Title: Teenage failure
Summary: Jen is up on a roof pondering things.the only thing is-she's drunk. Will Dawson save her from herself?
Pairing: Dawson/Jen mostly, some Pacey/Andie
Author's Note: This is set sometime in their late junior/early senior year ~~~~~~~~~~~
"This one's for the money, baby!"
Dawson Leery sighed as he watched Jen, who was drunk as usual, climb up the drainage pipe of Gram's house. Grams was out of town, though she should have known. Her house was just waiting to be violated by a few hundred drunk, horny teenagers, and the credit? Who else, but her blasphemous teenage grand fright.
"Jen! Jen, get down from there, you'll fall and break your neck!" called Dawson. Dawson was one of the few who was still sober enough to notice that Jen was putting herself in direct danger.
"What do you care, Leery?" slurred Jen as she balanced herself on one foot on the roof. "Whoa!" She put her arms out as if they would help her balance.
Dawson leapt forward in involuntary instinct. If she fell.
"What do you mean, what do I care? I care for you Jen! I care for you a lot! I don't want you getting hurt! You're my friend Jen, now get down here!"
Jen laughed and she poured the rest of her drink over the other side of the roof. Dawson could hear yelling from the crowd on the other side, cheering Jen on as she put her foot down and raised the other. Dawson shook his head in disapproval and frustration. He thought back to the previous day.
~~~~~~~~~~~ FLASHBACK ~~~~~~~~~~~ "Hey Dawson! Wait up, will you?"
Dawson turned around. He groaned silently as the blonde hurried up to him. "Hey Jen, what's up?"
Jen grinned. "Grams is going out of town tomorrow."
"And?"
Jen looked at Dawson incredulously. "And? And? I thought you would be thrilled that she's going out of town! That means that you and I can have the whole entire evening alone without Ms. Self Righteous around to bug us about abstinence and the Lord! Dawson.are you okay?"
Dawson's eyesight shifted from Jen to another figure that was coming toward them. Ahh, beautiful. Brown hair, gorgeous, big, brown eyes staring at him. She was so perfect in everyway. The bright and beautiful and most importantly SINGLE Joey Potter waved at Dawson and Jen. Dawson called out: "Hey Potter, over here!"
Jen looked at Dawson with hurt in her eyes. It wasn't like him to just ignore her like he was doing. She and Dawson had been going together for almost 6 months.was he trying to tell her something?
"Right. Ok, um I'll talk to you later, Dawson." Jen said quickly as Joey strode over. Jen wasn't a fan of Ms. Potter. There was just something about her and Dawson that she couldn't put her finger on.
"All right, see you." Dawson replied.
Joey looked confused. "What was that about? Leave right when the fun arrives?"
Laughing, Dawson shook his head. "Oh, who knows, maybe she actually got herself a clue that I don't want to be around her anymore. I just wish she'd fall off her roof or something!"
"Dawson! That's really mean." Joey said.
Dawson did feel guilty about what he had just said. "Yeah, I know. I do like Jen, and I care for her, it's just that she and I aren't meant for each other, you know? I mean, Jen's beautiful, she's smart, she's fun.but..she's just not my type. I guess I need to tell her that."
"Yeah, you really have to, don't you? Hey, we better get to class, we'll be late!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Oops! I'm so sorry, Pace!"
Pacey had lived through an almost perfect day-until the end of lunch. He was talking with Andie and all of a sudden, someone had backed into him with a piece of chocolate cake.
"Damnit, Jen! You just had to get my new shirt!" Pacey growled.
"Yeah, I know. I'm really sorry."
Pacey grinned. "Oh my god, hey, doesn't the stain look like Dawson's head?"
Jen and Andie laughed and agreed.
"What's up, guys? Why the laughter? It is school, you know, it's not supposed to be this fun." It was Jack. He had the most confused look on his face which made the group laugh even harder.
"Jack, look at Pacey's cake stain." Giggled Jen.
Jack glanced at it, paused and opened his mouth in frustration, then realization.
"Hey, it vaguely reminds me of Dawson!"
If you stood outside of the cafeteria, you would have thought a bomb went off. The group was now on the floor, rolling with laughter.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It was so funny, Dawson! I spilled cake on Pacey accidentally, and it looked like you!" Jen cried, still sniffling from the tears of laughter.
Jen and Dawson had always walked home from school together. Dawson had tried to come up with a nice way to put Jen down all day. Now was his chance to do it.
"Oh, so now you think I look funny, do you? You like to make fun of me?" he spat.
Jen looked appalled. "Oh no, Dawson, not at all, that's not what I was implying."
"Oh sure, laugh at Dawson behind his back because it makes you feel good, that's exactly what you are implying! Laugh at him because he's a loser!"
Jen was almost in tears now. This was not the reaction she had envisioned.
"Dawson, now, be reasonable!"
"Be reasonable? No! Well I'll tell you this Jen, I may be a loser, but at least I'm not a perverted drunk slut!"
Dawson immediately regretted saying it. He regretted feigning his anger. He regretted making Jen cry. He really felt sorry when Jen just walked away from him, in tears and into her house without saying a word. He was expecting an arguments, shouts, even a slap, but for Jen to just walk away from a confrontation?
"I'm sorry, Jen." Dawson whispered as he watched her cry through her window. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dawson shuddered at those harsh words he said so cruelly to Jen the day before. Dawson slowly started to climb the drainage pipe to not only save Jen from a broken neck, but from humiliation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: Hey, up next: another flashback of grams giving jen warnings and consequences and will Dawson get jen off the roof safely?
