She's The One
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characters are not mine, etc., etc. There is a reference to the episode
before Pretty Woman (I think it's that one), but no spoilers or
anything. I hope you enjoy! Read on and don't forget to read the note at
the bottom.
She's the One
Dawson was absolutely crushed. "You're going to France?" he
whimpered. Joey remained hardened despite the sad puppy face Dawson was
giving her.
"God, Dawson. You are so pathetic," she said, rolling her eyes. She
started to walk away.
"Jo, please answer me," Dawson begged. "Please stop. I need to hear
you say this. Tell me, are you really going to France?" Dawson had
lightly grabbed her wrist and turned her to face him. He looked into her
eyes. "Are you?"
Joey was trying to stop herself from melting under his gaze. She
felt his eyes burning into her. "They are so gorgeous," she thought. She
forgot herself for a moment as she returned his stare. Then, she
remembered how angry she was and why. "I made the decision to go to
France..." she started. Her eyes fell to the ground. "But I was too
late. The other girl broke up with her boyfriend and already made all
the arrangements to go."
"That's great!" Dawson yelled, pulling Joey into his embrace. He
wanted to jump up and down for joy. Joey wriggled out of his arms.
"What are you doing, Dawson?" she sneered. "You woke up thinking
differently about things, remember? Where's the insensitive jerk from
this morning who left me all alone?" Dawson looked at her with
sorrow.
"I am so sorry..."
"Always sorry! Maybe if you thought about how you were hurting
people before you did anything to be sorry about..." Joey interrupted
angrily.
"You know what, Jo?" Dawson interrupted back. "I already got told
off by Pacey about this today. Maybe if you would shut up a minute, I
could explain." Joey was surprised at the harshness in Dawson's voice
but was silent. "Okay, now I have to apologize for yelling at you, too.
Let me start over. Jo, I love you." She rolled her eyes. "I know I
deserve that, but I do," he continued. "I didn't want to affect your
decision about France. I didn't want you staying here for me. I mean, I
did, but I couldn't let you stay no matter how much I wanted you to. I
thought that not factoring me in as part of your decision would make it
fair, so I pretended not to care about you as much. Jo, it hurt me so
much to see you hurt and know that I was the cause. Here," Dawson said,
pulling out the roses. "In a garden of beauties, you outshine them all."
Joey slowly took the roses and smelled them.
"You are such a sappy romantic, Dawson," Joey finally smiled,
stroking the petals. "Especially that last line. Where did you get that
from? I hope that I'm never that bad." Dawson laughed even though she
was making fun of him. It was good to see her smile. "Dawson?"
"Yes, dear?"
"Dear? Uh oh. You're rubbing off on me already. You called me
dear... and I kind of like it. Anyway, never leave me like that again,
okay? If you do, I will track you down and physically beat you," Joey
said seriously.
"Just try it," Dawson said, caressing her cheek. She put the flowers
down and put her arms around his neck.
"You know I would," Joey smiled. "I've beaten up guys bigger than
you before. You know that."
"Sure," Dawson chuckled. "Maybe later I'll even let you have your
way with me."
"You are so gross, Dawson," Joey made a face. Dawson put his arms
around her waist and kissed her as tenderly as he could. They stayed
like that for a few mintues before Dawson started walking her back to
his house. Joey picked up her flowers and cradled them in one arm.
Dawson casually whiped his hand on his pants before taking Joey's hand
in his. She noticed and smiled, but decided not to say anything to ruin
the moment.
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Joey had gone home shortly after they had gotten to Dawson's house
because they both had a lot of homework. No one else was at her house.
Joey heard the doorbell ring. She got up to get it, expecting to see
Dawson. She laughed at the thought of him not being able to stay away
for a couple of hours. She promised that she would come back later for a
special movie night to celebrate their togetherness. A look of disgust
crossed her face when she opened the door to Pacey.
"What are you doing here?" Joey asked. "You know, even though I cut
school, I still have to make up all the work, so make it quick."
Pacey ignored Joey's attitude towards him. "Did you talk to Dawson,
yet?" he asked, genuinely concerned. "You seemed really upset this
morning. Dawson didn't tell me anything, but I knew that he was the
cause."
"Yeah," Joey said excitedly. "I'm great now. I guess it's official.
We're together! I'm not going to go to France, now, but that's okay. I
really didn't want to leave, anyway. Not yet. I still had some things to
work out."
"Hey, congrats!" Pacey smirked. "You got the Leery boy. Too bad. You
could have done so much better."
"With you, Pacey? Don't worry. We'll always have the snail
threesome," Joey laughed. "I have to finish my homework so I can get to
Dawson's. Thanks for coming, bye."
"Ooooh. Joey's going to Dawson's tonight. Well, have fun. Play
safe," Pacey said with a wink. "And check on Jen while you're
there?"
"Good idea," Joey said, ignoring the rest of what Pacey had said.
"And Pacey?"
"Hmm?"
"Thanks for worrying about me," Joey added sheepishly. Pacey smiled
and left.
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Joey left to row across the creek a couple of hours later. She
brought a red and a white rose to keep at Dawson's and a white rose for
Jen. When she got to Dawson's house, she put the red and white roses
down next to the ladder and went to Jen's house. She nervously rang the
doorbell.
"May I help you?" Jen's grandmother answered the door.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry for what happened," Joey mumbled.
"Is Jen here?"
"Jen's sleeping, the poor girl. I don't want to wake her."
"Um... okay, thank you. Oh, and here. This is for you both." Joey
handed her the flower.
"Thank you, Josephine. I'll tell Jen you stopped by with this."
Jen's grandmother closed the door and Joey ran to the ladder. She picked
up the roses and climbed into Dawson's room. He wasn't there, so she
found a glass and filled it with water for the roses. She had just put
them in the water when she heard Dawson coming up the stairs.
"Hey, Jo," he said, giving her a kiss. "Sorry I'm late, I was
eating. Do you know that I hadn't eaten anything all day because of
you?"
"Well, it's good to know that I'm in control of this relationship,"
Joey grinned, plopping down on the bed. "Start the movie. I left Bessie
a note saying that I'll probably be back tomorrow. I hope she won't mind
that it's a school night, but it's a special occasion. She'll
understand... maybe... although I didn't come home last night, either,
come to think of it... oh well. Don't worry. We just shouldn't stay up
too late."
"If you're in charge, beautiful, you still have to have your way
with me," Dawson smiled mischieviously. He put the tape on and joined
Joey on the bed. He took her in his arms.
"If you don't stop saying that, maybe I will. And it won't be
enjoyable for you," Joey said jokingly. Dawson shrugged and kissed her
again. They sort of watched half of the movie before they turned it off
and fell asleep in each other's embrace.
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people! I hope you liked it!
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