CHAPTER 3 – PART 2:

For a little while everything between them was fine. Joey was too busy with her project and Dawson to get annoyed by Pacey and Pacey was too busy with Henry Jones and his son Indiana on the screen in front of him to be annoying.

It was very quiet in the room. After a loud protest Pacey had put on headphones. Joey thought the gunshots and screams from the television were too distracting and Dawson nearly begged Pacey to listen to her so the two of them would leave each other alone for a few seconds. Dawson and Joey were very quiet at the moment too. They were completely lost on what to do with their work. Staring at the book blankly, only deep sighs connected with the silence now and then.

"Dawson?", a voice suddenly yelled through the house.

Disturbed Dawson looked up, his concentration broken. "Dad?", he yelled back.

"Can you come down here for a minute son?"

Dawson grumbled but did as requested. "I'll be right there", he yelled as he stood up. He bend forward to Joey and said "be back in a flash" before making his way out of the room.

Only then Pacey noticed something was up. Seeing Dawson walking by and leaving he took one of the headphones out of his ear and looked surprised at Joey. She shrugged and turned back to her book.

"He could have asked me if I wanted something to drink too you know", Pacey said quasi disappointed.

"Whatever", Joey grumbled, staring blankly at the book again.

"It wouldn't hurt to look at someone when he talks to you", Pacey said as he sat up straight on the bed. "Especially such a good looking guy like me", he added winking.

"Can't you see I am busy?", Joey suddenly snapped, still not looking up.

"With what? Analysing the structure of the paper in front of you? You can't be reading, because you haven't turned the pages in half an hour."

"I thought you were watching television, not making notes about my actions", Joey replied sarcastic.

"Also", Pacey said. "But this guy can multitask", he grinned proud.

"Fine, great for you, now leave me alone."

"O common don't be so cranky", Pacey said as he stood up and walked towards Joey. "Watcha grumbling about anyway?" He peeked over her shoulder why saying so and read the text from the science book.

"Science."

"Yeah I see that. What's the problem?", he asked.

"Well you see this sum?", she asked when she pointed somewhere halfway the page.

"Yes."

"Well we don't get it."

"O but that is simple", Pacey said as he took Dawson's seat. He looked at the formula given: (C6H10O5)n + nH2O. "Okay", he said as he pointed to what seemed abracadabra to Joey right now. "Youjust put this one to the front, then you have three nitrogen. And you put this one there", he went on as he scribbled the answer on a piece of paper. "And then you have the answer", he said as he showed it to Joey: 3n CH4 + 3n CO2

All that time Joey had watched Pacey in surprise, no idea what he was doing or what is was he was explaining. When he was finally done she took the piece of paper from him and looked at it. When she had read it thoroughly she looked back at the sum in her book and back at the piece of paper. And again. She wrote a few things next to it herself and made the puzzle backwards. Finally she looked stunned at Pacey. "It's correct", she gasped.