After she got dressed in the bathroom, Joey ran out of the apartment briefly. The romantic afternoon with Pacey was rigorous. She was embarrassed that the most unlikely people, Jen and Doug, caught her.
"Joey wait!" Jen ran after Joey.
"Jen. I should get home before Bessie has an episode." She tried to walk away.
Jen however blocked her way, "Wait! Please… What happened in there? Are you and Pacey?…"
"What we were doing was none of your business." Joey insisted.
"I don't want to know what you were doing in there. I just want to know… Are you and Pacey together now?" She wondered.
"You know what. All of this is confusing as it is. You don't need to make it even more complicated. It might be best if you just stayed back and keep…" Joey trailed off.
"And keep my big fat mouth closed." Jen finished Joey's sentence.
"Well… Yeah." Joey responded.
"Joey. I won't say a thing. You don't have to worry about me." Jen confirmed.
"Thank you." Joey started to head the other way.
"Joey wait. I have one more thing to say." Jen stopped her.
"Sure. This night can't get any worse. Shoot." Joey muttered
"I know that you're mixed up with your emotions. You probably think if you keep your relationship with Pacey quiet it'll just simply stop being hard. However, you can't do that Joey. You know someone is gonna to get hurt from this." Jen reminded.
"You don't think I know that. You don't think I know my life is nothing but action and consequences. Jen thanks for the advice and all but, I know what I have to do. And I know I have to take this step by step." After Joey said that angrily and frustrated, she left, leaving Jen the dusk.
"And I see you have made the first step." Jen said under her breath.