The next day, the gang felt curiously interesting. It was as if they were dealing with a puzzle. Everyone had a different piece of the puzzle, but solving the puzzle would be difficult. They could not solve it because they could not share their individual knowledge.

To begin, Dawson and Jen left the apartment complex before Pacey arrived. In addition, they asked Gretchen not to tell Pacey that they had stopped by. Jen had convinced Dawson that when he was ready, Pacey would tell them where he lives.

To cover up, Jen had told Dawson that Pacey was probably embarrassed of his new apartment. Nonetheless, she did not want Pacey to know that they were there. If he knew they stopped by, he would have known that they had seen Joshua.

On another note, Joey did not want to lose Pacey again. In addition, she knew she was capable of forgiving Pacey, but she wasn't allowing herself to. She knew that time was of the essence and if she did not speak now, it would be too late.

However, Pacey was starting to feel skeptical about telling Joey the truth. He did not know why he came back to Capeside. He was starting to feel like he should go back to New York. If he left now, he would not have made a huge impact.

In first period English, Dawson and Jen had sat next to each other, but Pacey chose to sit away from them.

"Do you think we should talk to him?" Dawson questioned.

"No." Jen said agitated.

"Jen we can't just ignore him." Dawson stated.

"Dawson out of all the people, I think you shouldn't be looking for trouble." Jen debated, "I mean the last thing I want is you getting hurt, so don't expect me to be over your shoulder for moral support."

"I'm not looking for trouble… Jen, I'm doing what you told me. I'm looking for an answer." Dawson edified.

"What answer, Dawson? Maybe this is the one thing! The one time you should mind your business." Jen warned.

In second period Wood Shop, the class was building random things. Jack kept peeking up and looking across the table at Pacey.

"Is there something I can help you with?" Pacey asked.

"I just… Well we've been school for almost a few weeks now; you and I haven't said one word to each other." Jack noted.

"Yea…" Pacey said grimly.

"You know… I not your ex-girlfriend nor am your oldest friend. I am just an innocent soul along for the ride. So I'm going to be blunt and honest." Jack wanted to advocate his opinions but he kept his tone reasonably fair, "You left Capeside. Yet your came back and you probably brought a storm of trouble with you…"

"Do you have a point?" Pacey tried not to get aroused.

"We all I know is that you don't care about your actions and you don't see the effect it has on people… Maybe if you stop thinking about yourself and more about others…" Jack faded out.

"Just leave me alone man." Pacey persisted.

In third period Art & Music Appreciation, Andie was sitting behind Dawson. They were supposed to be reading a short poem, but Andie was distracted.

"Hey Dawson, can I ask you something?" Andie digressed.

"Umm, sure… Andie is about the assignment?" Dawson assumed.

"Uh… No. Not really… Actually, it's about how… How come we're not friends anymore?" Andie questioned.

"I don't know and I'm really not comfortable talking about it with you." Dawson confessed.

"To be quite honest, I don't think any of us are comfortable talking about it." Andie recognized, "Do you think it was the best Dawson?... After one incident, do you think it was practical to end our friendships?"

"Andie, why do you care really? I mean, it wasn't like you I were really friends anyway." Dawson said coldhearted. He didn't mean to sound so compassionless, but he just said without thinking.

Andie was heartbroken and disturbed by the comment. It was true that Andie and Dawson were not contiguous friends, but Andie had always thought that Dawson and she were at least good friend. However, she was grief-stricken when Dawson told her that they were not friends at all.

In fourth period, Jen and Pacey had study hall. The purpose of Study hall was to catch up with your homework. In addition, it meant to catch up with your life.

For Jen, she was in the school library going through the stacks of books. After she grabbed a book, she headed towards the end of the aisle when she ran into someone.

"Excuse me." Jen said politely.

However, her attitude changed when she saw whom she ran into. It was of course, Pacey.

"Oh it's you! What book are you checking out? How to become a Bigger Asshole?" Jen delegated.

"What was that…? I didn't say anything to you and yet still find a way to argue with me." Pacey acknowledged.

"Let me ask you this… Why are you here? Are you trying to see if you can do more damage…? Are you trying to break a record or something?" Jen interrogated.

"Why are you mad at me? I didn't do anything." Pacey reminded.

"But yet you're going to do something to hurt everyone… You always have something up your sleeves… The worst part about it is that you lie. You lie to everyone… particular Joey." Jen argued.

"What are you talking about?" Pacey asked. He could tell that she knew she knew something.

"You know exactly what I am talking about." Jen looked straight into his eyes, and then she took off to the other side of the library.

(Pacey's thoughts) 'She should not know anything about Joshua. I didn't tell anyone and the only person who knows is my sister. How could she have found out?

Today seemed like everyone acknowledge their confessions. Weather they did on purpose or on accident, everyone had a lot on their chest. However, were they going too far with it? Where did the line that separated sympathy from obsession?

It was lunchtime and everyone was taking a break from academics. Nonetheless, they were still the trial separation from their friendships

To elaborate, each one of the six were sitting in different spots. It was as if they found another 'click' to sit next to. Joey was sitting next to a few kids she knew in a couple of different classes. Jack was sitting with the football team. Andie was sitting with the debate team. Jen sat in the first empty seat she saw available and she just pretended to talk to the people next to her. To conclude, their pretend friends were nothing like their old friendships.

Pacey had walked into the lunchroom in need of a seat. He didn't know where to sit. For the past few weeks, he's been sitting here and there, but he was not sitting anywhere in particular. However, for today, Pacey did feel like being alone. Therefore, he sat down at a deserted table.

Before he could take a bite into his lunch a voice said, "Can I sit next to you?"

Pacey looked up to see that it was Dawson. Dawson did not want to cause any trouble, but good intentions are usually what start a mess.

TO BE CONTINUED

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