JenHey Joey, I love your lipstick. What shade is that?
Wicked Red. Uh, Jen, I love your hair color. What number is that?
You'll have to excuse Joey. She was born in a barn.
Jen
That's okay. Uh, Joey, I just do highlights.
So, uh, Jen, are you a virgin?
Well 'cause Dawson's a virgin and two virgins really make for a clumsy first encounter don't you think?
I just thought I'd help, you know, cut to the chase.
Jen
No, it's okay, Dawson. Yes, I am a virgin. How about you, Joey?
Please, years ago. Trucker named Bubba.
Jen
Well, if you can stand the shock, I actually came to see you. I need some advice.
And in what field do you consider me an expert in?
Jen
Dawson Leery.
You know, I'm sort of busy here with these receipts and locking up. Maybe we could do this another time.
Jen
I told him I wasn't a virgin.
Jen
It's just that he seemed so disappointed in me, which of course made me angry and now I don't know where we are.
Well, let me tell you about Dawson. Granted he's articulate for his age but he's not exactly mature. He's the classic only child. He pouts when things don't go his way and he only sees things in black and white. Anything else confuses him.
Jen
Yeah.
And when it comes to women...there are popes who have had more experience. I mean the guy was a shrimp until last summer. To say his sex life is limited is the understatement of the decade. It's barren. A desert. I don't envy what you have to deal with, believe me.
Jen
You're not trying to scare me off, are you?
No. I'm just trying to say that every guy that grows up to be one of the good ones...he was probably a dweeb with girls when he was 15, too.
Jen
So what would you do?
Same as you. I'd get hurt, mad, confused, ask people for advice, maybe the wrong people, and then I'd wait.
Jen
For what?
For him to grow up, come around, everything.
Jen
And how long does that take?
Don't go by me. I'd probably be stupid enough to wait forever.
Jen
Mind a little company?
You know, it's just an ego thing. I mean, "How could there possibly have been anyone before me, you know, how can I measure up?"
Jen
Is he really that trite?
I'm sure there's a measuring tape sitting in his bathroom right now.
Jen
What do you think it's marked up at?
Jen
Oh come on, do you think Dawson's got a pistol or a rifle?
Jen
Oh, come on.
...
Jen
Well I guess I'm no longer the virgin queen of Dawson Leery's handheld fantasies.
Yeah I think Dawson's having a life-defining turning point in his life right now.
Jen
Aren't we all?
You know, taking into consideration his height, weight, feet and hand size, I'd say he's slightly above average.
Jen
Oh, so you have thought about it.
Jen
I'm leaving, Dawson, um, but before I go there's--
Jen
No, no, hear me out, Dawson, please. Okay? Because this seems to be the day of truths, and I'm taking my turn. I lost my virginity when I was 12 to some older guy who got me drunk, I don't really remember his name but after the first pregnancy scare I went on the pill, and I used condoms most of the time, some of the times, I don't know, it's kind of blurry. I was really drinking a lot and having blackouts and stuff, um. I was sexualized way too young, and I don't wish that on anybody. I mean, sex at such a young age, more often than not, is a bad idea. I finally got caught having sex in my parents' bed. Daddy's little girl fornicating right before his very eyes. He still can't look me in the face but then again he shipped me 200 miles away so he wouldn't have to, but Dawson I'm not that girl anymore. I never really was, and I'm not that white-as-snow image you've got either, I'm somewhere in between and I'm just, I'm just trying to figure it out.
Jen. It's not you. It's my own stupid hangups. My parents have this raging sex life and I just, I secretly used it as their measure of happiness.
Jen
Well, sex doesn't equal happiness.
Yeah, I know. I know that now.
Jen
I'm sorry about lying to you, but I can't apologize for my past. I mean, I've learned from it, I'm a better person, it's gotten me here. And this is my chance to start over. It's my chance and it would be really nice if you'd be a part of that.
Jen
What?
That you'll have me, Jen, because my behavior has been unredeemable and I don't deserve someone as impassionate and open and honest and beautiful as you are. [They hug] Take 2?
Jen
Mm-hmm.
