They all made there way to the kitchen to get something to drink. The atmosphere was relaxed and filled with laughs. Dawson looked around the room at all the people who had known him so well and felt a sense of familiarity. It soothed his nerves somewhat, after all it had been two years since he actually sat face to face with them. LA had been demanding. He sacrificed his private life for his professional life. As he studied his friends' faces he wondered of he had made the right decision.

"So tell me Audrey, I thought you were coming in Saturday. What's with the early arrival?" Jen asked.

"Yeah, well if I had told Joey I was coming early you know she would've bent over backwards to entertain me, this way it's more of a surprise."

"Yup, she sure is in for a surprise." Jack laughed then sipped his beer. "I wonder how many surprises we can give her. I mean last week, plus this." He said as he laughed, looking at both Audrey and Dawson. Dawson had a clearly confused face when Pacey stepped into the conversation.

"Obviously confused, that's alright, I would be too. Let's see where to begin. How much do you know?" Pacey paused for a moment. "Okay you know that Audrey and I are..." Pacey paused once more trying to find an appropriate way to put it.

"Aren't together, yeah I know that much." Dawson said.

"Well let's just say that I have been out exploring my options for a while. I left Boston about a year ago. I really didn't keep in good touch. " Pacey said as he bit his lip. "Occasionally I would send a post card, but that was it, until about a week ago. Andie kind of brought me along for Joey's graduation."

"Yeah, and to say the least we were surprised." Jen said as she wrapped her arm around his side, hugging Pacey around the waist. "Some of us knew he was on his way, the rest of us had no clue." Jen stuck her tongue out at Jack.

"Gee and here I thought we were graduating from college." Jack said and then stuck his tongue out at Jen. The room all laughed.

"Okay, enough small talk. Where is she?" Audrey giggled. She looked towards Jack and Jen. Jen looked at her watch it read 10:04pm. Jen nodded then turned to Jack.

"My bet is they are out cold. She did go in at 5am this morning." Jen said looking to Jack still.

"Yeah, that would be my guess, but only if the movie is over. They went up to watch Cinderella about an hour and a half ago. Man wait to you see their pajamas, oh it was too much. I thought I was going to die laughing. Joey bought her and Lily matching pajamas, it was to much."

Jack was laughing and didn't notice the look of interest on Dawson's face.

"Not to interrupt, but did you just say Lily?" Dawson asked, obviously unaware that his sister was in the house.

"Yeah, she is here for the next couple days, I figured you knew." Jen said while holding her hand up to her mouth trying not to laugh. Dawson shook his head. "Yeah, Gale was flying up to Maine to interview some chef, Joey and Lily are upstairs."

"Okay, nothing like completely being out of the loop. I knew she was out of town, I just assumed Lily was going with her." Dawson said slightly shaking his head, trying to comprehend everything.

"Nope, she is definitely here, personally had her wrapped around my legs earlier. Your little sister is amazingly amusing, every time I see her she just has this ability to make everyone smile."

"Yeah she definitely something else. Joey and Lily are usually connected at the hip when she visits, must be a Leery thing. You know she tells everyone that Joey is her best friend." Jen was really giggling, starting to get a little tipsy from the wine she was drinking.

Dawson knew of Lily's fascination with Joey. When Lily and Gale flew out for Christmas, Joey was all Lily talked about. What he wasn't aware of was the complexity of the relationship Gale and Joey shared. Gale had become more of a surrogate mother to Joey, especially in the last year. He was starting to suspect something though, his mother sat him down after his conversation with Joey at Christmas. She explained to him the situation with her dad. Dawson knew he was re-incarcerated, and knew it was drugs again. Beyond that Gale said if he wanted any more answers he needed to ask Joey.

"Dawson, I was going to run upstairs, the bathroom is calling my name. We could go and check and see if they are still up." Jack said as the others were still talking.

"Sure, if you don't mind." Dawson answered.

"No problem." Jack said motioning him to follow him. They headed out of the room.