Description: this is a story I have been working on for a while. This is my fifth Dawson's Creek story. I'll writing this as well as Conflicted Love, Love Unrequited, Unlikely Pair and Clueless Affection on here now.

Disclaimer: I may not own the characters but this story is original and from my imagination.

Author's note: this is my fifth try at a Dawson's creek story, be nice to me please. This is a Pacey/Joey fic, my version of how they got together and it is set in season one. Wanted to switch things up for a change and try something different. Enjoy and review thanks

Chapter #4

(Dawson's pov)

"Come on, you don't know that Pacey. Who is to say that you won't find someone this year like I did?", I encourage him with a light nudge to his shoulder. Pacey needs to stop talking down about himself. Lots of girls would probably love to date him. One of Pacey's main issues is that he tries too hard to impress girls. If he relaxed a bit and actually took the time to get to know a girl he liked? Who knows, maybe they would like him back in return.

"Ah, Dawson, always the eternal optimist. It's one of the things I love and oddly enough hate about you. We can't all be so lucky as to win over the pretty new neighbor girl like you Leery.", jokes Pacey with a wink and a playful shove of his own. What that wasn't lucky? I haven't even gotten a kiss from Jen yet. Things with her are proving to be a challenge, but I finally managed to land a date with Jen for Saturday night.

Placing my arm around Pacey, I try not to laugh," So, what do you say? Are you up for a movie night? My house, you, Jen and I. Are you in Pacey? You have plans tonight?"

With a roll of his eyes, Pacey kicks at a nearby can," Yeah, they involve going home and licking my wounds. As much as I would love to be the third wheel and watching you try to land a kiss from Jen all night? I'll pass Dawson." ….(End Dawson's pov)