Part 5
Old Friends
I looked at my best friend and smiled. "Jo, calm down."
She was pacing. "He gave me the part Jen. Just handed it to me." she looked like
a deer caught in a driver's headlights.
"Of course he did! We can contemplate that tommorow though. Tonight is the big
finale, and you my friend, have to rock." I said to her.
"I know! Believe me - do I ever know. Geoff has really been cracking down on us.
Sometimes I wish...but that's behind me now." she smiled softly.
"I know sweetie." And you don't know it yet, but he will see you. I casually
checked the clock. One. "ONE!" I shouted. Pacey was due in at one! He'd be at my
apartment within a half-hour!
Joey looked weird. "Are you okay?"
No......"Yeah, just freaked. Isn't your final rehersal soon?" I asked. Please
God let it be soon...
"Yeah, but I don't want to go." Joey insisted.
"You have to!" I said. Oh - too quickly.
"Jen, if I didn't know better I'd say you were hiding something from me." Joey
grinned at me evilly.
Girl you have no idea - you're gonna kill me for this one..."Just go to rehersal
Jo - you're the star, they need you."
"Yeah, yeah. I just really feel like bailing today." she was stalling - and it
was now ten after.
"I'll see you after the show Joey."
"You and your 'mystery guest', right? You know that if Dawson is coming you can
tell me, right?" she said as she turned to leave.
"For the last time, it's not Dawson - you'll find out tonight! Now go!" I said
imperiously, laughing.
She walked out shaking her head and stepped onto the elevator at one- fifteen.
"Good Lord that girl can stall." I muttered darkly, entering my kitchen. I
poured myself a tall glass of orange juice and sat at my table. Just as I opened
the paper, my intercom buzzed.
I answered it, and told the doorman to let Pacey up. Not long after there was a
knock at my door. "Joey is going to kill me for this." I muttered softly to
myself as I made my way to the door. I opened it to find myself face to face
with Pacey Witter. "Hey Pace. Long time."
He smiled easily and I realized that he had changed in the past few years. He
was more at ease with himself, less worried about being considered the town
screw-up. "Nice digs Lindley. Mind if I come in?"
I moved out of the way and he walked in casually. "You know she's going to kill
me for keeping this from her right Witter?"
He turned to face me, a saddness in his eyes. "Yeah, I know."
Old Friends
I looked at my best friend and smiled. "Jo, calm down."
She was pacing. "He gave me the part Jen. Just handed it to me." she looked like
a deer caught in a driver's headlights.
"Of course he did! We can contemplate that tommorow though. Tonight is the big
finale, and you my friend, have to rock." I said to her.
"I know! Believe me - do I ever know. Geoff has really been cracking down on us.
Sometimes I wish...but that's behind me now." she smiled softly.
"I know sweetie." And you don't know it yet, but he will see you. I casually
checked the clock. One. "ONE!" I shouted. Pacey was due in at one! He'd be at my
apartment within a half-hour!
Joey looked weird. "Are you okay?"
No......"Yeah, just freaked. Isn't your final rehersal soon?" I asked. Please
God let it be soon...
"Yeah, but I don't want to go." Joey insisted.
"You have to!" I said. Oh - too quickly.
"Jen, if I didn't know better I'd say you were hiding something from me." Joey
grinned at me evilly.
Girl you have no idea - you're gonna kill me for this one..."Just go to rehersal
Jo - you're the star, they need you."
"Yeah, yeah. I just really feel like bailing today." she was stalling - and it
was now ten after.
"I'll see you after the show Joey."
"You and your 'mystery guest', right? You know that if Dawson is coming you can
tell me, right?" she said as she turned to leave.
"For the last time, it's not Dawson - you'll find out tonight! Now go!" I said
imperiously, laughing.
She walked out shaking her head and stepped onto the elevator at one- fifteen.
"Good Lord that girl can stall." I muttered darkly, entering my kitchen. I
poured myself a tall glass of orange juice and sat at my table. Just as I opened
the paper, my intercom buzzed.
I answered it, and told the doorman to let Pacey up. Not long after there was a
knock at my door. "Joey is going to kill me for this." I muttered softly to
myself as I made my way to the door. I opened it to find myself face to face
with Pacey Witter. "Hey Pace. Long time."
He smiled easily and I realized that he had changed in the past few years. He
was more at ease with himself, less worried about being considered the town
screw-up. "Nice digs Lindley. Mind if I come in?"
I moved out of the way and he walked in casually. "You know she's going to kill
me for keeping this from her right Witter?"
He turned to face me, a saddness in his eyes. "Yeah, I know."