Author note: The ending paragraph, where Dawson was apologizing, resembles the apology from the episode called Two Gentlemen of Capeside. The only difference is instead of Pacey apologizing, Dawson is.


Later that day, Dawson was walking to the Witter house. Dawson realized that it has been a long time since he has been to the Witter's house. It must have been almost two years, but for Dawson, it felt like a lifetime. Dawson was mortified because he knew that he wouldn't be able to go to the Witter's house ever again.

Dawson arrived at the Witter's front porch and was ready to knock on the door, but he couldn't. What was he suppose to say to them? Was he supposed to say that he was sorry about their life-altering news? Dawson just knocked on the door and hoped for the best.

When the door opened, Pacey unexpectedly walked out the door. Pacey was just as shocked as Dawson was.

"Dawson… Man what are you doing here?" Pacey said in a defensive tone. Pacey was expecting an argument from Dawson because for the past year, every time Dawson confronted Pacey, it ended with an argumentative tirade.

"You're moving?" Dawson blurted.

Dawson's father had told him, that Pacey was moving. Dawson, who felt appalled, thought that this seemed unrealistic. Dawson had known Pacey for practically his entire life. Yes, for the entire year, Dawson has been extremely mad at Pacey, but Dawson never expected Pacey to leave Capeside.

"Yea, news spreads fast in this town." Pacey said unsurprised. Pacey walked onto the porch and closed the door.

"Why are you moving?" Dawson jumped right to the point.

"You know, for this entire year, you've been treating me like crap… And I don't know why… I know that I screwed up… And I know that you hate me for it… But just as a reminder, Joey made the exact mistake that I made and you treated her like a queen… You didn't give a damn about me and I don't see why you would give a damn that I'm moving." Pacey defended.

"Pacey you stole my girlfriend… you knew that I loved her… you knew that I cared so much for her… You knew that Joey and I were in a middle of a relationship." Dawson said, but he was trying so hard not to get mad at Pacey.

"Dawson, God! You're what, seventeen years old. You're life consist of school, your so-call film career, and of course Joey Potter. If one of those aspects goes missing, your life is in mortal danger." Pacey actualized.

"Okay, I know I'm not perfect, but that's a whole other conversation. What I want to know is why are you moving? Are you running away?" Dawson wondered.

"Dawson, no, I'm not running away. My dad has a new job, in New York. We're moving by next week… I have no choice." Pacey said.

"You can disguise it as much as you like, but the truth is you're running away." Dawson stated.

"Okay let's say I am running away. Can you blame me? I mean this entire year has been hell for me. I lost friends, my dignity, and I lost my entire year. I could have had fun, made memories, and grow. I know you will hate me because of what I am about to say, but I also lost Joey too." Pacey declared.

"But you still have you're senior year. You have one more year to fix all that. You have one more year to make all those memories?" Dawson reminded.

"I hate to break to you, but sometimes surprises happen in life. Good or bad, you will have just go with life…… Because of this year, I learned that you couldn't control life. You can only answer to the reaction." Pacey philosophized.

"Won't you miss you're friends, your home. You made many memories here. Your entire life is here in Capeside. Won't you missed that because you won't have any of that in New York?" Dawson recapitulated.

"You do not have any idea how much I will miss it here, but life goes on…" Pacey said emotional.

Dawson just put his head down in disbelief. Dawson could not believe that Pacey was moving by next week. Dawson was frustrated that he might not have see Pacey again. He wanted to fix everything, but he realized that he could not fix everything in this one conversation.

"It was nice knowing you Dawson." Pacey disclosed and was ready to leave.

However, Dawson interrupted him, "Pacey wait a minute. I'm not exactly done with this."

"Dawson, you just need to let this go. This is not like one of your movies. You cannot change the outcome." Pacey said.

"I know, but let me say this." Dawson pleaded.

"Okay. Go ahead." Pacey permitted.

"I know that this entire year has been pretty much bane and destruction. It had a huge impact on our lives. And I know that we can't fix everything in one discussion, because our situation is going to need more than one conversation. But… I've been wanting to tell you… I've been wanting to tell everyone that I'm sorry. I'm sorry for interfering. I'm sorry for overstepping my boundaries. I know if I did not interfere, the whole outcome would have been different. And I know that you were already in the bind, and since I interfered, it did not help fix our friendship. And… I'm really sorry that I ruined our friendship even more, because to be quiet frank, my life has been quietly different without out it… And right now, I know that there isn't anything I can do, but, I hope that one day, we can put all of this behind us, and become friends again… " Dawson compromised.

"Until that day." Pacey agreed.

"Until that day." Dawson said as he and Pacey shook hands.