"I see myself with..." Dawson said to himself.
"Hey Dawson!" Joey said climbing through his window.
"JOEY!" Dawson gasped as he looked down at the contents of the box.
Luckily, he had already resealed Joey's letter but Pacey and Jen's lay open
in front of him.
"Dawson what the hell are you doing? You promised you wouldn't read them!
Did you read mine? Did you?" Joey screamed.
"Of course not Joey. I care more about your trust than that." Dawson said
trying not to sound like he was lying.
"I don't believe you Dawson. You can't lie to me, you know that. I can't
believe you betrayed my trust like that. I want my letter back, I no
longer want to be with you." Joey said obviously hurt.
"Joey, wait. You have to understand. Read Pacey and Jen's letters and
then you will see why I had to read yours. It may affect the rest of our
lives." Dawson said pleadingly.
"OK, but you swear that we will never tell them, K?"
"OK, I promise." Dawson said handing her Jen's letter.
She read it and her immediate response was...
"THAT BITCH!!!! How dare she say that about me! 'We no longer associate
with them' What the fuck is that suppossed to mean?" Joey screamed again.
"Joey, she was just saying what she thought was true. I'm sorry you got
hurt but you know it doesn't have to end up like this. Here, read
Pacey's." Dawson said trying to comfort a very distraught Joey.
She grabbed the letter and read it. Then, she reached inside and found the
shell. Tears came to her eyes and she slowly sat down on the bed. "Pacey
loves me? I don't believe it, I just thought he was caught up in the
moment or something. I don't know what to say." Joey said with her bottom
lip trembling.
Dawson walked over and tried to comfort her.
"Joey, with all of this new found information you and I need to figure out
our future. Do you want me or Pacey and do I want you or Jen? This is
quite a quandry we have gotten ourselves into, isn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess it is. And there is only one way I know of to see if we
really have feelings for each other." She said slowly.
"And, what way is that Joey?"
"This."
She grabbed his shirt and pulled him to her in a passionate, intense,
luscious kiss. Then, she let go and looked at him.
"Well, Dawson what did you feel? Did you think of me or Jen?"
"Actually, I was thinking about that day when we were 7 and we got dressed
up in my mom and dad's clothes and pretended like we were getting married.
Do you remember that?"
"Yeah, I do. I also remember that Pacey played our minister and even
caught the bouquet." Joey said with a laugh.
"Speaking of Pacey, when we kissed were you thinking about me or him?"
"You. I've loved you for so long that I could never entertain the idea of
Me and Pacey together, it would just be too weird."
"Yeah, so I guess this means that we are getting married." Dawson shyly
said.
"In about 8 years, yeah. Let's write your note, k?"
"OK, let's see..."
"I see myself with my best friend and the love of my life, Joey. I see us
with 2 kids, a boy and a girl. I see Pacey..."
"Hey Jo, where do I see Pacey?"
"I don't know, it's your life. You've read mine!"
"OK, I see Pacey as a lounge singer in Las Vegas. He is married to a
showgirl and is incredibley happy. I see Jen back in New York, she always
belonged there anyways. So, since Joey and I are together our life will
finally be peaceful."
He read it to Joey and she started crying again.
"So Dawson, what meaningful item are you gonna include?"
"Do you have your chapstick with you?"
"Yeah, why?" she asked as she handed it to him.
He put some on his lips, kissed her and then placed it in the envelope with
his letter.
"That way our first kiss can forever be with us."
"Dawson, that wasn't our first kiss. That was our 4th."
"No, actually that was our third cuz the first was a dare kiss, so it
doesn't count, and you don't really remember our second, so this is our
first kiss that we were both awake and present for."
"Actually, I was your first kiss. You just don't know it."
"What are you talking about? My first kiss was with Jen in the ruins."
"No, I never told you this but I saw you kiss my prosthetic head during
your bonding moment with your dad. So, I considered that our first."
"You saw that? God, is my face red."
"Don't worry about it. That was our first official kiss as a couple and
I'm ready for our next one!" Joey said with a coy smile.
He pulled her into a gentle kiss and then slowly deepened it.
"Jo, I got a question to ask you. What are we gonna tell Pacey and Jen?
Now that we know that they both picture us with them for the rest of our
lives, now what?"
"I don't know Dawson. We are gonna break their hearts. Are we really that
sure of our relationship to do that?"
"I don't know about you, but I could marry you right now. Don't you feel
the same about me?"
"Of course I do, but we aren't getting married today."
"OK, then how about the next best thing?"
"And what would that be Dawson?"
"This..."
He walked over to desk and opened a drawer. He reached all the way to the
back and revealed a velvet box. He walked back over to Joey and handed it
to her.
"What's this Dawson?"
"Just open it, you will understand."
She opened the box and found a small ring that said "ET" on it. It was a
present she had given him in second grade for his birthday.
"I don't believe you kept this all these years!"
"Of course I did, I have everything you've ever given me! But that ring is
special. It is our engagement ring, K? It's a promise that says one day,
when we know we are ready, we will get married and be happy for the rest of
our lives."
"OK, Dawson I'll wear it forever. But, it's too small to fit around my
finger. What do I do?"
"Here, put it on this." He grabbed his favorite necklace from around his
neck and put the ring on it. Then, he put it on Joey.
"Dawson, you love that necklace. You can't do that."
"I love you more than any necklace."
And he kissed her as their problems and thoughts of the future and of Pacey and Jen slowly faded from their minds.
What will Pacey and Jen think of the new couple?
And ten years from now, will this really be what happens?
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