A/N: I'm so sorry for the delay in the update; it's been a busy week!

Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter, I'm glad you liked it! Also I love hearing feedback, so don't forget to review!

I listen to 'In my Veins' by Andrew Belle when I write this (not this specific chapter though), it gives me feels... Just in case anyone wanted to know. It's one of my favourite songs and I feel that Dawson feels that way about Shay.

Anyway, here it is!

Dawson's Point of View:

"I'm on my way now." I tell Shay through the phone.

"Did you get the chicken balls?" she asks. I roll my eyes.

"Yes, I got you your balls."

"Way to put me off!" Shay groans, "Anyway, how long are you going to be? I'm starving here."

"Five minutes. See you soon." I put the phone down and jump into my car, putting the Chinese food on the seat next to me.

Then, just as I start the motor, my phone starts to ring again. I accept the call without checking the caller I.D.

"Leslie Shay, stop calling me or so help me-" I begin, only to get cut off.

"Gabby, it's Matt." I hear my ex say. Shit.

"Oh... Hey." I mumble.

"You've been avoiding me at work. Can we talk?" He asks.

"Now's not really a good time..." I look at the food next to me.

"I love you too much to let you go like this, Gabby. We're meant to be together."

I was speechless. Didn't he get the hint? Did he not listen to me?

Three weeks ago...

"Babe, what's the big deal?" Casey says as he puts my head in his hand to make me face him. In the corner of my eye, I see Shay make a run for it.

"I can't marry you." I whisper.

"What?" he steps back from me, "Why not?"

I stare at him trying to find the words. How do I tell him that I don't love him anymore?

"It was too soon to propose, Gabby... I'm sorry. I just – Jones dying. It made me want to show you that you're not alone. I want you to know how much I love you."

Then it hit me. Jones dying. Jones died.

"Rebecca died, Matt." I step closer to him, "A fire-fighter from this unit killed herself and you make this about yourself? You're an asshole."

"No, I didn't!" He frowns in his typical I'm Matt Casey and I'm confused and outraged frown. "Gabby, listen, I did this for us! I want us to be together forever."

"I don't love you." I blurted out. I hear the guys behind me and I remember that they're there. They heard the whole conversation. Matt is dumbstruck. He's just staring at me with no expression on his face.

"What?" He finally says.

"I'm not in love with you anymore." I tell him shakily, "I'm sorry... It's over."

Now...

"Casey, please don't do this." I practically beg him.

"I'm sorry that I proposed. I know now that it was stupid and I'll make it up to you. Come home, Gabby." He says down the phone.

"Casey, I told you... I don't feel the same way." I feel tears rolling down my face, "I'm so sorry."

He's silent for a few moments.

"I have to go, Gabby." He tells me, "I'll see you at work."

Then the phone goes dead. I can't stop the tears from falling and soon I'm bawling my eyes out with a cold Chinese take-out on the seat next to me.

Shay's Point of View:

"Kelly, where is she?" I ask him as I'm frantically pacing the floor of the room.

"Shay, take a deep breath." He puts both of his arms on my shoulders.

"She said she'd be here in five minutes an hour ago!" I raise my voice slightly without meaning to do so.

"Look, maybe they messed up the order. She's probably gone back to sort it out." He tries to reason with me.

I shake his hands off of my shoulders and sit on the couch, facing the plates that I had gotten ready for when she arrived.

"What if something happened?" I ask.

"She'll be fine!" he tells me.

Then, as if on cue, the front door opens slowly and Gabby walks in.

"Where have you been?" I jump up from the couch and hurry over to her. I then see her red, puffy eyes and I realise that something did happen. "Sweetie, are you okay?"

"Its fine, Matt called me. That's all." She says bluntly.

"Okay..." I frown. I take the bag of food and place it on the table with the plates.

"I'm sorry about the food." She grimaces.

"Hey, don't worry about it." I smile, "At least you're okay."

"Hmm."

We plate up our food and eat in silence. I don't know where Kelly disappeared too, but I sure could do with his company. After dinner, Gabby grabs my plate and washes everything up in the sink without saying a word to me.

"Dawson, are you sure you're alright?" I decide to ask before we sit down to watch TV.

"He was begging me to go back to him." She informs me.

I don't say anything. I can't anything except look down at my hands. She's going to leave me and go back to her dear Matthew Casey. I should have known that this wasn't going to last. It never does. I prepare myself for the 'let's be friends' talk...

"We have to tell him about us."

But instead, I hear her say that sentence and I look up at her in shock.

"What?" Did I really hear that?

"I don't want to lie to him. All I can tell him is that I don't love him anymore, but I can never give him a reason." She tells me.

"You're not leaving me?" I ask her.

"What?" She frowns, "Why would you think that?"

"I... Never mind." I laugh quietly.

"So do you agree?" she questions.

"Well, yeah." I nod, "If it was me, I'd rather know. It'll be hard."

"I know, but it will make him get over me." She shrugs.

"That's true. So when do you want to tell him?" I ask her.

"Tonight."

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