Summary: Jen is up on a roof pondering things.the only thing is-she's drunk. Will Dawson save her from herself?
Pairing: Dawson/Jen mostly, some Pacey/Andie
Author's Note: This is set sometime in their late junior/early senior year ~~~~~~~~~~~
"This one's for the money, baby!"
Dawson Leery sighed as he watched Jen, who was drunk as usual, climb up the drainage pipe of Gram's house. Grams was out of town, though she should have known. Her house was just waiting to be violated by a few hundred drunk, horny teenagers, and the credit? Who else, but her blasphemous teenage grand fright.
"Jen! Jen, get down from there, you'll fall and break your neck!" called Dawson. Dawson was one of the few who was still sober enough to notice that Jen was putting herself in direct danger.
"What do you care, Leery?" slurred Jen as she balanced herself on one foot on the roof. "Whoa!" She put her arms out as if they would help her balance.
Dawson leapt forward in involuntary instinct. If she fell.
"What do you mean, what do I care? I care for you Jen! I care for you a lot! I don't want you getting hurt! You're my friend Jen, now get down here!"
Jen laughed and she poured the rest of her drink over the other side of the roof. Dawson could hear yelling from the crowd on the other side, cheering Jen on as she put her foot down and raised the other. Dawson shook his head in disapproval and frustration. He thought back to the previous day.
~~~~~~~~~~~ FLASHBACK ~~~~~~~~~~~ "Hey Dawson! Wait up, will you?"
Dawson turned around. He groaned silently as the blonde hurried up to him. "Hey Jen, what's up?"
Jen grinned. "Grams is going out of town tomorrow."
"And?"
Jen looked at Dawson incredulously. "And? And? I thought you would be thrilled that she's going out of town! That means that you and I can have the whole entire evening alone without Ms. Self Righteous around to bug us about abstinence and the Lord! Dawson.are you okay?"
Dawson's eyesight shifted from Jen to another figure that was coming toward them. Ahh, beautiful. Brown hair, gorgeous, big, brown eyes staring at him. She was so perfect in everyway. The bright and beautiful and most importantly SINGLE Joey Potter waved at Dawson and Jen. Dawson called out: "Hey Potter, over here!"
Jen looked at Dawson with hurt in her eyes. It wasn't like him to just ignore her like he was doing. She and Dawson had been going together for almost 6 months.was he trying to tell her something?
"Right. Ok, um I'll talk to you later, Dawson." Jen said quickly as Joey strode over. Jen wasn't a fan of Ms. Potter. There was just something about her and Dawson that she couldn't put her finger on.
"All right, see you." Dawson replied.
Joey looked confused. "What was that about? Leave right when the fun arrives?"
Laughing, Dawson shook his head. "Oh, who knows, maybe she actually got herself a clue that I don't want to be around her anymore. I just wish she'd fall off her roof or something!"
"Dawson! That's really mean." Joey said.
Dawson did feel guilty about what he had just said. "Yeah, I know. I do like Jen, and I care for her, it's just that she and I aren't meant for each other, you know? I mean, Jen's beautiful, she's smart, she's fun.but..she's just not my type. I guess I need to tell her that."
"Yeah, you really have to, don't you? Hey, we better get to class, we'll be late!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Oops! I'm so sorry, Pace!"
Pacey had lived through an almost perfect day-until the end of lunch. He was talking with Andie and all of a sudden, someone had backed into him with a piece of chocolate cake.
"Damnit, Jen! You just had to get my new shirt!" Pacey growled.
"Yeah, I know. I'm really sorry."
Pacey grinned. "Oh my god, hey, doesn't the stain look like Dawson's head?"
Jen and Andie laughed and agreed.
"What's up, guys? Why the laughter? It is school, you know, it's not supposed to be this fun." It was Jack. He had the most confused look on his face which made the group laugh even harder.
"Jack, look at Pacey's cake stain." Giggled Jen.
Jack glanced at it, paused and opened his mouth in frustration, then realization.
"Hey, it vaguely reminds me of Dawson!"
If you stood outside of the cafeteria, you would have thought a bomb went off. The group was now on the floor, rolling with laughter.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It was so funny, Dawson! I spilled cake on Pacey accidentally, and it looked like you!" Jen cried, still sniffling from the tears of laughter.
Jen and Dawson had always walked home from school together. Dawson had tried to come up with a nice way to put Jen down all day. Now was his chance to do it.
"Oh, so now you think I look funny, do you? You like to make fun of me?" he spat.
Jen looked appalled. "Oh no, Dawson, not at all, that's not what I was implying."
"Oh sure, laugh at Dawson behind his back because it makes you feel good, that's exactly what you are implying! Laugh at him because he's a loser!"
Jen was almost in tears now. This was not the reaction she had envisioned.
"Dawson, now, be reasonable!"
"Be reasonable? No! Well I'll tell you this Jen, I may be a loser, but at least I'm not a perverted drunk slut!"
Dawson immediately regretted saying it. He regretted feigning his anger. He regretted making Jen cry. He really felt sorry when Jen just walked away from him, in tears and into her house without saying a word. He was expecting an arguments, shouts, even a slap, but for Jen to just walk away from a confrontation?
"I'm sorry, Jen." Dawson whispered as he watched her cry through her window. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dawson shuddered at those harsh words he said so cruelly to Jen the day before. Dawson slowly started to climb the drainage pipe to not only save Jen from a broken neck, but from humiliation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: Hey, up next: another flashback of grams giving jen warnings and consequences and will Dawson get jen off the roof safely?