"Joey, please tell me what you are feeling right now, because I have no clue. I know I shouldn't have any doubts of how you feel for me right now but Dawson has a way of shaking me up and sometimes it feels like him even breathing in your general direction could send my world crashing down around me."

"Pacey…." She tried to find her voice beneath all her tears. "Please, do not ever doubt my feelings for you, okay? I love you. You know that. And we're not in high school anymore. Dawson is not going to send anything crashing down around us. I promise."

"Well, it sure feels like we're in high school. I thought we were past this!" His anger began to resurface again and old feelings came bubbling to the surface. "I mean, we're adults now! Can't we ever just let the triangle rest?"

"I thought we had. That's why I'm so shocked."

"Were you really shocked, Joey?"

"What do you mean? Of course I was and I still am. Don't you see my face right now?"

"But you heard what Dawson said. You know exactly how he feels without him saying a word, right?"

"Pacey, let's not go there, okay? I really don't want to go into this right now."

"You knew he was upset the moment you told him we were getting married, didn't you?"

"He sounded a little upset but he said he was happy for us."

"But you knew he was lying, didn't you? You knew exactly how he felt, just like you know exactly how he is feeling right now. Don't lie to me Joey!"

"Okay fine, but so what? Why does it matter? I don't care how he feels."

"Yes you do, Joe. Come on. Who are you kidding?"

"Okay, so I care. He's my friend! Why do I have to defend that every single time we're together, Pacey!"

"I don't care that he's your friend, but when are you going to know me like the way you know him?"

"I do know you, Pacey, and I love you! That's why I'm marrying you."

"If you know me so well, how come you thought you couldn't tell me that Dawson was upset about us getting married?"

"I didn't want to upset you for no reason! I never expected Dawson to do something like this and that's the truth."

He takes a deep breath and after letting the moment hang in silence for what seemed like an eternity, he slowly begins speaking in a much quieter and somber tone. "It just always seems like you and Dawson have this secret life that I will never be a part of. I don't want my wife to have any secrets from me. I want our love to be a million times more special than any childhood friendship she had growing up. I want our love to be the one and only true thing in her life…the most important thing. And I want the person that I thought was my friend to support that. I cannot keep competing with Dawson. I just don't have the energy anymore and I don't think that I should have to fight him anymore. This should be over."

Before she could speak, he grabbed his coat and walked out the door. She immediately grabbed her coat and followed after him.

"Pacey!" The tears began streaming down her face. "Please wait!"

He turned around and felt everything in his body draw him to her. He was so deeply hurt by her pain and could not find a reason walk away from the woman he loved. He wasn't sure how he had even found the strength to walk out the door in the first place.

"Pacey, I don't know how Dawson feels! Really knowing something implies that you understand it, and I don't understand his feelings and I never will! I know your feelings because I understand them. And do you know why I understand them? Because I feel them too! There is no triangle here, Pace. Its just you and me, and no one could ever change that. Especially not Dawson." A smile returned to his face. "Pacey, you are exactly who I said you would be."

"And who is that?"

"The person who knows me best. We know each other more than anyone else could because we're in-love and we're getting married in a month, unless of course you changed your mind."

"Joey, I could never change my mind." He grabbed her and held her as tight as he could, assured that he had no reason to ever doubt their love again. "I'm sorry that I got so upset. You're right. The triangle is gone forever and I'm done competing for good, because I've already won the prize."

"Oh, so I'm just a trophy for you to place on your mantle, huh?" She looked up at him with a huge grin on her face.

"You know what I mean." He gently kissed her and pulled back to look her in the eye. "You're right about something else to."

"What's that?"

"Dawson is our friend, and we have to fix this. I want his support."

"So do I. But what can we do?"

"I don't know Joe, but we have to figure out something. We may have given up the fight but he's still holding his dueling pistol. This has to be settled once and for all."