"I THINK THAT WILL BE QUITE ENOUGH!" She hears a mans voice say from behind. It is a voice she knows all to well and her heart soars. The guys release her to turn toward the new threat. She looks and see it is Dawson standing there. He has a look she has never seen in his eyes, total confidence, like he could take on the world and win.

"And who do you think you are?" The two guys ask as they slowly start toward Dawson.

"The guy you will always remember as the one who didn't let you get away if you take another step. Run Joey, Just as fast as you can." And with that Joey is off at top speed. It isn't till she is a couple of blocks away that she realized what she had done, She had left Dawson there by himself. She stopped at a payphone and dialed 911, just as the operator answered a hand grabed her shoulder, she screams and jumps away from the hand, turning ready to kick or punch who ever it is. She realizes it is Dawson standing there.

"Dawson you scared the shit out of me." She can hear the operator calling "hello, hello." She picks up the reciever and answers it. "Hello, i would like to report an almost attack." She gives the lady the information, and soon there is a squad car there taking discriptions and getting the whole story. It is only now that Joey sees the marks on Dawsons face. He must have had to fight them off so she could get away.

"Dawson i am so sorry, look at your face. Wait why are you in Boston? How did you find me?" She rants.

"Simple i came to Boston to see you, Couldn't find you. So i went to see Pacey, he said you had just left angry. I decided to follow, and the rest you know." He tells her.

"So you save me once again."

"Yeah still not sure i should have come, not after the message i recieved on my answering machine. Although i am glad i was here to stop that." Dawson says.

"I'm glad you were here as well,And Dawson about that call. I Um--well i was angry you weren't coming to see me like we had planned, and i got talked into going to the frat party. I got way to drunk, and i let the anger out. Unfortunatly it was directed at you, Dawson i don't even know why i was so angry. I just know i wanted you here this weekend with me, and when you called and said you couldn't make it i got upset and angry. Why did you come all this way after hearing that message, thinking i wanted to let you go?" Joey rambles out.

"I came,well---Because it sounded like my best friend in the world was upset, and in pain, and she was angry with me. All i knew was i had to fix this so here i am." Was Dawsons reply.

"You came anyways, Dawson i am so sorry i left that message. I have no right to get angry with you for doing what you have always wanted to do. I just get this feeling that some how along the way you are going to out grow me, and my friendship will become expendaible. Like we will never see each other again." Joey tells him

"Joey you will always be my best friend, always. I could never out grow you. In fact some times i think you may out grow me, i even feel like you already have sometimes, which is another reason why i came to see if you had."

"Dawson, how could you feel that way?"

"Well that phone call had alot to do with it. You see i have been expecting that call for months now. So when i heard what you had to say. Well my heart sank, knowing full well you had finally figured out that i was the one expendable part of your life." Dawson says with a down cast look.

"Dawson, please. Every one knows that if anyone of us makes it, it will be you. If any of us has the chance to out grow the rest it is you. I know deep in my heart that you will make it. When they talk about the true celebrity of our class at our ten year reunion, they will be talking about you. Evey one of those guys will wish they had been nicer to you, and the rest of us will just know that you have hit your potintal, and will have left the rest of us behind." Joey says.

"Joey, don't you and every one else know, that you guys are what drives me to succede. With out you and Pacey, and Jen, and Jack, i wouldn't be where i am today. Which to be honest isn't really anywhere. I am just like you guys trying to figure it all out. The only diffrence is you guys all have each other and i have no one. I know i can always call, but it just isn't the same." He says

"I guess i just never realized how hard it was going to be for you clear on the other side of the country. Dawson." She pauses and gets tears in her eyes before she can continues. "I can't believe i then dumped all of that on you, and on your answering machine at that, i couldn't even do it with you on the phone. God you must really hate me right about now." She finishes with tears running down her checks.

"Hate you Jo, come on, haven't you figured it out yet? I could never hate you, I love you, i always have and always will. Jo i think about you every day, more than once each day. My mom asked me why i haven't been able to keep a girl friend,i answered her with two words, want to know what they were?"

"Yes Dawson, i do."

"Joey Potter, is what i told her." Dawson says and then looks away so she can't see the pain in his eyes.