Jen
Gram's way of dealing with my point of view is pretending that it doesn't exist. Which, of course, infuriates me. It causes me to speak emotionally rather than rationally, and I become rude and defensive, and I...I give her even more of a reason to dismiss my viewpoints. Its like we're locked in this awful vicious cycle.
Well, I don't know. You gotta do something. You just can't ignore her for three years until you go away to college.
Jen
I can't? Oh, there goes plan A.
This is so Breakfast Club.
Jen
Breakfast Club?
Yeah that John Hughes movie where the five kids are stuck in detention all day.
Yeah at first they hate each other and then they become really, really good friends.
Jen
Oh yeah that movie stunk. Whatever happened to those actors?
Anthony Michael Hall developed some weird thyroid condition, Molly Ringwald lost her gawky teen ingenue appeal, and the rest are languishing somewhere in TV obscurity.
No way! Emilio Estevez! He was in those Duck movies, remember? God, those were classics, so funny....[pause] What?
Jen
Hey Dawson. I like you.
Yeah but it's not enough that you like me. I want you to want me.
Jen
You're like a God to me Dawson, and I don't even believe in God. I mean, this school hasn't exactly welcomed me with open arms. It seems like everybody here hates me and I don't know why. If it's because I'm from New York, or because I'm different. It seems like my life here is just one big detention that I can't escape, but then, I think about you. And about how I've met a guy who's so romantic, and so caring, and who I like, and who I want so much. Dawson it's because of you that I get through the bad days. And if you think I want you to be some big, varsity sex stud then you're crazy.
I understand that you want to take things slow, I do. And I don't want to rush you. I don't want to be that guy. But I'm human, I have hormones. And to say that I've never thought about having sex with you, I'd be lying. The thought crosses my mind. About a thousand times a day.
Jen
Well just a thousand? That's nothing.
I can't believe I'm friends with someone who only has eyes for Dawson Leery.
Jen
Guilty as charged.
Please, you're making me eww. [Jen smirks] Jen, look at me. I have three words for you. Make it happen.
Jen
Abby...
No, don't Abby me. Make it happen.
Look, let's never let a guy come between us again. Men will come and go, but you and I are kindred spirits. We're rebels bonded by the common need to break out of this small town abyss.
Jen
Okay, are you sure you're okay with this whole guy thing?
Jen
Good, because I've been dying to tell someone. I've got a date with Vincent.
Jen
What?
After everything I've done for you, how could you steal him from me?
Jen
Are you out of your mind? He doesn't even know that you exist, Abby. (
[Jen begins to walk away and Abby starts following her]
You might want to stop and pick up some condoms. You're in the big leagues now, babe. I mean that guy probably has illegitimate kids scattered up and down the eastern seaboard.
Jen
Shut up, Abby.
Yeah, he probably likes it kinky. After all, you are the girl from New York City, right?
Jen
I'm warning you, back off!
Yeah, old Vince probably knows an easy lay when he sees one!
[Enraged, Jen suddenly turns and slaps Abby hard across her face, almost knocking her down]
Jen
Don't you ever talk to me again, ever!
I do not know what to do about you, child!
Jen
Please, don't preach to me right now.
No, there'll be no talk about God. You leave him out of it. This is between you and me. What I witnessed tonight is something I never want to see again!
Jen
I had the situation under control. You don't have to get upset at me.
I am not upset, I am sick! I will not allow you to slide back into your reprehensible, New York behavior. Not while you're under my care. You will not disrespect me.
Jen
Wait a minute, I...
No, you wait a minute, Jennifer! This behavior will not be tolerated. You will treat me with respect, and you will act like a lady. You will not degrade yourself, not under my roof, and not in my lifetime! Have you no respect for yourself?
I cannot believe you would hit me. Me! You're my best friend!
Jen
Best friend? Abby, need I remind you that in the past two days, you have called me a bitch, a slut, and a loser?
Yeah. But I would never physically hit you.
Jen
You're warped! Why don't you just go home?
Why? Is the dork from the docks comin' a callin'?
CChris
Jen, is there a particular reason why you're not receptive to my wily charms?
Jen
Other than the fact that you emit them regularly to any skirt within a 6-mile radius?
CChris
Actually, I have a car so it's more like the tri-state area. [Jen smiles] Ah-ha! A smile. Mission accomplished.
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