Chapter 19: Ready or not...
Later on, Pacey went out to the pier. At first he went out onto the pier looking for Joey. Nonetheless, after a little amount of time, he gave up. He had lost all hope. Pacey sat down on a bench.
"Hey stranger." A familiar voice said.
Pacey turned around to see that it was Jen. He then said, "Hey."
"Can I sit next to you?" Jen asked.
"Sure." Pacey whispered.
"Are you okay?" Jen wondered.
"No… Jen I'm not okay." He confessed.
"Is there anything I can do to help you?" Jen asked.
"You can tell me why I can back to Capeside? What was I looking for?" Pacey questioned.
"I think…" Jen responded with no hesitation, "You were hoping that you would find something. I didn't matter what you found but you hoped for some progression."
"Well it was a waste of time because I didn't find anything." Pacey complained.
"I think you did find something." She stated.
"I did?" Pacey said confused.
"I think you are a great guy and despite your best of intentions, you found out that it is time for you to move on." Jen announced.
"I just wished… it didn't hurt this much." Pacey whimpered.
Jen then looked over at Pacey who was sitting quietly. He looked so alone. For a long moment, they just sat next to each other. She reached out and put her hand on her shoulder.
Pacey shook his head trying to hold his emotions, but it was too much. Jenifer pulled him over toward her as he starts sniveling.
"It's okay…" Jen spoke.
After Jen's moment with Pacey, he decided to move. Jen unusually encouraged this. She knew that she could not ask him to stay because, she knew that staying here would only cause him pain and she had no place to tell him stay. She wasn't the one who needed to tell him what to do.
Pacey left to head home, but Jen decided to stay. She had a lot to think about. First of all, Jen entered her senior year, with no friends and it looked like she would graduate without any friends. She wanted to do something about it.
Fortunately, her answer walked right in front of her. Dawson had walked out of a building. It looked as if he had a revelation.
"Well look who is? It's the bully Dawson... What are you doing here?" Jen teased.
"Anger management." Dawson honestly spoke.
"Seriously?" She asked.
"Yea." He declared.
"So are you changed now? Because in my opinion you changing is like stopping a global war. It's practically impossible."
"Practically, but it is still possible." Dawson announced.
"Now are you going to change the entire universe of our friendships?" She debated.
"I hope so." Dawson anticipated.
"Well maybe you can assimilate this… Pacey is moving. He is moving for good." Jen declared.
"What?" He said confused.
"Yea, and maybe this is your chance to win over Joey… Dawson…" Jen begun to lecture, "We're all graduating soon. We have to move on and as sad as it might sound, it is time four us to go our separate ways. Ready or not, it is time for us to move forward… Maybe this is your last chance to do something selfless… You should make up with your friend, before he leaves."