(At the Icehouse. Dawson, Joey, and Pacey are all eating at a table.)
DAWSON: So Jo, what about you, any significant other in your life?
JOEY: (hesitates) Yeah.
(Both Pacey and Dawson look surprised)
PACEY: Wow. Well come on, give us the dirt.
JOEY: His names Ryan. We're engaged.
DAWSON: Where's your ring?
JOEY: You really are observant. (She pulls it out of her purse and puts it on) Here.
PACEY: I know you won't want to hear this, but it's weird that we didn't hear about this sooner.
(Dawson nods)
JOEY: Well, I'm stuffed. Thanks, Pace. See you guys later. (she takes off)
DAWSON: (watches her go) Something's up.
PACEY: No, you think?
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(Joey's walking, and Dawson is running to catch up to her.)
DAWSON-Jo, wait!
JOEY: What?
DAWSON: You don't love him do you?
JOEY: W-well of course I do.
DAWSON: But you don't want to marry him.
JOEY: I do. I really do.
DAWSON: (shrugs) Just sounds to me like you're only trying to convince yourself when you say that.
(Joey starts walking ahead of him)
JOEY: Well you're wrong!
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(Joey walks in the B & B)
BESSIE: Hey there.
(Joey has a scowl on her face, and plops down onto the couch.)
BESSIE: You're fiancée called. I was surprised. I said "No, you must have the wrong number. My little sister would surely tell me if she were seeing someone, let alone engaged!"
JOEY: Bess, I don't want to talk about it.
BESSIE: I do.
JOEY: I came here to tell you. (shows her the ring)
BESSIE: Funny that you conveniently didn't have it on last night. I would think that if you were ready to marry him you would have.
JOEY: (angrily) Now you sound like Dawson! All this analysis bull.
BESSIE: Joey, I just don't want you to make a mistake.
(They sit in silence for a bit, then finally Bessie gets up and starts to leave the room.)
JOEY: (quietly) I already have.
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(Dawson's at his new house, in bed, watching TV.)
JOEY: (climbs through the window) I think I'm getting too old for this.
DAWSON: (smiles) Jo! I'm sorry about what I said.
JOEY: No, don't be. What you said-it made me think. It made me question my life. I don't want to marry him. I love him, but I'm not in love with him. It would be unfair to marry him when I'm in love with someone else.
DAWSON: (dryly) Pacey?
JOEY: (shakes her head) The attraction with Pacey was that he's rebellious, he does things I'd never do. It was all one big adrenaline rush.
DAWSON: So I don't do that for you?
JOEY: Just, let me finish. It was fun with Pacey while it lasted, and yes, I have loved him ever since we broke up. But I realized that I'm in a place in my life where I'm ready to be settled, sturdy. And Pacey won't work into that equation. I love him too, but it's turned into a different type of love. But you, Dawson, I know now that you're what I've wanted the whole time. There's something between us, something I can't attempt to understand or explain, but I do know that it's right. It's exciting to be with you, but in a different way. It's exciting because of the way things feel, how they seem so right. All my problems disappear when you're around. You just have this way of always making me feel better, you always have, always will. And it's you, more than anyone that I want to be with, that is if you still feel the same way. I understand if you don't though, after all I've put you through.
DAWSON: Are you finished?
(Joey nods)
DAWSON: I feel the same way you do. And if you're honestly serious about us I want to give it another chance.
JOEY: I am. It's scary to admit this, but I am.
DAWSON: (smiles) Could you do me a huge favor? Call Ryan. I don't want to feel guilty about him.
JOEY: (smiles) Alright.
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A/N: I know this was short, and I'm sorry. I hope it was good though.
DAWSON: So Jo, what about you, any significant other in your life?
JOEY: (hesitates) Yeah.
(Both Pacey and Dawson look surprised)
PACEY: Wow. Well come on, give us the dirt.
JOEY: His names Ryan. We're engaged.
DAWSON: Where's your ring?
JOEY: You really are observant. (She pulls it out of her purse and puts it on) Here.
PACEY: I know you won't want to hear this, but it's weird that we didn't hear about this sooner.
(Dawson nods)
JOEY: Well, I'm stuffed. Thanks, Pace. See you guys later. (she takes off)
DAWSON: (watches her go) Something's up.
PACEY: No, you think?
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(Joey's walking, and Dawson is running to catch up to her.)
DAWSON-Jo, wait!
JOEY: What?
DAWSON: You don't love him do you?
JOEY: W-well of course I do.
DAWSON: But you don't want to marry him.
JOEY: I do. I really do.
DAWSON: (shrugs) Just sounds to me like you're only trying to convince yourself when you say that.
(Joey starts walking ahead of him)
JOEY: Well you're wrong!
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(Joey walks in the B & B)
BESSIE: Hey there.
(Joey has a scowl on her face, and plops down onto the couch.)
BESSIE: You're fiancée called. I was surprised. I said "No, you must have the wrong number. My little sister would surely tell me if she were seeing someone, let alone engaged!"
JOEY: Bess, I don't want to talk about it.
BESSIE: I do.
JOEY: I came here to tell you. (shows her the ring)
BESSIE: Funny that you conveniently didn't have it on last night. I would think that if you were ready to marry him you would have.
JOEY: (angrily) Now you sound like Dawson! All this analysis bull.
BESSIE: Joey, I just don't want you to make a mistake.
(They sit in silence for a bit, then finally Bessie gets up and starts to leave the room.)
JOEY: (quietly) I already have.
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(Dawson's at his new house, in bed, watching TV.)
JOEY: (climbs through the window) I think I'm getting too old for this.
DAWSON: (smiles) Jo! I'm sorry about what I said.
JOEY: No, don't be. What you said-it made me think. It made me question my life. I don't want to marry him. I love him, but I'm not in love with him. It would be unfair to marry him when I'm in love with someone else.
DAWSON: (dryly) Pacey?
JOEY: (shakes her head) The attraction with Pacey was that he's rebellious, he does things I'd never do. It was all one big adrenaline rush.
DAWSON: So I don't do that for you?
JOEY: Just, let me finish. It was fun with Pacey while it lasted, and yes, I have loved him ever since we broke up. But I realized that I'm in a place in my life where I'm ready to be settled, sturdy. And Pacey won't work into that equation. I love him too, but it's turned into a different type of love. But you, Dawson, I know now that you're what I've wanted the whole time. There's something between us, something I can't attempt to understand or explain, but I do know that it's right. It's exciting to be with you, but in a different way. It's exciting because of the way things feel, how they seem so right. All my problems disappear when you're around. You just have this way of always making me feel better, you always have, always will. And it's you, more than anyone that I want to be with, that is if you still feel the same way. I understand if you don't though, after all I've put you through.
DAWSON: Are you finished?
(Joey nods)
DAWSON: I feel the same way you do. And if you're honestly serious about us I want to give it another chance.
JOEY: I am. It's scary to admit this, but I am.
DAWSON: (smiles) Could you do me a huge favor? Call Ryan. I don't want to feel guilty about him.
JOEY: (smiles) Alright.
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A/N: I know this was short, and I'm sorry. I hope it was good though.
