile.

"Sure Joey", he said.

She took Dawson by the hand and led him out the window. They headed out to Joey's boat and rowed out to the middle of the lake where she had been earlier.

"Joey why are we out in the middle of the lake?" Dawson asked curiously.

"OK Dawson, here it is. I want you to promise to let me say what I need to say and then you can say what you want, but this way we have to grow up and address these feelings and you can't run away," she said as she was picking at her nails.

"Ok, Jo I promise to let you say what you need to," Dawson replied.

"Dawson, I have been having all of these feelings lately and I am not sure what to do about them. We have been friends for so long, I don't know what I would do if I woke up tomorrow and you weren't there. My feelings for you have taken a turn somewhere during our friendship, and I am scared. I am so scared, I am afraid to tell you. I have kept them bottled up and it seems that everyone can see them except for you. When I close my eyes at night it is your face I see in my dreams. I need you to tell me that we are gonna be alright no matter what. So I guess what I am trying to tell you Dawson is that I really care about you."

She closed her eyes and buried her head into her hands.

Dawson didn't speak he picked up the oars and started rowing back to his house.

"I have really screwed this one up", Joey thought.

They got back to the dock at Dawson's house and he tied up the boat, and climbed out.

Joey looked up and saw Dawson there holding out a hand. "Come on Jo, I have something to show to you," Dawson said as he took her hand. They walked up to Dawson's house holding hands. Jen saw them as she was sitting on the steps of her Gram's house. They got up into Dawson's room.

"Joey sit down," Dawson said as he went into the closet.

He came back with a photo album. He sat down next to Joey and said,"You know I have kept this book as long as I can remember always putting in pictures, and things that reminded me of you. All the fun times we have had together. There are pictures of you , me , and Pacey in here. You guys are my best friends and I don't know what I would do if I woke up without you being there either Joey."

Joey was looking through the book and Dawson was looking at her. She went to go and flip a page and Dawson slid his hand over hers and held it tight, as he looked deep into her brown eyes. Both of them staring at each other not knowing what to do next. There faces were moving closer and closer to each other. Both of their hands were starting to sweat. Dawson leaned into Joey and softly brushed her lips with his. Both moving back a little and openning their eyes thinking about what had just happened.

"Dawson, I don't want to start something that we aren't ready to finish," Joey said as she looked away.

Dawson reached up and touched her face and said,"Joey I am ready for this." Taking her face in his hands their lips touched and parted as their tongues brushed each other. They were becoming more passionate with each other as Dawson lied Joey onto her back as he layed down next to her.

He stopped for a moment and looked at her. "Joey , you are so beautiful and I am such an idiot for not seeing you sooner," he said as kissed her on her forehead.

"Dawson, where do we go form here?", Joey asked nervously.

"We have spent so many nights here lying in this bed next to each other, this is the first time that I have been so nervous," she said as she swallowed hard.

Dawson got up and went over and turned off the lights and lite a candle next to his bed. He turned on the radio and played the music softly. Joey had taken her shoes off and was lying back on the bed. Dawson came over and took off his shoes and lied back down next to her.

Here they were at the moment of truths, but the thoughts running through their minds if they were both ready for what came next.

Dawson reached over and slowly ran his finger tips up her arm to her face and let his hand softly caress her face as he leaned in to kiss her. Kissing as they lied facing each other. Joey squirmed for a moment and unbuttoned the first button of her shirt as Dawson watched.

"Joey are you o.k. with this?" he asked as he was looking at her shirt.

"I don't think there is anything more I have ever wanted," she said as she took his hand and placed it on her shirt. Dawson was nervously fumbling with the buttons on her shirt. Till they were all undone and Joey slipped out of her shirt. Dawson just looked at her thin tan body as he ran his fingertips slowly over her skin.

"Your turn," she said as she raised his hands over his head and slipped off his t-shirt. She slowly ran her fingers over his chest and then down to his stomache and she began unbuttoning and unzipping his pants. Slipped them off, and Dawson returned the favor. Now they were here in only their underwear, arm in arm and kissing. Till finally they both moved under the covers and removed the rest of their clothes. Dawson rolled onto Joey they were kissing, and then Dawson stopped. He reached into his dresser drawer and pulled out a condom which was given to him in health class at the school.He sliped it on, and for the first time, Joey and Dawson had taken the step over the bridge of friendship.

When they were done making love. Joey placed her head on Dawson's chest and said "Dawson, if I hadn't said anything to you..... this would have been almost unknown."

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