Dawson, Pacey and Will walked to school together, it was the first day back of junior year. There was two years left of High School. It was too soon to think of college for most students, including these three.

They approached the school just in time to see a car pull up. Will didn't recognise the car. Out of the car stepped Jack and Joey. Jack immediately saw the three of them and waved them over.

"I have someone here who really been looking forward to seeing you" Jack said, but it wasn't clear who he was addressing.

Out stepped Andie, looking as cute as a button and energetic as ever. Instantly Pacey raced forward and picked her up in his arms, spun her around and kissed her passionately for several seconds. Afterwards, they stared at each other nose to nose, faces filled with affection. They were making up for lost time and they wouldn't let a single second get away from them.

Finally Dawson spoke up breaking the awkward silence.

"Good to see you again Andie" Dawson said.

"You too, Dawson. All of you" Andie replied, without taking her eyes off Pacey "except.." Will caught her attention, and she was confused.

"Sorry, I'm Will. Will Krudski" he said extending his hand, she reciprocated

"Pacey and Dawson's friend. I've heard about you!"

"And I've heard..." he trailed off.

"Anyway, if you don't want to talk about it, I totally understand, but if you ever need anyone to talk to, or a shoulder to cry on..." Will continued

"I'll keep that in mind, but for now, I'm feeling better and ready to get back to school" She said with conviction, when a middle aged African-American man in a suit approached her.

"Miss McPhee, allow me to introduce myself. I'm Principal Green."

"So, you're the new Principal?"

"Yes, and I've been informed of your situation" he said, trying to sound sensitive "Please let me know if there's anything I can do to make things easier for you"

He then turned his attention to the others

"Of course, I will be paying very close attention to you, Mr Leery, and you too Miss Potter"

And then he walked off, leaving Dawson and Joey very confused.

He then turned back and said "Mr Krudski, my office, now please" in a more firm, but still polite tone.

As Will walked off he turned back and said "say hello to Capeside High's newest student"

Even though they had walked to school together, none of them had expected to hear this.

Eventually, the group's attention returned to one another as the five of them entered the school together. Dawson and Joey were still uncomfortable around each other, but did their best to hide it.

"So, where is the lovely Miss Lindley this fine day?" Pacey asked Jack, not taking his eyes off Andie or his hand away from her waist.

"I don't know. She left early this morning. She made a cryptic remark about reinventing herself or something and said we should meet her in the gym after school."

"I'll be sure to tell Will" Dawson said, suspecting he'd want to know, but not saying why.

Along the way, they saw a sign indicating that cheer-leading tryouts were happening in the gym, and it started to dawn on them what was going on. Yet what they were about to see still shocked them each to their core.

The five of them (minus Will) sat up in the bleachers and watched a series of auditions, each more cringe-worthy than the last. Andie decided to broach an important subject with Pacey

"So, we should probably come up with a study schedule for you for this semester."

Pacey looked nervous. After a few seconds he said "Actually, I was kinda thinking Joey might help me out in that area."

Joey looked awkward. Clearly they hadn't spoken about this until now.

Eventually Pacey admitted "Just kidding, of course you'll tutor me!"

Andie looked relieved and Joey looked annoyed.

"Pacey!" Joey said angrily and waved a threatening fist in his direction.

Finally, Will arrived and asked "Did I miss anything?"

"Nothing noteworthy, the thing were all here to see is..." Andie started.

"Jen Lindley" A voice announced in a tone that indicated they were over it.

"… just about to start" Andie finished.

Out walked Jen in a stock standard cheer-leading uniform, fishnet stockings, black boots, black hair and goth make up, holding pom-poms.

Jen shot a glace back and saw her friends sitting there. She winked at then turned her attention back to the front.

"Cheer, cheer, cheer

Yell, yell, yell

Who cares who wins, we're all going to hell"

She said, waving her pompoms as ridiculously as she could.

She then tossed the pompoms to one side and performed a perfect back-flip, somersault and landed on her feet, facing the front.

She then bowed insincerely and walked off, leaving her pom poms behind.

The three cheerleaders and the five at the back were equally shocked, but also impressed.

Jen then walked to the back of the gym and asked her friends out the front in a few minutes, she had to get changed.

After what seemed like forever, Jen emerged, dressed in her regular clothes, but still wearing her make-up and fishnets.

Andie spoke up "Jen that was..."

"Incredible!" Jack finished off.

The others nodded in agreement.

"You guys don't know the half of it" Jen said as they began walking towards the parking lot.

"They made me the leader of their little cult" She said with exasperation.

"I'm not surprised, Jen you're incredible" Will said, beaming with admiration.

"Hey Jen, I'm proud of you" Dawson said sincerely, and Jen shot back a look that indicated she didn't buy it, or didn't appreciate it.

"You know, you have only yourself to blame" Pacey said with clear sarcasm.

"What did you expect?" Joey added.

"So you tried to be subversive and they took you seriously? Hey, it happens" Will said with sincerity.

"I really admire you for trying" he added.

"Thanks new guy" Jen added with just a hint of derision.

"So, you wanna go out sometime?" Will asked.

The two of them stopped and looked at each other as the others took a step back, but were very much still within earshot.

"You only want to go out with me because I'm a cheerleader, the head cheerleader, in fact"

Will looked shocked. This was clearly not his motivation and it was quite obvious to all of them.

"Okay, lets go out. Let's go out right now. Where do you want to go?"

"Well, since I'm new in town, I was hoping you could pick the place" He said

The two of them then walked off together as the others were still in a state of mild shock at what they had just seen.

"So, anyone want a ride home?" Jack asked, unlocking Andie's car, which she wasn't up to driving at the moment

Andie got in the car and kissed Pacey goodbye several times and they drove away

This left Pacey, Joey and Dawson.

"So, what am I going to do with you two, huh?" Pacey asked with equal annoyance and playfulness, finally noticing how awkward the two of them still were with each other.

He had hoped to mitigate the problem by calling attention to it, but instead he had made it worse. The two were now actively avoiding each others' gaze and staring at the ground.

"Okay, fine. But you'll eventually have to deal with this."

Joey and Dawson parted ways. Pacey decided to follow Dawson home.