Inside the B&B Bessie, Bodie, and Dawson were continuously worrying about Joey who was still missing. They each were having frantic opinions and outlooks on the situation.

"Wait don't put me on hold… Please…I am going to kill her." Bessie said holding the phone against her ear.

"I'm sure you have nothing to worry about." Dawson noted.

"Dawson's right. You need to calm down." Bodie insisted.

"Do you know how you should feel when you are responsible for a wild and rambunctious teenager? Am I suppose let her run off and disappear for six hours straight?" Bessie uttered frustration.

"I know you are supposed to be worried but, there is no reason to overreact. You didn't have to call the police." Bodie alleged.

Bessie ignored Bodie since someone returned to the line, "Yes. I'm still here. Yes, I am aware that I can't report a missing person until twenty-four hours has past but if you could listen to me… Yes. Yes, I understand. If you could send me any report…. Hello?… Hello… They hung up on me."

"What a surprised?" Bodie said sarcastically.

After rolling her eyes, she faced Dawson and said, "You know what Dawson, I'm sure your parents don't want you spending the entire night here. You should go home. I'll call you if anything turns up."

"Well. Okay." Dawson got up and put his coat on, "Please don't be too mad at her. I'm sure she has a good explanation."

Bessie walked him to the door, "I'll try and I'm sorry you spend your whole entire afternoon here."

As Dawson opened the door, he found that Joey was there. She apparently was just about to open the door.

"Convenient timing." Joey muttered under her breath.

"Don't give me that sass. Where the hell have you been young lady?" Bessie exploded.

"Young lady. When on earth did you get the authority to call me young lady." Joey presumed.

"Where do you get off skipping school and disappearing for the rest of the day? Where were you!" Bessie shouted.

"I went out. Don't get all parental on me." Joey implored.

"Parental!" However, before Bessie could continue Alexander started to cry from the other room. "Bodie can you handle that?"

"I think you should help. So you can calm down before you say something you regret." Bodie recommended.

Bessie took a breath, "I'll be back in five minutes."

As Bessie and Bodie went to check up on Alexander, Dawson and Joey headed to the back of the house. They both sat down on the deck chairs. At first, they didn't say anything. It was somewhat awkward.

Dawson interrupted the tranquility, "So did you run away to get away from me?"

"What. God no. Dawson. I ran away just so I could… just so I could get some time to myself." Joey lied.

"Joey. I'm so sorry. I never ever intended that our situation would be such a mess that you had to run away. Jo, I'll do whatever it takes so that we can be together. You can be friends with be Pacey, I'll be friends with Pacey, and I'll even forgive Pacey." Dawson pleaded. He reached over and grabbed her hands trying to show sympathy.

She slowly snatched her away slowly, "No. Dawson. I, I uh. I can't go forward with this situation."

"Joey. I know you're confused and frustrated…" Dawson began.

Joey cut him off, "Dawson. Stop! You know I am confused and frustrated. You and I can't go further because I… I need time Dawson. I need to apart from you."

"Is that code for I just want to run into Pacey's arms… Joey are you going to choose Pacey?" Dawson flat out asked.

Was Joey supposed to lie to Dawson? On the other hand, was she supposed to tell the truth. She decided to listen to her intuition. "No. I am not going to run straight to Pacey. I need time for myself. Since last spring, I had no idea what. Since time past, I know what I have to do. I need time for myself Dawson. So I figure if I give myself time, I could figure things out…. by myself."

"Okay." Dawson said clearly.

"Okay. Just like that. You just say okay." Joey said surprised.

"Jo. I can wait. I can wait as long as it takes." He stated.

"JOEY!" Bessie called from the front porch.

"Gotta go. Gotta get ready for the punishment of the lifetime." Joey uttered.

"Good Luck." Dawson said.

Joey turned around and said "Goodnight Dawson."

"Night Joey." Dawson disclosed as he got up and headed home.

Joey felt guilty that Dawson thought that there was a chance they could date again. Nonetheless, she made a decision. It was very private and personal decision about her life. She wouldn't have it any other way.

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