Joey had snuck into the B&B around five thirty in the morning. Joey flopped herself on her bed preparing for a long hibernation. She then realized that she had school today and would have to wake up in less than an hour. She wished that she had gotten some more sleep. Nonetheless she knew she would not be able to sleep anyways because what was happening.
She wished summer would last for a few more days. Her love life was already a mess. In addition, she had to worry about seven hours of school. If she had a day or two more of the summer, she might have to time to fix her love life without worrying about a chemistry test or book report being due the next day.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! Someone was knocking on Joey's bedroom door at seven in the morning.
Joey, ready for school, said, "Come in."
"Hey." Bessie walked into her room.
"Hey." Joey responded.
"You got in late last night." Bessie said concerned.
"Uhm… Yeah, I kind of spent the night at Jen's. Sorry I didn't called I just kind of you know…" Joey lied. How was she suppose tell her older wiser sister, that she slept with Pacey?
"It's okay. Now are you ready for your first day of your junior year?" Bessie started to play around with her hair.
"You can stop that; my hair is fine!" Joey snapped.
"Is there something wrong?" Bessie pondered.
"No, nothing wrong. Why would you say something wrong? Because everything is perfectly fine. I'm fine." Joey rapidly rambled.
"Because Dawson left eight messages last night. Did you guys have a fight?" Bessie wondered.
"No. Well… Maybe… Yes." Joey hesitated.
"About what?" Bessie asked.
"I really don't want to talk about this right now." Joey pleaded.
"Okay. But you're going to have to talk about this to someone. And that someone is here right now." Bessie left and Dawson walked in.
"Hey." Dawson said.
Joey, who was shocked and angry, ignored him. She did not feel like talking to him too. She felt like being alone in her own universes.
"Okay. I deserve your silence. I just… I just came here to apologies." Dawson persisted.
"For what Dawson. Not trusting me. Not respecting my wished. Publicly embarrassing me." Joey listed.
"Okay I deserved that too." Dawson stated.
He sat on the end on her bed holding her hand. Though as soon as he held her hand, Joey pulled away.
"Dawson. I just…" She began.
Dawson cut her off, "I want second chance Jo."
"What?" Joey was awed at what she heard. How was she supposed to break up with Dawson?
"You were right last night when you said that I didn't think about anyone but myself. So now I want to think about you and me and our relationship." Dawson insisted.
They had leaned in so closely to each other. So close that Dawson slowly moved in for a kiss. Just before their lips met, Joey turned her head showing her reluctant attitude.
"No. Well I just don't know Dawson." Joey was uncertainly cautious.
"You don't have to jump in right away. I mean we can take it slow. We can just hang out, we'll sit by the creek, or uh we'll watch a movie or something, whatever you want." Dawson suggested.
"We're going to be late for school. You want walk me?" Joey said openly.
"Sure." They headed out.
"Not that I'm looking forward for school." Joey joked.
Joey felt awkward. She did not want to get back with Dawson. She just did not know how to break his heart. They were such good friends for years but they did not belong to each other romantically. Joey knew that they were not going to be anymore than good friends. Dawson however believed the terms "soul mates" meant that they were going to grow up together being in the perfect passionate relationship.