The Unseen Obstacle CH.11

I Disclaim

The Dawson opened his bedroom door and the let his smile drop from his face, he had expected Joey to come back tell she was wrong, confused, still hurt by his rejection last spring, but it was only Jen." Oh, Hello."

"Dawson." He just nodded and flopped back onto to his bed, not asking her in but not shutting the door in her face either. "I'm super thanks for asking."

"Jen I'm not in the mood."

"I know, well I don't know exactly, but I kind of got the feeling that you're not having the best day, so I thought I stop by with a movie and say hey." She pulled a rental tape of E.T. from behind her back and smiles." Hey."

"What's going on Jen?"

"I brought E.T." Jen said innocently knowing that wasn't what he was asking, but that was all she was going to give him, she's not breaking any confidence just to cheer him up. "It's your favorite right."

"You know what I mean, what is she doing Jen, why is she pushing me away."

"Dawson, she's not."

"SHE IS." Dawson met her eyes, and she could see the tears building up in his eyes." She is, she avoids me, she puts me off, she turns corners when she sees me coming, and she goes to Pacey or Jack when she's hurt."

"Dawson…."

"She does."

Jen drops the tape on the floor and glares at him. She wants to feel bad for him, but he's not concerned about why Joey is hurt, he's upset that she won't tell him why. "Yes she does, do you know why?" "Because they listen, they don't badger her with questions when she doesn't want to talk, they don't make her doubt her thoughts and feelings, they let her be her."

"I don't do that?" He asked incredulously.

"No you don't, you want Joey to be Joey that climbs through your window and watches a movie with you and then spends the night, but she's not that Joey anymore, she changed, and you were the catalysts for the change." "You closed yourself off from Joey; asked Pacey to take care of her, what did you think was going to happen when you were her world and then you took it all away."

"I needed time."

"Good, you got it, but tell me you didn't expect Joey to just go to her room and wait." He keeps his head down, and she got a thought that caused more anger then she liked to deal with towards one person." Tell me Dawson, that you didn't expect her to stop living till you got ready for her."

"What do you want me to say?"

"The truth, did you really want her to just stand still and wait for you."

"Yes."

"Even thought you moved on with Eve."

"Liked she moved on with Jack."

Jen nodded finally understanding." Oh so this tit for tat, whatever one gets to do so does the other, because Joey hooked up with Jack, you got to hook up with Eve, but it can't work like that."

"Why not?"

"Because people that love each other can't do an eye for an eye in a relationship, a relationship is about love, trust, and forgiveness, you can't hold grudges against her for things she's done."

"Why not, she's doing it to me." Dawson leapt off the bed and confronted Jen eye to eye." Right now she's befriending Pacey and Jack to punish me for not being ready."

"She's know Pacey since she was what like two months old, If remember my story correctly, she met Pacey before she met you, she's been friends with him forever, so what they're closer now." "And Jack, Jack is a great guy that cares for Joey, they became friend when they were dating and they didn't end it because the relationship didn't work out." "Those are friendships she had before you decided you need space, you need to think up a new excuse."

"She's not letting me in, Jen."

"Why does she have to, Dawson."

"So I can help her."

"You don't have to know what's wrong to help her; you just need to be there for her."

"No, that's ship has sailed, if she turning her back on us then she's turning her on me,"

Jen stared at him, did he really think he still had that kind of power over her, that to keep their friendship she would just start another doomed relationship with him." Don't do it Dawson."

"She did it, not me." "I'm here, I'm waiting, and I'm ready to fulfill our destiny."

"Dawson, if you do this you will lose her, she will walk away and don't be surprised if some of your friends follow her out." "This is emotional blackmail as it ugliest form, and it will cost you."

"Anyone who's ever been in love will understand my stand point."

"You better hope so." Jen picked up the tape and rushed out the room. She had honestly tried but Dawson didn't want to be happy he didn't want to understand, he just wanted Joey on his terms.

The phone ring for five minutes she was sure, and each and every ring made her more nervous then the last. "Come on Pacey."

"Ello."

"PACEY, thank god, come over here, now."

Across town Pacey held the away from his ear and tried to wake up, it was too early on Sunday to be having a conversation." Potter calm down, what's going on."

"You need to get here." She whispered into the phone, Bessie was still in the kitchen, but she keeps passing be Joey place on the couch, and giving her knowing looks and smiles." Actually no, meet me at the diner in thirty minutes."

"Why?"

"Because I said so, be there Witter." She clicked the phone off, and tossed the phone on the loveseat, and looked up and found her sister's laughing face." What?"

"Nothing, it's just nice to know even in love you and Pacey are still fighting." She grinned and wandered into the kitchen. "Of course I bet now you've found a better use for all that tension." When she was met with silence she popped her head back out. "I meant that…"

"I know what you meant, and I'd appreciate it if you didn't ever do that again, and just stayed away from all sexual innuendos. "

Jack stumbled into the kitchen and was surprised to find Jen dressed and sitting there drinking a cup of coffee." Am I in the wrong house, how long have you been up?"

"Too long, I was woken at the crack of dawn by Joey and her need for a favor; I should have shut the door in her face."

"What was the favor?"

"To 'be there' for Dawson, but that's just an impossible task." She put the cup and looked at him." He is just so…. he refuses to… he's …he's…"

"A Tool."

"Exactly." "I didn't go there to talk about Joey, but you know him he's relentless, so we're talking about Joey, and he admits that he wanted Joey to wait for him, and that him being with Eve was fair because Joey had dated you, it was completely immature." "He doesn't want a real relationship with her; he just wants her to be what he wants at the moment."

"Like I said a Tool."

"It's worse then that Jack, he says that if Joey's not with him, then she can't be anything to him."

Jack dropped into the chair across from her and took a muffin. "Dawson is King of Tools."

"What is that going to do to her, Jack, I know that Joey doesn't want to be with him, but I think she always expected him to be part of her life as her friend, she has had Dawson in her life for so long, what is this ultimatum going to do to her on top of everything."

"Jen, Joey will be fine she has us, and she's been without Dawson for the last few months, and if that's the kind of threat that Dawson throws out, then he deserves to lose her and her friendship."

"What about Pacey?" "What about us, this changes the whole group?"

"Dawson made a decision and he knew the repercussions of it, Pacey will do what he think is best, as will you." "Me personally, I'm siding with Joey cause as I said DAWSON IS A TOOL."

Pacey slid into the booth at the back of the diner across from Joey. He could tell right away that she was a nervous wreck, she had a cup of coffee in front of her that didn't look they had been touched , but there were tons of shredding from napkins. "What's the hub bub?"

"I need a favor."

"Well I'm kinda still in the middle of the last favor you asked for, so what do you need now?"

"I need to you be my boyfriend."