The Complication of Adulthood
Chapter 4: Find your Place
The next day, Jen was inside her small apartment complex. Jen was lying in her bedroom. To be honest, she was completely awake. She was merely too lazy to get out of her bed. All of sudden Jack walked into her bedroom and he was surprise to find Jen there. He turned on the light and immediately Jen's eyes had trouble adjusting to the brightness.
"Jack… I'm sleeping." Jen moaned.
"You have to get up… You have class in less than an hour." Jack stated.
"I don't feel like going." Jen declared.
Jack walked up to her bed, sat down on the edge, and said, "Jen what's the matter? You've been completely different this month."
"I know. I know. It's just I don't feel like myself anymore." She actualized.
"How so?" Jack wondered.
"Well, you see. I never expected that I would end up college material and at first; it seemed like a great award… But now it seems like an absolutely bitch. I haven't met one person, let alone a guy. I go to school and have no life. It's just like high school only I have twice the work, but less the time; a double set of cruel teachers and more time in their classes." Jen elaborated.
"Just give it time. You'll find your place here." He supported.
"Easy for you to say. You already made friends with the prep squad; you have great teachers, and easy classes. I do not know why I did not apply to your school. You already found your place and you fit perfectly. Let me tell you this. The only real place I fit in here, is right here in this bedroom." Jen debated.
"Well too bad. I'm not going to let you give up now." Jack picked up Jen and placed her on the floor.
"What are you doing?" She said appalled.
"I'm not going to let you flunk out of school." He declared, "Now you are going to get dress; don't forget to put on your happy attitude. Then you are going to head to class. Don't make me call Grams."
"Fine…" Jen complained, "But this does not change anything. I still feel like Boston isn't the right place for me."
Dawson Leery was sitting inside of a coffee shop. He was waiting for a friend to show up and of course, that friend was Joey. This summer, Dawson had traveled all over the west coast, but he had decided that he should stop by in Boston to visit his friends.
Joey walked into the coffee shop and after a few glimpse, she instantly saw Dawson. She then took her baby carriage (with Joshua in it) and headed into the coffee shop. Dawson walked up to her and gave her a hug.
"Hey how are you?" He asked.
"Great. What about you?" She replied.
He pulled away from the hug, and said, "Never better."
"Great." Joey responded.
"Please sit." He insisted.
As they were heading over to the seat, Joey realized that this little reunion would be more awkward. Nonetheless, now that she was an adult, she should be able to handle it more maturely.
Once they sat down, Dawson grabbed another espresso while Joey just took plan cup of black coffee. Unpredictably, the coffee was the conversation starter.
"I can't believe you drink that stuff. Black coffee?" Dawson said.
"Well caffeine is caffeine. You can disguise as much as you want, but it is still caffeine." Joey joked.
"So how are you these days?" Dawson wondered.
"Well these days are boring. I mean the mother thing can get hectic, but I don't really have anything else to do." She answered.
"Yeah, I didn't realize how much school took up of my personal time. Now that I'm out of school, I have too much time on my hands." Dawson presumed.
"Do you ever wonder," Joey's tone started to get serious. "Do you ever wonder what would have happened if you went to college. Do you ever think about what could have happened if you actually fulfilled your childhood dreams?"
"What if? Joey, I'm on my own now. I have no plans for my future... When I was a kid, I had big dreams to become a filmmaker, and everyone believed it… However, one day I forgot that dream. But, I want to find that dream again." Dawson announced.
"What do you mean?" She asked with curiosity.
"It means even though I started the race late, it does not mean I'm going to give up. I'm going to find my balance and then I'm going to find my place. Nothing is going to stand in my way. I thought you of all people would have understood that. " Dawson explained.
"I do. It's just I don't know where to start. There's daycare, and there the financial issues, and unlike you, there's the fact that I still don't know what I want to do with my life." Joey proclaimed.
"It doesn't matter where you start. Pick one of those issues, and start there." Dawson promoted.
"What if I can't?" Joey started to feel hopeless, but she knew Dawson would still encourage her.
"Then it won't be because you gave up." Dawson acknowledged.
Next time on the Fanfic: Pacey hangs out with his co-workers after work. Will this affect Joey's dreams or will it just annoy her vividly?